I am a dad but also a retired elementary school teacher. We don't have many mass shootings here in Canada so the one that recently happened in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. hits pretty close to home in multiple ways. At times like this it is often difficult to know what to say. This post is my attempt to understand how both parents and school staff must feel at this time. What a tragedy! My heart aches for all involved.

The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #86/250: Sun In An Empty Room by The Weakerthans https://tommacinneswriter.com/2026/02/13/the-great-canadian-road-tripsong-86-250-sun-in-an-empty-room-by-the-weakerthans/ ##EdwardHopper, ##Music, ##SunInAnEmptyRoom, ##TheGreatCanadianRoadTrip, ##TheWeakerthans, ##TumblerRidge

The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #86/250: Sun In An Empty Room by The Weakerthans

Editor’s note: This post is being written in the wake of Canada’s worst mass shooting involving children at a school which, in this case, was in a tiny town in the interior of British Columbia call…

Tom MacInnes, Writer

Frostiger Sonntagslauf zu 46 km diese Woche. Mit @nerdtalk und #TheWeakerthans im Ohr. 🥶🏃‍♂️

#running #beatyesterday #nevernotrunning #RunFatboyRun

Der erste Lauf 2026 bei frostigem Wind. Mit @nerdtalk und #TheWeakerthans im Ohr. 🥶🏃‍♂️

#running #beatyesterday #nevernotrunning #RunFatboyRun

Erster Lauf der Saison durch Schneeregen. Mit @sneakpod und #TheWeakerthans im Ohr. 🌨️🏃‍♂️

#laufgruppe #beatyesterday #nevernotrunning #RunFatboyRun #running

Endlich wieder laufen und den Oktober mit 237 km abgeschlossen und die 2.300 km geknackt. Mit @nerdtalk und #TheWeakerthans im Ohr. ☀️🏃‍♂️

#laufgruppe #beatyesterday #nevernotrunning #RunFatboyRun #running

Mittags fast eine kleine Regenpause erwischt. Mit @sneakpod und #TheWeakerthans im Ohr. 🌧️🏃‍♂️

#laufgruppe #beatyesterday #nevernotrunning #RunFatboyRun #running

@lordkhan @NunavutBirder

Had to look them up. A joyful discovery. Always finding things here. Mastodon is working.

#TheWeakerthans

@NunavutBirder

Magical, as so many of your photographs are. And such a poetic & precise alt-text.

And, I hate to admit it, I did not know John K Samson and The Weakerthans, a joyful discovery that now blends with your atmospheric photograph.

https://theweakerthans.bandcamp.com/track/one-great-city

#TheWeakerthans #OneGreatCity #JohnKSamson #ADarkerGrey #Nunavut

One Great City!, by The Weakerthans

from the album Reconstruction Site

The Weakerthans

Have I mentioned lately how great #TheWeakerthans were?

Now playing:
The Weakerthans - Left & Leaving

#music

"And I'm peeling off the label as they peel the corner guard..." What an amazingly Canadian lyric. #RightOffNoNeverNeverEverEver #TheWeakerthans