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‘No words that capture the horror’: small Canada town shattered by deadly attack


Remote coalmining community of Tumbler Ridge struggles to make sense of shooting that has left Canada in shock

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Within moments of receiving reports that there was a shooter nearby, Stacie Gruntman, the principal of Tumbler Ridge secondary school, did what educators are increasingly trained to do: she put the school in lockdown.

Gruntman rushed through the tiny school in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northern British Columbia, checking that classroom doors were secured. Teachers shut off the lights and huddled with their students.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/11/reaction-canada-tumbler-ridge-school-shooting

Author : Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Publish date : 2026-02-11 18:48:00

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