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Carney cancels trip to Europe following B.C. school shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has cancelled his plans to travel to Halifax and Munich, Germany, following a deadly school shooting in British Columbia. Carney was to spend Wednesday afternoon in...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026

Mass shootings in Canada have prompted changes to firearm laws over the decades
OTTAWA - Mass shootings in Canada - including an April 2020 rampage in Nova Scotia - have helped to spur changes to gun laws in recent decades. Few details were available Wednesday on the type of fire...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026

College of Physicians welcomes powers granted to other professions under Bill 15
MONTREAL - Quebec's professional order of physicians is welcoming a provincial bill that would give more powers to professions like nurses and midwives, but says it wants to see more details in the le...
Katrine Desautels, The Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026

National Kindness Week takes on different meaning after Tumbler Ridge shooting
OTTAWA - Parliamentarians from all parties came together Wednesday to mark National Kindness Week - but the message is taking on a different meaning after the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Nati...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026

World leaders send condolences to Tumbler Ridge in wake of deadly school shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday he has heard from a number of world leaders offering condolences in the wake of Tuesday's deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Police continue...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026

Double murder, suicide in western Quebec First Nation, provincial police say
MANIWAKI - A father fatally shot his two children before killing himself in the First Nation community of Kitigan Zibi, in Quebec's western region, provincial police said Wednesday. Provincial police ...
Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026

Quebec delays implementation of new French curriculum to September 2027
MONTRAL - The Quebec government is delaying the rollout of its new French curriculum in elementary and secondary schools by one year to September 2027, following criticism that the Education Departmen...
Pierre Saint-Arnaud, The Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026

Canadian flags at half-mast as country mourns deaths in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
TUMBLER RIDGE - Police behind street blockades strung yellow tape around buildings in the tiny British Columbia community of Tumbler Ridge on Wednesday morning as families grieved and officials worked...
Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026

Mass shootings in Canada have helped prompt changes to firearm laws over the decades
OTTAWA - Mass shootings in Canada - including an April 2020 rampage in Nova Scotia - have helped spur changes to gun laws in recent decades. Since May 2020, Ottawa has outlawed about 2,500 types of fi...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026

Carney orders flags at half-mast as MPs react in horror to deadly B.C. shooting
OTTAWA - Flags on federal buildings will be flown at half-mast for seven days to honour the victims of Tuesday's deadly shooting in B.C., Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday. A visibly emotional...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Feb 11, 2026
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