Teens Charged in Cross-Province School Attack Plot

A 15-year-old girl from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder and uttering threats after police arrested her last week for allegedly plotting with a 14-year-old boy from Rivers, Manitoba, to carry out simultaneous attacks on their local high schools. The incident, which authorities say was thwarted through international tips, unfolded in mid-March 2026 in the small town of Bridgewater, about 80 kilometers southwest of Halifax.

Police in Bridgewater acted on information from Interpol and the FBI, which alerted them to online conversations between the two teenagers expressing a desire to target schools. The Nova Scotia girl and Manitoba boy reportedly began discussing their plans toward the end of February, with no apparent connection to a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, earlier that month that left eight people dead. Officers arrested the 15-year-old at her home on March 18, where a search uncovered handwritten attack plans, imitation weapons including a makeshift pipe bomb and an assault rifle, and clothing bearing hate symbols. Authorities have not detailed the specific symbols but are investigating potential hate crime...