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The mourning father of Emmett Jacobs, one of eight victims in last week’s Tumbler Ridge mass shooting, said he’s in “unbearable” pain since losing his 11-year-old son.
“I lost my little boy, a man’s pride and joy,” Matt Jacobs wrote in a statement sent to National Post on Saturday.
“The pain I have been feeling from this tragedy is unbearable. I can’t even imagine to explain how lost I feel.”
Jacobs explained that he is the estranged spouse of Jennifer Jacobs (Strang), with whom he shared three children — Emmett and two brothers — and clarified that he’s not the father of shooter...
February 15, 2026 - 09:18 | National Post Staff | National Post
It didn’t work. B.C.’s drug decriminalization plan is a fail.
The radical experiment died at the end of January. The province’s health minister admitted the pilot program “hasn’t delivered the results that we hoped for.”
“Decriminalization — the pilot at least — is over,” says the Independent MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale, Elenore Sturko, a former RCMP officer and long-time foe of B.C.’s soft-on-drugs approach.
Elenore is worried the province’s step-back isn’t enough; she says the province now needs to commit to charge people for possession of the hard stuff: cocaine, methamphetamine...
February 15, 2026 - 09:00 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | National Post
The Canadian Army has apologized after a post on International Holocaust Remembrance Day did not mention the Jewish community.
A spokesperson for the military told National Post in a statement that it “regrets the error and apologizes for the hurt it caused.”
The military shared a message on social media on Jan. 27, addressing the “victims that suffered and died at the hands of Fascism for being members of marginalized groups.” The post continued: “We must take time to recognize that a society built on fear, divisiveness, and marginalization will lead to tragedy. We must strive for...
February 15, 2026 - 08:00 | Courtney Greenberg | National Post
The mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. may have given rise to concern about Canadian school safety, but there is inevitable anxiety that goes with reviewing security measures and concern about mental health is paramount among experts.
In Alberta, the
education minister has directed
all...
February 15, 2026 - 07:00 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
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February 15, 2026 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
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February 15, 2026 - 04:00 | Elizabeth Payne | Ottawa Citizen
