Jackie Wong

Family of 12-year-old injured in Tumbler Ridge mass shooting sues OpenAI Parents of Maya Gebala allege in legal claim that OpenAI had specific knowledge of the shooter utilizing ChatGPT to plan a mass casualty event

Family of Tumbler Ridge shooting victim files civil claim against OpenAI, arguing company had knowledge of shooter’s intentions but did not warn authorities

Maya Gebala, 12, was shot 3x at close range and remains in hospital, long-term prognosis unknown
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Much appreciation to @natalieporter.bsky.social for sharing your talents with us in @thetyee.ca!

I love this essay on skateboarding history and the vital work librarians do. 🛹🔥 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

These Films Are Full of Gems | The Tyee Three standout documentaries spotlight gender, equity and history in the making.

This weekend, @dorothywoodend.bsky.social takes us out to GemFest and a special #IWD screening of Tough Old Broads. 💎

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Jenn Farrell is a Creative Force | The Tyee Her Witness The Fitness gym in Vancouver centres women and LGBTQ2S+ people of all sizes, shapes and experiences.

"What if we didn’t make it about losing weight or changing what you look like? What if we made it about the 10,000 other more interesting things that this process can do?"

Thanks @kehyslop.bsky.social for this lovely profile on Jenn Ferrell in @thetyee.ca. 🌈💪

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Congrats Mel! This is awesome 🔥

I personally endorse this jacket

The Tyee is proud to have published this important investigation by @rachelgilmore.bsky.social. We condemn this egregious harassment of a journalist for doing her job, and have offered support as she deals with this disturbing situation.

Showing the sitting mayor of Canada’s third largest city a printout of an offensive AI slop image to confirm whether that’s the image he saw that led him to accuse a councillor of a crime, is possibly the weirdest thing I’ve ever done at work. And I once wrote about a merkin art exhibit.

COPE Councillor Considering Next Steps After Mayor’s False Drug Accusations | The Tyee Ken Sim wrongly accused Sean Orr of dealing illegal drugs and initially let another councillor take the blame.

Within this story from @kehyslop.bsky.social and @jenstden.bsky.social: Former Green councillor Adrianne Carr says she resigned in 2025 in part because of remarks Sim made to her during an in-camera meeting
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Carney Excuses Trump’s New Iran War | The Tyee The US attack violates international law. Not a peep about that from Canada’s PM.

My latest: Carney Excuses Trump's New Iran War via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

The Cringey Comeback of a ‘Cancelled’ Comedian | The Tyee After sexual misconduct allegations and amidst the rise of the new right, Chris D’Elia performs two shows in Vancouver next month.

I ruined my algorithms for this essay on manosphere comedy and the rise of the new right. Thanks for being a dream editor @akkabah.bsky.social. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

The Courageous Heart of ‘True North’ | The Tyee A film about Canada’s largest student protest against anti-Black racism is a moving portrait of bravery and grief.

"The deep roots of racism were laid down early in Canada." @dorothywoodend.bsky.social on the implications of the 1969 Sir George Williams University protests and the documentary 'True North' in @thetyee.ca.

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What an uplifting @thetyee.ca piece on regional magazines by @amandafollett.bsky.social. ☕️https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/02/27/Behold-Beauty-Regional-Indie-Magazines/

Meet the Historic Alberta Couple Who Fought for Press Freedom | The Tyee Their grandson wrote a book and made a film about their impactful work.

The Weekender is here in @thetyee.ca! Thanks to @ximenaka.bsky.social for this nifty piece about the historic couple who fought for press freedom in Alberta. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

the "just asking questions" to "legitimate questions about fairness in sports" to "the state doesn't have to consider us as real people" pipeline working exactly as designed.

Hold Me, Noah Wyle | The Tyee The medical staff in ‘The Pitt’ heal us in dark times.

The Pitt is slowly starting to outpace Heated Rivalry in my feeds. 🩺

I love this essay by @dorothywoodend.bsky.social from @thetyee.ca's Weekender on what shows like this can do: provide some indication of a better way to be. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

Well, I just explained labour strugs and billionaire ridiculousness re: Amazon to an eight-year-old so there's that

Thanks so much for reading, Robert! :)

Props to Jen who sits across from me at @thetyee.ca and would let me voice my frustration when, yet again, I was rebuffed when trying to access non-fatal overdose numbers at health care facilities.
She sat through seven months of it.

We need this hopefulness! ☀️

As Tumbler Ridge Mourns, Anti-Trans Misinfo Spreads | The Tyee No good will come from the conservative rush to weaponize the shooter’s identity in this story.

Thank you to @melwoods.me and @xtramagazine.com for this piece. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

What We Know So Far About the Tragedy in Tumbler Ridge | The Tyee Police have identified the shooter who killed eight, then herself, in the northeastern community.

"Only one journalist was on the ground as the incident unfolded. Trent Ernst, who runs Tumbler RidgeLines, spent Tuesday afternoon trying to inform locals about what police had described as an active shooter situation."

By @tyolsen.bsky.social
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The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence

The third worst mass shooting in Canadian history happened yesterday in a small BC town. Kids are dead, a community is reeling. This is a time to grieve. This is not a time to gain political points by punching down on trans people.
Thoughtful @melwoods.me essay:
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Also, posted these on my site, but posting here, mostly in case media wants to use. Dear media: Rights are as such: I know I am the local reporter but I have been so tied up with media requests and trying to get information out to community, I haven’t been outside in eight hours, so these are the images I have. Everything I know I have posted to my lives on Facebook and later, YouTube. If you want to grab stuff that’s okay, but we are a community funded newspaper. You can use any of this information, if, and only if you pinky promise to make a donation. We have a patreon site, https://www.patreon.com/c/tumblerridgelines I don’t have an easy way for one time donations, but I have this: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/204606215-Can-I-make-a-one-time-payment Images are : A group of worried parents gather outside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School as RCMP investigate inside. The students were soon sent to the nearby community centre to shelter in place there. And RCMP take up position outside a home on Fellers, where two additional bodies were found.

A message from Trent Ernst, the only reporter who lives in Tumbler Ridge

A salmon-coloured building in a town square with a big, blue sky beyond.

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.

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.

Trans people didn’t ask to get pulled into any of this | Xtra Magazine Charlie Kirk’s murder is the latest event in which trans people have suddenly, inexplicably, become main characters

Disgusted by the level of anti-trans misinformation already spreading about the shooting in Tumbler Ridge.

I wrote about it after Charlie Kirk in September, and I hate that I’m probably going to have to write about it tomorrow

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no u :D

The Tyee Is Recruiting Our Next Editor-in-Chief | The Tyee Founding editor David Beers is passing the baton to a new leader. Is it you?

We're hiring a new editor-in-chief @thetyee.ca! Come be our new boss: thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you