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Publication Date: January 21, 2026 - 18:01
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Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Wed. January 21st, 2026
January 21, 2026
A podcast is giving athletes a platform to open up about the emotional side of friendship, vulnerability, love, and loneliness. It is hosted by Dylan Playfair, an actor on Letterkenny, and Ty Smith, a former hockey player and a survivor of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Dylan joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 2. Another tool in the mental health toolbox is Kids Help Phone, Canada’s only nationwide 24/7 mental health service. It is free, confidential, and ready to help anyone who needs someone to talk to. President and CEO Aaron Sanderson pays us a visit on Bell Let’s Talk Day.
The deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is reverberating on the other side of the country in the small Newfoundland fishing community where the killer’s mother spent her early childhood and many of their family members still call home.
Police have identified Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, as the shooter. Van Rootselaar’s mother, Jennifer Jacobs, 39, and 11-year-old half-brother, Emmett Jacobs, were also found dead Tuesday at the family home in Tumbler Ridge. Van Rootselaar, who identified as a trans woman, then killed six people at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School before dying...
February 13, 2026 - 17:42 | Chris Lambie | National Post
February 13, 2026 - 17:34 | Kelly Geraldine Malone | The Globe and Mail
The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE), the third-largest federal public service union, cancelled consultation meetings with the Treasury Board around the new return-to-office order. Read More
February 13, 2026 - 17:26 | Matteo Cimellaro | Ottawa Citizen





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