Global National: May 18, 2024 | Did serial killer linked to 1970’s Alberta deaths also strike in BC?

In tonight’s top story: RCMP in Calgary announced on Friday they had linked Gary Allen Srery to the murders of four young women in the Calgary area in the mid-to-late 1970s. Now, officers on the West Coast are looking into other cold cases and whether Srery's murder spree may have spread to B.C. as well. Catherine Urquhart has the details.

The federal government has rejected requests from the City of Toronto to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs for personal use in the city, citing concerns for public health and safety. Lexy Benedict gets the local reaction from the mayor of the city, and what this rejection means.

The growing threat of wildfires year after year has ripple effects beyond the anxiety associated with forced evacuations and lost property. Wildfire smoke is increasingly putting our health at risk, sometimes with tragic consequences. Eric Sorensen reports on how our changing climate is fuelling more fires — and how those fires are indirectly affecting those who don't even live anywhere near a fire line.

Plus, convicted murderers Luka Magnotta and Paul Bernardo captured national headlines for their high-profile and horrific crimes. But their secretive transfers from maximum-security prisons to a medium-security institution is something else they had in common. After exclusive Global News reporting revealed Correctional Services Canada instructed staff to keep quiet about Magnotta's transfer, Mercedes Stephenson spoke with Canada's former correctional investigator on the state of the prison system.

Finally, as some Canadian colleges and universities face daunting deficits and decisions on where to cut spending, a critical examination of the sector's viability is emerging. Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., was the latest to project a staggering deficit this week. In a post on its website Wednesday, the institution said it's projecting a nearly $36-million deficit in its next operating year. It referenced factors like an "ongoing tuition freeze for Ontario students'' and "a decrease in international student enrollment" for the figure. As Neetu Garcha reports, the moves have unions raising questions about ongoing cuts at institutions across the country.

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