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Canada’s worst mass killing incidents

Police named Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson as the two suspects and said they were last seen traveling in a black Nissan Rogue.
Below are some of Canada’s biggest mass killing incidents:
PORTAPIQUE, NOVA SCOTIA: April 2020 – A gunman who at one point masqueraded as a police officer killed at least 16 people in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia during a 12-hour rampage, in the country’s worst modern-era mass shooting.
TORONTO, ONTARIO: July 2018 – A man walked down a busy Toronto street, shooting randomly into restaurants. He killed two people and wounded 13 before turning his gun on himself.
QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC: January 2017 – A man opened fire during evening prayers at a mosque, killing six people and wounding five. Twelve others were treated for minor injuries.
LA LOCHE, SASKATCHEWAN: January 2016 – A student killed his two brothers at home before opening fire at a remote community high school, killing two more people and wounding seven others.
CALGARY, ALBERTA: April 2014 -The son of a long-serving member of Calgary’s police force was arrested after five people at a house party were stabbed to death.
EDMONTON, ALBERTA: December 2014 – A man killed eight people, including his wife, before killing himself.
MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK: June 2014 – A gunman killed three Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers and wounded two others.
MAYERTHORPE, ALBERTA: March 2005: A man killed four RCMP officers who went to his home to execute a warrant to repossess property. The man then killed himself.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO: April 1999 – A former employee of Ottawa’s urban transit service killed four of his colleagues and wounded two others before taking his own life.
VERNON, BRITISH COLUMBIA: April 1996 – A man killed nine relatives gathered for the wedding of his estranged wife’s ser and wounded two others before killing himself.
MONTREAL, QUEBEC: December 1989 – A gunman killed 14 students, all female, and wounded 13 at the Ecole Polytechnique before committing suicide.

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