>> TONIGHT ON "CBC VANCOUVER
NEWS" --
>> SO WE ARE KEEPING A FINE
BALANCE, BUT IT IS AT THE
EDGE.
>> ON A PANDEMIC PRECIPICE.
THE MESSAGE FROM B.C.'s TOP
DOCTOR AS COVID-19 CASES
SURGE.
ALSO --
>> HE MUST GET GOOD ENGLISH
FROM HIS SCHOOL, NOT FROM
HIS MOM.
>> THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL
CHALLENGES FOR NEWCOMERS TO
B.C. DURING THE PANDEMIC
AND --
>> AND THIS WHOLE CORNER OF
MY HOUSE IS GONE.
>> LIVING ON THE EDGE.
>> THIS IS STARTING TO SLOPE
DOWN HERE.
>> WHY IS THIS LUNDY WOMAN'S
HOME SINKING?
>> Announcer: THIS IS "CBC
VANCOUVER NEWS".
>> GOOD EVENING.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US
ONLINE TONIGHT.
OUR PROVINCE IS TEETERING ON
THE EDGE OF A SERIOUS SURGE
IN COVID-19 INFECTIONS.
B.C.'s TOP DOCTOR SAYS THERE
IS STILL TIME TO REVERSE
THAT TREND.
DR. BONNIE HENRY'S MESSAGE
TO ALL OF US TODAY, WE NEED
TO AVOID HIGH-RISK
ACTIVITIES LIKE SPENDING
TIME WITH PEOPLE WE DON'T
KNOW.
AS SUSANA DA SILVA REPORTS,
HENRY MADE THE APPEAL AS SHE
REVEALED THE LATEST
PROJECTIONS FOR THE DEADLY
VIRUS.
>> I EXPECTED GIVEN THE
RECENT TRENDS.
>> Reporter: KEEPING AN EYE
ON THE COVID NUMBERS BUT
TRYING NOT TO OBSESS OVER
THEM.
WITH SCHOOL COMING, THERE'S
ENOUGH NEW PREPARATION WORK
THAT THE SHAW FAMILY NEEDS
TO DO.
AT THIS POINT THE PLAN IS TO
SEND THEIR TWO BOYS BACK
NEXT WEEK.
>> IF THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY
NO SCHOOL, I WOULD JUST KEEP
MY KIDS HOME I THINK.
HAVING THE BEST START
STAYING IN OUR LITTLE
BUBBLE.
>> YOU CAN ALWAYS STEP BACK.
>> Reporter: BUT THEY
RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF
SCHOOL AND TODAY'S MODELLING
PROVIDES PARENTS LEAK THEM
WITH REASONS FOR OPTIMISM
AND CONCERN.
>> WE'RE AT THE PRECIPICE,
IF YOU WILL, WHERE WE NEED
TO TAKE THE ACTIONS TO
ENSURE THAT WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD INTO THE FALL AND
KEEP OUR CURVE LOW.
>> Reporter: B.C. HAS NOW
PASSED OVER 6,000 TOTAL
CASES AND THE TREND OVERALL
HAS SEEN THE CURVE GO BACK
UP BUT DR. BONNIE HENRY SAYS
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS REMAIN LOW.
>> ACTUAL Le JUST STARTING
TO BEND DOWN.
AND SO THAT -- THAT'S GIVING
ME HOPE THAT WE'RE BRINGING
THESE NUMBERS DOWN AND
THEY'RE NOT QUITE DOUBLING
AS FAST AS WE EXPECTED.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY
PEOPLE ARE HAVING ABOUT 65%
OF THE INTERPERSONAL CONTACT
THEY WERE BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC, AND WARN IF THAT
GOES ANY HIGHER THINGS COULD
GET OUT OF CONTROL.
>> SO IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE
MORE INTERACTIONS AHEAD, FOR
EXAMPLE IF YOU'RE RETURNING
TO WORK, THEN YOU NEED TO
REDUCE YOUR CONTACT IN OTHER
AREAS.
>> Reporter: ALSO WORRIED
THEIR LUNGEST HAVING A LUNG
INFECTION AS A CHILD.
>> WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO KEEP
THEM SAFE GIVEN THE
SITUATION.
>> Reporter: LIKE HEALTH
OFFICIALS, THEY KNOW THE
SITUATION CAN CHANGE VERY
QUICKLY.
SUSANA DA SILVA, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Mike: THERE'S BEEN
ANOTHER COVID-19 RELATED
DEATH IN B.C., THE LATEST AT
A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY.
THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF DEATHS T IN
HOSPITAL.
11 PATIENTS STILL REMAIN IN
INTENSIVE CARE.
THE PROVINCE ALSO CONFIRMED
TWO NEW OUTBREAKS AT
LONG-TERM CARE HOMES.
CHERINGTON AND POINT GREY IN
VANCOUVER.
IT SAYS THERE ARE NO NEW
COMMUNITY OUTBREAKS BUT IT
IS MONITORING A NUMBER OF
ONGOING EXPOSURE EVENTS.
THERE ARE 1,175 ACTIVE CASES
IN B.C. RIGHT NOW.
MORE THAN 4,600 PEOPLE HAVE
RECOVERED.
THE B.C. GOVERNMENT
ANNOUNCED TODAY HOW FEDERAL
FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE
PROVINCE'S COVID-19 RESPONSE
FOR SCHOOLS WILL BE SPENT.
IT SAYS THE $242 MILLION
WILL BE ALLOCATED TO EACH
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY'LL
DECIDE HOW TO SPEND IT BASED
ON THE NEEDS OF THEIR
STUDENTS.
B.C. SAYS STUDENT ENROLLMENT
WILL DETERMINE HOW THAT
MONEY IS ALLOCATED.
DISTRICTS ARE SET TO RECEIVE
THE FIRST HALF OF THE
FUNDING IN SEPTEMBER, THIS
MONTH WITH SOME MONEY SET
ASIDE FOR INDEPENDENT
SCHOOLS AND RESERVE FUNDS.
THE REMAINING MONEY WILL BE
GIVEN OUT IN JANUARY.
THE PROVINCE SAYS THE MONEY
ALLOWS SCHOOLS TO EXPAND
HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES,
PURCHASE MORE P.P.E. AND
INCREASE CAPACITY FOR REMOTE
LEARNING.
>> THIS NEW FEDERAL FUNDING
WILL FURTHER SUPPORT SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO IMPLEMENT THESE
PROGRAMS.
TO DO THINGS LIKE HIRE MORE
TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF,
TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHETHER
THEY'RE LEARNING REMOTELY OR
IN THE CLASSROOM, TO
PURCHASE THINGS LIKE MORE
SOFTWARE LICENCES, MORE
ELECTRONIC COURSE MATERIALS
OR TEXTBOOKS, TO HELP SUPPLY
COMPUTERS OR TABLETS FOR
FAMILIES WHO NEED THEM.
>> Mike: THE FUND SOMETHING
B.C.'s SHARE OF THE $2
BILLION ANNOUNCED BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LAST WEEK
TO HELP SCHOOLS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY REOPEN SAFELY.
THE B.C. TEACHERS'
FEDERATION, FOR THE PURPOSE
ITS PART, SAYS IT'S PLEASED
WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT BUT
ALSO HOPED THERE WOULD HAVE
BEEN STRONGER GUIDELINES
AROUND REDUCING CLASSROOM
DENSITY AND OFFERING
PROVINCEWIDE REMOTE LEARNING
OPTIONS.
>> I'M SURE SOME REALLY
CONCERNING THINGS ABOUT THE
REMOTE OPTION ACROSS THE
PROVINCE.
IN SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS
IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A
VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
IN OTHER DISTRICTS, THEY'RE
TELLING FAMILIES THAT THEIR
CHILDREN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
ACCESS THEIR FULL CURRICULUM,
AND THAT'S VERY CONCERNING.
>> Mike: THE PROVINCE SAYS
OUTREACH CONDUCTED BY THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOWS THE
MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WILL BE
RETURNING TO CLASS ON
SEPTEMBER 10th.
AND FOR MANY PARENTS,
THEY'RE STRESSED ABOUT KIDS
GOING BACK TO SCHOOL IN THE
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC NEXT
WEEK.
IT'S EVEN MORE WORRYING FOR
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
FAMILIES WHO FACE LANGUAGE
BARRIERS AND A NEW SCHOOL
SYSTEM.
NEWCOMERS FACE A DIFFICULT
CHOICE WHEN IT COMES TO
SENDING THEIR KIDS BACK.
>> HE BECAME SO SHY AND I
THOUGHT BE VERY WORRY ABOUT
HIS MENTAL HEALTH.
>> Reporter: LALMA SAYS
THERE'S NO WAY HER
9-YEAR-OLD SON IS STAYING
HOME WHEN SCHOOL STARTS NEXT
WEEK.
HER FAMILY CAME TO CANADA
FROM SYRIA TWO YEARS AGO AND
SHE WORRIES THAT HER SON,
LIMAR, WILL FALL BEHIND.
>> I DON'T WANT HIM TO GET
MY ACCENT, YOU KNOW.
[ Chuckles ]
LIKE HE'S IN CANADA SO HE
MUST GOT -- HE MUST GET GOOD
ENGLISH FROM HIS SCHOOL, NOT
FROM HIS MOM.
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY
TRIED ONLINE SCHOOLING IN
THE SPRING, BUT THERE WERE
HURDLES WITH TECHNOLOGY AND
LIMAR STRUGGLED WITHOUT HIS
SOCIAL CONNECTIONS.
>> HE STARTED TO CRY WHEN HE
SAW HIS FRIENDS ONLINE.
SO IT'S SO ANGUISH WHEN YOU
CAN SEE SOMEONE ONLINE BUT
YOU CANNOT, YOU KNOW, CHAT
WITH HIM IN REAL.
>> Reporter: THE VANCOUVER
AND SURREY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
HAVE CASE WORKERS TO HELP
TRANSITION NEWLY ARRIVED
FAMILIES INTO THE SCHOOL
SYSTEM.
THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE THAT
MORE COLLECTED.
>> WHAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN US
20 MINUTES TAKE US AN HOUR
OR TWO BECAUSE WE'RE NOW
WORKING EVERYTHING IS DONE
ONLINE SO IT IS PRETTY
CHALLENGING FOR A LOT OF
FAMILIES THAT WE WORK WITH
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
COMPUTER LET LITERATE.
>> Reporter: MANY NEWCOMERS
ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND
NEED TO KEEP WORKING IN
ORDER TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
>> SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE
THE CHOICE EVEN THOUGH THEY
ARE SCARED.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
SOMEONE TO LOOK AFTER THEIR
KIDS AT HOME.
THEY NEED TO GO TO WORK OR
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO HELP
THE CHILD AT HOME.
>> Reporter: ADVOCATES SAY
MANY IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ALSO
HAVE ELDERLY RELATIVES
LIVING WITH THEM.
THEY'RE WORRIED EXPANDING
THEIR BUBBLE WILL PUT THEM
AT RISK.
>> SO I'M PRETTY SURE THAT
AFTER THE CHILDREN WILL
ATTEND THE SCHOOL, THEY WILL
GET THE VIRUS AND THEY ARE
GOING TO SPREAD IT, SPREAD
IT IN OUR HOUSES, NOT ONLY
IN MY HOUSE, IN OTHERS ALSO
BUT YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER.
>> Reporter: FOR THE SAKE OF
HER SON'S EDUCATION AND HIS
MENTAL HEALTH, ALRACAD FELLS
SHE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO
TRUST A NEW SCHOOL SYSTEM IN
A NEW COUNTRY.
CBC NEWS, VANCOUVER.
EVA UEGWEN SENG.
>> Mike: THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC IS ABOUT TO BECOME
COMPOUNDED BY FLU SEASON.
NICOLE IRELAND SHOWS US WHY
GETTING YOUR ANNUAL SHOT IS
GOING TO BE EVEN MORE
CRITICAL THAN EVER.
I GOT THE FLU SHOT I THINK
IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
>> Reporter: BUT 65-YEAR-OLD
ALINA GRUEDER ISN'T SURE
SHE'LL DO IT THIS FALL.
SHE WORRIES IF SHE VENTURES
OUT OF HER BUBBLE TO GET A
FLU SHOT SHE COULD EXPOSE
HERSELF TO COVID-19.
>> I'M WORRIED TO GO TO THE
CLINIC WHEN THE COMMUNITY
SPREAD IS HIGH.
>> Reporter: THAT KIND OF
THINKING, ESPECIALLY AMONG
SENIORS, WORRIES INFECTIOUS
DISEASE SPECIALISTS.
>> THIS IS THE YEAR TO GET
VACCINATED ESPECIALLY FOR
OUR HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS.
>> Reporter: HEALTH EXPERTS
ARE TRYING TO AVOID A
TWINDEMIC THIS FALL AND
WINTER, WITH A LARGE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE FALLING ILL AS
BOTH THE FLU AND COVID-19
CIRCULATE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS
ARE MOST AT RISK OF
COMPLICATIONS AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS FROM EITHER
VIRUS BUT UNLIKE COVID-19
THERE'S A VACCINE TO HELP
PREVENT THE FLU.
THAT'S WHY PROVINCES AND
TERRITORIES HAVE BUMPED
THEIR FLU SHOT ORDERS UP BY
ALMOST 25%.
BY THIS TIME LAST YEAR,
CANADA HAD PURCHASED 11.2
MILLION DOSES.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE GETTING
13.7 MILLION MUCH THE PUBLIC
HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA SAYS
IT'S THE LARGEST ORDER OF
INFLUENZA VACCINE THIS
COUNTRY HAS EVER PLACED.
>> HEART SOUNDS GOOD.
>> Reporter: BUT THAT MEANS
A LOT PRESSURE ON THE
DOCTORS, NURSES AND
PHARMACISTS WHO ADMINISTER
THE FLU VACCINE TO MEET THE
HIGH DEMAND WHILE KEEPING
EVERYONE SAFE FROM COVID-19.
>> WE CAN'T JUST HAVE 50, 60
PEOPLE AN HOUR COMING IN TO
OUR CLINIC TO GET THEIR
VACCINE BECAUSE IT'S JUST
TOO MANY PEOPLE COMING IN
TOO QUICKLY WITH CROWDS AND
EXPOSURES.
>> Reporter: PUBLIC HEALTH
AGENCIES ARE PROVIDING
GUIDANCE, INCLUDING SPACING
PEOPLE APART, REQUIRING
MASKS AND COVID-19
SCREENINGS.
WE MAY ALSO START SEEING
OUTDOOR FLU SHOT CLINICS AND
DRIVE-THROUGH VACCINATIONS.
>> I THINK THIS WILL BE
REASSURING.
>> Reporter: ONCE SHE SEES
THOSE SAFETY MEASURES IN
PLACE, ALINA GRUEDER MAY GET
HER FLU SHOT AFTER ALL.
NICOLE IRELAND, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Mike: THE CANADA REVENUE
AGENCY SAYS CANADA EMERGENCY
RESPONSE BENEFITS WILL BE
DEPOSITED BEFORE THE WEEKEND,
THIS AFTER MANY PEOPLE
REPORTED THEIR PAYMENTS
DIDN'T ARRIVE EARLIER THIS
WEEK AS EXPECTED.
CERB CLAIMANTS WHO APPLIED
FOR THE MONTHLY BENEFIT ON
MONDAY WERE EXPECTING THE
DEPOSIT IN JUST A FEW DAYS
AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THESE
PAST FEW MONTHS.
THEY RELY ON THE $2,000 TO
COVER THINGS LIKE RENT, FOOD
AND OTHER BILLS.
THE C.R.A. SPOKESPERSON SAYS
THAT BECAUSE OF RECENT CYBER
ATTACKS THE AGENCY WAS BEING,
QUOTE, OVERLY CAUTIOUS AND
MAKING SURE PAYMENTS GO TO
ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS THIS
MONTH.
DESPITE THE PANDEMIC,
CONSTRUCTION ON THE BROADWAY
SUBWAY PROJECT IS SET TO
BEGIN THIS FALL.
PREMIER JOHN HORGAN
ANNOUNCED THE EXTENSION OF
THE SKYTRAIN TO THE
VANCOUVER'S WEST SIDE WILL
BEGIN WITHIN MONTHS.
HE SAYS THE $1.7 BILLION
CONTRACT TO DESIGN AND BUILD
THE LINE HAS BEEN AWARDED TO
THE BROADWAY SUBWAY PROJECT
CORPORATION.
THIS IS PHASE TWO OF A
THREE-PHASE PLAN TO CONNECT
THE SKYTRAIN WITH U.B.C.
>> THE BROADWAY SUBWAY MEANS
LESS CONGESTION, BETTER
TRANSIT, MORE RENTAL HOUSING,
THOUSANDS OF HIGH-PAYING
CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND WILL
BE AN IMPORTANT WEAPON IN
OUR FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE
CHANGE.
>> Mike: THE PROJECT WILL
ADD NEARLY 6 KILOMETRES AND
SIX STATIONS TO THE
MILLENNIUM LINE, EXTENDING
THE LINE FROM BCC CLARK
STATION TO BROADWAY AND
ARBUTUS.
IT'S MEANT TO ALLEVIATE
PRESSURE ON THE 99-B BUS
LINE AND FORECAST TO CARRY
THREE TIMES AS MANY
PASSENGERS.
GOVERNMENT HOPES TO HAVE THE
EXTENSION UP AND RUNNING BY
2025.
B.C. HAS SET A MAXIMUM RENT
INCREASE FOR 2021 AT 1.4%.
THAT IS A DROP OF NEARLY
HALF FROM THE MAXIMUM OF
2.6% IN PLACE FOR THIS YEAR.
LANDLORDS IN B.C. ARE ONLY
ALLOWED TO RAISE RENT ONCE A
YEAR, AND FIRST THEY HAVE TO
PROVIDE TENANTS WITH THREE
MONTHS' WRITTEN NOTICE USING
A GOVERNMENT FORM.
A RENT FREEZE FIRST
IMPLEMENTED AT THE START OF
THE PANDEMIC WILL STAY IN
PLACE UNTIL DECEMBER OF THIS
YEAR.
A HOME IN THE NORTH OKANAGAN
IS SLOWLY SLIPPING AWAY, AND
ALL THE OWNER CAN DO IS
WATCH HELPLESSLY.
AFTER A LANDSLIDE EARLIER
THIS YEAR, IT IS SITTING
PRECARIOUSLY ON THE EDGE OF
A SLOPE.
AS BRITNEY STRACHAN REPORTS,
THE OWNER IS FIGHTING FOR
DISASTER FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE.
>> THIS IS STARTING TO SLOPE
DOWN HERE AND THAT'S THE
EDGE RIGHT HERE, ABOUT A
FOOT LEFT HERE.
>> Reporter: JUST LOOKING AT
THE SUDDEN DROP-OFF IN DONNA
SHARPE'S BACKYARD, IT'S NO
WONDER SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT
HER HOUSE AND ITS STABILITY.
>> SO IN ABOUT APRIL OF THIS
YEAR, THE BANK STARTED
SINKING SLOWLY.
>> Reporter: OVER THE PAST
FEW MONTHS, HER BACKYARD HAS
FALLEN SEVERAL METRES DOWN
THE EMBANKMENT.
A GEO TECHNICAL REPORT SAYS
GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE IS
CAUSING WIDESPREAD STABILITY
ISSUES ON THE SLOPE BENEATH
HER HOME AND THAT PUTS THE
HOUSE, AND ANYONE LIVING IN
IT, AT RISK.
SHARPE SAYS BACK IN MARCH
THIS YEAR SHE NOTICED A
LARGE CRACK IN HER BACKYARD.
BUT NOW JUST LOOK AT HOW
MUCH THE LAND HAS FALLEN AND
GIVEN AWAY DOWN THE SLOPE.
IN MAY THE LOCAL REGIONAL
DISTRICT ISSUED AN
EVACUATION ORDER AND SHARPE
WAS ABLE TO ACCESS SOME
INITIAL EMERGENCY FUNDING
BUT NOW THAT HAS ALL
EXPIRED.
SHE'S NOW RENTING IN ANOTHER
LOCATION AS SHE WATCHES THE
GROUND BENEATH HER HOME
SLOWLY FALL AWAY.
>> I HAVE TEARS WHEN I COME
INTO MY YARD, BUT I'D LIKE
TO MOVE ON FROM THIS.
IT'S -- IT'S GONE THIS
SUMMER SHARPE'S APPLICATION
FOR DISASTER FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE WAS DENIED.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT B.C.
SAYS HER SITUATION IS NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR THE ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.
IN A LETTER ASSISTANT DEPUTY
MINISTER, DAVE PETERSON,
WROTE --
DFA IS INTENDED TO
COMPENSATE FOR SUDDEN
UNEXPECTED DISASTERS.
D.F.A. IS NOT MEANT TO
COMPENSATE FOR LOSSES THAT
ARE A RESULT OF LONG-TERM
ONGOING SITUATIONS.
THIS SITUATION BAFFLES
SHARPE BECAUSE 20 YEARS AGO
A GEO TECHNICAL FIRM
DETERMINED THE SLOPE HER
HOME WAS BUILT ON AS STABLE
AND THE AREA WAS APPROVED
FOR DEVELOPMENT.
SHARPE SAYS SHE ONLY NOTICED
THE LANDSLIDING THIS YEAR.
>> I'VE LOST EVERYTHING AND
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO TO
PREVENT IT.
>> Reporter: HER SON RYDER
IS TRYING TO HELP HIS MOTHER
DEAL WITH THE STRESS OF THE
SITUATION.
HE HAS CREATED AN ONLINE
FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN TO
HELP HER WITH THE FINANCIAL
IMPACT OF LOSING HER HOME.
>> IT'S REALLY TRAGIC.
I MEAN SHE'S PUT ALL HER
MONEY INTO THIS HOUSE, AND
TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY
HER RETIREMENT SETUP AND
FUND JUST GO COMPLETELY AWAY,
IT'S REALLY HARD TO DEAL
WITH AND WE'RE KIND OF NOT
SURE HOW TO HANDLE IT.
>> Reporter: SHARPE AS LIVED
IN HER HOME FOR NEARLY TWO
DECADES.
SHE HAS ONLY $20,000 LEFT TO
PAY ON HER MORTGAGE.
SHE SAYS IT WILL BE HARD TO
WALK AWAY.
>> JUST LOST.
THIS IS KIND OF IT FOR ME ON
MY HOUSE.
>> Reporter: SHARPE IS NOW
SELLING OFF HER FURNITURE
BUT SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW
LONG THAT MONEY WILL LAST.
SHE HAS WRITTEN LETTERS TO
THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC
SAFETY AND THE PREMIER
APPEALING HER CASE BUT SHE
SAYS SHE HAS NOT HEARD BACK
FROM THEM.
BRADY STRACHAN, CBC NEWS,
LUMBY.
>> Mike: SURREY RCMP SAY A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
ILLEGAL DRUGS, CASH AND A
HANDGUN HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF
THE STREETS.
>> WE'RE PLEASED THAT A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DRUGS
HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM
SURREY AND WE CONTINUE TO
AGGRESSIVELY TARGET DRUG
TRAFFICKING.
>> TWO WEEKS AGO THE POLICE
DRUG UNIT ARRESTED TWO
SUSPECTS WHO WERE SEEN
TRAFFICKING DRUGS OUTSIDE A
RESIDENCE IN THE 9400 BLOCK
OF 129th STREET.
LARGE QUANTITIES OF FENTANYL,
COCAINE AND MORE THAN 150
OXYCODONE PILLS WERE FOUND
INSIDE.
ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WAS
RELEASED AT THE SCENE.
THE OTHER, POLICE SAY, IS A
MAJOR PLAYER IN THE LOWER
MAINLAND GANG CONFLICT.
CHARGES HAVE NOT YET BEEN
LAID.
POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION
IS CONTINUING.
A MAN CHARGED WITH
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN
CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF
A MAN IN PORT COQUITLAM IN
2018 HAS NOW PLEADED GUILTY
TO MANSLAUGHTER.
ELWOOD POORMAN RECEIVED A
NINE-YEAR SENTENCE FOR HIS
CRIME ON WEDNESDAY, WHICH
AFTER CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED
LEAVES ANOTHER 75 MONTHS.
HE WAS ALSO HANDED A
LIFETIME FIREARMS
PROHIBITION.
HE WAS ARRESTED BY RCMP AT A
POCO HOUSE ON NOVEMBER 4,
2018 AFTER AN ALTERCATION
WITH 36-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN
SHINGOOSE.
POLICE FOUND SHINGOOSE
SERIOUSLY INJURED INSIDE THE
HOUSE.
HE LATER DIED IN HOSPITAL.
INVESTIGATORS SAY POORMAN
AND SHINGOOSE KNEW EACH
OTHER.
ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HELD
SEVERAL RALLIES TODAY IN
ABBOTSFORD, WHERE FOUR
PEOPLE FACING CHARGES
RELATING TO EVENTS AT THE
EXCELSIOR HOG FORM LAST --
FARM HOG FARM HAD THEIR
FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT.
>> THE ANIMAL AGRICULTURE
INDUSTRY IS DESPERATE TO
GIVE SEAL THE SUFFERING AND
PAIN IT INFLICTS.
>> AMY SERADO, ROY SISANO
AND NICHOLAS SCHAEFER ARE
CHARGED A COMBINED 21 COUNTS
OF BREAK AND ENTER AND
MISCHIEF.
THEY WERE PART OF AN ANIMAL
RIGHTS GROUP THAT ENTERED A
PIG FARM AND STAGED A SIT-IN
IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR.
THE GROUP WAS REACTING TO A
VIDEO RELEASED BY PETA OF
THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE
ANIMALS AT THE FARM.
THAT FOOTAGE SPARKED AN
INVESTIGATION OF EXCELSIOR
BITE B.C. SOCIETY FOR THE
PROTECTION OF ANIMALS.
NONE OF THE CHARGES AGAINST
THE ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN
TESTED IN COURT.
LAW SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF VICTORIA IS BEING
EXPANDED TO HOUSE A NATIONAL
CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS LAW,
AND IT'S BEING CALLED A
MAJOR STEP TOWARD
RECONCILIATION ON A NATIONAL
LEVEL.
>> THTODAY MARKS AN
AUSPICIOUS OCCASION AND THIS
IS WHY I'M WEARING MY
GRANDMOTHER'S REGALIA,
BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING
FORWARD WITH AN IMPORTANT
STEP IN HISTORY.
>> Mike: THE B.C. GOVERNMENT
IS INVESTING $13 MILLION IN
THE NEW LAW CENTRE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
PUTTING $9 MILLION TOWARD IT
AND THE LAW FOUNDATION OF
B.C. IS CONTRIBUTING 5
MILLION.
THE NEW SPACE IS DESIGNED TO
ALLOW FOR THE UNIQUE WAYS IN
WHICH INDIGENOUS LAWS HAVE
BEEN AND ARE BEING
PRACTISED.
AND MINISTER MARK SAYS
HAVING THIS CENTRE FULFILS
RECONCILIATION CALLS TO
ACTION.
ARTICLE NUMBER 50.
STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE ABLE
TO CONNECT WITH THEIR HOME
COMMUNITIES DIGITALLY AND
SHARE LEGAL TRADITIONS WITH
ONE ANOTHER.
CANADIAN BASKETBALL LEGEND
STEVE NASH IS THE NBA's
NEWEST COACH.
HE JUST SIGNED A FOUR-YEAR
DEAL WITH THE BROOKLYN NETS.
NASH PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE
FOR 18 SEASONS.
HE WAS NAMED THE LEAGUE'S
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN 2005
AND 2006.
HE'S ALSO IN THE NBA HALL OF
FAME.
NASH HAS SPENT THE PAST FIVE
SEASONS AS A PLAYER
DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT WITH
THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS.
THIS IS HIS FIRST COACHING
JOB.
JOHANNA WAGSTAFFE HAS THE
FORECAST.
BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AND, AS YOU
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY.
>> Johanna: IT WAS GORGEOUS,
MIKE.
IN FACT I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE WITH ME IN THIS IS
MY FAVOURITE KIND OF SUMMER,
THE EARLY SEPTEMBER, DIFFERENT
KIND OF LIGHT.
COOLER MORNINGS AND WARM
TEMPERATURES.
WE'VE GOT LOTS MORE OF THIS
WHERE THIS CAME FROM.
THIS IS BASICALLY OUR DAY ONE
OF WHAT IS A VERY LONG STRETCH
OF THIS KIND OF WEATHER.
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT THE
TEMPERATURES LOOK LIKE OUT
THERE RIGHT NOW.
ABOVE SEASONAL FOR MOST OF THE
SOUTH COAST JUST BY A DEGREE
OR TWO TODAY.
19 INTO Y.V.R. NOW.
ALREADY THE SUN'S AT A LOWER
ANGLE.
WE'RE FEELING THOSE
TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN A
LITTLE EARLIER THAN WE WOULD
SAY A MONTH AGO.
SO HIGH PRESSURE IS REALLY
STARTING TO BUILD AND THIS IS
GOING TO BE OUR STORY FOR THE
NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND.
YOU CAN SEE THAT FLOW OF AIR
TO THE NORTH OF THE HIGH
PRESSURE.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE THE JET
STREAM LIES.
COME WITH ME ON A BIT OF A JET
STREAM JOURNEY AROUND THE
PACIFIC.
THIS IS TAPPING INTO SOME
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ALMOST
WHICH IS WHY IT HAS BEEN SO
WET IN THROUGH CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
THIS LINE IS BASICALLY THE JET
STREAM.
NOW WATCH AS I TAKE YOU BACK
ACROSS THE PACIFIC ALL THE WAY
TO CHINA.
THIS IS THE REMNANTS OF
TYPHOON MESA THAT MADE
LANDFALL ABOUT 36 HOURS AGO IN
SOUTH KOREA AND TRACKING
NORTHWARD.
THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S
PUSHING THE JET STREAM NORTH
IN ASIA AND THEN UNDULATING
ACROSS THE PACIFIC LEADING TO
THIS HUGE RIDGE WE'VE GOT SO
IT IS ALL CONNECTED.
I AM GETTING NEW PICTURES BY
THE WAY OUT OF SOUTH KOREA.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE LATEST
FROM SOUTH KOREA.
IT TOOK A WHILE TO SEAT IMAGES
OF THE WIND AND THE FLOODING
RAINS COMING IN WHEN THIS
STORM MADE LANDFALL AS A
STRONG EQUIVALENT TO A
CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE.
THIS IS CONTINUING TO BRING
FLOODING RAINS AND THIS WAS
THE SECOND TYPHOON TO MAKE
LANDFALL IN SOUTH KOREA IN
LESS THAN A WEEK.
AND THERE IS ANOTHER TYPHOON
STRENGTHENING IN THE PACIFIC
WATERS.
LOCATE ME TAKE YOU BACK TO THE
SATELLITE.
THIS IS TYPHOON HAITIAN,
EQUALLY AS STRONG RIGHT NOW
BUT EXPECTED TO SURPASS
MAYSAKBECOME -- BECOMING A
SUPER TYPHOON.
IT WILL KEEP A SIMILAR TRACK.
WATCHING FIRE DANGER CLOSE
LIV.
NOT A LOT OF RAIN IN THE
FORECAST FOR THE SOUTH COAST
AT ALL.
AND WATCHING SOME WINDY
CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT AND
TEMPERATURES WILL BE EVEN
WARMER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF WE SEE
ANY RECORDS FALL, MIKE, IN THE
WEEK.
>> Mike: ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, JO.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
OFF TO THE U.S. NOW WHERE NEW
IMAGES OF AN UNARMED BLACK
MAN'S FATAL ENCOUNTER WITH
POLICE HAVE EMERGED AGAIN,
THIS TIME FROM AN INCIDENT IN
MARCH IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.
WE ARE NOT SHOWING THE WORST
OF IT BUT WHAT YOU WILL SEE
FROM OUR STEVEN D'SOUZA AND
THE ISSUES IT RAISES ARE
DISTURBING ENOUGH.
>> GET ON THE GROUND.
PUT YOUR HANDS HYPED YOUR
BACK.
BEHIND YOUR BACK.
DON'T MOVE.
DON'T MOVE.
>> Reporter: IN MARCH, DANIEL
PRUDE'S FAMILY CALLED POLICE
BECAUSE HE WAS IN MENTAL
HIS -- DRIS -- DISTRESS MUCH
HE WAS LAND CUFFED AND THEN
LATER A SPIT MASK.
A MESH COVER WAS PLACED OVER
HIS HEAD APPARENTLY TO PREVENT
HIM FROM SPITTING ON OFFICERS.
AGITATED AND YELLING AT
OFFICERS, HE VOMITED.
POLICE HELD HIS HEAD DOWN FOR
MORE THAN TWO MINUTES.
PRUDE LATER DIED IN HOSPITAL
FROM ASPHYXIATION.
A CORONER RULING IT A
HOMICIDE.
THE FAMILY FOUGHT FOR ACCESS
TO THE POLICE VIDEO AND POLICE
REPORTS.
>> I PLACED THE PHONE CALL FOR
MY BROTHER TO GET HELP, NOT
FOR MY BROTHER TO GET LYNCHED.
>> I WANT JUSTICE.
I WANT THESE OFFICERS CHARGED
WITH MURDER.
>> Reporter: TODAY, MONTHS
AFTER PRUDE'S DEATH BUT JUST A
DAY AFTER THE FAMILY
RELEASED THE VIDEO, THE CITY
SUSPENDED SEVEN OFFICERS
INVOLVED.
>> WHEN I WATCHED THAT VIDEO,
I WAS ENRAGED.
I WANTED TO COME FORWARD
THAT DAY.
>> Reporter: WHILE PROTESTS
THIS SUMMER HAVE FOCUSED ON
RACIAL INJUSTICE AND POLICE
USE OF FORCE, THIS CASE
HIGHLIGHTS A LESSER KNOWN
POLICE TOOL, THE SPIT HOOD.
THEY'RE WIDELY USED TO
PROTECT OFFICERS BUT THERE
ARE NO NATIONAL GUIDELINES
AND THEIR DEPLOYMENT ISN'T
TRACKED LIKE GUNS OR TASERS.
IN CALIFORNIA, POLICE
WATCHDOG GROUPS HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO GET THEM BANNED
SINCE 2013, CONCERNED ABOUT
THE INCREASED RISK OF
ASPHYXIATION.
>> THIS CONTRIBUTES TO THE
PANIC.
IT DOESN'T DE-ESCALATE THEM.
IT MAKES THEM FEEL
DISORIENTED AND OUT OF
CONTROL.
>> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY
THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF WHY POLICE ALONE SHOULD
NOT SPEND TO MENTAL HEALTH
CALLS.
>> WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE
ROOT AND STEM REFORM OF OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND
POLICING SYSTEMS.
IN TERMS OF HOW THEY
INTERACT WITH PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY
PLANS TO LAUNCH A WRONGFUL
DEATH LAWSUIT.
>> NOBODY DESERVES TO DIE IN
POLICE CUSTODY.
>> Reporter: A FAMILIAR
REFRAIN, AS THE CALL FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY ECHOES IN YET
ANOTHER CORNER OF THE
COUNTRY.
STEVEN D'SOUZA, CBC NEWS,
NEW YORK.
>> Mike: U.S. DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOE
BIDEN TRAVELLED TO KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN TODAY IN THE
AFTERMATH OF THE POLICE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
CBC'S SUSAN ORMISTON HAS
MORE ON HIS VISIT AND HIS
MESSAGE.
[ Horn sounding ]
[ Crowd din ]
>> Reporter: A CHORUS OF
BLACKMONTS DEMONSTRATORS
GREETED THE FORMER
VICE-PRESIDENT'S MOTORCADE
AS IT CAME ALONG THIS STREET
INTO A CHURCH HERE IN
KENOSHA.
JOE BIDEN SAYS HE'S COME
HERE AS A HEALER AND A
UNIFIER, CHOOSING TO MEET
COMMUNITY LEADERS IN A
CHURCH AND PRIVATELY, IN
STARK CONTRAST TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP WHO TOURED -- TOURED
THE BURNED-OUT AND DESTROYED
BUSINESSES IN THE UPTOWN.
THIS REALLY UNDERSCORES THE
DIFFERENCES IN THESE TWO
CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT IN
THEIR FIRST REAL TELLS ON
THE CAMPAIGN, JOE BIDEN HAS
NOT BEEN OUT CAMPAIGNING AND
THIS IS HIS FIRST TRIP
OUTSIDE OF NORTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES TO COME HERE
TO THE MIDWEST.
EARLIER TODAY HE MET WITH
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY, THE
BLACK MAN WHO WAS SHOT BY A
WHITE POLICE OFFICER HERE IN
KENOSHA JUST OVER TEN DAYS
AGO AND WHICH GAVE RISE TO
DEMONSTRATIONS.
THE FAMILY'S LAWYER SAID
THEY MET FOR 90 MINUTES AND
BIDEN COMMISERATED WITH THE
FAMILY AND SEEMED TO
INDICATE HE CARED AND SET
OUT HIS PLANS FOR CHANGE
ABOUT RACIAL INJUSTICE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
BIDEN HAS SAID THAT THE
OFFICER WHO SHOT JACOB BLAKE
SHOULD BE CHARGED.
AGAIN A DIFFERENCE WITH
DONALD TRUMP, WHO DID NOT
MEET THE FAMILY HERE IN
KENOSHA.
>> THE UNDERLYING RACISM IS
INSTITUTIONALIZED IN UNITED
STATES STILL EXISTS, HAS
EXISTED FOR 400 YEARS.
AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENED IS
THAT WE END UP IN A
CIRCUMSTANCE, LIKE YOU HAD
HERE IN KENOSHA AND HAVE
HERE IN KENOSHA.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE CROWDED
AROUND THE CHURCH TRYING TO
GET A GLIMPSE OF JOE BIDEN,
BUT THIS VISIT HAS BEEN VERY
PRIVATE AND VERY CLOSED.
TRUMP WAS CRITICIZED FOR
COMING TO KENOSHA WHILE IT'S
STILL TRYING TO HEAL FROM
THESE DIVISIONS AND BIDEN
WAS, TOO, SO HE KEPT IT VERY
LOW KEY.
>> I HONEST TO GOD BELIEVE
WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS
OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LOT OF
REALLY POSITIVE THINGS.
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN IS
COUNTING ON BLACK VOTES TO
PROPEL HIM TO THE PRESIDENCY
AND THIS VISIT WAS PART OF
THAT CALCULATION.
AS FOR KENOSHA, THE CURFEW
HAS NOW BEEN LIFTED.
THE STORES ARE STARTING TO
REOPEN AND THE PLYWOOD,
WHICH PROTECTED THE GLASS IN
FRONT OF THOSE STORES, IS
NOW BEING TRANSFORMED INTO
COLOURFUL MURALS OF PEACE
AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
THE CITY IS TRYING TO HEAL.
SUSAN ORMISTON, CBC NEWS,
KENOSHA.
>> Mike: IT HAS BEEN 30 DAYS
SINCE THAT BLAST AT THE PORT
OF BEIRUT LEFT BUILDINGS IN
NEARBY RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN
RUIN.
BUT LATE TODAY, A RECOVERY
TEAM WORKER SAID SIGNS OF
LIFE WERE DETECTED SOMEWHERE
DEEP IN THE RUBBLE.
[ Crowd din ]
A RESCUE TEAM BEGAN SETTING
UP FLOOD LIGHTS AS THE
SUNSET.
TEAM MEMBERS SAY A CADAVER
DOG HAD DETECTED A BODY
THERE YESTERDAY.
TEMPERATURE SENSORS USED
TODAY PROMPTED THEM TO BRING
IN THE RESCUE DOG WHICH
PICKED UP SIGNS OF BREATHING
AND A PULSE.
IF THERE IS ANYONE ALIVE,
RESCUE WOULD TAKE HOURS.
THE ARMY HAS SINCE ORDERED
THE SEARCH SUSPENDED 'TIL
TOMORROW.
NEARLY 200 PEOPLE WERE
KILLED IN THE BLAST ON
AUGUST 4th.
6,000 WERE INJURED.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO PUT
THEIR SOCIAL LIVES ON HOLD
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS
BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
BUT RESTRICTIONS WILL -- ARE
EASING AND THAT HAS ALLOWED
A GROUP OF SECOND WORLD WAR
VETERANS TO RESUME THEIR
REGULAR MEETINGS.
AS COLLEEN JONES TELLS US,
THIS WEEK'S GET-TOGETHER WAS
EXTRA-SPECIAL.
>> Reporter: IN MAHONE BAY,
A BIT OF NOSTALGIA AS IN THE
AIR.
THERE'S A RECORD PLAYING
MUSIC FROM THE 1940s.
WELCOME TO THE REGULAR
TUESDAY COFFEE CLUB FOR THE
AIR CREW ASSOCIATION.
IT'S A GLOBAL GROUP FORMED
AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR
TO STAY IN TOUCH.
>> 30 YEARS AGO.
THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RAY
CREARY.
HE FLEW FOR THE ROYAL
CANADIAN NAVY.
WITH VETERANS FROM THE
SECOND WORLD WAR DWINDLING
THEY WELCOME ANY RETIRED AIR
CREW FROM THE NAVY OR AIR
FORCE.
THIS TUESDAY'S COFFEE
MEETING IS MORE THAN JUST
CATCHING UP.
♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪
>> Reporter: BILL GILES IS
TURNING 100, AND THIS GROUP,
LIKE A SECOND FAMILY,
DOESN'T MISS BERT DAYS.
HE'S FIT AS A FIDDLE, HE
TELLS ME, EXCEPT FOR HIS
HEARING.
>> I DON'T HAVE AN ACHE OR
PAIN, BUT I HAVE -- I'M
TONE-DEAF.
>> Reporter: SCRIBBLED
QUESTIONS ON HIS BIRTHDAY
CARD ENVELOPES BUT WHAT I
WANT TO KNOW FROM A MAN WITH
100 YEARS OF STORIES.
>> FALL EIGHT SQUADRON QUITE
AWHILE THAT WAS DROPPING
SUPPLIES TO THOSE MEN.
WHEN THE WAR QUIT, WE WERE
IN CENTRAL ITALY.
>> Reporter: THEIR COFFEE
CHATS TAKE THEM BACK IN
TIME.
>> I WAS COMING OVER TO THE
EMPIRE TRAINING TEAM WHEN
THE BISMARCK WAS FOLDING
AROUND.
SO WE PUT UP IN ICELAND.
>> Reporter: ELI FRANKEL
OWNS THE COFFEE SHOP AND HAS
BECOME FRIENDS WITH THE
GROUP OVER THE MANY YEARS
THEY'VE BEEN COMING.
>> STORIES WORLD WAR II WITH
THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO
THEM.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE
SENT NAIR YANNS' FIRST
MEETING SINCE COVID
RESTRICTIONS HAVE EASED BUT
LIVING THROUGH THE GREAT
DEPRESSION, A WORLD WAR AND
NOW THE PANDEMIC HAS TAUGHT
THIS 100-YEAR-OLD SOME
LESSONS.
>> I DON'T WORRY A LOT
ANYTHING.
TAKE THINGS AS THEY COME
ALONG AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT
ANYTHING.
THAT'S THE WORST THING YOU
CAN DO IS WORRY.
>> Reporter: DON'T WORRY.
PLUS EAT CAKE, DRINK COFFEE
AND HANG OUT WITH YOUR
FRIENDS.
COLLEEN JONES, CBC NEWS,
MAHOLM BAY.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
MONTREAL CANADIENS GOOD TO
SEE THEY CAN GET BACK
TOGETHER FOR CERTAIN.
THAT'S IT FOR OUR ONLINE
NEWSCAST TONIGHT.
WE'RE BACK AT 6:00 TOMORROW
ONLINE.
MAYBE ON TELEVISION TOMORROW
NIGHT AS WELL.
IT'S ALL GOING TO DEPEND ON
HOW THE PLAYOFF HOCKEY GAMES
TURN OUT.
TANYA FLETCHER'S HERE AT
11:00 WITH OUR NEXT LOCAL
NEWS RIGHT AFTER "THE
NATIONAL."
THANKS FOR WATCHING AGAIN.
GO, CANUCKS, GO.
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