Assignment 1 -
Use the following sets of information and facts to write a news story for a daily newspaper. The news story must contain a Headline, Lead Paragraph, and Body (1 Paragraph).
- Earlier this month, a robbery was apparently committed at a TD Bank on the intersection of Bank Street and Hunt Club
- George Clyde was charged last year of possession of illegal drugs
- The suspect is scheduled to appear in court next week between November 1 and November 4
- Ottawa Police have arrested a 17-year-old teen for robbing a good amount of cash ($10,000) from TD bank in the City's South end
- This incident is the city's first robbery this year
- Witnesses confirm that the robber is George Clyde who has connections with local gangs
- The arrest was occurred yesterday evening at around 7:30 p.m. on the 1500 block of Orleans Boulevard in the city's East end
- Surveillance cameras show a teen fleeing the scene in a silver van
- Ottawa Police found a shotgun with the suspect which could be used in the bank robbery
- Witnesses said that a teen , wearing a ski mask, forced TD bank employees and customers to lie on the floor while he took money from cash drawers
Ottawa police arrest suspect in connection of bank Robbery in the city's South End (headline).
Ottawa police has arrested a 17-year-old male yesterday evening on orleans Blvd in connection to a recent bank robbery in the city's south end. (26 words) what who when where (lead paragraph).
The police found a shotgun with the suspect which have been used in id bank robbery earlier this month. According to witness, a teen wearing a ski mask forced back employees and customers to lie on the floor while he took around (about) $1000 from cash drawers. The suspect is scheduled to appear in front next week. This incident city's first robbery this year.
Assignment 2 -
Write a news article using the correct format of the following sets of information, facts, quotations, and figures. The article should consist of an appropriate Headline, Lead Paragraph, and Body (2 Paragraphs). Students are required to use the most important and relevant information.
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with the U.S. President Barack Obama and discussed trade deals between Canada and the U.S. and the future of the Pacific trade pact.
- APEC's 21 member economies account for more than half (59%) of global gross domestic product and they are home to more than 2,000,000 people.
- The Leaders of APEC discussed economic, trade, and social change.
- President Kuczynski said that, "the world today values human and social development. Growth by itself is not enough. We have to do more.". He added, that the APEC meeting emphasized the points we think are important for the inclusive, sustainable growth of the Asia-Pacific.
- Following a meeting with outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama, Trudeau said that the two leaders discussed the softwood lumber trade issue that stems from an expired 2006 export agreement.
- Leaders exchanged views on the state of the regional and global economy and, against this backdrop, how APEC can promote voluntary reforms in support of free trade and capital mobility.
- Canada was a founding member of the APEC forum in 1989 and has been active in helping APEC achieve its current status.
- APEC has twenty-one members and is predominantly concerned with trade and economic issues, with members engaging with one another as economic entities.
- Peru President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski opened the 24th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' meeting.
- Prime Minster Justin Trudeau participated in the APEC Leaders' meeting in Peru.
- Trudeau said that he looks forward to welcoming Trump to Canada, hopefully soon after his inauguration in January.
- In 2015, APEC partners accounted for more than eighty-four % of Canada's total merchandise trade.
- Foreign direct investment from APEC economies in Canada was one and a half million dollar in 2015.
- During the meeting with Trudeau, Obama said that "the relationship between the United States and Canada is one of the most important constants in the world and I have no doubt that that will continue".
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership would open up trade among twelve nations encompassing nearly forty per cent of the world's GDP.
- The final declaration from the 21 leaders of Asian and Pacific countries speaks of keeping borders open to trade and avoiding currency manipulation.
- Trudeau said that "trade deals needed to spread benefits to more Canadians because the beneficiaries of the pacts over the last 30 years have largely been higher-income earners".
- During the meeting with Obama, Trudeau added that "the level of integration and interdependence between the Canadian and American economies on many levels, for me is the strongest proof point that trade has been good for both of our economies and will continue".
- The APEC Leaders' meeting was held on Sunday, 20 November 2016 in Lima, Peru.