Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald identified the person who carried out a school massacre as an 18-year-old woman with mental health issues, but did not provide a motive for one of the worst mass shootings in the country’s history. The killer, who police named as Jesse Van Rootselaar, died by suicide after the shooting on February 10 in Tumbler Ridge, a remote community in British Columbia. | Reuters

Canadian police on Wednesday identified the shooter responsible for one of the worst mass shootings in the country’s history as an 18-year-old with a history of mental-health interventions. Authorities said Jesse van Rootselaar carried out the mass shooting attack—the 3rd deadliest in Canadian history—Tuesday at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in a remote community in northeastern British Columbia. Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the suspect was born

A Métis man who has been a police officer in Indigenous communities from Alberta to the Arctic is the new leader at the Maskwacis RCMP detachment. Story: http://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/new-maskwacis-detachment-commander-has-long-history-in-first-nations-policing | Edmonton Journal

This month the Alberta RCMP focus on young driver safety. Police remind young adults that everyone shares the responsibility on the road and a warning about the dangers of distracted driving. | Global Edmonton

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