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CanadaWhen officers entered the school on Tuesday afternoon, they found six victims deceased, RCMP confirmed.
An individual believed to be the shooter was also found deceased with what appears to be a self‑inflicted injury.
Two victims have been airlifted to the hospital with serious or life‑threatening injuries. A third victim died while being transported to hospital. Approximately 25 others are being assessed and triaged at the local medical centre for non‑life‑threatening injuries.
The active shooter alert was lifted at 5:46 p.m. PT.
Hold on to your tuques for the transphobic right wing shit deluge that's coming.
Yup. They’re commit 90+% of the violence but this happens and we’re going to be hearing about it for a decade at least.
In Canada, not the US?? And the shooter was a woman??
#Girlpower
Breaking all the glass ceilings
yikes, it's the third worst shooting by deaths in the history of the country.
As an individual I want to express my condolences to everyone in Tumbler Ridge, and may the victims rest in peace. This is a national tragedy.
I hope the community is offered ongoing psychological care and that there is an immediate effort to mitigate physician shortages that they are already suffering.
To feel how I felt when I read the news this morning, I can’t even begin to imagine the grief, misery, anger, sadness, and whirlwind of emotions from those directly impacted.
There is a period of respect where politics on the matter should take a backseat, but I will say that the BC leadership and federal government should discuss what they have learned from this tragedy. I have no answers.
Right now, I just want to express my support to anyone who may be reading this that was affected. If anyone needs somebody to talk to privately, for any reason, please know I am here if you privately message me.
That period of “respect” needs to be incredibly short. As in, I’m sick of these highly political situations losing all their momentum as if that respects any of the victims, including, in some cases, the shooter.
This is a mental health crisis, likely a poverty issue, and a bunch of other things that we need to take apart now because we certainly don’t do it when things are calm.
Well I'm going to be sad for the rest of the day. Why is the world so fucked up?
That's horrible. My heart goes out to the victims and their families
Up to 10 dead, including the suspect, now.
I was not expecting to see something like this today...
For a second I thought this occurred in America; seems like an every day event here. Dang Canada, are you ok?
seems like an every day event here.
What? The worst year for mass shootings in Canada looks like 2022, with 8 shootings. The one with the most casualties was in 1918 in Québec City, 4 dead 100 injured. Highest number of deaths was the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks with 23 dead and 3 injured, but that was a spree, not a single event. The highest deaths in a single event was in Montreal in 1989 with 15 dead 14 injured.
First shooting (on the Wikipedia article ) is 1902. For the most part it's 1-3 events a year, usually with 1-5 years between, until we get up towards the 90s and 00s.
Should we compare that with the US?
2024 saw 711 dead and 2375 wounded in 586 shootings.
2025 saw 420 dead and 1898 injured in 425 shootings.
As of 31st of Jan this year, 35 dead and 85 injured in 26 shootings.
Obviously the US is a poor comparison right?
So if we look at ONLY public mass shootings:
shootings that occur in public or semi-public spaces, perpetrated by one perpetrator, resulting in three or more victims randomly selected, with at least one fatality. Public refers to an open public space or public building, such as a school.
Definition and study.
And which excludes:
- family or felony mass shooting
- incidents involving state-sponsored violence
- battles over sovereignty
- organized terrorism
Between 2000 and 2022, in the US and comparable countries there were 144 public mass shootings across 36 countries, 20 of which had none. If we remove the US from the list (109 events), Canada is 3rd with 4 public mass shootings, all of which are post 2010. Mass shootings are trending upwards globally, which is certainly something to worry about, and something that we need to plan to prevent as a society.
So what's happening in Canada with gun crime?
Fucking America.... Lax ass gun laws that contribute heavily to gun violence in the States has a trickle down effect of people being able to go and just buy a gun, stick it under their seat, and drive back into Canada. Upwards of 75% of gun crime in Canada is perpetrated by someone with an illegally imported American firearm. Sweet.
everythings the same folks will be like. look. canada is just like the us. its not about guns.
Pretty sure they meant an everyday event in the US not in Canada.
Shh, don't tell them, they worked really hard on that comment.
Yeah dude, don't burst their bubble, or remind them to carefully read things before spending 45mins doing a write up with citations! 🤫
And yet Canadian legal gun owners have to pay for that. With the gun bans of the past 6 years banned almost every semi-automatic rifle by name, grandfathering all handguns, and now shotguns are being added to the list.
They are also looking to expand rifle bans to include any rifle with a detachable magazine... news flash: most bolt-action rifles have detachable magazines.
Yeah, I'm not super versed in Canadian gun law, I never really had the interest 🤷.
That said, everything I've heard about new bans/restrictions coming in from my friends and family who hunt sound incredibly reactionary with no actual aim to fix the issues that they state are the aim....
The money being spent on the ban could be used much more effectively to reduce crime by investing it elsewhere such as mental health services. Many local police forces have refused to participate (its optional for them) citing their resources are better spent elsewhere which will push the costs onto the RCMP.
What the hell do you need a gun for! Get lost.
Hunt.
Stop hunting, there are very few wild animals left. We have farms, eat farmed meat.
We've killed off vast amounts of natural predators. Hunting is regulated and often an important part of population control for the hunted animal. It also isn't just about harvesting the meat, for many it is a deeply rooted cultural tradition.
Tradition is not a good argument for continued practice. Many traditions were and are objectively wrong.
The population control argument is rich. We don't regulate the most destructive species on the planet.
Tell me you live in a big city without saying it
Sovereignty
Morons advocating for gun ownership is how we lose sovereignty.
Average citizens participating in politics and demanding justice is how we keep sovereignty.
Participating in politics and demanding justice are liberal democratic tools of effective governance that should be encouraged and celebrated.
Sovereignty is about the independence of the state, international autonomy, and territorial integrity.
When your neighbour routinely threatens your sovereignty and that neighbour happens to lead the world in defense spending and guns per capita, it might be time to consider a CFSC course.
A bunch of childish nonsense
So good will and vibes keeps Canada sovereign got it. I hope Russia China and America support our vibes.
An individual with a firearm isn't keeping anything sovereign. This is the domain of national diplomacy and state militaries. Keep larping though.
The USA has nuclear missiles.
Violence can happen anywhere there are humans.
W...t....f...
Edit: removed possible hearsay.
What the hell?
I see some reports that say women and others that say man?
Hmm, OK. Will wait till official reports come out then. Edited.
Yeah. That's really rare.
Silver lining is that now Canadian school shootings has some gender representation. People hoped that the future would have more women in non traditional roles but this seems like a monkeys paw wish. But it just shows that people of all types have the capacity to be a monster.
