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>>> To france now where preparations with are under way to return the body of a soldier born in newfoundland and labrador. He fought in world war i. At the time newfoundland was a british territory, not part of canada, but tonight officials are on the ground ahead of what will be an historic repatriation ceremony. Ctv's garrett barry is with them. >> Reporter: soldiers from the royal newfoundland regiment are back in france this week, this time picking up a fallen ancestor on saturday. At a ceremony in beaumont hammel on saturday. The hills still feel the wrath of artillery, scar from a battle that never really healed here. Or at home. >> It was just purely catastrophic is the only word I can think of it. >> Reporter: july 1, 1916, newfoundlanders were ordered over the top. The battle quickly became the deadliest in the royal newfoundland regiment's history. The battlefield was wide open and the german machine guns set on the few holes and the barbed wire that newfoundlanders had to run through. Within mere minutes, 324 were killed. Another 386 were wounded. Some historians believe that newfoundlanders never fired a single shot. >> I've seen it said by soldiers I've seen it said by historians and I still don't know. It's hard to believe but yet the massacre was just as hard to believe. >> Reporter: a generation of men in a small country dead or wounded. In total, more than 1700 newfoundlanders died in the first world war. Shawn goodyear is a descendant of five brothers who went away to fight. Only two came back. >> Each one of them brought to the group a certain strength, either a stabilizing or you know go get situation. When the three boys were lost, there was a gap. >> Reporter: more than 800 newfoundlanders died in the first world war with no known graves. Officials hope this unknown soldier will represent all of them. After the remains are handed over on saturday, canadian forces will move immediately to head back to canada and bring that soldier home for the first time in more than 100 years. Garrett barry, ctv news, beaumont-hamel, france. >> Todd: coming up, untold gems go public. A rare look at precious pieces from the canadian story. You've been waiting to get outand drive a New Nissan,great offersare ready So, check out all the latesttech, features and thrills - it's all happening right now. Now, at Nissan, lease select models from as low as 2.99% for 24 months. ( ) It's Leon's Storewide Super Sale! Save up to 50% on furniture. Save up to 50% on mattresses. Plus, get an l2 washer and dryer set for only $998 including a 2 year warranty! Ends Wednesday! [muffled noise] ( ) When my hearing changed, HearingLife understood. ( ) I don't just want to keep hearing my customers. I want to keep being me. Book a free hearing test with one of our hearing professionals and see how our personalized care can help you - keep being you. Love your ears at HearingLife. phone plans with lots of data, Virgin Plus is the obvious choice. So, is it necessary to use the selling power of adorably fluffy kittens? Is getting discounts on food, fashion and entertainment more enticing when they're in tiny costumes? Or is it cuter from them? (Cat meowing) Do we need all this to convince you? ( ) We don't. Because when you're choosing an affordable phone plan, the obvious choice is Virgin Plus. Obviously. -Hey, whatcha doing? -I'm just looking up how to install hardwood flooring. -No, no, no. Honey, not a good idea. Let's go to Alexanian's, we'll get it done right. Announcer: For expert advice, huge selection, and professional installations, visit Alexanian now for fantastic spring savings. Like luxury vinyl from $2.49 a square foot, waterproof laminate from $2.99 a square foot, and Canadian made hardwood from $5.99 a square foot. Hurry to one of Alexanian's 19 locations or Alexanian.com Alexanian's >> Todd: finally for us tonight going deep inside canada's history. The public is going to get a rare look at vault like storage facilities that hold millions of artifacts, all preserved and catalogued. Ctv's annie bergeron-oliver went inside for the sneak peek. >> Reporter: inside these massive buildings are indispensable treasures that each tell a story about canada's history. >> We have the map with the first time the word canada was

ever put on it, but they have things like... We have a paper dress part of the 1968 campaign for pierre elliott trudeau. >> Reporter: those artifacts just a few of the tens of millions carefully catalogued and stored by library and archives canada. That may be on display this weekend when the public gets a rare look inside. >> I think we all know there isn't one history of canada. There are many histories of canada and at library and archives canada we want to reflect everyone's stories. >> The original is... >> Reporter: the precious collection largely housed in gatineau contains 425,000 works of art, 22 million books, the two original constitutions. >> A photo album from 1879. 1880. >> Reporter: and millions of photographs, films and government records. Many of the items stored inside their brand new net zero facility are digitally catalogued and accessible by robots that move around seven storey vaults. Each vault is temperature and humidity controlled. It's also fireproof and designed to keep a single piece of paper in perfect condition for up to 500 years. >> This is audabon. >> Reporter: a state of the art facility housing items whose access is usually tightly controlled. This friday and saturday, though, they'll be open to the public. >> So they're going to get a chance to see some of the treasures in our collections because we do have the fifth largest collections in the world. >> Reporter: a collection built by canadians for canadians. Annie bergeron-oliver, ctv news, gatineau. >> Todd: great stuff. And that's it for us tonight. I'm todd van der hayden. For omar sachedina and all of us here at "ctv national news," thank you for watching and have a great rest of your night. [ ] [ ] The greens are coming for you, Rhaenyra, and for your children. (Dramatic music) Rhaenyra: We don't choose our destiny. It chooses us.

. >> Lindsey: it's friday, may 24th. >> We are seeing -- in local -- social media. Some people in the area posting. It looks quite devastating. >> Lindsey: disaster in papua new guinea. >> Data leak. Hackers are following through on a threat to release possible sensitive information after london drugs said it would not pay to get the data back. >> The event is overwhelming. >> Lindsey: coming home more than a century after making the ultimate sacrifice. The body of an unknown soldier will be brought back home from france to newfoundland and labrador. >> Who else? Connor McDAVID scoring the winner after a seriously eventful ot period. The oilers lead the western conference final. 1-0. Stay with us, canada, "your morning" starts right [upbeat theme music] >> Lindsey: welcome to "your morning." anne-marie is away. I'm lindsey deluce. >> Teddy: good morning and happy friday, everybody. I'm teddy wilson. >> Kelsey: I'm kelsey McEWEN. Happy fri-yay. >> Lindsey: it's a short week, it feels longer. At the start of the week, you think it's going to feel shorter. It feels like a longer than five-day week. >> Teddy: how many days has it felt like to you? >> Lindsey: six. We had a busy week. The days are very full. Here we are at friday morning. >> Teddy: let's turn to the top news stories. We begin with that tragic situation in papua new guinea. More than 100 people have been killed by a landslide in papua new guinea. >> We did some background research and we believe we have seen on the website that there was a 4.5 earthquake in the area about four days ago. That could have shaken things up a bit. >> Teddy: not currently clear how many people have been killed as this happened in the remote part. It's believed the six villages have been hit. A landslide buried more than 100 homes when it hit at 3 a.m. This morning >> Israel's military says it has recovered the bodies of three hostages in gaza. There are 130 israeli hostages still being held in gaza and their families have been calling on their government to accept a cease-fire deal to bring them home. The bodies of the three hostages were found in northern gaza. Israel's defence force says they were killed on october 7th and their bodies were taken into gaza.

>>> Late this morning... The world court will hand down a ruling on an emergency request for israel to stop its rafah offensive. The request comes from south africa. Rulings by the international court of justice are final and binding. But the court has no power to enforce the decisions. >> London drugs says hackers have started releasing some stolen data after the company refused to pay a $25 million ransom. A cyber security expert thinks the data could contain sensitive information. >> It could be things like salary information. Disciplinary proceedings. Drug testing in some cases. >> Hacking group claimed responsibility for the april 28th cyberattack. London drugs says more than 300 gigabytes of information was stolen. The company is offering credit monitoring and protection to workers who may have been affected. >>> U.S. senators are now calling on canada to step up when it comes to nato spending. Our defence minister bill blair had this to say in response. >> I would be able to ensure those concerned senators that canada will be a ready and capable ally. >> Ministr bill blair admitted there is more work to be done to boost our funding. Canada is supposed to spend 2% of gdp. Canada spends 1.33% on defence. >>> Members of the royal newfoundland regiment have arrived in france to bring the body of an unknown soldier home. >> It was just purely catastrophic is the only word I can think of it. >> The body will return to canadian troops at a ceremony tomorrow tomorrow. The unknown soldier will represent more than 800 newfoundlanders who died in the first world war. Once it returns, the soldier's body will lie in state at the provincial legislature. The summer concert season is upon us. >> We allege that live nation has monopolized markets in the united states for far too long. It is time to break it up. >> Accusing ticketmaster and their parent company live nation of being an illegal monopoly. They are suing live nation and ticketmaster merged in 2010 and they now control 60% of concert promotions across 265 north american venues. Also mentioned in the suit, all of those fees. As for here in canada, our competition bureau won't confirm if they are also investigating the company.

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