By Issy Ronald, CNN

(CNN) — Tumbler Ridge is the type of town where everyone knows everyone. And as the tiny mountain community reels from one of Canada’s worst school shootings in decades, it is the type of place where “everybody’s going to be grieving,” as its mayor Darryl Krakowka said.

At least eight people died and dozens more were wounded on Tuesday when an 18-year-old suspect killed her mother and step-brother before going to the town’s secondary school and killing at least five children and a teacher. Police named the alleged shooter as Jesse Van Rootselaar, who was transgender and transitioned about six years ago.

In the days since, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have named the victims while parents, family members and friends have paid tribute to their deceased loved ones.

Here’s everything we know about them:

Abel Mwansa, 12

Just a few weeks ago, Abel Mwansa’s father captured a short video of his son playing on his phone at a restaurant, before looking up and grinning widely for the camera.

Abel was 12 years old, about to turn 13 next month, and loved school so much that he cried when his father suggested home schooling.

Abel, who moved to Canada from Zambia in 2023 alongside his family, loved doing experiments and had a “bright future,” perhaps as “a leader, an engineer (or) a scientist,” his father Abel Mwansa, Sr. Said in a series of Facebook posts.

“It happened that we had a boy and I was just so excited,” Mwansa, Sr. told CBC. “I ended up giving him my name.”

Ezekiel Schofield, 13

Ezekiel Schofield was 13 years old when he was killed. For his grandfather, Peter, “everything feels so surreal.”

“The tears just keep flowing,” he posted on Facebook. “So many young lives were ended so needlessly. Our hearts are broken not only for Eziekiel, but for every family affected by this tragedy.”

Kylie Smith, 12

Kylie Smith was a talented artist and dreamed of going to art school in Toronto, her family said in a statement released by the RCMP.

“She was just a beautiful soul. She loves art and anime. She wanted to go to school in Toronto, and we just loved her so much. She was thriving in high school,” her dad, Lance Younge, told CTV News. “She never hurt a soul.”

Kylie’s 15-year-old brother, Ethan, hid in a utility closet during the shooting and survived, Younge said.

“I soaked in that moment watching them walk in the door together, for whatever reason,” he added. “I didn’t know it would be the last time.”

Zoey Benoit, 12

Zoey Benoit was “resilient, vibrant, smart, caring and the strongest little girl you could meet,” her family said in a statement released by the RCMP.

She loved spending time with her family, they added, and “brought so much laughter and smiles in her presence.”

Ticaria Lampert, 12

Ticaria Lampert was nicknamed “Tiki-torch,” a play on her name and a reference to her tendency to be “always out on adventure to brighten someone’s day,” her mother Sarah told reporters on Thursday.

One of eight, she was the “glue” in her family, capable of being “mature” like her older siblings or “like a Tarzan” with her younger siblings, her mother added tearfully.

She

By Andy Rose, CNN

(CNN) — The Trump administration has fired another shot in its nearly year-long battle with Harvard University over federal funding to the institution, filing a new lawsuit against the school Friday.

The Department of Justice says Harvard has refused to provide documentation it has requested in an investigation over whether the university has discriminated against students in its admissions decisions in violation of the terms of its government grants.

“Harvard has failed to disclose the data we need to ensure that its admissions are free of discrimination — we will continue fighting to put merit over DEI across America,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement.

CNN reached out to Harvard University for comment.

The larger dispute dates back to February 2025, when Harvard was first notified in a letter the DOJ was “aware of allegations that your institution may have failed to protect Jewish students and faculty members from unlawful discrimination.”

The administration froze billions of dollars in federal funding to Harvard, a decision that was overturned by a federal judge in two lawsuits filed by Harvard and are still ongoing.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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By Danya Gainor, Chelsea Bailey, CNN

(CNN) — The search for missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, has stretched into nearly a third, anguished week, with mounting pressure on investigators and a family grappling with uncertainty.

Guthrie was last seen on January 31, before she was apparently kidnapped, disappearing from her secluded home in Arizona’s Catalina Foothills without her phone or critical medications.

The long days since she vanished have been marked by disturbing twists: purported ransom notes demanding millions of dollars, an intensive investigation, emotional video pleas from Guthrie’s children begging for the return of their mother and officials releasing video of an armed, masked person tampering with the doorbell camera at Guthrie’s home.

Here is a timeline of key events in the case:

January 31

Nancy Guthrie joins her family for dinner and game night Saturday evening, Ubering to her older daughter Annie’s nearby home around 5:32 p.m. Hours later, family members drop her back home. Guthrie’s garage door opens at approximately 9:48 p.m. and closes at 9:50 p.m.

“It is that time we assume that Nancy’s home and probably going to bed,” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said at a news conference a few days after her disappearance.

February 1

Guthrie’s doorbell camera is disconnected at 1:47 a.m. and about 25 minutes later, surveillance camera software detects movement. At 2:28 a.m., data from Guthrie’s pacemaker app shows the device was disconnected from her phone.

More than nine hours later, at 11:56 a.m., the family realizes she’s missing when checking on her at home. A person close to the family told CNN Guthrie typically spends her Sundays watching virtual church services with friends at a nearby home. When she did not arrive Sunday morning, her friends alerted the Guthrie family.

Relatives call 911 at 12:03 p.m. to report her missing, and Pima County Sheriff’s Department patrols arrive by 12:15 p.m.

Investigators scour the scene, finding blood on the front porch which is later confirmed to be Guthrie’s.

“There’s still more items that have been submitted. We just haven’t got them back yet,” the sheriff would later say on February 5. “In the meantime, we’re not just sitting on our haunches waiting. We do have a number of leads coming in.”

February 3

On the third day of the search for Guthrie, several media outlets, including TMZ and CNN affiliates KGUN and KOLD, receive purported ransom letters demanding millions of dollars in bitcoin for her return. Read more

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