Chapter 1: What’s in the News with Emily Lazatin
-It’s time for the heat to disappear! Temperatures will cool off this week and people in the Lower Mainland will get a bit of a relief.
Chapter 2: Splasher Fired
-A driver in Ottawa was caught on film purposely swerving to splash pedestrians with puddle water. Plus, he did it all while in a company van! The company promptly fired the driver for his dangerous (and mean spirited behaviour).
Chapter 3: Mars
-Today, Mars will be the closest to earth it’s been since 2003 - a mere 56.7 million kilometres, hitting its highest point in the sky at midnight. It’ll be the year 2287 before it comes this close again. And, you can catch the red planet all night tonight.
Chapter 4: Niki Brings the News
-A judge known for unique sentences has ordered a man who knocked over a port-a-potty to clean manure out of animal pens at a county fairgrounds in Ohio.
Chapter 5: View from Victoria
-A group of veterans are unhappy that the BC government is considering opening up special veterans license plates to RCMP vets as well as military vets. Lieutenant colonel Archie Stacy says he’s horrified at the prospect of another group being eligible to receive the special plates. Global News Online Journalist Richard Zussman is here with his take on the day's headlines.
Chapter 6: Manafort
-Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will face trial in Virginia today, charged with money laundering and financial crimes. He’s pleaded not guilty to all nine charges. He’s the first person to be charged under special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. Manafort has been in detention while he awaits trial.
Chapter 7: Overdose Numbers
-Paramedics say they were stretched on Friday, with 130 people overdosing on that day (none of them fatalities). The figure matches the record set in April last year, and came two days after income assistance was dished out. BC Ambulance Service says paramedics continue to face unprecedented challenges managing BC’s continuing opioid crisis.
Chapter 8: SRO’s
-The City of Vancouver has filed a notice to try and expropriate the two SRO (single room occupancy) slum hotels in downtown Vancouver, after owners, the Sahota family, failed to fix numerous and long standing issues with the buildings. The City has previously made an offer to the Sahotas to buy the hotels, but the family didn’t respond. How much the City offered, it wouldn’t say.
Chapter 9: Squire on Sports
-Jerome Iginla is one of the most Canadian Hockey players of all time! All the way down to his smile on the Ice and “I love being here” attitude.
Chapter 10: Behind The Reality Check
- The provincial government will not be changing the distribution of social assistance cheques after a record-breaking day of overdoses in Vancouver. Premier John Horgan said the province is looking at various tools to reduce illicit drug overdoses, but getting rid of so-called “Welfare Wednesday” is not being considered at this time.
Chapter 11: Phoenix Pay System
-The Senate Committee on National Finance has released its report on the failed Phoenix IBM pay system this morning, finding federal pay advisers have not been trained properly, meaning the system will take years to fix, and cost Canadian taxpayers billions more dollars. So far, it’s cost Canadians more than $2 billion over five years.
