Category Archives: British Columbia

House of Commons holds moment of silence for victims of B.C. shooting
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament held a moment of silence on Wednesday, and party leaders delivered statements in the House of Commons urging unity and kindness, in honour of the victims of the mass sho...
Feb 11, 2026

Police identify B.C. mass shooter as 18-year-old, say five students and teacher dead
TUMBLER RIDGE - The person behind one of British Columbia's worst mass killings has been identified as an 18-year-old who killed family members at home, then gunned down students randomly at a school ...
Feb 11, 2026

Here's the latest following the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
TUMBLER RIDGE - RCMP say nine people were killed in shootings Tuesday in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., including the lone suspect who died by suicide. Seven of the victims were under 13 years old. Mounties als...
Feb 11, 2026

Voices in reaction to the mass shooting that left 10 dead in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
RCMP say seven people were killed when a shooter entered a high school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Tuesday, and then they killed themself. More than two dozen others were hurt, some of them seriously. ...
Feb 10, 2026

Carney suspends trip to Europe following B.C. school shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended his plans to travel to Halifax and Munich, Germany, following a deadly school shooting in British Columbia. Carney said in a statement he is devastated by...
Feb 10, 2026

News of Catherine O'Hara's rectal cancer brings hope of more awareness
A British Columbia woman treated for colorectal cancer says she hopes news that Canadian acting legend Catherine O'Hara had rectal cancer when she died will help more people realize how common the can...
Feb 10, 2026

10 dead, including female suspect, in 'devastating' shootings at B.C. school and home
TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - RCMP Supt. Ken Floyd says police are "not in a place" to understand what motivated a shooter suspected of killing two people at a home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., before ...
Feb 10, 2026

Homicide-suicide ruling in 2023 deaths of family in Prince Rupert, B.C.
BURNABY - The jury in a British Columbia coroner's inquest into the deaths of a family of four in Prince Rupert in 2023 has found that they died of homicide and suicide, and recommended that police be...
Feb 10, 2026

Search underway for man seen entering the water off a B.C. ferry
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say they're investigating the disappearance of a man believed to have gone overboard into the Strait of Georgia during a ferry sailing. A statement from the RCMP say...
Feb 10, 2026

Eby lacks winning conditions for early election as B.C. Legislature resumes: analyst
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government heads into a legislative session this week with an $11.2 billion deficit, economic uncertainty, and plans to roll back a law on Indigenous rights - and an ex...
Feb 10, 2026