World News Briefs

Sunday December 18, 2022
  • Shooting in Vaughan – Between five and seven people are dead following a shooting at a condo tower in Vaughan on Sunday night. Police are working with the understanding that there was a single shooter who is now dead. It is not known if there was any relation between the suspect and the victims. (CBC)
  • Canada Accused of Demoralizing Russian Soldiers – Russia‘s ambassador to Canada is claiming that Ottawa is leading social media effort to demoralize Russian soldiers by tweeting unflattering information about the war in Ukraine, particularly recent tweets about Russian men fleeing a military draft. Russia‘s ambassador also said that Canada appears to be leading an effort by Western countries to isolate Russia. (Global News)
  • Turbulence Causes Serious Injuries – Thirty-six people were injured during turbulence on a Hawaiian Airlines flight, including 11 people who are in a serious condition. The injuries included bruises, lacerations, loss of consciousness and a serious head injury. In total, 20 of the passengers were taken to hospital. (Sky News)
  • Musk May Resign as Twitter CEO – Twitter CEO Elon Musk launched a poll on Twitter on Sunday asking whether he should step down as head of the company, adding that he would abide by the poll results. Twitter also announced on Sunday that accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social media firms and content that contains links or usernames for rival platforms will be prohibited. (Global News)