NEWS FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 14TH 2017

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LOCAL
By Patricia Petit Liang

Héma-Québec is searching for new mothers to donate to their breast milk bank.

According to CBC News, neonatal intensive care units in hospitals across the province do not have enough breast milk to feed to premature babies.

Any mother living in Montreal and Quebec City can donate their breast milk as long as they are in good health and are able to produce additional milk if their child is less than a year old.

NATIONAL
By Patricia Petit Liang

The United Nations questioned Canada about its efforts to fight racial discrimination on Monday.

According to CBC News, the UN found that Canada had disproportionately high rates of incarceration of Indigenous people in 2012 and asked the Canadian government to eliminate violence against Aboriginal women and provide better healthcare services, education and housing to Indigenous communities.

The UN also asked the Canadian government to stop taking Indigenous children away from their families and putting them into foster care.

The UN will publish its latest recommendations by the end of this month.

INTERNATIONAL
By Karl Knox

One woman was killed and 19 others were injured after a car deliberately ran into a crowd of anti-racism protesters at a white supremacist demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia.

According to Reuters, the white supremacists, brandishing guns, assault rifles, Nazi paraphernalia and confederate flags were protesting the removal of a statue of pro-slavery General Robert E. Lee.

Twenty year old terrorist James Fields Jr. was charged with 2nd degree manslaughter after taking the life of 32 year old paralegal Heather Heyer.

President Donald Trump stated that he condemned displays of hatred “on many sides”, failing to directly acknowledge the actions of the Neo Nazi white supremacists.