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Montreal shooting survivor shares how she regained sense of safety
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
TORONTO — École Polytechnique shooting survivor Nathalie Provost says it took her several weeks to return to the site of the Montreal massacre, but doing so allowed her to reclaim her life and create a sense of safety again. She was shot in the leg, foot and forehead by a gunman who killed 14 women ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House of Commons holds moment of silence for victims of B.C. shooting
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament held a moment of silence today in honour of the victims of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Ten people were killed, including the alleged suspect, in a shooting at a school and a home in the town in northeastern B.C. on Tuesday. In his remarks following the moment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: House of Commons holds moment of silence for victims of B.C. shooting
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament held a moment of silence today in honour of the victims of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Ten people were killed, including the alleged suspect, in a shooting at a school and a home in the town in northeastern B.C. on Tuesday. More coming. Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A timeline of how the Tumbler Ridge shootings unfolded
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
The following timeline of Tuesday’s shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is based on information provided by RCMP, B.C. government officials and BC Emergency Health Services. Times are Mountain Time. Feb. 10, 2026, 1:20 p.m.: Tumbler Ridge RCMP receive a report of an active shooter at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. 1:22 p.m.: Police arrive at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anand wants NATO’s new Arctic Sentry initiative to become permanent
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she wants to see the new NATO initiative in the Arctic, which launched on Wednesday, made permanent. Arctic Sentry, NATO’s newest military effort, is aimed at shoring up security in the region and comes a month after U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his threats to annex Greenland. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Premier, minister credit tiny RCMP detachment for saving lives in Tumbler Ridge
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
VICTORIA — The five members of the tiny RCMP detachment in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., are being credited with saving lives during a shooting attack that left 10 dead, including the suspect. British Columbia Premier David Eby says RCMP Supt. Ken Floyd told him that officers from the detachment responded to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School within ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A nation mourns with you’: Reaction to the mass shooting in B.C.
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
Condolences for those killed in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., are streaming in from across Canada and around the world. Ten people are dead, including the shooter, while dozens more were injured at the community’s high school. Here is some of the reaction: “The trauma and impact of this loss are immeasurable. There ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mass shootings in Canada have prompted changes to firearm laws over the decades
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
OTTAWA — Mass shootings in Canada — including an April 2020 rampage in Nova Scotia — have helped to spur changes to gun laws in recent decades. Police were offering no details early Wednesday on the type of firearm used in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shootings that left 10 people dead, including the suspect, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College of Physicians welcomes powers granted to other professions under Bill 15
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
MONTREAL — Quebec’s professional order of physicians is welcoming a provincial bill that would give more powers to professions like nurses and midwives, but says it wants to see more details in the legislation, including specific training requirements. The Collège des médecins says it is pleased the bill could expand powers for nurses to prescribe ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney cancels trip to Europe following B.C. school shooting
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has cancelled his plans to travel to Halifax and Munich, Germany, following a deadly school shooting in British Columbia. As news of the tragedy unfolded Tuesday evening, Carney’s staff said he was suspending his plans to travel for the time being but now say the whole trip is cancelled. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Kindness Week takes on different meaning after Tumbler Ridge shooting
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
OTTAWA — Parliamentarians from all parties came together Wednesday to mark National Kindness Week — but the message is taking on a different meaning after the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. National Kindness Week, which runs from Feb. 15 to 21, honours a movement started by the late Ottawa Rabbi Reuven Bulka, who encouraged ... Read More »
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