Prime minister to meet mourners in mining town as families speak of their loss in one of Canada’s deadliest mass shootings

The tiny Canadian mountain town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, suffered one of the country’s worst school shootings in recent history on Tuesday, when an 18-year-old woman killed at least eight people and wounded dozens.

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will attend a vigil on Friday in the remote British Columbia town of Tumbler Ridge, where nine people died in one of the country's worst mass shootings,

A swarm of prominent social media accounts are claiming an image of an individual posing with a firearm while wearing a pink tank top and red skirt shows the 18-year-old identified by police as the perpetrator of Canada's deadliest shooting in decades.

Just days following one of Canada’s deadliest mass shootings, the families of the victims have been raising money for support costs.

Tumbler Ridge sits at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia, and is surrounded by expansive mountain ranges and a geological park.

The suspect in Canada’s Tumbler Ridge mass shooting posted about guns and hunting on her YouTube channel and appeared to have written about her struggles with mental health online, according to social media posts.

Anger and false claims are being directed at transgender people after Tuesday's mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that left nine people dead, including the suspected shooter, who RCMP identified as an 18-year-old transgender woman.