A city teen has been arrested after he allegedly threatened to bring a gun to a high school yesterday. Police say no gun was seized and no one was hurt. The 18 year old, who attends Vincent Massey Collegiate, apparently threatened to show up at St. Norbert Collegiate with a firearm. So far, police haven’t decided yet whether or not they’ll lay charges.
A couple of teachers at Winnipeg high school are spending their last days at home without pay, following their performance at a pep rally last week. A video, taken last Wednesday at Churchill high school, showed the two in some pretty interesting sexual like positions. And, it didn’t take long for the video to circulate on the internet. One student said it looked like the pair were having sex on the dance floor.
26 years to the day the frozen body of a Winnipeg teen was found, a man accused of abducting and killing her will go on trial. 44 year old Mark Edward Grant has pleaded not guilty to first degree murder in the death of 13 year old Candace Derksen. Grant was arrested in 2007 after cops reopened the investigation into Candace’s unsolved murder. His trial is scheduled to begin in January of next year.
An Orlando, Florida t.v. station says Tiger Woods has offered another apology….this one to the parents of the children attending the same preschool that his 2 year old daughter Sam attends. WFTV says the golf star and his wife Elin, have offered a personal apology to parents for any inconvenience caused by all the media scrutiny.
Walmart is expanding yet again. The world’s largest retailer says it plans to open as many as 40 more super centers across Canada this year. Walmart says that’ll create up to 6500 jobs in the construction and retail sectors. The company already employs some 70 thousand people at its Canadian stores.
Charlie Sheen has checked into rehab, shutting down production of his hit t.v. show, “Two and a Half Men.” His publicist says the move is voluntary, but doesn’t specify what the 44 year old actor is seeking treatment for.
The head of the world’s largest automaker will face angry American lawmakers today in Washington. Toyota’s president, Akio Toyoda, grandson of the company’s founder, is set to apologize in person at congressional hearings into the company’s massive recalls. Toyota has recalled almost 9 million vehicles in this country, and around the world, for things like sticky gas pedals, faulty floor mats and glitchy brakes.
Wednesday is shaping up to be a very tough day for the president of the world’s largest automaker. Akio Toyoda, will be grilled in Washington by a congressional committee about delays in recalling 8.5 million Toyota vehicles in this country and the rest of the world. According to prepared testimony, the company will accept full responsibility for all the steps that led to the recalls.
