News for October 29th 2014

by Julia Bryant

Citizens are evacuating the village of Pahoa in Hawaii because of a recent volcano eruption.

According to BBC News, lava from the nearby Kilauea volcano is advancing at about five to ten yards an hour.

Two main roads into Pahoa have been shut down and a cemetery has been destroyed in the flow.

Almost all of the 800 people who live in Pahoa have already left or made plans to leave.

Officials are allowing residents to watch their houses be destroyed as a means of closure.





Olympic broadcasting rights sold

by Sam Obrand



The Canadian broadcast rights for the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games have been awarded to CBC/Radio-Canada.

According to CBC News, Hubert Lacroix, president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, made the announcement on Tuesday in Toronto.

Alongside broadcast partners Bell Media and Rogers Media, CBC/Radio-Canada will work to give full access of the games to every Canadian.

The deal itself has not been disclosed to the public.

The 2018 Winter Olympic Games will take place in PyeongChang, South Korea, while Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Olympics.