NEWS FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH 2017

Hosted by Chris Aitkens

Stories by Jeremiah Ho, Michael Foldvari & Patricia Petit Liang

Produced by Patricia Petit Liang

LOCAL
By Michael Foldvari

An administrator at the 'Les Canaries' daycare in Brossard has been charged with possession of child pornography.

According to CBC News, the 42 year old administrator was arrested on Wednesday.

The Longueuil police department stresses that the administrator did not work directly with any children at the daycare and that no children from the daycare were connected to the investigation.

NATIONAL
By Patricia Petit Liang

Members of the Canada Border Services Agency and Mounties held an emergency meeting about the recent surge of refugees on Thursday.

According to CBC News, 403 people have entered Canada through the municipality of Emerson, Manitoba since 2013.

This meeting follows the arrival of a pair of refugees who walked all the way to Canada and lost most of their fingers to frostbite in December.

INTERNATIONAL
By Jeremiah Ho

The United Nations has launched an appeal to provide $2.1 billion dollars worth of life-saving assistance to Yemen, which has been in civil war since 2015.

According to BBC News, approximately 3.3 million people in Yemen are suffering from acute malnutrition, of which 2.2 million are children.

Humanitarian assistance is desperately needed to provide them with food, clean water and medical supplies.