Accounts of Hero Teacher, Students Emerge Amid Tumbler Ridge Tragedy

B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a press conference following the throne speech in Victoria, B.C., on Feb. 12, 2026. The province declared that day as a day of mourning at the legislature in honour of the victims of the mass shooting that took place in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Feb. 10, 2026. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

B.C. Premier David Eby described heroic acts by students and teacher Mark Deeley during the deadly school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, as he spoke during a Feb. 13 vigil for the victims of the shooting.

Eby said he spoke with Deeley, Deeley’s son, and two students in Deeley’s science class who wanted him to share some “pieces of their day.”