Global National: May 27, 2022 | Uvalde police admit to mistakes in response to Texas school shooting

Uvalde, Texas, police now admit wrong decisions were made while kids were being gunned down inside an elementary school. The 19 children and two teachers who were killed should have been celebrating their first day of summer vacation today. Instead, their families are planning funerals. The gunman who stormed into Robb Elementary on Tuesday barricaded himself inside a classroom full of children for nearly an hour. Many students were calling 9-1-1 while more than a dozen officers stood outside waiting for reinforcements. Jackson Proskow reports.

A five-hour drive from Uvalde in Houston, the National Rifle Association (NRA) is holding its national convention, despite calls for it to be cancelled or postponed. Tens of thousands of gun advocates are there and so is Global’s Heather Yourex-West.

The Supreme Court of Canada struck down the punishment of life in prison without parole for mass murderers today. The ruling came during a review of the case of Alexandre Bissonnette, found guilty of killing six worshippers at a Quebec Mosque in 2017. Abigail Bimman tells us why the court finds his punishment “unconstitutional.”

A year-long investigation by Global News and APTN examining the state of the child welfare system in Ontario has uncovered some deeply disturbing conditions for some of the province’s most vulnerable youth. Children are going hungry and repeatedly being physically restrained by staff. As Carolyn Jarvis reports, the province promises to overhaul the system but some wonder if it will go far enough.

Exactly one year ago today the world learned 215 suspected unmarked graves believed to be mostly children had been found on the grounds of the former Kamloops, B.C. Indian Residential School. That announcement sparked a national reckoning about the residential school system in Canada, but for survivors, it meant reawakening trauma. One of those survivors is sharing details of her story even members of her own family had not heard. Neetu Garcha reports.

Thousands of ABBA fans are buzzing after watching the Swedish supergroup perform their biggest hits looking exactly like they did when they split up 40 years ago. Crystal Goomansingh has more.

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