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Tumbler Ridge Secondary to be demolished in wake of mass shooting
Students will be taught in modular classrooms this fall as construction begins on a new high school at a different location
Author of the article:Joseph Ruttle
Published May 07, 2026 • 2 minute read
Tumbler Ridge modular classrooms
Students of Tumbler Ridge Secondary School are using temporary trailer classrooms as these newer, larger modular units are installed. Meanwhile plans are underway to demolish the site of the shooting and build a new school at a different location.
A grim reminder of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge will soon be gone.
The federal and provincial governments announced Thursday that the local high school, where a shooter opened fire and killed five students and a teaching assistant, will be demolished and a new Tumbler Ridge Secondary School will rise at a different location.
The decision comes after the area’s school board talked with victims’ families, students, teachers, experts and the community and asked the province to support the removal of the site of the massacre and the building of a new high school.
The design and location will be finalized after a community consultation later this year.
On Feb. 10, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar shot dead her mother and half-brother at home, then went to the high school where she shot five students and an educational assistant before taking her own life.
“The community in Tumbler Ridge has persevered and shown such strength,” said Gregor Robertson, the federal infrastructure minister. “We are focused on providing the students with the support they need and a new school will help make that happen.”
Tumbler Ridge modular classrooms
Students of Tumbler Ridge Secondary School are using temporary trailer classrooms as these newer, larger modular units are installed. Meanwhile plans are underway to demolish the site of the shooting and build a new school at a different location.
While plans are coming together, construction continues on a set of larger modular classrooms on a neutral site. Students will be moved there later in May and it will give students and staff more room and comfort that their current temporary trailer while the new secondary school is built.
Demolition of the existing school, which was built in the mid-1980s, will begin as early as this summer while the province works with the school district on a plan to fast-track construction of a new one.
The temporary campus has eight modular buildings with twice the capacity of the temporary trailers students are in now. Five more buildings will be in place by fall for administrative and common spaces.
“Building a new school is an important step in providing students and staff a healing and supportive place to learn and work, and is the result of Tumbler Ridge families, B.C. and Canada standing together for the future of this vital community,” said B.C. Premier David Eby.
The plan has the support of the MLA for the Peace River South region, Conservative Larry Neufeld.
“The community of Tumbler Ridge has been through something no words can adequately describe,” said Neufeld in a statement. “The weight of what they have carried is something I will never forget, and I am deeply honoured to serve them.
“Premier Eby’s announcement reflects what the community has been asking for. It is the community that should determine what is best for them, and their voices were central to this outcome.”
“Our students and staff have been through an incredibly difficult experience, and their well-being remains our highest priority,” said Chad Anderson, the chair of the Peace River South school board. “This new school will provide a safe, caring environment where students can focus on learning and feel supported as they continue their path forward.”
“Our focus remains on supporting students, families, staff, and the broader community through this process and ensuring there continues to be a safe and supportive learning environment for local children,” said Tumbler Ridge Mayor Darryl Krakowka.
jruttle@postmedia.com
torontosun.com
Students will be taught in modular classrooms this fall as construction begins on a new high school at a different location
Author of the article:Joseph Ruttle
Published May 07, 2026 • 2 minute read
Tumbler Ridge modular classrooms
Students of Tumbler Ridge Secondary School are using temporary trailer classrooms as these newer, larger modular units are installed. Meanwhile plans are underway to demolish the site of the shooting and build a new school at a different location.
A grim reminder of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge will soon be gone.
The federal and provincial governments announced Thursday that the local high school, where a shooter opened fire and killed five students and a teaching assistant, will be demolished and a new Tumbler Ridge Secondary School will rise at a different location.
The decision comes after the area’s school board talked with victims’ families, students, teachers, experts and the community and asked the province to support the removal of the site of the massacre and the building of a new high school.
The design and location will be finalized after a community consultation later this year.
On Feb. 10, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar shot dead her mother and half-brother at home, then went to the high school where she shot five students and an educational assistant before taking her own life.
“The community in Tumbler Ridge has persevered and shown such strength,” said Gregor Robertson, the federal infrastructure minister. “We are focused on providing the students with the support they need and a new school will help make that happen.”
Tumbler Ridge modular classrooms
Students of Tumbler Ridge Secondary School are using temporary trailer classrooms as these newer, larger modular units are installed. Meanwhile plans are underway to demolish the site of the shooting and build a new school at a different location.
While plans are coming together, construction continues on a set of larger modular classrooms on a neutral site. Students will be moved there later in May and it will give students and staff more room and comfort that their current temporary trailer while the new secondary school is built.
Demolition of the existing school, which was built in the mid-1980s, will begin as early as this summer while the province works with the school district on a plan to fast-track construction of a new one.
The temporary campus has eight modular buildings with twice the capacity of the temporary trailers students are in now. Five more buildings will be in place by fall for administrative and common spaces.
“Building a new school is an important step in providing students and staff a healing and supportive place to learn and work, and is the result of Tumbler Ridge families, B.C. and Canada standing together for the future of this vital community,” said B.C. Premier David Eby.
The plan has the support of the MLA for the Peace River South region, Conservative Larry Neufeld.
“The community of Tumbler Ridge has been through something no words can adequately describe,” said Neufeld in a statement. “The weight of what they have carried is something I will never forget, and I am deeply honoured to serve them.
“Premier Eby’s announcement reflects what the community has been asking for. It is the community that should determine what is best for them, and their voices were central to this outcome.”
“Our students and staff have been through an incredibly difficult experience, and their well-being remains our highest priority,” said Chad Anderson, the chair of the Peace River South school board. “This new school will provide a safe, caring environment where students can focus on learning and feel supported as they continue their path forward.”
“Our focus remains on supporting students, families, staff, and the broader community through this process and ensuring there continues to be a safe and supportive learning environment for local children,” said Tumbler Ridge Mayor Darryl Krakowka.
jruttle@postmedia.com
Tumbler Ridge Secondary to be demolished, high school rebuilt on new site
Students will be taught in modular classrooms this fall as construction begins on a new high school at a different location
B.C. government hires lawyers to sue OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge mass shooting
Attorney General Niki Sharma said government will be seeking damages to support community after February shooting
Author of the article:Alec Lazenby
Published Jul 07, 2026 • Last updated 11 hours ago • 2 minute read
Community members place flowers during a vigil to honour the victims of one of Canada's deadliest mass shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Feb. 13, 2026.
Community members place flowers during a vigil to honour the victims of one of Canada's deadliest mass shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Feb. 13, 2026. Photo by PAIGE TAYLOR WHITE /AFP via Getty Images
The B.C. government has hired lawyers in the province and in California as it prepares a lawsuit against tech giant OpenAI over February’s mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Attorney General Niki Sharma said Tuesday.
On Feb. 10, five children between the ages of 12 and 13, and a female educator, were shot and killed at Tumbler Ridge Secondary. The suspect, later identified as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, had earlier killed her mother and 11-year-old step-brother at home. She later turned the gun on herself after exchanging fire with RCMP arriving at the high school.
Sharma pointed to reporting by the Wall Street Journal after the shooting that staff at OpenAI had raised concerns about some of Van Rootselaar’s posts on ChatGPT in the year leading up to the shooting. Van Rootselaar’s account was banned in June 2025 after she created gun violence scenarios using ChatGPT, but the company reportedly opted not to alert police.
Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier David Eby announced they would be spending a total of $200 million, $100 million each from Victoria and Ottawa, building a new school in Tumbler Ridge and upgrading the local health centre.
The old school building will be demolished.
“I think we were all shocked when we heard that there might have been an opportunity to prevent the loss of life that this province suffered, that there was a group of people that were aware of messages on OpenAI that were alarming enough to them to say, ‘We should report to the police,'” Sharma said to reporters in Vancouver. “And you know that never happened.”
Sharma said the government was pursuing damages to help cover the cost of building a school and “any other cost that we incurred as a result of this tragedy.”
Construction on the new school is expected to start later this summer, but there has been no announcement as to when it could be completed.
High school students ended their school year in portable classrooms set up at the local elementary school.
The attorney general said the B.C. government is coordinating with the victims’ parents, who announced in April they would be suing the company, but are still in the early stages of pursuing legal action.
She also revealed that the law firms hired by the province are CFM Lawyers in Vancouver and Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, which is based in Nashville, Tennessee, but has an office in Oakland, California.
alazenby@postmedia.com
torontosun.com
Attorney General Niki Sharma said government will be seeking damages to support community after February shooting
Author of the article:Alec Lazenby
Published Jul 07, 2026 • Last updated 11 hours ago • 2 minute read
Community members place flowers during a vigil to honour the victims of one of Canada's deadliest mass shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Feb. 13, 2026.
Community members place flowers during a vigil to honour the victims of one of Canada's deadliest mass shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Feb. 13, 2026. Photo by PAIGE TAYLOR WHITE /AFP via Getty Images
The B.C. government has hired lawyers in the province and in California as it prepares a lawsuit against tech giant OpenAI over February’s mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Attorney General Niki Sharma said Tuesday.
On Feb. 10, five children between the ages of 12 and 13, and a female educator, were shot and killed at Tumbler Ridge Secondary. The suspect, later identified as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, had earlier killed her mother and 11-year-old step-brother at home. She later turned the gun on herself after exchanging fire with RCMP arriving at the high school.
Sharma pointed to reporting by the Wall Street Journal after the shooting that staff at OpenAI had raised concerns about some of Van Rootselaar’s posts on ChatGPT in the year leading up to the shooting. Van Rootselaar’s account was banned in June 2025 after she created gun violence scenarios using ChatGPT, but the company reportedly opted not to alert police.
Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier David Eby announced they would be spending a total of $200 million, $100 million each from Victoria and Ottawa, building a new school in Tumbler Ridge and upgrading the local health centre.
The old school building will be demolished.
“I think we were all shocked when we heard that there might have been an opportunity to prevent the loss of life that this province suffered, that there was a group of people that were aware of messages on OpenAI that were alarming enough to them to say, ‘We should report to the police,'” Sharma said to reporters in Vancouver. “And you know that never happened.”
Sharma said the government was pursuing damages to help cover the cost of building a school and “any other cost that we incurred as a result of this tragedy.”
Construction on the new school is expected to start later this summer, but there has been no announcement as to when it could be completed.
High school students ended their school year in portable classrooms set up at the local elementary school.
The attorney general said the B.C. government is coordinating with the victims’ parents, who announced in April they would be suing the company, but are still in the early stages of pursuing legal action.
She also revealed that the law firms hired by the province are CFM Lawyers in Vancouver and Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, which is based in Nashville, Tennessee, but has an office in Oakland, California.
alazenby@postmedia.com
B.C. government hires lawyers to sue OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge mass shooting
Attorney General Niki Sharma said the government will be seeking damages to support the community after February's tragic shooting. Read on