 BETWEEN TWICE IN 24
HOURS AT LEAST.
NOW, THIS COULD INCLUDE
DOORKNOBS, LIGHT SWITCHES,
HANDRAILS, DESKS AND MORE.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THE
PLAN IS TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THE PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION AND
GUIDANCE FROM HEALTH OFFICIALS
TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS AND STAFF
ARE PROTECTED, EXPLAINING AS THE
VIRUS CHANGES SO COULD CLEANING
PROTOCOLS.
CBC NEWS, SURREY.
>> AND ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST
POPULAR ATTRACTIONS IS CLOSING
ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC.
>> THE VANCOUVER AQUARIUM SAYS
IT IS LOSING MONEY EVERY DAY
BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
AND HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES WILL
BE LOSING THEIR JOBS.
>> Reporter: LABOUR DAY COULD
BE THE LAST CHANCE TO SEE THESE
SEA LIONS FOR A LONG TIME.
THE VANCOUVER AQUARIUM REOPENED
IN JUNE AFTER A THREE MONTH
CLOSURE.
IT'S ONLY BEEN ABLE ACCOMMODATE
20% OF ITS USUAL VISITORS TO
MAINTAIN DISTANCING.
>> I'M HOPING THERE'S A WAY WE
CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: THE AQUARIUM
RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS IN DONATIONS SINCE
THE PANDEMIC STARTED BUT THAT
ONLY CUFFED A FEW WEEKS WORTH OF
OPERATIONS.
IT SAYS THERE AREN'T ENOUGH
TICKET SALES TO KEEP THE PLACE
RUNNING.
>> A WAY THAT IS BOTH PANDEMIC
SAFE, THAT HELPS OUR
CONSERVATION MISSION AND ATTRACT
VISITORS AND COVER SOME COSTS.
>> Reporter: 209 EMPLOYEES ARE
BEING PERMANENTLY LAID OFF
TODAY, MOSTLY IN THE OPERATIONS
DEPARTMENT.
SINCE THE SPRING MORE THAN 500
EMPLOYEES HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS
AT THE AQUARIUM.
THE VANCOUVER LANDMARK IS RUN BY
THE NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION
OCEAN WISE.
ITIS C.E.O.'S AFTERNOON NEWLY
SALARY IS $207,000.
>> OUR FINANCIAL CRISIS IS FAR
FROM OVER.
>> HE SAYS SENIOR LEADERSHIP
TOOK SIGNIFICANT PAY CUTS TO
REDUCE COSTS AT THE START OF THE
PANDEMIC BUT DIDN'T SPECIFY HOW
MUCH.
>> THERE'S NOT A DOLLAR IN THIS
CORPORATION THAT HASN'T BEEN
FLIPPED MORE THAN ONCE TO SEE IF
THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO USE IT.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SAVINGS
SINCE WE CLOSED THE QUORUM.
>> Reporter: OCEAN WISE SAYS
IT COSTS SOCIAL DISTANCING
1 MILLION A MONTH TO FEED AND
CARE FOR THE 70,000 ANIMALS AT
THE AQUARIUM.
THE AQUARIUM SAYS THE SHUTDOWN
ONTARIO HAVE ANY IMPACT ON
ANIMAL CARE.
>> Mike: TODAY IS
INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS
DAY.
>> HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CONTINUE
TO DIE EVERY MONTH IN B.C. FROM
TOXIC DRUG OVERDOSES.
TO MARK THE DAY A NUMBER OF
EVENTS WERE HELD AROUND
VANCOUVER.
>> THE CBC'S JOEL BALLARD TAKES
US TO TWO OF THEM.
>> A BLOCK PARTY TOOK OVER
DOWNTOWN HASTINGS THIS AFTERNOON
FILLED WITH A BARBECUE, COLOUR
OF CLOWNS AND MUSIC AND WHILE IT
WAS MEANT TO BE FUN, THERE WAS
ALSO A PURPOSE TO DEMAND ACTION
FROM THE GOVERNMENT ON THE
TOWARDS CRISIS.
>> THE PACE IS FRUSTRATING,
ANGERING, DISGUSTING, TO SAY THE
LEAST.
>> Reporter: THE OVERDOSE
CRISIS IS NOT NEW IN
BRITISH COLUMBIA BUT SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THE COVID-19 IT'S
FLARED UP.
FOR THE THIRD MONTH IN A ROW,
B.C. HAS RECORDED MORE THAN 170
OVERDOSE DEATHS.
AND NOW PEOPLE ARE FED UP AND
THEY WANT STRONGER, FASTER
ACTION.
>> COVID-19 HAS INCREASED
OVERDOSE NUMBERS AND SHOWN
EVERYBODY WHAT CAN BE DONE WHEN
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID FOR THEIR
LIVES AND WE'RE AFRAID OF OUR
LIVES.
>> Reporter: THE EVENT
INCLUDED OUTREACH SERVICES, ON
SITE DRUG TESTING AND A LETTER
WRITING CAMPAIGN.
>> WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT, WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE
FUN, WE'RE ALL REALLY DEPRESSED.
WE'RE ALL REALLY TIRED.
AND WE HAVE TO KEEP LIVING LIFE
AND WE HAVE TO KEEP DEMANDING
THINGS CHANGE.
>> Reporter: KEY AMONG THOSE
DEMANDS WERE DECRIMINALIZATION
AND A LOW BARRIER SAFE SUPPLY.
ACROSS TOWN A QUIET MEMORIAL WAS
ERECTED, A WALL OF SHOES, EACH
ONE REPRESENTING A PERSON WHO
HAS DIED FROM AN OVERDOSE.
>> THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE
ADDICTEDDED FROM ALL WALKS OF
LIFE AND THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT
THAT, THEY'RE DYING AT HOME,
ALONE, THEY'RE STUDENTS ALL
SORTS OF THE PEOPLE ARE
ADDICTED.
>> FOR BAILEY IT WAS HER
21-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OLA.
SHE DIED OF AN OVERDOSE IN 2015.
SO BAILEY KEEPS FIGHTING THERE'S
NO HOPE ONES THEY DIE.
THEY CAN'T GET INTO TREATMENT.
THEY'LL NEVER RECOVER.
>> Reporter: SIMILAR ENGLAND
THAT BOTH WOMEN HOPE WON'T LAND
ON DEAF EARS.
JOEL BALLARD, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> B.C.'S BUDGET SURPLUS IS NO
MORE.
IT'S COMPLETELY WIPED OUT ANY
GAINS FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
B.C. ENDED ITS FISCAL YEAR WITH
A 321 MILLION DEFICIT, NEARLY
600 MILLION LOWER THAN THE
PROJECTED SURPLUS.
FINANCE MINISTER CAROLE JAMES
SAYS THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS
FOR THE SHORTFALL.
>> THE PANDEMIC LED TO LOWER TAX
REVENUES AT I.C.B.C. AND
UNEXPECTED GOVERNMENT SPENDING
AND HEALTH AUTHORITY COSTS IN
RESPONSE TO COVID-19.
>> THE NUMBERS AREN'T PRETTY.
THE START OF THE PANDEMIC IN
MARCH CAUSED THE GOVERNMENT TO
LOSE 397 MILLION IN PERMANENT
INCOME TAX, 171 MILLION IN
PROPERTY TACKS AND NEARLY
300 MILLION FROM I.C.B.C., ALL
BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED ON
MARCH 31.
>> MARINE BASED TOURISM
OPERATORS HAVE SEEN BUSINESS ALL
BUT DRY UP BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC ARE JOINING FORCES TO
CLEAN UP B.C.'S CENTRAL COAST
SHORELINE.
>> IT EMPHASIZE IS HIS HOW
IMPORTANT THIS IS NOT JUST FOR
THE ENVIRONMENT BUT ALSO FOR THE
SOUL AND THE SPIRIT OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE MEANINGFUL JOBS ON THE
COAST TO KNOW THEY CAN CARE FOR
THE COAST THAT WE LOVE AND
THAT'S THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR
BUSINESS.
>> Mike: THE PROVINCE IS
INVESTING $3.5 MILLION TOWARD
THE CLEAN COAST CLEAN WATERS
INITIATIVE.
THEY'LL REMOVE MORE THAN
100 TONS OF MARINE GREESON OVER
REMOTE SHORELINE AND SMALL
ISLANDS, CLUCK THE GREAT BEAR
RAINFOREST.
>> Lien: THE SEARCH FOR A
52-YEAR-OLD HIKER WHO WENT
MISSING MORE THAN A WEEK AGO ON
EAGLE MOUNTAIN IN COQUITLAM HAS
BEEN CALLED OFF.
R.C.M.P. AND SEARCH AND RESCUE
ASSESSES REPORTED MISSING AUGUSE
BEEN SCOURING ALL THE TRAILS
UNTIL THE AREA FOR HIM.
R.C.M.P. SAY GIVEN THE TIME
FRAME HE'S BEEN GONE, HIS BLACK
LACK OF SUPPLIES AND THE LARGE
AREA WHERE HE WAS MISSING IT
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE
TO PUT OTHERS AT RISK.
>> TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE
WEATHER, JOHANNA WAGSTAFFE, YOU
TIMED THIS NICELY AS WE'RE ON
AIR RIGHT NOW.
IT IS GORGEOUS OUTSIDE.
>> IT REALLY IS, YES.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE HANGING
OUT ON THESE LAST SUMMER DAYS
WITH THOSE FRESH STARTS OUT
THERE.
ALAS, WE HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND,
SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND
THAT'S QUITE THE TEASE.
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, FRESH
STARTS OUT THERE, COMPARATIVELY
FRESH.
PROBABLY NOTICED A BIT OF A
>> Nick: 2 WE'RE ALSO NOTICING
THAT
COOLNESS IN THE AIR ONCE THE SUN
STARTS TO GO DOWN, A MINUTE AND
A HALF EARLIER EACH DAY.
TEMPERATURES AROUND 17 AT YVR, A
LITTLE COOLER THAN WE'RE USUALLY
AT AT THIS TIME OF DAY.
19 TO NANAIMO, 18 INTO HOPE.
SO A CHILLIER START TO OUR
WORKWEEK K THE SYSTEM IS SINKING
DOWN ACROSS THE PROVINCE
BRINGING A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS
TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR, A
COUPLE OF WAYS WILL TRACK ACROSS
B.C. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A HUGE
CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR US, A
SLIGHT RISK AT THIS POINT
WEDNESDAY MORNING, BUT LET ME
TAKE YOU THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS, ALREADY GETTING SOME
INCREASING CLOUD AS WE HEAD INTO
THE EVENING HOURS, A MAINLY
CLOUDY OVERNIGHT, TEMPERATURES
DOWN AROUND 13.
SO A LITTLE ON THE CHILLIER SIDE
IF YOU'RE OUT NICE AND EARLY, 6,
7, 8 A.M., UP AND AT IT, YOU MAY
WANT ANOTHER SWEATER.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE WARMING
TREND, LOOK AT THAT.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING
OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK,
GETTING UP TO THE HIGH 20S BY
THE TIME WE HIT NEXT WEEKEND, WE
COULD BE CHALLENGING PROVINCIAL
RECORDS, SO STAY TUNED.
>> WE WILL STAY TUNED AND GET
READY FOR A LAST-MINUTE TAN, I
SUPPOSE.
THANK YOU, JO.
>>> WELL, A BLACK BEAR SAUNTERED
INTO A RESORT THIS WEEKEND, NO,
NO, NOT A SETUP FOR A JOKE.
THIS UNEXPECTED VISITOR WALKED
THROUGH A COURTYARD, UP TWO
FLIGHTS OF STAIRS TO THE MAIN
LOBBY.
WAS IT SCOUTING OUT A GOOD PLACE
TO HIBERNATE THIS WINTER OR
LOOKING FOR A FRESH BOWL OF
PORRIDGE?
WE'LL NEVER KNOW.
SOME EMPLOYEES CHASED AWAY THE
UNWANTED GUEST, WHO WAS CLEARLY
NOT CARRYING A WALLET.
>> AN OVER LIQUEURIOUS BLACK
WEAR WAS ALSO A PROBLEM IN
COQUITLAM THIS WEEKEND.
SATURDAY A BEAR CORNERED A
RUNNER ALONG THE POPULAR
COQUITLAM CRUNCH TRAIL, AFTER
TAKING A POKE AT THE PETRIFIED
PERSON THE RUNNER MANAGED TO
SPRINT AWAY.
CONSERVATION OFFICERS ARE NOW
TRYING TO TRAP THE BEAR FOR THE
SAFETY OF IT AND THE PUBLIC.
OF COURSE IF YOU ENCOUNTER A
BLACK BEAR EXPERTSOR EXPERTS SAY
TO BACK AWAY SLOWLY, MAKE
YOURSELF BIG, PUT YOUR ARMS OVER
YOUR HEAD AND TRY TO TALK TO THE
ANIMAL.
>> WELL, THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS
ARE NOW ONE GAME FROM
ELIMINATION IN THIS YEAR'S
PLAYOFFS BUT THERE'S STILL SOME
FIGHT LEFT IN THIS TEAM.
>> WE'VE HAD GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN
IN THIS SITUATION BEFORE, AT
DIFFERENT LEVELS, AND YOU KNOW,
IT'S DO OR DIE TOMORROW NIGHT.
>> THE CANUCKS WERE LEADING
HEADING INTO THE THIRD LAST
NIGHT BUT INVESTIGATION SCORED
THREE GOALS TO MAKE A COMMANDING
3-1 SERIES LEAD.
>> OUR NEWSCAST ON CBC
TELEVISION WILL BE RIGHT AFTER
THE HOCKEY THAT'S PLAYING NOW,
TEMPERATURE BAY AGAINST...
>> BOSTON.
20 MINUTES OR SO; MAYBE LESS.
>> UNLESS THEY GET OVERTIME.
WE'LL BE ON FOR A FULL HOUR
WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS.
ONLINE TOMORROW AT 6 P.M.
>> GOOD NIGHT.
