The gym that bears Hatch’s name is decorated with banners, commemorating La Loche sports teams that won the province. When La Loche sports teams venture out, their uniforms have the town’s name emblazoned proudly across the front. Temptation offers a seductive, beckoning finger in La Loche, like so many other places, and trouble was close at hand. The town was shaken to its core, and La Loche was suddenly flashed into every household in the country, and beyond. He arrived in La Loche the day after the shootings, because there was no other place in the world to be.

Source: National Post May 21, 2016 10:26 UTC