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HEADLINE – CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS TIED FOR VOTES
DURING THE FIRST WEEKEND OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN. PARTY LEADERS ARE MAKING THEIR STOPS TO WOO VOTERS. THE LATEST NANOS POLL SHOWS THE CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS ARE IN A DEADLOCK. AND IF AN ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY, LIBERALS WOULD GET 35 PER CENT OF THE VOTE… CONSERVATIVES 33….AND 16 PER CENT FOR THE NDP.
HEADLINE – STUDENTS KILLED IN BUS ROLLOVER
TWO UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA STUDENTS ARE DEAD AND DOZENS INJURED AFTER A BUS ROLLOVER ON VANCOUVER ISLAND. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON A LOGGING ROAD BETWEEN PORT ALBERNI AND BAMFIELD. THE BUS WAS LOADED WITH STUDENTS ON A FIELD TRIP TO THE BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCE CENTRE. THE CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
HEADLINE – DEATH OF HAMZA BIN LADEN CONFIRMED
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE SON OF OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS BEEN KILLED IN A COUNTER TERRORISM OPERATION. HAMZA BIN LADEN WAS A NOTABLE FIGURE IN AL QAEDA. OFFICIALS HAVE NOT REVEALED DETAILS OF THE RAID. BUT SAID HAMZA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING AND DEALING WITH VARIOUS TERROR GROUPS.
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HEADLINE – TRUDEAU TIGHT-LIPPED ON AIR CANADA SUPPORT
WITH HALF OF AIR CANADA’S WORKFORCE SET TO LOSE THEIR JOBS… DOUBTS ARE LOOMING OVER THE FUTURE OF CANADA’S AIRLINES… AND WHETHER THE INDUSTRY CAN BOUNCE BACK. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU INSISTS HE’LL WORK OUT A WAY TO HELP OUT THE HARD-HIT SECTOR BUT DID NOT PROVIDE ANY SPECIFICS.
HEADLINE – ONTARIO CONTINUES REOPENING
ONTARIO IS ON THE PATH TO REOPENING THIS WEEKEND. THE PROVINCE’S GOLF COURSES, MARINAS, AND PRIVATE PARKS OPENED UP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE PROVINCE DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY TWO MONTHS AGO.
HEADLINE – RWANDAN GENOCIDE FUGITIVE ARRESTED
ONE OF THE MOST WANTED FUGITIVES IN THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN FRANCE. FELICIEN KABUGA WAS CAPTURED IN A PARIS SUBURB … WHERE HE HAD BEEN LIVING UNDER A FALSE IDENTITY. THE 84 YEAR OLD IS ACCUSED OF FINANCING HUTU MILITIAS… WHO SLAUGHTERED 8 HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE… IN 1994.
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HEADLINE – AT LEAST FIVE DEAD IN TEXAS SHOOTING
POLICE IN TEXAS HAVE CONFIRMED AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A SHOOTING AT THE CITY OF ODESSA — ABOUT HALFWAY IN BETWEEN DALLAS AND EL PASO. THE SHOOTER ALLEGEDLY HIJACKED A POSTAL VAN, SHOT AT OFFICERS AND MOTORISTS BEFORE HE WAS KILLED OUTSIDE A MOVIE THEATRE.
HEADLINE – HURRICANE DORIAN HEADING FOR THE CAROLINAS
HURRICANE DORIAN IS CLOSING IN ON THE WESTERN BAHAMAS AND PUSHING NORTHWEST TOWARD THE U-S EAST COAST. IT MIGHT MOVE PAST FLORIDA AND MAKE LANDFALL IN GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS INSTEAD. THE HURRICANE, NOW A POWERFUL CATEGORY FOUR STORM IS ABOUT TO HIT THE BAHAMAS WITH WINDS UP TO 215 KILOMETERS AN HOUR.
HEADLINE – PROTESTS ERUPT IN U.K. OVER BREXIT
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS GREAT BRITAIN STAGED PROTEST MARCHES SATURDAY, DENOUNCING PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON’S MOVE TO SUSPEND PARLIAMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BREXIT CRISIS. JOHNSON HOPES TO PULL BRITAIN OUT OF THE E-U BY OCTOBER 31 WITH OR WITHOUT A DEAL.
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HEADLINE – OTTAWA TO PROVIDE $100 MILLION TO RED CROSS
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GIVING 100 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE CANADIAN RED CROSS TO INCREASE ITS CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS. THE ORGANIZATION SAYS IT WILL USE 41 MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD RECRUITING MORE VOLUNTEERS… STAFF… AND INFECTION CONTROL SPECIALISTS.
HEADLINE – CALL FOR PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO LONG-TERM CARE HOMES
THE ONTARIO LONG TERM CARE ASSOCIATION SAYS IT WOULD SUPPORT A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THE SECTOR — WHICH HAS BEEN DEVASTATED BY THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. THE ASSOCIATION SAYS A REVIEW IS NEEDED TO RESOLVE LONG-STANDING ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WORSE BY COVID-19.
HEADLINE – 11 FIREFIGHTERS INJURED IN L.A. EXPLOSION
ELEVEN FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN INJURED IN AN EXPLOSION AT A CANNABIS OIL MANUFACTURER IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. ALL OF THEM SUFFERED BURNS RANGING FROM MINOR TO SERIOUS. THREE ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. ALL ARE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
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