The Current for July 24, 2019

Today on The Current: 

• A national manhunt is underway for two lifelong friends who are suspects in the shooting deaths of a young tourist couple in Northern B.C., as well as the suspicious death of man whose body was found near their burnt-out truck. The series of crimes has left residents in the secluded and wild northern region on edge, according to CBC reporter Andrew Kurjata. He discusses the latest developments in the case and how communities are reacting to the revelation that two young men, previously considered missing, are now the main suspects.    
• Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is expected to resign Wednesday, according to media reports, over obscenity-laced online chats that were leaked. We speak to Tayna Fernandez, a community activist in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, about the mass demonstration movement and what tens of thousands of residents want to see happen next.
• In the summer of 2018, a mother killer whale captivated the world as she carried her dead calf for 17 days. Some call it grief; many say it served as a wake-up call for the plight of her endangered pod — dubbed J pod — and the health of the Pacific Ocean. A new CBC original podcast, Killers: J pod on the brink, dives deep into the elements putting B.C.'s orca population at risk and explores climate change, pollution and politics.
• As part of our One Bullet series on gun violence, we look at a story of undiagnosed trauma. In 1989, Clint Malarchuk suffered one of the most horrific accidents in NHL history when another player's skate severed his jugular vein. But decades later, PTSD from the incident would put his life in peril again.

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