Chapter 1:
-B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service (COS) is investigating a North Shore family who has come under fire for posting a series of pictures and videos showing them feeding a family of black bears. The videos show the family (parents and kids) feeding things like crackers and French fries to the sow and cub, even hand-feeding them through a window.
Chapter 2:
-A Spanish public servant who skipped work for a decade without anyone noticing spent his free time running a male brothel and drawing erotic comics.
Chapter 3:
-The United States President Donald Trump appeared to declare victory on Thursday in his battle with America's closest allies to get them to contribute more money to the NATO alliance.
Chapter 4:
-Tim Horton’s is planning a 15-hundred store expansion into China. Interestingly, they’re not the first. There has recently been a massive expansion of coffee shop brands into Asia.
Chapter 5:
-The energy minister got the first quarterly update on the Site C project detailing serious concerns about health of project. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.
Chapter 6:
-Trudeau sidesteps questions about increasing defence spending to 2% of GDP. Points to 2018 budget promise to increase defence spending by 70% over 10 years, says Canada has reaffirmed support for 2014 NATO declaration to 'move towards' 2% by 2024.
Chapter 7:
-Prior to this morning’s news conference, U.S. President Donald Trump had s called NATO “obsolete” and scolded other member countries for ignoring guidelines to spend at least 2 per cent of their GDPs on defence.
Chapter 8:
-Federal Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan is in Europe for the NATO Summit and to visit our troops in Latvia. Niki Reitmeyer spoke to him about the battle our Canadian troops are having with fake news and just exactly what our commitment to NATO funding is.
Chapter 9:
-We are down to the final two teams that will face off this weekend in the World Cup Finals!
Chapter 10:
-In a follow-up to our exclusive report on money laundering in B.C. casinos, a whistle-blower alleges a loan shark was allowed to ply his trade in a casino, avoiding the scrutiny of security cameras. John Hua joins us with more on his explosive story on money laundering in B.C.
Chapter 11:
-Yesterday Niki went to see the Corpse Flower at the Bloedel Conservatory but alas it had not bloomed yet. Bruce McDonald, Superintendent at Bloedel Conservatory and Sunset Nursery, explained how the Corpse Flower came to Vancouver.
Chapter 12:
-The 12 boys rescued from a cave in Thailand are reported to be feeling better Thursday morning. The boys and their soccer coach have been hospitalized since their 18-day ordeal ended earlier this week and are expected to spend at least a week at the hospital, followed by 30 days at home.
Chapter 13:
-Toronto Police Service Acting Inspector Michael Barsky is just speaking about the increased police presence throughout Toronto and parts of the GTA.
Chapter 14:
-A marketing ploy to get more shoppers into a toy store had to be abandoned after it caused huge queues and outbreaks of violence across Britain, with would-be consumers battling to get their hands on a bargain teddy bear.
