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& NOW."
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>> WE HAVE ALREADY FILED A
GRIEVANCE AGAINST THE EMPLOYER
ON THE RETURN-TO-SCHOOL PLAN.
WILL.
>> Carolyn: TEACHERS ARE
PREPARING FOR THE BIG REOPENING
NEXT WEEK, BUT THE UNION SAYS
THAT THOSE TEACHERS DON'T FEEL
SAFE.
>> YOU DEPRIVE SOMEONE OF HUMAN
INTERACTION FOR EXTENDED PERIODS
OF TIME, THEN YOU DO THEM
PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM.
>> Carolyn: TWO FORMER INMATES
AND THEIR LAWYERS ARE HAVING A
CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OVER THE
USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
>> Ashley: RAIN ON THE WAY FOR
THE NEXT FEW DAYS, BUT WILL IT
LAST INTO THE LONG WEEKEND?
>> Carolyn: WELCOME TO "HERE &
NOW", I'M CAROLYN STOKES.
>> Anthony: AND I'M ANTHONY
GERMAIN.
TEACHERS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL
TODAY, BUT GOING BACK WITH DEEP
RESERVATION.
>> Carolyn: NOW THE UNION NLTA
HAS A GRIEVANCE ON THE
BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN.
"HERE & NOW'S" HEATHER GILLIS
REPORTS.
>> Reporter: IT'S DAY ONE FOR
TEACHERS AND THEY'RE BACK IN
CLASSROOMS LIKE THIS ONE IN
CORNER BROOK, PREPARING FOR
STUDENTS TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK.
A TEACHER THERE POSTED THIS
PHOTO INSIDE OF THE SCHOOL
TODAY.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE NLTA IS
CHALLENGING THE SAFETY OF THE
BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN WHICH ALLOWS
FOR ONE-METRE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING AND MASKS IN CLASS
FOR GRADES SEVEN AND UP, WHERE
THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
>> WE HAVE ALREADY FILED A
GRIEVANCE AGAINST THE EMPLOYER
ON THE RETURN-TO-SCHOOL PLAN AND
HOW IT MEETS OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
AND SAFETY COMPLIANCE WITH
LEGISLATION AM.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS IF
TEACHERS FEEL UNSAFE AT SCHOOL
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO FILE A
COMPLAINT.
>> SHOULD THEY FEEL THAT THEIR
WORKPLACE VIOLATES REGULATIONS,
THEY SHOULD EXERCISE THEIR
RIGHTS TO FILE A COMPLAINT AND
OUR STAFF IS THERE AND AVAILABLE
TO ASSIST WITH EXACTLY THAT.
>> Reporter: INGRAM SAYS THAT
TEACHERS WANT ENHANCED MASK
WEARING, PROPER P.P.E. AND
ASSURANCES THAT COVID-19
OUTBREAKS WILL BE DEALT WITH.
HE SAYS THAT THEY'RE WORKING
THROUGH THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS ON
SICK LEAVE SHOULD THE TEACHER
COMES IN CONTACT WITH COVID.
>> WE ALSO UPHOLD THAT THERE
NEEDS TO BE ENHANCED TESTING SO
THAT FOR STUDENTS THAT EXHIBIT
SOME SYMPTOMS THAT MAY NOT HAVE
COVID, THAT CAN BE CLEARED UP
MUCH QUICKER.
>> Reporter: AT TUESDAY'S SAFE
SEPTEMBER RALLY, TEACHERS AND
PARENTS CALLED FOR SMALLER CLASS
SIZES, SOMETHING THAT EDUCATION
MINISTER TOM OSBORNE SAYS THAT
REQUIRES A LOT OF ANALYSIS.
>> SOMETHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE
A LOT OF TIME AND FOCUS.
>> Reporter: BUT OSBORNE SAYS
THAT PREMIER JASON KENNEY HAS
CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS FOR THAT
PROVINCE AND KENNEY SAYS THAT
SMALLER CLASS SIZES ARE
UNREALIST AND WOULD COST $4
WILLION.
>> YOU'D HAVE TO BUILD 800 NEW
SCHOOLS AND CERTIFY 13,000 NEW
TEACHERS AND IT'S FICTITIOUS AND
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
REALITY.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE SIMILAR
CONCERNS IN TEACHERS' UNIONS.
ONTARIO HAS FILED COMPLAINTS
WITH THE LABOUR BOARD AND HERE
AT HOME OSBORNE SAYS THAT
THERE'S AN UPDATE TOMORROW.
>> Anthony: TEACHERS ARE BACK
IN SCHOOL TODAY GETTING READY
FOR THE STUDENTS, BUT SOME WON'T
GO BACK NEXT WEEK.
ONE FAMILY IN CLARENVILLE ARE
KEEPING ALL OF THEIR KIDS AT
HOME BECAUSE ONE HAS A
COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM.
CANDICE LAWLER IN PORTLAND HAS
THREE CHILDREN AND HER MIDDLE
SON HAS SEVERE ASTHMA BUT SHE
SAYS THAT THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL
PLAN DOESN'T HAVE ACCOMMODATIONS
FOR STUDENTS WITH HEALTH
PROBLEMS LIKE HIM TO ENSURE
SAFETY, SO SHE'S KEEPING ALL OF
HER CHILDREN AT HOME TO PREVENT
HER ASTHMATIC SON FROM GETTING
SICK.
SHE WONDERS WHY THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN TO
PROVIDE ONLINE LEARNING.
>> SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT BOTH
OF OUR SCHOOLS, BOTH OF THE
ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN
WONDERFUL.
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY THEY HAVE
ASSURED ME THEY'LL SUPPORT OUR
FAMILY IN ANY WAY THAT WE NEED.
HOWEVER, IT SHOULDN'T BE ON
THEM.
WE SHOULDN'T BE IN THIS
POSITION.
THEY HAD SINCE MARCH, THE SCHOOL
BOARD, THE GOVERNMENT, HAS HAD
SINCE MARCH TO COME UP WITH A
CONTINGENCY PLAN THAT WOULD
ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION
FOR ALL STUDENTS.
THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT MY
10-YEAR-OLD WOULD KNOW THAT HIS
EDUCATION AND HIS HEALTH MATTER
AND THEY DIDN'T DO THAT.
SOMEBODY DROPPED THE BALL.
>> Anthony: STAY WITH US AND
I'LL HAVE OUR FULL INTERVIEW
WITH CANDACE LAWLOR IN ABOUT
HALF AN HOUR.
>> Carolyn: THE OFFICIALS USED
TODAY'S WEEKLY COVID-19 BRIEFING
TO TRY TO EASE TENSIONS AS
STUDENTS HAD BACK TO CLASS.
"HERE & NOW'S" PETER COWAN WAS
DIALED IN AT TODAY'S BRIEFING,
SO, PETER, WHAT DID WE HEAR FROM
THE PREMIER AND OTHER OFFICIALS?
>> Reporter: THE MESSAGE TODAY
WAS ADDRESSED AT A LOT OF THOSE
ANXIETIES THAT YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT THERE.
THE ANXIETIES FROM TEACHERS
HEADING BACK TO CLASS AND
PARENTS WERE CONCERNED WHETHER A
SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT WOULD BE
SAFE.
AND WHAT WE MURDER TODAY FROM HE
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS AND
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SAFE
TO DO.
>> WE ARE TAKING EVERY MEASURE
POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
ARE SAFE IN SCHOOL.
I KNOW THAT IT'S SCARY.
I KNOW THAT IT'S STRANGE.
AND I KNOW THAT IT'S WEIRD.
YOU'VE BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL FOR A
LONG TIME.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
MY WIFE ALISON AND I UNDERSTAND,
OUR THREE CHILDREN ARE IN THE
SAME BOAT.
LIKE YOU, THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT
GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, BUT ARE
ALSO A LITTLE NERVOUS.
>> Reporter: THE FEDERATION OF
SCHOOL COUNCILS IS HEARING
REGULARLY FROM PARENTS ABOUT
THIS.
AND THEY ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT THE
UNCERTAINTY WITH THE PANDEMIC,
BUT THEY WANT THEIR CHILDREN
BACK IN SCHOOL.
THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE
AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME
THAT WAS MISSED LAST YEAR WHEN
SCHOOL WAS CLOSED.
STUDENTS ARE SAYING THAT THEY
NEED TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL.
>> OUR LEARNING FROM THIS
PANDEMIC AND OUR LOW PREVALENCE
OF CASES HAVE POSITIONED US WELL
TO REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS.
THE SCHOOL YEAR BRINGS WITH IT
NEW CHALLENGES AS WE LEARN TO
LIVE WITH COVID-19, BUT IT ALSO
BRINGS WITH IT FAMILIARITIES
THAT WILL HELP TO SUPPORT OUR
CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
RUSHING TO SCHOOL IS A BALANCE
OF THE HARMS OF THE VIRUS AND
THE BENEFITS OF OUR KIDS TO
LEARN WITH THEIR PEERS AND TO
HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE WHOLE
SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
WE KNOW THAT WE MAY HAVE CASES
AND PROTOCOLS ARE IN PLACE TO
SWIFTLY RESPOND.
>> Reporter: INTERESTINGLY WE
HEARD THERE THE MENTION OF THE
ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT IS COMING AND
EVEN THAT IS CHANGING AND WE
JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE
EDUCATION MINISTER IS GOING TO
HAVE ANOTHER NEWS CONFERENCE AT
1:00 TOMORROW WHERE THINGS WILL
CHANGE ONCE AGAIN AND WE'LL HAVE
TO WAIT AND FIND OUT WHAT.
CAROLYN?
>> Carolyn: THANK YOU SO MUCH,
PETER.
THAT'S "HERE & NOW'S" PETER
COWAN REPORTING LIVE.
>>> THE PROVINCE'S PRIVACY
COMMISSIONER SAYS THAT THE TOWN
OF HOWLY IN WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
WENT A STEP TOO FAR WHEN IT
NAMED PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHO
TRAVELLED OUTSIDE THE PROVINCE
AND WERE REQUIRED TO
SELF-ISOLATE.
HIS REPORT RELEASED TODAY SAYS
THAT COUNCILLORS AND TOWN STAFF
NAMED TRAVELLERS IN EMAILS AND
THE MAYOR MADE A SERIES OF POSTS
ABOUT THEM ON A FACEBOOK GROUP.
NOW THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER
SAYS THAT THOSE POSTS WERE
LIKELY MEANT TO PROTECT THE
PUBLIC, BUT THE TOWN ISN'T
RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING OR
ENFORCING COVID-19 HEALTH
ORDERS.
THAT MEANS THAT THERE WAS NO
VALID REASON TO DISCLOSE ANY
PERSONAL INFORMATION.
THE COMMISSIONER IS ADVISING THE
TOWN TO REVIEW ITS SOCIAL MEDIA
POLICIES.
>>> WELL, TWO FORMER INMATES AND
THEIR LAWYERS ARE BEGINNING A
CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY'RE SEEKING COMPENSATION FOR
ANYONE WHO WAS KEPT IN SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT FOR 15 DAYS OR MORE.
"HERE & NOW'S" MARK QUINN
REPORTS.
REPORTS.
>> IT'S JUST COUNTER PRODUCT AND
IT'S WRONG.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT
PUTTING PEOPLE IN SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT IS A BRUTAL PRACTICE
THAT SIMPLY SHOULDN'T BE USED.
SHE SAYS THAT IT HARMS PEOPLE IN
FACILITIES LIKE THIS AND IT
DEFINITELY DOESN'T REHABILITATE
THEM.
>> WHEN YOU DEPRIVE SOMEONE OF
HUMAN INTERACTION FOR EXTENDED
PERIODS OF TIME, THEN YOU DO
THEM PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM.
WE DON'T MAKE SOCIETY SAFER IF
WE PUT PEOPLE IN PRISON AND THEY
COME OUT WORSE THAN WHEN THEY
WENT IN, AND THEY COME OUT
DAMAGED AND THEY COME OUT WITH
EXACERBATED MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
>> Reporter: THE LAWSUIT WAS
STARTED BY NIKITA PIERCE WHO WAS
PUT IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR
PROLONGED PERIODS IN THE WOMEN'S
PRISON.
>> SHE RECOLLECTS THAT SHE WAS
IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR 24
DAYS.
SHE WENT IN THERE AND SHE FOUND
IT TO BE STRESSFUL, IT INDUCED
ANXIETY AND IT EVENTUALLY LED TO
DEPRESSION WHERE SHE WAS
PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS.
>> Reporter: THEY CHOSE TO GO
WITH A CLASS-ACTION FOR A NUMBER
OF REASONS.
>> SOMETIMES IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL
ACTION, THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES
NECESSARY SIMPLY OUTWEIGH WHAT
COULD BE REALISED AT THE END OF
THE ACTION.
THERE'S ALSO THE BENEFIT OF
ATTRACTING, YOU KNOW, MEDIA
ATTENTION AND DRAWING THE
GOVERNMENT'S ATTENTION TO THIS
ISSUE.
AND WE HOPE IT IS A CHANGE
AGENT.
>> Reporter: MOORE SAYS THAT
THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO MAKE A
COURT APPLICATION FOR THAT TO
HAPPEN.
SHE EXPECTS THE PROVINCE WON'T
FILE A STATEMENT OF DEFENSE
BEFORE THEN.
MARK QUINN, CBC NEWS ST. JOHN'S.
>> Carolyn: WELL, THERE'S WORD
AT THIS HOUR OF AN OIL SPILL AT
THE HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE COMPANY ORDERED A CONTRACTOR
TO TEMPORARILY TO SHUT DOWN
AFTER A QUANTITY OF TURBINE OIL
WAS RELEASED FROM THE POWERHOUSE
AND INTO THE WATER.
THERE'S A SHEEN VISIBLE BUT
NALCOR SAYS THAT THE SPILL IS
CONTAINED TO A SMALL AREA AND
NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE
RIVER OR DOWNSTREAM.
CREWS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW MUCH SPILLED, BUT THE
COMPANY SUSPECTS THAT IT ISN'T A
LOT.
THE CONTRACTOR ISN'T ALLOWED TO
RESUME WORKING UNTIL THE
CLEAN-UP HAPPENS AND THE
INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED.
>>> WELL, THE ROOMS IS
COLLECTING AND ARCHIVING THE
EXPERIENCES OF RESIDENTIAL
SCHOOL SURVIVORS FROM THIS
PROVINCE.
>> WE'RE ALWAYS SAYING THAT IT
IS THE BIGGEST THING THAT I
FOUND.
>> Carolyn: THE COLLECTION IS
AVAILABLE ONLINE.
ACCORDING TO THE ROOMS, THE
COLLECTION IS A LAUNCHING POINT
FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED AT RESIDENTIAL
SCHOOLS IN THIS PROVINCE, FROM
THE SURVIVORS THEMSELVES IN
THEIR OWN WORDS.
>> THE COLLECTION ITSELF IS
VIDEO, AUDIO AND TRANSCRIPT
FILES OF THE TESTIMONIES AND
STORIES.
>> Carolyn: WE'LL HAVE MORE
FROM ARCHIVIST KAYLA BURY LATER
IN THE SHOW.
>> Anthony: WHAT A STRIKE SHUT
DOWN THE DOMINION STORES THERE
WERE LOADS OF PERISHABLE FOODS
ON THE SHELVES AND NOW SOME OF
THAT IS DONATED TO NON-PROFIT
GROUPS.
HERE'S HOW THE JIMMY PRATT
FOUNDATION IS USING A
TRACTOR-TRAILER LOAD OF FOOD.
>> HERE WE HAVE A
TRACTOR-TRAILER LOAD FULL OF
FOOD THAT CAME FROM DOMINION IN
LONG POND.
DIRECTLY OUT OF A TRANSPORT
TRUCK.
SO IT WASN'T EVEN UNLOADED FROM
THEIR TRUCK.
SO WE MANAGED TO SECURE THIS
FOOD ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND GET
IT INTO A TRUCK.
WE OPERATE AN ORGANIZATION THAT
FOCUSES RESEARCH AND PUBLIC
DISCOURSE AROUND WAYS THAT WE
CAN IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR
VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
SO WHEN COVID STRUCK, WE
REALISED THAT WE HAD TO TAKE OUR
FOCUS AWAY FROM POLICY AND START
LOOKING AT THE THINGS THAT TRULY
MATTERED IN FRONT OF US AND FOOD
WAS ONE OF THOSE IMPORTANT
THINGS.
SO WE STARTED A COMMUNITY FOOD
HELP LINE.
SO IT CONNECTS THE RESIDENTS OF
ST. JOHN'S WITH FOOD PROGRAMMES
IN THEIR AREA AND DOES DELIVERY
AS WELL.
AND IF SOMEONE CANNOT AVAIL OF A
FOOD BANK OR A FOOD PROGRAMME,
WE CAN HELP THEM.
AND THEY GAVE US WAREHOUSE SPACE
THAT IS ALREADY CURRENTLY USED
BY HOME AGAIN FURNITURE TO PUT
SOME OF THEIR FURNITURE
TOGETHER.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE GOOD
COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WE SENT TRUCKS OUT YESTERDAY TO
COMMUNITY CENTRES, SOME FOOD
BANKS, WE HAD VARIOUS FOOD
PROGRAMMES AND FOOD BANKS SHOW
UP TO TAKE SOME OF THEIR
PROGRAMMES.
WE NORMALLY DEAL WITH CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES.
THE FOLKS THAT ARE MORE OF A
SENIOR AGE.
AND I WAS TOLD YESTERDAY THEY
COULDN'T GO BUY MILK AT ST.
CATHARINES YESTERDAY, THERE WAS
NONE IN THE AREA.
WE SENT HALF A PALETTE LOAD OF
MILK.
SO I'M SURE THAT THERE WERE
PEOPLE HAVING A MEAL WITH
CAULIFLOWER AND BROCCOLI AND
FRESH PRODUCE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
NORMALLY HAVE ACCESS TO.
ON FRIDAY WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO
SOURCE A PLACE, IT BECAME VERY
CLEAR TO ME THAT NONE OF THE
FOOD BANKS HAVE THE CAPABILITY
OF BEING ABLE TO TAKE THIS KIND
OF FRESH PRODUCE.
AND IT'S A CONCERN TO ME THAT IF
WE DO FIND OURSELVES IN ANOTHER
SNOWMAGEDDON POSITION, THAT WE
DON'T REALLY HAVE THE PROPER
STORAGE, REFRIGERATION, STORAGE,
AND EVEN DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
TO GET GOOD QUALITY NUTRITIONAL
FOOD OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED
IT.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M
CERTAINLY GOING TO BE TAKING
FORWARD AS A LESSON LEARNED FROM
THIS AND HOPEFULLY WORK ON
IMPROVING.
>> Anthony: WELL, THE PROVINCE
IS GOING AHEAD WITH A PLASTIC
BAG BAN.
THE WORK ON THAT BAN BEGAN
MONTHS AHEAD OF COVID.
THE START DATE, HOWEVER, THAT
REMAINS ON TRACK.
THE BAN COMES INTO EFFECT ON
OCTOBER 1st.
GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT THE COST OF
ALTERNATIVE BAGS, LIKE REUSABLE
PAPER BAGS, THAT'S AT THE
DISCRETION OF BUSINESSES.
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>> Ashley: WE'RE UNDER A RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT IS
DOMINATING THE WEATHER TODAY.
AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT
COUPLE DAYS, THE AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IS GOING TO MOVE IN AND
THAT IS GOING TO MEAN THAT WE
ARE GOING TO SEE SHOWERS, BUT
THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING UP.
SO I'LL HAVE ALL OF THOSE
DETAILS AND A LOOK AT THE
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>> Carolyn: ASHLEY IS JOINING
US WITH A LOOK AT THE WEATHER
FORECAST.
ASHLEY, IT WAS A BIT OF A CHILLY
START TO THE DAY BUT IT TURNED
INTO A GORGEOUS DAY IN
ST. JOHN'S.
>> Ashley: IT CERTAINLY DID.
A BIG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS
IN PLACE TODAY.
YES, GORGEOUS EVENING TONIGHT AS
WELL.
A LITTLE CHILLY IN THE WIND, BUT
EVEN GOT A COUPLE PEOPLE
KAYAKING BEHIND ME TONIGHT IN
THE GUT.
AND SO LET'S LOOK AT THE SET-UP
RIGHT NOW.
I MENTIONED THAT RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE IN PLACE AND THEN WE'VE
GOT AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE JUST
SKIRTING WEST OF LABRADOR AND
THAT'S BRINGING SHOWERS IN FOR
YOU.
AND IF WE ZOOM IN, YOU CAN SEE
NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CLOUD COVER
ACROSS THE ISLAND, HOWEVER, ON
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
ISLAND IN THAT ONSHORE FLOW WE
ARE SEEING SHOWERS.
THAT DID KEEP THE TEMPERATURES
CHILLY FOR YOU ON THE SOUTH
COAST, 14º IN BURGEO.
OTHERWISE, ALL OF THAT SUNSHINE
AND 19º IN ST. JOHN'S AND 23º IN
CORNER BROOK.
AND THEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR
COASTAL LABRADOR AS WELL, 22º
FOR CARTWRIGHT AND 19º WAS THE
AFTERNOON HIGH FOR NAIN.
SO AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NIGHT
TONIGHT, THAT LOW THAT IS
SKIRTING WEST OF LABRADOR WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING SOME SHOWERS
FOR LAB WEST AND SOME PERIODS OF
RAIN AS WELL THROUGH THE
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LABRADOR.
HEAD TOWARDS CENTRAL LABRADOR,
AND EVENTUALLY FOR SOUTHEASTERN
PORTIONS AS WE HEAD INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.
BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT IS HAPPENING
FOR NEWFOUNDLAND, JUST ALONG THE
SOUTHERN PORTIONS WE'LL SEE THE
CLOUD COVER AND THE POTENTIAL
FOR DRIZZLE AND FOG THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT.
IT WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS COLD AS
LAST NIGHT.
10º WILL BE THE LOW IN GRAND
FALLS-WINDSOR.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THAT RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH
AND THAT LOW TO THE NORTH, IT'S
CREATING A GRADIENT.
THAT MEANS THAT THE WINDS ARE
PICKING UP.
SO IT WILL BE A WINDY EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT FOR LABRADOR AND
THEN EVENTUALLY FOR THE WEST
COAST AS WELL.
ABOUT 40-70 km/h WINDS IS WHAT
WE'RE EXPECTING INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.
SO THAT RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY
MAKE ITS WAY TOWARDS
SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF
LABRADOR, ALONG THE WEST COAST
AS WELL.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A
MIX OF SUN/CLOUD THROUGH THE DAY
AND SOME SHOWERS, SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL MAKE THEIR WAY
TOWARDS CENTRAL INTO THE
AFTERNOON.
AND IT SHOULD STAY DRY FOR THE
AVALON THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.
HOWEVER, WE WILL SEE THAT RISK
OF SHOWERS MOVE IN IN THE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
AND THEN CLEARING SKIES UP
THROUGH LABRADOR AND YOU WILL
SEE PERIODS OF RAIN DEVELOPING
TOWARDS THE EARLY MORNING FOR
THE NORTHERN PENINSULA.
YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE WINDS
WILL BE STRONG AGAIN TOMORROW.
SO 50-60 km/h GUSTS AND A
LITTLE BIT MORE HUMID AS WELL.
SO 21º DAY EXPECTED FOR
ST. JOHN'S.
WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.
AND THEN THE TEMPERATURES VERY
SIMILAR IN LABRADOR WITH TEENS
IN THOSE COASTAL AREAS,
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH COAST
AS WE GET INTO THAT ONSHORE
FLOW.
PORT AUX BASQUE IS LOOKING AT
16º TOMORROW.
BY FRIDAY, THERE'S THOSE PERIODS
OF RAIN MAKING ITS WAY IN FOR
THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF
LABRADOR.
IT WILL STAY GENERALLY GREY,
MORE CLOUD COVER IN PLAY FOR
FRIDAY FOR SURE WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR SOME SHOWERS.
THAT'S GOING TO STICK AROUND
PRETTY MUCH THROUGH THE FIRST
HALF OF SATURDAY AND THEN THE
SKIES CLEAR AS A BIG RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE STARTING TO EDGE
ITS WAY IN.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS TOWARDS THE
WEEKEND FOR SURE.
HERE'S OUR TEMPERATURES ON
FRIDAY, IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT
MORE HUMID AGAIN.
21º TO 23º ACROSS THE BOARD AND
COOLER IN THE COASTAL AREAS INTO
THE HIGH TEENS.
18º FOR CARTWRIGHT AND 21º WITH
SUNSHINE FOR HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE
BAY, AND THEN GETTING INTO THE
COOLER AIR, AT LEAST IN THE
TEENS, FOR NAIN AND LAB CITY,
AROUND 14º, 15º.
THAT'S THE STORY FOR SATURDAY AS
WELL.
AGAIN, THOSE SHOWERS WILL BE IN
THE MORNING FOR ALONG THE WEST
COAST.
GOING TO STAY GREY IN THE EAST
FOR MOST OF SATURDAY.
BUT IT IS LOOKING LIKE THOSE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE BEAUTIFUL
AGAIN.
20º TO 24º.
AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF HUMIDITY
IN PLAY.
AND ONCE WE GET THOSE SHOWERS
OUT OF THE WAY FOR ST. JOHN'S
AND EASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND ON
SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY ARE
LOOKING BEAUTIFUL AT THIS POINT.
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE FOR THAT LAST
LONG WEEKEND.
19º WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS, PRETTY
BEAUTIFUL AS WELL, INTO THOSE
DOUBLE DIGITS.
PRETTY MUCH THE EXACT SAME STORY
THROUGH CENTRAL AND WESTERN
NEWFOUNDLAND, THE TEMPERATURES
FLIRTING WITH THE 20º, 21º MARK.
AND SUNSHINE THROUGH SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.
AND THEN UP THROUGH LABRADOR,
EASTERN LABRADOR, THINGS WILL BE
A BIT MORE UNSETTLED ON SUNDAY
WITH GREY SKIES AND A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS ON MONDAY.
AND THEN THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE
FOR WESTERN LABRADOR.
I WANTED TO SHARE THIS BEAUTIFUL
SHOT.
IF YOU GOT OUT LAST NIGHT AND
YOU LOOKED AT THE FULL MOON --
OR WHEN THE FULL MOON WAS
RISING, ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR.
THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN IN PORT AUX
BASQUE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH,
KATHY ANN, FOR SENDING THAT
PHOTO IN.
IF YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOS TO SHARE
WITH US SEND THEM TO
NLPHOTOS@CBC.CA.
>> Carolyn: BEAUTIFUL.
THANK YOU, ASHLEY.
>>> IT'S A BUSY TIME IN THIS
PROVINCE, SINCE MASKS WERE MADE
MANDATORY IN INDOOR SPACES THEY
HAVE HUNCHED OVER THEIR SEWING
MACHINES AND TRYING TO KEEP UP
WITH THE DEMAND.
THAT INCLUDES ERIN COLE IN
BOTWOOD.
WHEN SHE'S NOT WEARING A MASK AT
WORK, SHE'S MAKING THEM AT HOME.
AND AS "HERE & NOW'S" GARRETT
BARRY SHOWS US, HER DESIGN DRAWS
ON SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
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>> I PICKED UP SOME MATERIALS
FROM WALMART BECAUSE I WAS GOING
TO TRY TO SEW SOMETHING, I
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT.
AND SOMETIMES I GO ON BOUTS
BEING REALLY CRAFTY.
I THINK THAT BY THE END OF THAT
WEEK I HAD UPWARDS OF 85 SOLD.
WHEN THEY BECAME MANDATORY, FROM
ABOUT 1:30 THAT AFTERNOON -- I
WENT TO BED AT 11:00 THAT NIGHT,
I HAD TAKEN ABOUT 85 ORDERS THAT
ONE DAY.
I GET UP IN THE MORNING AT LIKE
8:30, 9:30 AND I GO OUT AND I
SIT DOWN IN MY CHAIR AND I DON'T
MOVE UNLESS I GO TO EAT OR I
HAVE A CALL OR WHATEVER ELSE.
I GO TO BED AROUND 10:30.
SO I SPEND MOST OF MY DAY
SEWING.
MY FAMILY HAS BEEN REALLY BEEN
SUPPORTIVE.
MY MOM, SHE IS CALLING, DO YOU
NEED ANY MATERIAL, DO YOU NEED
ANY ELASTIC?
DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH MATERIAL, IF
I BUY THIS, WOULD YOU MAKE THIS
MASK FOR ME?
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I FINISHED MY WORK TERM IN JULY
OF LAST YEAR AND I HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH FREAKS AMBULANCE
EVER SINCE.
AND WE HAVE TO WEAR THE PLEATED
MASKS ON EVERY CALL.
AND WHEN YOU BREATHE HEAVY OR
WHATEVER, THEY FOG UP YOUR
GLASSES, BUT WITH THESE, I
ADJUST THEM IN THE PATTERN
ENOUGH SO THEY FIT UNDERNEATH MY
NOSE AND I TUCK MY GLASSES OVER
TOP OF THEM SO THEY DON'T FOG
UP.
AND I ENJOY THEM.
AND I HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE
SAY THE SAME THING, THEY DON'T
FIND THEIR GLASSES FOGGING UP
AND THEY FIND IT A LOT EASIER TO
BREATHE THROUGH.
LIKE I'M GOING TO HOPE THAT THIS
MANDATORY MASKS IS NOT FOR LONG
TERM, BUT IF IT IS, I'M HOPING
TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO
WEAR THEM.
LIKE, THEY ARE COMFORTABLE.
I ENJOY THEM.
LIKE, I DISLIKE WEARING MASKS
EVERYWHERE THAT I GO, BUT I KNOW
THAT I HAVE TO.
SO THEY ARE COMFORTABLE.
>> Carolyn: AND IF YOU'RE IN
CENTRAL NEWFOUNDLAND, HERE'S
SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T SEE
OFTEN, A MOOSE AND HER CALF.
>> Anthony: FROM THE BOARDWALK
IN GANDER.
A NICE CLOSE SHOT.
IT'S NOT REALLY SOCIALLY
DISTANCED BUT THEN AGAIN,
THEY'RE IN A MOOSE BUBBLE, SO
THEY'RE OKAY.
>> Carolyn: RIGHT.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE NEWS
AFTER THE
(♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪)
>> Anthony: WELL, ONE ISSUE
THAT DID NOT COME AT TODAY'S
REMARKABLY BRIEF COVID-19
BRIEFING IS ABOUT STUDENTS WITH
COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS.
NOW A COUPLE DAYS AGO ON "HERE &
NOW" WE REPORTED ON A LETTER
THAT WAS SENT THREE WEEKS AGO.
THE ENGLISH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS
INFORMED THE DEPARTMENT THAT
THERE IS NO CONTINGENCY PLAN TO
PROVIDE LEARNING TO STUDENTS
WITH THOSE FAMILIES.
CANDACE LAWLOR HAS THREE
CHILDREN AND HER MIDDLE SON,
ADAM, IS SOMEONE WITH SEVERE
ASTHMA.
AND CANDACE IS JOINING ME NOW
FROM PORTLAND.
SO, CANDACE, TELL ME ABOUT
ADAM'S SITUATION.
>> WELL, ADAM IS DIAGNOSED WITH
ASTHMA.
HE ALSO HAS A PRETTY WEAK IMMUNE
SYSTEM.
IF IT'S GOING AROUND HE CATCHES
IT AND HE GETS IT REALLY, REALLY
BAD.
HIS AIRWAYS ARE NARROW AND RIDGE
RIGID.
AND HE OVERPRODUCES MUCUS, SO
THERE'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS
GOING THERE.
HE WOULD BE CONSIDERED AT RISK
OR VULNERABLE TO INCREASED
COMPLICATIONS FROM COVID.
>> Anthony: SO YOU'VE GOT TWO
OTHER CHILDREN, AN OLDER SON AND
A YOUNGER DAUGHTER.
WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF GOING BACK
TO SCHOOL ON YOUR FAMILY THIS
YEAR?
>> SO WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS
SINCE SCHOOL SHUT DOWN, WHAT WE
WOULD DO COME SEPTEMBER.
AND WE KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING
THAT ADAM WOULDN'T BE GOING BACK
TO SCHOOL UNLESS THERE WAS A
VIABLE VACCINE THAT WAS
REGULARLY AVAILABLE.
BUT, OF COURSE, YOU DON'T WANT
TO PULL YOUR CHILDREN IF YOU
DON'T HAVE TO.
HOWEVER, IN TALKING TO ALL THREE
OF THEM WE REALISED THAT WE
COULDN'T SAFELY SEND ANY OF THEM
BACK.
I MEAN, I WAS PREPARED TO
HOMESCHOOL THE TWO LITTLE ONES
RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING.
AND WE WERE REALLY HOPING THAT
THERE WOULD BE AN ONLINE OPTION
FOR OUR OLDEST WHO IS GOING TO
GRADE 10 THIS YEAR.
I MEAN, I'M OKAY AT
HOMESCHOOLING HIM BUT I WOULD
FEEL BETTER IF HE COULD FOLLOW
HIS CLASS.
>> Anthony: AS A TEENAGED
BROTHER WHO IS STAYING HOME
BASICALLY FOR THE WELFARE OF HIS
BROTHER, RIGHT?
>> YES.
WE DISCUSSED IT AS A FAMILY AND
REALISTICALLY IT WOULDN'T BE
GOOD FOR HIS MENTAL HEALTH TO BE
BE CONSTANTLY WORRIED WHETHER OR
NOT HE WAS GOING TO BRING
SOMETHING HOME TO HIS BROTHER
THAT COULD HAVE CATASTROPHIC
CONSEQUENCES.
>> Anthony: OKAY, SO YOU'VE
GOT A YOUNGER DAUGHTER.
YOU'VE GOT ADAM.
AND THE OLDER TEENAGER.
HOW DO YOU PLAN TO EDUCATE ALL
THREE SINCE THEY'RE DIFFERENT
LEARNING LEVELS IN YOUR HOME?
>> WELL, I REALLY SHOULD HAVE
SHOWN YOU MY PLANNER.
I FIGURED OUT -- I FIGURED A
PLAN OUT AND I CAN'T GUARANTEE
THAT IT'S GOING TO WORK.
WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THIS YEAR
WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON
PROGRESSION, NOT PERFECTION.
I AM GOING TO KIND OF FLOP BACK
AND FORTH.
I'VE ORGANIZED OUR DAYS INTO
LEARNING BLOCKS AND SO THE TWO
LITTLE ONES WILL WORK
INDEPENDENTLY WHILE I WORK WITH
MY ELDEST.
AND THEN WE'LL SWITCH.
>> Anthony: WHAT KIND OF
SUPPORTS HAVE YOU HAD, OR WHAT
DO YOU MAKE OF THE SUPPORT
AVAILABLE TO YOU?
GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE
DISTRICT, AS WE HAVE POINTED OUT
IN THE INTRODUCTION, SAYS THAT
THERE'S NO CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR
PEOPLE IN YOUR SITUATION.
>> SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT BOTH
OF OUR SCHOOLS, BOTH OF THE
ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN
WONDERFUL.
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY THEY HAVE
ASSURED ME THAT THEY WILL
SUPPORT OUR FAMILY IN ANY WAY
THAT WE NEED.
HOWEVER, IT SHOULDN'T BE ON
THEM.
WE SHOULDN'T BE IN THIS
POSITION.
THEY HAD SINCE MARCH, THE SCHOOL
BOARD, THE GOVERNMENT, HAVE HAD
SINCE MARCH TO COME UP WITH A
CONTINGENCY PLAN THAT WOULD
ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION
FOR ALL STUDENTS.
THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT MY
10-YEAR-OLD KNOWS THAT HIS
EDUCATION AND HIS HEALTH MATTER.
AND THEY DIDN'T DO THAT.
SOMEBODY DROPPED THE BALL.
>> Anthony: WHEN ADAM FOUND
OUT THAT THERE WAS A
BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN THOUGH, HE
SPOKE TO YOU, RIGHT, AND RAISED
AN ISSUE OF CONCERN WITH YOU.
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT?
>> POOR ADAM, IT'S BEEN A
DIFFICULT GO FOR HIM.
WHEN THEY -- WHEN COVID BEGAN
BEING TALKED ABOUT IN SCHOOL,
THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY THE
VULNERABLE WHO ARE AT RISK.
IT'S ONLY ELDERLY PEOPLE AND
PEOPLE WHO HAVE OTHER HEALTH
PROBLEMS THAT ARE AT RISK.
AND SO HE -- FOR HIM, HE CAME
HOME AND HE WAS QUITE UPSET.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS, MOM, DO I NOT
MATTER, AM I NOT IMPORTANT?
SO WHEN HE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE
BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN AND THE FACT
THAT THERE IS NOTHING IN PLACE
FOR FAMILIES LIKE OURS, IT WAS
ANOTHER MESSAGE TO MY CHILD THAT
HE DOESN'T MATTER.
>> Anthony: WELL, CANDACE, FOR
ANY MOMS OR DADS WATCHING THIS
INTERVIEW TONIGHT WHO HAVE
SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THEIR
CHILDREN, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU
HAVE AS WE HEAD INTO WHAT LOOKS
LIKE A FAIRLY TURBULENT SCHOOL
YEAR?
>> I WOULD SAY TRUST YOUR
INSTINCTS.
IF YOU FEEL YOUR CHILD IS
COMPROMISED, IF YOU DON'T FEEL
THAT YOUR CHILD HAVE A SAFE YEAR
AT SCHOOL, THEN TRUST YOUR
INSTINCTS ON THAT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PERFECT
YEAR IN SCHOOL, PROBABLY WON'T
BE A PERFECT YEAR AT HOME
EITHER.
BUT IT'S ONE YEAR.
YOU CAN DO IT.
>> Anthony: ALL RIGHT,
CANDACE, I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND ALL OF
YOUR KIDS.
MAYBE WE'LL CHECK IN WITH YOU AS
WE GET CLOSER TO MID-TERMS, HOW
IS THAT?
>> SURE.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF, YOU KNOW,
IF I'M A PUDDLING MESS ON THE
FLOOR OR ANYTHING.
>> Anthony: I'M SURE THAT
YOU'LL BE FINE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
(♪♪♪)
>> TRYING TO TALK ABOUT TO THE
RESIDENTS, THE SCHOOLS ARE 
TABOO.
>> Carolyn: A COLLECTION OF
POWERFUL STORIES FROM SURVIVORS
OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS IN THIS
PROVINCE.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE HEALING
AND COMMEMORATION PROJECT UP
NEXT.
(♪♪♪)
(♪♪♪)
>> Carolyn: WELCOME BACK.
THE ROOMS HAS LAUNCHED AN ONLINE
EXHIBIT, A COLLECTION OF STORIES
AND MEMORIES FROM RESIDENTIAL
SCHOOL SURVIVORS IN THIS
PROVINCE.
IT'S CALLED "THE HEALING AND
COMMEMORATION PROJECT."
AND THIS AFTERNOON I SPOKE WITH
ARCHIVIST KAYLA BURRY ABOUT WHAT
THIS MEANS FOR THE SURVIVORS.
>> SINCE TIME AND MEMORY,
LABRADOR HAS BEEN HOME TO THE
INNU AND INUIT PEOPLE.
>> WELL, THE COLLECTION IS
LAUNCHED ONLINE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
ROOMS, PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES AND
THE CROWN INDIGENOUS RELATIONS
AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS CANADA.
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP AND THE
GUIDANCE OF THE FORMER STUDENTS,
WE HAVE COLLECTED AND STORED AND
ARCHIVED THE FORMER STUDENTS'
STORIES AND TESTIMONIES FROM
FIVE SCHOOLS IN LABRADOR AND ONE
IN ST. ANTHONY.
THE WHOLE COLLECTION ITSELF WAS
COLLECTED AS PART OF THE HEALING
AND COMMEMORATION PROJECT.
>> ONCE UPON A TIME THE TALK
ABOUT RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS WAS
TABOO.
>> IT'S THE STORIES TOLD BY THE
FORMER STUDENTS AS THEY WERE
TOLD IN THEIR OWN WORDS.
AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE
OFFICIAL APOLOGY.
AND ARTIFACTS.
>> WE'RE ALWAYS PUT DOWN.
THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING THAT
I FOUND.
AND THE HARDEST THING THAT I HAD
TO OVERCOME.
>> Carolyn: DO YOU HAVE A
SENSE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR
THE VICTIMS OF THE RESIDENTIAL
SCHOOLS TO TELL THEIR STORIES
AGAIN?
MANY OF THEM HAVE TOLD THEIR
STORIES MANY TIMES OVER THE
YEARS.
I'M SURE THAT IT'S DIFFICULT
EVERY TIME.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT IT
WAS LIKE FOR THEM BEING ABLE TO
TELL THOSE STORIES AND TO PUT
THEM INTO A PERMANENT RECORD?
>> SOME OF THEM IT WAS VERY
EMOTIONAL.
YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE RECORDINGS
THEMSELVES.
SOME OF THEM HAVE POSITIVE
EXPERIENCES, SOME OF THEM HAD
NEGATIVE.
IT WAS ALL VERY UNIQUE
EXPERIENCES FOR MANY OF THEM BUT
THE RESILIENCE AND BRAVERY
THEY'VE SHOWN IN THE YEARS SINCE
THEY HAVE LEFT THE SCHOOLS HAS
BEEN ABSOLUTELY INSPIRING AND
PHENOMENAL TO SEE.
>> HE SAID, DON'T YOU EVER SPEAK
YOUR LANGUAGE AGAIN IN THIS
SCHOOL WITH AS MUCH VENOM AS HE
COULD MUSTER.
>> A TEAM WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, UNDER THE SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE, THEY TRAVELLED
TO EIGHT COMMUNITIES IN LABRADOR
AS WELL AS ST. JOHN'S AND OTTAWA
AND SAT DOWN IN HEALING CIRCLES
AS WELL WENT TO PEOPLE'S HOMES
AND TOOK INDIVIDUAL STORIES.
AND THOSE STORIES ARE VASTLY
DIFFERENT FROM
INDIVIDUAL-TO-INDIVIDUAL.
>> Carolyn: WHAT DO YOU HOPE
THAT THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT THIS
DIGITAL EXHIBITION -- WHAT DO
YOU HOPE THAT THEY GET OUT OF
THIS?
>> I HOPE THAT IT OPENS THEIR
EYES THAT LABRADOR WAS ALSO PART
OF THE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
NETWORK, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE
NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL
INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
APOLOGY.
I HOPE THAT THE NATIONAL
CONVERSATION IS EXPANDED TO
INCLUDE LABRADOR AND THAT THEY
FEEL THAT THEIR VOICES ARE
HEARD.
(♪♪♪)
LABRADOR WAS ACTUALLY LEFT OUT
OF THE ORIGINAL APOLOGIES
DELIVERED BY PRIME MINISTER
STEPHEN HARPER IN 2008.
THEY LAUNCHED THEIR OWN LAWSUIT
AND RECEIVED AN APOLOGY FROM
PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU IN
NOVEMBER 2017.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY
HAVE EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL
CONVERSATION OF TRUTH AND
RECONCILIATION.
AND WE HOPE THAT THIS IS HELPFUL
IN THEIR HEALING PROCESSES AND
THAT THIS GIVES THEM THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR VOICES
HEARD.
WE ARE DEVELOPING A PHYSICAL
EXHIBITION, SET TO OPEN ON
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020, WHICH IS
ALSO ORANGE SHIRT DAY, THE
COMMEMORATION DAY FOR
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS.
THE EXHIBITION IS FOCUSED ON THE
STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES.
WE HAVE ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS
FROM OUR COLLECTION AND FROM
OTHERS.
WE ARE USING ARTIFACTS AND ART
PIECES AS WELL TO TELL THE STORY
OF THE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE STUDENTS
THEMSELVES AND THE TESTIMONY AND
STORIES THEY HAVE PROVIDED US.
(♪♪♪)
>> Anthony: YOU MIGHT RECALL A
BIG STORY BACK IN MAY WHEN THE
NEW BRUNSWICK GOVERNMENT
ANNOUNCED THAT A COVID-19
OUTBREAK IN CAMPBELLTON WAS
CAUSEDDED BY A DOCTOR WHO DID
NOT SELF-ISOLATE AFTER RETURNING
FROM QUEÉBEC.
THE DOCTOR SAYS THAT HE WAS
UNFAIRLY TARGETED AND HAS
SUFFERED EXTREME HARDSHIP AS A
RESULT OF THAT AND NOW HE'S
FIGHTING BACK.
JUDY TRINH HAS DETAILS.
>> Reporter: IN THIS BORDER
TOWN, THE RIVER SEPARATES IT
FROM QUEÉBEC.
IT'S CAMPBELLTON.
IT EMBRACED THIS DOCTOR FROM THE
INDEPENDENT COUNTRY OF CONGO.
>> I LOVE THIS POPULATION.
BUT STILL ONE DAY EVERYTHING WAS
DESTROYED.
>> THEY PUT THIS PHOTO ALREADY
ON THE INTERNET --
>> Reporter: EVERYTHING
CHANGED ON MAY 27th, THE DAY
THAT HIS COVID TEST CAME BACK
POSITIVE.
WITHIN AN HOUR HIS NAME WAS
LEAKED ONLINE, BLAMED FOR
SPREADING THE VIRUS AND THEN
SUBJECTED TO RACIST ATTACKS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WEEKS.
LIKE THIS ONE CALLING FOR HIS
LYNCHING.
>> THOSE ATTACKS AND YOUR
PICTURE IS EVERYWHERE.
AND PEOPLE BECOME JUST SAY YOU
BRING TO SPREAD THE DISEASE
EVERYWHERE.
>> Reporter: THREE HOURS LATER
THE PREMIER POINTED TO THE
DOCTOR AS A SOURCE OF A NEW
OUTBREAK IN CAMPBELLTON.
>> A PHYSICIAN WHO TRAVELLED WAS
NOT FORTHCOMING ABOUT THE
REASONS FOR TRAVEL UPON
RETURNING TO NEW BRUNSWICK AND
DID NOT SELF-ISOLATE AS A
RESULT.
>> Reporter: THE PREMIER DID
NOT NAME NGOLA DIRECTLY IN HIS
NEWS CONFERENCE BUT TWO HOURS
AFTER HIS REMARKS THE DOCTOR WAS
SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY FROM HIS
JOB AT THE CAMPBELLTON HOSPITAL.
THEN AROUND SUPPERTIME HE WAS
NOTIFIED THAT HIS 4-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER ALSO TESTED POSITIVE
FOR COVID-19.
HIS LIFE WAS IN TATTERS WITHIN
SIX HOURS.
>> THE MAIN THING FOR ME IS MY
WIFE.
I LOVE MEDICINE, I LOVE
MEDICINE, BUT TO BE SEPARATED
WITH MY PATIENTS, IT WAS SUCH A
SHOCK FOR ME.
>> Reporter: SOON NGOLA WAS
UNDER A POLICE INVESTIGATION,
ALL BECAUSE HE TRAVELLED TO
MONTRÉAL TO PICK UP HIS DAUGHTER
AFTER HER MOTHER FLEW TO AFRICA
TO ATTEND A FUNERAL.
BEFORE LEAVING CAMPBELLTON,
NGOLA CALLED THE PROVINCIAL
COVID HOTLINE.
HE SAID THAT HE WAS TOLD THAT HE
DIDN'T HAVE TO SELF-ISOLATE WHEN
HE RETURNED BECAUSE HE WAS AN
ESSENTIAL WORKER.
>> THEY TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE A
PHYSICIAN, AND THERE IS NO
PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: HIS LAWYER SAYS
THAT THE DOCTOR WAS SCAPEGOATED
FOR THE OUTBREAK AND WILL SUE.
>> CALLING ON THE
CRIMINALIZATION OF SOMETHING
THAT IS NOT CRIMINAL, MAKING
ACCUSATIONS AND SINGLING OUT
WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE.
THE PROVINCE DECIDED TO ACT IN A
FASHION THAT WAS COMPLETELY
CONTRARY TO HOW IT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN ACTING WITH RESPECT TO
EVERY OTHER CITIZEN.
>> Reporter: THE CAMPBELLTON
OUTBREAK GREW TO MORE THAN 40
CASES AND SPREAD TO A LONG-TERM
CARE HOME WHERE TWO RESIDENTS
DIED.
NGOLA'S LEGAL TEAM HIRED A
FORMER RCMP OFFICER TO DO THEIR
OWN CONTACT TRACING.
THE PROCESS TOOK 30 DAYS.
>> IT'S VERY, VERY UNLIKELY THAT
HE IS PATIENT ZERO.
THERE'S SO MANY OTHER
POSSIBILITIES FOR THAT AND IT
DOESN'T APPEAR TO ME THAT ANY OF
THESE POSSIBILITIES WERE
EXAMINED UNTIL DR. NGOLA
RETAINED COUNSEL.
>> Reporter: HE SPENT THE
NIGHT AT HIS BROTHER'S HOUSE AND
THEN LEFT THE NEXT MORNING WITH
HIS DAUGHTER.
HIS BROTHER WOULD LATER TEST
NEGATIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
SHORTLY BEFORE NOON, NGOLA
STOPPED IN TROIS-RIVIÉRES AND
MEETS WITH TWO LOCAL DOCTORS TO
TALK ABOUT JOINING THEIR
PRACTICE.
THEY SPEAK FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
>> THE MEETING IN
TROIS-RIVIÉRES, YOU WERE
PHYSICALLY DISTANCED?
>> PHYSICALLY DISTANCED AND
MASKED AND GLOVES.
>> Reporter: AFTER THAT THEY
STOP TO BUY GAS AND FOOD.
BY 6:00 p.m. THEY'RE AT THE
BORDER IN EDMUNDSTON AND HOME AT
9:00.
EPIDEMIOLOGISTS SAY THAT IT WAS
UNLIKELY THAT NGOLA WAS
INFECTED.
>> IT WAS A SHORT TIME AND HE
WASN'T IN CONTACT WITH A LOT OF
PEOPLE AND THE RISK WOULD BE LOW
OF HAVING BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
COVID-19 AND CONTRACTED DURING
THAT TIME.
BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
>> WE DO NOT KNOW IF HE'S
PATIENT, ONE, ZERO, FOUR OR
FIVE.
WE'RE NOT PRIVY TO THAT
INFORMATION.
>> Reporter: AND THE C.E.O. OF
THE HEALTH NETWORK SUSPENDED THE
DOCTOR FROM WORKING IN THE
CAMPBELLTON HOSPITAL.
HE SAYS THAT IT WAS BECAUSE
NGOLA BROKE THE COVID PROTOCOL,
NOT BECAUSE OF POLITICAL
PRESSURE.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT THINGS
HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY AND FROM
OUR ANGLE THE SITUATION WAS THAT
DR. NGOLA WAS TO INFORM US IF HE
WAS LEAVING THE PROVINCE.
>> Reporter: NGOLA BELIEVES
THAT HE GOT THE VIRUS FROM
WORKING IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
90 CAMPBELLTON HOSPITAL WORKERS,
OR 10% OF THE STAFF, LEAVE
QUÉBEC AND CROSS OVER DAILY.
THE HOSPITAL DEPENDS ON THE HELP
OF MORE THAN 20 DOCTORS FROM
OUTSIDE OF THE PROVINCE TO
PROVIDE SERVICES.
THESE DOCTORS DON'T ISOLATE.
AND 20% OF THE HOSPITAL PATIENTS
ARE FROM QUEÉBEC.
>> NOT BASED IN FACT BUT IT'S
ALSO NOT BASED IN FAIRNESS.
THIS IS BEYOND THE CONTROL OF
HUMAN MEASURE.
>> Reporter: THE PREMIER IS
UNAPOLOGETIC.
>> I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE
INDIVIDUAL UNTIL IT APPEARED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO THE CONCERNS THAT I'VE HAD
THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC IS THAT
WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS.
>> Reporter: IN THE MEANTIME,
NGOLA IS FOCUSED ON BUILDING A
PRACTICE IN A DIFFERENT SMALL
TOWN, THIS TIME IN LOUISVILLE,
QUÉBEC, WHERE AS A DOCTOR HE
DOESN'T HAVE TO CROSS BORDERS TO
SEE HIS DAUGHTER.
JUDY TRINH, CBC NEWS, GATINEAU.
(♪♪♪)
>> Carolyn: TESTING HAS
DETERMINED THAT RUSSIAN
OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY
WAS POISONED WITH A NERVE AGENT.
NAVALNY, WHO IS A FIERCE CRITIC
OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR
PUTIN IS BEING TREATED IN 
BERLIN.
>> [Speaking Foreign
LANGUAGE].
>> Carolyn: THE GERMAN
AUTHORITIES SAY THAT TOXOLOGY
TEST RESULTS REVEAL THAT NAVALNY
WAS POISONED WITH NOVOCHUK, IT
WAS ALSO USED TO POISON A
RUSSIAN SPY AND HIS DAUGHTER IN
2018.
THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT HAS
DEMANDED A FULL AND TRANSPARENT
INVESTIGATION.
NAVALNY'S CONDITION IS IMPROVING
BUT LOCAL DOCTORS ARE NOT SURE
IF HE WILL MAKE A COMPLETE
RECOVERY.
>>> WELL, THE TRIAL IS UNDERWAY
IN PARIS FOR PEOPLE CHARGED IN
THE ATTACKS ON A SATIRICAL
MAGAZINE AND A KOSHER
SUPERMARKET.
17 PEOPLE AND ALL THREE GUNMEN
DIED OVER THREE DAYS IN JANUARY
OF 2015.
AS CINDY POM REPORTS, THE MOOD
SURROUNDING THE TRIAL IS TENSE.
>> Reporter: THE WIFE OF A
JOURNALIST KILLED IN THE ATTACK
SAID THAT SHE COULD FEEL THE
TENSION IN THE COURTROOM.
>> [Speaking Foreign
LANGUAGE].
>> Reporter: SHE EXPLAINED
THAT SHE WANTED TO BE THERE IN
PERSON TO SEE WHAT THE
DEFENDANTS LOOKED LIKE.
14 PEOPLE ARE TRIED, CHARGED
WITH SUPPLYING WEAPONS TO THE
GUNMEN, FINANCING TERRORISM, AND
BEING PART OF A TERRORISM
ORGANIZATION.
THREE OUT OF THE 14 ARE BELIEVED
TO HAVE FLED TO SYRIA SO THEY'RE
BEING TRIED IN ABSENTIA.
THE MAGAZINE HAS DECIDED TO
PUBLISH CARICATURES OF THE
PROPHET MOHAMMED THAT PROMPTED
THE ATTACK IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THE "CHARLIE HEBDO" SAYS THAT IT
WAS ESSENTIAL TO PUBLISH THE
CARTOONS AS THE TRIAL BEGINS FOR
THE PUBLIC TO SEE THE EVIDENCE
FOR THEMSELVES.
AND THAT NOT PUBLISHING THEM
WOULD BE COWARDLY.
IN JANUARY 2015, TWO BROTHERS
STORMED THE PARIS OFFICES OF
"CHARLIE HEBDO" AND KILLED 12
PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE BEST KNOWN
CARTOONISTS.
IN THE FOLLOWING DAY ANOTHER
GUNMAN KILLED A POLICE WOMEN AND
FOUR PEOPLE AT A JEWISH
SUPERMARKET.
ALL THREE GUNMEN WERE KILLED BY
POLICE.
AFTER THE ATTACKS, MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE MARCHED IN THE STREETS OF
PARIS UNDER THE SLOGAN
"[Speaking French]
" OR "I AM CHARLIE."
AND THEN THE FRENCH PRESIDENT
AND OTHER WORLD LEADERS SHOWED
SOLIDARITY.
TODAY THEY SAY THAT "CHARLIE
HEBDO" HAD THE RIGHT TO PUBLISH
THE CHARACTERS BECAUSE OF
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, EMMANUEL
MACRON REFUSED TO CONDEMN THE
PUBLICATION.
AND IT'S TO NOT FORGET WHAT
HAPPENED.
CINDY POM, CBC NEWS, LONDON.
(♪♪♪)
>> Anthony: WELL, JUST SIX
MONTHS AFTER LEAVING THE ROLES
AS SENIOR ROYALS, PRINCE HARRY
AND HIS WIFE MEGHAN HAVE NEW
JOBS WITH NETFLIX.
THEY ARE DOING CHILDREN'S
PROGRAMME AS PART OF A
MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH THE
STREAMING SERVICE.
THE COUPLE, WHO RECENTLY BOUGHT
A HOME IN SANTA BARBARA,
CALIFORNIA, SAY THAT THEIR FOCUS
IS ON CREATING CONTENT THAT
INFORMS AND GIVES HOPE.
THEY ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT,
INCLUDING A NATURE SERIES AND
ONE THAT IS FOCUSED ON
INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN.
IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW MUCH THEIR
DEAL WITH NETFLIX IS WORTH.
>> Carolyn: WELL, WHO KNOWS
MAYBE THEIR FIRST DOC WILL BE
ABOUT THESE GUYS.
THEY HAVE FOUR LEGS AND FUR AND
THEY RIDE AROUND ON A BICYCLE
AND THEY HELP WITH THEIR OWNERS'
MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> I HAVE TWO MAGNIFICENT
COMPANIONS.
THIS IS YARA AND HER
HALF-SISTER, RIVER.
AND I BEGAN NOTICING,
PARTICULARLY LAST WINTER, THAT
WHEN RIVER AND I WOULD GO FOR
OUR LONG JAUNTS, OUT FOR A 10K
OR FOR A RUN, YARA HAD
DIFFICULTY KEEPING UP WITH US.
SO I THOUGHT THAT IF I COULD
FIND A WAY TO GET YARA IN A BIKE
SHE COULD STILL BE OUTSIDE WITH
US AND IF SHE GOT TOO TIRED I'D
BE ABLE TO KIND OF KEEP HER
ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
AND REALLY THE BIKE HAS BEEN AN
ABSOLUTE GAME-CHANGER FOR US.
BEING ABLE TO BE OUTDOORS UNDER
BIG SKY ON THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND
ON MY BIKE HAS ABSOLUTELY BEEN
SO ESSENTIAL FOR MY MENTAL
HEALTH, MY MENTAL WELL-BEING.
THIS IS RIVER.
WHAT HAS BEEN REALLY BEEN
BEAUTIFUL FOR ME AS WELL, WHAT I
DIDN'T EXPECT, IS HOW MANY
PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY COME AND
SAY, CAN I MEET YOUR DOGS AND I
THINK THAT PEOPLE TAKE NOTICE
BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVEN'T COME
ACROSS DOGS THIS LARGE IN A 
BIKE.
MY LIFE WOULD BE NOWHERE NEAR AS
FULL NOR AS DEEP OR AS HIGH OR
JOYFUL WITHOUT MY DOGS.
SO FOR ME IT'S SOMETHING THAT
GIVES ME A GREAT DEAL OF WONDER
AND JOY TO REALIZE THAT IN ORDER
TO BE FULLY HUMAN, IN ORDER TO
BE DEEPLY HUMAN, I HAVE REALLY
NEEDED ANIMALS TO HELP ME ON
THAT JOURNEY OF AWAKENING TO
THAT.
AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR MY DOGS.
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>> Carolyn: ASHLEY IS BACK
WITH THE WEATHER RECAP.
SO, ASHLEY, HOW IS THE WEATHER
LOOKING TOMORROW?
>> Ashley: WELL, WE'VE GOT AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT IS
GOING TO MAKE ITS WAY IN AND
THAT MEANS THAT WE'LL SEE SOME
SHOWERS CONTINUING FOR MOST OF
LABRADOR.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE SHOWERS
MAKE THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE WEST
COAST INTO THE MORNING HOURS
WITH SOME PERIODS OF RAIN AS
WELL.
THE WINDS ARE GOING TO RAMP UP.
WE'RE LOOKING AT GUSTS ANYWHERE
FROM 40 TO AS MUCH AS 60 km/h.
THE REST OF THE ISLAND LOOKING
AT A MIX OF SUN/CLOUD TOMORROW.
HOWEVER, SOME SHOWERS WILL MAKE
THEIR WAY TOWARDS CENTRAL AND
INTO THE AFTERNOON.
MOST OF THE DAY SHOULD STAY DRY
FOR THE AVALON WITH SOME SHOWERS
MOVING IN LATE DAY.
BUT TOMORROW WE'LL FEEL A LITTLE
BIT MORE HUMID AND THE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE FAIRLY
SIMILAR TO TODAY.
MAYBE EVEN A DEGREE OR TWO
WARMER.
>> Anthony: THANKS, ASHLEY.
PRETTY SOON, CAROLYN, PEOPLE
WILL LOOK TO ASHLEY FOR THE LONG
WEEKEND FORECAST.
>> Carolyn: IT'S GETTING
CLOSER.
ONLY A COUPLE MORE DAYS.
>> Anthony: THAT'S IT FOR US.
AND TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY AS
PETER COWAN MENTIONED ON "HERE &
NOW," WITH MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS
ABOUT EDUCATION AND
BACK-TO-SCHOOL NEXT WEEK.
>> Carolyn: AND 11:00 TOMORROW
MORNING WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HEAR
MORE ABOUT THE COVID ALERT APP
THAT WILL LAUNCH TOMORROW.
IT'S A NATIONAL APP BUT WE'LL
HEAR HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT US
HERE IN THIS PROVINCE.
SO THAT WILL BE INTERESTING.
>> Anthony: SO ANOTHER BIG
BUSY NEWS DAY IN STORE FOR
TOMORROW AS SURE.
AND OTHER STORIES NO DOUBT.
THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN AND
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW.
>> Carolyn: GOOD NIGHT,
EVERYONE.
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