NEWS FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 30TH 2017

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LOCAL
By Karl Knox

Quebec City Police reported that 6 people have died and 19 others are wounded after a deadly shooting at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers on Sunday night.

According to CBC News, the act of terror began shortly after 8pm at the Islamic Cultural Center of Quebec.

Two suspects have been arrested, one of whom was apprehended after a chase that ended near l'île d'Orléans.

Both Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have expressed their condolences to the families of the victims.

LOCAL
By Alyosha Nowlin

Quebec’s only off-reserve school for indigenous children is closing 5 months after opening.

According to CBC News, the Saguenay area school board voted to discontinue the Tshiueten project because the province will not renew the $205,000 grant it gave to launch the school.

In addition to a curriculum designed to improve the success rate of First Nations children, the students had also successfully learned their indigenous language and culture at the school.

NATIONAL
By Michael Foldvari

The federal government released a statement on Saturday, assuring that all Canadian citizens will be able to travel to the United States.

According to CBC News, this announcement comes in response to the US government's recent decision to ban residents from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering their country.

The Trudeau government, asserts that all individuals, including those with dual citizenship to any of the affected countries, will be able to travel freely using their Canadian passports.

INTERNATIONAL
By Karl Knox

There is growing global outrage in the wake of US President Trump's travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, the suspension of the U.S. Refugee Program and the indefinite banning of all Syrian refugees.

Reuters reported that governments from around the world are expressing their disbelief and condemnation of Trump's orders which have caused chaos, protests and heartbreak in the ensuing aftermath.

Some of the gravest warnings have come from NATO Allies, and Eastern European governments have also expressed their disapproval while Tehran and Iraq replied with similar bans directed at Americans.

Citizens have donated more than $24 million to the American Civil Liberties Union to defend the rights and liberties of people in the face of these unconstitutional regulations.