{"id":841876,"date":"2026-08-02T06:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841876\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T06:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:28:07","slug":"ottawa-adds-just-over-4m-in-funding-for-tumbler-ridge-b-c-after-mass-shooting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841876\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa adds just over $4M in funding for Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after mass shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1785652087_696_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A couple embrace in front of a memorial to honour the victims of a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Christinne Muschi<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 31, 2026 | 1:57 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 The federal government is providing more than $4 million in funding to support people affected by the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in February.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from Public Safety Canada says part of the funds will go to priorities identified by the community, while up to $2.5 million will go to the Canadian Red Cross to help those affected by the shooting that left eight victims dead. <\/p>\n<p>The department says another $500,000 is going to the B.C. Ministry of Public Safety to help increase capacity for delivering victims services and improve preparedness for responding to such large-scale incidents. <\/p>\n<p>Shift BC, a program led by the provincial government, will receive a further $1.15 million from the federal government to support local service providers and families working together to prevent violence connected to hate and extremism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A couple embrace in front of a memorial to honour the victims of a mass shooting in Tumbler&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-841876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}