First of all my condolences to the victim's families. We simply must take steps to prevent these terrible tragedies. Does it make sense to hire armed security staff, to give students and staff a better chance against a determined, armed assailant? One precious young life lost is too many!

My thoughts go out to all of those who have been touched by this terrible tragedy. There are many unanswered questions, but that can wait.

Lets also treat with some compassion the family of the perpetrator - they are also suffering their own personal agony.

From one small isolated northern community to another, our thoughts are with #LaLoche.

1 victim is too many, especially in a "safe" place. So sad for these familys .... prayers & hugs

My thoughts and prayers to all in La Loche. My heart goes out to the families and the victims. I was an education assistant for over thirty years, my prayers to her family. May they find some comfort in their days to come. Bless you all.

My condolences to family and the community. A terrible thing has happened.

I do hope some insight can be provided so something can be learned on how to prevent such a thing from happening again.

To live life always fearing a tragic event such as this would only make things worse for all.

I have a hard time seeing this happen again, Ecole Politique in Montreal, just outside of Edmonton, in Quebec where military personal were killed and a few days later in Ottawa at the Statue of the 'Unknown Soldier and again now in Saskatchewan. What is driving people to this sort of violence?

Not only is this affecting the families that bereave but the students and families that were physically unscathed plus the community and the rest of us.

Such a terrible loss, my heart goes out to all of you.

My heart goes out to all the families of the shootings in La Loche. I pray that God will comfort them at this very tragic time. It is such a shame that young lives should end in such violence.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and community of La Loche at this very difficult and very sad time.

My condolences to the families and friends and the whole community of La Loche...what a terrible tragedy...as a parent I can not fathom the hell they are going through now...my prayers and thoughts are with you.

I live in a small community and know just how devastating such a tragedy and loss will be to the community of La Loche where everybody knows everyone else. People of La Loche - all of Canada grieves with you.

I keep hearing of shootings over and over again, and can no longer stuff my grief and horror. These violent nightmare occurrences, need to be understood, so they will never happen ever! There has to be some common phenomenon influencing so many to act in such diabolical ways. My heart goes out to all those affected.

I grieve with the victims family's and the community.The loss of these bright young stars in this community is absolutely heart wrenching.

Yes, I have been to La Loche many times. In the mid 80's, I ran a tow truck out of Meadow Lake, and did a lot of work in this area. Many, many good people, that lived in the community, relying on trapping for income until that was shut down, and then unfortunately on the government. My heart goes out to the families and friends of the deceased, as well as to the whole community, that will suffer from this needless act.
Many of the names you see in this incident have been residents of the area for many years. I only wish instead of throwing money at so many problems, our government, along with the Band Chief and council, would work together to better lives, and prevent more of this in the future.

I send my deepest condolences to the families of these children and to the community in which they lived.

I pray that you find healing and that peace returns to your hearts after suffering such a terrible tragedy. Much love to you all.