Five dead - Canada's day of shame...

[Bricktop]

WTF?



Are you guys mimicking your southern neighbours?

[keeper]

We hate to be left out.

[@realAzhyaAryola]

WTF?



Are you guys mimicking your southern neighbours?

Of course not! Them two are not too different from each other.

[RW]

Themselves fighting words Azhya!



(Just kidding - it's pretty true.)



Crow - no clue what you're talking about.

[Bricktop]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35388594">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35388594



Read it, and weep....

[Anonymous]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35388594">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35388594



Read it, and weep....

I just heard about this tragedy Mr. Crowley..



I am going to Google where that community is.

[Anonymous]

La Loche is a community of 3400 people in North West Saskatchewan..



It is not far from Fort McMurray, Alberta.

[Anonymous]

La Loche is a community of 3400 people in North West Saskatchewan..



It is not far from Fort McMurray, Alberta.

It's Native country up there. Lots of problems with alcohol and violence, but you never expect this.

[Bricktop]

If it was an internecine act, that would be extremely unusual in native populations and communities.

[cc]

Damn!!!



Update - CTV & CBC are now saying 4 dead, some wounded

[Anonymous]

If it was an internecine act, that would be extremely unusual in native populations and communities.

You are joking right? They had a teacher that quit last year because a student broke into his or her house and stabbed the teacher. It's a violent place. But you still don't expect this.

[Bricktop]

Oh, I know about their violence...but killing on that scale is not common. We have aborigines here too.

[Anonymous]

Oh, I know about their violence...but killing on that scale is not common. We have aborigines here too.

You are right. Mass killing is rare in remote aboriginal communities, but violence is common. So is alcohol and sexual abuse.

[Anonymous]

Oh, I know about their violence...but killing on that scale is not common. We have aborigines here too.

You are right. Mass killing is rare in remote aboriginal communities, but violence is common. So is alcohol and sexual abuse.

So sad Herman and nobody seems to know how to fix these problems.

[J0E]

WTF?



Are you guys mimicking your southern neighbours?

quite possibly, just another sign of a sagging economy.

When the economy sputters, the cracks begin to show.

The society is on edge.

People are stressed. They are not happy. They become depressed what they hear on the news and see on television. Times get tough.

People resort to extreme behavior more than they would during good times.



...it effects people everywhere.

And all the influences which contribute to the violence become exacerbated