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Canadian school on lock-down amid reports of 'active shooter' situation Two people reported dead after school shooting in Canada
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A school in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche says it is dealing with an emergency situation amid reports of an “active shooter”. Two people were reportedly killed after a shooting incident at a school in a remote community in northern Canada.
CTV News quoted an official from the Northern Lights School Division talking about an shooter'' in the school's Dene building. The school in La Roche in northern Saskatchewan said it was under lockdown and dealing an emergency situation amid reports of an “active shooter”. Local media said that two people had been killed and that the shooter was in custody.
  — CBC Saskatchewan (@CBCSask) January 22, 2016
Ken Ladouceur, the division's director of education, said he received a call from the principal of La Loche Community School shortly after 1 pm. CTV News quoted an official from the Northern Lights School Division talking about an shooter in the school's Dene building. Ken Ladouceur, the division's director of education, said he received a call from the principal of La Loche Community School shortly after  1pm.
Meanwhile, the community’s fire chief was quoted as saying a boy with a gun was in custody.Meanwhile, the community’s fire chief was quoted as saying a boy with a gun was in custody.
The Dene building holds students from Grades 7 to 12. 
The school says on its Facebook page that it is still in lockdown and will remain so until RCMP resolve the matter. Canadian Broadcast Corporation reporter Devin Heroux said on Twitter that he spoken to a student, Noel Desjarlais, who had been in the school at the time of the shooting.
“Desjarlais says there was a lot of screaming…he heard six of seven shots before he got out of the school,” he wrote.​
The Dene building holds students from Grades 7 to 12.The Dene building holds students from Grades 7 to 12.
The school says on its Facebook page that it is still in lockdown and will remain so until RCMP resolve the matter.The school says on its Facebook page that it is still in lockdown and will remain so until RCMP resolve the matter.