Global National: March 17, 2024 | 6 Ottawa murder victims of suburban home laid to rest

In tonight’s top story: More than 100 mourners gathered in Ottawa on Sunday to remember six people killed earlier this month inside their suburban home. The funeral service paid tribute to Sri Lankan victims — a mother and her four young children as well as a family friend. The father of the children — the only survivor of the attack was also in attendance, still bearing the scars from the attack on March 6. In a written statement, he said that he is devastated. Mackenzie Gray has more.

The polls are now closed in Russia’s first presidential election since the country’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. The results confirmed expectations, with Vladimir Putin winning a fifth term as president. The election commission in Moscow says Putin secured around 87 per cent of votes counted so far. Putin’s most prominent critic, Alexei Navalny, died in an Arctic penal colony one month ago. And on Sunday, his exiled wife Yulia Navalnaya called on voters to protest at the polls. Redmond Shannon reports.

Meanwhile, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was in Halifax, where hundreds turned out for a St. Patrick’s Day rally. Poilievre continued his calls for the Trudeau government to “axe the tax” — a reference to the federal carbon pricing plan which is set to increase next month. But how much will that actually cost Canadians? Heidi Petracek reports.

To avoid pain at the gas pumps, more than 350,000 Canadians have taken advantage of federal rebates to purchase electric or hybrid vehicles. But those programs that began back in 2007 are set to end next spring. And Trudeau’s cabinet is now facing pressure to extend the rebates as part of an overhaul of Ottawa’s electric strategy. David Akin has the details.

In Manitoba, dozens of animal rescue organizations have declared a state of emergency. They say they’ve reached a breaking point as animal populations grow out of control and stray dogs become more aggressive. Melissa Ridgen reports.

And finally, Alberta’s premier says a decision this week by British health officials is in line with her government’s plans on transgender healthcare. Under a new policy, U.K. patients under the age of 18 will no longer be able to access puberty blockers unless they enroll in a clinical trial. That decision follows a four year review of published research, but critics say politics are at play. Heather Yourex-West reports.

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On this Sunday night remembering the victims of ottawa’s worst mass killing the heart-wrenching tributes for the family and friend allegedly stabbed to death including four young children Ashi was a treasured member of our kindergarten class Russia’s rigged election the record turnout and polling station protests with the results revealed plus the strongest senior

The 81-year-old Winnipeg weightlifter crushing records in his first competition it’s truly inspiring to everyone global national with far Asser reporting tonight Jeff simple good evening and thank you for joining us we begin tonight in Ottawa where more than 100 mourners gathered to remember six people killed this month

Inside their Suburban home the funeral service paid tribute to the SRI LAN victims a mother and her four young children as well as a family friend the father of the children the only survivor of the attack was also an attendance still bearing the scars from the attack

On March the 6th in a written statement he says he is devastated McKenzie gray has our top story Tonight remembering the victims of the worst murders in modern Ottawa history two adults four children the youngest just 2 months old sharing a coffin with their mother them not even having the experience of life and like just dying for no reason it’s just heartbreaking the multifaith ceremony

The first time the one surviving victim dushka Vic Singa has been seen in public since his wife four children and family friend were allegedly murdered by 19-year-old febo DOA a Sri Lankan international student living with VI Grandma Singa who’s now widowed his family in particular his young children

Aged seven four two and two months remembered for their kindness and excitement asheni was a treasured member of our kindergarten class truly a friend to all all her classmates wanted to sit beside her at Circle time and have her join in play the other victim giny americon had just recently moved to

Canada now survived by his two daughters and wife his 11y old spoke from Sri Lanka you amazing dad and not only a dad you an amazing friend and an amazing husband to Army and that everyone here misses you a lot and we’re sorry that we weren’t there when you needed it and I

Hope you have a good time wherever you are the vicis Singa family overwhelmed by the support including a crowdfunding campaign that raised over $200,000 your kindness has provided us with comfort and reassurance during this very difficult time that assistance coming from across the city including from the local temple may all living

Beings be free from Pain and grief may all living beings be free from miseries aspirational words to live by but ones that will likely take years for dushka Vi sing to feel as they Grieves the loss of his young family grg Global News Ottawa turning now to Israel’s war with Hamas more

Humanitarian Aid has been aird dropped into Northern Gaza amid growing fears of an imminent Israeli ground offensive in Rafa Jordan says it conducted six airdrops today alongside the US Egypt and Germany as talks to secure a ceasefire get set to resume in Qatar around 1 and a half million people

That’s half of gaza’s population are Sheltering in Rafa and there are concerns that a military oper there will cause Mass civilian casualties but despite International pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today a ground offensive in the southern city will go ahead as planned well the polls are now closed in Russia’s first

Presidential election since that country’s fullscale invasion of Ukraine and the results confirm expectations Vladimir Putin has won a fifth term as president the Election Commission in Moscow says Putin secured around 87% of votes counted so far Putin’s most prominent critic Alexi Nali died in an Arctic penal colony one month ago and

Today his exiled wife ulia called on voters to protest at the polls Redmond Shannon reports on how Russians responded the official result was never in doubt a huge win for Putin even bigger than in 2018 the turnout higher two according to the election commission the three opponents who were approved to

Run broadly backed Kremlin policies particularly on the war in Ukraine in his victory speech Putin thanked what he called Russia’s Warriors and said Russia cannot be suppressed when it’s United adding that the country’s people are its source of power the opposition movement for this election arguably sat in the hands of

Ulia nalia who lined up to vote at the Russian Embassy in Berlin her husband jailed Putin critic Alexi naal died in jail a month ago she said she spoiled her vote by writing his name on the ballot she thanked opponents of Putin for joining her call to line up at polling stations

At exactly noon on Sunday longer lines were reported at noon in some locations in Russia a human rights monitoring group said that at least 74 people were arrested the 3 days of voting saw some instances of vandalism and high security at booths set up inside Russian occupied Ukraine Ukraine’s President Vladimir

Zilinski called Putin’s re-election illegitimate Putin has accused Ukraine of election sabotage on Sunday a regional governor in southern Russia said Ukrainian air strikes killed two people including a teenage girl and Russian exiled Fighters allied with Ukraine claim to have taken control of a Russian border Village the war in

Ukraine has been Central to this election and Will Remain the focus of Putin as he starts his fifth term in office a Moscow rally marking 10 years since the illegal annexation of Crimea is set for Monday Redmond Channon Global News London Global News has learned that another Canadian has been killed

Fighting in Ukraine Jean Francois rattel from Quebec also known known as Rolf was the leader of the Norman Brigade made up of volunteer foreign fighters from Canada the United States Europe and elsewhere rattel a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces was reportedly killed in a Russian attack in eastern

Ukraine he’s one of at least 10 Canadians to be killed fighting in Ukraine since Russia launched its fullscale Invasion two years ago well for the fourth time since December a volcano has erupted in Iceland and this one is even more powerful than than the others those Sirens could be heard from

The famous Blue Lagoon Spa smoke and Ash filling the night sky officials say the eruption began around 8:00 p.m. local time on Saturday forcing thousands of tourists and residents to flee authorities declared a state of emergency and are monitoring lava flowing near a power plant but the situation now appears to be

Stabilizing in western Canada Backcountry Travelers are being urged to stay alert and avoid risky terrain as warm weekend temperatures trigger high risk for Avalanches multiple regions in BC and Alberta are under warnings for very dangerous Avalanche conditions that includes popular destinations like Whistler and ban in BC temperatures have

Soared to record highs this weekend with some areas reaching up to 22 degrees conservative leader Pierre pev was in Halifax today where hundreds turned out for a St Patrick day rally pev continued his calls for the Trudeau government to ax the tax a reference to the federal carbon pricing plan which is

Set to increase next month but how much will that actually cost Canadians Heidi petk reports every time someone yells ask the tax I have to take another sip it was standing room only on St Patrick’s Day we want people to bring home powerful paychecks but they need

Homes to bring them too Pierre PV railing against the federal government’s upcoming increase on the carbon price and connecting it to the affordability crisis in what felt very much like a campaign event I think um Mr PV is out for every seat and he knows that

Atlantic Canada is a place where he can make some gains and so he’s there he’s he’s going to visit to try to make that happen High rents and Rising food costs bringing these supporters out we pay more at the end of the day and a $1,500

One-time check is not going to cut it just tired of paying too much too much tax the way the econ in the country is now and just believe in what he’s saying and what he’s doing the prime minister is staying the course on carbon pricing even as seven Premier and several

Provincial opposition leaders have urged a pause the idea is to make the pluta pay and to provide an incentive for us to change our consumption away from the stuff with the big carbon footprint this economics professor doesn’t think delaying or scrapping carbon pricing would help more Canadians make ends meet

And says it is necessary in the midst of a climate emergency theoretically they work and they’re meant to make things more expensive they’re meant to change relative prices they’re not responsible for the increase in inflation they’re not particularly responsible for the increase in food prices the Halifax stop

Was the final one on this East Coast tour for Pierre PV he has said he plans to take this issue to Parliament this week in several votes calling on the federal liberals to Halt the April 1st increase and he wants liberal and NDP MPS to vote with him Heidi pic Global News

Halifax to avoid pain at the gas pumps more than 350,000 Canadians have taken advantage of federal rebates to purchase electric or hybrid vehicles but those programs that began back in 2007 are set to end next spring and Trudeau’s cabinet is now facing pressure to extend the rebates as

Part of an overhaul of ottawa’s electric vehicle strategy David Aken has the details the future behind the wheel is all electric underwritten by thousands in federal and provincial rebates proofs in the pudding the two provinces with the highest incentives have the highest sales and sell 35% of the market in

Canada the recent Quebec budget contained a measure to end that province’s rebate program officials said it had simply become too expensive this year Ottawa could pay out as much as $600 million to buyers of electric and hybrid vehicles and the Federal program is not authorized to continue past March

2025 it has accomplished a lot I mean we are you know if you look at the EV sales in 2023 versus 2022 uh they have increased by 32% year-over-year but Finance Minister chrisa Freeland is expected to renew a modified incentive program which he tables next year’s Budget on April the

16th among the changes considered gearing rebates to household income or paying higher rebat baites to electric vehicles with a longer range the more incentives we see on extended range batteries I think the more people with range anxiety are more likely to get into the market most MPS on the House of

Commons finance committee think the Trudeau cabinet should do a complete overhaul of the government’s entire EV strategy liberal block and NDP MPS have asked Freeland to consider a new green scrappage program to take carbon emitting gas cars off the road we would like people to transition from gas to

Electric or it can be a you know a transit pass it can be electric uh electric scooter electric uh bike plug it in like that and we’re good to go some MPS also think the rebate program should be a feebate program cash back to buyers of electric vehicles

Those rebates paid for by extra fees or taxes on the gas guzzlers MP’s also say Ottawa needs to spend hundreds of millions more on high-speed charging infrastructure Canada has just 27,000 EV Chargers now but will’ll need 470,000 by 2035 finally the trudo cabinet is being asked to tell

The Civil Service that when the federal government needs a new car they better be electric David Aken Global News Ottawa dogs in danger coming up Animal Welfare groups in Manitoba declare a state of emergency dozens of animal rescue organizations have declared a state of emergency in Manitoba they say they’ve

Reached a Breaking Point as animal populations grow out of control and stray dogs become more aggressive as Melissa Ren reports some Advocates say it will take more than money to address the problem he bu hi Wednesday Wednesday this work has no shortage of adorable but it’s not easy traveling hundreds of

Kilometers to rescue animals transport and care for them and then find them all loving homes hi see Wednesday Candace Cronin of wild Willow Ranch and rescue is one of 45 Animal Welfare groups declaring a state of emergency in Manitoba cost the rescues are drowning there’s we there’s no funding um

Adoptions are low um we just we’re we’re at a crisis Point Manitoba underdogs is one of the province’s largest just rescues right now we’re in an intake freeze because we did have to stop you know bringing in dogs and that breaks our heart and that’s not something we

Ever want to have to do she says all rescues are in the same boat as the dog population has grown out of control there’s about six uh Northern and remote communities that have announced callings over the last two months um and that’s due to dog attacks on other dogs and

Humans and they don’t have any alternative management programs available rescues want the province to commit $2.5 million and a Crackdown on backyard breeders but Saskatchewan based education and advocacy organization save res dogs says money won’t solve what’s happening no it’s not just a Manitoba problem it’s really a first nation’s

Community um problem the relationship with dogs in many of them has to change non-native people allies are just I think they’re really trying to be careful in how they navigate this I can understand they are kind of being cautious cuz this is a very delicate issue she says the solution is respect

And responsibility what I’d like to see is to get an resolution on Animal Welfare passed at the Assembly of First Nations level that includes all the Chiefs to be aware of it and to get involved Maslow’s hope is that more people demand change use your voice the dogs don’t have a voice unfortunately

And it’s up to us to be able to bring awareness to this Melissa Ren Global News Winnipeg still ahead the politics of puberty blockers the new controversial policy affecting transgender youth in England Alberta’s Premier says a decision this week by British Health officials is in line with her government’s plans on transgender Health

Care under a new policy UK patients under the age of 18 will no longer be able to access puberty block ERS unless they enroll in a clinical trial that decision follows a 4-year review of published research but critics say politics are at play Heather yks West explains when Justin Trudeau and Daniel

Smith met face to face last Wednesday Alberta’s plan to limit Health Care access for transgender youth was among the topics discussed he did raise it and I also raised the the recent decision of the National Health Service to uh move forward with uh with Banning uh puberty

Blockers for youngsters and I I just said look we’ve got to follow the international evidence here last week England’s national Health Service released a policy document advising that after reviewing the research we have concluded that there is not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of puberty

Suppressing hormones to make the treatment routinely available at this time transgender youth in the UK will still be able to access the therapy but only as part of clinical research trials not surprising at all certainly uh there’s been a strong anti-trans uh movement uh in the UK and particularly

Within uh the government questions around how best to care for transgender youth have become a contentious issue in England its Central gender Clinic is slated to be shut down with treatment to be offered out of regional centers moving forward instead the country’s conservative prime minister has also not

Been shy about sharing transphobic views we shouldn’t get bullied into believing that people can be any sex they want to be they can’t a man is a man and a woman is a woman that’s just common sense last month Alberta’s Premier rolled out a suite of proposed parental rights

Policies that included a ban on puberty blocking therapy for children under 16 but Canada’s medical community is not on site a day after the NHS England decision 13 Canadian medical associations posted a joint statement online there is no one-size fits-all approach for patients experiencing gender dysphoria restricting choices and

Appropriate care for patients can lead to permanent harm a strong statement in an increasingly heated debate growing more divisive by the day Heather U West Global News Calgary raising the bar next the senior powerlifter breaking records at a Winnipeg Competition welcome back you often hear that you’re never too old to exercise and one senior in Winnipeg is taking that notion to new heights the 81-year-old took part in his first weightlifting competition this weekend and not only did he crush it he also powered his way into the record

Books kathern Dorian has his Story it’s Ron Brunner’s first ever weightlifting compy competition I started working out and they asked me if I was interested into competing and I said I sure am and he’s starting off strong if you want to know I’m 81 years old and I feel like 61 years

Old about 6 months ago he got into powerlifting at Winnipeg’s one Family Fitness center from there he was ready to take on the next challenge competing in the one powerlifting classic Kyla Camary his coach and owner of the gym says he’s made amazing progress when he

Came to us he had he couldn’t even sit and get up and now you know he’s doing a powerlifting competition so being the oldest at the competition it’s truly inspiring to everyone competing Solo in his category the medal was his but he didn’t choose the lightweight out challenging himself to break provincial

Records and lifting a final weight of 32.5 kg and his friends family and neighbors couldn’t be prouder a bust load of his fellow residents and staff at Riverwood Square retirement living came out to cheer him on I made signs with my residents we were so so excited

We got a bus together and it just it feels empowering it’s inspiring um Ron being 81 years old like it just shows you anybody can do this that is 3 it’s a good record and while Ron may have come late to the weightlifting game he says he’s

In it for the long haul it’s something new to me but I’m not going to give it up I’ll be back again next year lifting his crowd of adoring fans along for the ride too kathern Dorian Global News Winnipeg inspiring stuff though I bet he’s going to be sore tomorrow that is

Global national for this Sunday night I’m Jeff simple Tonight’s your Canada you can probably guess Canada’s biggest St Patrick’s Day parades in Toronto and Montreal we hope you’ll be able to get your green on with family and friends tonight thanks for watching neug Garo will be with you at the anchor DES tomorrow Happy St Patrick’s Day have a great night