Mass shooting stuns Canada
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says the entire country is in mourning after nine people were killed in a mass shooting at a school and nearby home in the province of British Columbia. The presumed attacker was also found dead. Also: police in Arizona release a suspect in the disappearance of the mother of the US news anchor, Samantha Guthrie; how noise linked to humans is negatively affecting birds; and a new film adaptation of Wuthering Heights featuring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi is making headlines for its steamy approach to a British classic.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and at 16 hours GMT on Wednesday, the 11th of February, these are our main stories. |
| 0:19.6 | A rare mass school shooting stuns Canada. |
| 0:23.1 | Almost two weeks after her disappearance, what has happened to the missing mother of the US |
| 0:28.5 | news anchor? Also in this podcast, what do people living in the home village of Emily Bronte |
| 0:36.0 | think about the new Wuthering Heights film? |
| 0:39.0 | Are you prepared, though? It's a bit saucy, I think. |
| 0:42.5 | Horse whips and bridles. |
| 0:44.0 | Gosh, yes, it might be one of those moments. |
| 0:48.1 | I might have to take a fan with me. |
| 1:00.0 | Nine people have been killed and at least 25 injured in a mass shooting in Canada. |
| 1:06.2 | Another person, believed to be the attacker, was found dead with what appeared to be a self-inflicted injury. |
| 1:11.3 | Bodies were found in two locations in Tumblr Ridge in northern British Columbia, |
| 1:16.0 | a rural community where residents describe themselves as a big family and say they don't lock their doors. |
| 1:18.5 | This morning, an emotional Mark Carney arrived at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. |
| 1:23.1 | Parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, in Tumblr Ridgeidge will wake up without someone they love. |
| 1:31.4 | The nation borns with you. Canada stands by you. |
| 1:35.8 | On the advice of the clerk of the Ploybury Council and Heritage Canada, |
| 1:40.5 | I've asked that the flags in the peace tower here and across all government buildings |
| 1:45.9 | be flown at half mass for the next seven days. |
| 1:49.1 | We will get through this, we will learn from this, |
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