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Canada not on track to hit net-zero by 2050, or meet any climate targets: study
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — A new study published Friday by the Canadian Climate Institute says Canada is not on track to meet any of its climate targets — not the 2026 interim emissions reduction target, the 2030 Paris Agreement commitment, or even the long-term goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The report suggests Canada has moved ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Carney to attend vigil in Tumbler Ridge today with other leaders
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., today to attend a vigil three days after nine people died in a mass shooting. Carney, who invited other federal party leaders to join him at the vigil, was invited by the town’s mayor. The offices of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family of Portapique victims offers advice and support to community in Tumbler Ridge
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
HALIFAX — It was almost six years ago that Tammy Oliver-McCurdie lost her younger sister, brother-in-law and 17-year-old niece in Nova Scotia, all of them victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern Canadian history. Oliver-McCurdie says that when she heard about the school shooting Tuesday in northeastern British Columbia, she recalled the agony she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: Tumbler Ridge Shooting
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2026
The names and photos of eight children and adults shot to death in a small British Columbia town were released by police in a sombre visual rollcall of chubby cheeks, shy smiles and braces. The 2,700 residents of Tumbler Ridge, meanwhile, began coping not only with unimaginable grief but also empathy and rage in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!GST credit top-up coming in spring after bill fast-tracked in Parliament
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canadians who receive the GST benefit will get a one-time top up payment this spring after parliamentarians fast-tracked the legislation to set it motion. The Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit received royal assent late today, after passing the final vote in the Senate earlier in the day and the House of Commons last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Nomadic lifestyle’ of Tumbler Ridge shooter, who created shopping mall massacre game
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2026
TUMBLER RIDGE — A picture of the troubled life of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar is emerging, with a court ruling depicting her family’s “nomadic lifestyle” and a gaming company removing her account, which was used to create a shopping mall massacre simulation. Online platform Roblox said in a statement Thursday that it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shy smiles and braces: RCMP release names, photos of 8 Tumbler Ridge shooting victims
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2026
TUMBLER RIDGE — The names and photos of eight children and adults shot to death in a small B.C. town were released Thursday in a sombre visual rollcall of chubby cheeks, shy smiles and braces. The 2,700 residents of Tumbler Ridge, meanwhile, began coping not only with unimaginable grief but also empathy and rage in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Military sexual assault investigation suffered from ‘tunnel vision’, watchdog says
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2026
OTTAWA — After finding that an internal military investigation into an alleged sexual assault by an air force officer who took his own life was plagued with “multiple failures,” the federal watchdog for military police is calling for an apology to the man’s family. The Military Police Complaints Commission said Thursday the internal probe that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mother of Tumbler Ridge shooter posted photo of several long guns in 2024
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2026
OTTAWA — The mother of the shooter in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., killings once posted a photo on Facebook of several long guns in a cabinet with the caption, “Think it’s time to take them out for some target practice.” It’s not known whether any of the half dozen firearms in the photo, posted in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court ruling describes ‘nomadic lifestyle’ of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooter’s family
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2026
TUMBLER RIDGE — The family of Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar led a “nomadic lifestyle” marked by multiple moves between at least three provinces, a British Columbia court ruling says. The 2015 B.C. Supreme Court decision in a dispute between her parents describes her mother, Jennifer Jacobs, moving with her children between Newfoundland and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tumbler Ridge killings prompts very different start to B.C. legislative session
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2026
VICTORIA — A new session of the British Columbia legislature opened today with Lt.-Gov. Wendy Cocchia saying in the speech from the throne that the people of Tumble Ridge, B.C., are “suffering unimaginable pain.” Governments traditionally use the speech of a new legislative session to outline their agendas, but Cocchia’s brief speech says the “people ... Read More »
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