The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said more than 25 people are injured, including two with life-threatening injuries, after the shooting at a high school.

Canadian fans and athletes at the Milan Cortina Olympics woke up Wednesday to learn of a school shooting in British Columbia that left at least seven people dead and many others wounded.

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,

Eight people, including six children, were killed in a deadly mass shooting that rocked Tumbler Ridge, a small, close-knit community located in British Columbia. Among those killed Tuesday are Abel Mwansa Jr. and Kylie May, both 12, according to their families. Police are yet to release the victims’ identities.

As Canada woke up Wednesday morning to the aftermath of one of the country’s deadliest shootings, crucial questions remained unanswered about what unfolded a day earlier in the small, close-knit and remote community of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.