The Gakhal Family Massacre
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
In 1996, a family in Vernon, British Columbia were preparing for a large wedding—but unbeknownst to them, a man was waiting in the sidelines to ruin it all. This is the tragic story of Canada’s third-largest mass shooting and the many lost opportunities that may have prevented it.
Canadian True Crime donates monthly. This month we have donated to:
Archway Community Services (Formerly Abbotsford Community Services)
Archway Society for Domestic Peace (Formerly Vernon Women’s Transition Society
Credits:
Research: Gemma Harris
Additional research and writing: Kristi Lee
Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams
Disclaimer voiced by the host of True
Music Credits:
Theme Song: We Talk of Dreams
Kevin McLeod / Incompetech - Bittersweet, Mesmerize, Immersed
Chris Zabriskie - I need to start writing things down
Sergey Cheremisinov - Fog, Our Futre
Blue Dot Sessions - Uncertain Ground, Gathering Stasis, Evidence Room, Darkened Treeline, Dawn Line Approaching, Cicle Ariel, Cover Letter
Kai Engel - Imminence, From the Arctic circle to the southern seas, July
P Weigl - Western Shores
Mank - 04_-_Soundtrack_1_Act_4
Main Information Sources:
https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1996/4/15/fatal-rage
https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/329550/25-years-ago-nine-people-were-shot-dead-as-they-prepared-for-a-wedding-in-Vernon
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-community-remembers-massacre-victims-1.577657
https://globalnews.ca/news/460568/community-remembers-victims-of-vernon-mass-murder/
https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/vernons-darkest-hour-reaches-25-years/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/329409608/?terms=mark%20chahal&match=1
http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs2010_2/466065/2010-vawir-draft-policy-document.pdf
https://www.newspapers.com/image/496390061/?terms=mark%20vijay%20chahal&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/496103743
https://www.newspapers.com/image/496388971/?terms=mark%20chahal&match=1
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Sikh, South Asian, Punjabi Resources:
The Punjabis in British Columbia: Location, Labour, First Nations and Multiculturalism by Kamala Elizabeth Nayay
https://www.southasiancanadianheritage.ca/history-of-south-asians-in-canada/
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/11-008-x/2005002/article/8455-eng.pdf?st=8xcF4BJH
https://www.linandjirsa.com/mehndi-photography-for-indian-weddings/
