The B.C. government is setting up temporary classroom space in trailers for the students of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in the wake of the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School last week.
Five students, aged 12 to 13, were killed in the mass shooting last week. A 39-year-old education assistant, Shannda Aviugana-Durand, was also killed at the school.
In the wake of the tragedy, which is one of Canada's worst-ever mass shootings, B.C. Premier David Eby pledged that none of the students in the district of Tumbler Ridge would be forced to return to the school.
Now, the province has announced that trailers and temporary facilities are being set up on the grounds of Tumbler Ridge Elementary School, just under a kilometre north of the secondary school, though an exact return-to-school date hasn't been confirmed.