Parole records show Sask mass stabbing suspect had a violent history, 59 convictions
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10 people were stabbed to death and another 18 were wounded in the attack, and the surviving brother, Miles, has been spotted on the reserve where the killings took place. Also, a teacher in Ireland has been jailed for refusing to use gender-specific pronouns, and Candice Bergen, the interim leader of the Conservative Party, announced today she would not be seeking election, re-election, in the next campaign.
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Hello, I'm Dave Naylor, news editor of the Western Standard.
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It was a busy time for us at the Standard with the terrible story that's happening in Saskatchewan.
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Ten people were stabbed to death and another 18 wounded when two brothers seemingly went on a murderous rampage.
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There's breaking news at the moment on that in which the surviving brother, Miles,
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has apparently been spotted on the reserve where the killings took place.
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Police have issued a stay-in-place order and are currently surrounding several houses in the area.
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Earlier, we had a story on Miles having 59 separate criminal convictions, a lot of them very violent,
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but that didn't stop him from getting parole and being out on the street,
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loses his mind, unquote, when under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
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Candice Bergen, the interim leader of the Conservative Party,
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announced today she would not be seeking election, re-election, sorry, in the next campaign.
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She'll be replaced September 10th when the results come in for the Conservative Leadership Convention.
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We've got the latest from Daniel Smith and the Sovereignty Act.
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She released a detailed report today on what exactly the Sovereignty Act entails
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and how it will affect Alberta and its relationship with Ottawa.
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Our Arthur Green has the latest on the wildfire in Jasper
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that has cut off electricity over the weekend to the Mountain Time site,
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and they're hoping for some rain to bring that one under control.
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And our Karen Selleck has the latest on bugs and why you're all going to be eating them very, very soon.
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Also up on the site is an interesting story out of Ireland today,
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in which a teacher was jailed, believe it or not,
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for refusing to use pronouns or gender-specific pronouns.
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He would not call students them when they were actually boys or girls.
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So he's been thrown in the slammer for contempt of court.
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Obviously, we're keeping tabs on the breaking news in Saskatchewan.
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Click back for more details as the news happens.