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23rd January 2016, 00:03
Prime minister Trudeau was all over this one right away......
Five dead, 2 critically injured in northern Saskatchewan shooting: Trudeau
The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
January 22, 2016
LA LOCHE, Sask. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says five people have been killed and two critically injured in a shooting in a northern Saskatchewan Dene community.
Speaking from Davos, Switzerland, Trudeau says the alleged shooter is in custody and the situation is no longer active.
Shots were fired at the La Loche Community's high school building around 1 p.m. Friday, but it is not clear whether all the victims were in the school.
Details are still scarce as the RCMP have not provided any information.
Trudeau said the commissioner of the RCMP advised him of the situation.
"Obviously this is every parent's worst nightmare," the prime minister said.
"We all grieve with and stand with the community of La Loche and all of Saskatchewan on this terrible, tragic day."
Premier Brad Wall issued a statement expressing shock and sorrow at what he called "the horrific events."
The school's high school building, which houses students from Grades 7 to 12, was put in lockdown. The Ducharme Elementary School a few blocks away was also locked down as a precaution.
Mounties asked parents and residents to stay away.
School co-ordinator Norma Janvier said she was in her office when she heard gunshots.
"I didn't know what was going on ... I thought the kids were just playing around or something, like a locker slamming and stuff," she told The Canadian Press.
She was going to check on the noise, but a teacher closed her office door, so Janvier stayed inside until she was told it was safe to leave.
"All I heard was cops running around in the school."
Wall promised that necessary crisis support and counselling services would be provided to the school and the community.
La Loche is a remote Dene community of about 3,000 people on the eastern shore of Lac La Loche in the northern boreal forest. About 900 students attend the two schools in the town, where many residents hunt and fish to support their families.
The area's NDP MP, who attended the same school, was setting up a constituency office in the community when the shooting occurred.
"We're fairly shaken up. It's a sad day," said Georgina Jolibois, who was mayor of La Loche until she was elected federally last fall.
"My own nieces and nephews were inside the school."
Jolibois said she went to the school and spoke with some of her family members, who were unharmed.
Five dead, 2 critically injured in northern Saskatchewan shooting: Trudeau
The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
January 22, 2016
LA LOCHE, Sask. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says five people have been killed and two critically injured in a shooting in a northern Saskatchewan Dene community.
Speaking from Davos, Switzerland, Trudeau says the alleged shooter is in custody and the situation is no longer active.
Shots were fired at the La Loche Community's high school building around 1 p.m. Friday, but it is not clear whether all the victims were in the school.
Details are still scarce as the RCMP have not provided any information.
Trudeau said the commissioner of the RCMP advised him of the situation.
"Obviously this is every parent's worst nightmare," the prime minister said.
"We all grieve with and stand with the community of La Loche and all of Saskatchewan on this terrible, tragic day."
Premier Brad Wall issued a statement expressing shock and sorrow at what he called "the horrific events."
The school's high school building, which houses students from Grades 7 to 12, was put in lockdown. The Ducharme Elementary School a few blocks away was also locked down as a precaution.
Mounties asked parents and residents to stay away.
School co-ordinator Norma Janvier said she was in her office when she heard gunshots.
"I didn't know what was going on ... I thought the kids were just playing around or something, like a locker slamming and stuff," she told The Canadian Press.
She was going to check on the noise, but a teacher closed her office door, so Janvier stayed inside until she was told it was safe to leave.
"All I heard was cops running around in the school."
Wall promised that necessary crisis support and counselling services would be provided to the school and the community.
La Loche is a remote Dene community of about 3,000 people on the eastern shore of Lac La Loche in the northern boreal forest. About 900 students attend the two schools in the town, where many residents hunt and fish to support their families.
The area's NDP MP, who attended the same school, was setting up a constituency office in the community when the shooting occurred.
"We're fairly shaken up. It's a sad day," said Georgina Jolibois, who was mayor of La Loche until she was elected federally last fall.
"My own nieces and nephews were inside the school."
Jolibois said she went to the school and spoke with some of her family members, who were unharmed.