TUMBLER RIDGE — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to visit the northern town of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where residents continue to mourn and have questions about the mass shooting that took the lives of nine people, including the shooter.
Carney is set to be joined by all federal party leaders, Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and B.C. Premier David Eby at an evening vigil in the town of about 2,400.
RCMP have released names and photos of the children and adults killed at a local home and at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School.
Mounties have said they don’t know what motivated the shooter, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, who later killed herself.
Police say before heading to the school, Van Rootselaar killed her mother, 39-year-old Jennifer Jacobs, and 11-year-old stepbrother, Emmett Jacobs.
Sarah Lampert, whose daughter Ticaria was among those killed at the school, says the 12-year-old was “the glue” for her large family.
Lampert says even simple things like looking back in the family’s van and seeing one child missing will be hard.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 13, 2026.
Brenna Owen and Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press
