Revenge appears to be the motive behind a fatal shooting on the weekend that left 2 men dead and another in hospital with gunshot wounds. The 2—18 year old victims were shot after they had kicked out some people at a house party. Those kids came back however with a gun, and opened fire. Cops have charged 18 year old Cody Delorme, along with 2—16 year old males and a 17 year old boy.
Transport Safety investigators will take a look at a derailment on the CN main line right near the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border. 36 cars carrying propane and plastic pellets left the tracks on the weekend. The wreckage then caught fire, sending a huge plume of black smoke into the air and forcing several evacuations and even a no fly zone in the region. Crews are now building a temporary track around the accident site.
The wraps are coming off a privately financed spacecraft designed to fly passengers into space, with test flights expected next year. Virgin Galactic will stage what it calls a “theatrical” unveiling of SpaceShipTwo today in the Mojave Desert. It’ll be attended by hundreds of potential space tourists, dignitaries and other VIP’s.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Harper became the first Canadian PM to address the South Korean parliament…although the 300 seat assembly was about one third empty. Harper said South Korea and Canada can become a model to the world for bridging east and west economies.
Police and dozens of volunteers on Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island, are continuing their desperate search for a missing 7 year old autistic boy. James Delorey apparently followed the family’s dog into the bush near his home on Saturday, but hasn’t been seen since. Searchers are very concerned about James’ safety because he wasn’t wearing winter clothes and he barely speaks.
U.S. President Barack Obama has made finding Osama Bin Laden a top priority. But there’s no indication the U.S. is any closer to nabbing their most wanted man. Reports say the al Qaida leader is believed to be hiding in a rugged area of western Pakistan and may sometimes slip back into Afghanistan.
About one thousand people attended a memorial in Montreal yesterday to mark the 20th anniversary of Marc Lepine’s murderous rampage at the University of Montreal. It was on December 6th, 1989 that he killed 14 young women and wounded 13 others. He then killed himself as police moved in.
The largest, and perhaps the most important summit ever held on climate change opens this morning in Denmark. Delegates from 192 nations, including Canada, are in Copenhagen to cap 2 years of often bitter negotiations on a new climate change treaty. U.N. officials say pledges made in the last few weeks put the world within reach of reining in global warming.
