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Carney Announces Seven Days of Half-Mast Flags and Offers Condolences After B.C. High School Shooting
An 18-year-old suspect killed eight students, an educator, and two family members; over 25 were injured, including two critically, police said.
- On Tuesday, Feb. 10, RCMP said ten people were dead and more than 25 wounded at Tumbler Ridge School and a nearby home in British Columbia.
- Authorities said the suspected shooter was found dead at the scene, and the motive remains unclear; Jessie Van Rootselaar, 18, began transitioning six years ago, dropped out four years ago, and had mental-health issues.
- Police reached the school within two minutes, securing the scene with police vehicles and a helicopter overhead, while officers found one victim in a stairwell and others in the library of Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, which enrolls about 175 students.
- Tomorrow, Feb. 12, will be an official day of mourning in British Columbia legislature, and Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended travel with flags on Parliament Hill lowered for seven days.
- The attack has devastated a remote town of roughly 2,400 residents and Tumbler Ridge Secondary School with 175 students, prompting nationwide condolences and promotion of the 310 Mental Health Support line and Kids Help Phone text 686868.
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Carney issues emotional statement on shooting
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney became visibly emotional Wednesday as he addressed the nation following a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, that left multiple people dead. Carney ordered flags on all federal buildings to be flown at half-mast and urged Canadians to come together in mourning.
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Massacre upsets the country: ten dead and 25 wounded. The bomber, who then killed himself, was a boy who had changed sex. The authorities covered his identity for privacy reasons, then the truth emerged. Prime Minister Carney: "I am devastated."A small Canadian community of a few thousand inhabitants, in the northeast of British Columbia, woke up in a real nightmare.
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