Thursday February 12, 2026 | VICTORIA, BC [Posted at 11:15 am PT | Updated February 14, 2026]
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
See: Synopsis & photos of the February 13, 2026 outdoor vigil in Tumbler Ridge
As posted on February 12, 2026:
Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Tumbler Ridge tomorrow, Friday February 13, at the invitation of Tumbler Ridge Mayor Darryl Krakowka.
All the party leaders will join the prime minister in Tumbler Ridge.
This follows the February 11 House of Commons tributes to the victims and families impacted by the Tumbler Ridge shooting.
Background:
A shooter killed eight people (and then took her own life), resulting in nine dead including her mother and brother, a teacher, and five students at Tumbler Ridge Secondary.
Two students remain in hospital from injuries resulting from the February 10 shooting.
Federal response:
The prime minister cancelled his previous schedule of February 11 (a defence announcement then a trip to Germany) once hearing about the shooting on Tuesday.
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson arrived in Tumbler Ridge yesterday.
Provincial response today:
Today at 2 pm, BC Lieutenant Governor Wendy Cocchia will deliver a speech in Victoria as a tribute to the Tumbler Ridge victims and community.
Eby on the ground:
BC Premier David Eby and Minister of Public Safety Nina Krieger were in Tumbler Ridge last night to meet with people impacted by yesterday’s school shooting tragedy.
They met with community leadership and officials on the ground and attended an outdoor vigil.
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- Night time vigil in Tumbler Ridge on February 13, 2026 (February 14, 2026)
- Day-after: Premier Eby addresses media from Tumbler Ridge (February 11, 2026)
- Federal ministers head to Tumbler Ridge with BC Premier & Safety Minister (February 11, 2026)
- Tributes in the House of Commons about Tumbler Ridge shooting (February 11, 2026)
- BC Premier Eby on the Tumbler Ridge shooting (February 10, 2026)
- Prime Minister Carney’s statement on the shooting in Tumbler Ridge (February 10, 2026)
- Ten dead in Tumbler Ridge shooting incident (February 10, 2026)
- Tumbler Ridge elementary & secondary schools on active shooter lockdown (February 10, 2026)