Police have now released a list of names & photos of the victims. It's absolutely heartbreaking to look at the photos of these kids, who show all the individuality and humour of tweens on the cusp of growing into who they will become. Take care everyone. rcmp.ca/en/bc/tumble...

As the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge unfolded this week, I was so grateful to be supported by the @thetyee.ca team. As a small outlet, we try be strategic in how we contribute to what's already being reported. We started yesterday afternoon with @tyolsen.bsky.social's roundup of the news so far: 🧵

'For those who are just learning about Tumbler Ridge for the first time, know that it is so much more than the events of this week. The town is a portrait of resiliency. It has survived against the odds and emerged stronger.' by @amandafollett.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

NEW from me today: Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come. xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...

3/ All research has shown that transgender persons are far more likely to be the victims of violence than perpetrators. Data of mass shootings from 1996-2024 show trans people make up 0.5 % of all perpetrators. Cis men make up 97.5%

What we know so far about the tragic school shooting in Tumbler Ridge. Reporting by @tyolsen.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Sorry correction to this: RCMP said they did NOT have info on this

The picture that's emerging is one of absolute tragedy for the young victims, a teacher, the shooter and her family. There are unresolved questions here about why/how the guns were returned and what mental health supports were available for a deeply troubled teen.

RCMP press conference is happening now. RCMP say that as police approached the school, they were shot at. The suspected shooter is identified as Jesse Rootsellar (I'm not sure if that's the correct spelling.)

I'm listening to Pierre Poilievre and Yves-François Blanchet speak about the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge. They're saying they stand with British Columbia and have put partisan politics aside. Blanchet says Quebecers remember École Polytechnique.

As the only (I think?) local reporter in Tumbler Ridge, Trent Ernst has been heroically covering the tragedy unfolding in his town. Most of his reporting is happening on Facebook, which you can find here, along with links to his Patreon. www.facebook.com/tumblerridge...

Standing with and sending love to the trans community today. You don't deserve any of this. You deserve so much better. I am so fucking sorry.

Within hours, we already had an elected official—B.C. MLA Tara Armstrong—blaming the Tumbler Ridge school shooting on gender-affirming care.

Got back from rink to see the news. Terrible. Lillooet is the size of Tumblr Ridge. You do not know everybody in town. But if your kid goes to school, they know every kid within two or three grades of them very well. Every year, the same kids are in class with each other. Can't imagine the pain.

Guy who likes to hang out with white nationalists blames the Tumbler Ridge shooting on trans people :( #bcpoli

Premier David Eby speaks with media after 10 killed, including shooter, in Tumbler Ridge. “I know that one of the things we do best is look after each other, and I’m asking British Columbia’s to look after the people of Tumbler Ridge tonight.”

During an ongoing press conference, B.C. Premier David Eby says RCMP officers were on the scene of the Tumbler Ridge shooting very quickly - within 2 minutes of reports coming in.

Tumber Ridge is not just idyllic but resilient. It has seen mines open and close and reopen. It has embraced wind energy, made unprecedented dinosaur discoveries, hosts epic adventures and reinvented itself through tourism. Thinking of everyone there as the town faces the unimaginable days ahead.

Mayor of Tumbler Ridge Darryl Krakowka: "I will know every victim. I've been here 19 years ... I don't call them residents, I call them family." www.youtube.com/live/-SIOpuE...

A few years ago, my colleague @amandafollett.bsky.social wrote this portrait of Tumbler Ridge, a former coal mining town. thetyee.ca/News/2020/11...

BREAKING: At least 10 people are dead, including the suspected shooter, following a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Tuesday afternoon. Police say around 25 others have sustained non-life-threatening injuries. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

This is horrific. I was so hoping for a better outcome 10 dead, including 6 people found dead inside the high school www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Terrible situation out of Tumbler Ridge, a town of 2500 people in northeastern B.C., where an active shooter at a high school is now dead. We'll be updating this page with information as we confirm it.

“As of 1:20 p.m. the Tumbler Ridge RCMP are currently on scene of a confirmed active shooter incident at the Tumber Ridge Secondary School,” globalnews.ca/news/1166200...

New-ish BC Greens leader Emily Lowan has pulled the party to the left with a focus on wealth inequality. She's criticized the BC NDP for not being progressive enough; now the Greens have left their agreement to support the NDP - which has a razor thin majority. #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

@amandafollett.bsky.social covered a pretty wild meeting in Smithers, where three B.C. Conservative MLAs got an earful from First Nations people & others on the Cons' plan to repeal DRIPA. #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

With separatism talk popping up in her small B.C. town, Monica Judd said she wanted to send a message. My story today: thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Spent the week reporting from Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, which flipped red in 2024 on promises of border security and economic strength. It’s now seeing ICE job-site raids that are hurting the economy and stoking constant fears of families being torn apart. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Our EIC Dave Beers - and also the founder of @thetyee.ca - is retiring (for real this time lol). We're looking for a new EIC - please share in your #journalism circles! thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

“We’re at a point in this country in Canada where we have the largest white nationalist movement that has ever existed in this country’s history.”

🙏🏼 looking forward to the think pieces, I’ll read every single one Amazing performance

It's important to bring this issue to the attention of moderate Conservatives. But the replies on Andrew's post really illustrate how the polarization going on over on X has become pretty extreme.

Canadians please be aware of these people.

2/ Arendt’s cogs were ordinary people obeying blindly. But the Trump regime has upgraded the machine. It isn't just seeking obedience, they are recruiting for empathy impairment. By vetting for cruelty, the regime has essentially turned the banality of evil into a competitive advantage of evil.

All our articles have no paywall and are free to read. We don’t even have annoying pop-up ads.

“This morning, I spoke to a really senior adviser to Pierre Poilievre, and he said that it took him all hell’s work to convince Pierre to finally take up anti-immigration status. And that’s happening”

This mixed doubles team are curling pioneers in Estonia!https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/other/olympics-curling-estonia-s-mixed-doubles-pair-hungry-for-more-after-landmark-win/ar-AA1VLcT8

Mixed doubles curling is like making marital relations into an Olympic sport

“They think that they are closer to success than they were at this time last year, and they’re right,” Balgord said. “We’re at a point in this country in Canada where we have the largest white nationalist movement that has ever existed in this country’s history.”

Instagram just recommended this video of Canadian Olympic biathlon guy Adam Runnalls… who knits? I complain about algo-driven content a lot but this is perfection www.instagram.com/reel/DUbSEoQ...

'[UCP party president] Rob Smith also made it clear that others on the United Conservative elected board are active separatists.' #abpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Via @jenstden.bsky.social Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

BC Cancer has agreed to treat Francisco Barahona on an urgent basis after The Tyee reported Thursday he had being denied care despite being ravaged by cancer, @michellegamage.bsky.social reports. thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Just to reassure everybody - the city didn't actually lose any money, because provincial laws prevent municipalities from making risky investments like Bitcoin. (Thanks to UBC econ prof Werner Antweiler for being willing to get on the phone to call BS on this stuff.) thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...

If you like this story and can post the link on a Reddit community you're part of - or even on X - please do so. Anything helps, thank you in advance.

A former OneBC staffer previously participated in a Spaces call with the leaders of white nationalist/"Canadian nationalist" organizations. They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

We could not stop talking about this today. (Mostly it was my fault. The convo would ebb and then, out of nowhere, I'd bring it up again 😆)

We clapped in the newsroom when we heard this 👏

Hopefully Francisco’s lawyer can delay his deportation long enough for the health industry to be shamed into providing care, or he gets MSP coverage. He can pay out of pocket for care but it’s $$$. Here’s a fundraiser going to help cover his medical/ legal/ rent for a bit chuffed.org/project/1554...

My story on the BC Human Rights Commissioner report that finds press access was blocked/delayed in a way that violated human rights. And the city's assertion that the commissioner is wrong. Despite the rigourous evidence-gathering process conducted by the inquiry. thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...