CTV National News for Wednesday, March 18, 2026: Two teens arrested in separate provinces for allegedly plotting school attacks

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RCMP say a 14-year-old in Rivers, Manitoba, and a 15-year-old in Nova Scotia were arrested after online talks.

The broadcast opens on a disturbing allegation involving two teenagers in different provinces. Police say the pair were discussing online attacks on their schools. A tip from Interpol and the FBI helped set the investigation in motion. One of the teens faces a charge of conspiracy to commit murder. The alleged targets were Rivers Collegiate in Manitoba and Parkview Education Centre in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. The report stresses that the plan was described as specific to killing and murdering other students. From there, the program turns to international conflict. It covers Israel's expanded military operations targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. The reporting captures the fear in Beirut as strikes spread into areas that had once felt safer. A Canadian man helping with humanitarian work in Lebanon says the attacks changed his mind about staying. He decides he may need to pack up and return home. The broadcast then shifts to Washington. U.S. intelligence leaders are questioned on Capitol Hill about the threat posed by Iran and whether it was truly imminent. The segment includes military action, the use of bunker-buster bombs on Iranian ammunition storage sites, and the surge in global oil prices. Lawmakers press officials on the justification for the strikes, and the answers deepen the political tension rather than ease it. Another report follows on a Canadian mother and her young child in a notorious ICE detention setting. The story centers on how they ended up there and why the case has drawn attention. The hour then cuts to Alberta for a dramatic collision, with the newsroom teasing what happened next before moving on. Near the end, the program lands on a small sports feature about players taking part in their first LNHL. It shows a community scene with a coach who once played there as a kid and now coaches her own kids along with her father and sister. The tone softens briefly before the broadcast wraps. The hour ends with the anchor's sign-off and a final station promo.

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Fast national coverage anchored by a grave school-plot investigation and a wide sweep of breaking stories.

This national news hour moves with real urgency, centered on an alleged plot involving two teens in separate provinces and the reporting from the Interpol and FBI tip through to the charges and what police say they found.

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