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Author: Aaron Hutchins
Publication Date: February 10, 2026 - 04:00
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If we don’t help LGBTQ+ organizations now, services will disappear | Opinion
February 10, 2026
LGBTQ+ charities and non-profits deliver critical services and programs to the most vulnerable queer people. In Ottawa and across Canada, they’re facing the perfect storm: economic precarity, government belt-tightening and corporations rescinding financial support, all made worse by a social and political climate increasingly hostile to LGBTQ+ acceptance. Read More
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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.
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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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