Carney plans visit to Tumbler Ridge on Friday as Canada grieves mass shooting


Flowers lie on the ground near the site of a mass shooting at a high school, in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier

OTTAWA, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Canadian ⁠Prime Minister Mark Carney will attend a vigil on Friday in the remote ⁠British Columbia town of Tumbler Ridge, where nine people died in one of ‌the country's worst mass shootings, his office said on Thursday.

Police say 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, who had suffered mental health problems, killed her mother and stepbrother on Tuesday before shooting a teacher and five young students at the ​local school.

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