Dammit, Thom! Why are you dragging up this nonsense again?!?
I’m the instructor of the course in question. I spent a couple of very stressful weeks getting a crash course in how media distorts stories and takes what they want to tell a tale unconnected to the facts. Feel free to see my comments on the last time this was posted here on BB:
[In my Professor voice] I strongly recommend you read this Canadian Press article that does a decent and non-sensationalist job:
A local Montreal paper also wrote a very good article (in French):
[In a different professor voice] Thank you for taking additional care on this.