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Publication Date: December 18, 2025 - 18:01
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Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. December 18th, 2025
December 18, 2025
This year, 32 students have graduated from the Ottawa Mission's Food Services Training Program. Kristy is joined by Joseph, one of this year's graduates, in Hour 2. Later in the program, Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health drops by for his bi-weekly segment on Ottawa Now. It's called 'Your Health' and it stars Dr. Trevor Arnason. Spoiler alert: Influenza is today's Word of the Day. Plus, if you think you can ride in the HOV lane with your pet in the passenger seat, that won't get you out of a very expensive ticket. CFRA's Chris Holski explains.
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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