STORY: Ten people including the shooter are dead after an assailant opened fire at a high school in western Canada on Tuesday (February 10) in one of the country's deadliest mass casualty events in recent history.

"The district facilities are currently in lockdown as well, and staff has been requested not to leave," local journalist Trent Ernst said in a livestream from the scene, which showed the school in the snow-covered northern British Columbia town, capturing the tense aftermath of the shooting.

Reuters was able to confirm the location of the video as the middle school, roadmap layout and residential buildings matched with file and satellite images. Reuters was able to confirm the date of the video as they were livestreamed. Local police also confirmed that ten people were dead including the shooter at a high school in Tumbler Ridge on Tuesday.

The outburst brought to Canada the type of mass shooting more common in the neighboring United States, and was carried out by a shooter described as female, police said.

At least two other people were hospitalized with serious or life-threatening injuries, and as many as 25 people were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Tumbler Ridge is a remote municipality with a population of around 2,400 people in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northern British Columbia, approximately 1,155 km (717 miles) northeast of Vancouver. Images of the town show a snow-covered landscape filled with pine trees.

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Verification:

- The middle school, roadmap layout and residential buildings matched with file and satellite images

- Date verified by the livestream video

- Local police confirmed ten people are dead including the shooter at a high school in Tumbler Ridge on Tuesday (February 10)

SHOWS: TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (FEBRUARY 10, 2026) (TRENT ERNST/TUMBLER RIDGELINES - No Resale / No Archives / Must on-screen courtesy Trent Ernst/Tumbler RidgeLines)

1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LOCAL JOURNALIST, TRENT ERNST, FILMING TUMBLER RIDGE SECONDARY SCHOOL BUILDING BEHIND HIM AS SEEN ACROSS A FIELD COVERED IN SNOW AND SAYING:

“It’s Trent. I’m here at the school where there's a active shooter incident. Unfortunately I got bumped from my livestream by people calling me to tell me stuff. So right now, I’m getting reports that the district properties have been locked down as well as Shop Easy. Though I’m seeing RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) entering the school so I’m assuming that there’s not any active threat right at the moment.”

2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LOCAL JOURNALIST, TRENT ERNST, SAYING (SOUNDBITE OVERLAYS VIEW OF TUMBLER RIDGE SECONDARY SCHOOL BUILDING AS SEEN ACROSS A FIELD COVERED IN SNOW):

“So, for those of you just joining me live—active shooter incident at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. No reports of shots fired, just reports of somebody with a gun, described as female, brown hair and wearing a dress. The district facilities are currently in lockdown as well, and staff has been requested not to leave. And the Shop Easy, at the very least, has also been closed downtown. I’m here on scene so I can’t really get any other information unless people call and when...”

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4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LOCAL JOURNALIST, TRENT ERNST, SAYING (SOUNDBITE OVERLAYS VIEW OF TUMBLER RIDGE SECONDARY SCHOOL BUILDING AS SEEN ACROSS A FIELD COVERED IN SNOW):

“I’m seeing RCMP entering the building freely, so I’m taking that to mean that there’s not any threats directly. There are people gathered over there on the other side by the path (AUDIO OF SIRENS HEARD IN DISTANCE) Although if you’re not part of the investigation, do try to avoid the area. We have more emergency vehicles, sounds like RCMP, coming in from Chetwynd."

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6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LOCAL JOURNALIST, TRENT ERNST, SAYING (SOUNDBITE OVERLAYS VIEW OF TUMBLER RIDGE SECONDARY SCHOOL BUILDING AS SEEN ACROSS A FIELD COVERED IN SNOW):

“I’m basically at the far end of the field.”