Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, and his wife Diana Fox Carney arrive with NDP interim Leader Don Davies, left, and Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, right, to place flowers at a memorial for the victims of a mass shooting, in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Federal and B.C. governments to pay $200M for Tumbler Ridge school and health centre
Jun 18, 2026 | 10:34 AM
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VANCOUVER — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal and B.C. governments are pledging $100 million each to build a new high school in Tumbler Ridge and modernize the community’s health care centre.
B.C. Premier David Eby promised last month that students wouldn’t have to return to the school, which was the site of a mass shooting in February.
The prime minister says he and the premier were in Tumbler Ridge after the murders of eight people and heard from students, parents, teachers and first responders about how to help heal from the trauma of the unspeakable tragedy.
He says work on the new school will start this summer, beginning with the removal of the existing school.
