According to Grant St Germaine from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Dayne Fontaine, 17, and his brother Drayden, 13, were shot dead at home.
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This rural Dene community of about 3,000 has the highest suicide rate in the province of Saskatchewan, and the rate is about three times that of the national average, CBC News reports.
The tall, thin 17-year-old wore an orange jumpsuit and had his legs and hands shackled as he was brought into a packed courtroom in Meadow Lake – a community about 350 kilometres south of La Loche, where the shooting happened.
Ambrose says she has told the government that she and the Conservatives are ready to help in any way they can. He said the accused was a nice person who he didn’t think was capable of violence.
“There’s many tremendously generous people here, so… the story is much more than this in La Loche”. “I think about the darkness that came over the school in the moments before his death”. He said she was kind and patient with children and planned to get her teaching degree. He’s being described by loved ones as an “adventurous spirit, ‘ with a ‘huge heart”.
Wood’s family issued a statement saying: “Adam had just begun his teaching career in La Loche last September and was enjoying his time”. “He was always up for a good challenge and lived each day joyously”.
Two teenage brothers were shot and killed in a home before the gunman headed to the school. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk publicly about the investigation. Seven others were injured and taken to that hospital or to University Hospital in Saskatoon, he said.
“This is every parent’s worst nightmare”, Trudeau said. “The community is reeling”.
Witnesses recalled a terrifying scene of panic as students fled for their lives. “There’s a shotgun! There’s a shotgun!”
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. A nearby elementary school was also placed on lockdown as a precaution.
About 250 people packed a Roman Catholic church in La Loche, Sask., today for a service that an archbishop says was meant to give the community words of encouragement.
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde met met with community leaders Sunday offering in any way they can to help the tiny northern community deal with the aftermath of the tragedy.
Mass shootings are rare, however, even in Canada’s most desperate corners. While all firearms must be registered in Canada, the process is easier for Aboriginals who use shotguns for traditional hunting and youth under 12 can obtain access. “The conversation would just stop and something else would happen, the subject would (change.) No one ever thought this was going to happen”.
“We’ll work with them together to determine what plan will go forward to ensure there is a school facility that meets the community’s needs”, she said in a teleconference from Regina.
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Bruce Heyman, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada also reached out his condolences and noted the similar cases of schoolshootings in the United States.
