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>> Adrienne: GOO GOOD EVENING, I'M
ADYEARN ARSENAULT.
TONIGHT A NOVA SCOTIA MAN'S
HARROWING STORY OF TERROR AND
PERSONAL LOSS.
>> YOU COULD SEE HIS BODY LYING
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AS I
GOT CLOSER I COULD SEE THAT IT
WAS MY BROTHER.
>> Adrienne: AS GRIEF AND
ANGER BUILD, NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE
KILLER SHORTLY BEFORE HE WAS
STOPPED.
>> IF PEOPLE HAD BEEN MORE AWARE 
MAYBE SOME OF THIS TRAGEDY COULD
HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
>> Adrienne: SO WHY WASN'T
THERE A PROVINCE-WIDE ALERT?
THE RCMP RESPONDED.
>> Andrew: I'M ANDREW CHANG.
ALSO TONIGHT, ONTARIO'S
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES GET
MILITARY HELP.
>> THEIR SUPPORT WILL PROVIDE
STAFFING RELIEF.
>> Andrew: CANADA HAS NOW LOST
MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE TO
COVID-19.
>> AT FIRST IT SHOWED THE WORLD
HOW TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS --
>> WE HAVE STOPPED A WAVE OF
DEVASTATION.
>> Andrew: CAN NEW ZEALAND NOW
SHOW HOW TO SAFELY REOPEN?
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>> Adrienne: FOUR DAYS AFTER
THE DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTING THAT 
CANADA HAS EVER SEEN, EMOTIONS,
OF COURSE, REMAIN RAW IN NOVA
SCOTIA.
GRIEF, YES, BUT IT NOW HAS
COMPANIONS.
>> Andrew: THERE IS GROWING
ANGER OVER A PERCEIVED LACK OF
CLARITY OVER POLICE AND
FRUSTRATION THAT AN EMERGENCY
ALERT WAS NOT ISSUED EVEN AS THE
KILLING SPREE RAGED ON.
>> NO MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED, EVEN
THOUGH E.M.O. HAD REACHED OUT A
NUMBER OF TIMES THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING TO THE RCMP.
>> Andrew: WHY THAT ALERT DID
NOT GO OUT WAS A BIG QUESTION
TODAY.
AND THE RCMP DID RESPOND.
>> WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF
PREPARING AN ALERT WHEN THE
GUNMAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY
THE RCMP.
>> Andrew: WHY IT TOOK 12
HOURS TO GET ROLLING IS
SOMETHING THAT WE'LL DIG INTO
TONIGHT.
WE'LL ALSO SHARE NEW VIDEO OF
THE GUNMAN, BUT WE WANT TO START
WITH THE STORY OF A SURVIVOR AND
A LOVED ONE LOST.
>> Adrienne: CLINTON ELLISON
WAS IN PORTAPIQUE ON SATURDAY.
HIS NIGHT STARTED WITH A FAMILY
GET-TOGETHER WITH HIS BROTHER,
CORRIE AND HIS DAD.
IT ENDED WITH HIM HIDING IN THE
BUSH FROM A RAMPAGING KILLER,
HIS FAMILY FOREVER SHATTERED.
ELLISON SHARED HIS STORY WITH
CBC'S BRETT RUSKIN.
>> SOMETHING RIGHT OUT OF A
HORROR MOVIE.
WORSE THAN A HORROR MOVIE.
>> Reporter: CLINTON ELLISON
AND HIS BROTHER, CORRIE, AND
THEIR FATHER WAS ABOUT TO TURN
IN WHEN THEY HEARD SOMETHING
OUTSIDE.
>> IT WAS ABOUT 10:00.
I WENT UPSTAIRS TO GO TO BED.
ME AND MY BROTHER WERE
LISTENING TO MUSIC AND TALKING
AND WE HEARD A SINGLE GUNSHOT
AND DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT.
WE STEPPED OUT IN FRONT OF HIS
HOUSE AND LOOKED AND WE SAW A
LARGE GLOW IN THE SKY FROM A
VERY LARGE FIRE.
>> Reporter: THAT FIRE, AT
LEAST
ONE OF THE FIVE BUILDINGS THAT
THE SHOOTER SET ABLAZE.
>> MY BROTHER SAID THAT HE WAS
GOING TO GO CHECK IT OUT AND MY
FATHER TOLD HIM NOT TO.
MY BROTHER SAID I'LL BE RIGHT
BACK.
I WAS SITTING THERE WITH MY DAD
AND WE WERE WAITING AND WAITING
AND MY BROTHER DIDN'T COME BACK.
AND HE FINALLY PHONED AND SAID,
LISTEN, THE FIRE IS REALLY BAD
AND I'M TAKING PICTURES, CALL
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
>> Reporter: THAT PHONE CALL
WAS THE LAST TIME THAT CLINTON
HEARD HIS BROTHER'S VOICE.
>> WE WAITED AND WE WAITED AND
WE WAITED.
AND I WALKED UP THE ROAD LOOKING
FOR MY BROTHER WITH A FLASHLIGHT
AND MY FATHER CAME WITH ME SO
FAR BUT HE STOPPED AT THE END OF
HIS DRIVEWAY AND TURNED AROUND
AND WENT BACK INTO HIS HOUSE.
I WALKED UP LOOKING FOR MY
BROTHER WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND I
COULD SEE A BODY LYING ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD.
AS I GOT CLOSER I SAW THAT IT
WAS MY BROTHER.
I GOT ONE
STEP CLOSER AND I SAW BLOOD AND
HE WASN'T MOVING.
AND I SHUT MY FLASHLIGHT OFF AND
I TURNED AROUND AND RAN FOR MY
LIFE IN THE DARK.
I LOOKED DOWN THE ROAD FROM
WHERE I HAD JUST RUN FROM SEEING
A LITTLE FLASHLIGHT FLASHING
LOOKING AROUND FOR ME.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE
POLICE TIMELINE THE SHOOTER WAS
STILL IN THE AREA AND HAD
ALREADY KILLED MANY VICTIMS.
>> I RAN SO HARD INTO THE WOODS,
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THAT WHEN I
WAS HIDING I WAITED ABOUT AN
HOUR BEFORE I COULD PULL MY
CELLPHONE OUT AND I DIDN'T WANT
IT TO LIGHT UP AND GIVE MY
POSITION AWAY.
AND WHEN I THOUGHT IT
WAS SAFE TO PHONE POLICE, CORRIE
IS SHOT DEAD.
AND I SAID SHUT THE LIGHTS OFF
AND HIDE AND HE SAID, YES, I
WILL.
AND I SAID DON'T CALL ME BACK, I
DON'T WANT MOO MY PHONE TO LIGHT
UP.
AND I LAID ON THE GROUND.
I NEARLY FROZE TO DEATH JUST
LAYING THERE FOR HOURS.
ALL I COULD HEAR WERE EXPLOSIONS
FROM
THE FIRES AND GUNSHOTS COMING
FROM ALL AROUND ME.
YEAH.
IT WAS THE MOST TERRIFYING THING
THAT I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED IN
MY LIFE.
THEY GOT ME OUT OF THERE WITH AN
ARMOURED VEHICLE.
A NIGHTMARE THROUGH HELL, IT WAS
A NIGHTMARE THROUGH HELL TO WALK
UP AND FIND MY BROTHER DEAD AND
TO BE HUNTED BY THIS FELLA WHO
KILLED ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.
I'LL BE TRAUMATIZED FOR THE REST
OF MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: CLINTON SHARED
HIS FAMILY'S STORY BUT SAYS THAT
HIS THOUGHTS ARE ALSO WITH
EVERYONE WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN
THIS VIOLENT ATTACK.
BRETT RUSKIN, CBC NEWS,
PORTAPIQUE, NOVA SCOTIA.
>> Andrew: NOW LIKE SO MANY
OTHERS AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY,
ELLISON ALSO WANTS TO KNOW WHY
AN EMERGENCY ALERT DID NOT GO
OUT.
KAYLA HOUNSELL EXAMINES THE
GROWING FRUSTRATION OVER THAT
PART OF THE STORY.
>> I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS
EARLIER AND IT REALLY MADE ME
SICK TO MY STOMACH THEY DIDN'T
PUT THE EMERGENCY ALERT OUT.
>> Reporter: CLINTON ELLISON
SAYS WHAT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY
NIGHT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY
AN EMERGENCY ALERT.
>> IF THE POLICE HAD PUT THE
EMERGENCY ALERT OUT, I WOULD
HAVE GOT IT IN MY PHONE AND
HIDING IN THE WOODS AND I WOULD
HAVE KNOWN WHAT WAS GOING ON AND
IT COULD HAVE SAVED SOME MORE
LIVES.
>> Reporter: THE RCMP DID
NOTIFY THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE
ONGOING RAMPAGE ON TWITTER.
TODAY AFTER
DAYS OF EMERGING ANGER, TODAY
THE FORCE SAID THAT IT WAS IN
THE MIDST OF ISSUING AN ALERT
WHEN THE GUNMAN WAS SHOT AND
KILLED.
BUT THAT WAS WELL INTO SUNDAY
MORNING.
AND ONLY BECAUSE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REACHED OUT
AND OFFERING TO TRIGGER THE
ALERT.
>> A LOT OF THE DELAY WAS BASED
ON COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE
E.M.O. AND THE VARIOUS OFFICERS.
AND THEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT
THE MESSAGE WOULD BE -- HOW IT
WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED AND WHAT IT
WOULD SAY.
>> Reporter: FOR DAYS THE
PREMIER HAS BEEN INSISTING THAT
THE PROVINCE DIDN'T ISSUE THE
ALERT BECAUSE THE RCMP DIDN'T
ASK FOR ONE.
>> WE WOULD NOT GO FROM WHAT'S
HAPPENING BY TWITTER.
WE WOULD NEED THE LEAD AGENCY TO
ACTUALLY CRAFT THE MESSAGE SO
THAT WE COULD PUT THAT OUT.
AND NO MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED,
EVEN THOUGH E.M.O. HAD REACHED
OUT A NUMBER OF TIMES THROUGHOUT
THE MORNING.
>> Reporter: BUT SOME DID GET
AN ALERT.
ONLY AMERICAN CITIZENS.
THE U.S. CONSULATE SENT ITS OWN
NOTIFICATION.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT THE EMAIL
DEFINITELY PROMPTED ME TO GO TO
THE NEWS,
WHICH I MIGHT NOT HAVE DONE ON A
REGULAR SUNDAY MORNING.
>> Reporter: THE RCMP SAYS
THAT IT WAS HANDLING A FLUID,
DYNAMIC SITUATION.
ITS MEMBERS DEALING WITH
UNIMAGINABLE SCENES.
THEY SAY THAT THIS IS A COMPLEX
INVESTIGATION.
THEY EXPECT IT TO TAKE MONTHS.
BUT SOME QUESTIONS MAY NEVER BE
ANSWERED, AND SOME WILL ALWAYS
WONDER WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
PREVENTED IF ONLY THAT ALERT
COULD HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED.
KAYLA HOUNSELL, CBC NEWS,
HALIFAX.
>> Adrienne: AND AS TO THE
INVESTIGATION ITSELF, WE STILL
DON'T KNOW WHY THE SHOOTER DID
WHAT HE DID.
BUT THOMAS DAIGLE IS LEARNING
MORE ABOUT HOW HE WAS ABLE TO
STRETCH OUT HIS RAMPAGE
DISGUISED AS A MOUNTIE.
>> Reporter: IN THE MIDDLE OF
A MAJOR MANHUNT IT'S HARD TO
PICTURE A REAL POLICE OFFICER
PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT AND
GETTING OUT THIS CASUALLY JUST
TO
CHANGE WHAT HE'S WEARING.
IT TURNS OUT THAT MAN IS THE
TARGET OF THE MANHUNT CAUGHT
SUNDAY MORNING ON THIS
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHARED WITH
POLICE.
HIS KILLING SPREE UNDERWAY SINCE
THE NIGHT BEFORE.
BY 10:55 a.m., HE'S SEEN HERE
IN MILLBROOK WITH POLICE
TWEETING NINE MINUTES LATER THAT
HE'S BEEN SPOTTED NEARBY
TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND IN THE
BROOKFIELD AREA.
THEY'D ALREADY WARNED THAT THE
GUNMAN WAS DRIVING A
REAL-LOOKING RCMP CAR, BUT THAT
CAUTION IT SEEMS CAME MORE THAN
TWO HOURS AFTER A KEY WITNESS
TOLD POLICE.
THOUGH THERE MAY BE A REASON FOR
THE DELAY, SAYS THIS FORMER
MOUNTIE.
>> COULD THAT HAVE LED TO MORE
FALSE COMPLAINTS IF THE PUBLIC
SEES REAL POLICE CARS AND THEN
YOU GET ERRONEOUS COMPLAINTS ALL
OVER THE PLACE.
>> Reporter: NOTICE THE MOCK
RCMP CRUISER HAS NO LICENCE
PLATE.
BUT THE KILLER IS WEARING PARTS
OF A REAL MOUNTIE UNIFORM,
COMPLETE WITH A PATCH VISIBLE ON
HIS RIGHT SLEEVE.
>> I WILL TELL YOU THAT I'M VERY
CONCERNED THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL
INTENT ON COMMITTING CRIMINAL
ACTS COULD GAIN ACCESS TO THE
DECALS FOR AN RCMP VEHICLE OR
THE UNIFORM OF AN RCMP OFFICER.
>> Reporter: UNIFORMS ARE
PROCURED FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
SOME INDIVIDUAL ITEMS CAN BE
PURCHASED FROM STORES WITH
PROPER RCMP I.D., AND TWO
RETAILERS TOLD US THAT THERE'S
NO WAY THEY WOULD HAVE SOLD REAL
MOUNTIE CLOTHING TO THE GUNMAN.
WHO HELPED HIM TO GET THE GEAR
IS NOW A FOCUS OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
>> WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO DO
EXACTLY THAT, TRACK THE SOURCE
OF THE UNIFORM.
>> Reporter: WITH HIS BRIGHT
YELLOW SAFETY VEST BACK ON, THE
GUNMAN TAKES OFF.
HE WASN'T DONE YET.
HIS RAMPAGE WOULD CONTINUE FOR
ANOTHER HALF AN HOUR.
THOMAS DAIGLE, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: NOW WE'VE BEEN
SHARING STORIES ABOUT HOW HE'S
-- THESE TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITIES
HAVE BEEN
COMING TOGETHER IN THE WAKE OF
THE SHOOTINGS.
AND TODAY ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
THAT GENEROSITY.
THE MUNICIPALITY OF COLCHESTER
SAYS THAT IT WILL BE COVERING UP
TO $5,000 IN FUNERAL COSTS FOR
EACH OF THE VICTIMS.
THESE ARE THEIR FACES, 22
PEOPLE, CONFIRMED OR PRESUMED
DEAD.
PORTRAITS OF THE IMPACT THAT
THIS TRAGEDY HAS HAD ON SO MANY
FAMILIES.
THE RCMP HASN'T OFFICIALLY NAMED
ALL OF THE VICTIMS BUT THROUGH
OUR OWN REPORTING CBC NEWS HAS
BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEM,
INCLUDING TWO NAMES THAT WE
DIDN'T KNOW LAST NIGHT.
JOY AND PETER BOND WERE KILLED
BY THE GUNMAN.
FAMILY MEMBERS
POSTED TRIBUTES OF THE COUPLE
ONLINE.
THEY HAD TWO ADULT SONS AND
LIVED IN PORTAPIQUE WHERE THE
RAMPAGE BEGAN.
AND WE WILL SPEND MORE TIME
TONIGHT TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE LIVES LOST BY LISTENING TO
THOSE WHO KNEW THEM BEST.
THAT'S A BIT LATER IN THE
PROGRAMME.
>> Adrienne: TWO PROVINCES
CALLED IN REINFORCEMENTS TODAY
TO DEAL WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC AS CANADA PASSED
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE NUMBER
OF CASES.
THERE WERE MORE THAN 1,700 NEW
CASES DETECTED IN CANADA TODAY,
MOST IN QUÉBEC AND ONTARIO.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS
CASES IN CANADA HAS NOW
SURPASSED 40,000 WITH MORE THAN
2,000 DEAD.
HARDEST HIT, OF COURSE, ARE
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES.
IN QUÉBEC, THE PREMIER ASKED FOR
AN ADDITIONAL 1,000 SOLDIERS TO
BE DEPLOYED TO ACT AS SUPPORT
STAFF IN CARE HOMES.
THERE ARE ALREADY DOZENS WORKING
IN HOMES ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
ELLEN MAURO SHOWS US WHY
ONTARIO'S PREMIER MADE THE SAME
REQUEST TODAY.
>> Reporter: THIS IS HOW JENNY
FAUCETT VISITS HER PARENTS.
THEY HAVE COVID-19 AND LIVE AT
ORCHARD VILLA WHERE 32 RESIDENTS
HAVE DIED.
>> THE SYSTEM -- IT'S NOT
WORKING.
AND THESE ARE THE MOST
VULNERABLE OF PEOPLE.
WE WOULD NEVER ALLOW THIS TO
HAPPEN TO NICU BABIES IN A
HOSPITAL, BUT WE ALLOW IT TO
HAPPEN HERE?
>> Reporter: TODAY ONTARIO'S
PREMIER CALLED IN THE MILITARY.
>> THEIR SUPPORT WILL PROVIDE
STAFFING RELIEF SO STAFF CAN
FOCUS ON THE CARE OF THE
RESIDENTS.
>> Reporter: AT LEAST 447
LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTS ACROSS
ONTARIO HAVE DIED AND MORE THAN
100 HOMES ARE FACING OUTBREAKS,
BUT THE PROVINCE REFUSED TO SAY
WHICH FACILITIES WOULD BE
GETTING MILITARY SUPPORT.
>> MILITARY ASSISTANCE WILL GO
TO THE HOMES THAT ARE IN
GREATEST NEED.
AND SO I WILL LEAVE IT THERE.
>> Reporter: NEED IS RAMPANT
AND SO IS UNDERSTAFFING.
NEARLY 1,000 CARE WORKERS HAVE
THE VIRUS AND STAFFING LEVELS
COULD GET WORSE AT SOME HOMES
WITH MOST WORKERS NOW LIMITED TO
ONE FACILITY.
>> THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY DO
NOT HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION AND
CONTROL MEASURES THEY WILL NOT
CHOOSE TO GO THERE.
>> Reporter: ONTARIO ALSO
REVEALED TODAY THAT IT INTENDS
TO START TESTING ALL LONG-TERM
CARE RESIDENTS AND STAFF, A MOVE
THAT IT PREVIOUSLY RESISTED
DESPITE PLEAS FROM ADVOCATES.
>> IF WE HAD A NUMBER OF THINGS
WAY BACK EARLY WE COULD HAVE
BEEN MUCH MORE LIBERAL WITH OUR
TESTING.
BUT THAT WAS THE REALITY.
>> Reporter: THE CRISIS AND
THE HANDLING OF IT LED DUANE
SIMON TO
TAKE HIS MOTHER OUT OF ORCHARD
VILLA.
HE'S NOW CARING FOR HER ALONE AT
HOME AND TAKING EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS SINCE SHE HAS
COVID-19.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS
SHE HAS LEFT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I
WILL CHERISH
EVERY MINUTE OF THIS ISOLATION
WITH MY MOTHER.
>> Reporter: IT'S SOMETHING
THAT FEW COULD BE ABLE TO DO BUT
SIMON FELT THAT IT WAS HIS ONLY
CHOICE.
ELLEN MAURO, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Andrew: AS DOUG FORD
REQUESTED MILITARY ASSISTANCE
FOR ONTARIO TODAY, HE ALSO
SUGGESTED A TARGET DATE FOR
RE-OPENING THE PROVINCE'S
ECONOMY.
SPEAKING TO AN OTTAWA RADIO
STATION THIS MORNING, THE
PREMIER INDICATED THAT BY MAY
EIGHTEENTH, THE VICTOR TOIA-DAY
LONG WEEKEND, THE RESTRICTIONS
COULD BE LOOSENED.
HOWEVER, THIS AFTERNOON FORD DID
DOWNPLAY THAT STATEMENT SAYING
THAT NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE
UNTIL THE PROVINCE'S TOP HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAY THAT IT'S SAFE TO
DO SO.
>> IT'S NOT FLIPPING ON A LIGHT
SWITCH.
IF ANYTHING, IT'S MORE LIKE A
DIMMER SWITCH THAT'S BEEN TURNED
DOWN.
AND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS
WE WILL GRADUALLY BE TURNING UP
THE LIGHT ONCE AGAIN ON
SASKATCHEWAN'S ECONOMY.
>> Andrew: PREMIER SCOTT MOE
IS EXPRESSING CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM
IN A PROVINCE-WIDE ADDRESS
TONIGHT AS HIS GOVERNMENT PUSHES
FORWARD WITH A FIVE-PHASED
APPROACH TO RE-OPEN THE
PROVINCIAL ECONOMY.
WE ARE EXPECTING MORE DETAILS ON
THAT PLAN TOMORROW MORNING.
>> Adrienne: TO ALBERTA NOW
WHERE OUTBREAKS OF COVID-19 ARE
THREATENING CANADA'S BEEF
SUPPLY.
MORE THAN 500 WORKERS AT TWO
PROCESSING PLANTS HAVE BEEN
INFECTED.
AND NOW AS CAROLYN DUNN TELLS
US, THE UNION REPRESENTING THEM
IS DEMANDING SOME
ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> Reporter: THE VIRUS IS
RUNNING RAMPANT.
HUNDREDS INFECTED.
ONE DEAD.
THE LARGEST OUTBREAK LINKED TO A
SINGLE WORKPLACE IN CANADA.
THE CARGILL BEEF PROCESSING
PLANT SHUT DOWN YESTERDAY AMID
GROWING CALLS FOR
INVESTIGATIONS.
>> SO THIS IS A WORKPLACE
FATALITY AND IT NEEDS TO BE
INVESTIGATED AS SUCH.
AND IN ADDITION WE ARE ASKING
THAT THE FEDERAL -- THE
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT CALL ON
THE RCMP TO LAUNCH A FORMAL
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE
SITUATION.
>> Reporter: THE RCMP SAY THEY
DON'T HAVE AN OPEN INVESTIGATION
INTO THE DEATH, BUT ALBERTA'S
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
DOES.
>> THIS WILL INCLUDE
INVESTIGATIONS OF ANY POTENTIAL
NON-COMPLIANCE THAT MAY HAVE
AFFECTED THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
OF WORKERS AT THE FACILITY.
>> Reporter: WORKERS HAD BEEN
RAISING ALARMS FOR A COUPLE
WEEKS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AT
THE CARGILL PLANT AND SAYING
THAT PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTIVES
WERE BEING IGNORED.
>> THESE DEATHS AND THESE
ILLNESSES AND THIS
COMMUNITY SPREAD, I BELIEVE
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF IT WOULD
NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF THE
PROVINCE HAD INTERVENED AFTER WE
ASKED THEM TO ON EASTER SUNDAY.
>> Reporter: THE UNION IS
CALLING FOR THE TEMPORARY
CLOSURE OF ANOTHER PLANT, J.B.S.
96 WORKERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE.
TWO PEOPLE IN THAT TOWN HAVE
DIED, INCLUDING A PLANT WORKER.
THEIR CAUSES OF DEATH ARE BEING
INVESTIGATED.
BUT THE PLANT WILL REMAIN OPEN
UNDER THE WATCH OF PROVINCIAL
AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.
>> THESE CONSTITUTE AN ESSENTIAL
PART OF THE FOOD SECURITY OF
CANADIANS.
>> Reporter: THE TWO PLANTS
WITH OUTBREAKS PROCESS MORE THAN
70% OF CANADIAN BEEF.
CAROLYN DUNN, CBC NEWS, CALGARY.
>> Adrienne: AND SOME GOOD
NEWS TODAY FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE
BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THE FALLOUT
OF KOOF KOF -- A THEIR 9 BILLION
AID PACKAGE.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WITH THIS BENEFIT
YOU'LL GET $1,250 A MONTH FROM
MAY TO AUGUST.
>> Adrienne: THE ANNOUNCEMENT
COMES AFTER MANY YOUNG PEOPLE
COMPLAINED THEY HAD BEEN
EXCLUDED FROM EXISTING FINANCIAL
PROGRAMMES.
STUDENTS NOW IN SCHOOL,
ATTENDING IN SEPTEMBER AND
RECENT GRADUATES, WILL BE
ELIGIBLE.
CANADA'S LARGEST PRISON OUTBREAK
CONTINUES TO SPREAD.
A TOTAL OF 77 POSITIVE TESTS ARE
NOW CONNECTED TO BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S MISSION INSTITUTION
WITH FIVE INMATES CURRENTLY IN
HOSPITAL.
A SPECIAL MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT
HAS BEEN DISPATCHED AND
OFFICIALS SAY THAT ALL PRISONERS
AND STAFF WILL NOW BE TESTED FOR
THE VIRUS.
>>> AND PITSTOPS AT TIM HORTON'S
MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT
MOVING FORWARD.
STARTING TODAY ALL STAFF MEMBERS
ARE BEING REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS
AND EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE THEIR
TEMPERATURES CHECKED BEFORE
GOING ON SHIFT.
THE COMPANY SAYS THAT MASKS USED
WILL NOT BE THE SAME AS THOSE
USED IN HOSPITALS.
>> Andrew: WELL, THE PANDEMIC
HAS PUT ON PAUSE ALL BUT THE
MOST URGENT OF SURGERIES IN
CANADA'S HOSPITALS.
NOW SURGEONS AND SPECIALISTS ARE
PREPARING TO TAKE ON THE
ENORMOUS BACKLOG.
BUT AS NICOLE IRELAND SHOWS US,
ALL OF THIS WAITING HAS TAKEN A
REAL TOLL ON PATIENTS.
>> Reporter: SHERRY BEADY
LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH HER
RESCUE DOG, LILY.
BUT HER IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT
LIMITS WHAT SHE CAN DO.
>> IT'S LIKE A WASHING
MACHINE OFF-BALANCE WHEN IN THE
SPIN CYCLE.
IT'S FASTER AND ODD.
THERE'S FATIGUE, SHORTNESS OF
BREATH.
>> Reporter: AFTER WAITING
ALMOST A YEAR SHE WAS FINALLY
SCHEDULED FOR A CARDIAC
PROCEDURE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AT
THE END OF MARCH.
THEN IT WAS ABRUPTLY CANCELLED
DUE TO COVID-19.
HER HUSBAND JIM SUFFERED A HEART
ATTACK IN FEBRUARY AND HAD
BY-PASS SURGERY IN MARCH JUST
UNDER THE WIRE.
THE MOST URGENT CANCER AND HEART
AND STROKE PROCEDURES HAVE
CONTINUED, BUT AN ESTIMATED
15,000 TO 20,000 CARDIAC
PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN POSTPONED,
ACCORDING TO THE CANADIAN
CARDIOVASCULAR SOCIETY.
WHEN YOU FACTOR IN EVERYTHING
ELSE THAT STOPPED FROM CATARACT
SURGERIES TO HIP AND KNEE
REPLACEMENTS, THE SURGICAL
BACKLOG COULD ADD UP TO AS MANY
AS 100,000 PATIENTS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
>> THE SURGEONS HAVE BEEN MOST
WORRIED.
AND THEY'RE JUST SEEING THESE
WAITING LISTS GROWING AND
ANXIOUS PATIENTS ARE
PHONING BACK AND WORRYING AND SO
ON.
>> Reporter: THERE IS A
GLIMMER OF HOPE, BUT IT'S
FRAGILE.
THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK IN
TORONTO IS STARTING TO PERFORM A
FEW MORE CANCER SURGERIES AND
ORGAN TRANSPLANTS THIS WEEK.
IF IT CAN CONTINUE RAMPING UP,
THE SURGEON IN CHIEF HOPES TO
CATCH UP ON TIME-SENSITIVE
SURGERIES BY THE FALL.
BUT TO DO THAT THE HOSPITALS
NEED GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO RUN
OPERATING ROOMS DURING EVENINGS
AND WEEKENDS, A REPLIABLE SUPPLY
OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
AND COVID-19 TEST KITS FOR EVERY
PATIENT BEFORE UNDERTAKING
SURGERY.
AND IF COVID-19 CASES RISE
AGAIN, SURGERIES WILL RAMP RIGHT
BACK DOWN.
SO THE BEST WAY TO RESTORE
SURGICAL PROCEDURES FOR PEOPLE
LIKE SHERRY BEADY, CONTINUE
FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEALTH
GUIDELINES LIKE STAYING HOME.
NICOLE IRELAND, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: NOW SURGERIES
AREN'T THE ONLY MEDICAL
CASUALTIES OF THE PANDEMIC.
MONEY AND LABOUR DIRECTED
TOWARDS TREATMENTS AND VACCINES
COME AT THE COST OF EXISTING
RESEARCH AIMED AT POTENTIALLY
LIFE-CHANGING IMPACTS.
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS EXPLAINS.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE...
[laughter]
>> Reporter: THEY WENT FROM
RACING TO GRINDING TO A HALT.
EVER SINCE THEIR SON MICHAEL WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE GENETIC
DISORDER, TERRY AND GEORGIA
PROVOLAKIS HAVEN'T STOPPED
LOOKING FOR A CURE.
THEY WERE GETTING CLOSE.
>> WE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF
RESEARCHERS AROUND THE WORLD
DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.
ALL OF OUR RESEARCH HAS
BASICALLY STOPPED.
OR A STANDSTILL, ACTUALLY.
>> WE WERE HOPING THAT HE WOULD
BE WALKING BY SEPTEMBER.
>> WE DID IT!
>> Reporter: OVER THE LAST
YEAR THE COUPLE HAS RAISED MORE
THAN A MILLION DOLLARS TO
FINANCE A CLINICAL TRIAL FOR
CUSTOM GENE THERAPY THAT
PROMISES TO HELP MICHAEL WALK.
BUT THE PANDEMIC HAS PARALYSED
RESEARCH AROUND THE WORLD.
>> MOMMA IS HERE.
>> Reporter: BRAD ROUTERS IS
WITH THE
UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK AND HE
SAYS THAT THOUSANDS OF CLINICAL
TRIALS ARE ON HOLD, WORK THAT
CAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES, LIKE
A CURRENT PATIENT BEING TREATED
FOR PANCREATIC CANCER.
>> HE WAS PART OF A MEDICAL
RESEARCH STUDY HERE AND THAT
INFORMATION REVEALED THE
POTENTIAL NEW THERAPY THAT COULD
BE VERY EFFECTIVE FOR THAT
PATIENT, AN IMMUNOTHERAPY.
BUT WE ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT
DRUG THROUGH A CLINICAL TRIAL,
SO HE WON'T GET IT.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT
SHUTTERED LABS HAVE PUT
THOUSANDS OF JOBS AT RISK AND
WHY THE U.S.N. ARE ASKING THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR HELP.
>> WE'RE AT A POINT THAT WE'RE
GOING TO SEE SIGNIFICANT JOB
LOSSES AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK IF
SOMETHING CAN'T BE DONE.
>> Reporter: IN MONTRÉAL,
EXPERTS AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY SAY
THAT CANADA'S MEDICAL RESEARCH
INDUSTRY RELIES ON THAT BRAIN
TRUST, MANY OF THEM
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.
>> WE WOULDN'T WANT TO LOSE THIS
WONDERFUL SET OF BRAINS THAT
HELP US TO DEVELOP THE
DISCOVERIES AND THE SOLUTIONS
THAT GET OUT INTO THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN.
>> Reporter: AS FOR MICHAEL,
THE HALTING RESEARCH MEANS THE
POTENTIAL CURE COULD BE DELAYED
FOR UP TO A YEAR.
AND THAT COULD MEAN THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM WALKING
OR NOT.
>> IT MEANS HE'S GOING TO
DEGRADE, UNFORTUNATELY, HE'LL
SLOWLY BECOME MORE AND MORE
PARALYSED.
>> Reporter: THEY'RE TRYING TO
FIND WAYS TO KEEP THE RESEARCH
INTO MICHAEL'S GENE THERAPY
MOVING, TRYING NOT TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY
CAN'T.
>> I JUST LOOK AT IT ONE DAY AT
A TIME.
I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT
THE RESEARCH STOPPING AND HIM
POTENTIALLY NOT GETTING IT.
>> Reporter: THEY'VE COME TOO
FAR, THEY SAY, TO LET THEIR HOPE
STALL TOO.
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: NOW AS IF COVID-19
HASN'T CAUSED ENOUGH PAIN, THIS
NEXT STORY MAY SHOCK YOU.
IT'S ABOUT CHILDREN STUCK AT
HOME FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION
AND SPENDING MORE TIME ONLINE,
BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE THAT AN
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT KIND OF
DANGER IS STALKING.
MEAGAN FITZPATRICK TAKES A
CLOSER LOOK.
>> Reporter: THEIR SCHOOLS AND
PLAYGROUNDS CLOSED AND THEIR
SPORTS TEAMS AND MUSIC CLASSES
CANCELLED, CANADA'S KIDS ARE
HOME, ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.
AND THEY'RE PASSING A LOT OF
THEIR TIME ONLINE FOR SCHOOL AND
TO PLAY
GAMES AND TO CHECK SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND ONLINE PREDATORS ARE EAGER
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
HAVE NOTICED IN THE
COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN
OBSERVING IN SOME OF THE DEEPER
AND THE DARKER PARTS OF THE
INTERNET IS ESSENTIALLY DELIGHT
THAT
THEY'LL HAVE A LOT MORE ACCESS
TO KIDS.
>> Reporter: THE RCMP IS
CLOSELY TRACKING THE ACTIVITY
WITH MAPS LIKE THIS ONE.
EVERY DOT REPRESENTS AN I.P.
ADDRESS THAT HAS SHARED CHILD
EXPLOITATION CONTENT IN THE LAST
30 DAYS.
THAT'S ABOUT 850 HOUSEHOLDS FROM
COAST-TO-COAST.
THE CANADIAN CENTRE FOR CHILD
PROTECTION SAYS THAT REPORTS TO
ITS TIP LINE ABOUT SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION ARE UP 40% JUST IN
THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
THE CENTRE MONITORS CHAT ROOMS
USED BY OFFENDERS.
A RECENT POST SHOWS ONE PREDATOR
TELLING THE OTHERS ABOUT A
WEBSITE USED BY KIDS THAT HAD
LITERALLY BEEN BURSTING AT THE
SEAMS IN
THE LAST TWO WEEKS WITH BOYS.
>> WE KNOW THAT OFTEN YOUTH WHO
HAVE HAD A SITUATION LIKE THIS
OCCUR WILL NOT REPORT.
THEY DON'T WANT TO DISCLOSE
WHAT'S HAPPENED.
THEY TRY TO DEAL WITH THE WHOLE
SITUATION ON THEIR OWN.
AND SO WE ARE DEFINITELY ONLY
SEEING THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG
HERE IN THESE SITUATIONS.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS AUTO KEY
THAT PARENTS TALK TO THEIR KIDS
ABOUT THEIR ONLINE ACTIVITY.
SET RULES FOR THEIR ONLINE TIME,
USE STRICT PRIVACY SETTINGS AND
ENCOURAGE KIDS TO SPEAK UP IF A
STRANGER TRIES TO CHAT WITH THEM 
THEM.
THE RCMP SAY THEY ARE DETERMINED
TO FIND
THESE ONLINE PREDATORS AND THE
PUBLIC CAN HELP BY REPORTING ANY
SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOUR TO
CYBERTIP.CA.
MEAGAN FITZPATRICK, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: THE NUMBER OF
CONFIRMED CASES AROUND THE WORLD
TOPS 2.5 MILLION, BUT TODAY NEW
ZEALAND IS CAUTIOUSLY
CELEBRATING.
>> WE HAVE STOPPED A WAVE OF
DEVASTATION.
>> Adrienne: UP NEXT, HOW NEW
ZEALAND'S HANDLING OF THE COVID
CRISIS SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES.
>> Andrew: PLUS, NATURE IS
TAKING OVER.
WILDLIFE IS MAKING THE BEST OF
THE PANDEMIC, RUNNING FREE WHILE
HUMANS STAY HOME.
>> Adrienne: AND A SPECIAL
MEMORY OF CONSTABLE HEIDI
STEVENSON.
>> SHE JUST HAS THIS
COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING.
>> Adrienne: THE UNLIKELY BUT
>> Adrienne: NEW ZEALAND IS
HOPING TO HELP SINGAPORE DEAL
WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
IT SENT A PLANELOAD OF ESSENTIAL
SUPPLIES TODAY.
OVERALL, MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE
BEEN CONFIRMED WITH COVID-19
WITH NEARLY 183,000 LIVES LOST.
BUT IN NEW ZEALAND, POPULATION
ABOUT FIVE MILLION, SOME 1,400
HAVE CAUGHT THE VIRUS, JUST 14
HAVE DIED.
THE EARLY AND STRICT MEASURES
ARE CREDITED WITH REDUCING THE
IMPACT OF THE VIRUS THERE.
CHRIS BROWN EXPLAINS HOW THEY
ARE CONTINUING TO PAY OFF.
>> I'M PSYCHED UP.
I'M GETTING READY NOW.
>> Reporter: BEN WALLACE WON'T
HAVE TO WAIT LONG NOW TO GET
BACK IN THE WATER.
HIS PASSION AND LIVELIHOOD,
SURFING, WAS BANNED MORE THAN A
MONTH AGO, CRIMINALIZED AS HE
CALLS IT, AS PART OF A SWEEPING
LOCKDOWN IN NEW ZEALAND'S BATTLE
AGAINST COVID-19.
HIS SURF SCHOOL WAS SHUTTERED
AND BEACHES ON THE NORTH ISLAND
WERE LEFT EMPTY.
WHILE HE DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE
BAN, PERHAPS THE OTHER STRICT
MEASURES WERE WORTH IT.
>> AND DUE TO OUR GREAT PRIME
MINISTER AND SHE'S DONE A
INCREDIBLE JOB OF KEEPING US
SAFE AND ACTING EARLY AND QUICK.
>> Reporter: NEW ZEALAND'S
VIRUS-FIGHTING MEASURES ARE THE
MOST STRIDENT IN THE WESTERN
WORLD.
MOST BUSINESSES WERE ORDERED
SHUT AND PEOPLE WERE ONLY
ALLOWED TRIPS TO GROCERY STORES
AND PHARMACIES AND A LITTLE BIT
OF OUTDOOR EXERCISE.
BUT THIS WEEK PRIME MINISTER
JACINDA ARDERN CAME VERY CLOSE
TO PROCLAIMING VICTORY OVER
COVID-19.
>> WE HAVE DONE WHAT VERY FEW
COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO.
WE HAVE STOPPED A WAVE OF
DEVASTATION.
>> Reporter: INFECTIOUS
DISEASE EXPERT SUSIE WILD SAYS
THAT WHILE NEW ZEALAND HAS THE
ADVANTAGE OF BEING AN ISLAND,
USING AN EXTREME LOCKDOWN TO
ELIMINATE THE CORONAVIRUS,
RATHER THAN TO JUST SLOW IT
DOWN, TOOK A LOT OF POLITICAL
WILL.
>> IT'S VIABLE IF YOU DO IT
EARLY ENOUGH.
>> Reporter: GOING FORWARD SHE
SAYS THAT THE KEY IS TRACKING
NEW INFECTIONS AND LOCATING
ANYONE WHO COMES IN CONTACT WITH
A SICK PERSON AND MONITORING THE
COUNTRY'S BORDERS.
>> WE MAY END UP HAVING
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD THAT
ARE THESE LITTLE ISLANDS THAT WE
COULD POTENTIALLY TRAVEL
BETWEEN.
>> Reporter: SINGAPORE SERVING
AS A CAUTIONARY TALE.
IT TOO SEEMED ON THE VERGE OF
ERADICATING COVID AND THEN GOT
HIT BY A TERRIBLE SECOND WAVE.
>> IT COULD BE A LONG WAY OFF
BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS COMING
OVER HERE.
>> Reporter: BUT AS OF THIS
COMING MONDAY AT MIDNIGHT, NEW
ZEALAND WILL START SENDING KIDS
BACK TO SCHOOL AND PERMITTING
BUSINESSES TO RE-OPEN AND
LETTING SURFERS BACK IN THE
OCEAN.
CHRIS BROWN, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Andrew: STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL," WE TAKE YOUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19.
PLUS, IN OUR ONGOING CORONAVIRUS
HOW-TO GUIDES, DO YOU REALLY
NEED TO DISINFECT YOUR GROCERIES
WHEN YOU GET HOME?
>> Adrienne: BUT, FIRST, WHEN
REHTAEH PARSON DIED IN 2013
AFTER BEING HARASSED AND
BULLIED, HER MOTHER HAD LITTLE
FAITH IN THE POLICE THAT SHE
THOUGHT THAT IGNORED HER
DAUGHTER'S PLEAS FOR HELP, UNTIL
CONSTABLE HEIDI STEVENSON
BROUGHT A LITTLE KINDNESS TO THE
PARSONS.
NEXT, WARM MEMORIES OF AN UNLIKE
BOND
(*)
>> Andrew: WHAT WAS ONCE A
QUIET RURAL STREET IN
PORTAPIQUE, TODAY IS STILL A
CRIME SCENE.
BUT THIS IS A COMMUNITY HOLDING
ON AND HOLDING TOGETHER ITS
MEMBERS, LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
COMFORT ONE ANOTHER.
>> I GREW UP DOWN HERE, AND I
JUST LIVE FIVE MINUTES DOWN THE
ROAD.
>> Andrew: LIKE LOCAL MUSICIAN
BILL ELLIOTT, PLAYING HIS GUITAR
BIKE A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL ON A
ROAD THAT HAS SO MANY DEEP
CONNECTIONS.
>> CORRIE ELLISON AND I KNEW
THEM, JUST A REAL SHOCKER, BOY,
I'LL TELL YOU.
NOT SOMETHING THAT
YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN, NOT HERE.
NOT ANYWHERE, AS FAR AS THAT
GOES.
BUT NOT THESE PEOPLE.
THEY'LL COME TOGETHER.
>> Andrew: THAT CORNER REMAINS
A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER AND
FOR SOME IT'S A PLACE TO RETURN.
THAT'S WHAT CORRIE ELLISON'S
BROTHER DID TODAY.
YOU HEARD FROM CLINTON AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAMME BUT
HE HAD A LOT MORE TO SAY ABOUT
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER.
>> MY BROTHER WAS A REALLY GOOD
GUY.
MY BROTHER WAS REALLY GOOD -- HE
WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TO
JUMP, RUN AND GO AND HELP.
AND FOR HIM GOING TO HELP COST
HIM HIS LIFE, YEP, COST MY
BROTHER HIS LIFE.
HE WAS A REALLY GOOD GUY.
HE HELPED PEOPLE THAT HE COULD
AND HE WAS DISABLED, AND HE HAD
A SEEING EYE DISABILITY AND HE
WAS GENERALLY A GOOD GUY.
HE LIKED FISHING AND THE
OUTDOORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I KNEW A FEW OF THE OTHER
VICTIMS AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO
THEIR FAMILIES.
THIS IS A TOTAL, TOTAL ATROCITY.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING
WORSE HAPPENING IN THIS AREA.
THIS IS USUALLY A PEACEFUL,
QUIET COMMUNITY.
I'M STILL IN SHOCK SO BAD, THAT
I COUL BARELY CONCENTRATE.
I'M GETTING NO SLEEP, I'M
SHAKING LIKE A LEAF, I'M
TERRIFIED, TERRIFIED FROM THE
WHOLE ORDEAL.
IT WILL SCAR ME FOR LIFE.
IT'S HORRIBLE.
SOMETHING RIGHT OUT OF A HORROR
MOVIE.
WORSE THAN A HORROR MOVIE.
THIS IS REAL LIFE AND IT TOOK
OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
THIS IS A TOTAL NIGHTMARE.
>> Andrew: CORRIE ELLISON WAS
ONE OF THE 22 VICTIMS, ALL OF
THEIR LIVES CUT SHORT.
AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE SHARING
THEIR STORIES WITH YOU.
SO JUST LIKE LAST NIGHT LET'S
HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW
THEM BEST.
(*)
>> YOU HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS.
ONE MINUTE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
OKAY AND YOU START THINKING
ABOUT IT AND IT MAKES YOU FEEL
SAD.
KNOWING THIS YOUNG MAN ALL OF
HIS LIFE, KNOWING HIS WHOLE
FAMILY.
HE LIVED HERE ALL OF HIS LIFE.
HIM AND HIS SISTER WERE ALWAYS
OUTSIDE HERE PLAYING SINCE THEY
WERE INFANTS.
AND WATCHING THEM PLAY IN THE
YARD AND WATCHING THEM GROW UP
TO HAVE
FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN.
JOEY WAS AN AWESOME GUY.
IF YOU NEEDED A HAND, YOU WOULD
CALL JOEY, IF HE COULD COME
HERE,
HE WOULD BE THERE TO HELP YOU.
POOR JOE.
JOKING TO HIS WIFE BEFORE HE
WENT OUT TO GET THE OI FURNACE OIL.
AND HE SAID I BETTER GET OUT AND
GET
THE OIL AND GET BACK BEFORE THAT
CRAZY PERSON GETS DOWN HERE AND
STARTS SHOOTING PEOPLE.
AND LO AND BEHOLD HE'S THE ONE
THAT CAME UP AROUND THE CORNER
AND THE GENTLEMAN SHOT THE RCMP
OFFICER AND HE TOOK JOEY'S
VEHICLE AND SHOT JOEY.
THEY LOST THEIR DAD.
THEY'LL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER DAD.
HE HAS THREE GIRLS, AGED 14, 6
AND 1.
NO MATTER WHO WOULD COME IN TO
TAKE THEIR PLACE, THEY WILL
NEVER BE ABLE TO TAKE HIS PLACE,
HE WAS THEIR DAD.
THAT'S A SAD THING.
>> THEY WERE SUCH LOVING AND
OUTGOING, HAPPY PEOPLE.
THEY WOULD GIVE THEIR SHIRTS OFF
THEIR BACKS.
THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, TO
ANYBODY.
IT'S JUST UNREAL.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND THEM ALL OF
OUR LIVES, RIGHT, AND THEIR KIDS
GREW UP WITH OUR KIDS.
YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE
KILLED GREW UP WITH OUR KIDS.
THEY WERE THE SAME AGE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SINK
IN, YOU KNOW, HOW SUCH LOVELY
PEOPLE COULD BE KILLED.
AND TARGETED FOR NO REASON.
NO REASON AT ALL.
IT'S A NICE THING TO DO, IT
SHOWS SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
GREG WAS THE MOST KINDEST PERSON
THAT YOU COULD EVER MEET.
HE'D GIVE THE SHIRT RIGHT OFF
HIS BACK FOR ANYBODY.
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS LOOKING
AT
HINDSIGHT.
IT'S JUST THAT WE'VE GOT TO MOVE
FORWARD AND
JUST SUPPORT THOSE AFFECTED.
>> Adrienne: THOSE STORIES
WILL STICK WITH MANY CANADIANS,
AS DID THE STORY OF A NOVA
SCOTIA TEENAGER, REHTAEH PARSON,
BULLIED AND HARASSED.
SHE DIED AFTER ATTEMPTING
SUICIDE IN 2013.
NOT MUCH COULD COMFORT REHTAEH'S
FAMILY THEN, BUT THE KINDNESS OF
ONE WOMAN HAS STAYED WITH HER
MOM, LEAH PARSONS.
THAT WOMAN IS CONSTABLE HEIDI
STEVENSON, SHOT AND KILLED ON
THE WEEKEND.
I SPOKE WITH LEAH PARSONS ABOUT
THE
CONNECTION TODAY.
IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS AS
DETAILS OF THE DEAD WERE
EMERGING, ONE NAME AND ONE FACE
IN PARTICULAR, MADE LEAH PARSONS
STOP COLD -- CONSTABLE HEIDI
STEVENSON.
>> I'M THINKING THAT THAT IS THE
LADY THAT SHOWED UP AT MY HOME
THAT NIGHT, BUT I WASN'T SURE.
SO I HAD TO SIT ON IT AND THINK
ABOUT IT.
I WAS KIND OF HOPING THAT IT
WASN'T HER, YEAH, BECAUSE SHE'S
JUST A SWEET, SWEET SOUL.
>> Adrienne: HARD TO IMAGINE
PARSONS IS ABLE TO RECALL MUCH
KINDNESS ABOUT APRIL 4, 2013,
THAT TERRIBLE NIGHT THAT HER
DAUGHTER TRIED TO KILL HERSELF.
WHEN SHE CALLED 911, IT WAS
CONSTABLE STEVENSON WHO CAME TO
THE HOUSE.
>> SHE JUST HAD THIS REALLY SOFT
AND COMPASSIONATE FACE AND IT'S
NOT THAT SHE HAD TO SAY ANYTHING 
ANYTHING.
IT WAS JUST THAT SHE WAS WITH
ME.
>> Adrienne: THREE DAYS LATER
REHTAEH WAS TAKEN OFF LIFE
SUPPORT.
CONSTABLE STEVENSON WAS THERE
EVERY NIGHT LISTENING TO THE
STORIES OF HOW A 15-YEAR-OLD
GIRL HAD BEEN RAPED AND PHOTOS
DISTRIBUTED WIDELY, A TORMENT
THAT HAUNTED.
STEVENSON LISTENED, OFFERED
LITTLE GESTURES THAT MEANT MORE.
>> LITTLE TINY THINGS, LIKE
SOMEBODY BEING KIND AND HERE'S
FOOD, EAT THAT.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT
ACTUALLY REALLY MATTER.
>> Adrienne: PARSONS WROTE OF
THESE MEMORIES IN A FACEBOOK
POST WITH SOME HARD TRUTHS.
THAT STEVENSON'S KINDNESS CAME
AT A
TIME WHEN SHE HAD ZERO FAITH IN
POLICE.
IT HELPED, AS IT DID WHEN
STEVENSON
WALKED ALONGSIDE PARSONS AT A
MEMORIAL WALK FOR REHTAEH.
AND SO IN THE LAST FEW DAYS,
PARSONS HAD A MOMENT OF
CONNECTION WITH HER DAUGHTER,
THE WAY THAT WE ALL TALK WITH
THOSE THAT WE LOVE WHO ARE GONE.
>> I REMEMBER THAT NIGHT.
I REMEMBER HER LOVE AND
COMPASSION, THAT SHE WAS THERE
WITH US THOSE WHO FEW DAYS.
PLEASE, WHEN YOU GREET HER AND
WHEN YOU SEE HER, PLEASE EXTEND
THAT LOVE AND COMPASSION BACK TO
HER.
>> Adrienne: CONNECTIONS
MATTER NOW, WHICH IS WHY LEAH
PARSONS HAS A FEW MORE WORDS FOR
CONSTABLE STEVENSON'S CHILDREN
IF THEY ARE ONE DAY SEARCHING
FOR STORIES ABOUT THEIR MOM.
>> THEIR MOM AND ALL THAT SHE IS
TO YOU DOES NOT GO AWAY, BUT SHE
WILL REMAIN INSIDE OF YOU AND IN
EVERY FIBRE OF YOU AND IN
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IN YOUR
LIFE.
TO REMEMBER THAT SHE IS NEVER
FAR.
AND THAT IT WON'T ALWAYS FEEL
THIS HORRIBLE.
>> Adrienne: AND THAT SHE
KNOWS MUST FEEL AWFULLY HARD TO
BELIEVE RIGHT NOW, BUT LEAH
PARSONS, LIKE A LOT OF
CANADIANS, UNDERSTANDS GRIEF'S
GRIP ALL TOO WELL.
>>> STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL," A LOVINGLY CRAFTED
TRIBUTE TO THE 22.
>> IT WAS JUST A WAY OF SAYING
THANK YOU AND WE'RE THERE FOR
YOU.
>> Adrienne: THE STORY BEHIND
A ROADSIDE REMEMBRANCE IN OUR
"MOMENT."
>> Andrew: AND AS WE ALWAYS DO
WE'LL BE TAKING YOUR COVID-19
QUESTIONS, INCLUDING THIS ONE
WHICH I'M SURE THAT HAS CROSSED
YOUR MIND BEFORE.
IF I'M STANDING BEHIND SOMEONE
IN A GROCERY STORE LINE AND THE
WIND IS BLOWING, COULD I GET
SICK, EVEN IF I'M SIX FEET
BEHIND?
WE'RE BACK AFTER THIS.
(*)
(*)
>> Andrew: WELCOME BACK.
IT IS TIME TO ANSWER MORE OF
YOUR COVID-19 QUESTIONS, AND
TONIGHT IT WILL BE RAPID FIRE
STYLE.
AND JOINING ME IS DR. ALLISON
McGEER, INFECTIOUS DISEASES
SPECIALIST WITH MOUNT SINAI
HOSPITAL HERE IN TORONTO.
SO, DR. McGEER, HERE'S THE
FIRST QUESTION COMING YOUR WAY.
IF I'M STANDING BEHIND SOMEONE
IN A GROCERY STORE LINE AND THE
WIND IS BLOWING, COULD I GET
SICK EVEN IF I'M STANDING SIX
FEET BEHIND?
>> ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT.
I KNOW THAT IT'S DANGEROUS IN
MEDICINE TO SAY NEVER, BUT THE
CHANCE THAT THE PARTICLES FROM
SOMEBODY BREATHING WOULD BE
BLOWN ON THE WIND AND LAND ON
YOUR FACE IS REALLY SMALL.
IT'S WHY THE SIX FEET RULE
EXISTS.
AND REALLY, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO WORRY.
>> Andrew: OKAY, MAYBE HERE'S
A HARDER QUESTION -- COULD HERD
IMMUNITY EVENTUALLY BE AS
EFFECTIVE AS A
VACCINE?
>> WELL, YEAH, THAT DEPENDS,
OKAY.
IT'S THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE THAT
WITH WE ALL GET ANTIBODIES AND
ONCE YOU
GET THEM YOU'RE PROTECTED FOR
LIFE AND EVERYONE GETS INFECTED
ONCE AND NO ONE GETS INFECTED
AGAIN.
THAT MIGHT BE TRUE, WE DON'T
KNOW THAT.
WE JUST WOULD BE FOOLISH TO
COUNT ON IT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE
WORKING ON VACCINES.
>> Andrew: RIGHT.
CAN YOU STERILIZE A CLOTH MASK
BY IRONING IT?
>> SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY KILL
SOME OF THE VIRUS BY HEATING IT
UP, BUT STERILIZING REQUIRES A
CERTAIN TIME, USUALLY AT LEAST
10 MINUTES ABOVE A CERTAIN
TEMPERATURE LIKE 65 OR
70-DEGREES CENTIGRADE THAT WE
DON'T USUALLY GET WITH IRONING.
I ASSUME IF YOU'RE IRONING AND
YOU WASHED IT.
AND WHEN YOU WASH IT, JUST THE
SOAP
AND WATER IN THE WASHING MACHINE
WILL REMOVE THE COVID-19 VIRUS
AND SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT IT.
>> Andrew: THAT'S A QUESTION
THAT WE HAD MANY TIMES SO I'M
GLAD THAT YOU ANSWERED IT.
DR. McGEER, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
>> TAKE CARE.
>> Andrew: NOW AS WE HAVE
MENTIONED WE'LL ASK YOUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19 EVERY
NIGHT.
SO SEND THEM IN.
YOU CAN MESSAGE US DIRECTLY ON
INSTAGRAM @CBCTHENATIONAL, OR
YOU CAN SEND US AN EMAIL TO
COVID@CBC.CA, JUST BE SURE TO
PUT "THE NATIONAL" IN THE
SUBJECT LINE.
>>> NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL,"
NATURE COMES OUT OF HIBERNATION.
AS HUMANS ARE STUCK INSIDE,
CONSIDER THE EARTH AS A PANDEMIC
PLAYGROUND FOR ANIMALS.
>>> AS THE PANDEMIC CHANGES OUR
LIVES WE LOOK AT EVERYDAY TASKS
AND TODAY IT IS ABOUT THE
GROCERIES THAT YOU BRING HOME.
DO WE REALLY NEED TO DISINFECT
OUR GROCERIES?
IF YOU DO NOTHING ELSE,
DEFINITELY DO THIS.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY THINGS
YOU JUST TOUCHED AND YOU DO NOT
WANT TO BRING THOSE GERMS UP TO
YOUR FACE.
NOW, YES, YOU CAN WIPE THINGS
DOWN BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO
ELSE HAS TOUCHED THIS.
AND, INTERESTINGLY, SIMILAR
CORONAVIRUSES DO ACTUALLY LAST
LONGER IN THE FRIDGE.
BUT INFECTION BY GROCERIES ISN'T
EVEN REMOTELY ONE OF THE MAIN
WAYS THAT THIS VIRUS IS SPREAD
IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND IF YOU TAKE SOMETHING LIKE
PAPER OR CARDBOARD, EARLY
STUDIES SHOW THAT THE VIRUS
SURVIVES LESS THAN A DAY ON A
SURFACE SUCH AS THIS.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE NEEDED SOMEONE
TO HAVE TOUCHED THIS PACKAGE WHO
HAD COVID-19 NOT LONG BEFORE YOU
WENT AND TOUCHED IT.
AS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES --
>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE MIGHT
HAVE TOUCHED IT.
SO THE SAFEST THING TO DO IS TO
BRING IT HOME AND WASH IT DOWN
IN SOAP AND WATER, PARTICULARLY
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE CONSUMING
THE SKIN AND PARTICULARLY IF
YOU'RE NOT COOKING IT.
>> Andrew: BUT JUST REMEMBER
THAT YOUR HIGHEST CHANCE OF
INFECTION ISN'T WHILE YOU
>> I'M JAYME POISSON AND
TOMORROW ON CBC'S DAILY NEWS
PODCAST "FRONTBURNER," SELF
RECORDINGS PROVIDE AN INMAT LOOK
AT HOW COVID-19 HAS BURDENED ONE
ONTARIO HOSPITAL'S I.C.U.
SUBSCRIBE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR
PODCASTS.
>> Adrienne: WELL, THAT SEEMS
TO BE A FOX MAYBE TAKING HER
LITTER OF PUPS TO THE BREECH IN
TORONTO.
AND A FLOCK OF SHEEP VISITING A
MCDONALD'S IN WALES AS YOU DO.
WILDLIFE HAVE BEEN EXPLORING
NEW HABITATS DURING THIS
PANDEMIC AND AIR QUALITY HAS
IMPROVED, IF ONLY TEMPORARILY,
IN SO MANY POLLUTED AREAS.
TO MARK THIS 50th ANNIVERSARY
OF EARTH DAY, RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN
HAS MORE ON THE ANIMALS WHO ARE
EXPANDING THEIR RANGE.
>> Reporter: WHEN NATURE
FILMMAKER ANDREW MANSKY SET OUT
TO SHOOT A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT
WOLVES IN THE WILD, HE FOUND
OTHER OCCUPANTS OF THE OUTDOORS
MUCH CLOSER TO HOME.
>> DEER ARE HANGING OUT WITH
ELK IN THESE LITTLE ISLANDS IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY.
AND EVEN THIS MORNING WE SAW
SOME WHITETAILED DEER, AND IT'S
VERY PEACEFUL, VERY QUIET.
>> Reporter: SIMILAR SCENES
ELSEWHERE FROM THE FROLICKING
FOXES IN TORONTO, TO THIS BEAVER
OUT ON THE TOWN IN EASTERN
ONTARIO TO PUMA PLAYTIME.
IT'S GOT THIS WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST
LOOKING TO CONDUCT RESEARCH
RIGHT IN HER OWN BACKYARD.
>> LET'S GO.
LET'S FIND THE COYOTES.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT
IT'S ONLY NATURAL FOR WILDLIFE
TO TAKE OVER NOW THAT SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE COOPED UP IN THEIR
HOMES.
>> THE ANIMALS AREN'T
NECESSARILY COMING OUT MORE.
WHAT THEY MIGHT BE DOING IS
USING THE SPACES THAT WE'VE BEEN
PREVIOUSLY OCCUPYING THAT HAVE
DISRUPTED THEIR MOVEMENT
PATTERNS AND KEPT THEM OUT OF
CERTAIN AREAS.
>> Reporter: AND ALEXANDER IS
HOPING THAT ONCE PEOPLE ARE OUT
AND ABOUT AGAIN THEY'LL HAVE A
NEW APPRECIATION FOR THE ANIMALS
AROUND THEM.
>> MAYBE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
WANT TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THAT.
THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW
THEY LIVE IN A MULTISPECIES
WORLD, BE MORE IN TOUCH WITH
NATURE.
>> Reporter: THEN AGAIN, IF
THIS IS WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING
INSTEAD, ANDREW MANSKY SAYS THAT 
JASPER'S FOUR-LEGGED RESIDENTS
WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO.
>> WHEN THE TOURISM COMES BACK
THE ANIMALS WILL GO BACK TO
HUNKERING DOWN IN THE WOODS AWAY 
FROM THE ROAD WHEN THE TRAFFIC
COMES BACK.
>> Reporter: BUT FOR NOW WILD
ANIMALS ARE SHOWING UP IN MANY
UNEXPECTED PLACES.
OFFICIALS SAY THAT YOU GIVE THEM 
A WIDE BERTH.
AND IF YOU WANT THEM TO DO THE
SAME, DON'T LEAVE
FOOD OR GARBAGE OUTSIDE OF YOUR
HOME.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS,
EDMONTON.
>> Andrew: WELL, "THE MOMENT"
IS NEXT.
A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE 22 NOVA
SCOTIANS KILLED THIS WEEKEND.
>> I NEVER EXPECTED IT TO BE SO
IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE.
>> Andrew: THE STORY OF HOW IT
CAME TOGETHER AND WHY HE FELT
COMPELLED TO PUT IT UP NEXT.
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>> Andrew: THOSE MAINY LEAFS
AND THAT CUTOUT OF AN
RCMP OFFICER REPRESENT SO MUCH.
IT'S ONE NOVA SCOTIAN'S WAY OF
HONOURING THE VICTIMS OF THE
SHOOTING.
IT WAS BUILT BY ROB CORLETT JUST
OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME SO THAT ALL
THAT DRIVE BY CAN REMEMBER THOSE
22 NOVA SCOTIANS.
AND THAT IS OUR "MOMENT."
>> IT'S A MEMORIAL TO ALL OF THE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VICTIMS ON
SUNDAY.
WE HAVE A MACHINE AT WORK THAT
CAN CUT OUT DIFFERENT SHAPES AND
WHATEVER IDEA WE COME UP WITH.
THE LEAFS ACTUALLY JUST STARTED
WITH A COUPLE OF THEM FOR
DECORATIONS, BUT MY WIFE QUICKLY
MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD BE NICE
IF WE DID ONE FOR EVERY VICTIM,
NOT INCLUDING THE ASSAILANT
HIMSELF.
AND AS OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON I
HAD TO
ACTUALLY TO MANUFACTURE A
SMALLER ONE WHEN I FOUND OUT
THAT THERE WAS AN UNBORN BABY
INVOLVED AS WELL.
I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT WE
ACTUALLY HAVE EXTRA LEAVES
BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY
VICTIMS THERE WERE.
I HOPE THEY DON'T NEED TO PUT
ANYMORE OF THEM OUT.
IT'S NOT FOR RECOGNITION OF US,
IT'S JUST OUR WAY OF SAYING
THANK YOU.
IT'S A VERY BUSY ROAD, NEVER
EXPECTED IT TO BE SO IMPORTANT
TO PEOPLE.
>> Adrienne: AND, OF COURSE,
IN A PLACE LIKE THIS EVERYTHING
IS PERSONAL.
ROB SAYS THAT HE WORKED WITH
MANY OF THE VICTIMS.
HE WAS FRIENDS WITH CONSTABLE
STEVENSON'S PARENTS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ACT
OF A NEIGHBOUR BUT ALSO A
FRIEND.
>> Andrew: YOU LOOK AT WHAT A
DISPLAY LIKE THIS MEANS.
I MEAN, THE HEARTBREAKING PART
OF THIS
IS THAT THIS IS A GUY WHO
TYPICALLY ENJOYS DOING THESE
DISPLAYS.
HE TELLS US THAT HE'S DONE A
NUMBER OF THEM FOR CHRISTMAS
AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND THIS WAS HIS FIRST SAD ONE
THAT HE'S EVER HAD TO DO.
BUT I'LL WAGER THAT MAYBE HIS
MOST IMPORTANT.
>>> THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
THIS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22nd.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
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>> Adrienne: GOODNIGHT.
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