International Flag of Earth revealed
Thanks to Swedish design student Oskar Pernefeldt, the citizens of planet Earth now have a flag ready for when they take to the stars and conquer the galaxy.
According to the Flag of Planet Earth website – created and maintained by Pernefeldt, who is a graduating student of the Swedish Beckmans College of Design – the purpose of the new flag is twofold. First, the flag is “to be used while representing planet Earth.” Second, the flag is “to remind the people of Earth that we share this planet, no matter of national boundaries. That we should take care of each other and the planet we live on.”
Utilizing vexillology, the scientific study of flags, Pernefeldt designed the flag’s symbol – seven white rings uniting on a blue background to form a flower – to represent a symbol of all life on Earth.
“The rings are linked to each other, which represents how everything our planet, directly or indirectly, are linked,” explained the Flag of Planet Earth website.
Man shot outside Guelph General Hospital
A man was shot outside of Guelph General Hospital on Wednesday, May 20 by two Guelph Police officers.
According to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), which is conducting its own internal investigation into the shooting, two police officers encountered a man at the hospital. Both officers then discharged their guns, leading the man to be pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses on the scene said they saw a woman rush out of the emergency department while screaming and bleeding. Allegedly, the woman – who was in her early 20s – was attacked by her boyfriend inside the hospital. As the woman rushed outside the hospital, witnesses reported that she had been stabbed or shot in the leg.
Other witnesses described an angry man brandishing a pair of scissors.
The SIU has assigned six investigators and four forensic investigators to find out more about the events that occurred on Wednesday afternoon.
-Compiled by Sameer Chhabra