Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and opposition leaders laid flowers at a makeshift memorial as they paid their respects to the victims of one of the country's worst mass shootings in the remote town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Friday (February 13)

Carney, a Liberal, exchanged hugs and handshakes with other officials as he laid a bouquet at the base of an evergreen tree, near the school where a teacher and five young students were killed on Tuesday (February 10).

Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, who had suffered a series of mental health problems, killed her mother and stepbrother at home before attacking her former school in Tumbler Ridge, a settlement of around 2,400 in the Canadian Rockies, according to police.

Van Rootselaar, who police say was born a male but began identifying as a woman six years ago, then died by suicide.

Police named the school victims as Abel Mwansa, 12; Ezekiel Schofield, 13; Kylie Smith, 12; Zoey Benoit, 12; and Ticaria Lampert, 12, as well as teacher Shannda Aviugana-Durand, 39.

The mass shooting was one of the worst in Canadian history. The deadliest took place in April 2020 when a 51-year-old man killed 22 people in Nova Scotia, before police shot him dead.

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TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (FEBRUARY 13, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. PERSON LAYING FLOWERS AT MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL FOR SHOOTING VICTIMS

2. CANADA'S FIRST LADY DIANA FOX CARNEY (GREY COAT) AND HER HUSBAND, CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY (BEHIND HER) BRINGING FLOWERS TO MAKESHIFT SHOOTING MEMORIAL

3. FLOWERS AND STUFFED ANIMALS AT MEMORIAL

4. FRAMED PHOTO OF YOUNG GIRL

5. BACK VIEW OF CARNEYS AT MEMORIAL

6. WIDE OF CARNEYS AT MEMORIAL

7. FLOWERS AND STUFFED ANIMALS

8. PLASTIC HEART AT MEMORIAL

9. CARNEY SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE/MAN EMBRACING ANOTHER MAN NEARBY

10. FLOWERS AND STUFFED ANIMALS

11. CARNEYS AND OTHERS AT MEMORIAL

12. PEOPLE

13. BACK VIEW OF CARNEYS WALKING AWAY

14. PEOPLE BRINGING FLOWERS TO MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL

15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ADRIANA (NO LAST NAME PROVIDED), TUMBLER RIDGE RESIDENT, 60, SAYING:

“You know, I would never expect such a thing to happen in this small community, such a small, isolated place, a very quiet place like ours. And it's hard to get over the shock and I can only imagine how broken the people are, the people who lost their children. Like, this is something that can never be replaced.”

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16. DRONE AERIAL OF BLOCKED OFF ROAD LEADING TO NORTHERN LIGHTS COLLEGE TUMBLER RIDGE CAMPUS, LOCATED IN THE SAME BUILDING AS TUMBLER RIDGE SECONDARY SCHOOL, WHERE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE

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17. LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE BEHIND ORANGE BARRIER AND CONES

18. LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE

19. WIND BLOWN BOUQUETS IN DIRT NEAR WALKWAY

20. YELLOW POLICE TAPE NEAR CRIME SCENE

21. LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE IN FRONT OF SCHOOL WITH SIGN READING (English) “WELCOME TO TUMBLER RIDGE SECONDARY SCHOOL”

22. SIGN READING (English) “WELCOME TO TUMBLER RIDGE SECONDARY SCHOOL”

22. WOMAN WITH STROLLER SPEAKING WITH TWO PEOPLE

23. WOMAN WALKING WITH CHILDREN

24. KRISTEN HUGH,37, WALKING DOGS WITH HER MOTHER

25. CANADIAN FLAG AT HALF-STAFF TO HONOR SHOOTING VICTIMS

26. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KRISTEN HUGH,37, WHO GREW UP IN TUMBLER RIDGE, EXPLAINING WHY SHE FELT COMPELLED TO RETURN TO THE AREA AFTER THE SHOOTING, SAYING:

“I came up here to support my friends and family. It's a really small community. I grew up here. Yeah, it's a very small community that everybody kind of looks after one another. Everybody knows each other. It's good. It feels like there's a lot of support pouring in, which is nice. So just being here to support them and yeah, help out with anything I can.”

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27. DRONE AERIAL OF NORTHERN LIGHTS COLLEGE TUMBLER RIDGE CAMPUS, LOCATED IN THE SAME BUILDING AS TUMBLER RIDGE SECONDARY SCHOOL, WHERE SHOOTING HAPPENED