News for December 9th 2015

December 9 2015 // News

LOCAL
By Saturn De Los Angeles

A flight to Paris made an emergency landing at Trudeau Airport on Tuesday after recieving an anonymous security threat.  

According to the Montreal Gazette, Air France's flight 83 was coming from San Francisco when the crew announced that they had to stop in Montreal "as a precautionary measure".

Firetrucks and police cars showed up, blocked public access to the airport, and helped local authorities faciliate the security check and investigation.  

One traveler shared that the passengers were patient, relaxed, cooperative throughout the emergency landing.   

Air France confirmed that the security threat was a false alarm. 

 
 
 
NATIONAL
by Alexa Everett
 
Trudeau is keeping his promise of repairing relations with Canada's First Nations by attending an annual gathering organized by the Assembly of First Nations this week. 
 
According to CBC, the Liberals will begin making investments in First Nations education and will launch an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women. 
 
They will also be lifting the funding cap on First Nations programs and will end any imposing legislation made by the Harper government on indigenous peoples.  
 
Trudeau says that he will be implementing all 94 recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.  
 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL
by Patricia Petit Liang and Catlin Spencer
 

Donald Trump defended his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States on Tuesday, which ended in his disqualification from the US presidential election.

According to the Toronto Sun, Trump compared his idea to the detainment of Japanese-Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War II, saying he is no worse than President Roosevelt.

In a report by CNN, White House press secretary Josh Earnest says every president must make an oath to preserve, protect and defend the US Constitution, and Trump would not qualify in this case.

 
Earnest added that any Republicans who stand by their pledge to support Trump is in itself disqualifying as well.