>> Announcer: THIS IS CBC "HERE
& NOW."
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>> THERE'S A WOMAN AND A MAN IN
THE HOUSE, BUT SHE WAS TRAPPED
ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
>> Carolyn: A TRAGIC ACCIDENT
THIS WEEKEND.
A TRUCK CRASHES THROUGH A HOUSE,
KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND SENDING
THREE OTHERS TO HOSPITAL.
A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT BEGAN
WHEN A TRUCK DRIVER SUFFERED A
MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
>> SHE WANTS TO WORK.
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO LIVE ON
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE.
WANTS TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY.
>> Carolyn: THEY CAME HERE
LOOKING FOR A NEW LIFE, BUT
WITHOUT JOBS, NEARLY A DOZEN
SYRIAN FAMILIES HAVE LEFT THE
PROVINCE.
>> Ashley: WITH FALL JUST
AROUND THE CORNER, WE'LL TALK
ABOUT HOW THIS SUMMER SHAPED UP
THIS YEAR.
>> Anthony: GOOD EVENING, AND
WELCOME TO "HERE & NOW."
I'M ANTHONY GERMAIN.
>> Carolyn: AND I'M CAROLYN
STOKES.
>>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
DETAILS OF A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
ON THE WEST COAST.
>> Anthony: TWO PEOPLE ARE
DEAD AND THREE MORE ARE IN
HOSPITAL AFTER A TRUCK COLLIDED
WITH A HOUSE IN PORT AU PORT
WEST ON SATURDAY.
"HERE & NOW'S" COLLEEN CONNORS
HAS THIS REPORT FROM THE SCENE
OF THE CRASH, AND, A WARNING,
SOME VIEWERS MIGHT FIND THE
DAMAGE DIFFICULT TO SEE.
>> Reporter: THE ONLY WAY TO
DESCRIBE THIS IS SHOCKING.
YOU CAN SEE THE DEEP MARKS IN
THE GRASS WHERE THE TOW TRUCK
WENT OFF THE ROAD.
AND, OF COURSE, THIS MASSIVE
GAPING HOLE IN THE HOME HERE IN
PORT AU PORT WEST.
IT'S AS IF THIS HOUSE EXPLODED,
WITH PIECES OF FURNITURE AND
BELONGING SCATTERED ALL OVER THE
PROPERTY.
>> YES, A TOW TRUCK DRIVER
CARRYING TWO OCCUPANTS WENT OFF
THE ROAD AND HIT THE FRONT OF A
RESIDENCE, CONTINUING IN THROUGH
THE HOME UNTIL COMING TO A STOP.
>> Reporter: THE 61-YEAR-OLD
DRIVER HAD PICKED UP TWO
CUSTOMERS WHO HAD SERVICE
TROUBLE WITH THEIR FORD EDGE.
ON THE WAY TO STEPHENVILLE, THE
DRIVER SUFFERED A MEDICAL
CONDITION AND WENT UNCONSCIOUS
BEHIND THE WHEEL.
>> THE WOMAN THAT WAS IN THE
VEHICLE WITH HIM FROM THE FORD
EDGE, SHE SAID THAT HIS HEAD
DROPPED, HIS HANDS DROPPED AND
THEN THERE'S NOTHING -- SHE
TRIED TO REACH ACROSS TO HIT THE
BRAKES, I GUESS, FROM WHAT I WAS
TOLD.
AND SHE COULDN'T AND IT ENDED UP
COMING TO A STOP ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
>> Reporter: BORDELEAU AND HIS
WORK CREW WERE LEAVING A WORK
SITE IN CAPE ST. GEORGE AROUND
5:00 ON SATURDAY AND CAME ACROSS
THE SCENE.
>> THERE WAS A WOMAN AND A MAN
IN THE HOUSE.
AND I GUESS THAT THEY'RE
SITUATED OVER HERE FROM WHAT I
FOUND OUT WITH COUCHES AND
EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT SHE WAS
TRAPPED ON THE OTHER SIDE -- ON
THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE ALL THE
WAY ACROSS.
>> Reporter: BOTH THE
61-YEAR-OLD DRIVER AND THE
ELDERLY WOMAN WERE PRONOUNCED
DEAD AT THE SCENE.
THE TWO PASSENGERS IN THE TOW
TRUCK, A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER,
AND THE ELDERLY MAN WHO LIVED IN
THE HOUSE, ARE ALL IN HOSPITAL
IN STEPHENVILLE RECOVERING FROM
INJURIES.
BORDELEAU IS THANKFUL FOR HIS
CONSTRUCTION CREW WHO JUMPED IN
TO HELP WHEN THEY CAME ACROSS
THE ACCIDENT.
>> YOU GET INTO A SITUATION
WHERE YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO
BE THERE, SO WHEN THE PARAMEDICS
AND THE COPS AND EVERYONE SHOW
UP, THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO.
AND THEY KNOW WHERE THE
CASUALTIES ARE AND WHAT THE
SITUATION IS, SO YOU CAN BACK
OFF AND THEY CAN DO THEIR JOB,
RIGHT?
>> Reporter: HOW ARE YOU
FEELING TODAY LOOKING AT THIS
HOUSE?
>> IT'S OBVIOUSLY HARD TO LOOK
AT IT.
AND I WAS TALKING TO MY FLAGGER
ABOUT IT YESTERDAY AND SHE HAD A
REALLY ROUGH TIME BECAUSE SHE
WAS THE ONE DOING FIRST AID ON
THE WOMAN WHO ENDED UP PASSING
AWAY.
SO SHE NEEDED TO TALK IT OUT A
LITTLE BIT.
BUT, YEAH, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR
SURE.
>> Reporter: NO ONE WITH
EDDIE'S TOWING COMPANY WANTED TO
TALK TO THE MEDIA TODAY, BUT
THEY DID POST THIS ON THEIR
FACEBOOK PAGE.
"WE CANNOT BEGIN TO EXPRESS OUR
SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILIES AT THIS
VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ALSO GO
TO THE CUTER WHENS WHO WERE
RIDING IN THE TRUCK BACK TO THE
DEALERSHIP WITH THEIR DISABLED
VEHICLE.
IT'S A TRAGEDY FOR ALL INVOLVED.
POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING."
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER.
>> IT'S A VERY UNFORTUNATE AND
TRAGIC EVENT AND HARD -- IT'S
HARD TO BELIEVE WHAT OCCURRED
OUT THERE.
>> Reporter: COLLEEN CONNORS,
CBC NEWS, PORT AU PORT WEST.
>> Anthony: A TERRIBLE STORY.
>>> TO OTHER NEWS NOW, THERE'S
BEEN A SPIKE THIS SUMMER IN THE
NUMBER OF SYRIAN REFUGEES WHO
ARE LEAVING ST. JOHN'S.
SEVERAL FAMILIES HAVE GONE TO
OTHER PARTS OF CANADA TO FIND
JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND NOW
ANOTHER LARGE FAMILY WITH 17
MEMBERS IS THINKING ABOUT
LEAVING AS WELL.
"HERE & NOW'S" CEC HAIRE HAS
THAT STORY.
>> (indiscernible) (Voice of
Translator): HIS NEIGHBOURS ARE
GOING TO VISIT HIM AND HE'S
HAPPY.
>> Reporter: SINCE ARRIVING
WITH HIS FAMILY IN ST. JOHN'S ON
NEW YEAR'S EVE, 2015, GATHERINGS
AT HIS HOUSE HAPPEN EVERY DAY,
BUT THAT COULD SOON CHANGE.
HE PLANS TO LEAVE FOR TORONTO
WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR TO FIND
WORK.
>> HE DOES WANT TO WORK AND HE
DOESN'T WANT TO LIVE ON SOCIAL
ASSISTANCE, RIGHT?
HE WANTS TO PROVIDE FOR HIS
FAMILY.
>> Reporter: ALSHARIF IS NOT
ALONE.
AT LEAST 10 FAMILIES HAVE LEFT
ST. JOHN'S AREA IN THE LAST FEW
MONTHS AND MANY MORE SYRIAN
IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ARE TALKING
ABOUT PACKING THEIR BAGS TOO.
TO THOSE WHO KNOW HIM, HIS
DEPARTURE IS UPSETTING.
IN ARABIC, ALSHARIF IS KNOWN AS
THE ELSHEIK, AN ELDER FOR THE
SYRIAN COMMUNITY.
>> [Speaking Foreign
LANGUAGE].
(Voice of Translator): PEOPLE
COMING TO HIM, SOMEONE HAS A
PROBLEM AND SOMEONE IS UPSET,
THEY COME TO HIM.
HE'S VERY THERAPEUTIC, AND GIVES
TALKS AND STUFF.
HE FEELS THAT IT WOULD BE A LOSS
FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IF HE
LEAVES, RIGHT, BECAUSE HIS DOOR
IS OPEN.
IF ANYBODY HAS PROBLEMS WITH
THEIR FAMILY OR PROBLEMS WITH
STRESS OR ANYTHING, THEY COME
HERE.
>> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT IT'S
A LOSS FOR THE COMMUNITY AT THE
PROVINCE'S ONLY MOSQUE TOO.
AND NOTHING WILL CHANGE UNLESS
EMPLOYMENT ATTAINABILITY IS
ADDRESSED.
>> RECOGNITION OF THEIR SKILLS
IS THE MAIN THING, YOU KNOW.
ONCE, YOU KNOW, THE RECOGNITION
PROCESS IS STREAMLINED OR MADE
EASIER, I THINK THAT WE WILL
FIND A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING BACK
AND STAYING HOME HERE.
IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS IF THEY
CANNOT FIND A FOOTING THEY WILL
PROBABLY START PLANNING TO
LEAVE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
EVERYBODY HAS TO LIVE THEIR LIFE
AND EVERYBODY HAS TO, YOU KNOW,
BRING THEIR FAMILY AND PUT THE
FOOD ON THE TABLE AND ALL OF
THESE THINGS.
>> Reporter: PIRZADA SAYS THAT
THE DEPARTURE OF THE SKILLED
PEOPLE AMOUNTS TO A BRAIN DRAIN,
WHICH BEGIN THE AGING POPULATION
HERE, THE PROVINCE CAN ILL
AFFORD.
BACK AT THE GATHERING, THOSE
AROUND HIM SAY THAT THE
DEPARTURE OF ALSHARIF IS THE A
LOSS TO THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
>> HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS
THINGS LIKE THIS IN ST. JOHN'S,
RIGHT.
SO HE FEELS THAT IT WOULD BE A
LOSS IF HE HAS TO LEAVE AND THE
LACK OF DIVERSITY, YOU KNOW,
BEFORE HE CAME HERE.
>> Reporter: CEC HAIRE, CBC
NEWS, ST. JOHN'S.
>> Anthony: WELL, RETAINING
IMMIGRANTS IS A CONSTANT
CHALLENGE FOR PROVINCES WITH A
SMALLER POPULATION.
ANDREW FUREY COMMITTED TO HAVING
A HEALTHY IMMIGRATION STRATEGY,
ONE TO DEVELOP MORE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEWCOMERS TO
THE PROVINCE.
>>> STAYING WITH THE PREMIER,
ANGUS REID HAS THE PREMIER
PERFORMANCE SURVEY, AND WITH
JUST 34% APPROVAL, ANDREW FUREY
IS THE LOWEST ON THE LIST.
BUT THAT RATING IS QUIRKY
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE OF
FUREY'S PERFORMANCE SO FAR.
HE'S ONLY BEEN IN THE JOB FOR A
COUPLE WEEKS NOW.
55% OF PEOPLE WHO TOOK PART IN
THE SURVEY SAY THEY'RE UNSURE AT
THIS POINT ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL
ABOUT FUREY.
234% APPROVED WITH 11% OF PEOPLE
DISAPPROVING OF FUREY.
THE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
PREMIER ACTUALLY HAS THE LOWEST
DISAPPROVAL NUMBERS IN THE
COUNTRY -- THERE'S THE UPSIDE.
THE MARGIN OF ERROR IS PLUS OR
MINUS 6%, 19 TIMES OUT OF 20.
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>>> WELL, THERE'S A CHANGE IN
THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN FOR
KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS.
PARENTS WILL NOW BE ALLOWED TO
ATTEND THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
WITH CHILDREN HEADING TO
KINDERGARTEN ON DAY ONE.
EDUCATION MINISTER TOM OSBORNE
SAYS THAT HE'S PUT A PLAN BEFORE
THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF
HEALTH AND THE ENGLISH SCHOOL
DISTRICT WILL COMMUNICATE THE
CHANGE WITH SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS.
A PETITION CALLING FOR PARENTS
TO ATTEND THE FIRST DAY OF
KINDERGARTEN WITH THEIR CHILDREN
HAD MORE THAN 8,000 SIGNATURES.
OSBORNE SAYS THAT THE PROTOCOL
AT EACH SCHOOL MAY BE DIFFERENT,
DEPENDING ON THE BUILDING
LAYOUT, THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL,
AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN
ATTENDING KINDERGARTEN.
>> YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES THERE
WILL BE, YOU KNOW, A WELCOMING
SORT OF RECEPTION OUTSIDE OF THE
BUILDING AND THEN THE PARENTS
AND CHILDREN WILL BE ACCEPTED
INTO THE GYM.
IN SOME CASES THEY'LL BE
ACCEPTED INTO THE CLASSROOM.
BUT ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL BE
REALLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE
ADMINISTRATOR AT THE SCHOOL, AND
THE ENGLISH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> Anthony: SO A SOLUTION FOR
SOME OF THE LITTLE KID BUT STILL
NO RESOLUTION FOR PARENTS
PUSHING BACK ON PUBLIC EXAMS.
THE SCHOOL COUNCIL WANT THEM TO
CANCEL EXAMS.
THEY SAY THAT THE ENGLISH SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS ON THEIR SIDE AND
THEY WONDER WHY THE PROVINCE
HASN'T MADE A MOVE.
>> STUDENTS WHO HAVE 25% OF
THEIR PREREQUISITE LEARNING
INCOMPLETE, WRITE THE SAME TESTS
AS OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE 75% TO
85% OF THEIR PREREQUISITE
LEARNING INCOMPLETE.
THESE COURSES ARE USED WHEN THEY
APPLY FOR POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL.
THESE ARE THEIR FINAL GRADES
WHEN THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WHEN THEY APPLY FOR ENTRANCE
INTO POST-SECONDARY SCHOOLS
THESE GRADES REALLY MATTER.
>> Anthony: MORE OF MY
CONVERSATION WITH JENNIFER
DOOLEY A LITTLE LATER ON "HERE &
NOW."
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>> Carolyn: WELL, CANADA HAS
ANNOUNCED TWO MORE DEALS TO
RESERVE MILLIONS OF DOSES OF
POTENTIAL COVID-19 VACCINES.
NOVAVAX AND JOHNON AND JOHNSON
JOINED PFIZER AND MODERNA AS
POTENTIAL SUPPLIERS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: OUR AGREEMENTS WITH
PFIZER AND MODERNA AND JOHNSON &
JOHNSON AND NOVAVAX GIVE
88 MILLION DOSES WITH OPTIONS TO
OBTAIN TENS OF MILLIONS MORE.
>> Carolyn: IF ALL GOES WELL,
A VACCINE COULD BE AVAILABLE TO
CANADIANS AS EARLY AS THIS
SPRING.
TRUDEAU ALSO ANNOUNCED
$126 MILLION TO EXPAND A
BIOMANUFACTURING FACILITY TO
PRODUCE DRUGS AND VACCINES TO
COMBAT COVID-19.
>>> WELL, THE PROSPECT OF A
COVID-19 VACCINE RAISES A LOT OF
HOPE AND A LOT OF HYPE.
RUSSIA HAS ALREADY APPROVED A
VERSION EVEN THOUGH IT HASN'T
COMPLETED FINAL TESTS.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ISSUED A WARNING TODAY ABOUT THE
DANGER OF MOVING TOO SOON.
>> PRODUCING A VACCINE THAT IS
INADEQUATELY STUDIED AND THAT
MIGHT EITHER GO AGAINST
ETHICITY.
>> Carolyn: THE RENT SUBSIDY
PROGRAMME EXPIRES TODAY AND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DID NOT
ANNOUNCE AN EXTENSION.
BUT IT IS EXTENDING THE DEADLINE
FOR THE CANADA EMERGENCY
BUSINESS ACCOUNT.
IT'S A PROGRAMME THAT PROVIDES
INTEREST-FREE LOANS TO SMALL
BUSINESSES DURING THE PANDEMIC.
>> TODAY WE ARE AFOUND ARE
ANNOUNCING THAT THE CEBA
APPLICATION DEADLINE WILL BE
EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 31, 2020.
THIS GIVES BUSINESSES TWO EXTRA
MONTHS TO APPLY FOR A CEBA LOAN
TO HELP THEM TO GET THROUGH THIS
DIFFICULT TIME AND ULTIMATELY TO
EMERGE STRONGER.
>> Carolyn: WELL, STRIKING
DOMINION WORKERS GOT A SHOW OF
SUPPORT FROM THEIR NATIONAL
UNION TODAY.
BUT IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A NORMAL
STRIKE RALLY.
>> HELLO OUR FAMILY IN
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR.
IT'S JERRY DIAS.
LOBLAWS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF
THEMSELVES.
THIS IS AN EMPLOYER THAT HAS
$8.7 BILLION IN EQUITY THAT
WE'RE DEALING WITH.
>> Carolyn: WELL, UNIFOR HELD
A VIRTUAL RALLY TODAY TO SUPPORT
THE STRIKING WORKERS WITH
APPEARANCES FROM UNION REPS FROM
OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
NORM NOWALLY THESE
REPRESENTATIVES WOULD APPEAR IN
PERSON TO SHOW SOLIDARITY.
MORE THAN 1,400 DOMINION WORKERS
FROM 11 STORES HAVE BEEN ON THE
PICKET LINE FOR MORE THAN A
WEEK.
UNIFOR LOCAL HAS PREVIOUSLY SAID
THAT IT IS CALLING FOR MORE
FULL-TIME JOBS.
THIS WEEKEND A JUDGE GRANTED AN
INJUNCTION TO LOBLAWS,
DOMINION'S PARENT COMPANY, TO
ALLOW PEOPLE ON TO THE SITE.
THE STORES ARE CLOSED, BUT
PHARMACIES REMAIN OPEN.
LOBLAW SAYS THAT PICKETING
WORKERS ARE ILLEGALLY BLOCKING
ENTRANCES AND EXITS TO THE
STORES.
>>> WELL, THOSE ON THE FRONT
LINES EVER THE UNION MOVEMENT IN
THIS PROVINCE SAY THAT IT HAS
SUFFERED A SERIOUS SETBACK.
A LOSS OF INTEGRITY THEY SAY
THAT HAS BEEN ERODING OVER
GENERATIONS.
AND THEY'RE BLAMING THE LABOUR
RELATIONS BOARD.
"HERE & NOW'S" TERRY ROBERTS
REPORTS.
>> Reporter: WHEN A WORKER IN
THIS PROVINCE SIGNS ONE OF
THESE, A CARD INDICATING THEIR
DESIRE TO BE UNIONIZED, THEY
EXPECT THEIR INTENTIONS TO BE
KEPT SECRET FROM THEIR EMPLOYER.
IN FACT, IT'S THE LAW.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED FOR
WORKERS AT THE GRIEG N.L.
PROJECT IN MARYSTOWN.
>> THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHAT HAS
GONE WROWN ARE WRONG.
>> Reporter: THE CARPENTERS'
UNION HAS TRIED TO CERTIFY
WORKERS IN MARYSTOWN.
CONFIDENT THAT IT HAD
OVERWHELMING SUPPORT, THE UNION
SENT AN APPLICATION TO THE
LABOUR BOARD EARLIER THIS MONTH,
ALONG WITH ELECTRONIC COPIES OF
EVERY SIGNED CARD BY WORKERS IN
FAVOUR OF CERTIFICATION.
THOSE CARDS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
TIGHTLY GUARDED BY THE LABOUR
BOARD, BUT IN WHAT MAY BE A
FIRST, THE BOARD SHARED THE
UNION CARDS AND ALL OF THE
PERSONAL INFORMATION THEY
CONTAINED WITH GRIEG N.L.
>> CONFIDENTIALITY WAS BREACHED.
>> Reporter: IT COULD HAVE
IMPLICATIONS THAT WORKERS WILL
NO LONGER TRUST THE PROCESS.
>> THEY WILL BE VERY RELUCTANT
TO TAKE PART DUE TO REPRISALS
THAT CAN COME FROM SIGNING
CARDS.
>> Reporter: THE UNION IS NOT
SAYING HOW MANY WORKERS WERE
AFFECTED AND FILED A COMPLAINT
WITH THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER.
MEANWHILE, THE CERTIFICATION
VOTE IN MARYSTOWN IS NOW ON HOLD
AND THE UNION IS CALLING FOR
LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN ORDER TO
RESTORE TRUST TO THE PROCESS.
>> IF NOT, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT
FOR ALL ORGANIZATIONS GOING
FORWARD.
>> Reporter: AS FOR THE LABOUR
BOARD, IT HAS REFUSED TO EXPLAIN
WHAT WENT WRONG.
AND GRIEG N.L. HAS DECLINED TO
COMMENT, SAYING ONLY THAT IT HAS
DONE NOTHING WRONG AND WILL
CONTINUE TO SHOW GOOD FAITH
DURING THE BARGAINING PROCESS.
TERRY ROBERTS, CBC NEWS,
ST. JOHN'S.
>> Anthony: THE CITY OF
ST. JOHN'S AGREES THAT THE
DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN MALL WAS A
SUCCESS.
BUT IT PLANS TO PULL THE PLUG ON
IT NEXT MONDAY.
COUNCIL VOTED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON TO END THE PEDESTRIAN
MALL PILOT PROJECT ON
SEPTEMBER 7th AS ORIGINALLY
PLANNED.
THIS DESPITE THE CRIES FROM THE
PUBLIC AND SOME BUSINESSES TO
KEEP THE STREET TRAFFIC-FREE FOR
ANOTHER MONTH OR MAYBE EVEN
MORE.
BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WISH TO KEEP
OPERATING THEIR DECKS AFTER
SEPTEMBER 7th CAN CONTACT THE
CITY FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
THE CITY SAYS A NUMBER OF
CHALLENGES WERE FLAGGED, SUCH AS
ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES AS WELL AS
CONCERNS FROM BUSINESSES THAT
WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
KIM WINDSOR OWNS JOHNNY RUTH
BOUTIQUE AND SHE SAYS THAT SHE
WISHES THAT THE MALL WOULD STAY
OPEN YEAR ROUND.
>> WE HAVE GAINED A BRAND-NEW
CUSTOMER.
WE HAVE MET PEOPLE FROM
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY THAT
OTHERWISE WOULDN'T COME
DOWNTOWN.
AND IT'S JUST DRAWING EVERYONE,
EVEN FROM THE PROVINCE.
I THINK THAT IT'S KEPT US IN
BUSINESS, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
I REALLY DON'T -- IF THEY HADN'T
DONE THIS THIS YEAR I THINK THAT
YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
RESTAURANTS AND OTHER BUSINESSES
CLOSE DOWN.
I THOUGHT THEY DID AN AMAZING
JOB WITH HOW THEY DID.
IT SO DELIVERY TRUCKS WOULD COME
IN THE MORNING AND THEN AT NOON
AND GOING TO 10:00.
IT WAS BRILLIANT HOW THEY DID
IT.
CROIX WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM KIM
WINSOR LATER ON "HERE & NOW."
>>> THERE WAS A SPECIAL HONOUR
TODAY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
>> SINCE 1985, ROBERT MILLER HAS
BEEN ORGANIZING COMMUNITY
EVENTS.
>> Carolyn: BOB MILLER WAS
AWARNED THE SOVEREIGN MEDAL FOR
VOLUNTEERS.
HE RECEIVED THE AWARD TODAY FROM
THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR JUDY
FOOTE.
THE SOVEREIGN MEDAL FOR
VOLUNTEERS IS A NATIONAL
RECOGNITION AWARDED BY THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL.
MILLER HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING HIS
ENTIRE LIFE.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS, PACKING FOOD 45678 458
HAMPERS.
HE SO FAR HAS RAISED ALMOST $1
$1 MILLION TO HELP FAMILIES.
>> IT'S A SPECIAL DAY FOR THE
MILLER FAMILY, NOT JUST FOR
ROBERT, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE
MILLER FAMILY AND CERTAINLY FOR
DEBBIE TOO, TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF
YOUR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS.
THE SOVEREIGN MEDAL FOR
VOLUNTEERS RECOGNIZES SUSTAINED,
SIGNIFICANT, NON-PAID VOLUNTEER
WORK.
WORK THAT YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE
OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF YOUR
HEART BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING
THAT YOU DO NATURALLY.
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>> Carolyn: WELL, THE CLOCK IS
TICKING ON THE WATER STREET
PEDESTRIAN MALL.
BY THIS TIME NEXT WEEK THIS
COULD ALL BE OVER.
COMING UP I'LL SPEAK TO ONE
BUSINESS OWNER WHO THINKS THAT
THIS SUCCESSFUL SUMMER
EXPERIMENT SHOULD CONTINUE.
>> Ashley: A LOT OF RAIN
YESTERDAY IN THE EAST.
WINDY TODAY.
AND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS, THINGS WILL
START TO QUIET DOWN.
WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THOSE DETAILS
AND YOUR FULL FORECAST COMING
UP.
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>> Carolyn: ASHLEY IS JOINING
US NOW FROM INSIDE OF HER LOVELY
GREENHOUSE WITH A LOOK AT THE
WEATHER FORECAST.
SO, ASHLEY, WHEREVER I GO PEOPLE
ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW GREAT THE
SUMMER HAS BEEN.
HOW DO WE MEASURE UP?
>> Ashley: YES, IT HAS BEEN A
PHENOMENAL SUMMER FOR MOST -- I
COULD TELL BY MY TAN HOW SUNNY
IT'S BEEN FOR SURE ACROSS THE
BOARD.
BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE
NUMBERS.
BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT ON PAR FOR
WHERE WE SHOULD BE -- OR WHAT WE
NORMALLY SHOULD BE SEEING
TEMPERATURE-WISE FOR THIS
SUMMER.
LET'S LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
20-DEGREES OR MORE, WE HAVE SEEN
THAT 51 TIMES HERE IN
ST. JOHN'S.
THE AVERAGE IS 53.
AND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS EVEN, IT LOOKS
LIKE WE'LL HANG ON TO THE
SUMMER-LIKE PATTERN.
WHICH MEANS THAT WE TYPICALLY
ADD ABOUT SIX DAYS OF 20º OR
MORE THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
AT THIS RATE IT LOOKS LIKE WE
COULD ADD THAT AND MAYBE EVEN A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'LL
CERTAINLY SEE AN ABOVE AVERAGE
YEAR.
HERE'S THE NUMBERS ACROSS OTHER
AREAS, GANDER, 64, AND YOU
NORMALLY SEE 60 DAYS.
DEER LAKE YOU'RE TIED AT 67.
AND STEPHENVILLE IT'S BEEN
SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER, 57 DAYS
ALREADY TODAY -- OR ALREADY THIS
YEAR.
AND HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, 46.
AND LAB CITY AS WELL, 10 DAYS
OVER YOUR NORMAL AVERAGE OF 33º.
AND YOU HAVE HIT THE 20º MARK 43
DAYS.
SO, LIKE I SAID, IT IS LOOKING
LIKE WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH A
WARMISH PATTERN OVER THE NEXT
LITTLE BIT.
THE TEMPERATURES NOT BAD, 19º IN
ST. JOHN'S.
THAT WAS AFTER MIDNIGHT BECAUSE
IT GOT REALLY WARM YESTERDAY AND
HUMID.
AND SITTING ABOUT 17º THROUGH
THE DAY TODAY.
THE TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGH
TEENS ACROSS THE REST OF --
PRETTY MUCH THE REST OF THE
ISLAND, 15º IN CORNER BROOK AND
12º IN HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE THOSE SINGLE
DIGIT TEMPERATURES FROM
CARTWRIGHT TO HOPEDALE.
AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE EVENING
TONIGHT, THAT AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE, WHICH IS THE REMNANTS
OF LAURA, HAVE MOVED OFF.
AND WE'VE GOT THOSE STRONG WINDS
IN BEHIND IT.
AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NIGHT
TONIGHT, THE WINDS ARE GOING TO
STAY BRISK IN THE EAST AND
EVENTUALLY EASE FOR THE WEST AS
THE LOW PULLS FURTHER AWAY.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE RISK
OF SHOWERS TONIGHT.
FUTURE TRACKER WILL SHOW THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS OF SHOWERS
ON THE WEST COAST WORKING THEIR
WAY ACROSS TOWARDS THE EAST,
PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.
AND THEN A BIG RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE IS MOVING IN.
SO THAT CLEARS THINGS OUT, BUT
ALLOWING THE TEMPERATURES TO
DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR
LAB CITY.
2º OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH LIGHT
WINDS.
LIKE I SAID, THE WINDS EASE IN
THE EAST -- OR THE WEST -- AND
STAY A LITTLE BIT BREEZY.
SO 30-50 km/h WINDS.
YOU WILL NOTICE A WIND SHIFT AS
WELL OUT OF THE NORTHWEST WITH
THE TEMPERATURE NEAR 10º
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
ST. JOHN'S.
SO TOMORROW AS THAT LOW PRESSURE
MOVES FURTHER OFF, WE'LL SEE
SOME LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING AND THEN AS THAT RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES, THE
WINDS WILL EASE AND WE WILL SEE
SOME CLEARING SKIES THROUGH THE
DAY.
A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT WE COULD
SEE A FEW SPITS OF RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON, BUT OVERALL IT DOES
LOOK LIKE A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
AND YOU'LL NOTE CLOUD COVER AND
RAIN WILL MOVE IN THROUGH LAB
WEST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT, LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SO THERE YOU GO,
TEMPERATURE-WISE, COOLER
TOMORROW FOR ST. JOHN'S, ABOUT
15º.
BUT GENERALLY IN THE MID-TO-HIGH
TEENS ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND 16º FOR ST. ANTHONY AND THEN
UP THROUGH LABRADOR, ANOTHER
BEAUTIFUL DAY, HAPPY
VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, 19º, WITH
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND NAIN
SITTING AROUND 15º.
SO THAT AREA OF SHOWERS THAT I
WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH LAB WEST
WILL SPREAD THROUGH THE BIGLAND
THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.
THE HIGH PRESSURE IS DOMINATING.
SO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON IS
EXPECTED.
THEN THOSE SHOWERS MAKE THEIR
WAY ACROSS THE ISLAND THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS.
BUT LOOK AT THOSE TEMPERATURES,
HANGING ON TO THE 20º IN
ST. JOHN'S, WITH PLENTY OF
SUNSHINE.
22º IN CORNER BROOK.
AND ANOTHER 20º DAY FOR HAPPY
VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, WITH PERIODS
OF RAIN MOVING IN THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.
AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO
THURSDAY, A LITTLE BIT MORE GREY
FOR YOU FOR THE BIGLAND AND
EVENTUALLY MAKING ITS WAY
ACROSS.
IT WILL MAKE ITS WAY TOWARDS THE
METRO AREA LATE DAY THURSDAY AS
ANOTHER HIGH -- ANOTHER HIGH
NEAR 20º, WITH THE TEMPERATURES
NEAR 23º THROUGH CORNER BROOK.
SO, CERTAINLY, THE NEXT LITTLE
BIT IS LOOKING NICE.
MORE SHOWERS AS THAT TROUGH
MOVES THROUGH ON FRIDAY, 22º.
AND THEN SATURDAY IT LOOKS
BEAUTIFUL AT THIS POINT WITH
ANOTHER 23º DAY.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT SIMILAR
TEMPERATURES FOR CENTRAL
NEWFOUNDLAND.
AND THEN EVEN A LITTLE BIT
WARMER IN THE WEST.
THOUGH IT LOOKS GREAT BOTH
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND THEN
EVENTUALLY CLEARING THROUGH THE
DAY ON SATURDAY WITH 19º.
AND EASTERN LABRADOR, ONCE YOU
GET THROUGH THE SOURS ON SHOWERN
THURSDAY, IT LOOKS A BIT GREY
FOR LAB WEST WITH THE
TEMPERATURES DIPPING ON SATURDAY
TO ABOUT 11º.
I WANTED TO SHARE THIS LOVELY
SHOT.
LOOK AT THIS -- STAYCATION
VIEWS.
MELANIE SENT US THAT SHOT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
THAT WITH US.
IF YOU HAVE ANY WEATHER PHOTOS
TO SHARE WITH US, SEND THEM TO
NLPHOTOS@CBC.CA.
>> Carolyn: IT SEEMS THAT MOST
PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE WATER
STREET PEDESTRIAN MALL HAS BEEN
A RESOUNDING SUCCESS THIS YEAR.
BUT ST. JOHN'S CITY COUNCIL
STICKS TO THEIR ORIGINAL PLAN,
THIS IS OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 7th.
THIS TIME NEXT WEEK.
NOW A LOT OF BUSINESS OPENERS OS
THINK THAT IT SHOULD CONTINUE.
HOW LONG WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
THE PEDESTRIAN MALL CONTINUE?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT ALL
YEAR ROUND, UP TO AT LEAST
CHRISTMAS.
IMAGINE CHRISTMASTIME WITH ALL
OF THE STORES DECORATED AND YOU
CAN WALK DOWNTOWN OR SKI, AND IT
WOULD GET A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT
THAT GET STUCK IN THEIR HOMES.
AND IF THE CITY MAKES A
COMMITMENT TO DOWNTOWN, AND
DOWNTOWN, THE STREETS WILL BE
CLEAR OF SNOW AND CARS.
THAT WILL BE VERY FORWARD.
AND WHY NOT DO THAT?
IT CAN BE DONE.
>> Carolyn: WHAT WOULD BE YOUR
IDEAL SCENARIO?
>> AT LEAST A THURSDAY TO
SUNDAY.
BUT, HONESTLY, WHY NOT HAVE
PEOPLE WALKING AS OPPOSED TO
CARS?
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
THEY HAVE A WHOLE WATERFRONT TO
DRIVE ON AND IT'S JUST NOT
NECESSARY TO HAVE CARS DOWNTOWN.
THEY PROVED THAT THIS YEAR.
>> Carolyn: WHAT KIND OF A
DIFFERENCE HAS THIS MADE TO YOUR
BUSINESS THIS YEAR, CONSIDERING
EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON
WITH THE PANDEMIC?
>> OH, MY GOSH, WE HAVE GAINED A
BRAND-NEW CUSTOMER.
WE HAVE MET PEOPLE FROM
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY THAT
OTHERWISE WOULDN'T COME
DOWNTOWN.
I THINK THAT IT'S KEPT US IN
BUSINESS, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
I REALLY DON'T -- IF THEY HADN'T
DONE THIS THIS YEAR, I THINK
THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN A LOT
OF RESTAURANTS AND OTHER
BUSINESSES CLOSE DOWN.
AND WE'VE BEEN KIND OF PUSHING
FOR THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS ANYWAY.
I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT IT'S
NECESSARY TO HAVE CARS DOWNTOWN.
I THOUGHT THEY DID AN AMAZING
JOB WITH THE WAY THEY DID IT.
SO THE DELIVERY TRUCKS WOULD
COME IN THE MORNING.
AND THEN AT NOON GOING TO 10:00,
IT WAS JUST BRILLIANT THE WAY
THEY DID IT.
>> Carolyn: HOW WOULD YOU FEEL
IF THE COUNCIL DOES DECIDE TO
END IT ON SEPTEMBER 7th?
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE A LOSS TO
DOWNTOWN AND I DON'T REALLY SEE
THE REASONING.
SO WE HAVE PUT OUT A MESSAGE TO
OUR CUSTOMERS ON OUR NEWSLETTER
TO EMAIL THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE
TO CONTINUE THIS, AT LEAST
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY ON DUCKWORTH AND ON
WATER.
>> Carolyn: WHAT HAS BEEN THE
REACTION TO THE PEDESTRIAN MALL
FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE?
WHAT SORTS OF THINGS ARE YOU
HEARING FROM CUSTOMERS AND FROM
PEOPLE JUST WALKING ALONG THE
STREETS?
>> THEY ARE JUST LOVING IT.
THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR FAMILIES
DOWN, THEIR DOGS, AND THEY'RE
POPPING IN SHOPS, LIKE I SAID,
THAT THEY WOULDN'T NORMALLY GO
INTO.
SO WE HAVE ADDED A WHOLE NEW
CUSTOMER.
LIKE IT'S CHANGED MY BUYING AND
EVERYTHING.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE
OF THIS.
AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THEY KEEP
IT.
>> Carolyn: DO YOU THINK THAT
THE PEDESTRIAN MALL TAKES
BUSINESS AWAY FROM BUSINESSES ON
DUCKWORTH STREET?
>> IT MAY A LITTLE BIT AND
THAT'S WHY I WOULD LOVE TO
INCLUDE THEM IN THERE.
WHAT I HEAR WHEN I CALL MY
DUCKWORTH STREET COMRADE SAYS
THAT THEY'RE GETTING MORE
TRAFFIC.
>> Carolyn: MORE PEOPLE COMING
DOWN TO WATER STREET --
>> AND THEN WALKING UP BECAUSE
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
YOU GET THE HARBOUR SIDE PARK
AND THE MEMORIAL PARK.
I THINK THAT IF THEY CONTINUE
IT, YOU'LL STILL GET THE
TRAFFIC.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IS TRAFFIC
DOWNTOWN.
AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THE CITY
SEES THE POTENTIAL OF THIS AND
CONTINUES IT.
>> Carolyn: ALL RIGHT, KIM
WINSOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, CAROLYN.
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>> Reporter: FOR SOME PHYSIC
STUDENTS THEY HAVE MISSED 68
HOURS OF INSTRUCTION TIME.
THE CURRICULUM GUIDE RELEASED BY
THE DEPARTMENT JUST LAST WEEK
ALLOWS ONLY FOUR HOURS TO MAKE
UP THAT MISSED TIME.
>> Anthony: THAT'S JUST ONE
ISSUE THAT SEMESTERRIZED
STUDENTS FACE, AND ANOTHER BIG
ONE HAS TO DO WITH PUBLIC EXAMS.
STAY TUNED.
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(♪♪♪)
>> Anthony: A MAJOR ISSUE FOR
THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AS WE HEAD
BACK TO SCHOOL IS PUBLIC EXAMS
AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD
HAPPEN.
A LOT OF PARENTS DON'T WANT THEM
TO HAPPEN.
JENNIFER DOOLEY IS THE CHAIR OF
THE SCHOOLS COUNCIL AT HOLY
SPIRIT HIGH SCHOOL.
LET'S TALK ABOUT
SEMESTERIZATION
FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW.
>> WE HAVE TWO TERMS, ONE FROM
JANUARY TO FEBRUARY, AND THE
SECOND FROM FEBRUARY TO JUNE,
WITH PUBLICS IN JUNE.
>> Anthony: SO GIVEN THE
PANDEMIC AND THE SCHOOLS
FINISHED BY THE END OF MARCH,
WHAT WAS THE IMPACT ON THOSE
STUDENTS?
>> THE IMPACT WAS VERY
SIGNIFICANT.
OUR SEMESTERIZED STUDENTS WERE
ONLY INTO THEIR TERM TWO CLASSES
WITH 75% TO 80% OF PREREQUISITE
LEARNING INCOMPLETE WITH THE
CLOSURE THE SCHOOLS IN MARCH.
>> Anthony: SO IF THEY HAD TO
WRITE THESE PUBLIC EXAMS, WHAT
WOULD THE DOWNSIDE BE?
>> PUBLIC EXAMS ARE STANDARDIZED
TESTS WRITTEN BY EVERY STUDENT,
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HOMESCHOOL
STUDENTS ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
THESE TESTS -- THIS PARTICULAR
YEAR, IT MEANS THAT STUDENTS WHO
HAVE 25% OF THEIR PREREQUISITE
LEARNING INCOMPLETE WILL WRITE
THE SAME TEST AS OUR
SEMESTERIZED STUDENTS WHO HAVE
75% TO 80% OF THEIR PREREQUISITE
LEARNING INCOMPLETE.
THESE COURSES ARE USED WHEN OUR
STUDENTS APPLY FOR
POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL.
THESE ARE THEIR FINAL GRADES
WHEN THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING FOR
ENTRANCE FOR POST-SECONDARY
THESE GRADES REALLY MATTER.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT WILL
BE STARTING SEMESTERIZED CLASSES
IN SEPTEMBER.
>> Anthony: ALL RIGHT, SO A
LOT OF PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT ITSELF, FAVOURS GETTING
THESE THINGS POSTPONED.
YOU LOOK BEHIND US WHERE THE
GOVERNMENT IS, WHY HASN'T THE
GOVERNMENT AGREED TO THIS AND
SAY, OKAY, WITH THIS YEAR GIVEN
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WE
SHALL POSTPONE THESE PUBLIC
EXAMS?
>> REALLY, THAT IS THE BIG
QUESTION.
WE HAVE BEEN LOBBYING GOVERNMENT
SINCE EARLY JULY TO HAVE THESE
EXAMS CANCELLED.
EVERY STAKEHOLDER THAT WE HAVE
MET WITH, HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH
OR MEETINGS WITH, INCLUDING THE
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
ENGLISH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
FEDERATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS
HAVE SUPPORTED US 100%.
AND MINISTER OSBORNE AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION KNOW
THEY HAVE NOT FINISHED THE
PREREQUISITE LEARNING AND THEY
KNOW THAT THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL
PLAN IS CHANGING ON A DAILY
BASIS.
THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS NO
RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE PUBLIC
EXAMS, CERTAINLY, NOT DURING A
GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE
DELAYING THIS DECISION.
AND IT'S A DECISION THAT IMPACTS
OUR STUDENTS SIGNIFICANTLY.
>> Anthony: BUT THE
DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT LIKES
HAVING THEM SO THEY CAN SAY,
OKAY, THIS SCHOOL IN ST. ARPCT
 ANTHONYIS DOING THIS COMPARED S
SCHOOL IN ST. JOHN'S, SO THERE'S
A REASON BEHIND THIS, THEY LIKE
TO COMPARE SCHOOLS?
>> YES, THAT'S THE MAIN REASON
FOR PUBLIC EXAMS IS THAT IT'S
USED TO RANK SCHOOLS, TEACHERS
AND STUDENTS.
HOWEVER, RESEARCH TELLS US THAT
PUBLIC EXAMS DO NOT INCREASE
LEARNING.
MANY OF US WHO HAVE WRITTEN
PUBLIC EXAMS, WHETHER IT BE 10
YEARS AGO OR 30 YEARS AGO, KNOW
WHEN WE WALK OUT OF THAT
CLASSROOM AFTER HAVING WRITTEN
THE EXAM, WE NEVER SEE THE EXAM
AGAIN.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WENT
WRONG.
THERE'S NO LEARNING TO THIS.
80% OF STUDENTS KNOW MORE THAN
THEY ARE ABLE TO REPLICATE ON A
THREE-HOUR WRITTEN EXAM.
RESEARCH TELLS US THAT THERE IS
NO EXAM THAT CAN ASSESS A
STUDENTS' LEARNING BASED ON
110-HOUR CURRICULUM IN A
THREE-HOUR TEST.
IT ASSESSES THE STUDENT'S
LEARNING ON THAT TEST ONLY AND
NOT THE ACTUAL CURRICULUM.
AND RESEARCH ALSO TELLS US THAT
PUBLIC EXAMS AND HIGH STAKES
TESTING LIMIT QUALITY EDUCATION.
>> Anthony: WHEN OUR STUDENTS
ARE COMPETING WITH THE REST OF
CANADA FOR SPACES AT MEMORIAL
UNIVERSITY, WILL THEY BE
COMPETES AGAINST STUDENTS WHO
DID NOT HAVE TO WRITE PUBLIC
EXAMS?
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
STUDENTS IN ATLANTIC CANADA, IN
OUR BUBBLE, ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
WRITE PUBLIC EXAMS FOR THEIR
FINAL YEAR-END OR SIMILAR --
THEIR GRADUATING COURSES.
SO THEY CAN APPLY TO MEMORIAL
UNIVERSITY JUST AS OUR
HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO WRITE PUBLIC EXAMS.
THEY CAN ALL APPLY FOR SPACES AT
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY WITH THE
SAME REQUIREMENTS AS OUR
STUDENTS -- HOWEVER, THEY HAD TO
WRITE THESE PUBLIC EXAMS.
>> Anthony: THE LAST QUESTION,
JENNIFER, BEFORE THE WIND BLOWS
US INTO THE NEXT SEMESTER HERE.
IF MINISTER TOM OSBORNE WERE TO
COME OUT HERE, WHAT WOULD YOUR
MESSAGE BE?
>> MY MESSAGE TO MR. OSBORNE AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
THIS IS ABOUT A FAIR AND
EQUITABLE EDUCATION FOR EVERY
STUDENT ACROSS THE PROVINCE OF
NEWFOUNDLAND.
THAT THIS IS ABOUT OUR STUDENTS
LEARNING TO LIVE IN A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC.
THIS IS ABOUT OUR STUDENTS
GETTING A QUALITY EDUCATION THAT
PREPARES THEM FOR THEIR NEXT
LEVEL, WHETHER THAT BE
POST-SECONDARY OR THEIR NEXT
MATH COURSE.
>> Anthony: RIGHT.
JENNIFER, I APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Carolyn: WELL, MONTRÉAL'S
ENGLISH SCHOOL BOARD WELCOMED
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS
BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM TODAY.
THE BOARD SAYS THAT IT'S
FOLLOWING ALL COVID GUIDELINES
INTRODUCED BY THE PROVINCE.
BUT WITH A HANDFUL OF FRENCH
LANGUAGE SCHOOLS REPORTING CASES
AFTER OPENING LAST WEEK, THERE
IS UNCERTAINTY AND CONCERN AMONG
MANY PARENTS.
SIMON NAKONECHNY HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: THE ICE IS BROKEN
AND KIDS ARE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
OF THIS SCHOOL IN MONTRÉAL'S
PLATEAU NEIGHBOURHOOD.
IN MANY WAYS IT FEELS LIKE A
BACK-TO-SCHOOL LIKE ANY OTHER,
IN THE SENSE THAT KIDS ARE
SMILING, FINDING THEIR FRIENDS
AGAIN, SOMETIMES FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN MONTHS.
OTHER KIDS ARE NERVOUS BECAUSE
THEY'RE STARTING AT A NEW SCHOOL
AND WONDERING ABOUT MAKING NEW
FRIENDS.
THEN, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU TAKE A
STEP BACK FROM ALL OF THOSE
FAMILIAR SIGHTS AND SOUNDS YOU
REALIZE THIS IS NOT A BACK TO
SCHOOL LIKE ANY OTHER -- IT'S
ALL AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF A
DEADLY GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
NOW SCHOOL IS MANDATORY FOR ALL
KIDS IN QUÉBEC UNLESS THEY HAVE
A MEDICAL EXEMPTION.
SO FOR MANY KIDS AND PARENTS,
TODAY THEY ARE DIVING INTO THE
DEEP END, WHETHER THEY WANTED TO
OR NOT.
>> I'M A BIT NERVOUS ABOUT GOING
WITH COVID AND STUFF.
BUT I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE GOOD,
LIKE, PRECAUTIONS.
>> Reporter: I SEE YOU WEARING
YOUR MASK.
ARE YOU GOING TO WEAR THAT ALL
DAY?
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> Reporter: WHAT DOES IT FEEL
LIKE WEARING A MASK?
>> IT'S KIND OF WEIRD, ACTUALLY.
EVERYBODY IS WEARING MASKS SO,
YEAH, I'M NOT USED TO THIS.
>> WE'RE HAPPY FOR HER TO BE
KIND OF GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AND
TO HAVE SOME NORMALCY AND SOME
OF THOSE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AGAIN.
SO, I MEAN, IF THINGS NEED TO
CLOSE DOWN FOR A WHILE AGAIN,
WE'LL UNDERSTAND.
>> Reporter: WITH THE
UNCERTAINTY COMES A WHOLE NEW
SET OF CHALLENGES.
MASK WEARING IS MANDATORY FOR
KIDS GRADE FIVE AND UP, BUT NOT
WHILE IN THE CLASSROOM.
THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN CONCERNS
ABOUT CLASS SIZES REMAINING THE
SAME.
QUÉBEC IS DEALING WITH A TEACHER
SHORTAGE, SO THAT WILL BE A
LONGER TERM PROBLEM TO FIX.
ANOTHER LONG-TERM PROBLEM --
VENTILATION.
MANY SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCE ARE
AGING AND THEY NEED TO HAVE
THEIR SYSTEMS UPGRADED.
THEN THERE'S THE ISSUE OF WHAT
HAPPENS IF THERE'S AN OUTBREAK.
THERE'S BEEN CASES IN A HANDFUL
OF SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCE.
THE FRENCH SYSTEM STARTED
CLASSES LAST WEEK.
THERE IS AN OUTBREAK, A CLASS OR
EVEN A SCHOOL COULD SHUT DOWN
TEMPORARILY.
THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY FOR
EVERYONE.
>> I SUPPOSE THAT WE'RE
ANTICIPATING ALL DIFFERENT KIND
OF QUESTIONS, SURE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE TO DEMYSTIFY ALL
OF THE STUFF THAT THE KIDS HEAR
AND GIVE THEM THE FACTS AS THEY
ARE AT THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL LEVEL
AND TO SUPPORT THEM AND TO BE
OPTIMISTIC.
AND TO TEACH THEM HOW TO BE
RESILIENT.
>> Reporter: SO FOR THOUSANDS
TODAY, THIS IS A PLUNGE INTO THE
UNKNOWN.
AND SOMETHING THAT WILL BE
WATCHED VERY CAREFULLY IN THE
PROVINCE AND BEYOND.
SIMON NAKONECHNY, CBC NEWS,
MONTRÉAL.
>> Carolyn: STAYING IN
MONTRÉAL, PROTESTERS THERE
BROUGHT DOWN A STATUE OF SIR
JOHN A. MacDONALD THIS
WEEKEND.
TODAY PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU
CONDEMNED THE VANDALISM.
AND THE PREMIER OF QUEÉBEC SAID
THAT THE STATUE WILL GO BACK UP.
>> RIGHT NOW WE'LL RESTORE AND
REPUT IN PLACE THE STATUE.
WE MAY HAVE DISCUSSIONS IN THE
NEXT YEARS ABOUT CHANGES, BUT
RIGHT NOW THE DECISION IS THAT
IT WILL BE REPUT IN PLACE.
>> Carolyn: MacDONALD WAS
CANADA'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER.
ANTI-S AISM PROTESTERS FAULT HIM
FOR THE CRUELTY OF HIS INDIAN
AFFAIRS POLICIES AND FOR
OPPOSING CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
WHEN THEY PULLED DOWN THE
STATUE, THE HEAD POPPED OFF.
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>>> AS WE REPORTED EARLIER IN
THE SHOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNOUNCED AGREEMENTS TODAY WITH
TWO U.S. DRUG COMPANIES WHO ARE
TRYING TO DEVELOP COVID-19
VACCINES.
AS EVAN DYER REPORTS, OTTAWA NOW
HAS POTENTIALLY HAVE TENS OF
MILLIONS OF DOSES ON RESERVE
FROM FOUR DIFFERENT COMPANIES.
>> Reporter: SO TODAY WE SAW
THE SECOND STAGE OF CANADA'S
PLAN TO BUY VACCINE DOSES IN
ADVANCE OF THEIR ACTUAL
DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, BECAUSE
THERE IS OF YET NO COVID
VACCINE.
BUT MANY DRUGMAKERS AROUND THE
WORLD, UNIVERSITIES AND
GOVERNMENTS, ALL WORKING ON
VARIOUS DIFFERENT POSSIBLE
VACCINES.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THE GOVERNMENT OF
CANADA HAS SIGNED TWO NEW
AGREEMENTS WITH NOVAVAX AND
JOHNSON & JOHNSON TO RESERVE
MILLIONS OF DOSES OF THE
VACCINES THEY'RE DEVELOPING.
>> Reporter: THE DRUG COMPANY
JOHNSON & JOHNSON AND ITS
DIVISION WHICH HAS PRODUCED THE
EBOLA VACCINE WILL USE THE SAME
POLICIES TO DEVELOP A VACCINE.
IT WAS TO START TRIALS THIS
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, BUT ACTUALLY
JUMPED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND HAS
CONCLUDED PHASE TWO AND IS NOW
IN PHASE THREE IN SEPTEMBER.
THE OTHER COMPANY THAT CANADA
ANNOUNCED A DEAL WITH IS
NOVAVAX, LESS OF A TRACK RECORD,
BUT WHICH DOES APPEAR TO HAVE A
PROMISING VACCINE.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO
SIGNED ABOUT A $2 BILLION
CONTRACT WITH THE MARYLAND-BASED
COMPANY.
IT'S IN STAGE TWO TRIALS WHICH
IT BEGAN LAST WEEK SO A LITTLE
FURTHER BACK IN THAT APPROVAL
PROCESS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: TAKEN TOGETHER OUR
VACCINE AGREEMENTS WITH PFIZER,
MODERNA AND NOVAVAX AND JOHNSON
AND JOHNON GIVES CANADA
88 MILLION DOSES WITH OPTIONS TO
OBTAIN TENS OF MILLIONS MORE.
>> Reporter: AND WE DID ALSO
HEAR SOMETHING ELSE TODAY FROM
HEALTH MINISTER PATTY HAJDU,
ANSWERED A QUESTION ASKED OF THE
PRIME MINISTER MANY TIMES
WHETHER THIS VACCINE IS
MANDATORY.
>> LET'S BE CLEAR, NO VACCINES
ARE MANDATORY.
FEDERALLY MANDATED TO BE USED IN
CANADA.
AND COVID-19 VACCINE WOULD BE NO
DIFFERENT.
>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH SHE DID
MENTION CASES WHERE THE
GOVERNMENT STOPPED SHORT OF
LEGALLY MANDATING TO TAKE THE
VACCINE BUT THEY CAN IMPOSE
OTHER PENALTIES, FOR EXAMPLE,
NOT ALLOWING CHILDREN TO ATTEND
SCHOOL UNLESS THEY'RE
VACCINATED.
SO STOPPING SHORT OF PEOPLE
TAKING IT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO,
BUT LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN WITH
MEASURES TO PERSUADE PEOPLE TO
TAKE THAT COVID-19 VACCINE, IF
AND WHEN IT BECOMES READY.
EVAN P
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>> Carolyn: THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS CREATING NEW
UNCERTAINTY FOR CANADA'S LOBSTER
INDUSTRY.
IT JUST LAUNCHED A TRADE
INVESTIGATION INTO CANADA'S
LOBSTER EXPORTS.
NOW THE MOVE COMES AS THE
PRESIDENT TRAILS IN POLLS IN THE
STATE OF MAINE, THE LARGEST
EXPORTER OF LOBSTER IN THE U.S.
THE CBC'S PAUL WITHERS REPORTS.
>> Reporter: THE ELECTIONS IN
NOVEMBER GETTING CLOSER, THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
INCREASINGLY FOCUSED ON THE
STATE OF MAINE AND THE STATE'S
LOBSTER INDUSTRY IS FEELING THE
LOVE.
EARLIER THIS MONTH THE EUROPEAN
UNION GAVE INTO A TRUMP DEMAND
AND ELIMINATED AN 8% TARIFF ON
U.S. LOBSTER.
THAT WAS A MAJOR WIN FOR MAINE
AND IT WAS NOT THE END OF IT.
THREE DAYS LATER AT THE REQUEST
OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THE
U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION ANNOUNCED IT WAS
INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBLE
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE
CANADA-EUROPE TRADE AGREEMENT ON
AMERICAN LOBSTER EXPORTS.
THE INVESTIGATION WILL ALSO
INCLUDE TARIFF TREATMENT OF
CANADIAN LOBSTER IN THE U.K.,
CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES, AND
THE IMPACT ON U.S. LOBSTER
EXPORTS.
THE TRADE INVESTIGATION HAS GOT
THE ATTENTION OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS
CANADA, WHICH SAYS IT IS CLOSELY
MONITORING THE SITUATION.
>> WE WILL ALWAYS DEFEND OUR
CANADIAN INDUSTRIES, OUR
BUSINESSES, AND, CERTAINLY, THE
LOBSTER INDUSTRY CAN COUNT ON
OUR GOVERNMENT TO KEEP WORKING
FOR YOU.
>> Reporter: THE INDUSTRY IN
CANADA IS A BILLION DOLLAR
BUSINESS.
ONE SPOKESPERSON SAYS THAT
CANADA HAS LITTLE TO FEAR.
>> AND SO IT'S AN ECONOMIC STUDY
THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT AFRAID
OF AND WE'RE VERY PROUD AND
SECURE ABOUT OUR INDUSTRY.
WE THINK THAT CANADIAN LOBSTER
CAN STAND UP IN THE MARKET
AGAINST ANYBODY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE THINK OF IT
AND IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT, I
GUESS THAT IT REMAINS TO BE
SEEN.
BUT AS I SAID WE FEEL VERY GOOD
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE GOING
FORWARD.
>> Reporter: THE U.S. TRADE
COMMISSION REPORT WILL BE
RELEASED IN THE NEW YEAR, BUT
NOT BEFORE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE
HELD ABOUT ONE MONTH BEFORE THE
U.S. GENERAL ELECTION.
PAUL WITHERS, CBC NEWS, HALIFAX.
>> Carolyn: WELL, STAYING WITH
THAT ELECTION, JOE BIDEN IS
TAKING AIM AT DONALD TRUMP AS HE
LAUNCHED A NEW, MORE AGGRESSIVE
TONE IN HIS CAMPAIGN TODAY.
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE WAS IN PITTSBURGH WHEN
HE BLAMED THE U.S. PRESIDENT FOR
GROWING CIVIL UNREST IN AMERICA
AND FOR FUELLING THE VIOLENCE
THAT SAW ONE PERSON DEAD DURING
PROTESTS IN PORTLAND ON THE
WEEKEND.
>> FIRES ARE BURNING AND WE HAVE
A PRESIDENT WHO FANS THE FLAMES,
RATHER THAN FIGHTING THE FLAMES.
HE CAN'T STOP THE VIOLENCE.
BECAUSE FOR YEARS HE'S FERMENTED
IT.
HE MAY BELIEVE THAT MOUTHING THE
WORDS LAW AND ORDER MAKES HIM
STRONG, BUT HIS FAILURE TO CALL
ON HIS OWN SUPPORTERS TO STOP
ACTING AS AN ARMED MALITIA IN
THIS COUNTRY SHOWS HOW WEAK HE
IS.
>> Carolyn: BIDEN ALSO
DENOUNCED DEMONSTRATORS WHO
RESORT TO VIOLENCE OR LOOTING.
THE STRATEGY APPEARS TO BE PART
OF HIS CAMPAIGN EFFORT TO
COUNTER TRUMP'S LAW-AND-ORDER
MESSAGE.
TOMORROW TRUMP IS HEADING TO
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
THE CITY HAS SEEN DAYS OF
PROTESTS AFTER JACOB BLAKE WAS
LEFT PARALYZED AFTER BEING SHOT
IN THE BACK BY POLICE.
AND WHERE TWO DEMONSTRATORS WERE
KILLED LAST WEEK.
THE WISCONSIN GOVERNOR ASKED THE
PRESIDENT TO RECONSIDER HIS
VISIT.
>>> HISTORY WAS MADE IN THE
MIDDLE EAST TODAY.
WELL, THAT'S A PLANE FROM ISRAEL
JUST MOMENTS AFTER TOUCHING DOWN
IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
IT WAS THE FIRST DIRECT
PASSENGER FLIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO
COUNTRIES.
IT'S MEANT TO MARK THE
IMPELEMENTATION OF THEIR NEW
U.S.-BROKERED PEACE DEAL.
DIGNITARIES AND DIPLOMATS FROM
ALL THREE NATIONS WERE ON BOARD,
INCLUDING U.S. MIDDLE EAST PEACE
ENVOY AND DONALD TRUMP'S
SON-IN-LAW JARED KUSHNER.
THE FLIGHT WAS ALSO THE FIRST
TIME THAT SAUDI ARABIA ALLOWED
AN ISRAELI PLANE TO OVERFLY ITS
AIR SPACE.
>>> AND WITH THE SECOND LARGEST
POPULATION IN THE WORLD, INDIA
HAS SOARED INTO THIRD PLACE
BEHIND THE UNITED STATES AND
BRAZIL FOR THE HIGHEST COVID-19
INFECTION CASELOAD.
TODAY WAS THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE
DAY WITH INDIA WITH 78,000 NEW
INFECTIONS, BRINGING THE NUMBER
OF POSITIVE CASES TO MORE THAN
3.6 MILLION.
BUT STILL THE GOVERNMENT IS
RELAXING RESTRICTIONS TO TRY TO
REVIVE WHAT HAS BEEN THE WORLD'S
FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY.
THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC HAS LED TO
MORE THAN 25 MILLION CASES
WORLDWIDE AND WELL OVER 840,000
DEATHS.
NOW THAT IS ALREADY NEARLY
200,000 MORE FATALITIES THAN THE
NUMBER ATTRIBUTED TO A BAD YEAR
OF THE REGULAR ANNUAL FLU.
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>> Carolyn: ASHLEY IS BACK
WITH YOUR WEATHER RECAP.
SO, ASHLEY, HOW ARE THINGS
LOOKING TOMORROW?
>> Ashley: YEAH, SO TOMORROW
IS THE FIRST DAY OF
METEROLOGICAL FALL AND IT'S
LOOKING BEAUTIFUL AS WE HAVE A
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT WILL
SET UP.
SO SOME SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE,
ANYWHERE IN THE NORTH-FACING
COASTS IN THE MORNING AND THEN
CLEARING AFTER THAT.
THOSE WINDS, THESE WINDS, WILL
FINALLY EASE THROUGH THE DAY
TOMORROW.
THE TEMPERATURES, NOT TOO BAD,
IN THE MID-TO-HIGH TEENS PRETTY
MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD.
THIS RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
STAYS IN PLACE FOR A COUPLE OF
DAYS.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS THERE.
WE WILL SEE SOME SHOWERS MOVE IN
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK FOR
THE REST OF THE PROVINCE.
>> Ashley: THANKS, ASHLEY.
>>> MOST MUSIC FESTIVALS HAVE
HAD TO SWITCH OVER TO VIRTUAL
CONCERTS DURING PANDEMIC, BUT
NOT IN COVID-FREE GUERNSEY.
>> (indiscernible) WE ARE ABLE
TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THE
FESTIVAL.
WITH LIVE MUSIC AND SEE FRIENDS.
FANTASTIC.
>> Carolyn: IT WAS A SELLOUT
CROWD FOR THE 44th VEIL EARTH
FESTIVAL OFF THE COAST OF
NORMANDY.
IN A PASSING NOD TO PANDEMIC
RISKS, ALL OF THE PERFORMERS
WERE FROM THE DISTRICT.
GUERNSEY HAS BEEN FREE OF
CORONAVIRUS CASES SINCE LATE MAY
AND DROPPED DISTANCING RULES IN
JUNE.
PROFITS FROM THE EVENT WENT TO
CHARITY AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS.
YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE THE PEOPLE
GETTING TOGETHER LIKE THAT.
>> Anthony: IT REMINDED ME OF
THE REGATTA IN ST. JOHN'S.
IT LOOKED NORMAL WITH PEOPLE
MILLING ABOUT, AND CLOSE AND NO
MASKS TO BE SEEN.
>> Carolyn: THERE WE ARE.
WELL, WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED FOR
THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU SO
MUCH, EVERYONE, FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
AND I GUESS THAT WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK HERE TOMORROW FOR TUESDAY'S
SHOW.
>> Anthony: SEE YOU THEN.
>> Carolyn: GOOD NIGHT.
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