In wake of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, many support services are available to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 310-Mental Health Support at 310-6789; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868; Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988; KUU-US (Indigenous) Crisis Line: 1-800-588-8717; Métis Crisis Line: 1-833-638-4722; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868.

B.C.’s chief coroner has called an inquest into the Feb. 10 mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge.

Chief Coroner Dr. Jatinder Baidwan announced Tuesday (March 3) that he’s decided to call an inquest into the shootings that left nine people dead in the northeastern B.C. community. Eight people were killed, including five children, and the suspected shooter, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, died of a “self-inflicted injury.”

More to come.