OTTAWA, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will attend a vigil on Friday in the remote British Columbia town of Tumbler Ridge, where nine people died in one of the country's worst mass shootings, his office said on Thursday.

Tumbler Ridge began as a coal mining community in northeastern British Columbia in 1981 and grew steadily until the 1990s, when coal prices declined.

Nine people have been killed and 25 injured in the shootings at a school and home in a rural community in western Canada.

Two 39-year-old women and six children between the ages of 11 and 13 years old were among the eight fatal victims of Tuesday's mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., not including the shooter

Eight people were killed in a mass shooting Tuesday in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Many others were injured. The shooter, identified by police as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, died of

The shooting in British Columbia has been met with shock and sadness, with residents saying nearly everyone has been impacted in some way.

Ten people are dead, including the suspected shooter, after a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, with 25 others injured. Reports from Canada have identified 18-year-old Jesse Strang as the suspect,

As people across the country continue to ask why, grief and sadness for the families of victims of Tumbler Ridge, B.C. are being expressed here in the London region.