{"id":11002,"date":"2026-02-15T23:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=11002"},"modified":"2026-02-15T23:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:15:05","slug":"cops-most-media-cover-up-trans-nature-of-tumbler-ridge-mas-murderer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=11002","title":{"rendered":"COPS & MOST MEDIA COVER UP TRANS NATURE OF TUMBLER RIDGE MAS MURDERER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mentally Ill Man Shoots Up Canadian School; Mounties and Media Insist He\u2019s Female<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

by Michael Tennant<\/a> February 14, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one of Canada\u2019s worst mass shootings to date, 18-year-old Jesse Strang on Tuesday killed eight people and injured more than 25 others before turning his gun on himself. Yet anyone getting his news from the mainstream Canadian media would think the killer was a woman with a different last name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because Strang identified as transgender, and in Canada, no respectable media outlet would dare call his self-selected identity into question \u2014 let alone give aid and comfort to \u201ctransphobes.\u201d They would, however, use the tragedy to call for stricter gun laws<\/a>.<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They Always Get Their Woman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Strang, who began \u201ctransitioning\u201d to female six years ago, first killed his mother and his 11-year-old stepbrother at home, then went to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and murdered a teacher and five students, after which he committed suicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This would be a shocker anywhere, but in a British Columbia town of 2,400, it was devastating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) responded to the shooting, issuing an active-shooter alert<\/a> describing the suspect as \u201cfemale in a dress\u201d and charging into the school to stop the killing. Afterward, by which time they had to have known Strang was a man, the Mounties didn\u2019t correct the record; instead, they referred to him as a \u201cgunperson.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

European Conservative<\/em> columnist Jonathon Van Maren wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The term has never before been used in an official capacity, and it instantly made headlines in The Sun<\/em>, The New York Post<\/em>, Sky News, GB News, and elsewhere. When asked, an RCMP spokesperson stated<\/a>, \u201cWe identify the suspect as they chose to be identified in public and in social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

When the RCMP finally identified the shooter \u2014 nearly 24 hours after the incident \u2014 they referred to him as \u201cJesse Van Rootselaar\u201d and continued to obfuscate about his sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Canadian press dutifully reported the official findings. \u201cThe CBC, the Toronto Star<\/em>, the Vancouver Sun<\/em>, CTV, Global News, the Globe and Mail<\/em>, the Winnipeg Free Press<\/em>, the Ottawa Citizen<\/em>, the Montreal Gazette<\/em>, and others all referred to the shooter as female\u201d and as \u201cJesse Van Rootselaar,\u201d Van Maren noted on LifeSiteNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relative Truth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The truth, however, was waiting to be found. It just took journalists who didn\u2019t subscribe to the woke religion to uncover it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juno News, for example, contacted the shooter\u2019s father<\/a> and maternal uncle<\/a>, both of whom confirmed that his last name was Strang. His father, Justin Van Rootselaar, who was estranged from Strang\u2019s mother, said in a statement, \u201c[He] had a passport and the name on it is not Van Rootselaar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Rootselaar obviously sent the same statement to the CBC<\/a>, But, rather than simply report it, the government broadcaster felt the need to \u201ccorrect\u201d him and to assert its own pro-trans bona fides:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In his statement, Justin VanRootselaar refers to his child as Jesse Strang and uses he\/him pronouns to describe her. According to police, Jesse Van Rootselaar was assigned male at birth and began transitioning to female about six years ago.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The cops\u2019 admission that Strang was born \u2014 and therefore always \u2014 male only came about \u201cin response to reporters\u2019 questions,\u201d penned The Spectator\u2019s<\/em> Jane Stannus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Telegraph<\/a><\/em> reported Friday that a witness claims Strang may have gone to the school with the intention of finishing off the rest of his family. The paper further wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Police confirmed there was a \u201chistory of police attendance at the family residence,\u201d some relating to mental health and others relating to firearms incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He [Strang] was apprehended and taken for a health assessment more than once, but the last contact he had with police was last year. His gun license had expired in 2024 and he had no registered guns.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mental Gymnastics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By referring to the shooter as Jesse Van Rootselaar, the authorities and their friends in the media may have hoped to forestall further investigation into his background. Stannus pointed out that his real last name \u201cconnected him and his mother to pro-trans social media posts,\u201d including ones \u201cin which he mentioned spending time in mental hospital, taking antidepressants, trying out psychedelic drugs, and awaiting hormone therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Post\u2019s<\/em> Bethany Mandel<\/a> observed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The public is lied to in an attempt to force us to avert our eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet when journalists knowingly discard biological reality and gloss over the link to mental health, they don\u2019t just mislead readers; they actively interfere with our ability to understand reality, and therefore, assess danger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, the public has been told that identifying as the opposite sex is simply another harmless expression of one\u2019s self-identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questioning it is dangerous, cruel \u2014 \u201cbigotry.\u201d Exploring whether transgender identity may signal deeper psychological distress is forbidden\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That dogma has consequences, as another community has learned the hard way.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In this regard, things are much worse in Canada than in the United States. There, by law, everyone must \u201caffirm\u201d a \u201ctrans\u201d kid\u2019s chosen gender. Trying to help the child overcome his gender confusion \u2014 even at the youngster\u2019s request \u2014 is strictly prohibited. Good luck dealing with the kid\u2019s probable other mental conditions under such a regime, even if those conditions could lead to murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Stannus put it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It just doesn\u2019t seem right. Nine people, including 12- and 13-year-old children, have died. Many others are injured. Families are living through shock, loss and anguish. And instead of finding answers, the authorities are busy making sure transgender ideology isn\u2019t tarnished by association. Are they sure they\u2019ve got their priorities straight<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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