A Red Deer woman is grieving three Nova Scotia relatives who were shot to death my their next-door neighbor – crazed denturist Gabriel Wortman..Tammy Oliver-McCurdie had her younger 39-year-old sister Jolene Oliver, 17-year-old niece Emily Tuck and 44-year-old brother-in-law Aaron (Friar) Tuck all slain by Wortman in a murderous rampage over Saturday night and Sunday morning..And it wasn’t the first time Tuck and Wortman had feuded at the property..At least 19 people were killed in the rampage and RCMP expect the death toll to rise as they examine 16 crime scenes..It is Canada’s deadliest mass murder in history..Oliver-McCurdie spent several nerve wracking hours waiting Sunday for the news to be confirmed by N.S. RCMP. It finally came around dinner-time..“I am glad they died together as a family, as I know in the worst of situations, it is all my sister would have wanted,” Oliver-McCurdie told a central Alberta newspaper, the Albertan, adding her Nova Scotia relatives are acreage neighbours with Wortman..Oliver-McCurdie said it was out of character for her relatives not be on social media all day Sunday..“She talked to my mom daily. For Jolene not to answer a text or social media message because we have been sending messages all day, and for her 17-year-old daughter not being on social media messaging, text messaging her boyfriend…it is not like their behaviour whatsoever.”.“My mom tried to get a hold of (Jolene) this morning and started calling the RCMP and they can’t give us any answers, and this has been seven or eight hours. It is tortuous..“I don’t know if my sister is dead or alive or missing and my brother-in-law Aaron knows the guy who is the shooter. He and the shooter had confrontations before.”. Gabriel WortmanKiller Gabriel Wortman .Tammy’s mother, Bonnie Oliver, also spoke of the animosity between Wortman and Aaron.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney paid tribute to the three victims at a press conference..He noted Jolene grew up in Calgary before meeting the man of his dreams and movie to the Maritimes..Kenney called the massacre an act of “unbridled evil.”.Flags at the Alberta legislature were lowered to half-mast Monday..A GoFundMe page has been created to support the financially-challenged family..Oliver-McCurdie runs a Red Deer escape room whose business has been severely damaged by the COVID-19 pandemic..They are trying to raise money for two funerals – one in Nova Scotia and one in Alberta where the rest of the family lives..“My sister (Jolene) loved poetry and books, she was the youngest of 3 and we picked on her often…for fun. She laughed lots. She was super fun and enjoyed the beauty in life,” Oliver-McCurdie wrote on the GoFundMe page..“Emily was 17, played fiddle, was into welding and fixing vehicles with her dad. .Aaron was amazing at fixing cars and stuff. Had a great mechanical mind. Fixed and made things out of leather as a trade. Loved music, records to be exact. “. Trudeau on WE scandal: Case closed .The GoFundMe page can be found here..Oliver-McCurdie also put out a recent video of her niece Emily playing the fiddle for the Ultimate Online Nova Scotia Kitchen Party that was set up to safely gather citizens and have fun during the COVID-19 crisis..Her performance and moving tributes can be found here..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westewrnstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
