NEWS FOR MONDAY, JULY 24TH 2017

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LOCAL
By Jeremiah Ho

A 30 year-old-man died after falling from Mount Royal early Sunday morning.

According to CBC News, the man slipped and fell 10 metres while walking with his wife near a cliff.

He was found in cardiorespiratory arrest and with serious injuries, and was declared dead in hospital.

NATIONAL
By Allison O’Reilly

A transgender inmate in British Columbia has won the right to serve the remainder of her sentence in a women’s prison, following years of battling in court.

According to CTV News, Fallon Aubee is one of the first federal prisoners to relocate under policy changes at Correctional Services Canada allowing inmates to transfer facilities based on gender identity and not physical anatomy.

Aubee was convicted in 2003 for a gang-related killing that took place in Saskatchewan about 10 years earlier.

She has been working for at least 10 years to transfer to a women's prison.

INTERNATIONAL
By Karl Knox

At least 9 people in San Antonio, Texas have died as a result of a human smuggling operation gone wrong.

According to BBC News, 8 bodies were found in the back of a tractor-trailer in a Walmart parking lot along with 30 other people - 1 of whom died later in the hospital.

Officials claim that the victims were killed by extreme heat and dehydration.

60 year old truck driver and owner of the trailer, James Matthew Bradley Jr was arrested and will appear in court in the weeks to come.