{"id":88639,"date":"2026-02-11T15:25:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/?p=86584"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:53:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:53:51","slug":"statement-on-the-tragedy-in-tumbler-ridge-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/statement-on-the-tragedy-in-tumbler-ridge-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on the Tragedy in Tumbler Ridge, BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wednesday, February 11, 2026 \u2013 3 p.m. EST <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A terrible morning in Canada. We woke up to news today of a mass shooting that occurred yesterday at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in Tumbler Ridge, BC.<\/p>\n<p>Information is still coming in, but so far, 9 people are dead, and 25 are injured. Motivation is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>It is incomprehensible. Your stomach drops when you hear of a tragedy like this, and you immediately get in touch with loved ones in the area to make sure everyone is safe.<\/p>\n<p>Our hearts are heavy today, and our thoughts are with the victims and their families. We mourn together.<\/p>\n<p>We know many children, youth and adults may be feeling scared, confused, or upset. These reactions are normal, and you aren&#8217;t alone.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Mental Health Resources<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkidshelpphone.ca%2Fneed-help-now-text-us%2F%3Futm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dpaidsearch%26utm_campaign%3Dfeel-out-loud%26utm_content%3Dfeel-out-loud%26gad_source%3D1%26gad_campaignid%3D22042578465%26gbraid%3D0AAAAADhM-CEgJyXppoWUn8FbgAisOZBob%26gclid%3DCj0KCQiA7rDMBhCjARIsAGDBuEDNz7bfIQzf6ixQr2VOcKknd06dzlwmlViuZ3egIBDxEOsABxiCG_caArB-EALw_wcB&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmoconnell%40bgccan.com%7Ca9919f6b14654c4048b408de699b97fc%7Ccc4a94cb34274386a44e24f6aa7d60d7%7C0%7C0%7C639064314191652878%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2iK4BxT2f1mBE4PrjixlklurEmtg59pJty%2FCiid%2BryI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Kids Help Phone<\/a> is available 24\/7 at 1-800-668-6868 or by texting CONNECT to 686868.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mediasmarts.ca\/tipsheet\/talking-kids-about-media-violence-tip-sheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MediaSmarts: Talking to kids about violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kidshealth.org\/en\/parents\/talk-about-guns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KidsHealth.org: Talking to kids about gun violence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Carrie Wagner<br \/>\n<strong>Interim President &amp; CEO, BGC Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, February 11, 2026 \u2013 3 p.m. EST A terrible morning in Canada. We woke up to news today of a mass shooting that occurred yesterday at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in Tumbler Ridge, BC. Information is still coming in, but so far, 9 people are dead, and 25 are injured. Motivation is unknown. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[42,274,275],"class_list":["post-88639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bgc-news","tag-bgc-news","tag-kids-help-phone","tag-tumbler-ridge-bc"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}