Flin Flon candle light service last February

The principal of a high school in a remote northern Saskatchewan community where a deadly shooting took place is speaking about how students and staff are coping nearly year later.  Greg Hatch of La Loche high school says people are still feeling traumatized. He says they have students who are absent, they have staff that are absent, students are struggling in school and he’s sure that there are many areas within the building that are very difficult for students and staff to be in starting from walking in the door every day.

A teenager who was 17 at the time pleaded guilty in October to two counts of first degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder.