Three stories in the news for Friday, Jan. 9
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SASKATCHEWAN COMMUNITY REFLECTS ON SHOOTING RAMPAGE
Leaders of the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche will meet today to discuss the efforts to recover from last year’s tragic school shooting. A young gunman killed two brothers in a home, then went to a local school where he killed a teacher and a teaching aide and also wounded seven others. He pleaded guilty last fall and will be sentenced in the spring. The community is planning a day of observance on Jan. 22 to mark the first anniversary of the shooting.
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INQUIRY INTO NL POLICE SHOOTING BEGINS TODAY
An inquiry begins today into the 2015 death of a Newfoundland man who was shot by a police officer. Don Dunphy was killed by a member of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary who says Dunphy aimed a loaded rifle at him. Const. Joe Smyth went to Dunphy’s home in the community of Mitchell’s Brook to check out Twitter comments flagged as a potential threat by staff of then-premier Paul Davis. Dunphy’s daughter has questioned an RCMP probe into the case, which found no grounds to charge Smyth.
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TORONTO OFFICIALS MEET TO DISCUSS OPIOID CRISIS
Local officials in Toronto will meet today to try to come up with a response to the city’s opioid crisis. The meeting will include politicians, public health officials, first-responders, the coroner’s office, community groups and other stakeholders. Mayor John Tory says he doesn’t think his city can be complacent. Local health officials say 45 fentanyl-related overdose deaths were recorded in 2015, up from 23 in 2014.
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