{"id":37136,"date":"2026-05-08T13:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/37136\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:47:15","slug":"tumbler-ridge-high-school-to-be-demolished-and-rebuilt-at-new-site-after-mass-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/37136\/","title":{"rendered":"Tumbler Ridge high school to be demolished and rebuilt at new site after mass shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An RCMP vehicle is parked outside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in B.C. on Feb. 13, days after one of Canada’s worst mass shootings.Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

The Tumbler Ridge, B.C., high school where six people were killed<\/a> in one of Canada\u2019s worst mass shootings will be torn down and replaced with a new school at another site. <\/p>\n

B.C. Premier David Eby<\/a> said the decision is the result of engagement between the Peace River South school board and survivors, family and community members. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe work that was done by the school board was incredibly important because we want to make sure we\u2019re doing things right by the survivors, by the families, by the people of Tumbler Ridge,\u201d he told reporters in Victoria on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Nine people, including the shooter, died in the Feb. 10 mass shooting<\/a>. The 18-year-old fatally shot her mother and half brother at their family home before proceeding to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, where she killed five students and an educational assistant. The shooter then turned a gun on herself. <\/p>\n

Eby says a new high school will be built at another site ‘as quickly as possible.’ <\/p>\n

The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Mr. Eby, who travelled with other dignitaries to the northeastern B.C. community of roughly 2,400 people in the days after the attack, said it was apparent to him at the time the high level of anxiety that children were experiencing over the idea of returning to the school. He pledged then that they would not have to. <\/p>\n

\u201cI will promise you that not one of you will ever be forced to go back to that school,\u201d he said at a Feb. 13 vigil. \u201cWe will provide a safe place for you to go to school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Within days, single-wide trailers were brought to Tumbler Ridge to establish temporary school facilities. Some students resumed classes by the end of the month. <\/p>\n

Tumbler Ridge shooting highlights rural northern B.C.\u2019s mental health deserts<\/a><\/p>\n

Those portables will now be replaced with larger double-wide trailers that can accommodate 25 to 30 students each, until the new building is ready.<\/p>\n

The removal of the existing school is expected to begin this summer, Mr. Eby said. Community consultations and expert advice will guide decisions on the new location and school design, with a plan expected later this year. <\/p>\n

The Premier said Ottawa will help fund both the removal of the existing school and the development and construction of the new building.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Prime Minister was in Tumbler Ridge with me and with the mayor, he committed that the federal government would be part of this effort as well, and they have confirmed that they will also be working with us to replace this school,\u201d Mr. Eby said on Thursday. <\/p>\n

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B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a community vigil on Feb. 13 at a makeshift memorial at the town hall in Tumbler Ridge.Jennifer Gauthier\/Reuters<\/p>\n

Several students and family members who spoke with The Globe and Mail in the wake of the attack said they never wanted to return to the school. But not all.<\/p>\n

Maddy Mansky, 12, who hid in the bathroom as shots rang out, said she wanted the school to stay, and that people should overcome their fears. Her mother, Alysha Mansky, said demolishing the school sends the wrong message.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re teaching them it\u2019s okay to walk away and it\u2019ll be taken care of, because they\u2019re afraid,\u201d Ms. Mansky said in an interview on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you teach your kids when they\u2019re being bullied at school? Stand up for yourself. Stand up and take your power back.\u201d<\/p>\n

B.C.\u2019s chief coroner, Jatinder Baidwan, announced in March that his office will hold an inquest<\/a> into the shooting after the investigative phase is complete. <\/p>\n

Mr. Eby reiterated Thursday that should the police investigation and coroner\u2019s inquest not answer outstanding questions \u2013 such as the origins of the guns used, the potential role of OpenAI<\/a> and its ChatGPT chatbot, and the state of mental-health services in Tumbler Ridge \u2013 then his government would move to a public inquiry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: An RCMP vehicle is parked outside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in B.C. on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[164,224,238,214,212,239,17,211,230,231,227,213,210,235,171,234,143,222,249,215,216,229,225,226,219,240,220,244,245,247,242,246,94,243,217,142,233,113,232,241,223,236,237,228,221,218,248],"class_list":{"0":"post-37136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-canada","15":"tag-canada-news","16":"tag-canada-sports","17":"tag-canada-sports-news","18":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","19":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","20":"tag-canadian-news","21":"tag-economy","22":"tag-education","23":"tag-environment","24":"tag-federal-government","25":"tag-foreign-news","26":"tag-globe-and-mail","27":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","28":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","29":"tag-government","30":"tag-life-news","31":"tag-lifestyle","32":"tag-local-news","33":"tag-manitoba","34":"tag-national-news","35":"tag-new-brunswick","36":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","37":"tag-northwest-territories","38":"tag-nova-scotia","39":"tag-nunavut","40":"tag-ontario","41":"tag-pei","42":"tag-photos","43":"tag-political-news","44":"tag-political-opinion","45":"tag-politics","46":"tag-politics-news","47":"tag-quebec","48":"tag-sports-news","49":"tag-technology","50":"tag-travel","51":"tag-trudeau","52":"tag-us-news","53":"tag-world-news","54":"tag-yukon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}