Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and at 16 Hours GMT on Wednesday 11th February, these are our main stories. A rare mass school shooting stuns Canada. Almost two weeks after her disappearance, what has happened to the missing mother of the US news anchor?
Also in this podcast, what do people living in the home village of Emily Bronte think about the new Wuthering Heights film? Are you prepared, though? It's a bit saucy, I think. Horse whips and bridles.
Gosh. Yes, it might be one of those moments. I might have to take a fan with me.
Nine people have been killed and at least 25 injured in a mass shooting in Canada. Another person, believed to be the attacker, was found dead with what appeared to be a self-inflicted injury. Bodies were found in two locations in Tumbler Ridge in northern British Columbia, a rural community where residents describe themselves as a big family and say they don't lock their doors.
This morning, an emotional Mark Carney arrived at Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, in Tumbler Ridge will wake up without someone they love. The nation mourns with you. Canada stands by you. On the advice of the Clerk of the Poverty Council and Heritage Canada, I've asked that the flags in the Peace Tower here and across all government buildings be flown at half-mast for the next seven days. We will get through this.
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Chapter 2: What happened in the recent mass shooting in Canada?
Yeah, they haven't released the... Any information on the people who got shot?
Although one mother has come forward to put forward a GoFundMe, and the person who it was is somebody that I know.
It's that sort of town.
Chapter 3: What details are known about the missing mother of a US news anchor?
She's 12 years old and apparently shot in the head and in the neck and is in...
Emergency was an emergency surgery as of last night.
I'm very sorry to hear that. I mean, I know this kind of crime is very rare in that part of the country. But can you explain to us a little bit more about the gun laws in Canada?
So the gun laws in Canada are, if you're comparing us to the US, they're quite strict.
If you're comparing us to Britain, they're probably viewed as quite lax. The current government has been talking about restricting certain firearms as well.
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Chapter 4: How is the new Wuthering Heights film being received?
But it's definitely, we live in a place where there's a lot of hunters. So there's a lot of people out who have firearms. They're All licensed, all have certificates, all store their guns in safes.
Sports reasons then, really, rather than sort of home defense and that kind of thing.
Yeah.
Officials have called the shooting one of the worst in the country's history. Shrushti Gandav, a reporter with CBC Vancouver, told us more about the gun culture in Canada's north.
This kind of thing just doesn't happen here. I can count kind of on one hand the instances that I recall knowing about, not that have happened necessarily in my lifetime, but certainly this is a rarity and it's something that we, I don't think we're really aware of how to process here.
When we think about the way that our neighbors south of the border view guns, we're quite a bit stricter up here. Not to say that gun ownership isn't a thing, it isn't a reality, because especially in places like Tumbler Ridge, which is a very rural community, hunting is quite, it's a prominent part of the way of life. But gun ownership is still strict. There's licenses for everyone.
you pretty much only are able to own hunting rifles and not the kind of assault-style rifles you often hear about in cases like this in the United States. So we don't know as of yet what kind of weapon was used, how many weapons were used, anything like that. But generally speaking, hunting rifles would have been something much more common in that part of the province.
Next, police in Arizona have released a suspect detained in the disappearance of the mother of a high-profile US television presenter. Nancy Guthrie vanished 10 days ago. She's believed to have been kidnapped from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Bradley Blackburn from CBS News told us more.
this moved quickly overnight, and there was at least initially the hope that this was a break in the case after 10 days of searching. But then this man who was detained was released, and he did speak to reporters, including one of my CBS News colleagues.
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Chapter 5: What are the emotional responses from the community in Tumbler Ridge?
We know that he was detained during a traffic stop in that border town. He was initially described as a person of interest, and authorities spent hours searching his vehicle and his home. But after he was released, he told one of my colleagues that he works as a delivery driver, but he has no idea why he was stopped and questioned and that he doesn't know anything at all about Nancy Guthrie.
In fact, he said he doesn't even know who Savannah Guthrie is and has never watched the Today Show, Charlotte.
And Bradley, what are the police saying at the moment? Because lots of people will have seen those really disturbing images taken from the doorbell camera of Nancy Guthrie's home.
Right. And authorities have said, Charlotte, that they are finally making some progress in the case. We see that in the form of that doorbell camera footage. We know that they've also been scouring security cameras from Nancy Guthrie's neighborhood looking for any vehicles in the area at the time of her disappearance. Perhaps that search is what led authorities to this traffic stop.
And as for that doorbell camera footage, initially authorities had thought that it had been overwritten or deleted, but they were able to work with the manufacturer to access those images. It shows a person wearing a mask and gloves outside of her front door.
They're obviously trying to identify that person, hoping that somebody recognizes that individual, and they're asking for the public's help.
And Bradley as well. Savannah Guthrie is a very well-known TV personality in the US. What's been the reaction there to this story?
Well, it is being so closely followed. Obviously, we're speaking with you at the BBC. And here in the United States, it's leading newscasts on multiple networks. It's so much interest in this case, particularly on social media, because of the celebrity aspect and the true mystery that exists here. Many people are trying to figure out what has happened. And this family is still in the dark.
They're still fighting for answers, too. Yesterday, Savannah Guthrie did post that doorbell camera footage to social media, pleading for anyone who knows that person to contact authorities. And she did say, Charlotte, about her mom, quote, we believe that she is still alive. Bring her home.
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Chapter 6: What updates are there on the identity of the shooter?
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Today, police have released audio of the emergency call Austin made, and they say it's a textbook example of what you should do in an emergency, praising his calm and clear communication. Let's hear a little of it now. Police emergency, what location do you need the police? Hello, my name's Austin and I'm outside Beach. I have two siblings, Bo and Grace. Bo is 12 and Grace is 18.
We went out on a kayak trip and a paddle board trip and we took it out to sea and we got lost out there and now we got lost around about, I don't know what time it was but it was a very long time ago. We couldn't get back to shore and mum told me to go back to get help. And then I haven't seen them since. I think they're kilometres out in sea. I think we need a helicopter to go find them.
I'm sitting on the beach right now and I have to also explain, I think I need an ambulance because I think I have hypothermia. I'm just taking this in. Bear with me. Can you tell me your last name, Austin? Appleby. A-double-P-E-L-B-E-E. So mum is out there with kids as well, is that right? Yeah, and I don't know what their condition is right now and I'm really scared.
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Chapter 7: How do Canada's gun laws compare to those in the US?
Howarth Parsonage, now the Bronte Parsonage Museum. Rebecca York, who runs the Bronte Museum, was invited to the premiere. It was just so exciting and emotional as well, seeing Yorkshire and that beautiful landscape and hearing those words. And I did get really emotional. There was one point where my colleague had to put her hand on my arm and check I was all right.
Howarth is bracing itself, and it's not as if it's not already a popular destination. I met local historian David Pearson amidst the throng of visitors on the famous steam train that runs up to Howarth.
People sometimes say it's like going back 60, 70 years where you get on a train and slowly the modern world leaves you and this world envelops you. What really disappoints us sometimes is when people think it's not real. So people don't think Haworth is a real town? Well, increasingly. I live in the village, just at the bottom of Main Street, and you get people saying, do people live here?
And they think it's some sort of Disneyland. They think it's a theme park. Oh, yeah, yeah.
No, Howarth is a real place, not a film set, but this new film version of their local classic is definitely getting people talking.
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I met Louise at Luby Lou's Ice Creams. Are you looking forward to the film?
I'm quite excited about it, yeah. People are coming in and, like, talking about it. So that's good, isn't it?
Are you prepared, though? It's a bit saucy, I think. Horse whips and bridles.
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