According to various friends, Javier loved her job.
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Health Minister Jane Philpott promised more support for the community, particularly for its mental health needs.
Bellegarde said he wanted more spending on health, training, preserving languages, policing and infrastructure, such as housing, water treatment and recreation centers.
LeBlanc said improving the lot of the First Nations was “a huge challenge”.
“He once said that, ‘Some day I’m going to eff-up (the bully)”. “It is a slow process”.
On Saturday, RCMP announced that they had charged a 17-year-old suspect with four counts of first-degree murder, seven counts of attempted murder and unauthorized possession of a firearm.
The identity of the suspect can not be disclosed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act because he is under 18. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt.
The 17 year old boy reportedly shot nine people inside the school, two of them, a teacher and the teacher’s aide were fatally wounded on the incident.
The teenager accused of killing four people and injuring seven others in La Loche, Saskatchewan has been remanded to a youth facility.
The police arrested the 17 year-old-boy outside the school and seized his gun, about 45 minutes after being called about “an active shooter”. He is due in court next week.
The area, which includes La Loche, Buffalo Narrows, Ile a la Crosse and other communities in the province’s northwest, averaged 43.4 suicide deaths per 100,000 people between 2008 and 2012.
La Loche is a community with roots that date back before the fur trade, but in recent years its mostly aboriginal population has faced conflict between the traditional lives of trappers and modern industries like mining.
Desjarlais-Thomas forwarded to The Canadian Press a screenshot of a chilling exchange that had taken place on social media a short time before the shooting between a young man and his friends.
“We’d ask ‘Why?’ He never really told much”.
Residents lit candles and placed flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the school.
The shooting drew outpourings of support and sympathy from across Canada, where school shootings remain rare.
Separately, one person died and four were injured in Toronto early Sunday after a string of shootings in Canada’s largest city, according to local news reports.
Donna Johnson with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education said no decision had been made and the wishes of residents will be considered.
Leonard Montgrand, the centre’s executive director, said there is significant demand for the small pool of jobs and training programs in La Loche, pointing to a recent federally funded heavy-equipment operator training program that drew more than 100 applications for just eight spots. He said his office “hasn’t had time to get into contact with any of the victims”.
“I have many of these communities in my own constituency in New Brunswick”.
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said every student and teacher should feel safe going to school, and it will not reopen until that happens. “Adam was quite an adventurer, had a passion for life, and would often make you laugh until your stomach hurt”. “There’s a shotgun! There’s a shotgun!” “I was just talking to the chief and council there last night. And then I was hearing those shots, too, so of course I started running”.
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“He knows we’re in shock and he knows the people in La Loche are good”, said Lemaigre, whose daughter-in-law saw the shooting at the school his grandchildren attend.
