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Publication Date: December 17, 2025 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Wed. December 17th, 2025
December 17, 2025
Should schools regulate play on snowbanks? That is up for debate in Hour 3, as Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today's Question of the Day. Meantime, as the snow starts to fly, Canadians are still hitting the road. They are just not visiting the United States. A testy trade war probably has a lot to do with that, but it's not the only reason. Amra Durakovic from the Flight Centre Travel Group fills us in on the other dealbreakers. Plus, CFRA's Andrew Pinsent gives us the inside scoop on a massive car theft ring, which was finally exposed by law enforcement this week.
The town of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is in mourning after eight people were killed in a mass shooting at a school and nearby residence.
February 11, 2026 - 15:51 | Ariel Rabinovitch | Global News - Canada
RCMP on Wednesday identified the perpetrator of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, a transgender female. Dwayne McDonald, deputy commissioner of the RCMP in British Columbia, said that Van Rootselaar was born a biological male and began to transition to a female about six years ago.
McDonald added that Van Rootselaar “identified as female both socially and publicly.”
He also confirmed that a total of nine people died in the shooting, including Van Rootselaar. One victim who was reported to have died en route to hospital is alive and in...
February 11, 2026 - 15:38 | Chris Knight | National Post
The aunt of Tumbler Ridge mass shooting victim Kylie May Smith said their family’s world “crumbled” when they learned the 12-year-old girl was among the dead.
In a
Facebook post
Wednesday, Shanon Dykce said that her niece “didn’t make it out” when the shooter arrived at the local high...
February 11, 2026 - 15:38 | Kenn Oliver | National Post


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