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• As Tumbler Ridge grieves mass shooting, Carney to visit ‘shortly’

  'The Prime Minister’s Office is working closely with the community and local authorities to finalise details based on their own immediate needs,' the Prime Minister's Office says.

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• Father of 1999 Alberta school shooting victim talks grieving and forgiveness

  The father of a student killed in a school shooting in southern Alberta almost 27 years ago says forgiveness was at the heart of how he tackled the tragedy. 


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• B.C. school shooting victim tried to lock library door to save her classmates

  Krysta Hunt said Maya Gebala's mom is struggling, but they have launched a GoFundMe to help with expenses and costs so she can be by her daughter's bedside.

  Crime

  Feb 11
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• B.C. shooting raises school safety issue — should students ‘run, hide and fight’?

  Schools across B.C. conduct regular drills for earthquakes, fire and lockdowns and the Ministry of Education recommends that schools have two lockdown drills per year.

  Education

  Feb 11
• B.C. school shooting victim will always be remembered, soccer coach says

  Tyler Curry knew Abel Mwansa Jr. through the Tumbler Ridge Soccer Association, where he helped coach the under-13 team. He spoke to Global News about the boy he knew.

  Crime

  Feb 11
• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 BC: Feb. 11

  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6 BC.

  News

  Feb 11
• WATCH: Global Okanagan News at 5:30 p.m. – Feb. 11

  Watch the online news edition of Global Okanagan at 5:30 p.m.

  Canada

  Feb 11
• Mass shootings have prompted Canadian gun laws to change over the decades

  While details on the firearm used in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. are not yet known, other mass shootings in Canada have spurred changes to gun laws in recent decades.

  Crime

  Feb 11
• B.C. to hold day of mourning Thursday following Tumbler Ridge tragedy

  A joint statement from the leaders in the provincial legislature says the speech is being cancelled in recognition of the "horrific shooting and tragic loss of life."

  Politics

  Feb 11
• Tumbler Ridge shooting: How to talk to your kids about the tragedy

  Therapists say parents and caregivers should speak with their children and teens about the shooting in order to help process the tragedy.

  Canada

  Feb 11
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• Tumbler Ridge: A timeline of how the school shooting unfolded

  The town of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is in mourning after eight people were killed in a mass shooting at a school and nearby residence.

  Crime

  Feb 11
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• ‘Canada stands with you,’ Carney says as MPs honour Tumbler Ridge victims

  Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke at the House of Commons Wednesday afternoon following the mass school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that left nine dead, as well as the shooter.

  Canada

  Feb 11
• Read the full transcript of Carney’s Tumbler Ridge shooting statement

  Prime Minister Mark Carney paid tribute to the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., and the victims of Tuesday's deadly mass shooting during a speech in the House of Commons.

  Canada

  Feb 11
• Tumbler Ridge shooting: 5 students, teacher dead as BC RCMP identifies shooter

  At least nine people were killed in a school shooting Tuesday afternoon in Tumbler Ridge, in which the suspected shooter also ended up dead.

  Crime

  Feb 11
• Carney cancels trip, sends ministers to B.C. after Tumbler Ridge shooting

  Carney was due to travel to the Munich Security Conference on Wednesday evening after announcing his government's defence industrial strategy at an event in Halifax. 

  Canada

  Feb 11
• Tumbler Ridge, B.C. will ‘work through this as a family’ after school shooting: mayor

  Tumbler Ridge's mayor is asking residents to support each other and lend an ear as the community grieves after a school shooting on Tuesday.

  Canada

  Feb 11
• World leaders react to ‘senseless’ Tumbler Ridge shooting: ‘Horror has struck’

  Tuesday afternoon's mass school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., has been called 'one of the worst mass shootings' in Canada, minister says.

  Canada

  Feb 11
• Tumbler Ridge: What to know about the community devastated by mass shooting

  Tumbler Ridge began as a coal mining community in northeastern British Columbia in 1981 and grew steadily until the 1990s, when coal prices declined.

  Canada

  Feb 11
• Tumbler Ridge shooting: Canada lowers flags to half-mast for 7 days

  Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that Canadian flags will be flown at half-mast for seven days on federal buildings following the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

  Canada

  Feb 11
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• Recipe: Golden pork and garlic chive dumplings

  Celebrate the Year of the Horse by making these delicious dumplings! This easy-to-follow recipe makes between 45 to 55 dumplings, so you will be sure to have enough!

  Lifestyle

  Feb 11
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• Canadian Olympians react to Tumbler Ridge shooting

  Doug Armstrong says real life "trumps anything we're doing here" as he joined other Canadians at the Milan Cortina Olympics who offered condolences to those impacted by the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

  Sports

  Feb 11
• B.C. school shooting ‘one of the worst mass shootings’ in Canada, minister says

  "The people of Tumbler Ridge remain in a state of crisis following one of the worst mass shootings in our province's and country's history," Nina Krieger said.

  Crime

  Feb 11
• A list of some school shootings that happened in Canada before Tumbler Ridge

  A shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in northern B.C.'s Peace region is the deadliest attack connected to a Canadian education facility in nearly 40 years.

  Crime

  Feb 10
• Public hearing set for controversial Kelowna golf course redevelopment

  The city is considering a land swap that would see development company Denciti receive 9.1 acres of municipally-owned industrial land in exchange for a nine-hole golf course.

  Canada

  Feb 10
• Trial starts for man charged in connection with fatal stabbing outside Vancouver Starbucks

  Paul Schmidt, 37, was stabbed and killed following a verbal altercation with a stranger outside the Starbucks at Granville and Pender streets in March 2023.

  Crime

  Feb 10