Unpublished Newswire
If you’re waiting for Ottawa’s bus service to be fully restored, OC Transpo officials suggest that won’t happen until at least late-March. The transit service is working diligently to hire and train more mechanics, while new e-buses gradually make their journey towards Ottawa. We also have another LRT setback to report, as the O-Train East Extension launch has been delayed until the Spring. In fact, we might not get it until sometime this Summer. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with River Ward councillor Riley Brockington and Beacon Hill-Cyrville councillor Tim Tierney....
February 12, 2026 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
The B.C. government has announced a provincewide day of mourning following Tuesday’s horrific mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge. A memorial of flowers and stuffed animals is rapidly growing near the small town’s high school. And as Thursday’s show develops, you will hear from some of the victims’ families, as some of the departed faces are being identified by authorities. Ottawa’s top story, which pales in comparison to this week’s tragedy, is a building frustration towards public transit. The bus fleet is aging. Bus stops are being missed. Mechanics are...
February 12, 2026 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
A 12-year-old girl who was gravely injured during the shooting at B.C.’s Tumbler Ridge Secondary School was trying to protect her classmates, a relative says.
Maya Gebala was one of at least two dozen children and teachers wounded when Jesse Van Rootselaar opened fire at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, killing eight people in total, including two at a nearby residence, before dying of a self-inflected wound, police say.
Krysta Hunt, a cousin of Maya’s mother...
February 12, 2026 - 17:43 | Chris Knight | National Post
Their job was to draw the shooter’s gunfire.
Mounties who responded to the deadly mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Tuesday were likely scared and full of adrenaline, but they did what their training prescribes, according to West Kelowna-Peachland MLA Macklin McCall, the Conservative party’s critic for Public Safety, and a former RCMP officer with two decades of policing under his belt.
“Those RCMP officers from the local Tumbler Ridge RCMP detachment are heroes, quite frankly,” McCall said Thursday.
“Those officers responded in 120 seconds … to an active threat...
February 12, 2026 - 17:16 | Chris Lambie | National Post
We’re now well past the Conservative Party’s convention. As you might have noticed, Pierre Poilievre, his caucus, and every Conservative with a social media account have been very happy to point out that Poilievre received 87.4 percent approval in his leadership review. With that, combined with Harperpalooza taking over Ottawa, the message is clear: the party is UNITED.
I wasn’t surprised by the result. I’m a pollster by trade, and my team didn’t see any organizing against Poilievre. As my polling from the fall showed, most of the party’s voters don’t have a personal problem with...
February 12, 2026 - 17:12 | Kyla Ronellenfitsch | Walrus
The O-Train's much-anticipated east extension to Orléans has been pushed back to the second quarter of 2026, OC Transpo staff told councillors during a lengthy update to the transit committee on Thursday. Read More
February 12, 2026 - 17:01 | Aedan Helmer | Ottawa Citizen
