LOCAL
(FROM CBC) Ottawa police shot a 30-year-old man which caused his death at the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre parking last Thursday morning.
Ottawa police received a “suspicious incident” call at 7:53 a.m. to the area of St. Laurent Boulevard and Russell Road, where the incident happened.
The southern parking lot area was cordoned off by investigators. Also, the mall’s transit stop was closed until further notice by OC Transpo.
NATIONAL
(FROM GLOBAL NEWS) Canada launches new fast-track system for processing refugee claims. The majority of refugees who are waiting for their case to be heard will most likely be able to process their claims faster through the new fast-tracked approach. The new system is a short hearing process that will take two hours or less and less complex.
INTERNATIONAL
(FROM GLOBAL NEWS) Seventy homeless people in Chicago were left out in a -20 C temperatures until a good Samaritan paid for hotel rooms to shelter them. More than 12 people died in the U.S. Midwest because of the cold temperature.