 >> Ian: GOOD EVENING.
 I'M IAN HANOMANSING.
 TONIGHT, HORRIFIC CONDITIONS 
 INSIDE A LONG-TERM CARE HOME IN
 MONTREAL.
 >>> AND COVID IS STRIKING 
 PEOPLE ALL ACROSS CANADA.
 URGENT CALLS FOR PHYSICAL 
 DISTANCING ON A LONG WEEKEND 
 BUILT AROUND SOCIAL GATHERINGS.
 >>> WHY DEFERRING MORTGAGE 
 PAYMENTS IS A CASE OF SAFE NOW,
 PAY MORE LATER.
 >>> AND HOW THE RAPID ONSET OF 
 THE VIRUS CAUGHT SO MANY BY 
 SURPRISE. 
 >> WE WEREN'T READY. 
 >> Ian: WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 
 WEEK IT ALL CHANGED IN CANADA.
 THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
 >>> MILLIONS OF CANADIANS ARE 
 SPENDING THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND 
 IN ISOLATION AS THE NUMBERS 
 RISE FROM THE COVID-19 
 PANDEMIC.
 GLOBALLY, MORE THAN 100,000 
 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
 THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED 
 INFECTIONS STEADILY CLIMBING 
 TOWARDS 2 MILLION.
 TONIGHT, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT 
 CANADA'S EARLY RESPONSE TO THE 
 OUTBREAK, THE LATEST RESPONSE 
 TO THE SITUATION, AND LOOK AT 
 THE SITUATION IN SOME LONG-TERM
 CARE FACILITIES WHERE PEOPLE 
 HAVE ALREADY DIED, AND THAT'S 
 WHERE WE BEGIN IS A LONG-TERM 
 CARE FACILITY IN DORVAL.
 SARAH LEAVITT HAS OUR STORY. 
 >> Reporter: A SIGHT THAT HAS 
 BECOME ALL TOO COMMON, BUT HERE
 AT HERRON, NURSES DESCRIBE A 
 SITUATION THAT WAS OUT OF 
 CONTROL. 
 >> WE WENT ROOM TO ROOM, AND 
 WHAT WE FOUND WAS INHUMANE, 
 HORRIFIC.
 THE CONDITIONS WERE DISGUSTING.
 >> Reporter: SENT IN TO 
 REINFORCE A DWINDLING STAFF, 
 LAURA MULLER SAYS SHE WAS 
 APPALLED BY WHAT SHE SAW. 
 >> PATIENTS WERE DRENCHED IN 
 URINE AND FECES, AND I COULD 
 TELL IT WAS THERE FOR A LONG 
 TIME BECAUSE THEIR SHEETS WERE 
 BROWN AND BLACK RIGHT UP TO 
 THEIR NECK.
 >> Reporter: ANOTHER PERSON 
 INSIDE SAYS PATIENTS WERE 
 DEHYDRATED, THEIR BASIC NEEDS 
 UNMET, STAFF ALMOST NOWHERE TO 
 BE SEEN. 
 >> THE ENTIRE RESIDENCE IS A 
 HOT ZONE.
 >> Reporter: JUDY WENT TO 
 HERRON THIS WEEKEND TO SEE HER 
 MOTHER, AND TO TELL HERIN HER 
 HUSBAND, JUDY'S FATHER, HAD 
 DIED AT ANOTHER FACILITY. 
 >> MY CONCERN IS FOR PATIENTS 
 THAT CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR 
 THEMSELVES.
 THEY CAN'T TELL THEIR FAMILY 
 THAT THEY'RE NOT EATING OR 
 GETTING OUT OF BED.
 >> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT 
 SAYS ONLY TWO DEATHS HERE WERE 
 DUE TO COVID-19, BUT THOSE 
 INSIDE HERRON WORRY THAT THAT 
 NUMBER IS SURELY HIGHER AND MAY
 INCLUDE A DEATH THIS MORNING.
 THE GOVERNMENT IS LAUNCHING AN 
 INVESTIGATION INTO THE FACILITY
 AND ITS MANAGEMENT. 
 >> I DO TRUST THAT THE 
 OFFICIALS HAVE TAKEN CHARGE AND
 ARE TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE 
 INSIDE THE FACILITIES.
 >> Reporter: THE NURSES SAY IT 
 SEEMS LIKE THE FACILITY HAS 
 IMPROVED, AND PATIENTS ARE 
 CLEAN AND WELL FED.
 NOW, THE QUESTION IS HOW COULD 
 THINGS HAVE GOTTEN AS BAD AS IT
 DID.
 SARAH LEAVITT, CBC NEWS, 
 MONTREAL.
 >> Ian: THERE'S ANOTHER 
 WORSENING SITUATION IN A 
 LONG-TERM CARE IN TORONTO.
 AS COVID-19 SWEEPS THROUGH, 
 MUCH OF THE STAFF HAS LEFT, AND
 THAT'S PUTTING OFFICIALS IN A 
 TOUGH SPOT.
 DAVID COMMON HAS THE DETAILS.
 >> Reporte
 >> Reporter: YET ANOTHER 
 SITUATION WITH A RECIPE FOR 
 DISASTER.
 ALREADY, THE HOME WAS SHORT 
 STAFFED, BUT WITH THIS NEWS, 
 IT'S SUDDENLY BECOME EVEN 
 SHORTER. 
 >> SHE'S 63 YEARS OLD, AND 
 WE'VE HEARD EARLIER THIS 
 MORNING THAT STAFF HAD WALKED 
 OUT LAST EVENING, SO WE'RE 
 REALLY CONCERNED.
 >> Reporter: PARTICIPATION 
 HOME, SEEN IN A VIDEO FROM 
 BETTER TIMES, IS A HOME FOR 
 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
 THEY SHARE KITCHEN AREAS AND 
 BATHROOMS, BUT AFTER A CONCERN 
 YESTERDAY, MOST PEOPLE LEFT. 
 >> I TOLD PEOPLE IF THEY WERE 
 CONCERNED, THEY COULD 
 SELF-QUARANTINE, AND MANY 
 PEOPLE TOOK THAT AS PERMISSION 
 TO LEAVE THE WORKPLACE.
 >> Reporter: IT ALL LED TO A 
 PANICKED CALL FOR ASSISTANCE.
 ANYONE WHO COULD HELP SHOULD 
 BRING HELP, AND ALSO, A PLEA 
 FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
 EQUIPMENT, WHICH WAS IN 
 DANGEROUSLY SHORT SUPPLIES. 
 >> WE'AN M.P. RESPONDED, AND THE 
 PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT 
 DISPATCHED ITS OWN STAFF TO 
 FILL AN EMERGENCY NEED.
 IT ALL UNDERSCORES THE NEED OF 
 LONG-TERM CARE HOMES WITH 
 DRASTICALLY UNDERSTAFFED 
 LOCATIONS.
 >> I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT 
 ONTARIO IS DOING ENOUGH WITHOUT
 TESTING.
 EVERYTHING I READ, EVERYTHING I
 SEE, THERE'S NUST NOT ENOUGH 
 TESTING, ESPECIALLY IN THESE 
 TYPES OF FACILITIES.
 >> Reporter: PARTICIPATION 
 HOUSE NOW IN LOCKDOWN, 
 STRUGGLING TO KEEP THE VIRUS 
 FROM SPREADING FURTHER.
 DAVID COMMON, CBC NEWS, 
 MARKHAM, ONTARIO.
 >> Ian: WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT 
 HOW ONTARIO IS DOING ITS 
 TESTING, BUT FIRST, THE 
 SITUATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT
 THE MOMENT.
 >>> THE CONFIRMED CASE COUNT 
 PASSES 22,000 THE ALBERTA 
 RECORDED SEVEN DEATHS TODAY, 
 THE HIGHEST ONE-DAY TALLY YET.
 IN QUEBEC, 765 NEW CASES, AND 
 25 DEATHS.
 IN ONTARIO, ALMOST 500 NEW 
 CASES AND TEN DEATHS, AND THAT 
 BRINGS US TO THE PROVINCE'S 
 STRUGGLE TO RAMP UP TESTING.
 ELLEN MAURO LOOKS AT HOW 
 THEY'RE TRYING TO CATCH UP. 
 >> IT STARTED WITH A FEVER, A 
 LOT OF FATIGUE, A RUNNY NOSE 
 AND A HORRIBLE COUGH.
 >> Reporter: ALIONO BISSENOFF 
 HAS BEEN SICK IN BED FOR SICKS 
 WITH SUSPECTED COVID-19.
 ONTARIO HAS CANADA'S LOWEST 
 RATE OF TESTING PER CAPITA.
 TO TACKLE THAT, THE PROVINCE 
 PLANS TO TEST HIGH RISK GROUPS 
 AND PEOPLE IN SHELTERS. 
 >> THE SOONER WE IDENTIFY 
 CASES, THE SOONER WE CAN ACT, 
 EXPAND TESTING, AND STOP THE 
 SPREAD.
 >> Reporter: THE PROVINCE SAYS 
 ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE TESTED,
 ALONG WITH ASYMPTOMATIC 
 RESIDENTS WHO MAY HAVE COME IN 
 CONTACT WITH ANYONE WHO WAS 
 SICK. 
 >> WE KNOW THIS IS A WILDFIRE 
 THAT'S RAGING IN CHRONIC CARE 
 INSTITUTIONS, WE NEED TO PUT IT
 OUT, AND WE CAN'T PUT IT OUT IF
 WE CAN'T SEE IT.
 >> Reporter: AT FIRST, ONTARIO 
 STRUGGLING WITH A BACKLOG.
 NOW, IT'S NOT EVEN MEETING ITS 
 CAPACITY.
 ALBERTA AND QUEBEC ARE TESTING 
 AT MORE THAN TWICE THE RATE OF 
 ONTARIO BASED ON POPULATION. 
 >> WHAT WE NEED IS A SNAP SHOT 
 OF WHERE WE ARE NOW.
 WE'RE RELYING ON LAGGING 
 INDICATORS TO TELL US WHERE WE 
 ARE IN THIS OUTBREAK. 
 >> Reporter: WHILE THE NEW TEST
 IS TO TEST UP TO 10,000 PEOPLE 
 BY EARLY MAY, IT LIKELY WON'T 
 HELP BISSENOFF WHO'S IN A 
 PRIMARY CARE GROUP. 
 >> IF YOU KNOW IT'S NOT, THEN 
 GET FUTURE RELIEF. 
 >> Reporter: MAKE MANY OTHERS, 
 SHE MAY NEVER KNOW EITHER WAY.
 ELLEN MAURO, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
 >> Ian: FRONTLINE WORKERS HAVE 
 SEEN SO MUCH, AND THEY'RE 
 STARTING TO SPEAK OUT, LIKE 
 FRONTLINE WORKER DOCTOR AND 
 ANESTHESIOLOGIST NADIA ALAM.
 HERE'S WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY. 
 >> HE SAID, I WOULD RATHER DIE 
 LOOKING AT THE SKY.
 I WOULD RATHER DIE TALKING TO 
 MY FAMILY.
 AND WE LOOKED AT THE SKY, AND 
 IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY DAY, 
 AND WE TALKED ABOUT HIS FAMILY.
 AND HE PUT HIS FAMILY ON THE 
 PHONE SO THAT I COULD TALK TO 
 THEM, TOO.
 >> Rosemary: HOW ARE YOU DOING?
 HOW ARE YOU DOING ABOUT YOUR 
 OWN HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF 
 YOUR KIDS?
 >> I LOVE WHAT I DO, BUT I'M 
 SCARED.
 I'M AFRAID OF CATCHING THE 
 DISEASE, I'M AFRAID OF PASSING 
 IT ONTO MY MORE VULNERABLE 
 PATIENTS, AND I'M AFRAID OF 
 BEING ONE OF THE STATISTICS 
 THAT PASSES AWAY FROM IT.
 A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, MY 
 SIX-YEAR-OLD TURNED TO ME AND 
 HUGGED ME AND SAID PLEASE DON'T
 DIE.
 I SAT THERE AND HUGGED HIM 
 UNTIL HE STOPPED BEING AFRAID 
 FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
 >> Rosemary: YOU KNOW, WE'RE 
 TOLD WE'RE IN THE BEGINNING OF 
 THIS.
 WE'VE GOT TO BUCKLE DOWN FOR 
 MANY MORE WEEKS.
 WHAT WOULD YOU TELL CANADIANS?
 >> IT'S WORKING.
 PLEASE KEEP IT UP, AND KEEP 
 SAFE, AND STAY SAFE.
 >> Ian: IN A MOMENT, WE'LL LOOK
 AT HOW SOME ARE WORSHIPPING 
 EASTER IN A LOCKED DOWN WORLD.
 >>> BUT FIRST, SOME ARE RISKING
 BY TAKING VACATIONS.
 TINA LOVEGREEN HAS MORE. 
 >> JUST GETTING OUT OF THE CITY
 FOR THE WEEKEND.
 >> Reporter: KATE MARSHAL'S 
 MOTHER LIVES ON GALLIANO 
 ISLAND.
 MANY OTHERS IN THE LINEUP, AT 
 LEAST THE ONES THAT WOULD TALK 
 TO US, SAY THE SAME THING. 
 >> WE'VE GOT A PROPERTY, TWO 
 ACRES THERE, ISOLATED FROM 
 EVERYBODY.
 WE PROBABLY WON'T SEE ANOTHER 
 PERSON THERE THE WHOLE TIME 
 WE'RE THERE. 
 >> BUT EVEN THEN, OFFICIALS 
 HAVE BEEN BEGGING PEOPLE NOT TO
 TRAVEL. 
 >> THIS IS NOT THE TIME.
 IF YOU WANT TO GO TO A FISHING 
 CABIN, THIS IS NOT THE TIME.
 >> Reporter: THE UNWELCOME 
 VISITORS, FRUSTRATING LOCALS 
 DESPERATE TO KEEP THEIR 
 COMMUNITY SAFE. 
 >> YOU SIT HERE IN A 15-MINUTE 
 PERIOD, YOU CAN SEE DOZENS AND 
 DOZENS OF VEHICLES THAT ARE 
 CLEARLY NOT LOCAL.
 >> Reporter: GALLIANO ISLAND 
 RESIDENT JANE HAMILTON TOOK 
 THIS VIDEO LAST NIGHT OF 
 VEHICLES ROLLING ONTO THE 
 ISLAND.
 IN SMALL TOURIST TOWNS, POLICE 
 CHECKPOINTS, ASKING PEOPLE WERE
 THEY WERE COMING IN. 
 >> A SMALL HANDFUL WERE SECOND 
 HOMEOWNERS, AND ONE CAR TURNED 
 AROUND AND WENT BACK, WHICH IS 
 GOOD NEWS. 
 >> Reporter: FOR NOW, THEY'RE 
 ASKING PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY.
 TINA LOVEGREEN, CBC NEWS, 
 DELTA, B.C.
 >> Ian: B.C.'S HEALTH OFFICER 
 SAYS SHE TRUSTED PEOPLE TO DO 
 THE RIGHT THING, BUT OTHER 
 CITIES AND PROVINCES ARE MAKING
 IT CLEAR, THERE COULD BE HARSH 
 PUNISHMENTS FOR THOSE NOT 
 KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE. 
 >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, THAT
 THERE'S A LIFE-OR-DEATH MATTER.
 >> Ian: TORONTO'S POLICE SAY 
 THAT THEY'LL BE PATROLLING 
 PARKS ALL WEEKEND, AND FINES OR
 UP TO $500 -- FINES OF UP TO 
 $500 WILL BE IMPOSED.
 >>> AND IN MANITOBA, INDIVIDUAL
 FINES UP TO $500, AND BUSINESS,
 UP TO 2500.
 >> Reporter: ON A DAY DEEPLY 
 STEEPED IN TRADITION, 
 EXPERIMENTATION, AND INNOVATION
 WERE INSTEAD THE THEMES.
 AT AN EMPTY St. PETER'S 
 BASILICA, JUST THE POPE KISSED 
 THE STATUE, AND IN JERUSALEM, 
 ONLY A FEW WALKED THE PRESUMED 
 PATH THAT JESUS WALKED BEFORE 
 HIS CRUCIFIXTION.
 IN DUSSELDORF, PEOPLE LINED UP 
 AT THEIR CHURCH IN CARS, 
 LISTENING TO THEIR SERMON LIKE 
 AT A DRIVE THROUGH.
 >> I THINK CREATIVITY FROM THE 
 CHURCH CAN TRULY BE A TIME OF 
 RENEWAL. 
 >> Reporter: YET OTHERS WRESTLE
 WITH THE LACK OF HUMAN CONTACT,
 BUT THERE WERE ALSO SOME 
 CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR BIG 
 FAMILY GET TOGETHERS AND 
 DINNERS THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN.
 THE PASSOVER FEAST PLAYED OUT 
 BY A CONFERENCE CALL AROUND THE
 WORLD.
 >>> A
 AND IN SPAIN, A COUNTRY REELING
 FROM AN AWFUL DEATH TOLL, IT 
 WAS DRUMS BEING PLAYED IN 
 BALCONIES INSTEAD OF IN THE 
 STREETS.
 CHRIS BROWN, CBC NEWS, 
 VANCOUVER.
 >> Ian: AS THE PANDEMIC HEADS 
 TOWARD A PEAK IN CANADA, THERE 
 ARE QUESTIONS OF HOW THE 
 GOVERNMENT HANDLED THE CRISIS.
 SALIMAH SHIVJI EXPLAINS.
 >> Reporter: A REMINDER 
 REPEATED TODAY, THAT WE'RE IN 
 THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL, EVEN 
 THOUGH THE MESSAGE AMONG THOSE 
 IN GOVERNMENT WAS MUCH LESS 
 URGENT A MONTH AGO.
 THEY WERE SAYING AS LATE AS 
 MARCH 10 THAT THE THREAT OF THE
 VIRUS SPREADING IN CANADA WAS 
 LOW.
 >> RIGHT NOW, THE RISK IS LOW 
 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN 
 INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY 
 TRANSMISSION.
 >> Reporter: A DAY LATER -- 
 >> PANDEMIC IS NOT A WORD TO 
 USE LIGHTLY.
 >> Reporter: -- THE W.H.O. 
 STARTED CALLING THE VIRUS A 
 PANDEMIC.
 A DAY AFTER THAT, THE PRIME 
 MINISTER'S WIFE CONFIRMED SICK,
 AND AS HIS BRIEFINGS CONTINUED 
 IN DAYS OF SELF-ISOLATION, MANY
 PEOPLE COMPLAINED THAT THE 
 GOVERNMENT MOVED TOO SLOW.
 >> Prime Minister Justin 
 Trudeau: AT THOSE DAYS, THE 
 NUMBER OF CANADIANS INFECTED 
 WERE STILL LOW.
 >> Reporter: CANADA WAS ONLY 
 ABLE TO SCOOP UP A MODEST 
 AMOUNT OF MASKS.
 DOCTORS AND NURSES ARE 
 ANXIOUSLY RATIONING WHAT WE 
 HAVE. 
 >> WE DIDN'T STOCK SUFFICIENT 
 EQUIPMENT.
 WE WEREN'T READY, AND HENCE, 
 THE INCREDIBLE EFFORT THAT'S 
 BEING MADE RIGHT NOW. 
 >> Reporter: BUT FOR PUBLIC 
 HEALTH OFFICIALS, THIS 
 COMPLETELY NEW VIRUS CAUGHT THE
 WHOLE WORLD OFF GUARD. 
 >> WE'RE LEARNING -- WE'RE 
 HUMBLED BY THIS VIRUS, AND 
 WE'RE LEARNING EVERY SINGLE 
 DAY. 
 >> Reporter: A NOTION ECHOED BY
 THE PRIME MINISTER. 
 >> Prime Minister Justin 
 Trudeau: AS WE LOOK FORWARD, OF
 COURSE THERE'S GOING TO BE 
 THINGS, OH, WE COULD HAVE SAID 
 THIS DIFFERENTLY OR WE COULD 
 HAVE DONE THAT DIFFERENTLY. 
 >> Reporter: AND THE CRISIS 
 DRAGS ON.
 SALIMAH SHIVJI, CBC NEWS, 
 OTTAWA. 
 >> Ian: A RARE SATURDAY SITTING
 IN PARLIAMENT WILL WEIGH THE 
 COUNTRY'S SECOND SUBSIDY 
 PROGRAMME.
 IN A MOMENT, WE'LL LOOK INTO 
 COMPLAINTS ABOUT CANADIAN BANKS
 AND THEIR EFFORTS OF MORTGAGE 
 DEFERRAL.
 BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE EFFORT
 TO KEEP THE OIL INDUSTRY FROM 
 TANKING.
 >>> LOWER PRODUCTION AND HIGHER
 PRICES SHOULD HELP CANADA'S 
 INDUSTRY, BUT IT ISN'T SO 
 SIMPLE.
 CAROLYN DUNN HAS REACTION FROM 
 ALBERTA.
 >> Reporter: SINCE HE GOT LAID 
 OFF FROM HIS OIL AND GAS 
 CONSTRUCTION JOB A COUPLE OF 
 WEEKS AGO, WAYNE ROGERS FILLS 
 HIS TIME WITH HOME CONSTRUCTION
 PROJECTS. 
 >> IT'S WAKING UP EVERY DAY AND
 CHECKING THE NEWS, CHECKING THE
 PRICE OF OIL.
 IT'S KEEPING AN EYE ON WORLD 
 STAGE, AND YEAH, DEFINITELY 
 HANGING ON.
 >> Reporter: BUT IT'S FAR FROM 
 CERTAIN IF YESTERDAY'S DEAL TO 
 CUT PRODUCTION BY 10 MILLION 
 BARRELS A DAY WOULD BE ENOUGH. 
 >> IT'S GOT TO BE CLOSER TO 20 
 TO 25 MILLION BARRELS OVER THE 
 NEXT FEW MONTHS TO COME OFF TO 
 BALANCE US OUT TO WHERE WE WERE
 PRECOVID. 
 >> TODAY, EMERGENCY MINISTERS 
 FROM THE G-20 STRUCK A SHOW OF 
 SOLIDARITY, THOUGH CANADA'S 
 ENERGY MINISTER SAID THERE IS 
 NO PLAN ON HOW THAT WILL WORK. 
 >> I THINK RIGHT NOW, IT'S 
 AIMING AT PRICE STABILITY.
 WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO FOR THE 
 GOOD OF OUR ECONOMY AND THE 
 WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
 >> Reporter: MANY IN CANADA'S 
 ENERGY SECTOR ARE RUNNING OUT 
 OF TIME AS OIL PRICES PLUMMET. 
 >> EVERY SQUARE INCH OF STORAGE
 IN NORTH AMERICA WILL BE AT 
 TANK TOPS IN FOUR TO SIX WEEKS 
 BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS; AND I 
 DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU HOW 
 CATASTROPHIC THAT WOULD BE FOR 
 OUR INDUSTRY SHOULD THAT OCCUR.
 >> Reporter: THOUGH QUICKLY 
 BACK FROM A SHOCK TO THE 
 INDUSTRY LIKE THIS ONE.
 CAROLYN DUNN, CBC NEWS, 
 CALGARY.
 >> Ian: FOR MANY CANADIANS, THE
 MORTGAGE IS THEIR BIGGEST 
 MONTHLY PAYMENT, AND THE 
 COUNTRY'S BIGGEST BANKS HAVE 
 RESPONDED BY ALLOWING CUSTOMERS
 TO DEFER PAYMENTS UP TO SIX 
 MONTHS, BUT THERE IS A CATCH, 
 AND IT'S GOT SOME CUSTOMERS 
 OUTRAGED.
 ERICA JOHNSON EXPLAINS.
 >> Reporter: MORE THAN 600,000 
 PEOPLE HAVE ASKED TO SKIP OR 
 DEFER A PAYMENT DURING THESE 
 TRYING TIMES, INCLUDING AMANDA 
 BURIN.
 BUT WHEN SHE WENT TO HER BANK'S
 WEBSITE, SHE LEARNED THAT HER 
 BANK WOULD BE CHARGING INTEREST
 DURING THE TIME OF DEFERRAL, 
 ADDING THAT TO THE OVERALL 
 INTEREST, AND FOR HER, A 
 FOUR-MONTH DEFERRAL AMOUNTS TO 
 ALMOST AN EXTRA $7500 IN 
 INTEREST, NEGATING HALF OF THE 
 PROGRESS SHE MADE LAST YEAR.
 IT'S NOT JUST CIBC.
 ALL THE BIG BANKS OFFER SIMILAR
 PROGRAMMES. 
 >> BASICALLY, IT'S JUST THE 
 BANK PROFITING OFF OF THIS 
 EMERGENCY. 
 >> Reporter: FINANCIAL 
 INSTITUTIONS NEED TO DO MORE 
 SAYS A BANKING CRITIC, LIKE 
 TEMPORARILY SCRAPPING ALL 
 MOTHER GAUGE PAYMENTS FOR 
 PEOPLE IN NEED. 
 >> PEOPLE'S LOAN PAYMENTS 
 SHOULD JUST BE STOPPED NOW, AND
 THE BANKS COULD AFFORD TO DO 
 IT, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
 SHOULD REQUIRE THEM TO DO IT. 
 >> Reporter: THE PRIME MINISTER
 SAYS THE BANKS HAVE TAKEN TO 
 SIGNATURE STEPS TO HELP, BUT 
 HE, TOO, WAS CALLING FOR FORE.
 BOTH R.B.C. AND CIBC SAID 
 PEOPLE ARE BENEFITING FROM 
 THEIR PROGRAMMES.
 A SPOKESPERSON FROM THE 
 CANADIAN BANK SAYS ALMOST 
 800,000 HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE
 DEFERRAL PROGRAMMES.
 HE DIDN'T COMMENT ON ALL THAT 
 EXTRA INTEREST.
 ERICA JOHNSON, CBC NEWS, 
 VANCOUVER.
 >> Ian: IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 
 OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH
 THE COUNTRY'S WORST OUTBREAK IN
 AN INSTITUTION.
 THE PRISON HAS BEEN LOCKED DOWN
 AS OFFICIALS WAIT FOR THE 
 RESULTS FROM 18 OTHER TESTS.
 >>> SOME WELCOME NEWS FOR 
 PARENTS WITH CHILDREN IN 
 ONTARIO DAYCARES.
 THE PROVINCE SAYS IT'S BANNING 
 THOSE BUSINESSES FROM CHARGING 
 FEES TO THE PARENTS DURING THIS
 CRISIS.
 AN EMERGENCY ORDER ENSURES 
 PARENTS WILL NOT LOSE THEIR 
 CHILD CARE SPACE BECAUSE 
 THEY'RE NOT PAYING FEES.
 THE PROVINCE ALSO SAYS THEY'RE 
 STILL ON TRACK TO HAVE SCHOOLS 
 REOPEN IN MAY.
 >>> AND AN ADDITIONAL FIVE 
 EMPLOYEES HAVE TESTED POSITIVE 
 FOR COVID-19 AT HALIFAX'S 
 NORTHWOODS SENIORS RESIDENCE, 
 BRINGING THE TOTAL TO NINE.
 FIVE RESIDENTS IN THE COMPLEX 
 HAVE ALSO CONTRACTED THE VIRUS.
 >>> THE NEXT STORY ISN'T ABOUT 
 A PANDEMIC, IT'S ABOUT A TEEN 
 GIRL SHOT BY WINNIPEG POLICE 
 AFTER A ROBBERY AND HIGH-SPEED 
 CHASE.
 CAM RAN MCINTOSH HAS REACTION 
 FROM THE POLICE AND THE GIRL'S 
 FATHER.
 >> Reporter: IN THIS VIDEO, YOU
 HEAR POLICE SHOOTING.
 WHAT'S NOT CLEAR IS THE 
 ALTERCATION THAT CAUSED THE 
 DEADLY RESPONSE, KILLING 
 16-YEAR-OLD AYESHA WATSON. 
 >> YOU DON'T SHOOT WHEN YOU 
 HAVE A VEHICLE ALREADY STOPPED.
 >> Reporter: POLICE SAY THE 
 GIRL AND FOUR OTHER TEENS 
 ROBBED THIS LIQUOR STORE, THEN 
 USING A STOLEN CAR, RAMMED A 
 POLICE CAR, AND A CHASE ENSUED.
 >> IT IS DURING THIS ENCOUNTER 
 THAT ONE OF OUR OFFICERS 
 DISCHARGED THEIR FIREARM. 
 >> Reporter: WINNIPEG'S POLICE 
 CHIEF DIDN'T SAY SPEECIFICALLY 
 WHY THE SHOTS WERE FIRED. 
 >> DEADLY USE OF FORCE IS USED 
 WHEN AN OFFICER FEARS FOR THEIR
 OWN LIFE OR THE LIFE AND SAFETY
 OF OTHERS.
 THAT'S A GENERAL ANSWER. 
 >> Reporter: IT COMES AFTER 
 MONTHS OF THEFTS, MANY BY 
 MINORS IN MANITOBA'S LIQUOR 
 STORES, MAKING THEM AN EASY 
 TARGET.
 EARLIER THIS YEAR, ONE WORKER 
 WAS VIOLENTLY ASSAULTED.
 THE PREMIER SAID THIS WOULD NO 
 LONGER BE TOLERATED.
 STORES HAVE BEEN INSTALLING 
 SECURE ENTRANCES.
 THIS STORE DIDN'T HAVE ONE YET.
 AS FOR THIS GIRL, SHE HAD A 
 TROUBLED PAST.
 STILL, HER FATHER IS SURPRISED 
 SHE WAS INVOLVED. 
 >> WHY WOULD THEY GO SO FAR TO 
 START WHEN THEY ALREADY HAD HER
 STOPPED.
 >> Reporter: MANITOBA'S POLICE 
 ARE INVESTIGATING.
 >> Ian: SOME NEUP NEXT, THE INFECTION 
 RATE IN SLOWING DOWN SOUTH OF 
 THE BORDER.
 WHEN IS IT TIME TO REOPEN THE 
 COUNTRY?
 >>> AN INSIDE LOOK AT CANADIAN 
 PREPARATIONS.
 >> PLANNING TO PUT INPATIENT 
 BEDS WHERE THERE NEVER HAVE 
 BEEN BEDS BEFORE. 
 >> Ian: OUR DOCTORS DIARY TAKES
 US INSIDE A TORONTO HOSPITAL.
 >>> AND REUNITED AFTER 
 QUARANTINE.
 
 >> Ian: THE CORONAVIRUS 
 CONTINUES TO EXACT ITS DEADLY 
 TOLL IN THE U.S., ESPECIALLY 
 NEW YORK.
 MORE THAN 18,000 PEOPLE HAVE 
 DIED IN COVID-19 IN THE UNITED 
 STATES, AND THERE ARE NEARLY 
 500,000 INFECTIONS.
 BUT FOR A GLIMMER OF HOPE, 
 EXPERTS ARE POINTING TO A 
 DIFFERENT NUMBER, REFLECTING 
 WHERE THE VIRUS IS TODAY RATHER
 THAN DAYS AGO.
 KATIE SIMPSON ON WHY IT HAS 
 OFFICIALS CHANGING THEIR 
 OUTLOOK.
 >> Reporter: BADLY NEEDED HELP 
 TO EXPAND TESTING IN THE U.S. 
 IS STARTING TO ARRIVE.
 500,000 SQUAUB KITS
 500,000 SWAB KITS ARE BEING 
 FLOWN IN FROM ITALY.
 A GOOD SIGN IN SOME OTHER 
 GLIMMERS OF HOPE.
 IN NEW YORK, THE NUMBER OF 
 I.C.U. PATIENTS DROPPED FOR THE
 FIRST TIME.
 HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE FLATTENING
 OUT.
 EVEN THOUGH THE STATE ITSELF 
 HAS MORE CASES THAN ANY COUNTRY
 OUTSIDE OF THE U.S.
 IN CHICAGO, ANOTHER HOT ZONE.
 NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO 
 DROPPING THERE, TOO. 
 >> WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A KIND 
 OFFLATENING, AND WE MAY NOT 
 GET -- OF FLATTENING, AND WE 
 MAY NOT GET THE KIND OF NUMBERS
 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
 >> Reporter: NUMBERS HAVE BEEN 
 SHIFTED.
 >> President Donald Trump: IN 
 THE MIDST OF GRIEF AND PAIN, 
 WE'RE SEEING CLEAR SIGNS THAT 
 OUR AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY IS 
 SAVING COUNTLESS LIVES.
 >> Reporter: BUT THE 
 CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE 
 EMPHASIZES THAT THIS DOES NOT 
 MEAN THAT RESTRICTIONS CAN BE 
 EASED. 
 >> EVERY DAY, WE NEED TO 
 CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DID 
 YESTERDAY AND THE WEEK BEFORE.
 >> Reporter: DONALD TRUMP 
 ACKNOWLEDGED REOPENING THE 
 COUNTRY MORE QUICKLY COULD LEAD
 TO MORE DEATHS, AND IT'S 
 WEIGHING ON HIS MIND.
 >> President Donald Trump: I 
 DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE HAD A 
 BIGGER DECISION.
 >> Reporter: A NEW MILITARY 
 FIELD HOSPITAL IS NOW TAKING 
 CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS IN 
 DETROIT.
 HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LINED UP IN 
 THEIR CARS IN MIAMI AT A 
 DRIVE-THROUGH FOOD BANK, AND 
 THERE ARE NEW TRACKING MEASURES
 IN WISCONSIN TO SEE IF ANY 
 CASES ARE LINKED TO EXPOSURE 
 FROM WEDNESDAY'S ELECTION.
 >> Reporter: TO HELP WITH HIS 
 DECISION, THE PRESIDENT WILL 
 UNVALE A NEW TASK FORCE NEXT 
 WEEK TO FOCUS ON HOW THE 
 COUNTRY WILL REOPEN.
 >> Ian: THREE YEARS AGO, WANDA 
 DENCH MISTAKENLY INVITED A TEEN
 TO DINNER, LEADING TO AN 
 UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP.
 WANDA DENCH AND HER HUSBAND, 
 LONNIE, MET JAMAL BACK IN 2016.
 EARLIER THIS WEEK, LONNIE 
 PASSED AWAY FROM COMPLICATIONS 
 OF COVID-19.
 WITH WANDA FORCED TO GRIEVE IN 
 SELF-ISOLATION, JAMAL IS 
 OFFERING UP HIS SUPPORT THAT 
 SAME WAY THEY DID THAT FIRST 
 THANKSGIVING.
 >>> NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL," OUR
 REGULAR SEGMENT, PUTTING YOUR 
 QUESTIONS TO OUR EXPERTS, 
 INCLUDING THIS ONE.
 IN ORDER TO PERFORM A 
 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, LIKE A 
 FURNACE REPAIR OR A PLUMBING 
 LEAK, IS IT OKAY TO ENTER THE 
 HOUSE TO DO THAT?
 >> Andrew: INDOORS OR OUTDOORS?
 WHERE ARE YOU SAFER FROM THIS 
 CORONAVIRUS?
 IT'S A BIT OF A TRICK QUESTION.
 IT'S LIKE ASKING IF YOUR MEAL 
 TASTES BETTER IN YOUR KITCHEN 
 OR THE BACK YARD. 
 >> WE TALK ABOUT DROPLET 
 PARTICLES.
 USUALLY, THEY DON'T TRAVEL IN 
 THE AREA.
 THEY USUALLY LAND A FOOT OR TWO
 FROM WHERE WE'RE RELEASED FROM 
 SOMEBODY.
 >> Andrew: TRANSLATION.
 INFECTED DROPLETS TYPICALLY FLY
 OUT, AND THEN, THEY LAND.
 SO WHETHER YOU'RE INSIDE OR 
 OUTSIDE, BY FAR, THE MOST 
 IMPORTANT QUESTION YOU SHOULD 
 BE ASKING YOURSELF IS ARE THERE
 OTHER PEOPLE AROUND?
 NOW, OF COURSE, WE MAY BE 
 SEEING SIGNS OF AIRBORNE 
 TRANSMISSION, SO THE ADVICE 
 COULD CHANGE, AND YEAH, 
 OUTSIDE, THERE IS WIND TO DRY 
 THE VIRUS OUT AND MORE SPACE TO
 SPREAD IT. 
 >> SO MAYBE TECHNICALLY IT 
 MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY SAFER 
 OUTSIDE, BUT
 >> Ian: WELCOME BACK.
 IT'S THE TIME IN OUR PROGRAMME 
 TO PUT YOUR QUESTIONS TO OUR 
 DOCTORS, AND JOINING US 
 TONIGHT, DR. ISSAC BOGOCH IN 
 TORONTO, AND IN VANCOUVER, 
 EMERGENCY ROOM DR. MELISSA 
 EWEN-INNIS.
 >> WE'RE STARTING TO HEAR ABOUT
 TRIALS CALLED CONVALESCENT 
 PLASMA.
 THEY'RE USING PLASMA FROM THE 
 SURVIVORS TO HELP TREAT PEOPLE 
 TO SEE IF IT CAN BE HELPFUL IN 
 THE RECOVERY.
 THERE'S CLINICAL TRIALS THAT 
 ARE GOING TO BE STARTING ACROSS
 CANADA, SO PEOPLE MAY BE 
 CONTACTED FOR A BLOOD DONATION 
 TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP WITH 
 THIS PROGRAMME.
 AS OF YET, THERE'S NO FORMAL 
 PROGRAMME SET UP, BUT STAY 
 TUNED.
 THIS MIGHT BE IN THE DAYS OR 
 WEEKS AHEAD.
 >> Ian: ALL SOUNDS VERY 
 HELPFUL.
 IN ORDER TO PERFORM AN 
 ESSENTIAL SERVICE LIKE A 
 FURNACE REPAIR OR A PLUMBING 
 LEAK, IS IT OKAY TO PERFORM THE
 SERVICE IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
 BE THERE?
 >> SO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE NOT
 GOING TO BE THERE IS A BONUS 
 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THEY 
 WON'T BE COUGHING AND SNEEZING 
 ON YOU.
 YOU SHOULD DO YOUR NORMAL 
 PRECAUTIONS, LIKE WASH YOUR 
 HANDS FOR 20 SECONDS, AND WEAR 
 GLOVES, BUT I DID SEE ONE 
 PLUMBER'S GROUPS SAYING YOU 
 SHOULD WEAR PLASTIC GLASSES AND
 A FACE SHIELD BECAUSE WE WANT 
 TO MAKE SURE THAT PLUMBERS AND 
 OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKERS AREN'T 
 EXPOSED ADDITIONALLY.
 SO GLOVE UP, WASH UP, AND THANK
 YOU VERY MUCH FOR PERFORMING 
 YOUR ESSENTIAL SERVICE.
 >> Ian: NO KIDDING.
 ALL RIGHT.
 DR. BOGOCH, NEXT QUESTION TO 
 YOU.
 HOW LONG CAN THE VIRUS STAY ON 
 FABRIC LIKE BEDDING?
 >> GREAT QUESTION.
 THE VIRUS CAN LIKELY LIVE ON 
 DIFFERENT SURFACES FOR ABOUT 
 TWO HOURS TO TWO DAYS, AND SOME
 OF THE DATA EMERGING THAT 
 SHOWED IT ON FABRICS, IF IT WAS
 CLOSER TO THE 24-TO-48-HOUR 
 MARK, SO CERTAINLY THERE'S 
 OTHER FACTORS LIKE TEMPERATURE 
 AND HUMIDITY THAT CAN ENABLE IT
 TO LIVE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF 
 TIME.
 IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT A 
 CONTAMINATED FABRIC, IT SHOULD 
 BE WASHED IN THE WASHING 
 MACHINE WITH SOAP AND WATER AND
 DETERGENT.
 >> Ian: ONE LAST QUESTION FOR 
 BOTH OF YOU.
 CAN I STILL GO FOR RUNS IF I 
 MAKE SURE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE?
 >> OF COURSE.
 OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
 WE ABIDE BY THE SOCIAL 
 DISTANCING MEASURES ENACTED BY 
 THE PROVINCE AND THE COUNTRY, 
 BUT CERTAINLY, IT'S OKAY TO GO 
 OUT KPOR EXERCISE, AS LONG AS 
 WE SOCIAL DISTANCE FROM OTHERS.
 >> YOU CAN GO OUTSIDE AS LONG 
 AS YOU'RE NOT INFECTED, IN 
 WHICH CASE, WE WOULD LIKE YOU 
 TO SELF-ISOLATE.
 THE OTHER THING, YOU MIGHT WEAR
 A CLOTH MASK SO YOU DON'T 
 CONTAMINA
 CONTAMINATE OTHER PEOPLE WHEN 
 YOU GO OUT.
 >> Ian: YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN 
 SPEAKING TO US TONIGHT. 
 >> THANK YOU. 
 >> THANK YOU. 
 >> Ian: AND WE'LL BE ASKING 
 YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19 
 EVERY NIGHT.
 MESSAGE US ON INSTAGRAM 
 AT @CBCTHENATIONAL.
 >>> THE SPRING WEATHER ADDS 
 SOME NEW COMPLICATIONS TO 
 BEATING THE CORONAVIRUS.
 AT TEMPERATURES RISE ACROSS 
 CANADA, SO DOES THE RISK OF 
 SOME NATURAL DISASTERS.
 RESIDENTS IN SOME
 FLOODING IS ALREADY UNDERWAY IN
 AREAS OF QUEBEC, AND SOME 
 RESIDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP 
 SOCIAL DISTANCING WHILE MAKING 
 SANDBAGS.
 >>> AND IN OTHER AREAS, IT'S 
 NOT FLOODING, IT'S WILDFIRES.
 RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN EXPLAINS. 
 >> IT DIDN'T FEEL REAL UNTIL WE
 WERE THERE ACTUALLY RIGHT IN 
 FRONT OF US.
 >> Reporter: RESIDENTS OF HIGH 
 LEVEL ALBERTA WERE FORCED FROM 
 THEIR HOMES FOR TWO WEEKS. 
 >> FELT LIKE YOU WERE DRIVING 
 THROUGH A GHOST TOWN. 
 >> Reporter: THE FIRE'S UNDER 
 CONTROL NOW, NEVER COMPLETELY 
 PUT OUT SINCE LAST THING.
 FIVE FIRES CURRENTLY BURN IN 
 ALBERTA, BUT THAT COULD CHANGE,
 AND COVID-19 COULD CHANGE THE 
 STORY FURTHER.
 HIGH LEVEL WOULD NORMALLY USE 
 THEIR SPORTS COMPLEX TO HOUSE 
 THOSE FLEEING FIRES, BUT NOW, 
 IT'S BEING USED AS AN 
 ASSESSMENT CENTRE FOR THE 
 CORONAVIRUS.
 THE TOWN NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT 
 SCENARIOS IF ITS RESIDENTS NEED
 TO ESCAPE AGAIN, TOO. 
 >> IF WE DO HAVE A FIRE WHERE 
 PEOPLE HAVE TO EVACUATE, HOW DO
 WE KEEP THEM SEPARATE FROM 
 PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN 
 INFECTED?
 >> Reporter: IT'S ALSO NOT 
 UNUSUAL FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO FLY
 IN AND HELP OUT HERE DURING THE
 EMERGENCIES, AND VICE VERSA.
 HARDER WHEN MANY COMMERCIAL 
 FLIGHTS ARE CANCELLED.
 THE ALBERTA FIREFIGHTERS 
 ASSOCIATION ARE TRYING TO MAKE 
 SURE THAT FIREFIGHTERS HERE ARE
 READY.
 IT'S ASKED THE PROVINCE TO 
 SPEED UP TESTING FOR HUNDREDS 
 OF FIREFIGHTERS IN 
 SELF-ISOLATION.
 ALBERTA HEALTH SAID THEY ARE A 
 PRIORITY, ALONG WITH OTHER 
 FRONTLINE WORKERS.
 THE PROVINCE SAYS IT WILL 
 IMPOSE FIRE BANS AND BEGIN FIRE
 SURVEILLANCE EARLIER THAN USUAL
 IN ALBERTA'S WILDERNESS AREAS, 
 AND IT SAYS IT'S PLANNING 
 FURTHER STEPS TO TRY TO CONTAIN
 FIRES DURING THE PANDEMIC.
 RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS, 
 EDMONTON.
 >> Ian: NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL,"
 WHAT'S IT REALLY LIKE ON THE
 >> Ian: WE'VE HEARD THE CHEERS 
 FOR THEM ON THE OUTSIDE, AND 
 WE'VE SEEN THEIR FACES, 
 SOMETIMES BRUISED, AND 
 CERTAINLY TIRED, ON THE INSIDE,
 READY TO CELEBRATE EVEN THE 
 SMALLEST VICTORIES.
 BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN BETWEEN 
 THESE MOMENTS?
 WE WANTED TO GET A LOOK INSIDE 
 A HEALTH CARE FACILITY, SO WE 
 HANDED THINGS OVER TO DR. 
 DANIELLE MARTIN.
 IN OUR FIRST DOCTOR DIARY, SHE 
 SHOWS US HOW ONE FACILITY IS 
 TRANSFORMING INTO A CARE 
 CENTRE. 
 >> I WILL BE TAKING MY SUMMER 
 GRADUATE TO WORK. 
 >> I'M DANIELLE MARTIN.
 I'M A FAMILY DOCTOR AND CHIEF 
 MEDICAL EXECUTIVE AT WOMEN'S 
 HOSPITAL IN TORONTO, AND I'M 
 THE MEDICAL LEAD FOR OUR 
 HOSPITAL'S COVID-19 PANDEMIC 
 RESPONSE.
 NORMALLY, THIS HOSPITAL IS 
 TOTALLY AN OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL,
 WE HAVE NO INPATIENT BEDS, WE 
 HAVE NO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
 BUT LIKE EVERY FACILITY IN 
 HEALTH CARE RIGHT NOW, WE ARE 
 BEING STRETCHED TO FIND 
 CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.
 ALL RIGHT.
 I'M GARBED UP NOW IN OUR 
 ASSESSMENT CENTRE WHERE WE TEST
 PATIENTS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE 
 COVID POSITIVE.
 PEOPLE FILL OUT AN ON-LINE 
 FORM, AND THEN, THEY SPEAK TO A
 PHYSICIAN BY PHONE, AND THEN, 
 THEY COME IN FOR A SUPER RAPID 
 SWAB.
 >> THEY'RE ONLY HERE FOR TWO, 
 THREE MINUTES, JUST FOR SWAB 
 AND A QUICK PHYSICAL EXAM, AND 
 ALL THE REST IS DONE IN THE 
 COMFORT OF THEIR HOME. 
 >> OKAY.
 I'M HERE IN THE SURGICAL 
 RECOVERY AREA, WHERE WE 
 NORMALLY ONLY DO DAY SURGERIES,
 AND THIS IS THE AMAZING TEAM 
 THAT'S PLANNING TO PUT RECOVERY
 BEDS IN A PORTION OF THE 
 FACILITY WHERE THERE NEVER HAVE
 BEEN BEDS BEFORE. 
 >> THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS GOING 
 TO BE LOOKING AFTER PATIENTS 
 WHO COME OUT OF AN OUTPATIENT 
 FACILITY TO PATIENTS WHERE WE 
 ACTUALLY HAVE TO CARE FOR THEM.
 >> I LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT 
 WORRYING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO 
 BE LEFT WHEN THE SURGE IS OVER.
 SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THEIR
 SURGERIES CANCELLED AND 
 APPOINTMENTS CANCELLED RIGHT 
 NOW, NOT GETTING ACCESS TO 
 THEIR ESSENTIAL SERVICES 
 BECAUSE WE'RE BATTENING DOWN 
 THE HATCHES, WORKING ON DEAL WG
 WHAT MAY BE COMING, AND THAT 
 COMES AT AN IMPACT AND AN 
 EXPENSE DOWN THE ROAD, AND I 
 WONDER HOW WE'RE GOING TO PICK 
 UP THE PIECES WITH ALL OF THAT,
 AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO CATCH UP
 AND FOLLOW UP WHEN THIS IS ALL 
 DONE.
 >> Ian: WE'VE BEEN ASKING 
 CANADIANS TO SHARE WHAT LIFE 
 LOOKS LIKE DURING THIS 
 PANDEMIC.
 HERE'S TONIGHT'S PANDEMIC 
 DIARY. 
 >> HI.
 MY NAME IS ELLA, AND I'M SEVEN 
 IN GRADE ONE.
 I'M FEELING HAPPY AND SAD AT 
 THE SAME TIME.
 THE HAPPY IS I GET TO PLAY AND 
 TO WORK.
 THE SAD IS BECAUSE I MISS MY 
 FRIENDS.
 I HAVE A LITTLE BROTHER, AND 
 I'M THANKFUL YET BORED BECAUSE 
 WE'RE STUCK INSIDE.
 IT'S HARDER TO DEAL WITH IT, 
 AND IT'S JUST CONFUSING.
 I SURE WONDER WHEN COVID-19 IS 
 GOING TO BE OVER.
 I DON'T LIKE COVID-19.
 WHAT GIVES ME HOPE IS WE GET TO
 GO AFTER SCHOOL WHEN COVID-19 
 WILL BE DONE.
 >> Ian: AUTO RACING IS ONE OF 
 THE FEW SPORTS THAT'S CARRYING 
 ON DURING THIS PANDEMIC 
 VIRTUALLY.
 NEXT, HOW IT FEATURES A 
 >> Ian: THE INDY CAR SEASON MAY
 BE SUSPENDED, AND THE 
 INDIANAPOLIS 500 SUSPENDED 
 UNTIL AUGUST, BUT THEY'VE FOUND
 A WAY TO KEEP FANS ENGAGED 
 UNTIL THAT HAPPENS.
 NASCAR ATRACK
 AS JAMIE STRATTON EXPLAINS, IT 
 FEATURES A REMARKABLE COME BACK
 FOR A CANADIAN RACER. 
 >> Reporter: THIS IS A FEEL 
 GOOD STORY FOR ROBERT WICKENS.
 THIS IS HIS FIRST FORMAL 
 COMPETITION SINCE THE POCONO 
 CRASH. 
 >> Reporter: CANADIAN RACE CAR 
 DRIVER ROBERT WICKENS IS BACK 
 ON THE TRACK, SORT OF.
 HE'S ACTUALLY IN HIS 
 INDIANAPOLIS HOME ON A 
 SOPHISTICATED SIMULATOR.
 HE'S COMPETING AGAINST THE BEST
 DRIVERS IN THE WORLD, THE SAME 
 ONES HE USED TO RACE AGAINST. 
 >> IT'S KIND OF A SURREAL 
 EXPERIENCE.
 FOR ME, THIS IS REALLY STEP ONE
 TO GET BACK INTO THE RACE CAR.
 >> Reporter: IT WAS WICKENS' 
 FIRST TASTE OF COMPETITION 
 AFTER A CRASH TWO YEARS AGO 
 THAT LEFT HIM PARTIALLY 
 PARALYSED AND LUCKY TO BE 
 ALIVE.
 HIS GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO 
 RACE AGAIN.
 WHEN CBC CAUGHT UP WITH HIM 
 LAST NOVEMBER, HE WAS 
 RELEARNING HOW TO WALK.
 IT'S A GRUELING PROCESS THAT 
 CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. 
 >> Reporter: THIS IS A MAJOR 
 STEP IN ROBERT WICKENS GETTING 
 BACK TO FULL-TIME RACING. 
 >> Reporter: MINUS THE SMELL OF
 BURNING RUBBER, IT'S A TRUE 
 RACING EXPERIENCE. 
 >> GOING AN HOUR WITHOUT 
 CRASHING ON A SIMULATOR IS 
 VERY, VERY HARD. 
 >> Reporter: WITH ALL SPORTS 
 SHUTDOWN BECAUSE OF 
 CORONAVIRUS, THIS ON-LINE 
 RACING HAS GIVEN NASCAR AN 
 ABILITY TO STAY ON TELEVISION. 
 >> USING YOUR THUMBS TO MOVE A 
 SOCCER BALL AROUND IS NOTHING 
 LIKE PLAYING REAL SOCCER.
 SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES INDY CAR 
 AND NASCAR RACING SO DIFFERENT.
 >> IT WAS VERY REWARDING TO 
 CROSS THE FINISH LINE. 
 >> Reporter: WICKENS STARTING 
 THIS RACE DEAD LAST, IN 28 
 POSITION.
 HE FINISHED EIGHT.
 JAMIE STRATTON, CBC NEWS.
 >> Ian: COMING UP,
 >> SELF-ISOLATION HAS BEEN HARD
 ON FAMILIES, AND THE MAN IN 
 THIS PHOTO, TUCKER, HAD TO 
 WATCH HIS DAUGHTER CELEBRATE 
 HER FIRST BIRTHDAY FROM A 
 WINDOW OUTSIDE THEIR HOME.
 TUCKER WAS QUARANTINED IN A 
 TENT OUTSIDE IN THEIR DRIVEWAY 
 AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM 
 NEWFOUNDLAND, AND THEIR REUNION
 IS THEIR "MOMENT." 
 >> WHEN I CAME IN, SHE LOOKED 
 AT ME, AND SHE TURNED HER HEAD,
 AND SHE LOOKED AGAIN, AND IT 
 WAS, LIKE, DADDY'S INSIDE.
 AND ONCE SHE ACTUALLY REALIZED 
 I WAS THERE WITH HER, THAT'S 
 WHEN SHE STARTED TO GET 
 EXCITED.
 SHE STARTED TO JUMP AROUND, BUT
 WHEN I PICKED HER UP, THAT'S 
 WHEN SHE REALIZED THAT DADDY 
 WAS BACK IN THE HOUSE, AND IT 
 WAS VERY EMOTIONAL FOR ME.
 >> YOU KNOW, WE WERE IN HERE TO
 SEE ELLA ROSE'S REACTION. 
 >> NOW WE ARE HERE, I SURVIVED,
 AND I WOULD DO IT AGAIN IF I 
 HAD TO.
 >> Ian: SO HE COUGHED THERE, 
 BUT HE'S NOT SICK, AND HE 
 DIDN'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS DURING
 THOSE 14 DAYS.
 IF YOU HAVE A ONE-YEAR-OLD, AND
 I DID, A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, I
 CAN'T IMAGINE BEING IN A TENT 
 OUTSIDE.
 OBVIOUSLY, A HEALTHY FAMILY WAS
 WHAT MOTIVATED HIM.
 >>> THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR 
 FRIDAY, APRIL 10.
 GOOD NIGHT.
