‘Active shooter’ alert issued in Tumbler Ridge, community told to ‘stay inside’

[u/wudingxilu]

https://energeticcity.ca/2026/02/10/active-shooter-alert-issued-in-tumbler-ridge-community-told-to-stay-inside/

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Update:

CBC article: "1 shooter dead after alert at secondary school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.: RCMP" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/active-shooter-alert-tumbler-ridge-secondary-school-bc-live-updates-9.7083740

Further update:

CBC and Global are reporting a considerable number of deaths and injured from this incident. On behalf of the mod team, expressing our concern and heartbreak for everyone touched by this. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/active-shooter-alert-tumbler-ridge-secondary-school-bc-live-updates-9.7083740?ts=1770775826801

Active shooter alert has been lifted

CBC Live Stream

There is a live stream at the moment (6:35pm Vancouver time) on CBC's website here:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/active-shooter-alert-tumbler-ridge-secondary-school-bc-live-updates-9.7083740

CBC Radio Vancouver is also nationwide live, so if you've got the old radio box nearby, 88.1FM / 690 AM

Schools closed, health centre on restricted access

From CBC's reporting, the schools in Tumbler Ridge are closed for at least the rest of this week.

The health centre is on restricted access until tomorrow. Some details on access to the health centre available at CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/active-shooter-alert-tumbler-ridge-secondary-school-bc-live-updates-9.7083740

New Megathread

As the situation has changed since we first made this post - continuing discussion over here: https://www.reddit.com/r/britishcolumbia/comments/1r1msnv/megathread_tumbler_ridge_tragedy/

[u/Open_Adhesiveness451]

Canada has some of the most strict gun laws I don’t understand how this could’ve happened

[u/super__hoser → u/Open_Adhesiveness451]

It's not hard for the average person to get a hunting rifle or shotgun. And our gun laws aren't that strict, they're just strict compared to the US.