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Written by Hanna Lee Copy Editor, Digital News
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Good morning. Ten people, including the suspect, are dead after an active shooter incident in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. We have the latest on what we know so far below.
We also hear from some Cubans who are living through the country's worsening fuel shortage, and catch you up on Prime Minister Mark Carney's call with Donald Trump.
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(Nicole Oud/CBC)
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10 dead, including suspect, after mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
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Ten people are dead, including the suspect, after an active shooter incident in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
Six victims were found inside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, along with the suspected shooter, and another died on the way to the hospital. Two more people were found dead at a local home. Some two dozen others were injured.
At a news conference last night, Chief Supt. Floyd said police believe they have identified the shooter, but weren't ready to release those details. The suspect's relationship to the school and motive remain under investigation.
It marks the second deadliest school shooting in Canadian history, behind the massacre that left 14 dead at L'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal on Dec. 6, 1989.
Tumbler Ridge Mayor Darryl Krakowka said the close-knit community, home to about 2,400 people, would have to support each other in the coming days.
"I will know every victim … we're a small community," he said. "I don't call them residents. I call them family."
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THE LATEST
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- The U.S. has halted all flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas for "special security reasons," the Federal Aviation Administration said early this morning, without giving more details.
- Dozens of military chiefs from across the Western Hemisphere are meeting today in Washington, D.C., in part to discuss co-ordinating the fight against drug trafficking and transnational criminal groups.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also expected in Washington today to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Iran. While en route, Netanyahu again flew through Canadian airspace, despite Mark Carney's vow to honour the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for him.
- The federal tax credit for employee ownership trusts is running out at the end of this year.
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(Ramon Espinosa/The Associated Press)
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'What we are experiencing is not humane': Cubans struggle as U.S. chokes oil supply
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Some Cubans say everyday life in their country has reached a breaking point due to a fuel shortage caused by the U.S. squeezing the island's oil supply.
What's happening: Cuba has historically relied on Venezuela for most of its oil, but hasn't received any crude or refined products from its top ally since mid-December. When the U.S. seized Venezuela's president last month, it moved to block the South American country's exports and U.S. President Donald Trump has since vowed Cuba will no longer receive Venezuelan oil. It also placed sanctions on any country that sells it fuel, effectively cutting off Cuba's supply of aviation gas and fuel for its electrical grid.
More context: Cuba has faced food and medicine shortages for some time, and has long experienced issues with its energy. Mark Entwistle, a former Canadian ambassador to the country, said he believes the Trump administration is trying to inflict pain and throttle the island's economy until its regime collapses. It has made life incredibly difficult for many everyday Cubans, who described going hours without power and having limited access to water and no transportation. "For me, any change for us will be better than what we are living through, because what we are experiencing is not humane," Isben Peralta told CBC News. |
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Carney speaks to Trump after U.S. president erupts over Gordie Howe bridge
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Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke with Donald Trump early yesterday morning, after the U.S. president erupted about the Gordie Howe International Bridge the night before.
What's happening: As reported on Monday, Trump threatened to block the bridge, claiming Ottawa solely owns the project and that it was constructed with "virtually no U.S. content." Carney said he told Trump that the Canadian government paid some $4 billion to build the bridge, that it was made with workers and steel from both countries, and that the Americans already have an ownership stake. (It's jointly owned by Canada and Michigan.) Carney called it a positive conversation.
What else: Carney said Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada and a Michigander, will "play a role in smoothing" the discourse. But Trump's trade representative Jamieson Greer told Fox Business that there will be a negotiation specific to the bridge in the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement talks, suggesting the Americans will want a cut of any toll revenue Canada raises. (Michigan is eligible to receive half of net toll revenues after Canada recovers the construction costs it shouldered alone.)
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