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Advocates, experts warn against vilifying transgender people in wake of Tumbler Ridge shooting
Advocates and experts are warning about the danger of vilifying an entire demographic based on the actions of one transgender person in the wake of the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Their comments come after an independent provincial legislato...
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Shy smiles and braces: RCMP release names, photos of 8 Tumbler Ridge shooting victims
TUMBLER RIDGE - The names and photos of eight children and adults shot to death in a small B.C. town were released Thursday in a sombre visual rollcall of chubby cheeks, shy smiles and braces. The 2,700 residents of Tumbler Ridge, meanwhile, began copi...
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History of Tumbler Ridge, a mining boom town with a wounded heart
TUMBLER RIDGE - Tumbler Ridge in the remote Peace region of northeast British Columbia was once best known as a coal mining boom town that was built from scratch in the 1980s, then faced challenges from shifts in its economic fortunes. Now it is grappl...
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TUMBLER RIDGE SHOOTING
Police identify B.C. shooting suspect, say five students and teacher dead
The person behind one of British Columbia's worst mass killings has been identified as an 18-year-old female dropout who killed family members at home, then gunned down random students at a school before firing on police and killing herself as officers closed in.RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald identified the s...
Feb 11, 2026
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B.C. throne speech cancelled because of Tumbler Ridge shooting
VICTORIA - The three official parties in British Columbia's provincial legislature have announced the cancellation of Thursday's "traditional" throne speech because of the mass shooting that claimed nine lives in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The cancellation co...
Feb 11, 2026
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Montreal shooting survivor shares how she regained sense of safety
TORONTO - École Polytechnique shooting survivor Nathalie Provost says it took her several weeks to return to the site of the Montreal massacre, but doing so allowed her to reclaim her life and create a sense of safety again. She was shot in the leg, f...
Feb 11, 2026
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A timeline of how the Tumbler Ridge shootings unfolded
The following timeline of Tuesday's shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is based on information provided by RCMP, B.C. government officials and BC Emergency Health Services. Times are Mountain Time. Feb. 10, 2026, 2:20 p.m.: Tumbler Ridge RCMP receive a ...
Feb 11, 2026
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Police in tiny towns like Tumbler Ridge are more than law enforcers, says ex-officer
VICTORIA - In tiny towns like Tumbler Ridge, B.C., police are more than law enforcers, says former RCMP officer turned politician Elenore Sturko. Relationships between community members and RCMP members in such small, rural and remote communities are g...
Feb 11, 2026
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National Kindness Week takes on different meaning after Tumbler Ridge shooting
OTTAWA - Parliamentarians from all parties came together Wednesday to mark National Kindness Week - but the message is taking on a different meaning after the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. National Kindness Week, which runs from Feb. 15 to 21, h...
Feb 11, 2026
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'A nation mourns with you': Reaction to the mass shooting in B.C.
RCMP say officers had a history of visiting the home of Jesse Van Rootselaar, the 18-year-old responsible for Tuesday's mass shooting at a high school and a residence in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. They say the woman killed her mother and 11-year-old stepbroth...
Feb 11, 2026
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Carney cancels trip to Europe following B.C. school shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has cancelled his plans to travel to Halifax and Munich, Germany, following a deadly school shooting in British Columbia. Carney was to spend Wednesday afternoon in Halifax to announce the defence industrial strategy...
Feb 11, 2026
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World leaders send condolences to Tumbler Ridge in wake of deadly school shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday he has heard from a number of world leaders offering condolences in the wake of Tuesday's deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Police continue to investigate two attacks that left 9 people, incl...
Feb 11, 2026
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House of Commons holds moment of silence for victims of B.C. shooting
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament held a moment of silence on Wednesday, and party leaders delivered statements in the House of Commons urging unity and kindness, in honour of the victims of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. "What happened has left...
Feb 11, 2026
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Veteran announcer
Legendary Canucks broadcaster Jim Robson passes away
The man known as the voice of the Vancouver Canucks for 30 years has died.Legendary broadcaster Jim Robson began his run as the Canucks' play-by-play announcer in 1970, when the team debuted as part of an N-H-L expansion.During his career, he called some of the franchise's most memorable moments including the team's ru...
Feb 11, 2026
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Mass shooting
Investigation continues after deadly shootings that killed 10 at B.C. school and home
TUMBLER RIDGE - Condolences are trickling in from around the world this morning as police continue to investigate a pair of shootings that left 10 people, including the suspect, dead in a tiny community in northeastern British Columbia.Politicians including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, French President Emmanuel Macron an...
Feb 11, 2026
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Police identify B.C. mass shooter as 18-year-old, say five students and teacher dead
TUMBLER RIDGE - The person behind one of British Columbia's worst mass killings has been identified as an 18-year-old who killed family members at home, then gunned down students randomly at a school before firing at police and killing herself as offic...
Feb 11, 2026
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Here's the latest following the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
TUMBLER RIDGE - RCMP say nine people were killed in shootings Tuesday in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., including the lone suspect who died by suicide. Seven of the victims were under 13 years old. Mounties also changed the death toll from 10, saying they origin...
Feb 11, 2026
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Voices in reaction to the mass shooting that left 10 dead in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
RCMP say seven people were killed when a shooter entered a high school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Tuesday, and then they killed themself. More than two dozen others were hurt, some of them seriously. Police say they found another crime scene where two ...
Feb 11, 2026
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Carney suspends trip to Europe following B.C. school shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended his plans to travel to Halifax and Munich, Germany, following a deadly school shooting in British Columbia. Carney said in a statement he is devastated by the horrific shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. and th...
Feb 11, 2026
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ACTIVE SHOOTER
10 dead, including suspect, in shootings at school and home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
RCMP say eight people, including the suspect are dead after a shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., while two more bodies were found at a home believed to be connected to the incident.Police say more than 25 people are hurt, including two with life-threatening injuries, after the shooting at Tumbler Ridge Second...
Feb 11, 2026
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News of Catherine O'Hara's rectal cancer brings hope of more awareness
A British Columbia woman treated for colorectal cancer says she hopes news that Canadian acting legend Catherine O'Hara had rectal cancer when she died will help more people realize how common the cancer is and open up more conversations about it. Mary...
Feb 11, 2026
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10 dead, including female suspect, in 'devastating' shootings at B.C. school and home
TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - RCMP Supt. Ken Floyd says police are "not in a place" to understand what motivated a shooter suspected of killing two people at a home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., before going to a school and committing one of Canada's wor...
Feb 11, 2026
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Homicide-suicide ruling in 2023 deaths of family in Prince Rupert, B.C.
BURNABY - The jury in a British Columbia coroner's inquest into the deaths of a family of four in Prince Rupert in 2023 has found that they died of homicide and suicide, and recommended that police be informed when someone they have brought to hospital...
Feb 10, 2026
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Search underway for man seen entering the water off a B.C. ferry
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say they're investigating the disappearance of a man believed to have gone overboard into the Strait of Georgia during a ferry sailing. A statement from the RCMP says the man hasn't been seen since leaving his home Mo...
Feb 10, 2026
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