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Current Events May 27, 2009

What? A young man accused of firing a pellet gun on Monday at a crowd near a bus stop in Burnaby, B.C, and is facing 22 charges. At 3pm on Monday someone hid in the bushes near burnaby mountain secondary school and used a pellet gun to shoot people waiting for the bus. As many as 6 people were hit by pellets and the shooter also pepper-sprayed some others. The classes at the secondary school were already finished when the incident took place but the school was locked down as a precaution.

Where? This event occured at a bus station near Burnaby Mountain Secondary school.

When? This event occured on Monday, May 25th.

Who? The people at the bus stop, the shooter, and police were involved.

Why & How? This event happened probably because the shooter thought it was funny or something to shoot people with a pellet gun..

Why I chose this article? I chose this article because I heard about this story on the news and also I don't know why the man would just do that to people and also it would've been scary to actually be at that bus station..

Current Events #3 Baby's risky heart transplant called off What? A planned heart transplant for two month old to a P.E.I did not go ahead on tuesday night. Kaylee Wallace, two months old was taken into an operating room, and then removed from a respirator and planned to fall asleep and pass away. But, she didn't fall asleep. The medical team waited for about an hour and then she was called off to the transplant surgery. Kaylee suffers from an extremely rare brain disorder, Joubert syndromethat can sometimes stop her from breathing during sleep. Physicians had said that when Kaylee was taken off life support, it would likely take her too long to die to make her heart useful for transplant. The planned Where? This event occured in Toronto, Ontario and P.E.I were the recepient of the heart transplant was.

When? This event occured on Tuesday night.

Who? Baby Kaylee, her parents, and the heart transplant recepient Lily.

Why&How? This event happened because kaylee wanted to do a heart transplant and they expected her to pass away, but she didn't.

Why I chose this article? I chose this article because I think it is amazing how she survived that, and how generous her and her parents are for doing a heart transplant to save someone elses life when she was about to die too.

Current Events #2 Pattullo Bridge to reopen in two weeks

What? The Pattullo Bridge that was damaged by a fire on Sunday morning will be opened in about two weeks. They will replace the wooden trestle with a steel and concrete for the 18-meter gap. The closing of the bridge has jammed traffic across the Fraser river, including the George Massey Tunnel, the Alex Fraser Bridge, and the Port Mann Bridge.

Where? This event occured in Surrey on the Pattullo bridge.

When? This event occured early Sunday morning.

Who? The people that are working to fix the bridge, and also the people who are in traffic jams because of this bridge is closed.

Why & How? This event happened because the bridge was damaged by a fire so they had to shut down the bridge.

Why I chose this article? I chose this article because I have been on this bridge before and also I think it would be very dangerous to be on the bridge while a fire is starting on it.