What’s the real problem in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.?
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Article by Rebel News staff
Everyone agrees that what happened in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia was horrifying. A drug-addled psychopath murdered family members and then attacked a school, leaving a small northern community shattered.
But within hours, much of the regime media had decided that wasn’t the real story.
Rather than concentrating on the mass killing itself, mainstream media became fixated on how the suspect was described — obsessing over pronouns, gender identity, and the risk of “blowback” against transgender activists.
They called the shooter a gunperson, so they didn't have to say he was a man identifying as a women.
So why was the murderer’s identity treated as more sensitive than the victims'?
A clip from Sky News was particularly revealing. Viewers were told it is “extremely rare” for women to commit mass shootings — a fact presented as if it were the central takeaway. The murderer himself seemed almost secondary.
The same pattern appeared across Canadian mainstream media. Rather than reporting plainly, journalists bent over backwards to avoid stating basic facts, even as those facts were widely known and reported by independent journalists.
The Toronto Star published a lengthy piece attacking so-called “inflammatory claims” — not about the killings, but about discussion of the shooter’s identity. Independent reporters were framed as the problem, while the crime faded into the background.
Early police alerts described the suspect as a “female in a dress,” language that later proved misleading. Police eventually said that the shooter was known to them, and had previously been apprehended under the provincial mental health act and hospitalized “in some circumstances.”
That’s incredible — if police were so afraid of even misgendering the killer, were they also afraid, politically, to arrest him despite his bizarre outbursts and obvious danger?
This is Jesse Strang — the BC mass school shooter who killed 9 people and left 25 with life threatening injures.
— Kat Kanada (@KatKanada_TM) February 12, 2026
I am told calling him mentally ill is not politically correct.
What do you think? Does he look sane to you?
pic.twitter.com/bUQ1rPLYrD
The CBC literally used his first name, like he’s a friend or something.
Does anyone ever recall CBC calling Paul Bernardo, repeatedly just "Paul" in reports or asking if he and Karla Homolka were "bullied" after it surfaced that they murdered Homolka's sister?
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) February 12, 2026
"Police were asked if Jesse Van Rootselaar was bullied at school."
Remember "Bob"… pic.twitter.com/bb3kUUGCOF
When RCMP officials finally acknowledged the shooter’s transgender identity, they insisted nothing had been hidden.
Speaking to the media, RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald identified the shooter, who killed family members at home before turning a gun on random students at a local school in northern B.C., as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, saying she was born male but had transitioned six years ago.
“We’re not hiding it,” he said, when pressed about the online speculation that had bubbled up in the day between the shooting and Wednesday’s press conference.
Is that true? The police really weren't trying to hide the identity of the shooter? By calling the person 'a female in a dress', they weren’t hiding the transgender issue? That’s what they said in their emergency cell phone message, too.
The Commissioner also said: “I will say this, we identified the suspect as they chose to be identified in public and in social media."
So you’re respecting the political wishes of a mass murderer? That’s what “Jesse” would want? Running defence not only for the murderer, but for transgenderism.
No time to talk about the victims, including young children. No time to talk about the vicious crime.
You see, according to the mainstream establishment media and the police commissioner, the real issue here is about the misgendering, and about being anti-trans. Don’t you know?
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COMMENTS
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jerry stone commented 2026-02-14 10:49:41 -0500Kanaduh is done , in 20 years it will be run by Sharia courts or be China north America take your choice , The only hope we have is the US keep electing strong leaders “ie” not Bi-det O bamma types that try to destroy the country -
Anthony Salotti commented 2026-02-13 08:34:11 -0500Yup , thanks to the Liberals Canada has been circling the bowl for over 10 years now . There’s thousands of WW1 and WW2 soldiers overseas who paid the ultimate price rolling over in their graves right now .
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Bruce Atchison commented 2026-02-12 23:26:32 -0500This kind of crapola is why Alberta must separate from the sinking ship of state called Canada. It’s Laurentian types who have let these crazy policies ruin our land. And there will be more crazed trans people going berserk as time goes on. Ottawa is so out of phase with common sense. Time Alberta left!
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David J Paddison commented 2026-02-12 21:47:56 -0500Hi Ezra,
It’s obvious to me that, along with lots of other problems currently facing Canada, muslims/middle eastern muslim countries have been/trying to “buy off” Liberal politicians FOR YEARS now (they heavily support the Liberal party financially). We all (Jews/Christisns alike) need to wake up and wake up quickly to what’s happening or we’re going to become just like the U.K/E.U. I was assaulted at a Tim Horton’s by a young muslim man (about 25 y/o) in September last year because he thought I gave him “a look” (which I didn’t). He said “we all had to die”. I’m A SENIOR for goodness sake! This, along with all the other financial/social troubles/problems this country now has (primarily thanks to Liberalism) is getting crazy/totally out of hand. I spoke to an older white tow truck driver in Whitby a few weeks ago and he showed all the bullets holes in his tow truck courtesy of all the “browns” trying to intimidate/take over that industry. IMO we’re all in trouble, not just Jews.
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mark gaboury commented 2026-02-12 21:03:10 -0500It is obvious that as long as the RCMP is politically correct, more people will be killed than otherwise. Officers cannot be so stupid as to not realize this. Therefore, they really care more about not saying ‘the wrong thing’ than about saving lives, and therefore they are unfit to be policemen. They make perfect ‘police-persons’ though.
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Jane Vandervliet commented 2026-02-12 20:54:50 -0500Ezra, you should look up Robert Spencer’s testimony to the US Senate on Feb. 10, 2026 on Sharia law in the West. Better yet get him on your show.
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