Newscast for Wednesday, October 27

Newscast for October 15, 2021

News for October 10, 2021.

Content Warning: Discussions of True Crime. Reader Discretion is advised.

From Left To Right: Chad Michael Murray as Ted Bundy in Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman, the real life Ted Bundy in a police mugshot, Zac Efron as Ted Bundy in the Netflix film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.

There has always been a fascination with the true crime story genre. We have already seen Zac Efron as Ted Bundy in the Netflix Original film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, where Efron was praised for his acting taking on a serious role stepping away from his High School Musical days. 

*Please note that one of the films deals with subjects of substance abuse and suicide. Reader discretion is strongly advised. 

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Lance Daniel documentary premiered July 15, 2021 to promote his clothing brand #NOREGARD.

He is a former flag football player for the FPF, Flag Plus Football league in Montreal Quebec.

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Doctors weigh in on how to avoid fourth wave of Covid-19 virus 

Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam is warning of a fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by the delta variant. 

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Ottawa pledges to help Afghan interpreters 

The federal government is under pressure to help former translators, interpreters, and cultural advisors who helped the Canadian military during the war in Afghanistan.

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Gas Leak in the Gulf of Mexico 

A blaze has continued for days in the Gulf of Mexico, which many are calling the “eye of fire”

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Trudeau extends travel ban until July 21st

Canada has banned all nonessential travel to anywhere in the world, until July 21st. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refuses to lift the ban until at least 75 percent of Canadians have had at least one dose of a first Covid-19 vaccine.

Stories by Allison O’Reilly

Reported by Allison O’Reilly

Quebec Enters Yellow Zone

As of this past Monday, all of Quebec including Montreal has entered Zone Yellow, making ways for more relaxed rules around social gathering.

Once the epicenter of COVID-19 in Canada, Montreal has reported fewer than 100 cases per day in the past week.

QUEBEC COVID UPDATE

For your COVID-19 update…

Quebec reported record low case counts this week for a daily average below 200 as of Thursday morning.

This as healthcare workers are administering about 80 thousand vaccines per day.

So far about 70 per cent of Quebecers have gotten at least one dose.

Elsewhere in Canada, Manitoba is still reporting the most infections per million residents of any province or American state.

LOGGING PAUSE CALLED ON VANCOUVER ISLAND

Across the country…

After an extended standoff between police and blockaders, the BC government has approved a two-year pause on old-growth logging on Vancouver Island.