Global National: Sept. 14

Ferocious floodwaters in Libya have killed more than 11,000 people, and there are fears up that number will just keep soaring. The foreign aid slowly starting to trickle in, and what the United Nations says could’ve saved thousands of lives. Global News has obtained the British Columbia Review Board’s decision about Blair Evan Donnelly, who allegedly stabbed three people in Vancouver. He was given an unescorted day pass from a psychiatric hospital, despite a review in April finding he posed a significant threat to the public. What else the board concluded about Donnelly, his troubled history, and how hospital staff once failed to properly supervise him. A recycling facility in Saint John, N.B.’s waterfront has erupted in flames. Why neighbours are worried, and the warning to the entire city. The feds are now delivering on an old promise to drop the GST from the construction of new rental buildings. The history of the pledge, and how finally implementing it could affect the housing market and the Liberals’ political fortunes. Also: a Global News investigation into why women from Canada who joined the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) rarely face criminal charges. And does life outside of Earth actually exist? Are UFOs real? How NASA is trying to figure that out, and share information without fuelling speculation.