In the news: B.C. town rocked by shooting, P.M. puts off Munich security conference

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …

10 dead in shootings at B.C. school and home

RCMP Supt. Ken Floyd says police are “not in a place” to understand what motivated a shooter suspected of killing two people at a home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., before going to a school and committing one of Canada’s worst mass shootings.

A total of 10 people are dead after Tuesday’s shootings in the tiny community in B.C.’s Peace region, including the lone suspect who police say died at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School by suicide.

Floyd said about 25 people were hurt at the school, including two with life-threatening injuries.

The community went into a lockdown that lasted several hours, after police were called about an active shooter at the school at 1:20 p.m. Residents sheltered in place in homes and community spaces as police searched for a suspect described as a “female in a dress with brown hair.”

PM suspends Munich trip after B.C. school shooting

Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended his plans to travel to Halifax and Munich, Germany, following a deadly school shooting in British Columbia.

Carney said in a statement he is devastated by the horrific shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. and that he joins Canadians in “grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today.”

RCMP say eight people, including the female suspect, are dead after a shooting at a school in the northeastern B.C. town.

Two more bodies were found at a home that is a location believed to be connected to the incident.

Carney was scheduled to fly to Halifax midday Wednesday to announce the long-awaited defence industrial strategy, before flying to Munich, where he was to spend the rest of the week at the Munich Security Conference.

Saskatchewan man fights off moose to save mom

Shawn Tuffnell says he punched a moose multiple times, gripping its neck, before shooting it to death to save his 70-year-old mother.

The 37-year-old Saskatchewan man says his fight with the animal took place in late January after hearing his mother, Angie Tuffnell, cry for help on her acreage near Bienfait, 220 kilometres southeast of Regina.

“(The moose) was just standing right over top of her, like the chest was directly above her,” Tuffnell recalled in an interview this week.

“I got out there really quick, otherwise he would have started stomping on her.”

Tuffnell said the Jan. 22 attack began when his mother went to the garage and saw the moose resting near a vent.

The animal stood up and chased her down, he said.

Quebec churches risk closing as funding dries up

In 2023, the Ste-Marie-de-l’Isle Maligne church in Alma, Que., completed its transformation into the St-Crème — a combination hotel, ice cream shop and event space. It’s one of dozens of churches that have been restored in recent years, with some finding new vocations as climbing gyms, housing or distilleries, while others continue to offer religious services and community spaces.

However, experts say the Quebec government’s decision last year to suspend programs that provided financial aid for church renovations and transformations is putting future projects in jeopardy, just as soaring renovation costs are pushing more churches to close.

Cameron Piper, an adviser with Conseil du patrimoine religieux du Québec — the heritage group that administered the funds — says church closures have been an ongoing story ever since his group began tracking them in 2003. And he expects the trend to accelerate as attendance continues to decline and repair costs skyrocket.

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Family says police beat man facing charges

The family of a man charged with attempted murder in St. John’s says he was beaten by police after he had sought help from a hospital for his mental illness, forever changing his relationship with authorities.

Mitchell Rose is facing three charges of attempted murder and several charges of assault stemming from an incident at a St. John’s apartment building in December. His mother and sister — Trudy Hickey and Janaya Rose — say he has schizophrenia and was discharged without their knowledge from a court-ordered program that had kept him medicated.

The two say they are speaking out about his experiences because they feel gaps in public safety and the health-care system have failed him and his alleged victims, and they hope his story will prompt change.

Cold snow, hot takes: Lululemon Olympics gear

Whenever Team Canada laces up its skates and clips on its skis for another Olympics, fans back home become armchair critics — and it’s not just the performances they’re judging.

The last few Games have shown that Canadians love to hate their team’s uniform. They griped about the graffiti-inspired jean jackets Hudson’s Bay made for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and compared the pattern on some of the red-and-white pieces in Lululemon Athletica Inc.’s collection for the 2024 Paris Games to uncooked bacon.

This year, they’re likening the maroon and red colour scheme Lululemon is using for the uniform to a Tim Hortons cup and complaining that a puffy, shawl-like vest the team wore at the opening ceremony was akin to a sleeping bag or oversized oven mitt.

But experts say none of that criticism really matters because outfitters don’t hang much of their business on these Olympic collections.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 11, 2026

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