Unpublished Newswire
February 12, 2026 - 18:31 | Sarah Ritchie | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — Conservative MP Jamil Jivani says he stands ready to help Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government when it comes to navigating the upcoming review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), after returning from Washington, D.C. last week where he met with senior officials within U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, including Vice-President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
He also met with senators from Wisconsin, Montana and Ohio, as well as General Motors, the National Association of Manufacturers and the...
February 12, 2026 - 18:11 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
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
