Global News at 6 Toronto: Mar. 9, 2024

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Saturday that the Canadian government is reducing its national beer tax, which was set to increase on April 1. Meanwhile, a community vigil was held Saturday in the suburban Ottawa neighbourhood of Barrhaven, after this week’s horrific murder of a family and one of their friends. Plus, the body of former prime minister Brian Mulroney has arrived in Canada ahead of his state funeral. The 84-year-old died in a Florida hospital last Thursday.