Mayor for Portapique tells Tumbler Ridge 'we understand' mass shooting devastation

2026-02-12 - 00:25

Colchester County Mayor Christine Blair relates what her community experienced after the 2020 mass shooting that killed 22 people in Nova Scotia to Tuesday's mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., advising that 'it will be surreal.' Blair says her community has experienced multiple suicides, and that instead of just an initial surge of support, trauma therapists should be made available in B.C. 'on a regular basis for years to come.'