The common-law spouse of the man responsible for the Nova Scotia mass shooting has written a book about the abuse she endured in their relationship. Lisa Banfield’s memoir is called The First Survivor: Life with Canada’s Deadliest Mass Shooter. On April 18, 2020, the killer, dressed as an RCMP officer, went on a rampage in Portapique, NS and surrounding areas that left twenty-two people and an unborn child dead. In a release, Sutherland House says Lisa Banfield tells her story for the first time of surviving nearly 20 years of intimate partner violence and that horrific night. It is due to be published January 20, 2026.