 
THIS FRIDAY.
THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS FOR 
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5 AND 
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF OR HAVE 
HEARING LOSS.
PEOPLE DOING RECREATIONAL 
ACTIVITIES ALONE OR WITH 
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS ALSO WON'T 
HAVE TO WEAR MASKS.
VIOLATING THE STATE-WIDE ORDER 
IS A MISDEMEANOUR, PUBLISHABLE 
BUT UP TO -- PUNISHABLE BY UP TO
90 DAYS IN JAIL AND UP TO A 
SPECIFIC FINE AMOUNT. 
>> Mike:  A DISTURBING VIDEO 
SHOWING A KELOWNA RCMP OFFICER 
DRAGGING A UNIVERSITY STUDENT ON
THE FLOOR AND STEPPING ON HER 
HEAD AFTER A WELLNESS CHECK.
>> Lien:  THAT VIDEO IS PART OF 
A CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE 
MOUNTIE.
THE OFFICER CLAIMS SHE USED NO 
MORE FORCE THAN NECESSARY TO 
SUBDUE THE SUICIDAL STUDENT. 
>> THIS IS THE VIDEO THAT HAS 
KELOWNA AND THE REST OF THE 
COUNTRY TALKING TODAY AND 
QUESTIONING POLICE OFFICERS' 
INVOLVEMENT IN WELLNESS CHECKS.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED HERE AT 
THIS APARTMENT BUILDING FOR UBC 
OKANAGAN STUDENTS.
IT INVOLVED CORPORAL LACY 
BROWNING AND A NURSING STUDENT, 
20-YEAR-OLD MOANA WANG.
IT RESULTED IN BROWNING DRAGGING
WANG ACROSS THE BUILDING'S LOBBY
IN FRONT OF OTHER STUDENTS AND 
THEN STEPPING ON HER HEAD, 
ACTIONS ALL CAUGHT ON 
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
IN A CIVIL LAWSUIT.
WANG SAYS SHE WAS IN MENTAL 
DISTRESS AND HER BOYFRIEND 
CALLED THE RCMP TO CHECK IN ON 
HER.
WANG CLAIMS BROWNING FOUND HER 
LYING IN A SEMICONSCIOUS STATE 
IN HER BATHROOM BUT INSTEAD OF 
PROVIDING HELP, SHE SAID THE 
OFFICER YELLED AT HER TO GET UP 
AND KICKED HER IN THE STOMACH 
WHEN SHE DIDN'T.
THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS 
BROWNING PULLING WANG, WHO WAS 
LYING ON HER STOMACH AND NOT 
MOVING, DOWN A CARPETED HALLWAY 
AND LATER INTO THE LOBBY.
WANG IS HANDCUFFED AND ONLY 
WEARING PANTS AND A BRA.
AS OTHER STUDENTS COME AND GO, 
SOME STOPPING TO STARE AT HER 
LYING ON THE GROUND.
WHEN WANG LIFTS HER HEAD 
SLIGHTLY, BROWNING FORCES IT 
BACK DOWN TO THE FLOOR WITH HER 
FOOT.
NONE OF THE CLAIMS IN THE 
LAWSUIT HAVE BEEN PROVEN IN 
COURT.
HOWEVER, THE VIDEO COMES IN THE 
WAKE OF ANOTHER DISTURBING 
ARREST VIDEO FOR THE KELOWNA 
RCMP, WHERE AN OFFICER PUNCHES A
SUSPECT REPEATEDLY IN THE HEAD, 
AND IT'S ALSO ON THE HEELS OF 
OTHER INCIDENTS INVOLVING POLICE
AND WELLNESS CHECKS IN CANADA, 
INCLUDING CASES THAT RESULTED IN
DEATHS IN NEW BRUNSWICK AND 
ONTARIO.
HERE IN KELOWNA, MAYOR COLIN 
BASRAN SAYS WHAT HE SAW WHEN HE 
REACHED THIS RECENT ARREST VIDEO
LAST NIGHT IS DISAPPOINTING. 
>> REALLY DISTURBING, AND I 
THINK IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE 
NEED FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGES.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, DEALING 
WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND -- AND 
ADDICTION ISSUES IS NOT EASY, 
BUT WHAT I SAW IN THAT VIDEO WAS
INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING.
>> Reporter:  IN A LEGAL 
RESPONSE, CORPORAL BROWNING SAYS
WANG WAS COMBATIVE AND SHE ONLY 
USED ENOUGH FORCE TO TAKE HER 
INTO CUSTODY UNDER THE MENTAL 
HEALTH ACT.
AN RCMP SPOKESPERSON SAYS IT'S 
REVIEWING THE VIDEO AND THE 
ALLEGATIONS AND WILL DETERMINE 
THE NEXT STEPS TO TAKE.
BRADY STRACHAN, CBC NEWS, 
KELOWNA. 
>> Mike:  LATE DEVELOPMENTS ON 
THAT STORY TONIGHT.
AN RCMP SPOKESPERSON NOW TELLS 
US CORPORAL BROWNING HAS BEEN 
PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES.
AN INTERNAL CODE OF CONDUCT 
REVIEW AND A CRIMINAL 
INVESTIGATION ARE UNDERWAY.
ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, AN 
OUTSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL 
BE ASKED TO INDEPENDENTLY REVIEW
THE INVESTIGATION'S FINDINGS. 
>> Lien:  TODAY MARKS TWO YEARS 
SINCE 47-YEAR-OLD MINOR HOCKEY 
COACH WAS GUNNED DOWN. 
>> Mike:  PAUL BENNETT WAS SHOT 
DEAD IN A CASE OF MISTAKEN 
IDENTITY ACCORDING TO 
INVESTIGATORS.
AS RAFFERTY BAKER REPORTS, THE 
KILLER REMAINS AT LARGE ZERS IT 
WAS A BAFFLING DAYTIME SHOOTING 
IN JUNE 2018.
A MAN'S LIFE TAKEN IN HIS QUIET 
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
PAUL BENNETT WAS A NURSE, A 
FATHER, A HUSBAND, A MINOR 
HOCKEY VOLUNTEER, AND COACH.
>> HE LOVED OUR BOYS AND 
ENCOURAGED THEM IN SPORTS AND 
SUPPORTED THEIR DREAMS.
HE WAS PAUL.
ONE OF THOSE EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE 
NOT EVERYONE IS LUCKY TO MEET IN
THEIR LIFE.
>> Reporter:  IN THE DAYS 
FOLLOWING THE KILLING, 
INVESTIGATORS ASKED FOR 
INFORMATION ABOUT BENNETT'S LAST
FEW HOURS.
POLICE CALLED IT A TARGETED 
SHOOTING, AND THEY TRIED TO 
PIECE TOGETHER HOW THIS CARING 
MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY COULD BE
TIED TO THE CRIMINAL WORLD.
THOSE WHO KNEW HIM NEVER DOUBTED
HIS INNOCENCE.
>> IT WAS STILL HARD FOR OUR 
MEMBERS TO GO THROUGH THAT AND 
SEE THAT IN THE NEWS AND PEOPLE 
TALKING, WELL, PAUL, MIGHT HAVE 
BEEN INVOLVED AND EVERYBODY KNEW
THERE'S NO CHANCE THAT COULD 
HAVE BEEN THE CASE. 
>> THE VICTIM WASN'T THE 
INTENDED VICTIM.
PAUL BENNETT -- WE SAID MANY 
TIMES -- WAS TRULY AN INNOCENT 
VICTIM, UNINTENDED TARGET OF A 
TARGETED SHOOTING.
>> Reporter:  TODAY BENNETT IS 
REMEMBERED FONDLY BY THE MINOR 
HOCKEY COMMUNITY IN CLOVERDALE. 
>> WAS ALWAYS THE ONE WORKING 
WITH THE KIDS WHO ARE THE MOST 
SCARED TO BE ON THE ICE AND THE 
MOST TIMID AND MAKING SURE THEY 
HAD FUN AND CAME BACK EVERY 
WEEK.
>> Reporter:  TWO YEARS ON, 
BENNETT'S KILLER STILL HASN'T 
BEEN BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
CHANG SAYS INVESTIGATORS HAVE 
SPOKEN TO MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE 
IN THE CASE AND HE SAYS THE CASE
IS A PRIORITY AND STILL ACTIVE.
POLICE RELEASED FOOTAGE OF A 
SILVER HONDA CAR THEY WERE 
LOOKING FOR AFTER THE KILLING.
HE SAYS THEY STILL WANT TO HEAR 
FROM ANYONE WHO COULD HELP MAKE 
A CASE AGAINST BENNETT'S KILLER,
BUT THAT THEY ARE MAKING 
PROGRESS ON THE CASE.
>> I'M HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE
A DAY HOPEFULLY VERY SHORTLY 
WHERE THOSE RESPONSIBLE WILL BE 
IN CUSTODY, WILL BE HELD TO 
ACCOUNT IN A COURT OF LAW AND 
WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE THOSE 
DETAILS.
UNFORTUNATELY TODAY IS NOT THAT 
DAY.
>> Reporter:  BUT FOR THOSE WHO 
KNEW BENNETT, TODAY IS A DAY TO 
REMEMBER THE CARING MEMBER OF 
THE COMMUNITY THAT HE WAS.
RAFFERTY BAKER, CBC NEWS, 
VANCOUVER.
>> Lien:  NEARLY 20 FIREFIGHTERS
WERE SENT RUSHING TO AN 
AGGRESSIVE HOUSE FIRE IN 
SURREY'S GUILDFORD NEIGHBOURHOOD
THIS AFTERNOON. 
>> MY NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR'S 
HOUSE IS ON FIRE.
>> Lien:  CREWS RESPONDED TO THE
FIRE AT 103RD AVENUE AND 143RD 
STREET IN SURREY AROUND 1:30 
THIS AFTERNOON.
A NEIGHBOUR REPORTED HEARING AN 
EXPLOSION BEFORE RUSHING OUT TO 
SEE THE FLAMES.
NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
NO WORD YET ON THE CAUSE.
>> Mike:  WELL, THEIR BAGS WERE 
PACKED, FARES FULLY PAID AND 
SEATS CONFIRMED. 
>> Lien:  BUT NEARLY 150 
CANADIANS STUCK IN INDIA WERE 
DENIED BOARDING AT THE LAST 
MINUTE THIS WEEKEND. 
>> Mike:  MANY FROM BC ARE STILL
STRUGGLING TO GET HOME SINCE 
INDIA SHUT DOWN ITS AIRPORTS 
THREE MONTHS AGO.
>> Lien:  AS BELLE PURI OF CBC'S
IMPACT TEAM REPORTS, THEY SAY 
IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEED TO SEND 
HELP. 
>> REPORTER:  IT'S A CHAOTIC 
SCENE AT THE AIRPORT.
[ Yelling ]
>> Reporter:  AIR INDIA REFUSES 
TO BOARD APPROXIMATELY 150 
CANADIAN CITIZENS AND PERMANENT 
RESIDENTS ON A FLIGHT TO TOKYO.
DELTA RESIDENT SOLNAD SHARMA WAS
ONE OF THEM ALONG WITH HER 
5-YEAR-OLD SON. 
>> KIDS IN DISTRESS.
ELDERLIES WERE BEING BADLY 
HANDLED BY THE AIR INDIA 
OFFICIALS.
THEY WERE ILL TREATED.
THEY WERE NOT -- THEY WERE NOT 
GIVEN PROPER RESPONSES.
>> Reporter:  AIR INDIA STAFF 
MAINTAIN THE TRAVELLERS COULDN'T
BOARD BECAUSE THE AIRLINE DIDN'T
HAVE A CANADIAN EMBASSY LIST 
WITH THEIR NAMES ON IT.
A CALL BY SHARMA TO THE ISTANBUL
PROVED THE AIRLINE WRONG.
THEN AIR INDIA TOLD THEM THEY 
COULDN'T FLY BECAUSE AN ENTRY 
BAN IN JAPAN, WHERE THE 
CANADIANS WOULD TRANSFER TO AIR 
CANADA TO VANCOUVER.
BUT THE BAN DOESN'T APPLY TO 
PASSENGERS IN TRANSIT. 
>> THE MANAGER OF AIR INDIA AND 
NOW HE IS SAYING I'M CALLING -- 
GOING TO MOVE YOU GUYS. 
>> Reporter:  THE FLIGHT LEFT 
WITHOUT THE CANADIANS.
THE ADVOCATE FOR CANADIANS STUCK
IN INDIA BLAMES THE AIRLINE FOR 
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PASSENGERS,
BUT ALSO CANADA'S GOVERNMENT. 
>> HAD WE BEEN MORE ORGANIZED, 
HAD WE IMPLEMENTED FLIGHTS FOR 
OUR TAXPAYERS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO
OUR ECONOMY, THIS WOULDN'T HAVE 
HAPPENED.
PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE IN A PANIC.
>> Reporter:  GLOBAL AFFAIRS 
CANADA REPORTS TO DATE, 92 
REPATRIATION FLIGHTS HAVE 
BROUGHT HOME JUST OVER 15,000 
CANADIANS FROM INDIA.
THE CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSION IN 
INDIA SAYS IT'S ASKED IN WRITING
FOR THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT TO 
HELP MAKE IT EASIER FOR 
CANADIANS TO COME HOME.
IT HOPES FOR INCREASING OPTIONS 
FOR TRAVELLERS, BUT CAN'T OFFER 
ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
MEANWHILE, A REPRESENTATIVE FOR 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN CANADA SAYS 
SIMPLY, UNFORTUNATELY, THE 
MINISTER IS NOT AVAILABLE.
VARIOUS ATTEMPTS TO REACH AIR 
INDIA WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.
IN THE MEANTIME, SHARMA IS BACK 
WITH HER FAMILY DEALING WITH 
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 40s AND 
PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS.
>> PLEASE WAKE UP, PLEASE LISTEN
TO OUR CALLS. 
>> Reporter:  BELLE PURI, CBC 
NEWS, VANCOUVER.
>> Lien:  THE BC GOVERNMENT IS 
TAKING STEPS TO ADDRESS SKY-HIGH
INSURANCE COSTS FOR CONDO 
OWNERS. 
>> Mike:  THE PROPOSED 
LEGISLATION LOOKS TO BRING MORE 
TRANSPARENCY TO THAT INDUSTRY. 
>> Lien:  BUT AS ANDREA ROSS 
REPORTS, HOMEOWNERS ARE STILL IN
FOR A LONG AND EXPENSIVE ROAD 
AHEAD. 
>> Reporter:  THE CURRENT 
SITUATION IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND 
THERE IS NO QUICK FIX FOR THIS 
PROBLEM.
>> Reporter:  THE BC GOVERNMENT 
IS TAKING ITS FIRST STEPS TO 
ADDRESS RISING COSTS OF STRATA 
INSURANCE, A REPORT FROM THE BC 
FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY 
SAYS PREMIUMS ARE GOING UP IN 
BC.
IN METRO VANCOUVER, IT'S 
EVERYONE HIGHER, 50% YEARLY.
IT'S A COMPLEX ISSUE.
RISING CLAIMS COSTS ARE PART OF 
IT, BUT BC HAS OTHER UNIQUE 
FACTORS.
>> BC AND CERTAINLY IN VANCOUVER
IS ALSO AT AN EARTHQUAKE RISK 
WHERE YOU DON'T SEE THAT IN 
OTHER JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter:  NOW THE GOVERNMENT
HAS TABLED LEGISLATION TO AMEND 
THE STRATA PROPERTY AND 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ACTS. 
>> ONE OF THE STEPS WE ARE 
TAKING IS TO PROHIBIT REFERRAL 
FEES.
THIS MEANS THAT INSURERS AND 
INSURANCE BROKERS WILL NO LONGER
BE ABLE TO OFFER REFERRAL FEES 
AS AN INCENTIVE TO A STRATA 
PROPERTY MANAGER. 
>> Reporter:  OTHER CHANGES 
INCLUDE SETTING CLEAR GUIDELINES
FOR WHAT STRATAS NEED TO ENSURE 
AND ENSURING OWNERS ARE KEPT IN 
THE LOOP ON CHANGE TO POLICIES, 
LIKE WHEN DEDUCTIBLES GO UP.
SOME SAY IT'S A POSITIVE FIRST 
STEP. 
>> I THINK WHAT WE SAW THIS 
MORNING WERE SOME SMALL STEPS IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THE 
EMPHASIS ON SMALL. 
>> Reporter:  DUBOIS SAYS SHE IS
GLAD TO SEE PLANS TO END 
REFERRAL FEES AND REQUIRE 
DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSIONS, 
SOMETHING SHE SAYS CAN HAVE A 
BIG IMPACT ON INSURANCE COSTS.
THEIRS WENT UP ALMOST 120% THIS 
YEAR. 
>> OUR INSURANCE THIS YEAR IS 
ALMOST $900,000.
SO A 20% COMMISSION WOULD BE 
QUITE SIGNIFICANT TO A BROKER. 
>> Reporter:  OTHERS ARE 
RELIEVED TO SEE MORE 
TRANSPARENCY.
>> I THINK THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS 
GOOD NEWS FOR THE PUBLIC IN THE 
SENSE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS 
PAYING ATTENTION.
DOING WHAT CAN BE DONE RIGHT NOW
TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. 
>> Reporter:  BUT HE WANTS TO 
SEE MORE PUBLIC CONSULTATION. 
>> THIS IS STILL A ROUGH YEAR OR
TWO AHEAD OF US, WHEN IT COMES 
TO INSURANCE LIABILITIES AND 
RISKS.
>> Reporter:  NO QUICK FIXES BUT
A SIGN FOR OWNERS THAT INSURANCE
COSTS MAY HAVE HIT THEIR PEAK.
ANDREA ROSS, CBC NEWS, 
VANCOUVER. 
>> Lien:  VANCOUVER'S DOWNTOWN 
EASTSIDE ACTIVISTS AND 
SUPPORTERS RALLIED FOR THE SAFE 
SUPPLY OF DRUGS IN BC.
THE GROUP GATHERED AT THE OFFICE
OF THE VANCOUVER-AREA NETWORK OF
DRUG USERS.
THEY SAY IT'S CRUCIAL TO 
STOPPING THE LARGE NUMBER OF 
OVERDOSE DEATHS WE SEE EACH 
MONTH.
SINCE THE CLOSURE OF 
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS DUE TO THE
PANDEMIC, THE STREET DRUG SUPPLY
HAS GROWN INCREASINGLY TOXIC.
MAY WAS THE DEADLIEST MONTH IN 
PROVINCIAL HISTORY IN TERMS OF 
DRUG POISONING DEATHS.
>> Mike:  WELL, IT WAS 35 YEARS 
AGO, BUT FOR FAMILIES OF THE 
VICTIMS OF THE AIR INDIA 
DISASTER, THE PAIN AND ANGUISH 
IS STILL THERE. 
>> Lien:  329 PEOPLE WERE KILLED
WHEN FLIGHT 182 EXPLODED OFF THE
COAST OF IRELAND, MAKING IT THE 
WORST MASS MURDER IN CANADIAN 
MAGNIFICENT. 
>> Mike:  AS MEERA BAINS REPORTS
TONIGHT, THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC HAS
FORCED ORGANIZERS TO ALTER 
MEMORIAL PLANS FOR THE 
ANNIVERSARY. 
>> Reporter:  IN SOME WAYS, AS 
IF IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. 
>> Reporter:  HER UNCLE AND AUNT
WERE KILLED ON THE FLIGHT.
SHE VISITED THE AIR INDIA 
MEMORIAL IN STANLEY PARK TO 
MOURN THEM PRIVATELY.
A PUBLIC COMMEMORATION CAN'T BE 
HELD THIS YEAR DUE TO COVID-19 
RESTRICTIONS PREVENTING 
GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN 50 
PEOPLE.
>> THAT'S THE TERRIBLE THINGS 
ABOUT THESE SORTS OF TRAUMAS.
I THINK ANYONE WHO LOSES SOMEONE
TO MURDER, PARTICULAR A HORRIFIC
VIOLENT MURDER, THERE IS A SENSE
OF TIMELESSNESS. 
>> Reporter:  RELATIVES AND 
FRIENDS ARE REMEMBERING THOSE 
KILLED INCLUDING 280 CANADIANS 
AND 86 CHILDREN WHEN A BOMB 
EXPLODED ON BOARD THE AIRPLANE 
OFF THE COAST OF IRELAND.
TWO BAGGAGE HANDLERS WERE KILLED
AT TOKYO'S AIRPORT ON THE SAME 
DAY WHEN A SUITCASE EXPLODED 
BEFORE IT WAS LOADED ONTO 
ANOTHER AIR INDIA PLANE.
GUPTA WAS 12 YEARS OLD WHEN HIS 
MOTHER DIED ON THE FLIGHT.
HE IS BEHIND AN ONLINE MEMORIAL 
TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO WERE 
KILLED.
FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T VISIT ONE 
OF THE MEMORIAL SITES.
>> WHAT WE HAVE DONE INSTEAD IS 
CREATE A -- CREATED A YOUTUBE 
CHANNEL WHERE WE WILL BE POSTING
STATEMENTS OR MESSAGES FROM 
VICTIMS' FAMILY MEMBERS, SOME 
OFFICIALS. 
>> Reporter:  AUTHORITIES HAVE 
SUSPECTED THE TWO BOMBINGS WERE 
AN ACT OF REVENGE BY BC SIKH 
SEPARATISTS.
ONLY ONE MAN, A MECHANIC FROM 
DUNCAN, BC, HAS BEEN CONVICTED 
IN THE ATTACK.
HE WAS RELEASED AFTER SPENDING 
THREE DECADES IN PRISON.
TWO OTHER BC MEN WERE ACQUITTED 
OF MURDER AND CONSPIRACY 
CHARGES.
MESSAGES POINT FOR THE NEED FOR 
JUSTICE AND TO NEVER FORGET THE 
TRAGEDY.
>> IT IS OUR LOVING 
RESPONSIBILITY TO REMEMBER HOW 
THE LOSS OF MY FATHER AND EVERY 
OTHER FAMILY MEMBER ON AIR INDIA
182 WAS SO GROSSLY UNNECESSARY. 
>> WE MISS THEM TERRIBLY, AND 
THEY WILL ALWAYS BE ETCHED IN 
OUR HEARTS.
>> Reporter:  PRIME MINISTER 
JUSTIN TRUDEAU DELIVERED THIS 
MESSAGE. 
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  I 
OFFER MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO 
ALL CANADIANS WHO HAVE LOST THE 
LOVED ONE TO TERRORISM.
YOU ARE IN MY THOUGHTS TODAY.
>> Reporter:  HERE AT THE AIR 
INDIA MEMORIAL IN STANLEY PARK, 
THERE ARE SIGNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE
COME BY TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
FAMILY MEMBERS OF VICTIMS ARE 
HOPING THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO 
GET TOGETHER TO MOURN AND TO 
HEAL IN THE FUTURE.
MEERA BAINS, CBC NEWS, 
VANCOUVER.
[♪♪♪]
>> Lien:   SO BRETT, NOT FEELING
SO SUMMERY OUTSIDE.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
A BIT OF A ROLLER COASTER TODAY 
IN TERMS OF THE WEATHER.
[ Laughter ]
ROLLER COASTER, AND I THINK EVEN
MORE SO NOW BECAUSE IT LOOKS 
LIKE THE SUN IS JUST TRYING TO 
PEAK OUT BEHIND THESE CLOUDS, 
BUT WE HAVE JUST BEEN DEALING 
WITH A LOT OF LOW CLOUD AND A 
LITTLE BIT OF HUMIDITY TO BOOT.
LET'S LOOK AT WHAT IT LOOKED 
LIKE THIS MORNING.
TIME LAPSE FOR YOU, SHOWING WHAT
IT LOOKED LIKE OVER SCIENCE 
WORLD AND BC PLACE.
FAST-MOVING CLOUDS, AND A FEW 
BITS OF DRIZZLE HERE AND THERE, 
IF YOU WERE AWAKE TO SEE IT, AND
THAT TREND CARRIED ON THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.
AND CERTAINLY BY THE AFTERNOON, 
HUMIDITY REALLY ONE OF THE 
STORIES AND IF WE LOOK AT SOME 
OF THE CURRENT TEMPERATURES, 
RIGHT AT ABOUT SEASONAL, 19, 20º
BUT EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, 
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 
FEELING CLOSER TO ABOUT 27º WHEN
YOU CONSIDER THE HUMIDITY THAT 
WAS THERE.
NOW, THE REASON FOR THIS BECAUSE
WE ARE DEALING WITH SHOWERS JUST
IN OUR VICINITY.
KIND OF ALL AROUND US.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SUNSHINE 
COAST THERE.
OUT INTO THE FRASER VALLEY.
THAT'S GOT A LOT OF MOISTURE 
INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS, THE RISK
IS CERTAINLY THERE FOR A FEW 
MORE SHOWERS, BUT THERE IS A 
SORT OF LIGHT AT THE END OF THE 
TUNNEL.
TOMORROW IS LOOKING TO BE A MUCH
SUNNIER DAY BY TOMORROW 
AFTERNOON AND THAT TREND WILL 
CONTINUE RIGHT THROUGH THE WEEK.
>> Mike:  THANKS, BRETT.
TALK TO YOU IN A BUILT.AS BEEN A
YOU CAN WATCH THIS NEWSCAST LIVE
ON CBC GEM. 
>> Lien:  AND CBC VANCOUVER IS 
ALSO ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, AND 
INSTAGRAM, AND YOU CAN FIND BOTH
MIKE AND I THERE AS WELL.
[♪♪♪]
>> Mike:  U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP HAS ANNOUNCED NEW 
RESTRICTIONS ON IMMIGRATION.
THEY INCLUDE A FREEZE ON VISAS 
USED BY SKILLED WORKERS.
COMING UP, WHY THE MOVE HAS MANY
CANADIANS WORRIED.
[♪♪♪]
>> Lien:  WELL, THANK YOU FOR 
WATCHING OUR AD-FREE LIVE STREAM
DURING THE REGULAR TV COMMERCIAL
BREAK. 
>> Mike:  SOME CANADIAN MEDICAL 
STUDENTS ARE REPORTING SERIOUS 
TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THEIR 
FINAL QUALIFYING EXAM.
PROBLEMS THEY SAY MAKE THE TEST 
UNFAIR.
MEDICAL COUNCIL OF CANADA BEGAN 
OFFERING THE OPTION OF TAKING 
ITS EXAM REMOTELY AS IT RESPONDS
TO COVID-19. 
>> Lien:  BUT STUDENTS SAY THE 
PROCESS HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH 
SYSTEM CRASHES AND OTHER 
COMPLICATIONS.
>> Reporter:  MEDICAL STUDENTS 
ACROSS CANADA ARE REPORTING 
FRUSTRATION, STRESS, AND EVEN 
AGONY OVER TECHNICAL PROBLEMS 
WITH THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF 
CANADA'S QUALIFYING EXAM PART I.
THE MCC HAS REPORTED IT'S HAD 
ABOUT 300 COMPLAINTS FOR THE 
APPROXIMATELY 1,200 TESTS THAT 
HAVE BEEN TAKEN SO FAR.
CBC NEWS HAS SPOKEN TO STUDENTS 
WHO SAY THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS 
WITH REGISTRATION, CONTACTING 
TEST SUPERVISORS, AND BEING 
KICKED OFF THE ONLINE EXAM 
MULTIPLE TIMES.
THE STANDARDIZED TEST IS THE 
CULMINATION OF MED SCHOOL, WITH 
MANY YOUNG DOCTORS TRYING TO 
TAKE IT BEFORE THEY BEGIN THEIR 
RESIDENCIES. 
>> WE HAD A HUGE ISSUE ON FRIDAY
WHERE THE SYSTEM ITSELF JUST 
CRASHED AND FAILED, AND MANY, 
MANY STUDENTS -- I WOULD SAY 
MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE 
STUDENTS WRITING ON THAT 
FRIDAY -- WERE UNABLE TO 
COMPLETE THEIR EXAMINATIONS, AND
MANY OF THEM WERE ABOUT 80 TO 
90% THROUGH THE EXAMINATION.
THIS EXAM LASTS EIGHT TO NINE 
HOURS.
HAVING GONE THROUGH THAT MUCH 
TIME AND EFFORT TO HAVE ALL THAT
CRASH AND TO HAVE TO RESCHEDULE 
THE EXAM IS QUITE UNFAIR. 
>> Reporter:  THE MEDICAL 
COUNCIL OF CANADA SAYS THE 
TESTING EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN 
UNACCEPTABLE IN TOO MANY CASES.
THE MCC SAYS THEY ARE WORKING TO
IMPROVE THAT EXPERIENCE WITH A 
U.S.-BASED TESTING COMPANY THAT 
RUNS THE EXAM.
FOR THEIR PART, PROMETRICS SAYS 
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A MAJOR 
PROFESSIONAL EXAM IS BEING 
OFFERED WITH REMOTE SUPERVISION.
THEY SAY MANY OF THE ISSUES STEM
FROM UNRELIABLE WIFI 
CONNECTIONS.
BOTH THE MCC AND PRO METRIC SAY 
THEY ARE WORKING TO OPEN MORE 
IN-PERSON TEST CENTRES AS PUBLIC
HEALTH REGULATIONS ALLOW.
CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Mike:  THE BRITISH PRIME 
MINISTER HAS REVEALED PLANS TO 
BEGIN A MAJOR LOOSENING OF THE 
NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN. 
>> Lien:  STARTING JULY 4RE, 
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS 
ENGLAND WILL BE ABLE TO GET A 
HAIR CUT, HEAD TO THE PUB, OR 
VISIT A MOVIE THEATRE.
>> TODAY WE CAN SAY THAT OUR 
LONG, NATIONAL HIBERNATION IS 
BEGINNING TO COME TO AN END AND 
LIFE IS RETURNING TO OUR STREETS
AND TO OUR SHOPS.
>> Lien:  IN ANOTHER UPDATE TO 
PANDEMIC RULES, SOME PEOPLE IN 
BRITAIN NEED TO KEEP ONE METRE 
APART NOW RATHER THAN TWO SO 
LONG AS THEY TAKE PRECAUTIONS 
AND WEAR A MASK.
THE CHANGE IS ONLY FOR ENGLAND, 
AS SCOTLAND, WALES, AND NORTHERN
IRELAND HAVE INDEPENDENT PLANS 
TO EASE RESTRICTIONS.
EXPERTS WORRY THE GOVERNMENT IS 
REOPENING THE ECONOMY TOO FAST. 
>> Mike:  WHILE THERE HAS BEEN A
SIGNIFICANT DROP SINCE APRIL, 
THE COUNTRY STILL HAS AT LEAST A
THOUSAND NEW CASES EVERY DAY.
THE U.K. HAS RECORDED MORE THAN 
300,000 CORONAVIRUS CASES 
OVERALL WITH MORE THAN 42,000 
DEATHS.
VERY, VERY HARD-HIT AREA OF 
EUROPE. 
>> Lien:  STAY WITH US.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK IN A 
COUPLE MINUTES.
SECONDS.
SECONDS.
[♪♪♪]
>> Lien:  DONALD TRUMP TOOK HIS 
FIRST TRIP OF 2020 TO THE 
U.S.-MEXICO BORDER AFTER 
ANNOUNCING FRESH IMMIGRATION 
RESTRICTIONS INCLUDING A FREEZE 
ON VAOEZS USED BY SKILLED 
WORKERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE TECH 
INDUSTRY.
AS STEVEN D'SOUZA TELLS US, THAT
HAS MANY CANADIANS WORRIED.
>> Reporter:  UNDER PRESSURE, 
POLLS SAGGING, DONALD TRUMP WENT
TO A PLACE HE FEELS COMFORTABLE,
SHOWING OFF THE BORDER WALL AND 
MAKING THE CASE -- 
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>> Reporter:  UNDER PRESSURE, 
POLLS SAGGING, DONALD TRUMP WENT
TO A PLACE HE FEELS COMFOABLE.
SHOWING OFF THE BORDER WALL AND 
MAKING THE CASE FOR KEEPING 
FOREIGN WORKERS OUT OF THE U.S. 
>> President Donald Trump: SO WE
WANT TO GIVE JOBS TO AMERICANS 
RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter:  ON MONDAY THE 
ADMINISTRATION EXTENDED A BAN ON
GREEN CARDS AND TEMPORARILY 
FROZE THE NEW WORK VISAS.
AMONG THE CATEGORIES TARGETED:  
THE COVETED VISA USED BY SILICON
VALLEY TO ATTRACT FOREIGN 
TALENT.
THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE GOAL
IS TO OPEN UP MORE THAN 500,000 
JOBS FOR AMERICANS, BUT IT MAY 
BE CANADIANS CAUGHT IN THE 
CROSSFIRE.
>> PEOPLE ARE VERY NERVOUS.
THERE IS A LOT OF ANXIETY.
THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT
ARE COMING OUT.
>> Reporter:  IMMIGRATION 
LAWYERS ARE SCRAMBLING, TRYING 
TO FIGURE OUT IF CANADIANS MAY 
BE EXEMPT. 
>> I TEND TO TELL CLIENTS THAT 
WE SHOULD TAKE A WAIT-AND-SEE 
APPROACH.
THEY ARE GOING TO ISSUE 
GUIDANCE, AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS,
WE'LL HAVE TO ADJUST OUR PLANS 
ACCORDINGLY. 
>> OUR INTERPRETATION IS THAT 
CANADIANS DO NOT FALL UNDER IT.
WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION WILL TAKE ANOTHER
VIEWPOINT AND TRY TO ARGUE THAT 
CANADIANS DO FALL UNDER IT IN 
SOME WAY.
>> Reporter:  FOR SOME 
CANADIANS, THE VISA FREEZE IS A 
GIFT.
IRFAAN HAS TECH WORKERS 
EMIGRATING AND SETTLES THEM IN 
CANADA, WORKING REMOTELY FOR 
AMERICAN COMPANIES. 
>> AS LONG AS CANADA CAN USE 
THIS OPPORTUNITY AND OTHER 
OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT AND 
RETAIN THE BEST LABOUR FROM 
AROUND THE WORLD, IT WILL 
ABSOLUTELY HELP US ECONOMICALLY 
SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM.
>> Reporter:  CANADA'S TECH 
SECTOR HAS ALREADY SEEN RECORD 
GROWTH IN RECENT YEARS, IN PART 
DUE TO U.S. EMIGRATION TURMOIL, 
A TREND MANY SEE CONTINUING IF 
BARRIERS IN THE U.S. KEEP GOING 
UP.
STEVEN D'SOUZA, CBC NEWS, NEW 
YORK.
>> Mike:  OF COURSE, THE 
PANDEMIC HAS FORCED CANADA TO 
STOP MOST TRAFFIC COMING ACROSS 
THE U.S. BORDER.
BUT THERE IS PRESSURE TO GET 
THINGS MOVING AGAIN.
EVAN DYER LOOKS AT HOW THE 
GOVERNMENT HAS MANAGED THE 
BORDER AND WHAT IT MIGHT TAKE TO
REOPEN. 
>> CANADIANS THINK THAT WE CAN 
STOP THIS AT THE BORDER. 
>> Reporter:  THAT WAS ONE OF 
THE LAST TIMES THE TRUDEAU 
GOVERNMENT WOULD INSIST BORDER 
CLOSURES DON'T WORK.
THREE DAYS LATER, THE FLIGHTS 
STOPPED AS GROWING EVIDENCE 
PROVED CANADA WAS WRONG. 
>> THE TIMING -- LIKE, THE MOST 
IMPORTANT PART. 
>> Reporter:  THIS RESEARCHER 
HELPED ADVISE THE AUSTRALIAN 
GOVERNMENT TO CLOSE ON FEBRUARY 
1ST.
HER SUBSEQUENT ANALYSIS FOUND IT
REDUCED AUSTRALIA'S EARLY CASE 
LOAD BY 86%. 
>> WE PREVENTED MUCH BIGGER 
EPIDEMIC JUST CLOSING TO CHINA.
IT WAS THE BEST THING WE COULD 
DO AT THE MOMENT. 
>> Reporter:  CANADA'S COVID 
DEATH RATE IS MORE THAN 50 TIMES
AUSTRALIA'S, BUT CANADA HAS SOME
ISSUES AUSTRALIA DOESN'T.
OF COURSE, CANADA HAS A LAND 
BORDER AND ITS CLOSURE IS NOT 
COMPLETE.
IN APRIL, MORE THAN 10,000 
PEOPLE A DAY WERE STILL CROSSING
OVER.
CANADIANS LIVING IN THE U.S. 
WOULD LIKE TO VISIT FAMILY HERE.
THE QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS MAKE
IT IMPRACTICAL. 
>> I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE 
THEM IN MONTHS.
MY GRANDSON HAS LEARNED TO RIDE 
A BIKE.
ONE OF MY GRANDDAUGHTERS HAS 
LEARNED TO WALK.
AND THE OTHER ONE HAS LEARNED TO
CRAWL.
AND THEY HAVE DONE ALL OF THAT 
WITHOUT ME BEING THERE.
>> Reporter:  EPIDEMIOLOGISTS 
SAY THE BORDER MAKES CANADA 
VALUABLE.
PEOPLE ARE STILL FREE TO TRAVEL 
BETWEEN ALASKA AND THE LOWER 48,
POTENTIALLY THREATENING CANADA'S
EFFORTS TO KEEP COVID OUT OF THE
NORTH.
WHILE THE CURVE IS BENDING DOWN 
IN CANADA, THE U.S. IS TRENDING 
BACK UP AGAIN. 
>> STRONGER EFFORTS TO, FOR 
EXAMPLE, TEST TRUCKERS.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:  WE 
ARE GOING TO BE VERY, VERY 
CAREFUL ABOUT WHEN AND HOW WE 
START REOPENING INTERNATIONAL 
BORDERS.
>> Reporter:  THE GOVERNMENT IS 
STILL NOWHERE NEAR BEING ABLE TO
TEST THE 6,000 PEOPLE THAT ENTER
CANADA ON AN AVERAGE DAY.
IN NORMAL TIMES, THE FLOW OF 
PEOPLE IS ABOUT A QUARTER OF A 
MILLION AND WOULD REQUIRE FAR 
MORE DAILY TESTS THAN CANADA HAS
YET BEEN ABLE TO CARRY OUT 
WITHIN ITS BORDERS.
THAT'S HOW FAR CANADA IS FROM 
BEING ABLE TO REOPEN SAFELY.
EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, CHELSEA, 
QUEBEC. 
>> Lien:  WALMART IS FACING 
OUTRAGE OVER INSENSITIVE EVEN 
RACIST T-SHIRTS AND OTHER 
PRODUCTS AVAILABLE OP ITS 
WEBSITE, OFTEN FEATURED BESIDE 
BLACK LIVES MATTER APPAREL.
A REPORT ON WHY COMPANIES HAVE 
TO CATCH UP WITH THE TIMES.
>> Reporter:  POLICE LIVES 
MATTER STICKERS.
ONESIES FOR BABIES.
T-SHIRTS DECLARE HOMELESS LIVES,
IRISH LIVES, RED, ANIMAL, AND 
ALL LIVES MATTER ALL FOR SALE BY
THIRD-PARTY SELLERS ON 
WALMART.CA. 
>> YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING 
ME.
THIS IS -- THIS CAN'T BE 
HAPPENING.
IT'S A MISTAKE. 
>> Reporter:  SHARON ROCHESTER 
WAS SHOPPING ONLINE FOR T-SHIRTS
FOR HER AND HER HUSBAND BUT 
ENDED UP ON FACEBOOK, CALLING 
OUT WALMART. 
>> I WAS DISGUSTED.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING A COMPANY 
SHOULD BE PROFITING OFF OF.
>> Reporter:  BUT WALMART HAS 
BEEN SELLING SOME OF THE ITEMS 
SINCE AT LEAST 2016.
THAT'S WHEN POLICE IN THE U.S. 
COMPLAINED A T-SHIRT WAS STOKING
RACIAL DIVISION.
THE COMPANY REMOVED THAT ONE, 
BUT NOT THE OTHERS.
>> WALMART, ALL MAJOR BRANDS, 
THEY ARE IN A TOUGH SPOT RIGHT 
NOW BECAUSE THEY -- THEY KNOW 
THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE TONE
AND THE TENOR, RIGHT, OF OUR 
TIMES. 
>> Reporter:  WALMART SAYS IT 
STANDS AGAINST ANY FORM OF 
RACISM OR DISCRIMINATION AND 
THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW 
ITEMS ON ITS THIRD-PARTY 
MARKETPLACE TO MAKE SURE THEY 
COMPLY WITH THE COMPANY'S TERMS 
AND CONDITIONS. 
>> THE MORE RECOGNIZED YOU ARE 
AS A BRAND, THE HARDER IT IS TO 
CHANGE.
BECAUSE THEN THEY'LL HAVE A 
WHOLE SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION 
WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE, OH, THEY 
ARE JUST CAVING INTO THE 
PRESSURE. 
>> Reporter:  AMAZON IS ALSO 
UNDER FIRE, FOR SELLING A BLUE 
LIVES MURDER T-SHIRT.
A PETITION TO REMOVE IT HAS MORE
THAN 40,000 SIGNATURES TO REMOVE
IT. 
>> THE NOTION OF BLACK LIVES 
MATTER IS LIFE AND DEATH FOR THE
BLACK COMMUNITY.
>> I FEEL SAD AND ANGRY AND THEN
I GO INTO ACTION.
I GO INTO ACTION.
>> Reporter:  THE DEAN OF DESIGN
AT A CANADIAN UNIVERSITY TEACHES
HER ADVERTISING STUDENTS TO 
CONSIDER THIS ...
>> YES, WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF 
CUSTOMERS, BUT WHO IS THE MOST 
VULNERABLE?
WHO IS THE ONE WHO IS MOST 
LIKELY TO BE HURT BY THESE 
MESSAGES?
>> Reporter:  IT'S A LESSON SHE 
SUGGESTS ALL COMPANIES ALSO 
CONSIDER.
JACQUELINE HANSEN, CBC NEWS, 
TORONTO. 
>> Lien:  BC DIT.
WE FLATTEN THE CURVE.
BUT HOW DID THE PROVINCE BECOME 
THE ANOMALY?
WAS IT LUCK OR JUST SMART 
HANDLING?
WE TAKE AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AFTER 
THE BREAK.
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>> Reporter:  FOR 22 YEARS, THEY
HAVE GATHERED TO REMEMBER THEIR 
LOVED ONES, BUT FOR RELATIVES OF
THE AIR INDIA VICTIMS, 
TOMORROW'S ANNIVERSARY WILL BE 
DIFFERENT.
THIS YEAR, THEY'LL MEET AT A NEW
MEMORIAL ON THE EDGE OF LAKE 
ONTARIO.
AS THE CBC'S JOAN LEISAN 
REPORTS, IT'S THE RESULT OF ONE 
WOMAN'S TIRELESS EFFORTS TO 
HONOUR THE DEAD.
>> Reporter:  THE FINISHING 
TOUCHES BEFORE TOMORROW'S 
DEDICATION IN A PUBLIC PARK ON 
TORONTO'S WATERFRONT.
THE FIRST OF FOUR NATIONAL 
MONUMENTS TO THE 329 PEOPLE 
MURDERED IN THE AIR INDIA 
BOMBING.
JAY HAS ENDURED MORE THAN TWO 
DECADES OF UNSPEAKABLE PAIN.
DEEP WITHIN THAT IMMENSE SORROW 
GREW A FIERCE DETERMINATION, 
DETERMINATION THAT IF THERE 
COULD NOT BE JUSTICE, AT LEAST 
THERE WOULD BE A MEMORIAL TO ALL
THOSE WHO WERE LOST.
>> I'M HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL 
BE ABLE TO GO THERE, SIT, 
CONTEMPLATE, REFLECT, AND AT 
LEAST COME TO TERMS AND MANY OF 
US COULD PUT A CLOSURE TO THIS, 
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO 
DO IT BETTER. 
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
>> Reporter:  IT'S TAKEN TAMPI 
TWO YEARS, NEGOTIATING WITH 
THREE LAYERS OF GOVERNMENT AND 
ALL THE AIR INDIA FAMILIES, 
OVERSEEING EVERY DETAIL.
TODAY, SHE INSPECTS THE SITE 
WITH DESIGNER PETER CLANBAUER. 
>> THEY HAVE TO ...
>> Reporter:  AT THE HEART OF 
THE MEMORIAL LIES A SUN DIAL 
MADE OF STONE DONATED BY EACH 
PROVINCE AND BY INDIA, THE 
UNITED STATES, IRELAND, AND 
JAPAN WHERE ANOTHER BOMB, 
THOUGHT TO BE LINKED TO AIR 
INDIA, WENT OFF THE SAME DAY.
BEYOND THE SUN DIAL, A GRANITE 
WALL BEARS THE NAMES OF EACH 
PERSON WHO DIED, INCLUDING 
TAMPI'S HUSBAND AND 7-YEAR-OLD 
DAUGHTER. 
>> HAVING THEIR NAME THERE, YOU 
KNOW, FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS 
TO -- TO COME THERE AND SEE THAT
THIS PERSON LOST HIS OR HER LIFE
SO THAT CANADA WILL WAKE UP TO 
THE REALITY OF TERRORISM.
>> Reporter:  DOWN A SHORT 
PATHWAY, CONSTRUCTION IS ALMOST 
FINISHED AT RECONCILIATION 
POINT, WITH ITS VIEW OF LAKE 
ONTARIO.
A SIMILAR WATER'S EDGE TO THE 
COAST OF IRELAND, WHERE SO MANY 
WAITED FOR SO LONG IN VAIN 22 
YEARS AGO.
THIS EVENING, TAMPI VISITS WITH 
HER NEW FAMILY.
HER HUSBAND, WHO LOST HIS WIFE 
ON AIR INDIA, AND THEIR 
DAUGHTER.
LIKE THE OTHER FAMILIES OF THIS 
STILL UNSOLVED CRIME, SHE SEES 
THE MEMORIAL AS A BEACON OF HOPE
AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO COME HERE 
TO REMEMBER AND ALL OF THOSE WHO
SIMPLY PASS BY ON THEIR WAY TO 
SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
>> I AM HOPING, LOOKING AT THEM 
WILL TEACH THEM TO STAND UP FOR 
THEIR RIGHTS, NOT TO GIVE UP, 
AND TO FIGHT FOR THE TRUTH AND 
BE BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS ABOUT IT
AND NOT TO JUST GIVE UP.
>> Reporter:  JOAN LEISHMAN, CBC
NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Lien:  HERE ARE SOME OF THE 
STORIES WE'RE FOLLOWING TONIGHT 
ON CBC VANCOUVER NEWS. 
>> YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, DEALING 
WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
ISSUES IS NOT EASY BUT WHAT I 
SAW IN THAT VIDEO WAS INCREDIBLY
DISAPPOINTING. 
>> Lien:  KELOWNA'S MAYORAL 
COLIN BASRAN WANTS TO SEE 
SYSTEMIC CHANGES TO POLICING 
AFTER A NURSING STUDENT RELEASED
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF HER 
GETTING DRAGGED AND STEPPED ON 
BY AN RCMP OFFICER DURING A 
WELLNESS CHECK.
WANG IS SUING CORPORAL BROWNING 
FOR ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING HER.
NONE OF THE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN 
PROVEN IN COURT.
>> OUR KIDS WERE, YOU KNOW, 
COMPLETELY -- IN COMPLETE 
DISTRESS MODE.
OUR ELDERLY WERE BEING BADLY 
HANDLED BY THE AIR INDIA 
OFFICIALS. 
>> Mike:  NEARLY 150 CANADIANS 
STUCK IN INDIA WERE TURNED AWAY 
AT THE AIRPORT JUST BEFORE 
BOARDING THIS WEEKEND.
AIR INDIA OFFICIALS SAY THEIR 
NAMES WEREN'T ON AN EMBASSY 
LIST.
WELL, THE CANADIANS HAVE PROOF 
THEY WERE.
IT'S BEEN THREE MONTHS SINCE 
INDIA CLOSED ITS AIRPORTS TO 
COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS BECAUSE OF 
THE PANDEMIC.
THOSE STRANDED ARE PLEADING WITH
THE GOVERNMENT TO SEND HELP TO 
GET THEM HOME.
>> WE NEED TO STAY WHERE WE ARE,
WHERE WE'RE HAVING SAFE CONTACTS
AND WE'RE NOT SEEING DRAMATIC 
INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF 
CASES. 
>> Lien:  AS BC PREPARES TO 
FURTHER EASE RESTRICTIONS, WE 
RUN RISK OF INCREASED COVID-19 
CASES IF OUR CONTACTS EXCEED 65%
OF NORMAL.
Dr. BONNIE HENRY SAYS THE 
PROVINCE IS MAINTAINING A FINE 
BALANCE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
CONNECTIONS WITHOUT SEEING A 
DRAMATIC INCREASE IN NEW CASES.
SHE REPORTED 13 NEW CASES AND 
ONE NEW DEATH TODAY.
>> Mike:  AND YOU MAY RECALL BC 
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PROVINCES 
TO GET A CASE OF COVID-19 AND 
THE FIRST TO RECORD A DEATH, AND
WITH THOUSANDS OF TRAVELLERS 
ARRIVING FROM CHINA AND A 
SPIRALLING SITUATION IN 
WASHINGTON STATE NEXT DOOR, 
THERE WAS EVERY REASON TO THINK 
OUR PROVINCE WAS GOING TO TURN 
INTO A HOT SPOT. 
>> Lien:  BUT IT WAS ANYTHING 
BUT.
SO WHAT DID THE PROVINCE DO 
RIGHT?
HOW DO WE EXPLAIN THE SUCCESS?
>> Mike:  CBC'S BRIAR STEWART 
BREAKS DOWN SOME POSSIBLE 
ANSWERS.
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>> I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A HIGH 
RISK, AND I GOT IT.
I GOT A SEVERE CASE.
SO IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYBODY.
>> Reporter:  KATHY NOVAK HAD 
ONE OF BC'S EARLY CASES OF 
COVID-19.
DURING THE FIRST WEEKEND OF 
MARCH, SHE WAS AT A DENTAL 
CONFERENCE IN VANCOUVER.
TWO WEEKS LATER, SHE WAS ON HER 
WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
>> SO WHAT WAS THAT LIKE, WHEN 
YOU GOT IN THE BACK OF THE 
AMBULANCE?
>> WELL, UM, THE WHOLE THING WAS
REALLY SCARY BECAUSE, AGAIN, I 
THOUGHT, THERE IS REALLY NO CURE
FOR THIS.
SO AT THAT POINT I WAS FEELING A
BIT HOPELESS THAT I DON'T KNOW 
IF I'M COMING BACK HOME.
SORRY.
OR IN WHAT CAPACITY, LIKE, IF MY
BRAIN IS GOING TO BE WORKING OR,
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO BE -- 
SO THAT WAS SCARY.
>> Reporter:  A FEW HOURS AFTER 
BEING ADMITTED, HER HUSBAND 
CALLED TO TRY AND GET AN UPDATE.
THE 60-YEAR-OLD WAS ALREADY IN 
THE ICU ON A VENTILATOR.
>> THAT WAS WHEN THE DOCTOR TOLD
ME IF WE HAD WAITED ANY LONGER, 
EVEN ONE MORE DAY, SHE MIGHT NOT
HAVE MADE IT.
MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN GOT HER ON 
THE VENTILATOR.
IT WAS AWFUL.
YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH YOU 
MISS SOMEONE UNTIL IT ACTUALLY 
HAPPENS, AND YOU DON'T KNOW IF 
YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THEM AGAIN.
>> Reporter:  THAT DENTAL 
CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY 15,000 
WAS EVENTUALLY CONNECTED TO MORE
THAN 80 CASES AND AT LEAST ONE 
DEATH.
BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT WAS ON 
PUBLIC HEALTH'S RADAR, BC 
APPEARED POISED TO BE HIT 
PARTICULARLY HARD BY THE GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC.
ITS AIRPORT IS A HUB FOR FLIGHTS
TO AND FROM ASIA.
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>> Reporter:  BY LATE JANUARY, 
THERE WERE MULTIPLE OUTBREAKS TO
THE SOUTH IN WASHINGTON STATE.
COVID-19 ARRIVED IN BC SOON 
AFTER.
>> LATE YESTERDAY, WE HAD OUR 
FIRST CASE OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS.
>> Reporter:  BC RECORDED THE 
FIRST DEATH IN CANADA AFTER AN 
OUTBREAK AT THE LYNN VALLEY CARE
CENTRE IN EARLY MARCH.
IT WAS WHAT Dr. BONNIE HENRY 
FEARED.
>> TAKE A MOMENT.
>> Reporter:  AND IT LEFT HER 
SHAKEN.
>> I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT -- I
WENT THROUGH SARS.
I HAVE BEEN THROUGH EBOLA.
I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE -- THE 
PANDEMICS IN 2009.
AND I JUST KNOW HOW STRESSFUL IT
IS FOR OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, 
FOR MY COLLEAGUES, AND FOR 
FAMILIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH 
THIS.
>> Reporter:  BUT WHAT HAS 
EMERGED IS THAT BC'S DEATH RATE 
IS AMONG THE LOWEST WHEN 
COMPARED TO MANY OTHER LARGE 
JURISDICTIONS ACROSS NORTH 
AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE.
IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN 
ONTARIO AND QUEBEC, AND SOME 
HEALTH EXPERTS BELIEVE IT'S A 
COMBINATION OF GOOD FORTUNE AND 
SOUND DECISIONS. 
>> I THINK A LOT OF WHAT WE DID 
EARLY ON WAS VERY HELPFUL.
PART OF IT WAS TIMING, PART OF 
IT WAS LUCK, PART OF IT WAS 
PEOPLE REALLY EMBRACING WHAT WE 
NEED IT TO DO AND DOING IT 
TOGETHER. 
>> Reporter:  BY TIMING, SHE 
MEANS MARCH BREAK.
QUEBEC HAD ITS HOLIDAY EARLIER 
SO PEOPLE TRAVELLED AND CAME 
BACK HOME.
BY THE TIME SCHOOLS WERE OUT IN 
BC, PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL 
HEALTH OFFICIALS WERE ALREADY 
ADVISING AGAINST INTERNATIONAL 
TRAVEL.
AT THAT POINT, BC WAS PREPARING 
FOR THE WORST.
IT WAS BRINGING IN MILLIONS OF 
PIECES OF PPE INCLUDING BY 
CHARTERED FLIGHTS FROM CHINA.
VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE WAS 
TURNED INTO AN OVER FLOW 
HOSPITAL BUT TODAY IT SITS 
EMPTY.
OF ALL OF THE DISCUSSION AROUND 
BC'S HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC, 
MUCH OF THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON 
ITS MANAGEMENT OF LONG-TERM CARE
FACILITIES. 
>> INITIALLY THERE WAS SOME FEAR
EXPERIENCED BY THE STAFF, BY THE
RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES THERE. 
>> Reporter:  IN THE VANCOUVER 
AREA, Dr. MICHAEL SCHWANT LED 
THE RESPONSE ON THE GROUND.
HE SAID AT FIRST THEY WERE 
TESTING RESIDENTS WHO HAD 
TYPICAL COVID SYMPTOMS LIKE 
FEVER AND COUGH, BUT THAT 
CHANGED. 
>> BY MID MARCH, WE WERE LOOKING
FOR A BROAD ARRAY OF SYMPTOMS 
AND FOUND CASES WHO MIGHT HAVE 
FLOWN BELOW THE RADAR OTHERWISE.
>> Reporter:  STILL IN THE WEEKS
THAT FOLLOWED THERE WERE SEVERAL
NEW OUTBREAKS AT OTHER HOMES.
ON MARCH 27TH, THE GOVERNMENT 
ORDERED STAFF TO WORK AT ONLY 
ONE FACILITY, BUT THE MOVE TOOK 
TIME TO IMPLEMENT.
IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK THAT ALL 
OF THE NEARLY 9,000 WORKERS WHO 
DID SHIFTS AT MULTIPLE HOMES 
WERE ASSIGNED TO A SINGLE SITE.
>> THIS IS WHERE CLEARLY PUBLIC 
HEALTH EXPERTISE WAS BROUGHT TO 
BEAR IN A WAY THAT IT WAS NOT IN
ONTARIO. 
>> Reporter:  ONTARIO DIDN'T 
FOLLOW SUIT WITH ITS CARE HOMES 
UNTIL THREE WEEKS AFTER BC FIRST
MADE ITS ANNOUNCEMENT, AND THIS 
EPIDEMIOLOGIST SAYS THAT'S NOT 
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE. 
>> IF I DID PUT US IN A TIME 
MACHINE AND I COULD SEND ONTARIO
BACK TO EARLY MARCH, I WOULD 
HAVE AN EFFECTIVE EXPERT ON THE 
PODIUM AND DOING THAT 
COMMUNICATION.
>> Reporter:  BY THAT HE MEANS 
BECAUSE WHILE PREMIER DOUG FORD 
HANDLED THE UPDATES THERE, IN BC
IT IS Dr. BONNIE HENRY.
HE BELIEVES HER VAST EXPERIENCE 
INSTILLED CREDIBILITY.
EVEN THOUGH BC MAY HAVE AVOIDED 
THE WORST OF IT, HENRY SAYS IT'S
STILL NOT TIME TO TAKE A BREATH.
THERE ARE STILL ACTIVE OUTBREAKS
IN CARE HOMES IN MORE THAN 165 
PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD
DO DIFFERENTLY?
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK ABOUT 
THAT -- I THINK WE CAN NEVER GET
IT PERFECTLY RIGHT, BUT IT'S 
REALLY HARD TO THINK ABOUT 
LOOKING BACK RIGHT NOW.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WAYS TO 
GO BEFORE OUT OF THE THIS 
CRISIS. 
>> I ALMOST DIED. 
>> Reporter:  BACK ON VANCOUVER 
ISLAND, KATHY NOVAK IS STILL 
RECOVERING.
SHE SPENT NEARLY TWO WEEKS ON A 
VENTILATOR AND A MONTH IN THE 
HOSPITAL.
>> I DID A LOT OF REFLECTING AND
FEELING LUCKY, YEAH, TO BE 
ALIVE.
>> Reporter:  SHE IS STILL 
FATIGUED BUT HAS SLOWLY BEEN 
REGAINING HER STRENGTH.
THE VIRUS CAUSED A BRIGHT RED 
RASH TO BREAK OUT OVER HER BODY.
IT'S GRADUALLY FADING, BUT THE 
ANXIETY ISN'T. 
>> I'M STILL NERVOUS ABOUT IT.
I'M NERVOUS ABOUT PEOPLE PUTTING
THEIR GUARD DOWN AND BEING A 
LITTLE MORE CARELESS.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH, HOPEFULLY, 
I'LL NEVER GET IT AGAIN, BUT 
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU 
COULD PASS IT ON TO.
SO THAT'S STILL A DANGER.
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>> Reporter:  SHE DOESN'T KNOW 
IF HER HUSBAND EVER GOT IT, SO 
EVEN THOUGH HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY
THEY CAN NOW EXPAND THEIR BUBBLE
AND HAVE CONTACT WITH MORE 
PEOPLE, THEY ARE STICKING AS A 
PARTY OF TWO, WHICH THEY ARE 
GRATEFUL FOR, CONSIDERING HOW 
CLOSE THEY CAME TO LOSING THAT.
BRIAR STEWART, CBC NEWS, 
VICTORIA.
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>> Mike:  PAIN, ANGUISH, AND 
FRUSTRATION.
IN ANOTHER CBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE, 
WE HEAR FROM THE PARENTS OF 
MICHAEL KOVRIG ON WHY CANADA 
NEEDS TO DO MORE TO RESCUE THE 
TWO MICHAELS FROM CHINA.
>> Lien:  AND IT'S 6:43.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT A LIVE SHOT 
OF CAMBIE STREET BRIDGE THERE 
AND HEADING UP INTO THE CITY.
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS ON THE 
SOUTH COAST TODAY.
WILL WE EVER SEE SOME SUMMER 
WEATHER?
WELL, WE'LL FIND OUT FROM BRETT.
THAT'S NEXT.
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>> REALLY WHAT THE PIECE 
REPRESENTS IS TRANSFORMATION.
TRANSFORMATION OF THE EDUCATION 
SPACE OF THE CARVING PROCESS, 
AND OURSELVES WITHIN THAT 
PROCESS.
[ Singing ]
>> IT'S REALLY NICE HOW PEOPLE 
CAN COME TOGETHER, EVEN THROUGH 
SOMETHING LIKE A PANDEMIC AND 
CREATE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND 
PUT INTO IT.
I FELT REALLY PROUD.
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>> I'M NON-BINARY.
WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN?
WE'LL ANSWER SOME OF THE GENDER 
QUESTIONS YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO 
ASK IN OUR NEW PODCAST.
LISTEN NOW.
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>> Announcer:  THE WEATHER 
UPDATE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY 
WORKSAFEBC.
VISIT THEIR SITE ONLINE FOR 
HEALTH AND RESOURCES INCLUDING 
COVID-19 PREVENTION.
>> Lien:  ALL RIGHT.
METEOROLOGIST BRETT SODERHOLM 
JOINS US NOW.
VERY UNUSUAL WEATHER HALF A 
WORLD AWAY.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> Brett:  YEAH, WELL, WE'RE 
OFFICIALLY INTO OUR SUMMER 
MONTHS NOW, AND IT'S PRETTY 
COMMON TO GET TEMPERATURE 
RECORDS THAT ARE BROKEN HERE IN 
CANADA AND ACROSS THE WORLD.
BUT THERE IS ONE SUCH RECORD 
THAT WAS BROKEN THIS PAST 
WEEKEND IN RUSSIA THAT DESERVES 
A SPECIAL MENTION.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT RIGHT 
NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LEAVING CANADA
AND TRAVELLING WEST OVER THE 
PACIFIC, AND I'M GOING TO SHOW 
YOU THIS COMMUNITY.
THIS IS IN SIBERIA, WHERE ON 
SATURDAY, IT IS BELIEVED THAT 
THIS COMMUNITY HERE HIT 38º IN 
TERMS OF TEMPERATURE ON A 
THERMOMETER.
IF THIS IS CONFIRMED, THIS WOULD
BE THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER 
TO BE RECORDED IN THE ARCTIC, 
WHICH IS ANYWHERE NORTH OF 66.5º
NORTH.
THIS COMMUNITY SITS AT ABOUT 
67.5, AND IT HAS NOT SEEN A 
TEMPERATURE LIKE THIS IN ITS 
HISTORY.
FOREST FIRES, OF COURSE, A 
CONCERN AND THIS WHOLE AREA IS 
JUST GOING THROUGH AN 
UNPRECEDENTED HEAT WAVE.
AND IT IS A LITTLE BIT WORRYING 
WHEN WE THINK OF ONLY GETTING 
INTO THE SUMMER RIGHT NOW AND 
HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE 
TRANSLATING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF MONTHS AHEAD.
BUT OVER HERE, BACK IN CANADA, 
WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL WE DO HAVE
A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN COMING 
WHICH IS GOING TO KEEP OUR FIRE 
DANGER LOW, AND IT IS GOING TO 
BE BRINGING A LITTLE BIT OF 
SHOWER ACTIVITY, ANYWHERE 
BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MILLIMETRES OR 
SO THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT 
PERIOD AND THEN FINALLY CLEARING
OUT SOMETIME TOMORROW IN THE 
EARLY AFTERNOON TO MAYBE JUST 
ABOUT THIS TIME TOMORROW.
THAT SAID, PLACES INTO THE 
INTERIOR, LIKELY KOOTENAYS AND 
OKANAGAN, ARE GOING TO BE 
DEALING WITH A FEW ISOLATED 
THUNDERSHOWERS AS WELL BUT DRIER
CONDITIONS PREVAILING FARTHER TO
THE NORTH, PLACES LIKE HAIDA 
GWAII AND PRINCE RUPERT LOOKING 
FOR DRY FOR THE NEXT FORESEEABLE
FUTURE.
TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTH MUCH 
MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AS 
COMPARED TO RUSSIA AND FOR THE 
SOUTH AS WELL, A NOTICEABLE 
INCREASE, THOUGH, IN 
TEMPERATURES WHEN WE GET TO 
THURSDAY.
AND THERE IS A REASON FOR THIS.
WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS 
AREA OF UNSETTLED CONDITIONS, 
THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE EASING OVER 
THE NEXT 24 HOURS, AND RIGHT IN 
BEHIND IT, WE'RE GOING TO GET A 
LITTLE PROTECTIVE BARRIER OF 
HIGH PRESSURE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE BRINGING UP 
SOME WARMTH FROM THE STATE OF 
WASHINGTON, AND IT'S ALSO GOING 
TO BE CLEARING UP OUR SKIES AND 
THAT'S GOINGTO STICKING AROUND 
RIGHT UNTIL FRIDAY AT THIS 
POINT.
IT DOES LOOK AT THAT POINT WE 
MAY BE DEALING WITH A FEW MORE 
SHOWERS, BUT IF WE LOOK AT A 
FIVE-DAY FORECAST HERE, WE'RE 
GOING TO GET A NICE MIX OF 
EVERYTHING.
TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE 
SEASONAL BUT NOT TOO MUCH.
A FEW SHOWERS HERE AND THERE, 
AND MIKE THINKING OF YOU 
ESPECIALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME 
IN I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, IT 
LOOKS LIKE SATURDAY RIGHT NOW 
MAY ACTUALLY BE RAIN-FREE.
SO DON'T HOLD ME TO IT JUST YET,
BUT FINGERS ARE CROSSED THAT 
THIS PANS OUT.
>> Mike:  WOW.
WHAT A BREAKTHROUGH.EEN TRACKING
ALMOST LIKE SUMMER.
THANKS, BRETT.
>>> WELL, LAST NIGHT, WE HEARD 
FROM THE WIFE OF DETAINED 
CANADIAN MICHAEL KOVRIG, VINA 
NADJIBULLA.
>> Lien:  NOW KOVRIG'S PARENTS 
ARE SPEAKING OUT, SAYING CANADA 
SHOULD DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO 
RESCUE BOTH OF THE MEN FROM A 
CHINESE PRISON. 
>> Mike:  ADRIENNE ARSENAULT HAS
THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH 
KOVRIG'S FATHER AND MOTHER, BOTH
THEIR PAIN AND FRUSTRATION. 
>> Reporter:  IN AN ERA OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS, THIS IS THE KOVRIG 
FAMILY BUBBLE.
THERE IS VINA, MICHAEL'S WIFE, 
HIS SISTER, ARIANA, HIS FATHER, 
BENNETT.
UNSEEN, UNHEARD FOR KOVRIG'S 
ENTIRE DETENTION UNTIL NOW.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY SON 
AGAIN.
>> Reporter:  THE STRAIN OF IT, 
THE SILENCE, THE TIME APART, 
IT'S ALL RAW.
>> SORRY. 
>> Reporter:  BENNETT'S FRAGILE 
HEALTH IS THE REASON THE FAMILY 
GOT A PHONE CALL BACK IN MARCH.
IT HAS A COST. 
>> TO PUT IT BLUNTLY, WE KEPT 
OUR MOUTH SHUT IN THE PUBLIC FOR
A YEAR AND A HALF.
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE 
HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE ROAD
IN PLAYING, YOU KNOW, THE -- THE
BE QUIET AND EVERYTHING WILL BE 
ALL RIGHT GAME.
>> Reporter:  THE ATTENTION FROM
THE GOVERNMENT THEY SAY HAS BEEN
KIND AND PERSONAL, BUT THE WORDS
SEEM TO HAVE NO WAIT.
>> IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE 
RHETORIC CAN ONLY GET US SO FAR,
AND I'M SCARED I'M NEVER GOING 
TO SEE MY BROTHER AGAIN, AND I 
DON'T KNOW WHY THOSE IN POWER 
ARE SO SCARED OF DOING THE RIGHT
THING.
>> Reporter:  AND THE RIGHT 
THING, IN THEIR VIEW, IS TO LOOK
AGAIN AT LEGAL OPTIONS.
IS THERE ANYTHING THE GOVERNMENT
CAN DO NOW TO STOP THE 
EXTRADITION PROCESS OF MENG 
WANZHOU, WHICH COULD BE THE KEY 
TO FREEDOM FOR MICHAEL SPAVOR 
AND MICHAEL KOVRIG.
>> IT IS UNREVIEWABLE ...
>> Reporter:  THE FAMILY ASKED 
THIS LAWYER TO EXAMINE THE 
EXTRADITION ACT.
HE SAYS A 1999 CHANGE IN THE ACT
MEANS THE JUSTICE MINISTER CAN 
LEGALLY STEP IN AND STILL 
PRESERVE JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE. 
>> THE MINISTER HAS THE RIGHT TO
WITHDRAW THE AUTHORITY TO 
PROCEED AND TO END THE 
EXTRADITION PROCEEDING AND IT'S 
TOTALLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE
MINISTER OF JUSTICE. 
>> Reporter:  THE CANADIAN 
GOVERNMENT, THOUGH, CONTINUES TO
SAY IT WON'T GET INVOLVED.
>> WE IN CANADA ARE USED TO AND 
PROUD OF THE INDEPENDENCE AND 
THE INTEGRITY AND THE RESPECT 
FOR OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND 
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
>> Reporter:  HAS THE GOVERNMENT
MISINTERPRETED THE LAW TO THIS 
POINT?
>> I THINK THEY HAVE IGNORED THE
APPROPRIATE INTERPRETATION. 
>> STOP SAYING WE CAN'T WHEN 
ACCORDING TO THE LAW, ACCORDING 
TO THE EXTRADITION ACT, 
ACCORDING TO LEGAL OPINIONS 
OFFERED BY VERY BRIGHT LEGAL 
EXPERTS, WE CAN.
>> Reporter:  VINA NADJIBULLA 
SOUGHT THE LEGAL OPINION 
PRESENTED IT TO THE GOVERNMENT 
WEEKS AGO AND DIDN'T GET A 
REPLY.
BUT THE OFFICE OF THE JUSTICE 
MINISTER AND ATTORNEY GENERAL 
RELEASED A STATEMENT TO CBC NEWS
TODAY IN PART SAYING "WE'RE WELL
AWARE OF THE LAWS AND PROCESSES 
AND IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE 
TO COMMENT FURTHER". 
>> I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 
STOPPED EARLIER ...
>> Reporter:  FORMER SUPREME 
COURT JUSTICE LOUISE ARBOUR SAYS
SHE BELIEVES NOT ONLY COULD 
CANADA STOP MENG'S EXTRADITION, 
IT SHOULD, AND SHOULD HAVE DONE 
SO A LONG TIME AGO. 
>> IN CANADA'S NATIONAL 
INTEREST, INCLUDING THE 
PROTECTION OF THE SECURITY AND 
LIFE OF TWO CANADIANS, I WOULD 
SAY THIS HAS TO STOP. 
>> BUT I CAN SEE THERE ARE 
PEOPLE WHO WOULD MAKE THE 
ARGUMENT THAT THIS WOULD SOUND 
AN AWFUL LOT LIKE NEGOTIATING 
WITH HOSTAGE TAKERS AND TARGETS 
ON THE BACKS OF OTHER CANADIANS 
IN CHINA. 
>> THAT'S TRUE.
ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY WE NEVER REALLY 
REACHED THAT LEVEL OF 
CONVERSATION OR THINKING BECAUSE
WE WERE TOLD BY THE GOVERNMENT 
FROM THE OUTSET WE DON'T EVEN GO
THERE.
THE MATTER IS BEFORE THE COURTS,
YOU KNOW, DEFERENCE TO JUDICIAL 
INDEPENDENCE IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
THIS IS NOT CORRECT.
WE CAN.
>> Reporter:  FOR THE SAKE OF 
THE TWO MICHAELS, JUST HAVE THE 
CONVERSATION IS THE PLEA, AND 
MAYBE ANGERING THE AMERICANS IS 
NOT A RISK CANADA IS WILLING TO 
TAKE, BUT THE FAMILY ASKS JUST 
TALK IT OUT.
>> DO THE RIGHT THING.
THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE'S LIVES.
NOT POLITICS.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE 
DONE THAT DON'T TAKE PEOPLE AWAY
FROM THEIR FAMILY.
AND THEIR LIVES.
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>> Lien:  HIS NAME MIGHT BE A 
BIT ON THE SILLY SIDE, BUT THE 
INJURIES INFLICTED ON FRASER 
CRANE ARE ANYTHING BUT.
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>> Lien:  KELSEY GRAMMER FANS 
MIGHT DO A DOUBLE TAKE WHEN THEY
LEARN THAT FRASER CRANE WAS HIT 
BY A GOLF BALL. 
>> Mike:  YES, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY
NOT THE ACTOR BUT A RECENTLY 
RESCUED SANDHILL CRANE.
FRASER IS ONE OF 35 SANDHILL 
CRANES LEFT IN THE FRASER 
VALLEY.
THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH HABITAT
LOSS BECAUSE OF DEVELOPMENT 
THERE.
THEY MAKE DO BY NESTING IN GOLF 
COURSES AND OTHER WATERING HOLES
THAT AREN'T A PUB IN BOSTON. 
>> Lien:  FRASER WAS STRUCK IN 
THE LEG AND REQUIRED COMPLICATED
SURGERY TO HELP MEND HIS HOLLOW 
BIRD BONES.
AT LEAST TEN CRANES HAVE BEEN 
HIT BY GOLF BALLS IN THE LAST 
SIX YEARS.
HE IS NOW RECOVERING IN 
ELIZABETH WILDLIFE CENTRE IN 
ABBOTSFORD AND WILL HOPEFULLY BE
BACK ON THE LINKS IN A FEW 
MONTHS.
>> Mike:  YEAH.
>> Lien:  YEAH.
>> Mike:  SPEEDY RECOVERY.
YEAH, THEY DO HANG OUT ON GOLF 
COURSES BECAUSE MOST OF THE GOLF
COURSES HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME 
KIND OF WATERWAY THERE.
SO THEY HANG OUT JUST ON THE -- 
ON THE EDGE AND IT'S NOT 
SURPRISING THEY GET HIT.
>> Lien:  YEAH, IT'S TOO BAD.
AND IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE 
THE NAME IS FRASER CRANE AND I 
THOUGHT IT WAS IN REFERENCE TO 
FRASER, BUT I THINK IT'S, 
LIKE -- 
>> Mike:  FRASER VALLEY. 
>> Lien:  FRASER VALLEY, FRASER 
RIVER ALSO.
>> Mike:  AND IT WAS -- WE HAD 
THIS DISCUSSION EARLIER.
ISN'T IT FRASER. 
>> Lien:  IT IS.
I HAD TO GOOGLE IT.
I'M SORRY TO ALL THE FANS OUT 
THERE. 
>> Mike:  RIGHT.
AND BEFORE THAT, OF COURSE, 
CHEERS, HENCE THE BOSTON PUB 
REFERENCE AND THAT'S BEEN OFF 
THE AIR OF TELEVISION SINCE 
1993.
SO THERE YOU GO. 
>> Lien:  RIGHT.
JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO. 
>> Mike:  WE'RE GOING OFF THE 
AIR HERE, BUT DAN HERE AT 11 
AFTER "THE NATIONAL." 
>> Lien:  M'MM-HMM.
TUNE IN.
THANKS, EVERYONE. 
>> Mike:  GOOD NIGHT.
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