>> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING, I'M 
ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
TONIGHT, THE LONG-TERM CARE 
CRISIS.
>> MAKES ME WONDER WHY IT'S BEEN
ALLOWED TO GO ON SO LONG.
>> Adrienne: A CBC MARKETPLACE 
INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS A 
DISTURBING CONNECTION IN HOMES 
WITH DEADLY OUTBREAKS.
AND . . . 
>>> I DID NOT EXPECT THIS TO 
HAPPEN AT ALL.
>> Adrienne: THE DEVASTATING 
SIDE EFFECTS FOR RESIDENTS AND 
FAMILIES. 
>> Andrew: I'M ANDREW CHANG.
ALSO TONIGHT, GEORGE FLOYD LAID 
TO REST. 
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE RISING UP 
THAT WILL NEVER SIT DOWN UNTIL 
YOU GET JUSTICE. 
>> Andrew: THE EMOTIONAL CALLS 
FOR JUSTICE AND FOR LASTING 
CHANGE, FOR HOUSTON AND BEYOND.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: WE 
ARE NOT LOOKING AT PUNISHING 
PEOPLE WHO MADE HONEST MISTAKES.
>> Adrienne: BUT THOSE WHO 
CHEATED TO GET EMERGENCY HELP 
COULD BE LOOKING AT HEFTY FINES,
EVEN JAIL TIME.
>> Andrew: AND BACK ON THE FIELD
IN QUEBEC.
>> I JUST WANT TO PLAY SOCCER.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE HAVE TO 
WASH OUR HANDS EVERY FIVE 
SECONDS.
>> Andrew: WHAT TEAM SPORTS 
COULD LOOK LIKE IN COVID TIMES.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>> Andrew: ALL THE WAYS COVID-19
HAS AFFECTED CANADIANS, WE KNOW 
IT HAS DEVASTATED ONE GROUP IN 
PARTICULAR, RESIDENTS OF 
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES.
>> Adrienne: RIGHT NOW IN 
ONTARIO ALONE, 73 HOMES HAVE 
OUTBREAKS, MORE THAN 1700 
RESIDENTS HAVE DIED.
AND TONIGHT, WE'RE LEARNING WHAT
LINKS SOME OF THE HOMES THAT 
HAVE BEEN HARDEST HIT.
FIRST UP, HOW THEY ARE SET UP, 
OFTEN WITH AN OLDER LAYOUT, 
PUTTING FOUR RESIDENTS IN A 
SINGLE ROOM.
THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR INFECTION 
CONTROL.
ANOTHER LINK, WHO'S RUNNING 
THEM.
MANY TIMES IT'S FOR-PROFIT 
COMPANIES.
DAVID COMMON EXPLAINS WHY, 
DESPITE SOME NEW SAFETY 
STANDARDS BEING PUT IN PLACE TWO
DECADES AGO, SOME FACILITIES 
STILL HAVEN'T DONE THE 
RENOVATIONS.
>> Reporter: WHEN COVID STRUCK 
THE NURSING HOME WHERE 
PATTERSON'S MOM LIVES, SHE 
PULLED HER OUT FAST.
FEARING HOW QUICKLY THE VIRUS 
WOULD SPREAD IN A TIGHT ROOM 
JONES SHARED WITH THREE OTHERS.
>> IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD 
BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL THAT 
INFECTION.
>> Reporter: IT WAS.
67 RESIDENTS HAVE NOW DIED AT 
THE HOME.
AND DATA ANALYZED BY CBC 
MARKETPLACE REVEALS HOW THE 
BUILDINGS THEMSELVES MAY BE 
CONNECTED TO HOW DEADLY AN 
OUTBREAK BECOMES.
TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO, ONTARIO 
MANDATED NEW NURSING HOME ROOMS 
HOUSE NO MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE.
IN LARGE PART TO CONTROL 
INFECTION.
EVERYTHING FROM VISITORS TO 
PRIVACY CURTAINS CAN SPREAD 
VIRUSES.
BUT ROOMS THAT ALREADY HAD MORE 
THAN TWO BEDS HAVE BEEN LONG 
GRANDFATHERED IN PLACE.
SO NOW, ABOUT A THIRD OF 
ONTARIO'S BEDS ONLY MEET A 
NEARLY 50-YEAR-OLD STANDARD.
IT IS IN THOSE FACILITIES WHERE 
57% OF THE DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED.
OLDER BUILDINGS HAVE A HIGHER 
DEATH TOLL, THE VAST MAJORITY OF
WHICH ARE OWNED BY FOR-PROFIT 
COMPANIES.
AN ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING THEM
SAYS THERE IS INSUFFICIENT 
FUNDING FROM GOVERNMENT FOR 
RENOVATIONS.
BUT ELDER ADVOCATE JANE MEADUS 
POINTS OUT NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOMES 
HAVE UPGRADED FASTER THAN HOMES 
RUN BY FOR-PROFIT GROUPS. 
>> FRANKLY, THERE'S NO IMPETUS 
FOR THE HOMES TO REBUILD.
THEY ARE FULL.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE IN 
ORDER TO KEEP FULL.
>> IT MAKES ME WONDER WHY IT'S 
BEEN ALLOWED TO GO ON SO LONG. 
>> Reporter: DILYS IS NOW 
LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME FOR HER 
MOM AND HAS NO INTEREST IN A 
FOUR-PERSON ROOM THIS TIME.
>> Adrienne: SO DAVID, IF 
FAMILIES WANT ROOMS WITH FEWER 
PEOPLE, WHY HAVEN'T THERE BEEN 
MORE RENOVATIONS?
>> WELL, THE HOMES DON'T HAVE TO
PAY FOR RENOVATIONS IN ORDER TO 
FILL THOSE BEDS.
THERE'S 37,000 PEOPLE, ADRIENNE,
WHO ARE ON A WAITING LIST IN 
THIS PROVINCE ALONE TO GET INTO 
A NURSING HOME.
FAMILIES OFTEN DESPERATE TO GET 
AT ONE OF THOSE BEDS, EVEN IF IT
MEANS GOING INTO A FOUR-PERSON 
ROOM.
AND REMEMBER, THE RULES SAY YOU 
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BUILD A NEW
HOME LIKE THAT FOR A COUPLE OF 
DECADES WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE, 
FOUR PEOPLE TO A ROOM, BUT IF 
THOSE ALREADY EXIST, WELL, 
THAT'S OKAY.
TAKE CAMILLA CARE.
THIS NURSING HOME RIGHT HERE, 
PLENTY OF MULTIPLE-RESIDENT 
ROOMS, AND TRAGICALLY, ADRIENNE,
ONE IN THREE OF THE RESIDENTS 
HERE HAS DIED.
>> Adrienne: ALL RIGHT, DAVID 
COMMON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Andrew: ALONG WITH SO MANY 
DEATHS, COVID HAS ALSO BROUGHT 
CHAOS TO MANY LONG-TERM CARE 
HOMES.
STAFF FALLING ILL, LOVED ONES 
LOCKED OUT, AND NOW SOME LEFT 
WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT CARE.
CHRIS GLOVER HAS THE STORY OF 
ONE RESIDENT WHO DIED, NOT FROM 
THE VIRUS BUT FROM A LACK OF 
NOURISHMENT.
>> THIS IS HOW PIETRO 
BRUCCOLERI'S FAMILY SAYS THEY 
LAST SAW HIM AT HIS NURSING 
HOME.
>> WE LEFT HIM THREE MONTHS AGO 
PLUMP AND ROSY IN THE CHEEKS.
>> Reporter: AS COVID RAVAGED 
WOODBRIDGE VISTA CARE COMMUNITY,
THE NURSING HOME WAS PUT IN 
LOCKDOWN.
BRUCCOLERI'S FAMILY COULD NO 
LONGER HELP SUPPORT HIM BUT 
CONSISTENTLY WERE TOLD THE 
82-YEAR-OLD WITH ADVANCED 
DEMENTIA TESTED NEGATIVE FOR THE
VIRUS AND WAS DOING FINE.
SUDDENLY MAY 29 THEY GOT A CALL 
HE WAS DYING.
>> WE KNEW THAT ONE DAY THIS 
WOULD HAPPEN, BUT NOT IN THIS 
CARE.
I DID NOT EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN 
AT ALL.
>> Reporter: A CORONER'S REPORT 
LISTS HIS CAUSE OF DEATH AS 
INANITION, WHICH MEANS 
EXHAUSTION CAUSED BY LACK OF 
NOURISHMENT.
>> THIS WAS MOMMY'S BIRTHDAY. 
>> Reporter: WHEN THEY GOT TO 
SAY GOOD-BYE, HIS DAUGHTERS SAY 
HIS GAUNT, COLD BODY LAY IN A 
STIFLINGLY HOT ROOM. 
>> VERY HEARTBREAKING.
DEVASTATED.
DISGUSTED.
>> WE DID NOT EXPECT THE 
NEGLECT.
>> Reporter: A TORONTO 
GERIATRICIAN SAYS MALNUTRITION 
IS A COMMON ENDING FOR DEMENTIA 
PATIENTS BUT SUSPECTS THE 
CORONER USED THE RARE PHRASE 
INANITION FOR EMPHASIS. 
>> WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE BODY,
THAT THEY WERE STRUCK BY HOW 
MALNOURISHED IT LOOKED.
THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS.
>> Reporter: 23 RESIDENTS AT THE
HOME HAVE DIED FROM COVID-19.
THE PROVINCE HAS SEIZED CONTROL 
AND THE ARMY'S BEEN CALLED IN TO
HELP.
THE HOME'S OPERATOR WON'T 
COMMENT ON BRUCCOLERI'S CASE,
BUT IN A STATEMENT SAID WE ARE 
CLOSELY MONITORING ALL RESIDENTS
AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE 
SUPPORTS.
>> I FEEL LIKE WE FAILED HIM.
>> Reporter: COMPOUNDING THEIR 
GRIEF, THE BRUCCOLERIS ALMOST 
REMOVED THEIR DAD IN APRIL, BUT 
THE HOME ASSURED THEM HE WAS 
SAFE. 
>> OUR FATHER IS GONE, BUT I 
WILL KEEP FIGHTING FOR HIM AND 
ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN 
THAT HOME.
>> Reporter: CHRIS GLOVER, CBC 
NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: DEATHS IN LONG-TERM
CARE ARE A MAJOR FACTOR IN A 
TERRIBLE MILESTONE REACHED TODAY
IN QUEBEC.
IT HAS RECORDED MORE THAN 5,000 
DEATHS FROM COVID-19, 90% WERE 
IN THE PROVINCE'S CARE HOMES.
PREMIER FRANÇOIS LEGAULT 
APOLOGIZED AND PLEDGED TO DO 
BETTER.
QUEBEC MAKES UP A LARGE 
PROPORTION OF CANADA'S 7900 
CORONAVIRUS DEATHS.
MORE THAN 96,000 PEOPLE HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
>>> IN ADDITION TO THE HEALTH 
CRISIS, MILLIONS HAVE BEEN OUT 
OF WORK AND HAVE APPLIED FOR 
GOVERNMENT HELP.
WELL, TODAY THE TRUDEAU 
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED WHAT IT 
INTENDS TO DO ABOUT THOSE WHO 
GOT FUNDS WHO WEREN'T ENTITLED 
TO THEM.
DAVID COCHRANE EXPLAINS.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: NOT 
LOOKING AT PUNISHING PEOPLE WHO 
MADE HONEST MISTAKES, OBVIOUSLY.
THIS IS A TIME FOR US TO PULL 
TOGETHER AS A COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: HE'S NOT TURNING 
OFF THE TAPS, BUT THE PRIME 
MINISTER WANTS TO TIGHTEN THE 
SCREWS ON FRAUD.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: BUT 
UNFORTUNATELY IN EVERY SITUATION
THERE ARE A FEW CRIMINALS WHO 
WILL DELIBERATELY TRY TO TAKE 
ADVANTAGE OF A MOMENT OF 
SOLIDARITY.
>> Reporter: SO NEW LEGISLATION
WITH NEW PENALTIES.
IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY GOT MONEY 
YOU WEREN'T ENTITLED TO, YOU 
WILL HAVE TO PAY IT BACK.
BUT IF YOU KNEW FROM THE START 
YOU WEREN'T ENTITLED TO THE 
CERB, THERE'S A FINE OF UP TO 
300%.
AND IF YOU TRY TO GET IMPROPER
BENEFITS GOING FORWARD, YOU FACE
A FINE AND UP TO SIX MONTHS IN 
JAIL.
>> THEY ARE EFFECTIVELY OPENING 
UP THE FLOODGATES TO 
RETROACTIVELY CHARGING PEOPLE 
JUST FOR APPLYING. 
>> Reporter: THE NDP ISN'T 
BUYING TRUDEAU'S ASSURANCES THAT
HONEST MISTAKES WON'T BE 
PUNISHED AND CONDEMNING OTHER 
CHANGES TO MAKE THE CERB LESS 
GENEROUS.
LIKE REDUCING BENEFITS TO TWO 
WEEKS AT A TIME FROM FOUR, AND 
CUTTING OFF PEOPLE WHO TURN DOWN
THE CHANCE TO RETURN TO WORK 
WHEN IT'S REASONABLY SAFE.
THE IDEA IS TO URGE PEOPLE TO 
MOVE FROM THE CERB TO THE WAGE 
SUBSIDY AND BACK TO WORK.
>> IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE 
ECONOMY RECOVER, WE'RE GONNA 
NEED TO GET WORKERS BACK TO THE 
JOBS THEY WERE IN PRE-COVID, AND
SO IT'S I THINK REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT GOVERNMENT MAKE CHANGES TO 
CERB TO ENSURE THAT IT DOES JUST
THAT.
>> Reporter: THAT'S THE LINE THE
LIBERALS ARE TRYING TO WALK TO 
KEEP THE BENEFITS FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO TRULY NEED THEM, BUT NOT 
MAKE THEM A BARRIER TO ECONOMIC 
REOPENING.
OF COURSE, THIS IS A MINORITY 
PARLIAMENT, SO IT'S ALL SUBJECT 
TO NEGOTIATION.
DAVID COCHRANE, CBC NEWS, 
OTTAWA.
>> Andrew: TURNING NOW TO THE 
STORY THAT HAS TRIGGERED WAVES 
OF GRIEF AND OUTRAGE ACROSS THE 
U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD.
GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH AT THE 
HANDS OF A MINNEAPOLIS POLICE 
OFFICER INSPIRED WEEKS OF 
PROTEST AGAINST ANTI-BLACK 
RACISM.
TODAY HIS BODY WAS LAID TO REST 
IN HOUSTON.
TO MILLIONS HE IS NOW A SYMBOL.
TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS HE WAS BIG
FLOYD, AND TO A DAUGHTER HE IS 
THE DAD WHO CHANGED THE WORLD.
STEVEN D'SOUZA NOW WITH GEORGE 
FLOYD'S FUNERAL AND LEGACY.
>> WE MAY WEEP, WE MAY MOURN.
WE'LL BE COMFORTED AND WE WILL 
FIND HOPE.
>> Reporter: GEORGE FLOYD WAS 
REMEMBERED TODAY AS SOMEONE 
LARGER THAN LIFE.
THERE WAS PAIN. 
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE YOU
AND I THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME MY
OWN PERSONAL SUPERMAN.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
>> Reporter: AND THERE WAS 
ANGER. 
>> NO MORE HATE CRIMES, PLEASE.
SOMEBODY SAID MAKE AMERICA GREAT
AGAIN, BUT WHEN HAS AMERICA EVER
BEEN GREAT?
>> Reporter: TODAY'S PRIVATE 
SERVICE WAS AS MUCH ABOUT 
REMEMBERING HIS LIFE AS IT WAS A
CALL TO ACTION.
MANY HERE BELIEVE GOD GAVE FLOYD
A PURPOSE. 
>> AND THAT PURPOSE WAS AROUND 
THE WORLD THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE 
RISING UP THAT WILL NEVER SIT 
DOWN UNTIL YOU GET JUSTICE.
>> Reporter: IMAGES OF PROTESTS 
SHOWED HIS IMPACT.
>> HE CHANGED NOT ONLY THIS 
COUNTRY, NOT ONLY THE UNITED 
STATES, HE CHANGED THE WORLD!
>> Reporter: PRESUMPTIVE 
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE JOE BIDEN 
APPEARED IN A TAPED MESSAGE.
>> WHEN THERE'S JUSTICE FOR 
GEORGE FLOYD, WE WILL TRULY BE 
ON OUR WAY TO RACIAL JUSTICE IN 
AMERICA.
AND THEN, AS YOU SAID, GIANNA, 
YOUR DADDY WILL HAVE CHANGED THE
WORLD.
>> Reporter: REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON DELIVERED THE EULOGY, 
PROMISING TO STAY WITH THE 
FAMILY ON THE LONG ROAD TO 
JUSTICE.
>> UNTIL WE KNOW THE PRICE FOR 
BLACK LIFE IS THE SAME AS THE 
PRICE FOR WHITE LIFE, WE GONNA 
KEEP COMING BACK TO THESE 
SITUATIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
>> Reporter: AFTER THE SERVICE, 
FLOYD'S CASKET MADE A FINAL 
PROCESSION AS HUNDREDS LINED THE
ROUTE.
>> SAY HIS NAME!
>> GEORGE FLOYD!
>> Reporter: AMONG THOSE WHO 
WAITED HOURS IN THE HEAT, THE 
HOPEFUL, THE MOURNING, AND THE 
INSPIRED.
>> I WANTED TO BE A PART OF 
SOMETHING THAT'S THE BEGINNING 
OF SOMETHING THAT COULD BE 
REALLY BIG, LIKE THIS WHOLE 
SITUATION IS CHANGING THE WORLD,
AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE CAN BE
OUT HERE AND BE A PART OF IT.
>> Reporter: FLOYD WAS BURIED 
BESIDE HIS LATE MOTHER, A FINAL 
GOOD-BYE FOR A MAN WHO'S DEATH 
SPARKED A MOVEMENT THAT PEOPLE 
HERE HOPE WILL LIVE ON.
STEVEN D'SOUZA, CBC NEWS, 
HOUSTON.
>> Adrienne: ONTARIO PREMIER 
DOUG FORD WEIGHED IN ON GROWING 
CALLS TO DEFUND POLICE IN THE 
WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH.
HERE'S WHAT HE SAID WHEN ASKED 
ABOUT CUTTING THE ONTARIO 
PROVINCIAL POLICE BUDGET TODAY.
>> Premier Doug Ford: OH, I 
DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT FOR A 
SECOND.
I THINK WE NEED A STRONG POLICE 
WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WHAT WE DO NEED TO DO IS HAVE 
HIGHER STANDARDS.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON MORE 
TRAINING AND COMMUNITY POLICING,
GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> Adrienne: WITH SOME 6200 
UNIFORMED OFFICERS, THE OPP IS 
THE SECOND-LARGEST POLICE FORCE 
IN CANADA, AFTER THE RCMP.  
IT POLICES MORE THAN 300 
MUNICIPALITIES WITH AN ANNUAL 
BUDGET OF OVER A BILLION 
DOLLARS.
>>> THE CONCEPT OF DEFUNDING THE
POLICE INCLUDES MOVING MONEY 
INTO SOCIAL SERVICES.
AS KATIE NICHOLSON TELLS US, 
THIS IS A CONVERSATION RENEWED 
AGAIN AFTER ANOTHER CALL TO 
POLICE ENDED WITH A DEATH.
>> Reporter: YELLOW TAPE 
ENCIRCLES THE SCENE OF ANOTHER 
FATAL POLICE ENCOUNTER, THIS ONE
JUST NORTH OF TORONTO.
POLICE WERE CALLED TO THIS HOME 
AFTER REPORTS THAT A MAN INSIDE 
WAS TRYING TO SET THE PLACE ON 
FIRE.
NEIGHBOURS SAY HE HAD A HISTORY 
OF STRANGE BEHAVIOUR.
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO A 29-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN IN MENTAL DISTRESS PLUNGED
TO HER DEATH AFTER POLICE SHOWED
-- WERE CALLED TO HER APARTMENT.
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER!
>> Reporter: IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT
HAPPENED, BUT REGIS 
KORCHINSKI-PAQUET'S DEATH 
RENEWED CALLS FROM THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
DIVERTING POLICE FUNDING TO 
OTHER COMMUNITY SUPPORT 
SERVICES, SOMETHING ECHOED BY 
THIS MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE.
>> FAR TOO OFTEN I FEEL LIKE 
POLICE ESCALATE SITUATIONS TO 
THE POINT THAT SOMEONE IN CRISIS
ENDS UP DYING. 
>> Reporter: A CBC NEWS ANALYSIS
OF 17 YEARS OF FATAL 
INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE IN 
CANADA FOUND THAT 42% OF THOSE 
WHO DIED WERE MENTALLY 
DISTRESSED AT THE TIME.
[YELLING]
>> DROP THE KNIFE!
>> PEOPLE LIKE MICHAEL ELIGON, A
TORONTO MAN GUNNED DOWN AS HE 
RAN TOWARDS POLICE WITH A KNIFE.
AND PAUL BOYD, SHOT MULTIPLE 
TIMES AS HE CRAWLED TOWARD 
VANCOUVER POLICE.
ARTHUR GALLANT HAS BEEN 
APPREHENDED BY POLICE MULTIPLE 
TIMES WHEN HE'S BEEN IN 
MENTAL CRISIS. 
>> I FEEL LIKE A CRIMINAL.
I BELIEVE POLICE INTERACTING 
WITH SOMEONE WHO IS IN CRISIS IS
ESSENTIALLY CRIMINALIZING MENTAL
HEALTH.
>> Reporter: THE HEAD OF 
HAMILTON'S INNOVATIVE CRISIS 
RESPONSE PROGRAMS SAYS POLICE 
ARE A KEY PART OF WHAT THEY DO.
IT ROUTINELY PAIRS SPECIALLY 
TRAINED POLICE WITH MENTAL 
HEALTH WORKERS.
>> IT WOULD BE UNSAFE, FRANKLY, 
TO SEND MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS ON
THEIR OWN TO A 911 CALL.
>> Reporter: THE CANADIAN MENTAL
HEALTH ASSOCIATION AGREES.
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S AN US AND 
THEM, AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO
THINK OF IT IN THE CONTEXT OF 
THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S IN CRISIS, 
AND WHAT DO THEY NEED?
>> Reporter: THE ANSWER, SHE 
SAYS, MORE, NOT LESS, MONEY FOR 
POLICE TRAINING, AND MORE FOR 
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
SO FEWER PEOPLE END UP EVEN 
NEEDING POLICE INTERVENTION IN 
THE FIRST PLACE.
KATIE NICHOLSON, CBC NEWS, 
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: CBC NEWS JOURNALIST 
WENDY MESLEY, FORMERLY A HOST ON
THIS PROGRAM, IS OFF THE AIR 
TONIGHT PENDING AN INTERNAL 
INVESTIGATION.
AS ELI GLASNER EXPLAINS, IT 
STEMS FROM A WORD SHE SAID IN AN
EDITORIAL MEETING, ONE SHE SAYS 
SHE SHOULD NEVER HAVE USED.
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>> Reporter: IT'S A SHOW THAT 
BEARS HER NAME, BUT THIS PAST 
SUNDAY THE WEEKLY WITH WENDY 
MESLEY WAS WITHOUT ITS HOST.
WENDY WAS OFF THE AIR AFTER WHAT
CBC CALLS AN INCIDENT.
ON TWITTER TODAY MESLEY SAID IN 
THE CONTEXT OF AN EDITORIAL 
DISCUSSION ABOUT RACE, I USED A 
WORD THAT SHOULD NEVER BE USED.
I WAS QUOTING A JOURNALIST WE 
WERE INTENDING TO INTERVIEW.
I HURT PEOPLE AND I'M DEEPLY 
SORRY.
I'M ALSO DEEPLY ASHAMED.
BOTH THE CBC AND MESLEY DECLINED
ON-CAMERA INTERVIEWS.
SHE IS OFF AIR PENDING AN 
INVESTIGATION.
MESLEY SAID SHE'S BEEN ASKED TO 
KEEP THE PROCESS CONFIDENTIAL. 
>> I'M NOT SURE WHY IT IS THAT 
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, YOU KNOW,
WHITE JOURNALISTS CAN'T FIGURE 
OUT THERE ARE JUST SOME WORDS 
THAT YOU DON'T SAY IN FRONT OF 
PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: ANDRAY IS A 
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR AT 
"MACLEANS" MAGAZINE.
HE SAYS THIS IS A LARGER ISSUE 
OF SYSTEMIC RACISM IN 
JOURNALISM, POINTING A SERIES OF
MISSTEPS THIS WEEK AT CBC 
INCLUDING THE AIRING OF A VIDEO 
THAT FOCUSED ON THE POLICE'S 
PERSPECTIVE AND DUE TO A 
TECHNICAL ERROR OMITTED THE 
FINAL MOMENTS WHEN A VEHICLE 
DROVE INTO PROERTS. 
>> THE FOOTAGE WE BROADCAST DID 
NOT MEET CBC'S JOURNALISTIC 
STANDARDS.
>> ADMIT YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
IN OUR NATIONAL BROADCASTER, 
THERE IS COMMITMENTS TO 
DIVERSITY, BUT THERE IS NO 
CONVERSATION AROUND WHO MAKES 
THE NEWS, WHO'S IN FRONT OF THE 
CAMERA, WHO'S BEHIND THE 
CAMERAS.
>> Reporter: YESTERDAY CBC 
NEWS'S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OUTLINED 
THE STEPS IT'S TAKING, INCLUDING
HALF OF NEW HIRES FROM 
UNDER-REPRESENTED EQUITY GROUPS,
TRAINING EDITORIAL TEAMS TO BE 
MORE INCLUSIVE IN GUEST 
SELECTION, AND UNCONSCIOUS BIAS 
TRAINING.
>> WE'VE BEEN HAVING THE SAME 
CONVERSATIONS. 
>> Reporter: BUT HE IS TIRED OF 
WAITING. 
>> I CAN'T TELL YOU THE AMOUNT 
OF PANELS I'VE BEEN INVITED TO 
OR THE AMOUNT OF DISCUSSIONS 
I'VE BEEN ASKED TO TAKE PART IN 
WHERE WE DO EXPLORE THINGS LIKE 
UNCONSCIOUS BIAS TRAINING, WHICH
TO ME IS JUST AN UTTER CROCK.
WHERE WE DO TALK ABOUT HAVING 
NEW HIRES COME IN FROM 
UNDER-REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.
WHEN YOU BRING THOSE HIRES IN, 
THERE'S A BULWARK.
THEY DON'T GET FAR IN THE 
WORKPLACE. 
>> Reporter: IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW 
LONG THE INVESTIGATION WILL TAKE
OR WHEN MESLEY COULD BE BACK ON 
AIR.
ELI GLASNER, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: SOME OTHER STORIES 
WE'RE WATCHING ACROSS CANADA 
TONIGHT.
NOVA SCOTIA RCMP SAY A WOMAN WAS
ATTACKED AND KILLED BY HER OWN 
DOG ON A WALK THIS MORNING.
A PASSING JOGGER DISCOVERED HER 
BODY ALONG WITH THE DOG.
>> HE SEEMED KIND OF NICE, LIKE 
HE DIDN'T WANT TO HURT ME, BUT 
HE KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING
WRONG.
>> Adrienne: THE DOG DESCRIBED 
AS A LARGE PIT BULL RAN OFF BUT 
WAS LATER STRUCK AND KILLED BY A
PASSING CAR.
>>> AND A WAYWARD HUMPBACK WHALE
THAT FASCINATED MONTREALERS FOR 
OVER A WEEK APPEARS TO HAVE 
DIED.
A WHALE CARCASS WAS FOUND 
FLOATING IN THE ST. LAWRENCE 
RIVER EAST OF THE CITY THIS 
MORNING.
OFFICIALS BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME 
HUMPBACK.
FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA SAY 
THEY ARE NOW TRYING TO MOVE THE 
WHALE TO THE SHORE AS DELICATELY
AS POSSIBLE TO PERFORM A 
NECROPSY. 
>>> WENT TO BED, IT'S RAINING, 
WE GOT UP IN THE MORNING, 
EVERYTHING'S UNDER WATER OUT 
THERE.
>> Adrienne: AND HALF A DOZEN 
HOMES IN SOUTHEASTERN MANITOBA 
HAVE BEEN EVACUATED AFTER THREE 
DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN LED TO SOME 
FLOODING.
AT LEAST ONE MUNICIPALITY HAS 
DECLARED A STATE OF LOCAL 
EMERGENCY.
MEANWHILE, SOME 70 PEOPLE ARE 
NOW RETURNING TO THEIR HOMES IN 
NORTHERN ALBERTA AFTER FLOOD 
WATERS FORCED THEM OUT ON SUNDAY
NIGHT.
>> Andrew: KIDS CAN NOW HEAD 
BACK TO THE SPORTS FIELD IN 
QUEBEC WITH A FEW NEW RULES.
>> I JUST WANT TO PLAY SOCCER.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE HAVE TO 
WASH OUR HANDS EVERY FIVE 
SECONDS.
>> Andrew: NEXT ON "THE 
NATIONAL," THE NEW GAME PLAN FOR
OUTDOOR TEAM SPORTS.
>> Adrienne: AND COUPLES FORCED 
APART BY COVID-19 FIND A QUIET 
SPOT ALONG THE BORDER TO 
REUNITE.
>> A LOT OF THE COUPLES HERE 
CALL IT DISNEYLAND IN NORTH 
AMERICA BECAUSE IT'S THE 
HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH.
>> Andrew: AND CANADIANS STUCK 
AT HOME LOOKING FOR SOME PUPPY 
LOVE, BUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE
PANDEMIC?
>> IT IS A LIFETIME FOR THE DOG,
RIGHT?
>> I'VE GOT SIX NEW FRIENDS.
>> Andrew: WE'RE
>> Andrew: WATCH THIS.
A CELEBRATION ERUPTING AT A BAR 
IN WELLINGTON.
PATRONS HIT THE FLOOR AT THE 
STROKE OF MIDNIGHT AS NEW 
ZEALAND LIFTED PHYSICAL 
DISTANCING RESTRICTIONS.
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT HAS NO 
ACTIVE CORONAVIRUS CASES.
HERE IN CANADA, SOME WELCOME 
NEWS FOR ALBERTANS TODAY.
THE PREMIER SAYS THE ENTIRE 
PROVINCE IS READY TO ENTER PHASE
TWO OF ITS RELAUNCH STRATEGY.
>> PREMIER JASON KENNEY: THE 
DEEP ECONOMIC AND FISCAL WOUNDS 
WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO HEAL, BUT
THOUGH WE WERE BENT, WE HAVE NOT
BEEN BROKEN. 
>> Andrew: JASON KENNEY SAYS THE
PROVINCE HAS COME THROUGH THE 
PANDEMIC BETTER THAN MOST, AND 
THIS FRIDAY IT WILL ALLOW MORE 
BUSINESSES AND SERVICES TO 
REOPEN WITH RESTRICTIONS.
AMONG THEM, LIBRARIES, PLACES OF
WORSHIP, MOVIE THEATRES AND TEAM
SPORTS FOR UP TO 50 PLAYERS.
SOME PLACES CAN OPEN EARLIER 
THAN EXPECTED AS WELL, LIKE 
ARCADES, GYMS AND SWIMMING 
POOLS.
NOW ONTARIO ANNOUNCED TODAY 
DAYCARES WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
REOPEN FRIDAY.
>> Premier Doug Ford: I WANT 
PARENTS TO KNOW WE WILL TAKE 
EVERY MEASURE NECESSARY TO KEEP 
THE KIDS AND THE STAFF SAFE AND 
HEALTHY.
>> Andrew: BUT AMONG NEW 
RESTRICTIONS, CHILDREN AND STAFF
WILL BE LIMITED TO GROUPS OF 10 
OR FEWER.
EVERYONE MUST BE SCREENED DAILY 
FOR COVID SYMPTOMS.
CENTRES WILL BE THOROUGHLY 
CLEANED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND 
TOYS THAT COULD SPREAD GERMS 
WILL BE REMOVED.
>> Adrienne: THERE'S SOME GOOD 
NEWS FOR PARENTS IN QUEBEC TOO.
OUTDOOR SPORTS TEAMS CAN BEGIN 
PRACTISING AGAIN, BUT AS ALISON 
NORTHCOTT EXPLAINS, THEY HAVE TO
FOLLOW SOME NEW RULES ON THE 
PITCH.
>> Reporter: THIS IS A PRACTICE 
TO SEE HOW SOCCER CAN WORK IN 
THE TIME OF COVID-19.
>> FIRST PRACTICE IN QUEBEC.
FINALLY, WE FIND OUR FIELDS 
BACK. 
>> Reporter: BUT IT WON'T BE 
LIKE SEASONS PAST.
ATHLETES HERE WILL BE SCREENED 
FOR SYMPTOMS BEFORE THEY CAN 
PLAY.
THERE WILL BE HAND SANITIZING, 
AND INSTEAD OF GAMES, THEY'LL DO
DRILLS. 
>> I JUST WANT TO PLAY SOCCER.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE HAVE TO 
WASH OUR HANDS EVERY FIVE 
SECONDS, IF WE HAVE TO STAY TWO 
METRES APART.
>> Reporter: ALONG WITH THE 
PLAYERS AND COACHES, EACH 
PRACTICE WILL ALSO HAVE A 
DEDICATED PERSON TO ENSURE 
PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES ARE 
FOLLOWED ON THE FIELD.
>> THE KIDS, THEY ALREADY ARE 
USED TO BE TWO METRES AWAY, TO 
WASH THEIR HANDS.
OVER HERE, THE ONLY THING WE 
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IS WHEN THE 
BALL GOES AROUND, THEY TEND TO 
FORGET ABOUT IT.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE SO GOOD 
GETTING BACK ON THE FIELD.
IT'S GOING TO BE ALL THE 
RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE. 
>> Reporter: FOR BASEBALL HE 
SAYS IT WILL TAKE TIME AND 
PLENTY OF VOLUNTEERS TO BE ABLE 
TO DO IT SAFELY. 
>> SANITIZE, YOU KNOW, TAKE 
TEMPERATURES, YOU KNOW, SUPPLY 
MASKS, SUPPLY GLOVES, WHATEVER 
WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE IT SAFE 
FOR THE GROUP AND THE PLAYERS.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THERE WILL 
BE SOME OBVIOUS DIFFERENCES, 
LIKE NO UMPIRES BEHIND THE 
PLATE.
THIS 11-YEAR-OLD PLAYER IS 
EXCITED.
HE SAYS STAYING HOME OR PLAYING 
WITH TWO PEOPLE JUST ISN'T AS 
FUN AS PLAYING WITH A TEAM.
WITH QUEBEC CASES TRENDING DOWN,
THIS SPECIALIST SAYS THE RISKS 
ARE LOW IF ATHLETES STAY OUTSIDE
AND DON'T TRAVEL FOR GAMES.
>> THE MIXING OF THE TEAMS COULD
BE A PROBLEM, BUT OTHERWISE, IF 
YOU, YOU KNOW, HAVE SPORTS 
WITHIN THE SAME AREA, AS LONG AS
YOU WASH YOUR HANDS, YOU DON'T, 
LIKE, DROOL ON TOP OF ONE 
ANOTHER, I THINK PLAYING OUTSIDE
IS ACTUALLY QUITE SAFE.
>> Reporter: THE HOPE HERE IS 
THAT THIS FIRST PHASE GOES 
SMOOTHLY SO MORE ATHLETES CAN 
GET ON THE FIELD.
ALISON NORTHCOTT, CBC NEWS, 
BLAINVILLE, QUEBEC.
>> Andrew: AS MORE CITIES AND 
PROVINCES OPEN UP AND PEOPLE 
HEAD BACK TO WORK, PUBLIC 
TRANSIT WILL GET BUSIER.
THERE ARE NEW MEASURES IN PLACE 
TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND STEPS 
YOU CAN TAKE TO PROTECT YOURSELF
TOO.
TAKE A LOOK.
SO YOU'RE BACK ON THE MOVE.
WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT TAKING 
PUBLIC TRANSIT?
WELL, WHETHER YOU TAKE THE 
TRAIN, THE BUS OR THE SUBWAY, 
IT'S MUCH QUIETER THAN USUAL.
FEWER PEOPLE, BUT ALSO JUST 
LITERALLY QUIETER.
NO MUSICIANS PLAYING, NOBODY 
HANDING OUT NEWSPAPERS OR 
LEAFLETS. 
>> THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON 
TRANSIT, AND TOUCHING DIFFERENT 
SURFACES.
IF YOU WERE TO TOUCH A SURFACE 
SOON AFTER SOMEBODY ELSE DID AND
THEN TOUCH YOUR FACE, YES, THERE
IS CERTAINLY A THEORETICAL RISK 
THAT YOU COULD PICK UP AN 
INFECTION THAT WAY.
>> Andrew: KEEP YOUR HANDS IN 
YOUR POCKETS.
DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE 
TAKING TRANSIT, THEY MAY NOT 
ACTUALLY BE ACCEPTING CASH 
TICKETS OR TOKENS.
TAP ONLY.
PEOPLE SHOULD BE YOUR MAIN 
CONCERN.
ON BUSES, MOST CITIES ALLOW REAR
BOARDING ONLY.
THAT'S TO PROTECT THE DRIVER IN 
FRONT.
YOU MAY ALSO FIND STAGGERED 
SEATS MARKED OFF-LIMITS.
THAT'S TO PROTECT YOU.
AND BY THE WAY, A LITTLE TIP IF 
YOU FIND YOURSELF ON THE SUBWAY,
WHERE YOU'LL FIND THE FEWEST 
PEOPLE, AT EITHER END OF THE 
TRAIN.
DON'T JUST GRAB THE CAR CLOSEST 
TO YOUR EXIT.
THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE DOES.
SPREAD OUT.
NOW IF YOU CAN'T STAY TWO METRES
AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE, THE 
ADVICE THESE DAYS IS TO WEAR A 
MASK.
AND FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, PLEASE, 
PLEASE, IF YOU'RE SICK, DON'T 
TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT.
STAY AT HOME.
BUT TAKE IT FROM ME, I TAKE THE 
SUBWAY TO WORK EVERY DAY.
BEING SAFE IN SUCH A CONFINED 
SPACE MEANS STAYING AWAY FROM 
OTHER PEOPLE AND TOUCHING AS FEW
THINGS AS POSSIBLE.
THEY ARE DISINFECTING THE 
VEHICLES MUCH MORE OFTEN.
HERE IN TORONTO, SEVERAL TIMES A
DAY.
BUT YOU CAN'T COUNT ON THAT.
SO REMEMBER, THE VIRUS NEEDS 
YOUR HELP TO GET FROM YOUR HANDS
TO YOUR FACE.
SO DON'T TOUCH, KEEP YOUR HANDS 
CLEAN, AND KEEP TO YOURSELF.
>> Adrienne: RESTRICTIONS ON THE
CANADA-U.S. BORDER FROM COVID-19
WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN PLACE FOR 
EVEN LONGER.
SOURCES TELLING CBC NEWS TONIGHT
AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED TO
EXTEND THE MEASURES.
IN THE MEANTIME, SOME FAMILIES 
SEPARATED BY THE CLOSURE WERE 
ABLE TO REUNITE FOR THE FIRST 
TIME TODAY, THANKS TO A NEW 
EXEMPTION.
AS BRIAR STEWART EXPLAINS, THOSE
LEFT OUT ARE FORCED TO FIND SOME
OTHER WAYS TO CONNECT.
>> Reporter: THE PEACE ARCH PARK
STRADDLES THE CANADIAN-AMERICAN 
BORDER IN B.C.
IT'S A NO-MAN'S LAND OF SORTS, 
AND THESE DAYS A HAVEN FOR 
CROSS-BORDER REUNIONS.
AND A FAIR NUMBER OF WEDDINGS.
LEAH BESSELO, A CANADIAN MARRIED
HER AMERICAN BOYFRIEND HERE.
>> WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR FIVE 
YEARS.
IT WAS SOMETHING IN OUR PLAN 
ALREADY.
IT WAS A BIT OF A SENSE OF 
URGENCY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW 
HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO GO ON 
FOR.
>> Reporter: STARTING TODAY, 
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS AND 
COMMON LAW SPOUSES ARE ABLE TO 
COME TO CANADA, BUT THEY HAVE TO
QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS.
THAT LENGTH OF TIME IS 
PROBLEMATIC FOR SOME, BOSELLO'S 
HUSBAND IS AN ESSENTIAL WORKER 
IN THE U.S. 
>> YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT 
IT MEANS, BUT I'M QUITE EXCITED 
FOR THE PROSPECT OF HIM COMING 
BACK TO CANADA. 
>> Reporter: THE NEW RULES DON'T
APPLY TO COUPLES WHO HAVE NEVER 
LIVED TOGETHER, SO MANY WILL 
KEEP FLOCKING TO THIS PARK TO 
FIND A QUIET SPACE ON THE GRASS 
OR FOR SOME MORE PRIVACY SOME 
EVEN SET UP A TENT.
>> A LOT OF THE COUPLES HERE 
CALL IT DISNEYLAND IN NORTH 
AMERICA BECAUSE IT'S THE 
HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH FOR US 
THAT WE GET TO MEET UP AND HANG 
OUT.
>> Reporter: BUT OTHERS HAVE 
TAKEN A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO 
REUNITE.
EVEN THOUGH RESTRICTIONS HAVE 
BEEN IN PLACE AT THE BORDERS FOR
MONTHS NOW, SEVERAL CANADIANS 
WHO HAVE BEEN TURNED AWAY AT 
LAND CROSSINGS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
FLY INTO THE UNITED STATES TO 
VISIT LOVED ONES.
THAT'S WHAT MADISON EDGE DID.
SHE KNEW SHE WASN'T ALLOWED TO 
MAKE THE ONE-HOUR DRIVE TO VISIT
HER FIANCE IN WASHINGTON STATE, 
BUT SHE DISCOVERED SHE WAS ABLE 
TO FLY TO SEATTLE AS U.S. 
AUTHORITIES AREN'T BEING AS 
STRICT AT AIRPORTS. 
>> I WAS QUIZZED QUITE HEAVILY 
ABOUT MY EMPLOYMENT, MY RETURN 
TICKET TO CANADA, WHAT MY FIANCE
DOES, BUT THEY EVENTUALLY LET ME
THROUGH.
>> Reporter: SHE AND HER PARTNER
ARE CONSIDERED COMMON LAW, SO 
THEY WILL BOTH MAKE THE JOURNEY 
NORTH SOON.
AS FOR THE REST OF THE BORDER 
RESTRICTIONS, THEY ARE SLATED TO
BE IN PLACE UNTIL AT LEAST JUNE 
21.
BRIAR STEWART, CBC NEWS, SURREY.
>> Adrienne: NEXT, THE 
GROUND-LEVEL VIEW OF THE U.S. 
PROTESTS FROM A CANADIAN PHOTO 
JOURNALIST COVERING THEM. 
>> I SAW THEM SHAKING THEIR 
PEPPER SPRAY BOTTLES AND, LIKE, 
ACTIVELY ATTACKING US.
I DIDN'T REALLY SEE THAT COMING.
>> I'M A JOURNALIST, HELP!
>> Reporter: JOURNALISTS 
TARGETED BY POLICE.
PERSPECTIVE FROM A PROFESSIONAL 
WITNESS AND THE IMAGE THAT STUCK
>> Adrienne: WELCOME BACK.
WERE IT NOT FOR A WITNESS, THE 
BRUTALITY OF THE KILLING OF 
GEORGE FLOYD MAY NOT HAVE BEEN 
SO KNOWN TO THE WORLD.
THAT VIDEO HORRIFIED THE PLANET 
AND THE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD 
REACTED.
THESE ARE PROTESTS SPURRED BY 
THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD.
THE RESEARCHER BEHIND THIS MAP 
METICULOUSLY MATCHING AND 
VERIFYING MORE THAN 2,000 DOTS 
AND COUNTING WITH NEWS STORIES 
AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
THIS IS THE VIEW FROM 10,000 
FEET.
*
ALL OF IT MADE REAL BY THESE 
STRIKING IMAGES FROM THE GROUND.
AT TIMES, THIS IS A 
BLOOD-STAINED WINDOW INTO THE 
PROTESTS THE JOURNALISTS 
ATTACKED FOR BEARING WITNESS, 
JUST DOING THEIR JOB.
>> OKAY?
DO YOU MIND TELLING ME WHY I'M 
UNDER ARREST, SIR?
>> I HAVE MY MEDIA CREDENTIALS.
>> OVER THERE.
>> Adrienne: FROM ARRESTS TO 
VIOLENCE.
>> MEDIA!
>> WHOA!
>> Adrienne: IT'S ADDED UP.
THE AMERICAN-BASED FREEDOM OF 
THE PRESS FOUNDATION FOUND IN 
JUST UNDER TWO WEEKS THERE WERE 
MORE THAN 380 VIOLATIONS AGAINST
JOURNALISTS IN THE UNITED 
STATES.
THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE 
ACCOUNTS IN ALL OF LAST YEAR.
SO THAT IS THE KIND OF VIOLENCE 
CANADIAN JOURNALISTS KNOW.
ED OU HAS CAPTURED UPRISES 
AROUND THE WORLD, BUT COVERING 
THESE PROTESTS IN A COUNTRY HE 
PERHAPS THOUGHT BETTER OF IN 
TERMS OF PRESS FREEDOM, WELL, 
THAT'S COME AT A HEAVY COST.
>> PLEASE DISPERSE OR YOU WILL 
BE ARRESTED.
>> Reporter: I'M ED OU.
I'VE BEEN A JOURNALIST FOR 
ALMOST 15 YEARS NOW, AND I'VE 
COVERED PROTEST MOVEMENTS ALL 
ACROSS THE WORLD.
BEING IN THE MEMORIAL FOR -- IN 
THE PLACE WHERE GEORGE FLOYD WAS
KILLED FEELS A LOT LIKE, YOU 
KNOW, TAHRIR SQUARE DURING EGYPT
DURING THE ARAB SPRING OR GAZIE 
PARK IN TURKEY.
THE PHYSICAL SPACE OF THIS 
MEMORIAL, AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS
REPRESENTS.
ALSO PEOPLE GATHERING HAS REALLY
GIVEN EVERYONE A SPECIFIC SENSE 
OF PURPOSE OR A SPECIFIC SENSE 
OF SOLIDARITY IN WHICH A LOT OF 
PROTESTERS ARE ASKING FOR 
CHANGE.
THE PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED TO ME 
THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST 
FEW TIMES THAT THE MEDIA AND 
PEOPLE ARE NOW LISTENING ON A 
WIDER SCALE AND REALLY PAYING 
ATTENTION TO GRIEVANCES THAT 
HAVE REALLY ALWAYS EXISTED.
THIS FEELS TO ME LIKE KIND OF 
THE ORGANIC LEADERLESS MOVEMENT 
IN WHICH THE ISSUES ARE WHAT'S 
AT STAKE.
THESE PROTESTS THAT ARE 
HAPPENING ACROSS THIS COUNTRY 
ARE SPEAKING TO A WIDER ISSUE 
THAT'S BEYOND ANY ONE ROOT 
POLITICAL CAUSE.
I SEE PEOPLE FROM ALL AGES, YOU 
KNOW, LIKE, OLD, YOUNG, AND A 
LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS.
YOU KNOW, JOURNALISTS TRY TO 
STAY AS MUCH OUT OF THE STORY AS
POSSIBLE, BUT IN THIS CASE, YOU 
KNOW, OUR ROLE AS JOURNALISTS IS
TO REVEAL TRUTH AND BEAR 
WITNESS, NO MATTER HOW 
UNCOMFORTABLE THEY ARE.
[EXPLOSION]
WHEN GOVERNMENTS ARE ACTIVELY 
TRYING TO SILENCE JOURNALISTS 
FROM BEING ABLE TO DO THAT, WHAT
THEY'RE DOING IS EFFECTIVELY 
SILENCING THE VOICE OF EVERY 
CITIZEN AND EVERY PROTESTER.
THE ATTACKS ON THE PRESS HERE 
FEELS TARGETED IN A WAY THAT 
I'VE NEVER REALLY SEEN BEFORE IN
THE U.S. WHEN I WAS PEPPER 
SPRAYED AND TEAR GASSED AND 
BEATEN AND HAD A CONCUSSION 
GRENADE EXPLODE IN MY FACE.
COVERING A PROTEST.
I HAVE BEEN PLAYING OVER IN MY 
HEAD.
>> WE'RE REPORTERS!
WE'RE REPORTERS!
>> ANY TIME I COVER PROTESTS OR 
ANY SORT OF UNREST, WE'RE ALWAYS
THINKING AHEAD, THINKING OF 
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO, WHERE 
WE'RE GOING TO HIDE, HOW WE CAN 
STAY SAFE.
AND IN THAT TIME WE MADE AN 
ACTIVE CHOICE TO STAY VERY MUCH 
WITHIN A GROUP OF JOURNALISTS 
OFF TO THE SIDE.
>> GET OUT!
>> THINGS CHANGED WHEN THEY 
ACTIVELY LOBBED AND FIRED 
CONCUSSION GRENADES IN OUR 
DIRECTION AND ADVANCED ON US.
THE COPS, I SAW THEM SHAKING 
THEIR PEPPER SPRAY BOTTLES AND, 
LIKE, ACTIVELY ATTACKING US.
YOU KNOW, I FILMED THIS, AND 
THAT WAS THE ONE FACTOR THAT I 
DIDN'T REALLY SEE THAT COMING.
[SIRENS]
>> I NEED HELP.
I'M A JOURNALIST.
I NEED HELP.
I'M A JOURNALIST.
>> IF WE AS JOURNALISTS ARE 
UNABLE TO TELL THESE STORIES OR 
UNABLE TO CAPTURE WHAT'S GOING 
ON IN THE STREETS, A LOT OF 
POWER WILL GO UNCHECKED.
ONE THING THAT'S BEEN REALLY 
POWERFUL AND HAS REALLY AFFECTED
ME IS GOING TO THE SITE WHERE 
GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED.
I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE GO UP TO 
THE EXACT SITE AND I SEE THEM 
BREAKING DOWN IN TEARS.
I TOOK A PHOTO OF THIS WOMAN, 
VERONICA CLARKE, AND SHE 
EMBRACES HER BROTHER, JOE, AND 
IN THIS PICTURE, I JUST SAW SUCH
A PAIN AND ALSO SUCH A RELIEF, 
BUT ALSO SUCH A SOLIDARITY THAT 
THINGS IN AMERICA HAVE GOTTEN TO
THIS POINT WHERE A LOT OF THIS 
POPULATION SEES THEMSELVES IN 
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE STREET, AND
TO -- SO TO SEE THIS LEVEL OF 
CATHARSIS IS BOTH TRAGIC AND 
QUITE INSPIRING.
I THINK IT SHOWS HOW OVERDUE A 
LOT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS 
REALLY ARE.
>> Andrew: OKAY, IN JUST A 
MOMENT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 
DR. ISAAC BOGOCH IN TO ANSWER 
YOUR COVID-19 QUESTIONS.
HERE IS ONE OF THEM THAT WE WILL
ANSWER.
WHEN WE TRAVEL AGAIN AND HAVE 
TEMPERATURE CHECKS AT TRAVEL 
LOCATIONS, WILL A THERMOMETER BE
ABLE TO DISTINGUISH FEVER FROM 
SWEATING OR HOT FLASHES?
HE'S GOT A LOT TO SAY ABOUT 
THIS.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
*
>> Andrew: WELCOME BACK.
TONIGHT WE ARE ONCE AGAIN 
ANSWERING YOUR COVID-19 
QUESTIONS, AND JOINING US NOW, 
INFECTIOUS DISEASES SPECIALIST 
DR. ISAAC BOGOCH WHO HAS 
RECENTLY BEEN APPOINTED BY THE 
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO TO A TEAM 
COLLECTING AND ANALYZING 
COVID-19 DATA.
THOUGH, DR. BOGOCH, THAT WORK IS
PRETTY IN EARLY STAGES RIGHT 
NOW.
>> YEAH, IT ABSOLUTELY IS, BUT 
WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING AT 
GETTING ALL THE RIGHT DATA 
HOUSED IN THE RIGHT PLACE SO 
THAT POLICY-MAKERS AND 
RESEARCHERS CAN USE THIS DATA TO
REALLY HELP ONTARIO AND 
HOPEFULLY THE REST OF CANADA 
FIGHT THIS PANDEMIC.
>> Andrew: OKAY, WELL WE'LL HAVE
TO BOOK SOME TIME LATER TO TALK 
MORE ABOUT THAT.
LET'S GET TO SOME OF THE 
QUESTIONS WE'VE BEEN GETTING FOR
YOU.
HERE'S ONE.
ARE HEALTH AUTHORITIES EXPECTING
LARGE OUTBREAKS OF COVID-19 IN 
CITIES WHERE PROTEST MARCHES 
TOOK PLACE THIS PAST WEEK?
I GUESS THAT'S CITIES IN CANADA 
AND THE U.S. 
>> YEAH, CERTAINLY NO ONE WOULD 
BE SURPRISED IF THERE WAS A 
SPIKE IN CASES.
WE KNOW THAT EXACERBATING 
FACTORS MIGHT BE SOME OF THE 
PROTESTS WHERE WE SAW HUNDREDS 
OR EVEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 
CLUSTERED TOGETHER CLOSELY.
WE SAW SOME PROTESTS WHERE 
PEOPLE WEREN'T WEARING MASKS.
AND CERTAINLY WE SAW LOTS OF 
YELLING AND SHOUTING.
AND OF COURSE IN THOSE SETTINGS 
IT WOULD COME TO NO SURPRISE IF 
INFECTION WAS TRANSMITTED.
THERE'S OTHER PROTESTS WHERE WE 
SAW MITIGATING FACTORS.
ALL OF THESE WERE OUTSIDE, SO 
BEING OUTSIDE IS EXTREMELY 
HELPFUL.
SOME PLACES WE SAW PEOPLE SPREAD
APART, AND WE SAW A HIGH 
PROPORTION OF MASK WEARING IN 
SOME PROTESTS AS WELL.
IN THOSE SETTINGS I THINK IT 
WOULD BE MUCH LESS LIKELY FOR 
THIS INFECTION TO BE 
TRANSMITTED. 
>> Andrew: HERE'S THE CRYSTAL 
BALL QUESTION.
GIVEN ALL THAT AND GIVEN THE 
PACE OF REOPENING PARTICULARLY 
HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, HERE'S 
ANOTHER QUESTION.
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT 
COVID-19 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
THE SUMMER?
>> I THINK THE CHANCES ARE 
EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S VERY LITTLE
IMMUNITY IN THE POPULATION.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A HIGH 
BURDEN OF INFECTION IN MANY 
PARTS OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING 
SOUTH AMERICA, EVEN THE SOUTHERN
UNITED STATES, SOUTH ASIA.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE 
COVID-19 THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, 
AND I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE 
THINK THAT THE WARMER 
TEMPERATURES OR THE UV RAYS WILL
HELP FIGHT THIS OFF, BUT WHEN WE
SEE SUCH A HIGH BURDEN OF 
INFECTION GLOBALLY, I DON'T 
THINK THAT CLIMATE AND ULTRA 
VIOLET RAYS AND HIGH 
TEMPERATURES ARE REALLY GOING TO
HAVE MUCH OF A FACTOR.
IF THERE'S A SMALL BURDEN OF 
INFECTION GLOBALLY, IT MIGHT 
PLAY A PART.
BUT CERTAINLY NOT WHERE WE'RE AT
NOW.
I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF 
COVID TRANSMISSION THROUGHOUT 
THE SUMMER MONTHS.
>> Andrew: YOU MENTIONED HIGH 
TEMPERATURES, AND HERE'S AN 
INTERESTING TWIST ON THAT.
WHEN WE TRAVEL AGAIN AND HAVE 
TEMPERATURE CHECKS AT TRAVEL 
LOCATIONS, WILL A THERMOMETER BE
ABLE TO DISTINGUISH FEVER FROM 
SWEATING OR A HOT FLASH?
>> YEAH, IN GENERAL IT WILL.
I MEAN, USUALLY PEOPLE WHO ARE, 
YOU KNOW, A LITTLE SWEATY FROM 
WALKING THROUGH AN AIRPORT OR 
PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING HOT 
FLASHES DON'T ACTUALLY MOUNT A 
TRUE FEVER, WHEREAS PEOPLE DO 
MOUNT A TRUE FEVER IN THE 
CONTEXT OF SOME INFECTIONS.
SO IT MOST LIKELY WILL BE ABLE 
TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MOST OF 
THOSE CASES.
HAVING SAID THAT, WHEN WE THINK 
ABOUT THESE TEMPERATURE CHECKS 
FOR THE UTILITY OF DETECTING 
COVID-19, IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY 
POOR.
WE KNOW MANY PEOPLE WITH 
COVID-19 INFECTIONS WILL NOT 
HAVE A FEVER, AND FOR THAT TO 
WORK, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FEVER 
AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT 
TIME DETECTED WITH THE RIGHT 
INSTRUMENTS, AND IN FACT THIS 
WON'T BE VERY USEFUL IN 
DETECTING COVID-19 INFECTIONS.
A LOT OF THIS IS OPTICS, 
UNFORTUNATELY, BUT YOU KNOW, 
THEY MAY CATCH A CASE NOW AND 
AGAIN.
BUT IT'S REALLY NOT THE MOST 
EFFECTIVE WAY TO DETECT CASES OF
COVID-19.
>> Andrew: ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD 
TO TALK TO YOU.
THANKS FOR ANSWERING ALL THOSE 
QUESTIONS, DR. BOGOCH.
>> ANY TIME.
>> Andrew: AND, HEY, IF YOU'VE 
GOT MORE COVID-19 QUESTIONS, YOU
CAN SEND THEM IN.
MESSAGE US DIRECTLY ON INSTAGRAM
AT @CBCTHENATIONAL OR SEND AN 
EMAIL AT COVID@cbc.ca.
>>> DURING THE COURSE OF THE 
COVID-19 PANDEMIC, ANOTHER 
DEADLY PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY 
HAS BECOME EVEN WORSE, OPIOID 
OVERDOSES.
AS THE CBC'S VIK ADHOPIA TELLS 
US, BOTH ONTARIO AND BRITISH 
COLUMBIA HAVE SEEN A SPIKE IN 
DRUG DEATHS.
>> Reporter: WRITING POETRY, A 
DIVERSION FROM THREE MONTHS OF 
PANDEMIC UPHEAVAL.
>> EXCEPT FOR THE SAFE INJECTION
SITES, I DIDN'T KNOW REALLY 
ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO TO STAY WARM
OR TO BE SAFE.
>> Reporter: WHEN THE PANDEMIC 
HIT, SHE WAS SLEEPING HERE.
HER STRUGGLE WITH HEROIN THEN 
WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE.
WE'VE AGREED TO PROTECT HER 
IDENTITY.
>> I ODED THREE TIMES, AND WOKE 
UP, YOU KNOW, ALONE BECAUSE I 
WAS USING ALONE. 
>> Reporter: ONTARIO'S 
EXPERIENCING AN UNPRECEDENTED 
SPIKE IN DRUG DEATHS, A 25% 
INCREASE IN FATAL OVERDOSES 
COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST
YEAR, ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY 
NUMBERS. 
>> FROM THE FRONT-LINE WORKERS 
WE WORK WITH AROUND THE 
PROVINCE, THEY ARE ALL SAYING 
DEATHS ARE GOING UP.
BUT TO HEAR THAT NUMBER AND TO 
SEE THAT NUMBER, I WAS NOT 
EXPECTING IT TO BE THAT HIGH.
>> Reporter: ONTARIO IS NOT 
ALONE.
B.C. SAW A 39% JUMP IN OVERDOSE 
DEATHS IN APRIL COMPARED TO THE 
SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
AND IN ALBERTA, THE NUMBER OF 
OPIOID-RELATED 911 CALLS DOUBLED
FROM MARCH TO MAY.
HEALTH OFFICIALS BLAME 
INCREASINGLY TOXIC STREET DRUGS,
LACED WITH FENTANYL, REPLACING 
THE USUAL OPIOID SUPPLY CHAIN. 
>> AND THEN YOU ADD COVID INTO 
THE MIX, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A 
DISASTER OF EPIC PROPORTION.
>> Reporter: THIS PSYCHIATRIST 
TREATS PATIENTS WITH ADDICTIONS.
>> IT'S VERY STRESSFUL TO BE 
SOCIALLY ISOLATED AND FEARFUL OF
CATCHING COVID-19.
AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE STRESSED AND
ANXIOUS, THEY MAY USE MORE 
SUBSTANCES IN ORDER TO COPE.
>> Reporter: HEALTH CANADA HAS 
TEMPORARILY EASED RESTRICTIONS 
ON MEDICATIONS USED TO TREAT 
ADDICTION.
SOME DOCTORS ARE EVEN 
PRESCRIBING OPIOIDS TO PROTECT 
THEIR PATIENTS FROM STREET 
DRUGS.
SHE SAYS IT'S HELPED HER 
STABILIZE.
SHE'S NOW IN TEMPORARY HOUSING, 
HOPING TO STAY OFF THE STREET.
VIK ADHOPIA, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: TIME FOR A QUICK 
BREAK, AND WHEN WE COME BACK, A 
SURGE IN INTERESTS FOR PANDEMIC 
COMPANIONS.
>> I'VE BEEN BREEDING FOR 25 
YEARS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE 
THIS BEFORE.
>> Adrienne: A LOT OF CANADIANS 
STUCK AT HOME ARE LOOKING FOR 
PUPPIES, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 
LIFE GOES BACK TO NORMAL?
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> I'M JOSH BLOCK.
TOMORROW ON CBC'S DAILY NEWS 
PODCAST "FRONT BURNER" AS THE 
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT 
SHINES A LIGHT ON POLICE 
BRUTALITY, WE ASK WHAT DEFUNDING
THE POLICE MEANS FOR INDIGENOUS 
PEOPLE IN CANADA.
SUBSCRIBE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR 
PODCASTS.
>> Adrienne: WELL, COVID-19 HAS 
MEANT BOREDOM AND A FAIR AMOUNT 
OF LONELINESS FOR MANY PEOPLE, 
AND IT TURNS OUT A SIDE EFFECT 
OF AVOIDING EACH OTHER IS A 
GIANT DEMAND FOR PUPPIES.
BUT AS BREEDERS AND SHELTERS NOW
WARN, WANTING A FURRY FRIEND AND
PROPERLY CARING FOR ONE ARE TWO 
DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THEN THERE ARE THE SCAMMERS.
ELLEN MAURO LOOKS AT THE DANGERS
OF RUSHING INTO PUPPY LOVE.
>> Reporter: PUPPY LOVE, IT 
TURNS OUT, HAS NEVER BEEN 
STRONGER THAN IN THE ERA OF 
COVID.
>> I'VE BEEN BREEDING FOR 25 
YEARS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE 
THIS BEFORE.
>> Reporter: DEMAND FOR THESE 
PUPPIES HAS QUADRUPLED.
OTHER BREEDERS REPORT THE SAME 
THING.
FOSTERING AND ADOPTIONS FROM 
SHELTERS ARE UP TOO, BUT 
REMEMBER, PUPPY LOVE ISN'T A 
FLING.
>> THIS IS NOT A TWO OR 
THREE-MONTH DEAL. 
>> Reporter: LOUISE SUTHERLAND 
WORRIES SOME AREN'T THINKING 
ABOUT THE LONG-TERM COMMITMENT. 
>> I FORESEE THE SHELTERS REALLY
STARTING TO OVERFLOW WHEN THE 
SHININESS OF A NEW PUPPY WEARS 
OFF.
THIS IS NOT A DECISION THAT THEY
SHOULD MAKE LIGHTLY, THAT IT IS 
A LIFETIME FOR THE DOG, RIGHT?
>> Reporter: SCAMMERS HAVE 
NOTICED THE PUSH FOR PUPPIES 
TOO.
LAST MONTH, AN ONTARIO POLICE 
FORCE ISSUED THIS WARNING AFTER 
A RASH OF FAKE PUPPY ADS ONLINE.
PANDEMIC-FUELLED LONELINESS, 
POLICE SAY, MAKING SOME PEOPLE 
EASY TARGETS. 
>> THEY SEND MONEY IN ORDER TO 
GET A PUPPY, BUT THEY NEVER 
RECEIVE ANYTHING. 
>> Reporter: BUT IF YOU DO GET A
DOG NOW, THIS TRAINER SAYS THINK
CAREFULLY ABOUT LIFE AFTER THE 
PANDEMIC.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE THE 
TIME THEN TO TAKE CARE OF THESE 
PUPPIES?
THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF 
ANXIOUS PUPPIES ONCE WE GET BACK
TO OUR NEW NORMAL.
>> Reporter: FOR ASHLEY 
SALISBURY, THIS WAS THE PERFECT 
TIME, BUT SHE HAS A PLAN FOR 
WHEN SHE'S BACK AT WORK. 
>> I'M REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE 
MY PARENTS WHO ARE RETIRED 
LIVING JUST AROUND THE CORNER 
FROM ME, SO I'VE KIND OF GOT A 
LITTLE PERSONAL DOGGY DAYCARE 
GOING ON. 
>> Reporter: STILL, IF YOU'RE 
CAUGHT IN THIS CANINE CONUNDRUM,
GET READY FOR ALL THE ATTENTION 
A DOG WILL NEED NOW AND FOR THE 
NEXT 10 TO 15 HUMAN YEARS.
>> THIS IS MY DREAM IN LIFE.
>> Reporter: ELLEN MAURO, CBC 
NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Andrew: NEXT ON "THE 
NATIONAL," A BIT OF LUCK IN THE 
MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC.
THE STORY OF A YELLOWKNIFE WOMAN
WHO WON BIG.
OUR "MOMENT" IS NEXT.
>> Andrew: LAURA TUTCHO IS 
FEELING PRETTY LUCKY.
SHE'S FROM YELLOWKNIFE AND 
RECENTLY WON A COOL $55 MILLION.
YEAH, YOU HEARD RIGHT.
IT'S THE LARGEST PRIZE EVER WON 
IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, 
AND THE STORY BEHIND HER BIG WIN
IS OUR "MOMENT."
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>> BOUGHT A TICKET AND I WON.
IT WAS JUST KIND OF A ROUTINE 
THING THAT BECAUSE OF COVID-19 
MY GRANDDAUGHTER AND I WOULD GO 
OUT IN THE AFTERNOON, WE'LL DO 
OUR LITTLE SCRATCH ITS AND LOTTO
TICKETS.
THE NEXT DAY MY SISTER TEXTED 
ME, AND SHE SAID, UMM, DID YOU 
BUY A TICKET FROM 7-ELEVEN?
LATER MY GRANDDAUGHTER COMES 
DOWN AND SAYS IT'S SOMEBODY FROM
YELLOWKNIFE THAT WON.
I CHECKED MY TICKETS.
THE NUMBERS WERE ALL THE SAME.
I ASKED MY GRANDDAUGHTER TO 
CHECK IT AGAIN, AND SHE SAID, 
GRANDMA, THE NUMBER HASN'T 
CHANGED.
[LAUGHTER]
I TOLD MY FAMILY MEMBERS, AND 
THEY WERE BESIDE THEMSELVES.
>> Andrew: HMM.
>> Adrienne: WOW, THIS FEELS SO 
GOOD TO BE TALKING ABOUT A 
GOOD-NEWS STORY.
THANKS TO OUR COLLEAGUES AT CBC 
RADIO TRAILS FOR THAT INTERVIEW.
AND APPARENTLY, YOU KNOW, HOW 
DID SHE DO IT?
NOT SPECIAL NUMBERS, A QUICK 
PICK, AND SHE SAYS THAT HER 
GRANDKIDS THOUGHT SHE HAD BEEN 
HURT BECAUSE SHE SCREAMED SO 
LOUD.
>> Andrew: I GOT TO SAY, YOU 
KNOW, MY FIRST REACTION, 
WHENEVER I HEAR THESE STORIES 
ABOUT A BIG LOTTERY WIN IS THAT 
I WORRY FOR THEM.
YOU ALWAYS HEAR STORIES ABOUT 
THINGS TURNING OUT POORLY.
CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
BUT I WILL BE CAUTIOUSLY 
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS ONE.
THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR 
TONIGHT.
>> Andrew: GOOD NIGHT.
>> Adrienne: GOOD NIGHT.
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