Good morning. American police arrested a suspect who allegedly conspired with the Tumbler Ridge shooter to “murder persons” in B.C. and “broadcast the killings.” More on that below, along with Steven Galloway’s court testimony and Lionel Messi’s international farewell.
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Mike Herrington, special agent in charge of the FBI Seattle field office, announces the arrest of the 30-year-old suspect on Tuesday.David Ryder/Reuters
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Arrested suspect allegedly ‘enabled’ Tumbler Ridge shooter
A 30-year-old from Washington State was arrested and charged with conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country in connection with the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. James Cody Bryant, of Bellingham, is alleged to have provided advice, money and technical assistance over the course of six months to the shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar.
The allegations: Bryant “enabled” the shooter and agreed to live-stream the attack to “maximize notoriety,” FBI official Mike Herrington said at a joint news conference with B.C. law enforcement. According to court documents, the two are alleged to have tested the quality of the live-stream around August, 2025, and in January, 2026.
The background: Eight victims, including six children, were killed in the Feb. 10 shooting in the small B.C. mining community. It triggered lawsuits, scrutiny of Canada’s firearm oversight and a cross-border reckoning over the lax regulations that govern technology giants when credible threats arise.
What’s next: B.C. RCMP, who have been working with the FBI, continue their criminal investigation and have signalled they may pursue further charges in Canada.
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Outgoing Coalition Avenir Québec leader Christine Fréchette figuratively and literally steps down Tuesday after her party’s electoral wipeout.Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press
Rounding up the Quebec election fallout
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon vowed to work with opposition parties and played down the potential for conflict with the federal government on his first day as premier-designate after securing a minority government with a weak mandate.
The details: The Parti Québécois’ 28-per-cent share of the popular vote is the lowest of any government in Quebec history. A five-way race splintered the 70 per cent of Quebeckers who say they don’t want an independence referendum, which the PQ has promised to hold.
The defeated: Outgoing Premier Christine Fréchette predictably resigned as Coalition Avenir Québec leader after the party’s catastrophic showing. Now reduced from 79 seats to zero, the CAQ gained power in 2018 and picked Fréchette to succeed François Legault in April.
By the numbers: Revisit our five election takeaways, accompanied by charts that show the seat count, turnout and the popular vote.
Go deeper: Hours after the election of a party that had pledged to dismantle Santé Québec, the provincial health authority made public a report stating that it had achieved nearly $2-billion in costs savings since its creation.
Opinion:
- The PQ capitalized on a desire for change but struggled to keep Quebeckers with them. The result makes St-Pierre Plamondon a 28-per-cent Premier, Campbell Clark writes.
- The weakest possible mandate will not deter the PQ from aiming to discredit the Constitution, Andrew Coyne warns.
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Conservative MP Tamara Jansen, right, joins fellow members of the Medical Assistance in Dying committee in the foyer of the House of Commons in June.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Government plans to oppose private member’s MAID bill
The Liberal government will vote against a Conservative private member’s bill seeking to restrict access to medical assistance in dying when it comes up in the House of Commons today. Tamara Jansen’s Bill C-218 seeks to amend the Criminal Code so that a mental disorder cannot be grounds for accessing MAID.
What’s next: Justice Minister Sean Fraser said he would disclose “the path forward” for MAID in Canada ahead of the vote. As of next March 17, people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness would be able to seek medical aid to end their lives, unless the government passes legislation to change that.
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Alberta’s provincial referendum is scheduled for Oct. 19.James Maclennan/The Canadian Press
Alberta works to resolve mail-in mishaps
Thousands of Albertans may not have their ballots counted in the Oct. 19 referendum after they failed to properly identify themselves in the mail-in voting process, according to Elections Alberta. The provincial elections agency contacted those electors asking them to resubmit documentation over e-mail.
The vote: The referendum poses 10 questions, all designed by Premier Danielle Smith’s government, that ask voters to weigh in on provincial separation, immigration and constitutional issues.
The Take
There’s a lot of praise in the poem – for “the fighters, whose courage nourishes the world.” For “their cunning, their patience, the tanks on fire, the enemy fleeing.” Also for missiles, “the recognitions written in blood on each one, the names carved already into your own flesh.” I found this hard to read. But not nearly as difficult as other reading I’ve done about that day.
There’s nothing to praise about Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks in Israel. A Canadian literary journal disagrees, Marsha Lederman writes.
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Protesters gather around the Triumph of the Republic sculpture at Place de la Nation in Paris on Tuesday.Siegfried Modola/The Globe and Mail
Police fired tear gas in French cities as countrywide demonstrations continued in support of students who demand more education funding. Photojournalist Siegfried Modola was on the scene in Paris.
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What else we’re following
At home: University officials in Canada’s major cities are working with police to prepare for competing protests today on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks.
Abroad: Christa Pike is awake and speaking in hospital after surviving Tennessee’s attempt to execute her, her attorneys say.
Court: Bestselling author Steven Galloway acknowledged his two-year affair with a University of B.C. creative writing student was “inappropriate, ill-advised and stupid” during testimony.
Science: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai, two scientists who studied the properties and production of molecules that are mirror images of one another.
Music: Fans who bought fraudulent tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shared emotional impact statements as sentencing was adjourned for the Ontario woman behind the scam.
Toronto: Former federal Conservative cabinet minister Chris Alexander abandoned his mayoral candidacy, making way for a faceoff between incumbent mayor Olivia Chow and her main rival, councillor Brad Bradford.
Buenos Aires: Soccer icon Lionel Messi played his final match for Argentina in a friendly against Benin, which the home side won 3-0 before an adoring crowd in the national capital.
Look up: An astrotourism enthusiast offers tips for those hoping to witness the “eclipse of the century” in North Africa or the Middle East next summer.
Lay low: What did Rob Carrick learn in his first year of retirement? The personal finance columnist fielded reader questions about money and time management.