CITV - Monday, May 27, 2024 - 07:00 a.m. (ET) - Segment #1

>> Erin: fire damage, early morning flames gut a restaurant, and cause damages to other businesses in a mill woods strip mall. Plus, u of a president bill flanagan has come under fire for his handling of a pro-palestinian encampment earlier this month. And, it's game day edmonton! The oilers are back on home ice ready to take on dallas in western conference finals. We'll show you how the city and team are getting ready. >> Narrator: you are watching global edmonton. This is global news morning. >> Vinesh: good morning, everyone. Happy monday it is monday, may 27th A.M. it was hard to get to sleep and hard to wake up this morning. >> Vinesh: I did this to vacation and I was grateful for the rain. I did some yard work. I noticed you can see the daylight. As your driving in. When I was driving and now at 330 you can see the daylight. I think we are in that beautiful time where we get that daylight so it's nice. >> Erin: especially when the sun will be shining which will be the case today. There is some hail in some parts of the city. >> Sarah there was some crazy activity happening. There was hail downtown. There was thunder, lightning. The sky was grey. 1.1 millimetres of rain. There is some low-lying haze. It could be an addition to. >> Tracie: lots of fog especially across the bridges. So watch along their for reduced visibility. This is in and around the >> Erin: asirt has been called edmonton area. Don't be surprised if you wanted to some fog, make sure of your headlights on. In to investigate a police shooting that left one man with and that you are keeping a good distance from the person in life threatening injuries. At around eight o'clock saturday front of you. Night. We will have more traffic coming up for you but that's coming up an officer walked into the shell gas station on 93 street and 144 in a moment. With a weapon. In the meantime we will head back to you, and welcome back. >> Erin: asirt has been called in to investigate a police shooting that left one man with life threatening injuries. At around eight o'clock saturday night. >> Erin: asirt has been called an officer walked into the shell gas station on 93 street and 144 in to investigate a police shooting that left one man with avenue and said there was a man with a weapon. Life threatening injuries. At around eight o'clock saturday it was confined to the business but there is smoke damage to at night. An officer walked into the shell least one other story. Gas station on 93 street and 144 the fire was brought under control just before 330 but it according to police a is not fully put out yet. >> Erin: asirt has been called in to investigate a police confrontation occured and the officer fired his gun, hitting shooting that left one man with life threatening injuries. The man. The officer was not injured at around eight o'clock saturday night. Say they found a taser at the an officer walked into the shell gas station on 93 street and 144 scene. Police also releasing new avenue, and said there was a man with a weapon. Details on another shooting that happened saturday night, this according to police a confrontation occured and the one near southgate mall. Officers were called to the officer fired his gun, hitting the man. Parkade of an apartment complex on 108-a street and 47 avenue, the officer was not injured during the incident, please also after reports of gunshots. Say they found a taser at the when they arrived they found a 29-year-old man with a gunshot scene. Police also releasing new wound. He was taken to hospital with details on another shooting that happened saturday night, this non-life-threatening injuries. >> Vinesh: and police continue one near southgate mall. Officers were called to the to investigate this crash. At a liquor store, in the parkade of an apartment complex on 108-a street and 47 avenue, beverly neighbourhood. It happened on sunday afternoon after reports of gunshots. When they arrived they found a at 117th ave and 34th street. We were informed a staff member 29-year-old man with a gunshot wound. And the driver suffered injuries one person was taken to he was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Hospital. >> Erin: a boil water advisory >> Vinesh: and police continue to investigate this crash. Has been lifted for the town of millet. At a liquor store, in the beverly neighbourhood. The advisory had been in place since friday afternoon. It happened on sunday afternoon at 117th ave and 34th street. Following a water main break. We were informed a staff member water was shutoff in the community for a few hours while and the driver suffered injuries one person was taken to repair work was completed. The town says residents can now hospital. >> Erin: a boil water advisory drink the water as per normal. >> Vinesh: the president. Has been lifted for the town of millet. Of the university of alberta, is under further pressure. The advisory had been in place since friday afternoon. The body that oversees one of the university's biggest following a water main break. Water was shutoff in the faculties has passed a 'vote of non-confidence', in his community for a few hours while repair work was completed. Leadership. President, bill flanagan, has the town says residents can now drink the water as per normal. Come under fire for his handling of a 'pro-palestinian >> Vinesh: the president. Of the university of alberta, is encampment'. Where, earlier this month under further pressure. The body that oversees one of demonstrators were forcibly removed by edmonton police the university's biggest faculties has passed a 'vote of officers. The council, that oversees the non-confidence', in his leadership. Faculty of arts is now calling for flanagan to resign. President, bill flanagan, has come under fire for his handling it should be noted a vote of non-confidence does not trigger of a 'pro-palestinian encampment'. His removal. That decision lies with the where, earlier this month demonstrators were forcibly university's board of governors. But flanagan is seeking a second removed by edmonton police officers. Term as president. With his current term due to the council, that oversees the faculty of arts is now calling expire, next summer. >> David kahane: for flanagan to resign. It should be noted a vote of non-confidence does not trigger his removal.

that decision lies with the university's board of governors. But flanagan is seeking a second term as president. With his current term due to expire, next summer. >> David kahane: the president is no longer supported by many people in the university community, it is not clear how he is going to lead the community. I think there is a very strong sentiments that you need to stop defending the encampment sweep and to admit that it was a terrible mistake. >> Vinesh: students that took part in protests against flanagan's leadership, were also present at a 'pro-palestine rally' outside the legislature over the weekend. Some demonstrators are members of a group called the people's university for palestine. They want university leaders to declare support for a ceasefire. And to cut ties with businesses and investments that support israel and it's not just the u of a they're targetting. >> Nour salhi: we're demanding the same that we have been across the river, over here. Macewan is in a very unique position at the moment to be the first in the city to meet these demands. >> Vinesh: global news reached out to flanagan's office for comment but has not yet received a response. >> Narrator: you are watching global news morning. >> Vinesh: it is 5:06 A.M. excitement is building in our city. Tonight is game three in the 'western conference finals', between the edmonton oilers and dallas stars. >> Erin: with the series now tied a game a piece, the team is back in edmonton for games 3 and 4. Jasmine king has more on the oilers prep work, to take back the momentum. >> Jasmine: that would be the one to push the stars past the oilers in game two and they would add an empty-netter. Certainly not the result the team was hoping for, captain connor mcdavid says the loss comes after a strong first period. >> Connor mcdavid: thought it was close all game long really. I thought we had a good start, great response there by brownie and his whole line. >> Jasmine: for most of game two, the oilers and stars were evenly matched. But it wasn't enough to walk away with a win. >> Conor mcdavid: going into the third you know it's going to be one of those, it's a shot from the blue line, it's a tip, it's a greasy goal if you will. But they obviously got it, played off of it. We had our looks but we couldn't really capitalize towards the end. >> Jasmine: the ice district plaza was packed again saturday night, as thousands of fans were cheering the team on from home. Who now anxiously await their return. Sunday morning coach kris knoblauch says this isn't a bad position to be in. >> Kris knoblauch: you win the first one you always wanna win the next one and its nice that we're gonna go back to edmonton, in front of our crowd and at home. >> Jasmine: the oilers outshot the stars in both games. But so far they're not seeing their usual powerplay time. The stars have only taken three penalties this series. Ryan nugent hopkins knows they can't waste opportunities going forward. Obviously they're not gonna all >> Speaker: every chance that you have you need to bear down as hard as you can. Obviously they're not gonna all go in, but if you have a chance you gotta bear down as much as you can cause it could be the difference maker in a game or even the series. >> Jasmine: game 3 goes monday night, and with the split series. There's no red flags just yet. >> Kris knoblauch: I don't think we need to panic, I don't think we need to change anything. Over the course of time, things will go in. >> Jasmine: jasmine king, global news. >> Erin: while our city's downtown is bustling during game day, particularly the fan park and ice district plaza, other parts of our city are looking like a ghost town. From ice rinks to roadways and entertainment facilities. Once the puck drops, they are all pretty much empty as edmontonians focus their attention on the game. Activate is a physical and mental gaming facility it usually has people lining up outside. But not come game time. >> Michael makar: its been slower, its not dead but there's we love to have fun with the definitely a decline for sure. We love to have fun with the people that come in here who are oilers fans talk to them about the game, get them excited for our games cause they're excited about the game. So it kind of generates a very positive environment. >> Erin: game time is tonight 6:30pm. You can listen live on 6-30 ched. And we'll have post game coverage on global news at 11. And over to tracie for a look at traffic. >> Tracie: in and around them we are seeing some low-lying fog. Ciara houses details in a moment. My car was completely soaked. At first I thought it could have been frost but it was just a lot of fog. River value road and 105 street you cannot see the high-level bridge we are looking west bound down camera. But we can see light volume so at least that will be good, light volume will help with the traffic flow making its way into downtown. Also the quesnel bridge has disappeared on us this morning. So along the bridges, watch for that to cause some reduced visibility. Downtown we see the same thing

109 street and 99 avenue this time looking northbound towards jasper avenue and it is foggy through there. Some construction to be aware of this is causing some delays. Terwilliger drive down to one lane and it will continue until may 31st before that will open back up. That's a look at your ok tire traffic and I will find out more about what is happening with our weather and take over to ciara. >> Ciara: we see that low-lying fog and mist. And there we go. 8 degrees already. Crazy the sun is almost up. It is starting to come up and it's nice treat. 22 degrees after quite a bit of rain, scattered showers of the weekend and then 1.1 millimetres was reported yesterday. It is a lot of hail was reported if you have any photos send that in. 15 for the evening and overnight 11 so if you are headed out to another watch party. It looks like it may be a good night for that. 24 degrees for tomorrow so temperatures continue to rise and then we come back down below seasonal by couple degrees. It's nice after a few warm days to see the rain clear things up a little bit and keep it green. Last on this date 27 degrees with an evening low of 12 and we are above the seasonal high. Same thing when it comes to the low. A nice little treat. 5:15 A.M. the sun will be up and it will set at 9:48 P.M. back on the state in 1936 we set a record of 34 degrees. In the beautiful sunrise this was saturday morning. Take a look at this. So lovely. The water looks pink. I like it. And I was on the back to you on the desk. We have the 7 day forecast coming up, shortly. >> Erin: thank you, ciara. Months after devastating flooding some nova scotia residents are still struggling. >> Vinesh: we will be back with that right after the break We're finally here! This is wild, man. (Announcer says words on screen) I can't believeall this was five bucks.I can't believe you brought mehere ( ) Right now,get a Chicken McMuffin with a hash brown and a small premium roastcoffee for five bucks. [ ] By reliably delivering more the Hyundai kona suv has earned, “Best Residual Value,” from jd Power four years in a row. [ ] From its advanced technology to its durability we took the best-selling subcompact suv in Canada and made it more wah. [Hyundai sting] You really think you can get me to like dark chocolate? Without a doubt. Won't it taste bitter? Not this dark chocolate. Mmmmm. It's delicious. I told you it wasn't bitter. From the Lindt Maître Chocolatier, discover new Excellence Mild. Expect delicious. [Gentle music] Seeing clearly matters. Being seen matters more. Get 40% off lenses on a complete pair purchase. Nobody Cares for EyesMore Than Pearle. Balderson has been masterfully aging our delicious cheese with the same time and care for over 140 years. So, we wondered if anything else from back then had aged as well as us. It turns out that nothing ages as well as Balderson's Canadian craftsmanship. (Upbeat music) When you're performing at your best, it's hard to imagine anything holding you back. ( ) But performance inhibiting deposits restrict your engine's performance, robbing it of its true potential. Don't let anything stand between you and performing at your best. New and improved Shell V-Power Nitro+Premium Gasoline. Performance unbound. (Shell mnemonic)

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