NEWS FOR MONDAY, MAY 28TH 2018

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LOCAL
By Patricia Petit Liang

Indigenous chiefs denounced Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project at a protest in Montreal on Sunday.

According to CBC News, Assembly of First Nations regional Chief Ghislain Picard, Mohawk Chief Serge Simon and Innu Chief Jean Charles Pietacho spoke out against the pipeline.

The chiefs were joined by hundreds of protestors, including environmental activists, union members and First Nations groups.

 

NATIONAL
By Karl Knox

The two male suspects of the Mississauga, Ontario bombing that injured fifteen people at the Bombay Bhel restaurant on Thursday are still at large.

According to CBC News, the motive for the bombing remains a mystery.

The owner of the family run restaurant Mohan Nagpal and his son-in-law Ilija Vasic were shaken by the incident and are hoping to reopen the restaurant later this week.

 

INTERNATIONAL
By Patricia Petit Liang

The Republic of Ireland has voted to overturn their abortion ban with more than 66 percent of the population voting in favor of abortion.

According to BBC News, the referendum was held on Friday.

Before the new law becomes official at the end of this year, abortion will still only be allowed when a woman's life is at risk, but not in cases of sexual assault and fatal foetal abnormality.