NEWS FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 6TH 2018

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LOCAL
By Allison O'Reilly

The Student Society of McGill University has sent an open letter to their school’s faculty calling for an investigation into the handling of sexual misconduct allegations against professors.

The society alleges several professors in the Faculty of Arts have been sexual violent towards students.

Over 1,000 McGill students have signed the digital letter, as well as 41 clubs and societies.

NATIONAL
By Jeremiah Ho

One child died  and 14 were hospitalized on Wednesday with flu-like symptoms from a house on Stoney Nakoda First Nation, west of Calgary.

According to CTV News, the child who died was only four or five months old, while the other's ages range from four months to the late teens.

Medical officials are unsure of what made them sick.

INTERNATIONAL
By Luca Caruso-Moro

Tens of thousands of Slovaks took to the streets of Bratislava on Thursday.

According to Reuters, people gathered to protest the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his Fiancée Martina Kusnirova.

Kuciak is believed by protestors to have been killed for his journalism on political corruption.

Protestors are calling for the Chief of Police Tibor Gaspar to resign for his inaction on the case.