Send this page to someone via emailFour years after a mass shooting in Nova Scotia claimed 22 lives, the RCMP have presented 32 awards to officers and staff for their roles in the manhunt and the public inquiry that followed. The awards, approved by RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme in May, are described in documents obtained under the federal access to information law by author and journalist Dean Beeby. The documents say a committee within the RCMP’s Honours and Recognition Unit assessed 316 nominations and approved 23 commendations from the commissioner, eight merit awards and one unit commendation. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. The inquiry’s seven-volume report went so far as to suggest Ottawa should rethink the RCMP’s central role in Canadian policing.