OTTAWA - The mother of the shooter in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., killings once posted a photo on Facebook of several long guns in a cabinet with the caption, "Think it's time to take them out for some target practice." It's not known whether any of the ...

TUMBLER RIDGE - A picture of the troubled life of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar is emerging, with a court ruling depicting her family's "nomadic lifestyle" and a gaming company removing her account, which was used to create a shoppi...

VICTORIA - There was no red carpet, no band or the usual 15-gun salute for British Columbia Lt.-Gov. Wendy Cocchia when she entered the legislature Thursday to read the speech from the throne. Instead, she dedicated her speech to the people of Tumbler...

Social media posts claiming a "pattern" or "epidemic" of transgender mass shooters spread online after a fatal shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., this week. Transgender people do not disproportionately commit mass shootings, and in fact represent one per...

OTTAWA - Some members of Parliament are slamming the Liberal government's plan to give new powers to cabinet to temporarily exempt individuals or corporations from some federal laws. The exemptions are being referred to as "regulatory sandboxes" and ar...

OTTAWA - Federal public health officials say an open freezer door caused the loss of medication worth $20 million at the national emergency stockpile in December 2024, and the Conservative health critic says a briefing on the incident has raised seriou...

OTTAWA - Culture Minister Marc Miller accused a Conservative MP Thursday of misleading a Parliamentary committee by claiming a comment from the head of an independent producers' group in support of the government was made on behalf of the news media. "...

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab said Thursday the changes to the refugee status claim process proposed in the government's border and immigration bill are "better for the applicants," even as multiple organizations attack the plan. Bill C-12 pr...

OTTAWA - After finding that an internal military investigation into an alleged sexual assault by an air force officer who took his own life was plagued with "multiple failures," the federal watchdog for military police is calling for an apology to the ...

TORONTO - It's still "too early" to draw conclusions about the cause of the Delta Air Lines plane crash at Toronto's Pearson Airport, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Thursday in an update on its investigation as the one-year anniversary ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's office has confirmed he will visit Tumbler Ridge, B.C., to attend a vigil on Friday, three days after nine people died in a mass shooting there. Carney, who invited other federal party leaders to join him at the vi...

TUMBLER RIDGE - Details are beginning to emerge about the eight people killed and two seriously injured in the mass shooting at a high school and a home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Here's what is known so far: Zoey Benoit, 12 Lori Hayer says on social media...

Advocates and experts are warning about the danger of vilifying an entire demographic based on the actions of one transgender person in the wake of the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Their comments come after an independent provincial legislato...

OTTAWA - Major airlines are claiming the initial findings of a federal probe clear their industry of allegations of unpaid work, but Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says investigators need more data before the issue is settled. On Thursday, the federal gover...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Tumbler Ridge 'one big family,' mayor tells vigil A memorial of flowers, lights and stuffed animals grows in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., as the community grapples with th...

TUMBLER RIDGE - The names and photos of eight children and adults shot to death in a small B.C. town were released Thursday in a sombre visual rollcall of chubby cheeks, shy smiles and braces. The 2,700 residents of Tumbler Ridge, meanwhile, began copi...

TUMBLER RIDGE - Tumbler Ridge in the remote Peace region of northeast British Columbia was once best known as a coal mining boom town that was built from scratch in the 1980s, then faced challenges from shifts in its economic fortunes. Now it is grappl...

TABER - The father of a student killed in a school shooting in southern Alberta almost 27 years ago says forgiveness was at the heart of how he tackled the tragedy. 
 Retired reverend Dale Lang lost his 17-year-old son, Jason, after the teen was shot b...

TORONTO - Waking up in a dimly lit room, the woman saw her own face and someone's back reflected in a mirror on the ceiling and realized she was being raped, she told a Toronto court as the sexual assault trial of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach...

OTTAWA - A man from the Dominican Republic and a man from the United States have been charged with conspiring to smuggle foreign nationals into the United States via the Canada-U.S. border. The U.S. Department of Justice says in a press release that 27...

QUÉBEC - A retired Superior Court judge who investigated a text message scandal that helped bring down former Quebec Liberal leader Pablo Rodriguez has reached few firm conclusions. Jacques R. Fournier says it's impossible to say whether the messages, ...

LETHBRIDGE - An Alberta judge sentenced a 13-year-old boy Wednesday to three years in an intense rehabilitation program for trying to stab his younger brother to death. The attacker was 12 when he repeatedly stabbed the seven-year-old in the family's L...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump took aim at Canada Wednesday evening as the U.S. House of Representatives voted against his tariffs on America's northern neighbour - a largely symbolic move that shows some wavering Republican support for the presid...

VICTORIA - The three official parties in British Columbia's provincial legislature have announced the cancellation of Thursday's "traditional" throne speech because of the mass shooting that claimed nine lives in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The cancellation co...

TORONTO - As the federal and provincial governments pledge support for the people of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., a psychologist specializing in trauma says mental health services will be needed beyond the immediate aftermath of Tuesday's mass shooting. McMas...

OTTAWA - The main campus of the new Inuit Nunangat University will be located in Arviat, Nunavut, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed announced Wednesday. The school also moved a step closer to being built with the announcement of a $50 millio...

Ryan Profid was enjoying a karaoke night at a resort near Cayo Coco in Cuba when he was approached by a staff member who had some bad news. They told him his vacation was over and he'd have to fly home the next day. Hours later, a disappointed Profid e...

TORONTO - École Polytechnique shooting survivor Nathalie Provost says it took her several weeks to return to the site of the Montreal massacre, but doing so allowed her to reclaim her life and create a sense of safety again. She was shot in the leg, f...