Here’s what we know about the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting investigation | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The investigation into last week’s shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that claimed nine lives has moved into a new phase after police cleared the two crime scenes. While police say the only known suspect in the case, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, killed herself as police closed in Tuesday, questions remain. By Friday, police had […]
Alberta RCMP report more calls of people with weapons in wake of Tumbler Ridge shooting | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Mounties in Alberta say there’s been an uptick in calls for people with a weapon and school lockdowns since the mass school shooting in Tumbler Ridge. An RCMP spokesman says that he can’t say with certainty that the increase is connected with the shooting that left nine dead last Tuesday, but it is unusual […]
Survivor of one of Canada’s first school shootings reflects on Tumbler Ridge grief | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Nearly 50 years ago, Anne McGrath was a 17-year-old student at St. Pius X High School in Ottawa when a fellow student entered a classroom with a sawed-off shotgun and opened fire. Today, McGrath is a longtime political strategist and deputy chief of staff to former Alberta premier Rachel Notley, as well as a […]
Tumbler Ridge students won’t ‘return to current school site’ after mass shooting | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Students in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., will not be returning to their current high school following last week’s deadly mass shooting, the local school district said in a release. In a letter to families dated Feb. 13, School District No. 59 (Peace River South) said future plans will prioritize student safety and well-being, adding the […]
They ‘ran into gunfire’: Impact of the Tumbler Ridge shooting on first responders | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The Tumbler Ridge RCMP detachment has only five members. “At the time of the incident, there was two members that were working and two members that were off duty, not working that day, and one was out of the community,” Jeff Swann, the national policing federation Pacific region director for the RCMP, told Global […]
Family of Portapique victims offers advice and support to community in Tumbler Ridge | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] It was almost six years ago that Tammy Oliver-McCurdie lost her younger sister, brother-in-law and 17-year-old niece in Nova Scotia, all of them victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern Canadian history. Oliver-McCurdie says that when she heard about the school shooting Tuesday in northeastern British Columbia, she recalled the agony she felt […]
‘We now have to figure out how to live life without her’: Mother of Tumbler Ridge shooting victim speaks | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The mother of a 12-year-old girl killed in the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge says her family is struggling to comprehend the loss as the small northern B.C. community mourns the victims. Sarah Lampert spoke to reporters Thursday about her daughter, Ticaria, who was among eight people killed in the attack that also left […]
Father of Tumbler Ridge school shooter issues statement: ‘I carry a sorrow’ | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The father of the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooter has issued a statement following the deadly mass shooting that rocked the small community this week. “There are moments when words feel far too small for the sorrow we are carrying together. What has happened has left an ache in the heart of our town that […]
RCMP respond to reports of a guns at schools in several Alberta communities | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] In the aftermath of a devastating shooting spree that left six children and two adults dead in the small northern B.C. town, schools in at least three communities across Alberta have dealt with firearms reports that turned out to be false, while a fourth had a man acting erratically while in possession of a […]
As Tumbler Ridge grieves mass shooting, Carney to visit ‘shortly’ | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit the community of Tumbler Ridge “shortly,” his office says, after the British Columbia community was devastated by a mass shooting Tuesday that killed eight people, as well as the shooter, and injured dozens of others. “The Prime Minister will be visiting Tumbler Ridge shortly in support of the […]