Global National: Sept. 6

A tense manhunt in New Brunswick is finally over. Police announced they have arrested a 47-year-old, just over 24 hours after a province-wide emergency alert was issued about an armed and dangerous man, wanted in a fatal shooting. In Saskatoon, a 15-year-old female is recovering in hospital from serious injuries after being attacked – allegedly by a fellow classmate at school on Thursday. The victim was apparently doused in a flammable liquid and set on fire. Plus, the 14-year-old suspect in Wednesday’s deadly mass shooting, at a high school in Georgia, made his first court appearance on Friday morning. The teen’s dad was also in court, as he’s now accused of facilitating the shooting. Plus, the federal government is delivering on a promise to Ukraine that Global News first told you about in February. And, up slightly from July’s numbers, Canada’s unemployment rose to 6.7 per cent in August. It’s the highest it’s been since May 2017 – not counting the COVID-19 pandemic. A Quebec man is behind bars after trying to smuggle 26,000 fake toonies into the country, in one of Canada’s largest counterfeit schemes of its kind. Lastly, at a time when online shopping is taking a bigger cut of retail sales, a Montreal developer is betting big on the in-person experience. The Royalmount “megamall” has opened its first phase. It’s a multi-billion-dollar project home to some of the most luxurious brands in the world.