Mark Carney joins hands with Canada opposition leader as he pays tribute to school shooting victims

"Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has told residents of Tumbler Ridge that the country is with you, and we will always be with you, during a candlelight vigil for the eight victims of a mass shooting that has shattered the small mining town. The prime minister, holding hands with opposition leader Pierre Poilievre while flanked by First Nations chiefs and local officials, paid tribute to the families enduring the loss of loved ones,"

"I know that nothing I can say will bring your children home, the prime minister told nearly 2,000 people huddled in the cold and holding candles. I know that no words from me or anyone can fill the silence in your homes tonight, and I won't pretend otherwise. On Tuesday, an 18-year-old transgender woman opened fire at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, killing five students and a teacher, after earlier killing her mother and stepbrother at home."

"Police recently released the names of the victims from the school, and at the vigil, leaders remembered Kylie Smith, Abel Mwansa, Zoey Benoit, Ticaria Lampert, Ezekiel Schofield and educator Shannda Aviugana-Durand. Mark Carney speaks to community members during the vigil. Photograph: Paige Taylor White/AFP/Getty Images Maya Gebala, 12, who was wounded in the head and neck, and Paige Hoekstra, 19, who also suffered bullet wounds, remain hospitalized in Vancouver."

Prime Minister Mark Carney told residents of Tumbler Ridge that the country stands with them and will always be with them during a candlelight vigil for eight victims of a mass shooting. He stood holding hands with opposition leader Pierre Poilievre, flanked by First Nations chiefs and local officials, and paid tribute to grieving families. Carney acknowledged that no words can bring back children or fill the silence in homes. An 18-year-old attacker killed five students and a teacher at the local secondary school after killing family members at home, then took her own life. Two wounded survivors remain hospitalized.

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