People attend a candle light vigil at the front steps of the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Feb. 11, 2026 in honour of the victims of the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito
What began as “just a normal day” day for Cia Edmonds ended in a hospital room, sitting beside her 12-year-old daughter’s bed, as the child fights for her life after sustaining two gunshot wounds during the second-deadliest school shooting in Canadian history.
Maya Edmonds was one of the 27 people injured Feb. 10 during the mass shooting at a B.C. high school that left five students and one teacher dead, as well as the suspected shooter. Police said two of the injured at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School—Maya and a 19-year-old woman—were flown out of the small town for medical treatment.
