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Thursday to Be Day of Mourning in British Columbia After Mass Shooting

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed the House of Commons with grief and hope after a mass shooting in a remote B.C. town that killed 10 and injured dozens.
The remote community of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, is home to some 2,400 people nestled in the Rockies and was carved from wilderness in the 1980s with a resource-based economy.
First responders and RCMP entered Tumbler Ridge Secondary School without hesitation and school staff acted with extraordinary courage, while Canadian flags will be flown at half-mast for seven days and foreign ambassadors sat in the House galleries.
Carney warned that there will be important questions to ask and difficult conversations in the days ahead, while federal officials coordinate with B.C. Premier David Eby and local counterparts.
Parliamentarians observed a moment of silence and agreed to adjourn until Thursday at 10 a.m., with a book of condolences open until Feb. 17 for Bob Zimmer, Conservative MP.

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