Western Standard - February 11, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Tumbler Ridge： What Happened and What’s Next ｜ 11 Feb 2026


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

106.40972

Word count

254

Sentence count

30


Summary

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The focus of our news coverage today is on the mass shooting in the small B.C. town of Terrace Ridge. We have hard hitting columns on the tragedy from Chris Holcorn and Daniel Robson, and Health Canada officials are red-faced after admitting $20 million worth of specialty drugs was spoiled because someone had left the refrigerator door open.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.120 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:14.520 The focus of our news coverage today is on the mass shooting in the small B.C. town of Tumblr Ridge.
00:00:21.700 Transgender man Jesse Strang shot and killed his mother and younger brother
00:00:25.600 before going to the town's secondary school where he killed seven other people before turning the gun on himself.
00:00:33.560 Reaction to the massacre has been flooding in from around the world.
00:00:37.580 King Charles, Prince William, and Princess Kate have sent their condolences,
00:00:41.860 along with the leaders of France, Germany, India, and others.
00:00:46.320 We have hard-hitting columns on the tragedy from Chris Holcorn and Daniel Robson.
00:00:51.720 And Health Canada officials are red-faced after admitting $20 million worth of specialty drugs
00:00:59.020 was spoiled because someone had left the refrigerator door open.
00:01:04.120 And that's it for now.
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