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>> Ian: GOOD EVENING, I'M IAN
HANOMANSING.
>>> CANADA'S HOCKEY HUBS SWING
INTO ACTION.
THE PLAYERS ARE ARRIVING AND
THAT COMPETITION FOR THE CUP IS
ABOUT TO BEGIN.
>>> IT'S A WONDER OF THE WORLD
AND A SITE OF RISING COVID
CASES.
NIAGARA FALLS MOVES TO STAGE
THREE AMID SPIKING NUMBERS.
>> THAT KIND OF WORRIES ME THAT
THERE MAY BE A SHUTDOWN AND
WE'LL HAVE TO START ALL OVER
AGAIN.
>> Ian: THE CBC'S ASHA TOMLINSON
SPEAKS TO BLACK CANADIANS ABOUT
THE IMPACT OF THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER PROTESTS.
>> Reporter: WHAT IS DIFFERENT
ABOUT THIS TIME AND THIS MOMENT?
>> Ian: SO HOCKEY IS BACK FOR
NOW.
WHAT WILL IT LOOK AND SOUND
LIKE?
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> IT HAS BEEN GONE FOR MORE
THAN FOUR MONTHS BUT IN 48 HOURS
NHL HOCKEY WILL BE BACK.
TODAY PLAYERS POURED INTO THE
TWO HUB CITIES OF EDMONTON AND
TORONTO WITHOUT SOME OF THE
USUAL LUXURIES.
NEVER HAS NHL HOCKEY BEEN PLAYED
SO LATE IN THE YEAR, BUT THEN
AGAIN WE'VE NEVER HAD A YEAR
QUITE LIKE THIS ONE.
IT'S HARD TO OVERSTATE THE
DEGREE OF PLANNING BEHIND
HOCKEY'S RETURN.
THE RULES ARE RIGID,
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PLAYERS AND
FANS ABSOLUTELY BANNED.
NOW THE QUESTION IS -- CAN
HOCKEY RESUME COVID-FREE?
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN WITH HOW IT'S
GOING TO WORK AND SOME EXCITED
FANS.
>> Reporter: ALL OF THAT EXTRA
COVID CLEANING IS NOT JUST AT
THE HOCKEY ARENA.
>> IT'S PRETTY EXCITING FOR US.
WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE, BUT THIS
ONE IS SPECIAL.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A REALLY GOOD
JOB ON THIS ONE.
NEXT YEAR IT SHINES.
>> Reporter: WHILE IN BOTH
TORONTO AND EDMONTON, THOSE
COMPETING FOR THE REAL STANLEY
CUP STARTED TO ARRIVE, AWAY FROM
THE PRYING EYES OF HOCKEY HUNGRY
FANS.
>> I'M VERY EXCITED.
THE FOUR MONTHS OFF WAS
DIFFICULT TO FIND THINGS TO DO
AND WATCH AND NOW WITH HOCKEY
BACK IT WILL BE LIKE HOCKEY
ON STEROIDS.
>> Reporter: HOCKEY THAT'S
CAREFULLY MONITORED AT ANY RATE.
NOBODY WITHOUT CLEARANCE GETS
PAST THESE FENCES.
>> WE THINK THIS IS AN
IMPENETRABLE BARRIER FROM BOTH
SIDES.
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE BUBBLE
SHOULDN'T BE LEAVING IT, AND
PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IN THE BUBBLE
SHOULDN'T BE COMING INTO IT.
>> Reporter: WHILE LOCAL
HEALTH AUTHORITIES SAY
PLAYERS' SAFETY IS TOP OF MIND,
AND PLAN TO DO REGULAR
COVID TESTS.
>> WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE NHL AND THE LOCAL
OILERS GROUP ABOUT HOW TEST
RESULTS ARE GOING TO BE REPORTED
AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS ANOTHER
METRIC TO FOLLOW CLOSELY.
AND SO ULTIMATELY I BELIEVE THAT
THIS CAN BE A VERY SAFE EVENT.
>> Reporter: THE CITY OF
EDMONTON IS ALSO HOPING THAT IT
CAN BE A PROFITABLE EVENT.
AT LEAST FOR THE CHOSEN FEW
VENUES INSIDE THE BUBBLE.
>> THE WAY THAT THE CITY'S TAXES
WORK, WE WON'T ACTUALLY SEE ANY
OF THAT DIRECTLY.
BUT FOR THE HOTELS IN PARTICULAR
WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAFF UP
BECAUSE OF THIS, IT WILL HELP
THEM TO PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAX
BILL.
>> Reporter: THEN THERE ARE
THE BUSINESSES OUTSIDE OF THE
PERIMETER.
LIKE THIS RESTAURANT.
NOW HAPPY TO GET FANS AT THEIR
TABLES WITH THEIR WALLETS.
>> THE NEXT BEST THING TO GOING
TO A HOCKEY GAME I THINK IS
GOING OUT AND WATCHING THE GAME
AND ENJOYING SOME FOOD.
>> Reporter: AS FOR WHAT IT'S
LIKE WHERE NHL PLAYERS WILL BE
EATING AND DRINKING, THAT'S ALL
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THESE
BARRIERS, WHERE MOST
EDMONTONIANS CAN'T GO UNTIL
OCTOBER.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS,
EDMONTON.
>> Ian: COVID-19 IS NEITHER DOWN
NOR OUT IN CANADA.
THERE ARE TWO TRENDS THAT
OFFICIALS ARE WATCHING.
SINCE EARLY JULY, WHEN THE
AVERAGE RATE ACROSS CANADA OF
NEWLY DISCOVERED CASES HIT A LOW
POINT, THAT RATE HAS BEEN ON THE
RISE.
SO FAR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN
CANADA HOSPITALIZED WITH THE
VIRUS IS STILL DROPPING, BUT
KEEP IN MIND HOSPITALIZATIONS
CAN LAG BEHIND EMERGING CASES BY
WEEKS.
ONTARIO'S NIAGARA REGION
REPORTED NINE NEW CASES OF
COVID-19 TODAY.
EVEN AS THE POPULAR SUMMER
DESTINATION BEGAN TO WELCOME
MORE VISITORS.
TALIA RICCI SHOWS US THE SCENE
THERE TODAY.
>> Reporter: THE THUNDERING
CASCADES AND STIMULATING SIGHTS
ARE BIG DRAWS IN NIAGARA FALLS.
BUT THESE DAYS VISITORS ARE A
LOT MORE LOCAL.
>> I'M VISITING FROM TORONTO.
WE SAW THE WEATHER IS NICE AND
WE SAID, LET'S GO FOR A CHANGE.
>> Reporter: THIS TOURISM
MECCA HAS STRUGGLED THROUGHOUT
THE PANDEMIC.
BUSINESS OWNERS LOOKED FORWARD
TO THIS WEEKEND WITH FEWER
RESTRICTIONS WHICH LETS THE
RESTAURANTS LIKE THE SKYLINE
TOWER HOST INDOOR DINING.
HERE THEY CERTAINLY NOTICE THE
ABSENCE OF THE AMERICAN
TOURISTS, WITH THE BORDERS STILL
CLOSED TO NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL.
>> WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING A LOT
MORE PEOPLE FROM THE G.T.A. THAN
WE EVER HAVE.
WE MISS OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS AND
VISITORS MASSIVELY.
IT WAS A BIG PORTION OF OUR
GUESTS.
>> THE ROOM THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT
NOW IS TOTALLY EMPTY.
I IMAGINE THAT IT'S NOT NORMALLY
LIKE THAT?
>> NO, THIS DINING ROOM, WE
NORMALLY SEAT 26 OR 28 PEOPLE IN
IT.
>> Reporter: SOME BUSINESSES
FORCED TO SHUTTER.
THIS FAMILY-OWNED STORE HAS
STRUGGLED.
>> WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED WE
WERE LIKE 50% TO 90% DOWN.
WHEN WE REOPENED, THE LOCALS
WERE HERE
AND THEY'RE STARTING TO SLOWLY
COME BACK SO THAT'S A GOOD
THING.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS IN THE
REGION SAY IT'S A DELICATE
BALANCE -- GETTING THE ECONOMY
GOING AGAIN WHILE
KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE.
>> IF WE DON'T FIND THAT
BALANCE, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK
WE WOULD HAVE TO START LOOKING
AT
ADDITIONAL MEASURES AND
HOPEFULLY THAT WOULDN'T REQUIRE
ACTUALLY REGRESSING IN TERMS
SOME OF THE
REOPENING.
>> NUMBERS RIGHT NOW ON THE
WEEKENDS
ARE PROBABLY AROUND 50% OF WHERE
THEY SHOULD BE AND WHERE THEY
TYPICALLY WOULD BE.
BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL RIGHT NOW
JUST TO HAVE PEOPLE.
AND IT'S PROBABLY BETTER IF
WE'RE NOT AT FULL CAPACITY.
>> WOW.
>> Reporter: BECAUSE THEN IT'S
HARDER TO KEEP A DISTANCE.
>> I'M SHOCKED.
>> Reporter: THE AREA ALREADY
TOOK HEAT WHEN THIS VIDEO
SURFACED ONLINE.
>> THAT KIND OF WORRIES ME THAT
THERE MAY BE A SHUTDOWN BECAUSE
THEN WE HAVE TO START ALL OVER
AGAIN.
>> Reporter: BUT THE CITY
QUICKLY BROUGHT IN AMBASSADORS
TO HAND OUT MASKS AND REMIND
PEOPLE TO KEEP THEIR DISTANCE.
AVOIDING OUTBREAKS IS CRITICAL
TO KEEP THEM BUZZING.
>> IT'S A GOOD ESCAPE BUT AT THE
SAME TIME WE HAVE MASKS AND
WE'RE BEING CAREFUL.
>> Reporter: TALIA RICCI, CBC
NEWS, NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO.
>> Ian: AN OUTBREAK IN HAIDA
GWAII OFF B.C.'S NORTHWEST COAST
HAS
LED TO AT LEAST 13 NEW CASES.
AS BRIAR STEWART SHOWS US, ALONG
WITH INFECTIONS COMES A SPIKE IN
TENSION.
>> Reporter: JUST UNDER 5,000
PEOPLE LIVE ON HAIDA GWAII.
NORMALLY THE REMOTE AND RUGGED
ISLAND HOSTS A FLURRY OF
TOURISTS THROUGH THE SUMMER, BUT
OFFICIALS HAVE URGED THEM TO
STAY AWAY.
AND NOW THEY'RE ALSO REMINDING
RESIDENTS TO NOT LET THEIR GUARD
DOWN.
>> TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, YOU
KNOW, THIS IS NOT A TIME TO
GATHER AND PARTY AND DO OTHER
THINGS THAT WILL PUT YOURSELF
AND YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR
ELDERS AND THOSE WHO ARE
VULNERABLE AT RISK.
>> Reporter: 13 CASES HAVE
BEEN REPORTED ON HAIDA GWAII AND
THEY'RE LINKED TO RESIDENTS WHO
TRAVELLED AWAY FROM THE ISLAND.
THE COUNCIL OF THE HAIDA NATION
HAS ISSUED A STATE OF EMERGENCY,
ASKING PEOPLE TO PULL BACK THEIR
SOCIAL CIRCLES TO ONLY INCLUDE
IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
AND IT ADVISES THAT THE FAMILIES
AND RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT TRAVEL
OFF ISLAND UNLESS ESSENTIAL.
TENSION HAS BEEN RISING HERE
OVER A FISHING LODGE ON HAIDA
GWAII THAT CONTINUES TO OPERATE.
BUT THESE CASES DON'T APPEAR TO
BE LINKED TO THAT LODGE.
INSTEAD, THE VIRUS HAS SPREAD
AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS, WHICH
HAS LED TO RUMOURS AND FEAR SO
SOME ARE APPEALING FOR CALM.
>> I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TO
MAKE THIS VIDEO AND JUST KIND OF
HAVE THIS CONVERSATION REGARDING
THE STIGMA AROUND COVID-19.
>> WAIT, NO, WE HAVE BEEN LIVING
WITH THIS FOR FOUR MONTHS --
>> Reporter: SUSAN MUSGRAVE IS
A WRITER AND OWNS A BED
AND BREAKFAST ON HAIDA GWAII.
SHE SAID WHEN SHE CAME BACK FROM
MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS ON
VANCOUVER ISLAND, SHE WAS
TOLD TO SELF-ISOLATE FOR TWO
WEEKS.
>> THE COUNCIL DID EVERYTHING
THAT THEY COULD, BUT IT WASN'T A
QUESTION
IF IT CAME HERE, IT WAS WHEN.
AS LONG AS THERE ARE PEOPLE
TRAVELLING TO AND FROM OUT OF
THE PLACE I THINK THAT THERE'S A
RISK.
>> Reporter: WHICH IS WHY
OFFICIALS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO
REMAIN VIGILANT AND REDUCE THE
RISK OF COVID-19 SPREADING
THROUGH HAIDA GWAII'S REMOTE
COMMUNITIES.
BRIAR STEWART, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Ian: AS FOR THE COVID-19
SITUATION SOUTH OF THE BORDER,
FLORIDA IS NOW THE STATE WITH
THE SECOND MOST CASES,
INCREASING BY 9,300 ON SUNDAY TO
ALMOST 424,000.
SURPASSING NEW YORK WITH ITS
411,000.
CALIFORNIA CURRENTLY HAS THE
MOST CASES, MORE THAN 448,000.
>>> DONALD TRUMP'S HANDLING OF
THE PANDEMIC HAS HURT HIM WITH
VOTERS.
THE LATEST EXAMPLE AN ASSOCIATED
PRESS POLL THAT SAYS THAT ONLY
32% APPROVE OF HIS APPROACH.
THIS COMES AS THE COUNTDOWN TO
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS
ENTERING ITS FINAL 100 DAYS.
HERE'S KATIE SIMPSON.
>> Reporter: UNREST AGAIN,
SURGING ACROSS THE U.S.
IN SEATTLE, POLICE USED TEAR GAS
TO BREAK UP CROWDS.
AS PROTESTERS SET FIRE TO
A YOUTH DETENTION CENTRE AND
DESTROYED VEHICLES.
>> THEY SLASHED ALL FOUR OF MY
TIRES.
THEY BROKE MY BACK WINDOW OUT.
THEY WROTE ON IT.
YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT OFF WORK, I
WANT TO GO HOME.
>> Reporter: IN LOS ANGELES,
PROTESTERS WALKED ON TO THE
FREEWAY TO MAKE THEIR POINT.
AND IN PORTLAND, VIOLENT CLASHES
WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
CONTINUED.
THIS STANDOFF IS THE INSPIRATION
FOR MANY OF THE OTHER
DEMONSTRATIONS.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ORDERED
FEDERAL OFFICERS TO PROTECT
STATUES AND BUILDINGS THERE,
THOUGH THEY'RE ACCUSED OF
ABUSING THEIR POWERS.
>> LEAVE OUR TOWN.
OUR POLICE WERE DOING A FINE JOB
AND THEY'RE STILL DOING A FINE
JOB.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT IS
LOOKING TO MOTIVATE HIS BASE
WITH THE ELECTION JUST 100 DAYS
AWAY.
PUTTING ON A STRONG SHOW OF
FORCE IS SOMETHING THAT
REPUBLICANS TRADITIONALLY GET
BEHIND.
AND IT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY
HE'S ALSO ORDERED
FEDERAL AGENTS INTO OTHER CITIES
DEALING WITH GUN VIOLENCE.
TRUMP NEEDS AN ISSUE TO
RESONATE.
A NEW ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL
FINDS EIGHT IN 10 AMERICANS
BELIEVE THE COUNTRY IS
HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
ONLY 32% APPROVE OF HIS HANDLING
OF THE PANDEMIC.
>> WE ARE SEEING A FAILURE IN
LEADERSHIP.
SO LET'S GO TO MAKING PEOPLE
FEARFUL.
SO IT'S DISAPPOINTING BUT,
FRANKLY, EXPECTED.
>> Reporter: IF DEMOCRATS ARE
DISAPPOINTED, SOME REPUBLICANS
ARE LESS THAN ENTHUSIASTIC.
>> I THINK QUITE FRANKLY A LOT
OF PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE UPSET WITH
THE
DIVISIVENESS AND DISFUNCTION ON
BOTH SIDES AND
DON'T FEEL THAT WE HAVE TWO
GREAT CHOICES.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT IS
PUTTING AN EMPHASIS ON LAW AND
ORDER BECAUSE HIS TEAM LIKES THE
CONTRAST BETWEEN HIM AND HIS
DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER JOE BIDEN.
THEY THINK THAT TRUMP LOOKS
STRONGER ON THE ISSUE.
KATIE SIMPSON, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Ian: THIS WAS A DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE FOR AN AMERICAN
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER.
THE BODY OF JOHN LEWIS CROSSING
THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE FOR THE
LAST TIME.
THE BRIDGE WAS THE SCENE OF A
1965 CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH THAT
WOULD BECOME KNOWN AS "BLOODY
SUNDAY" FOR ITS VIOLENCE.
LEWIS' BODY WILL LIE IN STATE AT
THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING IN
WASHINGTON BEFORE A PRIVATE
FUNERAL ON THURSDAY.
>> THESE TEAMS HAVE DEDICATED
THIS SEASON TO SOCIAL JUSTICE.
>> Ian: THE WNBA IS DEDICATING
ITS OPENING WEEKEND TO BLACK
LIVES MATTER.
THESE PLAYERS STOOD 26 SECONDS
IN TRIBUTE TO POLICE SHOOTING
VICTIM
BREEONA TAYLOR.
THE PLAYERS ALSO HAD HER NAME ON
THEIR JERSEYS AND HAVE THE
CHOICE OF DISPLAYING IT IN
FUTURE GAMES.
>>> IN A MONTRÉAL SUBURB, POLICE
ARE BEING ACCUSED OF RACIAL
PROFILING
AFTER THEY TICKETED YOUNG BLACK
MEN FOR GATHERING ON A
BASKETBALL COURT WHILE YOUNG
WHITE MEN WERE ALLEGEDLY
LET OFF WITH JUST A WARNING.
VERITY STEVENSON SHOWS US HOW
IT'S PLAYING OUT.
>> Reporter: ON A HOT DAY IN
LATE MAY WHEN
QUÉBEC WAS STARTING TO LOOSEN UP
ITS RULES EIGHT FRIENDS MET UP
FOR A
BASKETBALL MATCH.
THEY HAD SEEN ON THE NEWS SOME
SPORTS WERE ALLOWED.
>> THEN THE POLICE COME AND THEY
SAY WE CAN'T PLAY.
SO WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, CAN YOU
TALK TO US ABOUT THE
MISUNDERSTANDING?
>> Reporter: THEY SAY THAT THE
OFFICERS TOLD THEM THEY WERE
DONE WITH GIVING WARNINGS.
ALL NINE YOUNG BLACK MEN WERE
GIVEN TICKETS BETWEEN $500 AND
$1,500 DEPENDING ON THEIR AGE, A
TOTAL OF $11,500 IN PENALTIES.
>> WE WAS SHOCKED.
BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, IT
IS ABOUT THE
DISCRIMATION.
>> Reporter: 30 MINUTES LATER
SOME OF THEM SAW A GROUP OF
WHITE KIDS PLAYING BASKETBALL.
DERY SAYS THAT COPS APPROACHED
THEM TOO, BUT DIDN'T GIVE THEM
TICKETS, ONLY VERBAL WARNINGS.
DERY AND HIS FRIENDS REACHED OUT
TO LOCAL ANTI-RACISM GROUPS AND
NOW PLAN TO
FILE COMPLAINTS WITH POLICE AND
POSSIBLY QUÉBEC'S HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION.
THEY SAY THAT RACISM IN THEIR
CITY GOES BEYOND POLICE
PROFILING.
A FORMER RCMP OFFICER HELPING
WITH THEIR COMPLAINT SAYS THAT
POLICE HERE DO PRACTISE RACIAL
PROFILING.
>> THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING
PROBLEM FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 10
YEARS.
>> Reporter: OTHERS HERE WANT
ACTION FROM LOCAL LEADERS.
>> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE
PUT IN PLACE STRUCTURES OR
PROGRAMMES THAT ARE GOING TO
HELP THE KIDS, THE COMMUNITY, TO
FEEL WELCOME AND TO FEEL THAT
THEY ARE AT HOME.
>> Reporter: THIS MOTHER SAYS
THAT SHE HAS OFTEN THOUGHT ABOUT
MOVING, BUT WON'T BE PUSHED OUT.
>> THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE.
IT'S NOT FOR US TO GO AWAY.
IT'S FOR THEM TO ACCEPT THE FACT
THAT THE SOCIETY IS CHANGING.
>> Reporter: THE POLICE SAY
THAT SOME OF THE YOUNG MEN HAD
BEEN WARNED ABOUT PLAYING ON THE
COURT.
THE MEN SAY THEY WEREN'T, AND
NOW THEY PLAY ELSEWHERE.
POLICE DO SAY THEY'LL MEET WITH
THE ANTI-RACISM ACTIVISTS THIS
WEEK.
VERITY STEVENSON, CBC NEWS,
QUÉBEC.
>> Ian: WE LEARNED THIS WEEKEND
THAT CANADA'S FIRST BLACK
NATIONAL NEWS ANCHOR DIED.
GEORGE BOYD WAS ONE OF THE
ORIGINAL NEWS ANCHORS FOR
CBC "NEWSWORLD" IN 1989.
>> HE SAID IT'S THERE, THE
PRODUCT IS THERE AND NOW ALL WE
HAVE TO DO NOW IS TO WORK HARDER
TO
BETTER WHAT WE HAVE.
>> Ian: THAT WAS HIM ON
"NEWSWORLD'S" LAUNCH DAY IN
HALIFAX.
HE LATER LEFT JOURNALISM TO
PURSUE A WRITING CAREER AND
BECAME A SPECIAL PLAYWRIGHT.
HIS WORK OFTEN EXPLORING THE
STORIES OF
BLACK HISTORICAL FIGURES AND
COMMUNITIES.
BOYD DIED ON JULY 7th IN
MONTRÉAL AT THE AGE OF 68.
>>> A HUGE MANHUNT IN RURAL NOVA
SCOTIA IS NOW OVER, THE SUSPECT
IN CUSTODY.
>> I GOT A TEXT FROM THE CHIEF
AT ABOUT 1:00 a.m., JUST
BEFORE 1:00 a.m., SAYING THAT
TOBIAS WAS IN CUSTODY AND THAT
IT WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT.
>> Ian: THE RELIEVED MAYOR OF
BRIDGEWATER EARLIER TODAY.
POLICE SAY THAT TOBIAS DOUCETTE,
WHO WAS NOT INJURED DURING THE
ARREST, WAS CAUGHT WHILE TRYING
TO STEAL A CAR.
DOUCETTE FACES CHARGES OF
DOMESTIC ASSAULT
AND TRYING TO KILL A POLICE
OFFICER.
>>> IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE
THE COUNTRY WATCHED ANOTHER
MANHUNT UNFOLD, THE SEARCH FOR
TWO B.C. TEENAGED FUGITIVES THAT
LED POLICE TO GILLAM, MANITOBA,
A REMOTE NORTHERN TOWN.
AND IT LEFT THAT TOWN ON EDGE
FOR WEEKS.
AND FOR SOME, THAT FEELING
HASN'T GONE AWAY.
HERE'S AUSTIN GRABISH.
>> Reporter: IT WAS AN UNUSUAL
SIGHT.
HEAVILY ARMED TACTICAL OFFICERS,
A HEAT-SENSING DRONE, AND THE
RCMP'S CANINE UNIT.
ALL SCOURING DENSE BRUSH FOR
CANADA'S TWO MOST WANTED MEN.
TEENAGERS, KAM McLEOD AND
BRYER SCHMEGELSKY.
THE HUNT WOULD LAST OVER TWO
WEEKS AND TURN THIS SEEMINGLY
QUIET TOWN OF GILHAM AND
NEIGHBOURING FOX CREE FIRST
NATION UPSIDE DOWN.
>> IT'S A SMALL TOWN AND NO
CRIME.
AND WE KNOW EACH OTHER.
AND IT'S A STRONG COMMUNITY.
AND WE LOVE EACH OTHER.
>> Reporter: IT STARTED
MYSTERIOUSLY WHEN AN AMERICAN
WOMAN CHINA DEESE AND HER
AUSTRALIAN BOYFRIEND LUCAS
FOWLER WERE GUNNED DOWN ON
THE ALASKA HIGHWAY IN NORTHERN
B.C.
THE COUPLE CLEARLY IN LOVE.
THEY WERE ON THE WAY TO THE
CANADIAN ROCKIES IN THIS VAN.
IT BROKE DOWN.
SANDRA BROUGHTON AND HER HUSBAND
PULLED OVER OFFERING TO HELP,
BUT FOWLER, WHO KNEW HOW TO FIX
CARS, POLITELY DECLINED.
SHE'S AMONG THE LAST PEOPLE TO
SEE THE COUPLE ALIVE.
>> YOU KIND OF ALWAYS WONDER
WHAT IF,
WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THEY
HAD ACCEPTED OUR HELP.
>> Reporter: A FEW DAYS LATER
POLICE SAY THAT
McLEOD AND SCHMEGELSKY SHOT
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
LECTURER
LEONARD DYCK BEFORE GOING ON THE
RUN AND ENDING UP IN NORTHERN
MANITOBA.
>> FOR THE MOST PART THE
COMMUNITY HAS GOTTEN BACK TO A
SENSE OF NORMAL.
THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE
STILL NEGATIVELY AFFECTED AND
WILL ALWAYS BE AFFECTED BY THIS.
>> Reporter: GILLAM'S MAYOR
SAYS THAT THE DISCOVERY OF THE
SUSPECTS' BODIES LAST AUGUST
PROVIDED RELIEF.
>> I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT SCENARIO IF
THEY WERE NEVER FOUND.
>> Reporter: BUT LIFE IS
DIFFERENT FOR SOME HERE NOW.
DWAYNE FOREMAN SAY THAT PEOPLE
LOCK THEIR DOORS.
AND ONE MAN
STILL SLEPT IN THE LIVING ROOM
WITH A GUN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE
MANHUNT ENDED.
POLICE HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO
FIGURE OUT A MOTIVE FOR THE
KILLINGS.
MOUNTIES SAY THAT THE TEENAGERS
HAD GUNS, AMMUNITION, AND
PLANNED
TO KILL MORE PEOPLE WHILE ON THE
RUN UP NORTH.
THE SUSPECTS MADE SEVERAL VIDEOS
WHILE ON THE RUN.
THIS INTERNAL RCMP DOCUMENT
REFERENCES ONE IN WHICH BRYER
SCMEGEKLSKY SAID THAT HE AND HIS
FRIEND HAD FOUND A NICE SPOT BY
THE RIVER WHERE THEY WERE GOING
TO SHOOT THEMSELVES.
THAT SUICIDE PACT AND THE LATER
DISCOVERY OF THEIR BODIES ENDS
ONE OF THE LARGEST MANHUNTS IN
CANADIAN HISTORY.
AUSTIN GRABISH, CBC NEWS,
WINNIPEG.
>> Ian: WITH HOCKEY SET TO
RETURN IN JUST A FEW DAYS, A
PRESSING QUESTION -- WHAT WILL
IT LOOK LIKE?
UP NEXT, THE PLAN TO REPLACE
THIS... WITH THIS.
>> SIMULATED CROWD REACTIONS TO
CERTAIN PLAYS AND TEAM CHANTS,
THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> Ian: FROM WORKING WITH VIDEO
GAME MAKERS TO CREATE CROWD
NOISE TO FINDING BRAND-NEW
ANGLES OF ALL OF THE ACTION.
AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT
BROADCASTING CANADA'S GAME IN
THE TIME OF COVID.
>>> PLUS, THE POWER OF A
PAINTBRUSH.
HOW ARTISTS ARE SHAPING THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT.
>>> AND A CITY SEARCH FOR A
TEDDY BEAR.
>> I LOVE YOU TO INFINITY AND
BEYOND.
>> Ian: THE ONLINE AND OFFLINE
HUNT AND THE CELEBS CHIPPING IN
REWARDS.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BEAR?
WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT.
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>> Ian: FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
THE RETURN OF PRO SPORTS IS BOTH
WELCOME AND A LITTLE SURREAL.
WITH NO FANS NOT MADE OF
CARDBOARD ALLOWED IN STADIUMS,
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS TYPING
IN ARTIFICIAL CROWD NOISE TO
GIVE THE EXPERIENCE A BOOST,
LEAVING THE TEAM MASCOTS WITH
LITTLE TO DO.
THE NBA ISN'T EVEN BOTHERING
WITH THAT.
SO FAR MAKING THEIR GAMES FEEL
ALMOST MORE LIKE INTENSE
PRACTISE SESSIONS.
SO WITH NO FANS IN THE STANDS,
ALL OF THE FOCUS NOW IS HOW IT
LOOKS ON TV.
AND TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT
"HOCKEY NIGHT" IN A PANDEMIC
WILL
BE LIKE, I SPOKE WITH RON CORDY,
AN EXECUTIVE WITH SPORTSNET TO
SEE HOW THEY'LL HANDLE THINGS.
WHEN WE TURN ON THE TV FOR
EXHIBITION GAMES ON
TUESDAY NIGHT, IS IT GOING TO
LOOK DIFFERENT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW, THE BIG THING THAT IS
MISSING AND WHAT WE ALL WISH WAS
STILL THERE, ARE THE FANS.
THAT'S THE THING THAT PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO
NOTICE FIRST AND FOREMOST.
WHAT THEY WON'T SEE THOUGH IS
EMPTY SEATS.
THE NHL HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF
DRESSING UP THE ARENA.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE SETS
THEY DO FOR OUTDOOR GAMES, KIND
OF MEETING AMERICAN NINJA
WARRIOR, THERE'S A LOT OF FANCY
LIGHTS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHEN YOU TUNE IN ON TUESDAY
YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT, BUT
IT'S GOING TO EVOLVE AS THE
TOURNAMENT GOES ON AND THE
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS MOVE ON,
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE AND
MORE THINGS
ADDED.
AND ONCE WE GET TO THE STANLEY
CUP FINAL IT WILL REALLY BE A
SPECTACULAR SHOW.
>> Ian: WHAT ABOUT CROWD NOISE,
YOU KNOW, IS THAT GOING TO BE
PUMPED IN?
>> THAT'S PART OF IT.
E.A. SPORTS HAS BEEN WORKING
VERY HARD WITH US AND WITH THE
LEAGUE IN CREATING SAMPLES,
AUDIO SAMPLES, THAT WILL BE
EXPERIMENTED WITH.
WE'RE TAKING THE APPROACH THAT
WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF CRAWL AND
THEN WALK AND THEN RUN.
SO THERE WILL BE A CROWD BED TO
START AND THEN AS WE MOVE ON
WE'LL ADD MORE SAMPLES LIKE
SIMULATED CROWD REACTIONS TO
CERTAIN PLAYS AND TEAM CHANTS,
THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT I'VE HEARD HAS BEEN
PRETTY GOOD.
IT'S VERY AUTHENTIC AND I THINK
IT WILL ADD TO THE BROADCAST
EXPERIENCE.
>> Ian: MANY OF US WHO WATCH
HOCKEY HAVE WATCHED BASICALLY
THE
SAME WAY THAT A HOCKEY GAME HAS
BEEN SHOT WITH SOME MINOR
CHANGES OVER THE YEARS.
NOW YOU CAN PUT CAMERAS
ANYWHERE, I GUESS, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING IN
THE WAY OF FANS IN THE STANDS
BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE THERE.
ARE WE GOING TO SEE RADICALLY
DIFFERENT CAMERA ANGLES?
WILL HOCKEY LOOK DIFFERENT?
>> YES, THERE'S SOME NEW CAMERA
ANGLES THAT WE'RE TRYING OUT AND
ONE IN PARTICULAR IS CALLED A
JIDA CAM.
WHICH IS A LONG ARM THAT
HANGS FROM THE SCOREBOARD AND IT
CAN GO 360.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF
THE BROADCAST.
NOW OUR CREWS ARE ON SITE IN
TORONTO AND EDMONTON AND THEY'RE
EXPERIMENTING.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S NO FANS IN
THE STANDS, SO THE TRADITIONAL
CAMERA PLATFORMS DON'T
NECESSARILY NEED TO BE USED.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO EXPERIMENT A
LITTLE BIT.
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A DANGER IN
THAT.
THE COVERAGE
OF HOCKEY IS VERY SOLID.
IT HAS BEEN TWEAKED OVER THE
YEARS TO WHERE IT IS IN A REALLY
GOOD SPOT.
AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING
HERE, CAN YOU BRING THAT TO THE
BROADCAST ONCE WE GET BACK TO
OUR NORMAL STATE?
SO THERE WILL BE SOME
EXPERIMENTATION AND SOME STUFF
WILL LOOK VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO
WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT.
AND THERE WILL BE SOME NEW
STUFF.
>> Ian: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
HAVE LEARNED IN TELEVISION NEWS
IS THAT YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW
HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK AND HOW
IT'S GOING TO WORK UNTIL YOU
ACTUALLY GET ON THE AIR.
IS THAT THE SAME FOR YOU?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE START ON
TUESDAY WITH A DOUBLE-HEADER OF
EXHIBITION GAMES.
AND LIKE I SAID, FROM THE START
OF EXHIBITION TO THE STANLEY CUP
FINALS, THESE BROADCASTS ARE
GOING TO EVOLVE SIGNIFICANTLY.
THERE'S SO MANY NEW TECHNOLOGIES
AND SO MANY NEW IDEAS THAT WE'RE
GOING TO EXPERIMENT, SEE WHAT
WORKS AND THEN WE'LL REFIND THE
PRODUCT.
ONCE WE GET TO THE FINAL ROUND
WE'LL BE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE.
>> Ian: WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
THE TECHNICAL THING BUT LET ME
FINISH WITH A QUESTION ABOUT
COVID IN TERMS OF THE INFECTION
RISK, ABOUT THE MEDICAL PART OF
IT.
AS A MANAGER FOR SPORTSNET, HOW
CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT THAT?
>> WELL, WE'RE VERY CONCERNED IN
TERMS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY HAS
BEEN REALLY BEEN OUR ONLY
PRIORITY THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19
SITUATION.
AND CREATING THESE BUBBLES AT
THE NHL, THEY'VE DONE A REALLY
NICE JOB.
THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY GROUP
HAS BEEN VERY, VERY STRINGENT ON
WHAT THE RULES ARE AND WHAT
THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW.
SO WE ARE COMFORTABLE IN TERMS
OF SENDING OUR PEOPLE INTO THE
BUBBLES TO DO THIS WORK.
THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN TESTED
THREE TIMES BEFORE THEY LEFT AND
YESTERDAY EVERYBODY LEFT TO GO
TO EDMONTON.
SO FAR, SO GOOD.
AND WE KNOW THAT THE NHL IS
VERY, VERY LOCKED DOWN ON THE
RULES AND WE EXPECT THEM TO
UPHOLD THEM.
AND SO, YEAH, YOU'RE ALWAYS A
LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
BUT I THINK THAT ALL OF THE
STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AS MUCH AS
YOU CAN TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE.
SO GOING INTO IT I'M PRETTY
CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE FINE.
>> Ian: WELL, MANY OF US ARE
EXCITED TO HAVE HOCKEY BACK.
I'M SURE YOU ARE TOO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> MY PLEASURE, THANKS, IAN.
>> Ian: AND SOME SAD HOCKEY NEWS 
TONIGHT, LEGENDARY TORONTO MAPLE
LEAF EDDIE SHACK HAS DIED.
(*)
* HERE COMES SHACK 
>> HERE TO SHAKE THINGS UP, IN
WALKS EDDIE SHACK.
SHACK AND FERGUSON COLLIDE WITH
PREDICTABLE RESULTS.
>> Ian: NICKNAMED "THE
ENTERTAINER" AND "THE NOSE,"
SHACK SPENT NINE OF HIS 17
SEASONS
WITH THE LEAFS.
>> THE MAPLE LEAF HAVE WON THE
STANLEY CUP!
>> Ian: FOUR AS STANLEY CUP
CHAMPIONS,
INCLUDING THE LAST TIME IN 1967.
EDDIE SHACK WON LEGIONS OF FANS
AS A COLOURFUL AGITATOR WHO
LOVED TO MIX IT UP.
AFTER RETIRING IN 1975, SHACK
REVEALED THAT HE COULDN'T READ
FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE AND HE
BECAME A LITERACY ADVOCATE, A
COMMERCIAL SPOKESMAN AND
ENTREPRENEUR.
SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER EDDIE
SHACK
DOUGHNUTS.
SHACK DIED THIS WEEKEND FROM
CANCER.
HE WAS 83.
(*)
>> * HERE COMES SHACK 
* HE KNOCKS THEM OUT AND GIVES
THEM A WHACK *
* EDDIE, EDDIE SHACK 
(*)
>> Ian: APPARENTLY A FORMER
NUMBER ONE SONG.
>>> NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL,"
SPECIAL PROGRAMMING AHEAD OF
EMANCIPATION DAY ON BEING BLACK
IN CANADA.
>> THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE
SYSTEMIC CHANGE.
>> Ian: WE HEAR FROM BLACK
ARTISTS LAYING OUT A POWERFUL
MESSAGE.
AND --
>> EVERYTHING THAT WAS BEING
TAUGHT DID NOT TALK ABOUT HER.
>> Ian: PARENTS SEEKING
REPRESENTATION IN THE CLASSROOM.
THE PUSH TO DIVERSIFY SCHOOL
CURRICULUMS NEXT.
(*)
>> Ian: IN THE MONTH SINCE THE
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AT THE
HANDS OF MINNEAPOLIS POLICE,
PROTESTS CONTINUED TO EBB AND
FLOW.
AND WHILE IN THE UNITED STATES
THE
MOVEMENT IS UNDER PRESSURE WITH
A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN PLAY,
BOTH THERE AND IN CANADA, THE
DEMANDS REMAIN FOR AN END TO
ANTI-BLACK VIOLENCE AND
DISCRIMINATION AND A WHOLESALE
CHANGE TO POLICING AND TO POLICE
FUNDING.
AS WE APPROACH AUGUST 1st, THE
DATE SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED IN
THE COMMONWEALTH IN 1833, THE
CBC IS AIRING SPECIAL
PROGRAMMING
ALL WEEK ON BEING BLACK IN
CANADA.
AND FOR "THE NATIONAL," ASHA
TOMLINSON EXPLORES HOW ARTISTS
AND ACTIVISTS CONTINUE THE
MOVEMENT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE ON
CANADA'S STREETS.
(*)
>> Reporter: BLACK LIVES
MATTER.
THREE POWERFUL WORDS ECHOED
RIGHT ACROSS CANADA AND NORTH
AMERICA.
EVERYWHERE WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE
FILLING OUR STREETS, TAKING PART
IN PEACEFUL PROTESTS TO AMPLIFY
THAT MESSAGE.
AND IT IS LOUD AND CLEAR HERE IN
THIS TORONTO NEIGHBOURHOOD.
>> WHEN YOU SEE THIS, YOU SEE
SOMETHING THAT IS NOT
TRADITIONAL.
WHEN WE'RE FIGHTING SOMETHING
THAT SEEMS SO SYSTEMATIC AND SO
TRADITIONAL, YOU KNOW?
>> Reporter: WHAT IS DIFFERENT
ABOUT THIS TIME AND THIS MOMENT
DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK THAT GEORGE FLOYD'S
KILLING WAS AS CRUEL AS ANY ONE
OF US HAS EVER SEEN.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE
HIGHEST FORM OF GOD'S CREATION,
THE HIGHEST FORM.
AND TO SEE SOMEBODY TAKE ANOTHER
HUMAN'S LIFE IN THAT FORM, I
THINK THAT IS WHAT RESONATED
WITH EVERYBODY.
>> Reporter: WE'RE FACING THIS
AND WE'RE LEARNING IT AND WE'RE
RECOGNISING OUR PRIVILEGE.
AND I THINK THAT IS GOING TO
EVOLVE INTO A REALLY BIG CHANGE.
(*)
>> Reporter: THE CONVERSATIONS
ARE HAPPENING.
THERE'S A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS
AROUND THE INJUSTICES OF RACISM,
PRIVILEGE, POWER.
>> THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A
BLACK PROBLEM.
THIS IS A HUMAN RACE PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: DUBBED POET AND
ACTIVIST SHAKIA LOVE DELIVERED
THAT SPEECH BACK IN TORONTO IN
MAY.
>> IT'S A LONG JOURNEY AND IT
DOESN'T REALLY STOP AT A
PROTEST.
>> Reporter: I CAUGHT UP WITH
HER HERE, A TRIBUTE TO BLACK
LIVES LOST.
WHEN YOU SEE THIS GRAFFITI
ALLEY, AND THE IMAGES LIKE THIS
ONE, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?
HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL?
>> I THINK THAT IT MAKES ME FEEL
BOTH EMPOWERED BUT SAD.
I THINK THAT IT'S BEAUTIFUL THAT
WE'RE COMMEMORATING THESE
BEAUTIFUL SOULS THAT WERE LOST,
BUT ALSO HOW SAD IT IS THAT IT
HAS COME TO THIS.
>> Reporter: TWO MONTHS LATER,
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, WHERE IS THE
DIAL?
>> WE'RE TACKLING THINGS HEAD ON
THAT MAKE PEOPLE FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE, AND
I THINK THAT THE DIAL IS KIND OF
TURNING.
>> Reporter: WHAT DOES BEING
BLACK IN CANADA MEAN TO YOU?
>> I'M REMINDED BY MY OWN
ANCESTORS AND THE PEOPLE AROUND
ME AND MY BLACK COUNTERPARTS
THAT WE ARE POWERFUL.
WE ARE SO POWERFUL THAT EVEN THE
THINGS THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY
HOLDING AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE
CONSTANTLY WEARING, IT WILL
NEVER STOP OUR SHINE, IT WILL
NEVER STOP OUR SUCCESS.
IT WILL NEVER STOP, YOU KNOW,
THE WAY THAT WE USE
OUR VOICES.
AND I THINK THAT IS POWERFUL AND
I AM ALWAYS KEEPING THAT WITH
ME, THE POWER IN THE VOICE AND
THE POWER IN THE LAND.
>> Reporter: HIS POWER IS
PAINT.
HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MURAL.
ARE YOU SEEING CHANGE?
>> THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE,
LIKE, SYSTEMIC CHANGE.
LIKE, WE NEED TO SEE FACTUAL --
BLACK PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF
POWER FOR THIS TO BE A
MEANINGFUL CHANGE.
THAT DYNAMIC NEEDS TO SHIFT.
>> Reporter: AND THERE ARE
MANY MORE LEADERS MAKING WAVES
ACROSS CANADA.
PRIORITIZING WELLNESS AND MENTAL
HEALTH.
USING ART TO SEND A MESSAGE.
SHARING THEIR STORIES OF POLICE
BRUTALITY, PROTESTING, WRITING,
BUILDING A MORE INCLUSIVE
SOCIETY ONE STEP AT A TIME.
ASHA TOMLINSON, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: THE "BEING BLACK IN
CANADA" PROGRAMMING
CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
YOU CAN CATCH IT ALL, INCLUDING
THE SPECIAL THAT AIRED TODAY, ON
CBC GEM.
AND LEARN MORE BY VISITING
cbc.ca/beingblackinCanada.
>>> RACISM DOESN'T JUST DEFINE
AND DISCRIMINATE, IT CAN ALSO
DIMINISH, WHICH IS WHY THERE ARE
GROWING CALLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
TO INCLUDE THE EXPERIENCES OF
BLACK CANADIANS IN SCHOOL
CURRICULUMS.
AND AS DEANA SUMANAC-JOHNSON
EXPLAINS THIS GOES BEYOND BLACK
HISTORY.
>> Reporter: CHARLINE GRANT
HAS ALWAYS TAUGHT HER CHILDREN
ABOUT THEIR HISTORY AS BLACK
CANADIANS BECAUSE SHE SAYS THAT
THEIR SCHOOLS DIDN'T.
>> MY CHILD WAS IN GRADE 10 AND
SHE REALISED, HISTORY CLASS --
EVERYTHING THAT WAS BEING TAUGHT
DID NOT TALK ABOUT HER.
>> Reporter: SHE GAVE HER
DAUGHTER A PLAN.
>> THIS IS HOW YOU FIGHT BACK.
EVERY ASSIGNMENT YOU GET, DO IT
ON THE BLACK EXPERIENCE OF WHAT
WAS HAPPENING AT THAT TIME.
>> HALF OF OUR BLACK STUDENTS
AREN'T MAKING THE CHOICE TO
PURSUE AN ACADEMIC STREAM IN
HIGH SCHOOL.
>> Reporter: IN RECENT WEEKS
ONTARIO GOT RID OF THE PRACTISE
OF SCREENING IN HIGH SCHOOLS
WHICH WAS BOUND TO STEER BLACK
STUDENTS AWAY FROM UNIVERSITY
TRACK COURSES.
BUT ADVOCATES LIKE GRANT DEMAND
MORE CHANGE.
>> THE CURRICULUM IS KEY.
>> Reporter: IN NOVA SCOTIA
THERE ARE TWO AFRICAN FOCUSED
COURSES AT A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL,
BUT THIS PROFESSOR
SAYS THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.
>> AND WHEN WE'RE IN SCIENCE WE
SHOULD TALK ABOUT BLACK
SCIENTISTS.
IN MATH, WHY NOT TALKING ABOUT
BLACK CONTRIBUTIONS TO MATH?
SO OFTEN WHEN BLACK SUBJECTS ARE
BEING TAUGHT THEY GHETTOIZE
BLACK HISTORY.
>> Reporter: IT'S TO HAVE A
MORE CENTRAL PART OF THE
CURRICULUM ISN'T NEW, BUT MANY
FEEL THAT THE FOCUS AND THE
FIGHTING OF SYSTEMIC RACISM
MIGHT MEAN THAT SOMETHING WILL
COME OF IT.
>> MAKE THIS IF YOU WILL A
TEACHABLE MOMENT, HOW WE CAN
STRENGTHEN THE CURRICULUM TIES.
>> Reporter: THE B.C. MINISTER
OF EDUCATION IS CONSULTING WITH
BLACK HISTORY ORGINISATIONS.
>> I WANT TO BELIEVE IN THEIR
HONESTY, AND I WANT TO BELIEVE
THAT THEY TRULY WANT TO MAKE A
CHANGE.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO LIVE IN A
SOCIETY THAT IS FAIR FOR ALL OF
US.
>> Reporter: AND CHARLINE
GRANT THINKS THAT NOW IS THE
TIME TOO.
HER OLDEST SON IS OFF TO
UNIVERSITY.
BUT HER YOUNGEST STILL HAS LOTS
OF YEARS LEFT IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM.
>> I WANT MY CHILDREN TO HAVE A
BETTER -- A BETTER FUTURE, A
BETTER CHANCE.
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I
GO, BECAUSE I'M HOPEFUL.
>> Reporter: HOPEFUL THAT A
DAY IS CLOSE WHEN STUDENTS OF
ALL BACKGROUNDS WILL LEARN ABOUT
BLACK HISTORY AS A PART ABOUT
LEARNING ABOUT CANADA.
DEANA SUMANAC-JOHNSON, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: WHEN WE COME BACK "THE
NATIONAL" INTERVIEW WITH EUGENE
LEVY.
>> THE MOTEL SET WAS ACTUALLY
OUR HOME.
IT FELT LIKE HOME TO US ON THE
SET.
>> Ian: THE CANADIAN COMEDY
LEGEND ON WORKING WITH HIS
REAL-LIFE FAMILY, CREATING A
WORLD WITHOUT HOMOPHOBIA AND
SAYING GOODBYE TO "SCHITT'S
CREEK," RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>> Ian: THE 2020 PRIMETIME EMMYS
ARE THE FIRST MAJOR AMERICAN
AWARD SHOW DURING THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
THEY WILL
ANNOUNCE THE NOMINEES VIRTUALLY
ON TUESDAY.
THE CAST OF "SCHITT'S CREEK" IS
EXPECTED TO PICK UP SEVERAL
NOMINATIONS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
THE SHOW'S FINAL EPISODE AIRED
BACK IN APRIL BUT PERHAPS THE
PANDEMIC AND ALL OF THE RECENT
TIMES HOME HAS BROUGHT IN NEW
VIEWERS OR LONG-TIME FANS
LOOKING FOR COMFORT IN THE ROSE
FAMILY.
SO TONIGHT WE WANTED TO REVISIT
AN INTERVIEW ANDREW DID WITH
EUGENE LEVY BACK IN JANUARY
ABOUT THE
SHOW'S MESSAGE AND ITS LEGACY.
>> LOOKS LIKE YOUR
GREAT-GRANDFATHER, YOUR
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER RIGHT UP THE
ASS.
>> RONNIE, THROW THE THING.
* LA LA LA 
>> Andrew: "SCHITT'S CREEK"
HAS OFFICIALLY ARRIVED.
THE STORY OF THE ONCE FILTHY
RICH ROSE FAMILY WITH ATTITUDES
TO MATCH, BY THE WAY, QUICKLY
CREATED A CULT FOLLOWING.
>> YOU BETTER REMEMBER WHICH
NAILS YOU PULLED THOSE WIGS FROM
BECAUSE YOUR MOTHER KEEPS A
SPREADSHEET.
>> Andrew: THE CANADIAN-BORN
AND MADE SITCOM HAS SINCE
EXPLODED IN POPULARITY, PICKING
UP AWARDS, SPARKING
INTERNATIONAL BUZZ AND RANKING
RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE
HEAVY-HITTERS WITH NOMINATIONS
AT THE EMMYS AND THE S.A.G.
AWARDS.
>> WAY TO GO, SON.
OTHER WAY!
>> Andrew: CO-CREATED BY
COMEDY LEGEND
EUGENE LEVY AND HIS SON, DAN,
"SCHITT'S CREEK" IS PACKED FULL
OF THE WEIRD --
(*)
THE WILD --
>> I TRIED, JOHN, BUT I CAN'T.
>> Andrew: AND THE OUTRIGHT
ABSURD.
BUT IT'S ALSO BREAKING GROUND,
FEARLESSLY REPRESENTING QUEER
RELATIONSHIPS AND ISSUES, FREE
FROM HATE OR JUDGMENT.
SO AS THE FINAL SEASON IS ABOUT
TO BEGIN, I MET WITH EUGENE LIVE
TO TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF
COMEDY AND SAYING GOODBYE TO
"SCHITT'S CREEK."
MR. LEVY, VERY NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> Andrew: GOOD, GOOD.
>> EXCELLENT.
ARE YOU HAVING COFFEE?
>> Andrew: I'LL DRINK MINE IF
YOU DRINK YOURS.
YOURS IS COLD.
WE'LL GET A WARM CUP FOR YOU.
>> IT MAY BE COLD BUT THIS IS
WHERE ACTING COMES IN.
WOW, THAT'S HOT, YEAH.
>> Andrew: SEASON SIX, AIRS
SOON.
SHOOTING IS ALL WRAPPED UP.
>> SHOOTING IS DONE.
>> Andrew: SO TELL US ALL
ABOUT IT.
>> UM, WELL, IT'S A -- I THINK
THE -- THE RESOLUTION TO THE
SERIES I THINK WILL BE -- WILL
BE SOMETHING THAT -- THAT WILL
BE EMBRACED BY OUR FANS.
[laughter]
>> Andrew: THAT DOESN'T MEAN
MUCH.
>> OH, YOU'RE NOT GETTING
ANYTHING, ANDREW.
>> Andrew: SOME KIND OF PLOT,
HINT, SOME KIND OF TEASER --
>> NO, I'M JUST SAYING THAT
THERE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE
MAY BE ONE OR TWO SURPRISES.
BUT EVERYTHING KIND OF ENDS THE
WAY I THINK THAT IT SHOULD END.
>> Andrew: CAN YOU TELL ME
ABOUT THE LAST DAY OF SHOOTING,
WHAT THAT WAS LIKE FOR YOU?
>> WELL, THE LAST DAY OF
SHOOTING -- WE HAD KIND OF A --
WE HAD KIND OF A -- IT WAS AN
INTERESTING FINAL WEEK.
BECAUSE EVERY SET THAT WE
WRAPPED ON, LIKE, EVERY -- THE
LAST SCENE THAT WE DID IN THE
MOTEL, FOR INSTANCE, WAS A VERY,
VERY EMOTIONAL KIND OF
EXPERIENCE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF, LIKE, TEARS
WHEN ACTORS WOULD FINISH THEIR
LAST SCENE TOGETHER, THERE WAS
JUST 10 MINUTES OF HUGGING AND,
YOU KNOW, CRYING.
(*)
THE MOTEL SET WAS ACTUALLY OUR
HOME.
IT FELT LIKE HOME TO US ON THE
SET.
THE LAST SCENE WE DID IN THERE
WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL SCENE WHERE
JOHNNY ACTUALLY SAYS I THINK
THAT WE'RE GOING TO MISS THIS
LITTLE PLACE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS -- THEN,
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, TEARS
STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TO DRY AND
RE-TAKE.
YEAH, IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL.
>> Andrew: THERE IS AN EPISODE
THAT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT,
AND
THIS WAS FROM THE MOST RECENT
SEASON I THINK.
AND IT'S THE
EPISODE WHERE YOUR CHARACTER
ACCIDENTALLY OUTS DAVID'S
BOYFRIEND TO HIS PARENTS.
>> YOU KNOW, MIXING UP A
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP AND A
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP, WELL,
THAT CAN GET KIND OF TRICKY
SOMETIMES.
>> Andrew: IN CRAFTING THAT
EPISODE, I MEAN, YOU MADE SOME
VERY DELIBERATE CHOICES ABOUT
HOW THAT WOULD UNFOLD.
>> RIGHT.
>> Andrew: TELL ME ABOUT
CRAFTING THAT EPISODE.
>> I THINK DAN TAKES CREDIT FOR
THAT STORY AND KIND OF CRAFTING
HOW IT -- IT ACTUALLY CAME OUT.
>> HE IS STILL THE SAME PERSON,
AND IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY.
>> DAVID, WE'RE NOT UPSET ABOUT
PATRICK BEING GAY.
>> NO?
FOR A MINUTE I THOUGHT THIS WAS
GOING TO GET VERY DARK.
WE THOUGHT THAT PATRICK WAS
FEELING
THAT HE COULDN'T COME AND TALK
TO US ABOUT THIS.
>> YOU SEE STORYLINES ABOUT GAY
CHARACTERS WHO ARE ALWAYS
HITTING AN OBSTACLE OF SOME KIND
WHERE YOU HAVE A PARENT WHO IS
UPSET AT THE FACT THAT THEIR
CHILD IS GAY.
OR CAN'T DEAL WITH IT.
BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE CREATED WITH
THE TOWN ITSELF OF "SCHITT'S
CREEK," THE IDEA THAT -- THE
IDEA OF MAKING IT AN
ALL-INCLUSIVE, DEVOID OF
HOMOPHOBIA, UM, THE IDEA IS THAT
PATRICK'S PARENTS WOULD NOT BE
UPSET.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY SWEET BOY.
>> Andrew: BUT YOU REALLY
WANTED TO AVOID THAT TENSION,
THAT KIND OF TENSION --
>> YES, SPEARHEADED BY DAN.
I MEAN, THAT -- THAT WAS AN
IMPORTANT THING.
THE SAME WAY THAT IT WAS AN
IMPORTANT THING THAT HE PLAY A
PAN-SEXUAL AS A CHARACTER.
YOU KNOW, WHICH EVEN SIX YEARS
AGO WAS, YOU KNOW, A VERY, VERY
KIND OF GUTSY THING TO DO.
>> I DO DRINK RED WINE.
BUT I ALSO DRINK WHITE WINE.
AND I'VE BEEN KNOWN TO SAMPLE
THE OCCASIONAL ROSE.
AND A COUPLE SUMMERS BACK I
TRIED A MERLOT THAT USED TO BE A
CHARDONAY.
IT'S A BIT COMPLICATED.
SO, YEAH, YOU'RE JUST REALLY
OPEN TO
ALL WINES.
>> I LIKE THE WINE AND NOT THE
LABEL.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> Andrew: THE LEGACY OF
"SCHITT'S CREEK", BY THE END OF
IT ALL IS THAT IT WILL HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED WHAT?
>> I THINK -- I THINK THE
MESSAGE THAT THIS SHOW IS
SENDING OUT IN A CERTAINLY NOT
SO SUBLIMINAL WAY IS A STORY
ABOUT ACCEPTANCE AND
EXCLUSIVITY.
I'M NOT A BIG SOCIAL MEDIA
PERSON BUT I DO KIND OF LOOK AT
THE TWEETS COMING IN.
AND I DO NOTICE THAT A LOT OF
THEM HAVE TO DO WITH GAY KIDS
WHO SAY THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF
THIS SHOW THEY WERE ABLE TO COME
OUT.
USING THE SHOW TO HELP THEM IN
THEIR COMING OUT TO THEIR
PARENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
ONE LETTER CAME IN LAST WEEK
ABOUT A COUPLE TRAGICALLY WHO
LOST A CHILD IN THE PAST YEAR
AND TALKED ABOUT THE SHOW AS A
WAY OF THEM EXPERIENCING
SOMETHING THAT THEY NEVER
THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN,
WHICH IS TO BE ABLE TO LAUGH.
AND IT'S THOSE MESSAGES AND
THOSE LETTERS THAT KIND OF
REINFORCE THE FACT THAT I GUESS
THAT WHAT THE SHOW IS DOING IS
MUCH MORE THAN JUST BEING A HOT,
GOOD HALF-HOUR COMEDY.
IT'S ACTUALLY SENDING -- IT'S
TRYING TO ACTIVELY CHANGE THE
WAY PEOPLE SEE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, CREATE A MORE POSITIVE
LIGHT ON THINGS THAT NEED TO BE
LIT A LITTLE MORE.
>> Andrew: I SAW A FRAMED
PHOTO THAT YOU HAD GIVEN YOUR
SON ON THE LAST DAY OF SHOOTING.
>> UM-HMM.
>> Andrew: I'M CURIOUS -- HAD
YOU SEEN HIS REACTION TO THAT
PHOTO WHEN "VOGUE" ASKED HIM
ABOUT IT?
IT WAS IN HIS HOUSE.
HE PICKED UP THE PHOTO AND
HE SHOWED IT.
HAVE YOU SEEN THAT CLIP?
>> NO.
>> Andrew: SO WE HAVE IT HERE.
I JUST WANT TO SHOW IT TO YOU AT
THE SAME TIME.
>> WOW.
>> Andrew: BUT IT'S JUST A
VERY SHORT, SHORT LITTLE CLIP.
SO HERE WE GO.
>> A PHOTO OF MY FAMILY AND A
PHOTO OF ME AND MY DAD?
MY DAD ACTUALLY GAVE ME THIS
LITTLE FRAMED PHOTO ON THE LAST
DAY OF SHOOTING OUR SHOW.
>> WHAT DOES IT SAY ON THAT?
>> IT SAYS, DANIEL, IT WAS AN
HONOUR OF BEING YOUR PARTNER,
SON.
DAD.
X.O.
OH, NO!
I DON'T WANT TO CRY FOR YOU
FOLKS BUT I JUST MIGHT.
>> YOU ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE A
FATHER LIKE THAT.
>> HE IS A LOVELY, LOVELY,
SWEET, GENEROUS MAN.
>> GOOD.
YEAH.
LOVELY.
LOVELY.
UM, WELL, THAT'S -- YOU KNOW,
THAT'S SIX YEARS OF WORKING WITH
A VERY, VERY TALENTED YOUNG MAN.
IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING
EXPERIENCE WATCHING HIM GROW AS
A WRITER, AS A PRODUCER, AS AN
ACTOR AND A DIRECTOR FOR THE
PAST COUPLE OF SEASONS,
DIRECTING A
FEW EPISODES.
YEAH, JUST REALLY MAKES, YOU
KNOW, MY HEART SWELL.
>> WE LOVE YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.
>> WELL, I LOVE YOU TOO.
>> I LOVE YOU TOO.
>> Andrew: WHAT'S NEXT FOR
EUGENE LEVY?
>> HOPEFULLY A LITTLE MORE GOLF.
[laughter]
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I WANT TO
NECESSARILY HOP BACK INTO
ANOTHER SERIES, BUT I'LL KIND OF
LOOK AT LITTLE THINGS THAT KIND
OF EXCITE ME CREATIVELY.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND DO THAT.
AND HOPEFULLY HAVE MORE TIME IN
BETWEEN PROJECTS TO SPEND WITH
MY WIFE, DEB, AND MAYBE TRAVEL
OR TO DO NOTHING.
[laughter]
BUT IT'S NICE TO ACTUALLY TO BE
ABLE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING
AND JUST THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
WHERE YOU WANT TO GO FOR LUNCH
AS THE HOTTEST THING ON YOUR
AGENDA.
>> Andrew: IF YOU END UP
TAKING A BREAK, YOU'LL HAVE
EARNED IT.
EUGENE LEVY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> Ian: ALL OF THAT, OF COURSE,
PRE-PANDEMIC.
NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL," A BIT OF
CELEBRITY HELP AS THE CITY
SEARCHES FOR A LOST TEDDY BEAR.
>> THEY HAVE ALL OF VANCOUVER
ROOTING FOR FINDING MAMA BEAR.
>> Ian: THE HUNT FOR A DEEPFULLY
MEANINGFUL KEEPSAKE I
>> Ian: IN VANCOUVER, PEOPLE ARE
ON THE HUNT FOR A STOLEN TEDDY
BEAR.
THE CUSTOM BUILT TOY CONTAINS A
RECORDING OF A DYING WOMAN'S
LOVING MESSAGE TO HER DAUGHTER.
MARIANA SORIANO DIED FROM CANCER
LAST YEAR.
THIS WEEKEND ACTOR RYAN REYNOLDS
OFFERED A
REWARD FOR THE BEAR'S RETURN,
VANCOUVER'S ACT OF KINDNESS IS
OUR "MOMENT."
(*)
>> MY FRIEND MESSAGED HE AND
HE'S, LIKE, RYAN REYNOLDS JUST
TWEETED ABOUT YOU AND I'M LIKE,
WHAT?
AND THEN I LOOKED ON TWITTER AND
I SHOWED MY FIANCÉ AND SAID,
LOOK, RYAN REYNOLDS AND THEN
JUST SOBBING.
JUST LIKE IMMEDIATE -- I AM SO
GRATEFUL FOR HIM, LIKE IT'S JUST
SO AMAZING, LIKE, HOW HE HAS
VANCOUVER'S BACK.
SHE GAVE ME THIS BEAR TO REMIND
ME OF, LIKE, HOME, AND IN IT THE 
RECORDING WAS, MARA, I LOVE YOU,
I'M
PROUD OF YOU.
LIKE WHEREVER YOU ARE, I'M
ALWAYS WITH YOU.
>> NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, I
HAVE A PART OF ME THAT WILL
ALWAYS BE WITH YOU FOREVER.
I LOVE YOU.
>> IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME
BECAUSE I WOULD HUG THAT BEAR
BECAUSE I MISSED HER.
LIKE, THE MESSAGES OF KINDNESS
AND, LIKE, JUST PEOPLE TELLING
ME THAT, LIKE, THEY HAVE MY
BACK, THAT ALL OF VANCOUVER IS
ROOTING FOR FINDING MAMA BEAR.
LIKE, AS DEVASTATED AS I FEEL
IT'S JUST KIND OF HEARTWARMING
TO SEE SOMETHING SO POSITIVE
COMING OUT OF SOMETHING SO
NEGATIVE.
>> Ian: SO MY COLLEAGUE, CBC
REPORTER DEBORAH GOBEL
ORIGINALLY DID A STORY ON THAT
THAT WAS RE-TWEETED 25,000
TIMES.
SO THE MESSAGE HAS GONE FAR AND
WIDE, INCLUDING AS WE SAW TO
RYAN REYNOLDS.
AND IN TURN THAT'S BEEN
RE-TWEETED.
BUT HERE'S THE THING, WE NEED TO
FIND THAT BEAR, THERE WERE OTHER
THINGS STOLEN IN THAT KNAPSACK,
BUT SOMEONE?
VANCOUVER HAS TO SEE WHERE THAT
BEAR IS.
SO LET'S KEEP OUR FINGERS
CROSSED.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
SUNDAY, JULY 26th.
GOOD NIGHT.
(*)
