Five stories in the news today, Aug. 18
Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press:
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RALLY FOR FIRST NATIONS MAN SHOT ON SASKATCHEWAN FARM
People are expected to rally outside a Saskatchewan court house today, where a farmer accused of fatally shooting a First Nations man is to make an appearance. Gerald Stanley will be in a North Battleford court room to face a charge of second-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie. Boushie was killed Aug. 9 after the vehicle he was in drove onto a farm in the rural municipality of Glenside, west of Saskatoon. A cousin, who was also in the car, said they were heading home to the Red Pheasant First Nation after an afternoon of swimming when they got a flat tire and turned onto the farm for help. Racial tensions have flared since Boushie was killed.