We’re in a lockdown.” And then we ran out and were, like, shaking and stuff.male student #3: Uh, I, we, I don’t know. Thank you.Lui: We’ll be keeping tabs on that situation, bringing you more details on that as they develop.Gailus: We’re going to go back live to Abbotsford after a break where there’s been a stabbing at a high school.blue banner reads “Two Hurt in Stabbing at Abby Senior Secondary”Lui: Returning now to tonight’s top story. Listen in every week for the latest news out of the Silver Valley and the region. They did an incredible job of that. And the procedures, the first aid, staff knew what to do.interview with Grade 9 male student Amsuman Nair: I heard her screaming and suddenly the announcement came on saying it’s a code red lockdown. [male student laying flowers at memorial outside school]Gailus: What we can learn from the Abbotsford school stabbing.banners at bottom of screen read “Abbotsford Stabbing” and “Are Schools Safe Enough?”Gailus: Back to our top story now, the stabbing at Abbotsford Senior Secondary. The video plays a second time.] This station needs to be punished.Global BC responded to all complainants with the same letter dated December 15:The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has shared your concerns regarding our news coverage of the tragedy that took place in Abbotsford Senior Secondary School on November 1, 2016.Global News is dedicated to the reporting of accurate, balanced, timely and comprehensive news and information in the public interest. A stabbing inside Abbotsford Senior Secondary School. Thank you.Daya provided a further update part-way through the newscast, repeating the details of the situation that were known at the time. Rumina, what have you learned about the investigation?Daya: Chris, let’s start with the charges. And then at some point, someone appears to be entering the screen and he backs away. It’s all safe now, they said. That’s kind of really, you know, challenging and unsafe. Furthermore, this incident was within the community of Greater Vancouver (Global BC's audience), where there are hundreds of viewers who have been directly impacted by this incident, which is unlike the Tour de France example.This complainant filed his Ruling Request on December 17 with the following note addressing Global:I would like to firstly thank you for taking the time to respond to my concerns.For what it is worth, I never thought your releasing of this video was a decision that was taken lightly, a message you seemingly wanted to make very clear in your response.With that being said, please do not reference journalistic integrity or insinuate that you had a social obligation to spread the news to your viewers. They just said it was a guy that stabbed two, two girls.Cst. This makes me think that you really are not as serious about responding to my concern as you say. And a warning, some of the images you’re about to see may be disturbing to some viewers. I’m not going to lie.
Thanks for joining us. [paramedics wheeling gurney to ambulance helicopter; helicopter flying away; emergency vehicles] Thirteen-year-old Letisha Reimer would not survive. As you mentioned, only 13 years old. An incredible show of grief in Abbotsford tonight as the community comes to terms with a shocking and random double stabbing inside Abbotsford Senior Secondary.red banner at bottom of screen reads “Breaking Details”blue banner at bottom of screen reads “Charges Laid in Fatal Abbotsford Stabbing”Lui: The tragedy claiming the life of one student, [her photo appears on screen] while another remains in hospital tonight. Um, what do we know about it and can you describe it?Daya: Yeah, police have asked us not to show it, as you mentioned. When respectfully asked to stop harassing students in particular, they responded by essentially saying they have a right to be there, and that staff can try and make them leave (I am paraphrasing, just so you know.
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[footage of students and adults outside a building] One person is in custody.
And, and then the, uh, staff, uh, converged on him.
Chris.Gailus: All right, Rumina. Our Rumina Daya joins us live from Abbotsford right now. He was, uh, remanded in custody. Ted Chernecki has that part of the story. This also includes students who had just found out that someone walked into their school and killed a student, by the way. Our news team feels pain and outrage when horrible events occur, but as journalists we are governed by a code of ethical conduct that guides us to “remain professionally detached and objective when reporting the news so as not to influence the outcome of events.”Your thoughtful criticism serves as an important reminder to Global BC staff to always provide appropriate warnings in advance of disturbing content so that audience members may choose to watch it or not. Now the junior high and the senior high were both locked down. They are exploiting a dead teenager for viewers during primetime hours where children are watching.