Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
The man who shot two people to death before turning the gun on himself in the Toronto area on Monday was not evil, his wife says. Alisa Pogorelovsky said he was “broken” by a fraud dispute with the two victims that had cost their family their life savings and house.
The wife of the gunman in Monday's double murder-suicide in North York says she doesn’t consider her husband an evil person, but one who was “broken" by a lengthy fraud dispute that saw their family savings drained.https://t.co/qk4ekU5K1g pic.twitter.com/Qpuz6hMYq2
— CTV Toronto (@CTVToronto) June 20, 2024
After cancelling a number of flights in anticipation of a potential mechanics’ strike, WestJet and the union representing said mechanics will resume talks instead. Set to walk off the job as early as Thursday night, the mechanics’ union has rescinded its strike notice.
This evening, AMFA rescinded its strike notice, with both parties jointly agreeing to return to the bargaining table to continue work towards finding a resolution, avoiding further network disruption. https://t.co/KV94xx8wET
— WestJet News (@WestJetNews) June 20, 2024
A London-based parkour group is getting plenty of backlash after damaging a building in the Italian city of Matera. Matera has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1993.
Historic building in Italy damaged by parkour tourists | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/AUdhWGLiPG
— wdsu (@wdsu) June 20, 2024
A new report published by the National Institute for Scientific Research has found that high temperatures in the spring and summer months are linked to an estimated 470 deaths. Beyond the mortalities, it's also linked to 225 hospitalizations, 36,000 ER visits and 7,200 ambulance trips, which puts a strain on the province’s struggling healthcare system.
Extreme heat causes nearly 500 deaths per year in Quebec, report says https://t.co/MIXo1Ix1oJ pic.twitter.com/NUAfUgf2gE
— Global National (@GlobalNational) June 19, 2024
It’s been a long-running joke that The Simpsons has predicted countless events before they happened, even if some of them may be a bit of a stretch. Now, the internet is grappling with a different perspective as Marge Simpson’s likeness was discovered inside an ancient Egyptian coffin.
Marge Simpson's likeness found in ancient Egyptian coffin. What does this discovery mean? https://t.co/4Tn3fFL1AG
— CTV News (@CTVNews) June 20, 2024
