Federal and B.C. governments to pay $200M for Tumbler Ridge school and health centre
The project follows a February mass shooting and is part of a broader $5 billion housing and infrastructure package, officials said.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the federal and British Columbia governments are each pledging $100 million to build a new high school in Tumbler Ridge and modernize the community's health centre.
- This commitment follows the February 10 tragedy where Jesse Van Rootselaar killed eight people, including five students and an educational assistant at the Tumbler Ridge school.
- The funding is part of a broader $5 billion infrastructure package for B.C. over 10 years, which includes $1.6 billion to lower development cost charges for multi-unit housing projects.
- Work on the new facility begins this summer with removal of the existing building, fulfilling Premier David Eby's promise that students would not return to the shooting site.
- Broader investments include $2.5 billion for transit and $600 million for health-care infrastructure, with $50 million allocated for coastal communities like Prince Rupert and Terrace.
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Ottawa, BC to Pay $200 Million for New School in Tumbler Ridge After Mass Shooting
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal and B.C. governments will provide $100 million each to build a new high school in Tumbler Ridge after the mass shooting at the school in February, and to modernize the small town’s health care centre. The B.C. government said last month that Tumbler Ridge Secondary School would be demolished and rebuilt at a new location in the wake of the mass shooting at the school on Feb. 10. Carney said at a June 1…
Tumbler Ridge to get $200 million for new school, renovated health centre
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Thursday that Ottawa and B.C. will provide Tumbler Ridge with $200 million to build a new high school and renovate the local health care centre in the community still reeling from February's shooting.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said the governments of Canada and British Columbia are committing $100 million each to build a new school in Tumbler Ridge and modernize the community's health care centre.
Federal and B.C. governments to pay $200M for Tumbler Ridge school and health centre – Energeticcity.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, and his wife Diana Fox Carney arrive with NDP interim Leader Don Davies, left, and Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, right, to place flowers at a memorial for the victims of a mass shooting, in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi) TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C. — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal and B.C. governments are pledging $100 million each to bui…
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