Selected voiceover scripts that appeared in regular newscasts:
BANNER – JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S SUICIDE UNDER INVESTIGATION
(O/C): ACCUSED SEX TRAFFICKER JEFFREY EPSTEIN WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS NEW YORK JAIL CELL.
(V/O): AUTHORITIES SAY HE HANGED HIMSELF EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. EPSTEIN WAS TAKEN OFF SUICIDE WATCH BUT IN A SEGREGATED CELL AT THE TIME. THE 66-YEAR-OLD WAS ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING DOZENS OF UNDERAGE GIRLS, SOME AS YOUNG AS 14. INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO UNCOVER HOW HIS DEATH WAS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
BANNER – POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS IN HONG KONG
(O/C): HONG KONG POLICE SAY THEY ARRESTED 29 PEOPLE AFTER OVERNIGHT CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATORS.
(V/O): ACTIVISTS THREW MOLOTOV COCKTAILS AT RIOT POLICE IN A DENSELY POPULATED AREA OF THE CITY OVERNIGHT. POLICE THEN FIRED TEAR GAS TO TRY AND DISPERSE THE CROWDS. DEMONSTRATORS ALSO TORE DOWN A LAMP POST EQUIPPED WITH SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME TEAR GAS HAD BEEN USED IN MORE THAN A WEEK OF MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
BANNER- ANDREESCU ADVANCES TO ROGERS CUP FINALS
(O/C): TORONTO AREA TEEN BIANCA (an-DRESS’-koo) ANDREESCU HAS ADVANCED TO THE ROGERS CUP FINALS AFTER WINNING HER SEMIS MATCH.
(V/O): THE 19-YEAR-OLD BEAT 20-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN SOFIA KEENIN IN TWO SETS. IF SHE WINS SUNDAY’S FINALS, SHE WILL BECOME THE FIRST CANADIAN WOMAN TO WIN THE SINGLES EVENT OF THE TOURNAMENT SINCE 1969.
BANNER – CONSERVATIVE LEADER ACCUSED OF SMEAR CAMPAIGN
(O/C): AS THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN NEARS THE END CONSERVATIVE LEADER ANDREW SCHEER IS BEING ACCUSED OF HIRING A PRIVATE COMPANY TO SMEAR MAXIME BERNIER’S PEOPLE’S PARTY.
(V/O): SCHEER REFUSED TO CONFIRM OR DENY THE GLOBE AND MAIL REPORT – DESPITE BEING ASKED ABOUT IT MORE THAN 20 TIMES ON SATURDAY. BERNIER HAS FILED A COMPLAINT WITH ELECTIONS CANADA ALLEGING DIRTY TRICKS BY THE CONSERVATIVES.
BANNER – VEHICLE DRIVEN TOWARD CALGARY MILITARY PARADE
(O/C): TWO PEOPLE ARE IN CUSTODY IN CALGARY AFTER A VEHICLE ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE INTO A MILITARY PARADE.
(V/O): A POLICE OFFICER FIRED AT THE SUSPECT VEHICLE AS IT ATTEMPTED TO FLEE THE SCENE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE DRIVER AND A PASSENGER WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND ARE IN STABLE CONDITION. NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED IN THE INCIDENT. CALGARY POLICE ARE WORKING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY PARTNERS BUT AT THIS TIME THEY SAY THERE IS NO INDICATION OF ANY LINKS TO EXTREMIST ACTIVITY.
BANNER – PM JOHNSON ASKS FOR BREXIT DELAY
(O/C): U-K PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON HAS GRUDGINGLY ASKED THE EUROPEAN UNION TO DELAY BREXIT AFTER THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT POSTPONED A DECISION ON WHETHER TO BACK JOHNSON’S DIVORCE DEAL.
(V/O): JOHNSON SAYS HE IS UNDAUNTED BY THE VOTE AND SAYS HE’S STILL DETERMINED FOR BRITAIN TO LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION ON OCTOBER 31 NO MATTER WHAT.
BANNER – GRETA TAKES THE STAGE AT VANCOUVER RALLY
(O/C): TEEN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG (toon-berg) SPOKE TO THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS AT A CLIMATE RALLY IN VANCOUVER.
(V/O): THE EVENT WAS HELD AS A POST-ELECTION PUSH TO STIR CANADIAN LEADERS INTO TAKING ACTION ON CLIMATE ISSUES. IN HER SPEECH, THUNBERG ANNOUNCED HER SUPPORT FOR THE 15 YOUNG CANADIANS WHO RECENTLY FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER CLIMATE CHANGE.
BANNER – TRUDEAU TO MEET TRUMP AT G7 SUMMIT
(O/C): PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU IS EXPECTED TO MEET U-S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT THE G-7 SUMMIT IN FRANCE ON SUNDAY.
(V/O): BUT TENSION IS RISING AT THE MEETING, WITH TRUMP THREATENING TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON FRENCH WINES. LAST YEAR’S SUMMIT IN QUEBEC ENDED WITH TRUMP LEAVING THE MEETING EARLY AND REMOVING HIS COUNTRY FROM THE FINAL COMMUNIQUE.
BANNER – NORTH KOREA TESTS NEW MISSILE LAUNCHER
(O/C): NORTH KOREA HAS REPORTEDLY TESTED A NEW SHORT-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCHER.
(V/O): NORTH KOREAN STATE TELEVISION REPORTS THE WEAPONS TEST WAS SUCCESSFUL. THE MOVE IS SEEN AS AN ATTEMPT TO INCREASE PYONGYANG’S LEVERAGE AHEAD OF THE POSSIBLE NUCLEAR TALKS WITH THE UNITED STATES. U-S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS DOWNPLAYING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS LATEST TEST.
BANNER – HEALTH CANADA APPROVES VACCINE TRIALS
(O/C): HEALTH CANADA HAS APPROVED THE FIRST CANADIAN CLINICAL TRIALS OF A POTENTIAL COVID-19 VACCINE.
(V/O): THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE TRIALS WILL BE CARRIED OUT AT DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY IN NOVA SCOTIA. THE VACCINE WAS DEVELOPED BY A CHINESE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY. THE MANUFACTURER WILL WORK WITH THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL TO PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE IT ONCE THE TRIALS ARE SUCCESSFUL.