The Newsroom： Rempel Garner will not run for UCP leadership, Alberta premiership...
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It's a busy day in politics and there's a lot of news breaking at the moment, including the announcement that Michelle Rempel-Garner will not be running for the leadership of the United Conservative Party of Canada, the Trudeau investigation and the tragic death of a young female gorilla at the zoo.
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We've got some major news breaking at the moment, Corey.
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We've got our Rachel Emanuel has confirmed that Michelle Rempel-Garner will not run for the UCP leadership.
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And one of the reasons that she's not running is because of Rachel's story earlier this week
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that 13 of 17 caucus members who were asked whether or not they should give her a special exemption said no.
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They didn't want her. So she knew, it looks like she knew she was coming into a divided caucus
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and has chosen not to go down that path. So major, major news on the UCP front.
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Speaking of the Trudeau investigation, he came out of hiding in Africa tonight,
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tonight over there, and basically said nothing to see here, move along.
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We didn't interfere. And I've got all the confidence in the world in Brenda Luckey.
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So, yeah, as you say, Corey, another one goes by and nobody bites the dust.
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We've got all the details on the Pope's visit to Alberta, which is coming up very quickly next month.
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Details on his arrival times in Edmonton and where he's traveling around the province and who he's meeting with.
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And it's going to be conducting an open air mass at Commonwealth Stadium.
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So that'll be a highlight of his trips, I'm sure, as well as meeting Indigenous and residential school survivors.
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The cowardly police chief of Uvalde, Texas, has been placed on administrative leave.
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This is after he ordered his officers not to go in and try and get the school shooter there.
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Instead, they waited outside for 70 minutes while the shooter slaughtered 22 children and teachers.
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We've got a column from a UCP candidate, Danielle Smith,
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talking about some of her campaign promises, saying she just wants Alberta to be treated like Quebec, basically.
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Apparently, there's going to be major thunderstorms and possible tornadoes this evening,
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early afternoon and evening in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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So our Chris Alcorn out there has done a story on that.
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And coming up, we've got a couple of good stories.
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The swearing in of our Governor General, who you've been talking about, Corey,
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for wrapping up or racking up that massive catering bill on a flight to Dubai.
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Turns out her investiture cost taxpayers $170,000.
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Now, that's a lot of little appetizers and finger food, Corey.
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And the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is not happy about it.
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And one of the things Trudeau announced today in Africa is he's going to give $250 million of taxpayers' money
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to sort of a food campaign to make sure hungry people in other countries are getting their proper food.
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And on a sad note, that other one, I don't know if we covered that, but that gorilla passed away.
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The young female gorilla had an aggressive form of liver cancer.
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And they made, yeah, the poor thing passed away at the zoo last night.
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So a sad day at the zoo and a sad day for all fans of the zoo.
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But, well, we report on the good news and the bad.