CP NewsAlert: Coroner calls inquest into Tumbler Ridge, B.C., deaths

By Canadian Press on March 3, 2026.

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s chief coroner has called an inquest into the shooting deaths of nine people in Tumbler Ridge to determine how future deaths might be prevented.

Dr. Jatinder Baidwan says the inquest will examine how the mental health and public safety systems intersect and also consider how guns were obtained by the killer.

Jesse Van Rootselaar shot dead her mother and 11-year-old half-brother at their home, before killing five students, a teacher’s aide and then herself, at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Feb. 10.

More coming.

The Canadian Press