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GOIFG, I'M
ANDREW CHANG.
ADRIENNE IS OFF.
TONIGHT, ALLEGATIONS OF
HARASSMENT, BULLYING AND VERBAL
ABUSE AGAINST CANADA'S GOVERNOR
GENERAL.
>> THERE WAS A LOT OF CRYING.
I SAW COLLEAGUES CRY.
>> Andrew: SOURCES ACCUSE
JULIE
PAYETTE OF BERATING STAFFERS,
LEAVING THEM IN TEARS.
WE'LL TAKE YOU INSIDE RIDEAU
HALL.
A CBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE.
>>> MR. SPEAKER, IT'S JUST
DISGUSTING.
>> Andrew: THE PRIME MINISTER
BACK IN THE HOUSE AND BACK UNDER
FIRE.
>> PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: THE
PUBLIC SERVICE DETERMINED THAT
THE WE ORGANIZATION WAS THE ONLY
ONE.
>> Andrew: A TOP BUREAUCRAT
GIVES HIS SIDE OF THE STORY.
>>> CANADA'S COVID CASES ON THE
RISE AGAIN.
>> WE COULD BACKSLIDE AND RETURN
TO SITUATIONS WE HAD SEVERAL
MONTHS AGO.
>> Andrew: AS PROVINCES PUSH
AHEAD WITH REOPENING.
>>> AND EDMONTON'S CFL FOOTBALL
TEAM CHANGES ITS NAME.
>> INUIT ARE NOT MASCOTS.
WE'RE NOT MONIKERS.
WE ARE A PEOPLE.
>> Andrew: AFTER YEARS OF
BACKLASH, THE RECKONING IMPOSED.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>>> WE BEGIN WITH A CBC NEWS
EXCLUSIVE.
MULTIPLE CLAIMS OF EMPLOYEE
HARASSMENT IN THE OFFICE OF
GOVERNOR GENERAL JULIE PAYETTE.
OUR INVESTIGATION UNCOVERED AN
EXODUS OF EMPLOYEES FROM THE
OFFICE, WHICH CIVIL SERVANTS
ONCE SAW AS A PRIZED
DESTINATION.
THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IS CANADA'S
OLDEST PUBLIC OFFICE AND REMAINS
THE SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE BRITISH CROWN IN CANADA,
SOMEONE EVEN PRIME MINISTERS
MUST ANSWER TO AT TIMES.
ASHLEY BURKE SPOKE TO SEVERAL
PEOPLE WITH DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF
THE WORKPLACE CONDITIONS, BUT
WE'VE CONCEALED THE IDENTITIES
OF PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT AND
RE-VOICED THEIR ACTUAL WORDS
BECAUSE THEY FEAR FOR THEIR
CAREERS.
>> I CAN ASSURE YOU, WE ARE ALL
IN THIS TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: THIS WAS THE DAY
EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR THE STAFF
OF RIDEAU HALL, A NEW BOSS, A
NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS AND A
NEW SET OF PROBLEMS.
>> THIS HAS GONE FROM BEING ONE
OF THE MOST COLLEGIAL AND
ENJOYABLE WORK ENVIRONMENTS FOR
STAFF TO BEING A HOUSE OF
HORRORS.
>> Reporter: CBC NEWS SPOKE TO
A
DOZEN SOURCES WITH DIRECT
KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORK CONDITIONS
AT RIDEAU HALL.
MANY ARE STILL IN THE PUBLIC
SERVICE.
SOME ARE FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE
OFFICE.
THEY OUTLINED A COMMON SET OF
BEHAVIOURS.
GOVERNOR GENERAL JULIE PAYETTE
BELITTLING AND BERATING
EMPLOYEES, HUMILIATING THEM IN
PUBLIC.
>> THERE WAS A LOT OF CRYING.
I SAW COLLEAGUES CRY.
>> Reporter: IT GOT SO TOXIC
THIS EMPLOYEE QUIT.
SHE COMPARED MEETINGS WITH
PAYETTE TO INTERROGATIONS.
OTHERS WITNESSED PAYETTE
THROWING PEOPLE'S PAPERWORK AND
CALLING IT SHIT.
>> IT'S ALMOST HARD TO PINPOINT
BECAUSE IT'S NOT -- IT WASN'T
ALWAYS INSULTS AND VULGAR, BUT
THERE WAS ALWAYS THAT LEVEL OF
CRITICISM, AND I WOULD SAY IN
ALMOST EVERY MEETING SOMEONE WAS
BERATED.
THERE WAS, I'LL GO AS FAR TO
SAY, A VICTIM AT EVERY MEETING.
>> Reporter: THIS IS NOT THE
IMPRESSION MOST PEOPLE HAVE OF
THE FORMER ASTRONAUT, FAMOUS FOR
SPACE TRAVEL, SOURCES CLAIM IT
WAS TRAVEL ABROAD THAT BROUGHT
OUT THE WORST IN PAYETTE.
ON A RETURN FLIGHT, SHE'D HOLD
LONG DEBRIEFS.
EMPLOYEES WERE TOLD SOMETIMES
FOR HOURS THE MANY WAYS THEY HAD
FAILED HER.
AND IT'S NOT JUST PAYETTE.
SOURCES ACCUSE HER LONG-TIME
FRIEND AND OFFICIAL SECRETARY,
ASSUNTA DI LORENZO, OF BULLYING
STAFF TOO.
THIS PUBLIC SERVANT SAYS DI
LORENZO SCREAMED AT HIM.
>> THEY WILL BULLY YOU UNTIL YOU
EITHER AGREE OR LEAVE.
>> Reporter: PERSONAL STORIES
BACKED UP BY A GOVERNMENT
SURVEY.
FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW, RIDEAU
HALL RANKED AMONGST THE WORST
IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE FOR
HARASSMENT.
IN A STATEMENT THE GOVERNOR
GENERAL'S OFFICE SAID WE DEEPLY
REGRET THIS REPORTING WHICH IS
IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE
REALITY.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE
MANDATE, NO FORMAL COMPLAINT
REGARDING HARASSMENT HAS BEEN
MADE.
ALL OF THIS RAISES QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHY THERE ISN'T MORE
ACCOUNTABILITY AT RIDEAU HALL.
OTHER THAN THE QUEEN, THE PRIME
MINISTER IS THE ONLY ONE THAT
CAN RAISE CONCERNS WITH PAYETTE,
BUT OTHER THAN PUBLICLY STATING
THAT EVERYONE DESERVES THE RIGHT
TO WORK FREE OF HARASSMENT,
JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S OFFICE ISN'T
SAYING MUCH MORE.
ASHLEY BURKE, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Andrew: NOW THE PRIME
MINISTER FACED SOMETHING OF A
HOSTILE ATMOSPHERE IN HIS RETURN
TO THE HOUSE TODAY.
OPPOSITION MEMBERS HAMMERED HIM
OVER THE WE CHARITY CONTROVERSY.
EVAN DYER LOOKS AT THOSE FIERY
EXCHANGES AND WHERE THE
INVESTIGATION GOES NEXT.
>> Reporter: AFTER TAKING
MONDAY
OFF, THE PRIME MINISTER WENT
INTO QUESTION PERIOD WITH A
TARGET ON HIS BACK.
>> IT'S SO GROSS AND DISGUSTING
THAT THIS PRIME MINISTER KEEPS
USING THE PANDEMIC AS AN EXCUSE
FOR HIS CORRUPTION.
WHEN THEY ARE PUSHING $300
BILLION WORTH OF DEFICIT OUT THE
DOOR, THEY WILL STOP AND TAKE
THE TIME TO REWARD THEIR
FRIENDS.
THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THIS
LIBERAL PARTY UNDER THIS LIBERAL
PRIME MINISTER.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE A QUESTION,
MR. SPEAKER.
IT'S JUST DISGUSTING.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THE PUBLIC SERVICE
TOOK A LOOK AT
THE WAYS THEY COULD DELIVER THAT
PROGRAM AND DETERMINED THAT THE
WE ORGANIZATION WAS THE ONLY ONE
THAT COULD DELIVER THAT PROGRAM
AS AMBITIOUS AND IT WAS FOR THIS
SUMMER.
>> Reporter: TODAY CANADA'S
TOP
PUBLIC SERVANT APPEARED TO BACK
THAT VERSION OF EVENTS AND ALSO
TOLD THE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING
THE SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM WAS SO
LARGE UP TO NEARLY A BILLION
DOLLARS.
>> I COULD NOT IMAGINE HOW THE
PRIME MINISTER AND THE MINISTER
OF FINANCE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED AS PART OF THIS
PROCESS.
>> Reporter: BUT IAN SHUGART
ALSO SAID HE WAS NOT SUGGESTING
THEY SHOULD BE THE ONES TO MAKE
THE FINAL DECISION ON GIVING WE
THE CONTRACT.
>> I MAKE NO JUDGMENT WHATSOEVER
ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S
COMMENT ON HIS NON-RECUSAL.
>> Reporter: LAST WEEK THE
PRIME
MINISTER ADMITTED HE SHOULD NOT
HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE DECISION
TO GIVE TAXPAYER MONEY TO AN
ORGANIZATION THAT GAVE MORE THAN
$300,000 IN SPEAKING FEES TO HIS
MOTHER AND BROTHER.
SHUGART ALSO TOLD M.P.S THE
PUBLIC SERVICE HAD NOT LOOKED
INTO WE'S FINANCIAL STRUCTURE OR
PROPERTY HOLDINGS, WHICH HAVE
DRAWN SCRUTINY SINCE THE
CONTRACT WAS ANNOUNCED.
>> TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE,
OFFICIALS DID NOT ENGAGE IN
DETAILED SCRUTINY OF THE
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE
ORGANIZATION.
>> Reporter: PRIME MINISTER
HASN'T YET AGREED TO APPEAR
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, BUT ON
WEDNESDAY THE FINANCE MINISTER
WILL AND IS EXPECTED TO FACE
MORE TOUGH QUESTIONS, AND NEXT
WEEK M.P.S GET A CHANCE TO
QUESTION THE HEADS OF THE WE
CHARITY, CRAIG AND MARC
KIELBURGER.
EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Andrew: TURNING NOW TO THE
COVID-19 SITUATION ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TONIGHT, THERE ARE
SEVERAL SPIKES IN CASES THAT
HAVE HEALTH OFFICIALS WORRIED.
>> WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT,
YOU KNOW, THAT SUCCESS IS
FRAGILE, THAT IT ONLY TAKES A
FEW SPARKS, WE COULD BACKSLIDE
AND UNFORTUNATELY RETURN TO
SITUATION AS WE HAD SEVERAL
MONTHS AGO.
>> Andrew: ONTARIO REPORTED
203 CASES TODAY.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN
WEEKS, THOUGH SOME OF THOSE ARE
BELIEVED TO BE PREVIOUSLY
UNDECLARED CASES.
QUEBEC REPORTED 180 CASES.
THAT'S 30 MORE THAN YESTERDAY,
AND IN ALBERTA, 141 NEW CASES
TODAY, UP 44 FROM YESTERDAY.
NOW THAT TREND IN ALBERTA IS
RAISING SERIOUS CONCERN,
ESPECIALLY IN A HOTSPOT LIKE
CALGARY.
CAROLYN DUNN SHOWS US WHAT IT'S
LED TO.
>> Reporter: BEST TO ARRANGE
AN
APPOINTMENT FOR A COVID-19 TEST.
THE LINEUP IS AT LEAST A COUPLE
OF HOURS LONG.
YOU DO WHAT IT TAKES TO WAIT IT
OUT.
FRANZ AND DARLENE HANEN HAVE A
V.I.P. TO VISIT NEXT WEEK.
>> GRANDSON NUMBER SEVEN JUST
SHOWED UP.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EVEN BE
ABLE TO HOLD HIM.
BUT YOU KNOW . . .
>> SHE HOPES.
>> IT WOULD BE NICE.
>> Reporter: AS CASES IN
ALBERTA
SPIKE, SO DOES DEMAND FOR
TESTING.
14,000 REQUESTS YESTERDAY ALONE,
THE HIGHEST NUMBER EVER.
>> CONCERNED ENOUGH I WANT TO
MAKE SURE I'M GOOD JUST BECAUSE
I'M GOING TO SEE SOME RELATIVES
OUT OF PROVINCE NEXT WEEK.
BASED ON THAT, THEY ARE MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE THAN I AM.
>> LAST WEEK I WENT OUT, YEAH.
I WENT DOWNTOWN, SO I FIGURED IT
WAS PROBABLY BEST TO COME HERE.
>> Reporter: TODAY TO TRY TO
STEM THE CONCERNING UPTICK IN
CASES, CALGARY CITY COUNCIL
PASSED A NEW BYLAW MAKING MASKS
MANDATORY IN ALL INDOOR PUBLIC
SPACES AND PUBLIC VEHICLES.
>> AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOT HAVE
TO LOCK DOWN AGAIN, AND IF MASKS
HELP US TO NOT LOCK DOWN AGAIN,
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY
COMPELLING.
>> Reporter: DESPITE THE SURGE
IN CASES, ALBERTA IS FORGING
AHEAD WITH REOPENING SCHOOLS
FULL TIME IN THE FALL.
THE PROVINCE BELIEVES A RETURN
TO SCHOOL IS WHAT'S BEST FOR
STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT YOUNG
PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, ARE
AT LOW RISK OF INFECTION AND
VERY LOW RISK OF SEVERE HEALTH
OUTCOMES FROM COVID-19.
>> THE BEST WAY TO HAVE SAFE AND
HEALTHY SCHOOLS THIS FALL IS TO
START THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH A LOW
COUNT OF CASES IN THE
POPULATION.
>> Reporter: GIVING ALBERTA
ABOUT SIX WEEKS TO CRUSH A CURVE
THAT IS HEADED IN EXACTLY THE
WRONG DIRECTION.
CAROLYN DUNN, CBC NEWS, CALGARY.
>> Andrew: NEXT DOOR IN B.C.,
ECHOES OF THOSE SAME FEARS.
THE PROVINCE HAS BEEN ON AN
UPWARD TREND WITH A SPIKE IN
CASES OVER THE WEEKEND.
GREG RASMUSSEN LOOKS AT THE
IMPACT IN A PROVINCE THAT HAS
BEEN HELD UP AS A LEADING
EXAMPLE IN CONTAINING COVID-19.
>> Reporter: THE CONCERN IS
SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE SPREADING
COVID-19 WITHOUT REALIZING IT.
>> WE DO HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF
HAVING EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IN OUR
OUTBREAK HERE IN B.C. IF WE'RE
NOT CAREFUL.
>> Reporter: ONE TROUBLE SPOT,
THE OKANAGAN, TOURISM PLAY
GROURND.
-- PLAYGROUND.
>> THE MAJORITY OF THESE CASES
IN
KELOWNA OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS HAVE BEEN IN 20 TO 30
YEAR OLDS.
>> Reporter: CONTACT TRACING
SHOWS MORE OF THOSE TESTING
POSITIVE HAVE BEEN WIDENING
THEIR SOCIAL CIRCLES, VISITING
MORE PEOPLE AND MORE PLACES.
FOR THOSE HOSTING SUMMER
GATHERINGS, A WARNING.
>> WE HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF
WHO'S THERE AND SOMEBODY HAS TO
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT BECAUSE
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THAT
ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT WE
ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO, WHICH IS
TRACE THE CONTACTS AND BREAK THE
CHAINS OF TRANSMISSION.
>> Reporter: THE TOURISM
INDUSTRY SAYS IT'S TAKING
PRECAUTIONS.
>> BUT WE CANNOT CONTROL THE
BEHAVIOUR OF EVERY SINGLE
PERSON.
>> Reporter: FOR EXPERTS
MODELLING THE PANDEMIC, IT ADDS
UP TO TROUBLE.
>> THE CHANCES OF SOMEBODY WHO'S
IN THAT INFECTIOUS PHASE BEING
ON VACATION OR TRAVELLING FOR
WORK, OR WHATEVER, IS GOING TO
INCREASE AND YOU'RE GOING TO
START TO SEE THE EPIDEMIC SORT
OF KIND OF SPREAD ACROSS THE
PROVINCE.
>> Reporter: IN THE PARKS AND
BEACHES, MANY ARE WELL AWARE OF
WHAT'S AT STAKE.
>> THE SELFISHNESS OF THE PEOPLE
CHOOSING TO GO OUT AND
PRIORITIZE THEIR SUMMER PLANS
OVER A GLOBAL PANDEMIC IS
ACTUALLY STAGGERING, AND IT
TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT THE
PRIORITIES OF PEOPLE IN -- LIKE,
AROUND YOU.
>> Reporter: WITH THE U.S.
EXPERIENCE PERHAPS THE BEST
CAUTIONARY TALE FOR PEOPLE HERE.
GREG RASMUSSEN, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Andrew: OTTAWA REPORTED 43
NEW COVID-19 INFECTIONS TODAY,
THE MOST IT'S SEEN SINCE MAY.
>> MOST OF THE CASES ARE
INCURRING IN SORT OF INFORMAL
SETTINGS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S
HOMES, THE COTTAGE, WHERE PEOPLE
ARE GATHERING IN LARGE NUMBERS.
>> Andrew: MORE THAN 20 OF
THOSE
INFECTED ARE SAID TO BE UNDER
THE AGE OF 30, BUT OFFICIALS SAY
THE CASES AREN'T RELATED TO THE
RECENT STAGE THREE REOPENING.
>>> A 22-YEAR-OLD IS IN JAIL ON
P.E.I. FOR ALLEGEDLY NOT
SELF-ISOLATING AFTER TESTING
POSITIVE FOR COVID.
HE WAS ARRESTED ON FRIDAY AT THE
RESORT WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE IN QUARANTINE.
STAFF INDICATING HE WASN'T
FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEALTH
MEASURES.
THE MAN FACES CHARGES OF
COMMITTING A COMMON NUISANCE AND
UTTERING THREATS.
>>> WELL, SOME POSITIVE PANDEMIC
ECONOMIC NEWS.
RETAIL SALES SHOT UP MORE THAN
18% IN MAY, DRIVEN BY CARS AND
PARTS, BUT WHILE IT MAY LOOK
LIKE A REBOUND, PETER ARMSTRONG
LOOKS INTO WHETHER THAT GROWTH
WILL HOLD.
>> Reporter: JENNA LAMB HAS A
CAREFULLY CURATED SHOP IN
TORONTO'S WEST END JUST BURSTING
WITH KID'S GEAR.
>> WE HAVE KITS AND CRAFTS WERE
REALLY POPULAR.
>> Reporter: JUST THE KIND OF
PRODUCTS YOU NEED TO GET KIDS
THROUGH A LOCKDOWN.
SHE RAMPED UP ONLINE SALES BUT
STILL WORRIED SHE WOULDN'T MAKE
IT.
>> FEAR VERY QUICKLY SUBSIDED
BECAUSE THE CUSTOMERS CAME
THROUGH AND OFFERED SO MUCH
POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND SHOWED A
LOT OF LOVE.
>> Reporter: AS THE
RESTRICTIONS
LIFTED, THE CUSTOMERS RETURNED
AND LAM'S STORE IS THRIVING
AGAIN.
>> WE'RE STILL DOWN, BUT THE
INCREASE MONTH TO MONTH MAKES IT
VERY PROMISING.
WE'RE STILL A LITTLE BIT SHORT.
>> Reporter: WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT
RETAIL SALES, WE'RE LARGELY
TALKING ABOUT GROCERIES.
FOOD SALES ARE OFF THE CHART
SINCE COVID HIT.
IN MAY, SOME PENT-UP DEMAND LED
TO A SURGE IN SECTORS LIKE AUTO
SALES, BUT THOSE NUMBERS ALSO
SHOW HOW SUPPORT PROGRAMS LIKE
THE CERB HAVE KEPT MANY
CANADIANS ABOVE WATER FOR NOW.
>> AS WE LOOK FORWARD, SOME OF
THE PROGRAMS, INCOME SUPPORT
PROGRAMS, THEY WILL END.
WE WILL START TO HAVE TO PAY
SOME OF THOSE BIGGER BILLS THAT
WE WERE ABLE TO DEFER, AND YET
NOT EVERYONE WILL BE WORKING.
>> Reporter: STILL, SOME
BUSINESSES REMAIN CLOSED.
SOME ARE SIMPLY GOING UNDER, AND
NO ONE HAS A CLUE WHAT A SECOND
WAVE WILL LOOK LIKE.
ALREADY WE CAN SEE HOW CONSUMER
BEHAVIOURS HAVE CHANGED IN SUCH
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
e-COMMERCE SURGED BY AN
UNPRECEDENTED 112% SINCE THIS
TIME LAST YEAR, AND THAT DOESN'T
EVEN INCLUDE AMERICAN ONLINE
GIANTS LIKE AMAZON.
RETAILERS LIKE LAM KNOW THAT
ONLINE SURGE MAY NOT LAST, BUT
SHE SEES THE TREND.
SHE'S ALREADY GETTING DMS FROM
CUSTOMERS NEAR AND FAR.
>> THEY ASK, FOR INSTANCE, DO
YOU HAVE THE OLLI ELLA DINKUM
DOLL IN SPROUT, AND IF YOU
DON'T, CAN YOU GET IT AND WHEN.
I'D RATHER SUPPORT YOU.
>> Reporter: LAM SAYS CUSTOMER
CUSTOMERS
ARE DELIBERATELY CHOOSING TO
SUPPORT SMALLER, INDEPENDENT
SHOPS LIKE HERS.
FOR NOW, SHE'S JUST HAPPY TO
HAVE THEM COMING BACK.
CONVINCING THEM TO STAY WILL BE
THE FIGHT FOR ANOTHER DAY.
PETER ARMSTRONG, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: WELL, SOUTH OF THE
BORDER,
A MARKED CHANGE IN TONE FROM THE
U.S. PRESIDENT ON THE
CORONAVIRUS.
DONALD TRUMP NOW APPEARING TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE SEVERITY OF THE
SITUATION THERE.
THE COUNTRY IS HEADING TOWARDS A
TOTAL OF FOUR MILLION CASES
SOON, 141,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
SOME STATES ARE STILL SEEING A
JUMP IN COVID CASES BY THE
THOUSANDS EACH DAY, INCLUDING
FLORIDA, TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA.
TODAY TRUMP BROUGHT BACK THE
CORONAVIRUS BRIEFING, BUT AS
KATIE SIMPSON TELLS US, SOME SAY
IT HAS LESS TO DO WITH THE
PANDEMIC AND MORE TO DO WITH
POLITICS.
>> Reporter: DOWN IN THE
POLLS,
WITH ELECTION DAY INCHING
CLOSER, A MORE SUBDUED PRESIDENT
SEEMED TO FINALLY EMBRACE THE
OBVIOUS.
DONALD TRUMP IT WILL PROBABLY,
UNFORTUNATELY,
GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER.
SOMETHING I DON'T LIKE SAYING
ABOUT THINGS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY
IT IS.
>> Reporter: IN A MARKED CHANGE
OF TONE, DONALD TRUMP MOSTLY
SHIED AWAY FROM BOASTING ABOUT
HIS HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC.
HE BACKED OFF HIS PREVIOUS FALSE
CLAIM THAT TESTING CREATES COVID
CASES AND EVEN ENCOURAGED
AMERICANS TO WEAR A MASK WHEN
PHYSICAL DISTANCING ISN'T
POSSIBLE.
DONALD TRUMP WHETHER YOU LIKE
THE MASK OR
NOT, THEY HAVE AN IMPACT.
THEY'LL HAVE AN EFFECT, AND WE
NEED EVERYTHING WE CAN GET.
>> REPORTER: TRUMP ALSO SAID
HE'D BE OKAY WITH ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR TESTING AFTER ONE OF
HIS CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE
MEMBERS, WHO WAS NOT INVITED TO
THE PRESS CONFERENCE, RAISED
CONCERNS.
>> IT REALLY IS PATCHY.
IT ISN'T AS UNIFORM AS YOU WOULD
LIKE.
>> Reporter: TODAY'S BRIEFING
WAS FAR LESS COMBATIVE THAN THE
MARATHON SESSIONS TRUMP HELD AT
THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, WHICH
ENDED ABRUPTLY IN APRIL, AFTER
HE SUGGESTED U. RAYS OR BLEACH
COULD BE USED TO TREAT COVID.
DONALD TRUMP IS THERE A WAY THAT
WE COULD DO SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, BY INJECTION INSIDE
OR A MORE --
>> Reporter: THE COMMENTS MADE
ONE OF HIS SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS
CRINGE AND EMPOWERED HIS
CRITICS.
>> EVERY TIME PRESIDENT TRUMP
TAKES THE PODIUM AT ONE OF THESE
BRIEFINGS, HE'S A THREAT TO
PUBLIC HEALTH.
>> Reporter: TRUMP HAS BEEN
URGED TO TAKE ON A MORE SERIOUS
APPROACH TO THE PANDEMIC AFTER
SCENES LIKE THIS PLAYED OUT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
A WOMAN IN MONTANA APPEARS TO
COUGH ON A COUPLE IN THE PARKING
LOT OF A GROCERY STORE AFTER SHE
WAS CONFRONTED ABOUT NOT WEARING
A MASK.
TRUMP'S CHANGE IN TONE COMES AS
HIS POPULARITY IS DIPPING.
MULTIPLE NATIONAL POLLS HAVE HIM
TRAILING JOE BIDEN, HIS
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
CHALLENGER, AND TRUMP'S HANDLING
OF THE PANDEMIC IS A FACTOR.
KATIE SIMPSON, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Andrew: TRUMP, MEANWHILE,
OFFERED KIND WORDS TO GHISLAINE
MAXWELL TODAY, THE BRITISH
SOCIALITE ALLEGED TO BE JEFFREY
EPSTEIN'S ACCOMPLICE.
TUM I JUST WISH HER WELL,
FRANKLY.
I'VE MET HER NUMEROUS TIMES OVER
THE YEARS, ESPECIALLY SINCE I
LIVED IN PALM BEACH AND I GUESS
THEY LIVED IN PALM BEACH, BUT I
WISH HER WELL.
IS.
>.>> Andrew: MAXWELL PLEADED NOT
GUILTY LAST WEEK TO FEDERAL SEX
TRAFFICKING CHARGES.
SHE HAS DENIED ALLEGATIONS SHE
LURED UNDERAGE GIRLS FOR EPSTEIN
TO SEXUALLY ABUSE.
>>> WE WILL NOT RETREAT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT
OUR FACILITIES AND OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
>> Andrew: A TOP U.S. HOMELAND
SECURITY OFFICIAL DEFENDED THE
USE OF FEDERAL AGENTS IN
PORTLAND TO CRACK DOWN ON
ANTI-RACISM PROTESTS.
DONALD TRUMP HAS THREATENED TO
SEND AGENTS TO OTHER MAJOR U.S.
CITIES, BUT THE MAYORS OF NEW
YORK AND CHICAGO HAVE PROMISED
TO TAKE THE PRESIDENT TO COURT
IF THE SAME TACTICS ARE
DEPLOYED.
>>> LAST FALL A BLACK MAN FROM
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, DIED AFTER
BEING TASERED SIX TIMES BY
POLICE.
TONIGHT, HIS FAMILY IS SPEAKING
OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME,
DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED THAT NIGHT AND
DEMANDING POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
SHANIFA NASSER TAKES US THROUGH
THEIR STORY.
>> YEAH, IT'S CLIVE AGAIN.
>> Reporter: 30-YEAR-OLD CLIVE
MENSAH USED TO SHARE MESSAGES
ONLINE ABOUT LIFE AND FAITH.
>> THE TRUTH IS, IF ANY CHANGE
CAN BE HAPPENING ON THIS EARTH,
IT'S UP TO US.
>> WE WANT JUSTICE.
>> JUSTICE, YEAH.
>> TO PREVAIL.
>> Reporter: NOW IT'S HIS
FAMILY
WITH A MESSAGE, FORCED TO PICK
UP THE PIECES AFTER HE WAS
KILLED.
>> CLIVE WAS A VERY GOOD, KIND
GUY, GENTLE GUY.
>> Reporter: MENSAH DIED IN
NOVEMBER AFTER BEING TASERED BY
POLICE IN HIS BACKYARD.
THEY HAS BEEN CALLED JUST AFTER
3 A.M. FOR REPORTS OF A
SUSPICIOUS MALE.
ONTARIO'S POLICE WATCHDOG SAYS
THERE WAS A STRUGGLE.
HIS FAMILY WANTS OFFICERS HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
>> YOU ARE TO SERVE AND PROTECT,
NOT TO SERVE AND TO KILL.
>> Reporter: AFTER GEORGE
FLOYD
WAS KILLED BY A MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE OFFICER, MENSAH'S FAMILY
HAS BEEN RELIVING THEIR OWN
NIGHTMARE.
>> CLIVE'S MEMORY CAME BACK, AND
I SAID [indiscernible]
>> Reporter: NOW THEY'RE
PUSHING FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE
WITHIN POLICING.
>> HAD IT BEEN, HE WAS A FINE
BOY, WOULD THEY KILL HIM?
WOULD THEY TASE HIM?
>> Reporter: MENSAH STRUGGLED
WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND HAD
BRUSHES WITH THE LAW BEFORE,
CONVICTED IN A ROBBERY IN 2015.
BUT WHETHER HE WAS HAVING A
MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE THE NIGHT
HE DIED IS UNKNOWN.
CBC NEWS HAS LEARNED POLICE
TASERED MENSAH SIX TIMES.
>> THAT MAY NOT BE INDICATIVE OF
THE BEST WAY TO DE-ESCALATE
SOMEBODY WHO HAS MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
>> Reporter: AND PARAMEDICS
WERE
DELAYED BY CRUISERS BLOCKING THE
STREET.
CBC NEWS HAS LEARNED THREE PEEL
POLICE OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED
THAT NIGHT, BUT ONLY ONE HAS
SPOKEN TO THE POLICE WATCHDOG.
TWO OTHERS HAVE SO FAR REFUSED.
WITH HIS FAMILY STILL WITHOUT
ANSWERS.
CBC NEWS QUESTIONED PEEL
REGIONAL POLICE ABOUT WHETHER
RACE CONTRIBUTED TO MENSAH'S
DEATH.
THE RESPONSE "WE EXPECT EVERY
ONE OF OUR OFFICERS TO CONDUCT
THEMSELVES IN A PROFESSIONAL AND
ETHICAL MANNER AT ALL TIMES."
>> IT'S UNCALLED FOR.
>> Reporter: BUT HIS FAMILY
WANTS MORE.
>> WE WANT A VERY TANGIBLE
REASON, NOT A FEEBLE EXCUSE.
A REASON.
>> Reporter: AND SAYS THEY'LL
FIGHT UNTIL THEY KNOW WHY MENSAH
DIED.
SHANIFA NASSER, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: AN UPDATE ON A
STORY
WE BROUGHT YOU LAST NIGHT.
A REGINA MAN, A WELL-KNOWN
FOUNDER OF A MENTAL HEALTH
ORGANIZATION, HAS RESIGNED IN
THE WAKE OF MULTIPLE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS.
A CBC NEWS INVESTIGATION FOUND
13 WOMEN WHO ALLEGE THEY WERE
SEXUALLY HARASSED BY JIM DEMERAY
WHEN HE WORKED AS THE GENERAL
MANAGER OF TWO EARLS
RESTAURANTS.
HE CALLED THE ALLEGATIONS
BASELESS AND UNTRUE.
>>> WELL, A NEW REPORT SAYS
MOSCOW MEDDLED IN THE 2014
SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE
REFERENDUM, BUT UP NEXT, DID IT
STOP THERE?
>> WHO IS PROTECTING BRITISH
PUBLIC FROM INTERFERENCE IN OUR
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS?
>> Andrew: ALSO, EDMONTON'S
CFL
TEAM DUMPS ITS DEROGATORY NAME.
>> WHILE WE MIGHT RELATE TO
INUIT VALUES, THAT DOESN'T MEAN
WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE THIS
NAME.
>> Andrew: PLUS, BEFORE COVID,
THIS MLB OFF-SEASON WAS CONSUMED
BY A WORLD SERIES-SIZED CHEATING
SCANDAL.
>> BASEBALL HAS NO INTEGRITY.
BASEBALL HAS NEVER HAD
INTEGRITY.
>> Andrew: THE DARK CLOUD
HANGING OVER THE DIAMOND WHEN
>> Andrew: FOR MORE THAN 12 
HOURS TODAY, A DRAMATIC STANDOFF
WAS UNDER WAY IN UKRAINE, AND IT
TOOK A MESSAGE FROM THE 
PRESIDENT TO END IT.
AN ARMED MAN SEIZED CONTROL OF 
THIS BUS, HOLDING 13 PEOPLE 
HOSTAGE. 
DURING HOURS OF NEGOTIATIONS HE 
SHOT AT POLICE, THREW EXPLOSIVES
OUT A WINDOW AND LET THREE 
PEOPLE GO, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL 
UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT TOOK THE 
EXTRAORDINARY STEP OF SPEAKING 
TO THE MAN BY PHONE AND AGREEING
TO POST THIS MESSAGE ONLINE
PROMOTING AN ANIMAL RIGHTS 
DOCUMENTARY "EARTHLINGS" THAT 
THE ARMED MAN SURRENDERED TO 
POLICE.
ALL OF THE HOSTAGES WERE FREED, 
UNHARMED.
>>> WELL, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
IS TAKING HEAT FOR HOW IT'S 
HANDLED THE THREAT OF RUSSIAN 
INTERFERENCE, FROM BREXIT TO THE
SCOTTISH REFERENDUM.
AS RENÉE FILIPPONE TELLS US, A 
NEW REPORT SAYS MOSCOW'S 
MEDDLING IS THE NEW NORMAL. 
>> Reporter: IT'S A REPORT 
LOOKING INTO WHAT INFLUENCE 
RUSSIA HAD HERE, BUT IT'S THE 
BRITISH GOVERNMENT THAT ENDED UP
IN THE HOT SEAT.
>> THE GOVERNMENT HAD BADLY 
UNDERESTIMATED THE RESPONSE 
REQUIRED TO THE RUSSIAN THREAT.
>> Reporter: THE REPORT FOCUSES 
ON THE THREATS FROM 
CYBERATTACKS, DISINFORMATION, 
AND THE POWER OF RUSSIAN 
OLIGARCHS LIVING HERE.
IT SAYS THE U.K. IS A MAJOR 
TARGET FOR INTERFERENCE.
THE REPORT POINTS TO CREDIBLE 
INFORMATION MOSCOW MEDDLED IN 
THE 2014 SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE 
REFERENDUM.
THEN QUESTIONS WHY, IT SAYS, THE
U.K. GOVERNMENT ACTIVELY AVOIDED
LOOKING FOR INTERFERENCE DURING 
THE BREXIT REFERENDUM.
AND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LOOK 
INTO IT, IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT, IF 
ANY, ROLE THE KREMLIN MAY HAVE 
PLAYED. 
>> SO THE QUESTION IS: WHO IS 
PROTECTING BRITISH PUBLIC FROM 
INTERFERENCE IN OUR DEMOCRATIC 
PROCESS?
WELL, IN A NUTSHELL, WE FOUND NO
ONE IS.
>> Reporter: DOWNING STREET HAS 
FACED CRITICISM FOR HOLDING BACK
THIS REPORT FOR TEN MONTHS.
THE FOREIGN SECRETARY MET WITH 
HIS U.S. COUNTERPART TODAY AND 
DENIED THE GOVERNMENT 
UNDERESTIMATED THE RUSSIAN 
THREAT.
>> WE'VE GOT A LONG PERIOD 
RECOGNIZING THE ENDURING 
SIGNIFICANCE POSED BY RUSSIA TO 
THE U.K., INCLUDING IN RELATION 
TO CYBER.
RUSSIA IS A TOP NATIONAL 
SECURITY PRIORITY.
>> BUYING UP INFLUENCE, BUYING 
POLITICIANS, WORKING THROUGH 
BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY. 
>> Reporter: THIS EXPERT SAYS 
RUSSIA'S GOAL IS TO DISRUPT ITS 
ADVERSARIES ANY WAY IT CAN. 
>> -- TO ENCOURAGE EXTREMISM, TO
FAN THE FLAMES OF DISCORD AND 
CONFLICT IN SOCIETY, WHICH THEY 
HAVE DONE EXCEPTIONALLY 
SUCCESSFULLY IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
>> Reporter: THE U.K. GOVERNMENT
SAYS THERE WON'T BE AN INQUIRY 
INTO THE BREXIT REFERENDUM.
FOR ITS PART, THE KREMLIN IS 
DISMISSING THE REPORT AS 
RUSS-APHOBIA, SAYING IT DOESN'T 
INTERFERE IN FOREIGN ELECTIONS.
RENÉE FILIPPONE, CBC NEWS, 
LONDON.
>> Andrew: STILL AHEAD, 
EDMONTON'S CFL TEAM DROPS ITS 
NAME.
WHAT TIPPED THE SCALES AFTER 
YEARS OF CALLS FOR CHANGE?
PLUS . . . 
>> WE'RE WALKING DOWN THE 
SIDEWALK AND PEOPLE CALL OUT 
CHEATER. 
>> Andrew: BASEBALL RECKONS WITH
A CHEATING SCANDAL AS THE SEASON
GETS STARTED, NEXT.
>> LINED TO LEFT, AND THAT'S A 
HIT.
>> Andrew: WELL, FOR BASEBALL 
FANS, SURELY THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL
SIGHT.
AFTER BEING SHUT DOWN FOR MONTHS
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL EXHIBITION GAMES
ARE NOW ON, AND THURSDAY, 
ANOTHER BIG DAY, THE REGULAR 
SEASON BEGINS.
BUT OF COURSE IT WON'T LOOK 
REGULAR.
THERE WILL BE NO FANS IN THE 
STANDS, OR NO REAL ONES, I 
SHOULD SAY, ANYWAY, AND CROWD 
NOISE WILL BE PIPED IN VIA THE 
SOUND SYSTEM.
NOW OF COURSE EVEN BEFORE COVID,
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WAS 
DEALING WITH ANOTHER CRISIS, A 
MAJOR CHEATING SCANDAL, AND THAT
CLOUD STILL HANGS OVER THE GAME.
JAMIE STRASHIN DELVES INTO HOW 
IN A SEASON LIKE NO OTHER THAT 
COULD PLAY OUT ON THE FIELD AND 
AMONG FANS.
>> Reporter: MARCH IN FLORIDA, 
SPRING TRAINING.
BASEBALL'S ANNUAL REBIRTH.
IN WEST PALM BEACH, YOUNG 
HOUSTON ASTROS FANS CLAMOUR FOR 
THEIR HEROES' ATTENTION. 
>> MR. MAXWELL!
>> I HEAR YOU.
>> THANK YOU. 
>> Reporter: THE COVID STORM WAS
JUST DAYS AWAY AT THIS POINT, 
BUT THERE WAS ALREADY A DARK 
CLOUD OVER THE HOUSTON ASTROS, 
INDEED, ALL OF BASEBALL.
THEY HAD CHEATED THEIR WAY TO 
THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2017 
AND HAD JUST BEEN CAUGHT.
>> GIVE THAT WORLD SERIES BACK!
>> Reporter: IN A SPORT WITH A 
RICH HISTORY OF CHEATING, WHERE 
GETTING AN EDGE WAS A BADGE OF 
HONOUR, WHAT THE ASTROS HAD DONE
WAS DIFFERENT.
>> THE HOUSTON ASTROS ARE WORLD 
CHAMPIONS!
>> Reporter: IT WASN'T THE 
RESULT OF HARD WORK AND SKILL.
THEY HAD CHEATED.
AN INVESTIGATION BY MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL REVEALED A SCHEME HIGH 
TECH ON ONE HAND BUT ALSO 
ASTOUNDINGLY LOW TECH.
OVER THE COURSE OF HUNDREDS OF 
GAMES, INCLUDING THE PLAYOFFS, 
THE TEAM USED A CAMERA IN CENTRE
FIELD TO DECIPHER WHAT PITCH THE
CATCHER WAS SIGNALLING.
THE INFORMATION WAS THEN RELAYED
TO THE DUGOUT.
A TRASH CAN WAS BANGED TO 
INDICATE WHAT TYPE OF PITCH WAS 
COMING.
YOU CAN HEAR IT IN THIS SEQUENCE
OF PITCHES FROM THE GAME WITH 
THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS.
(BANGING)
>> IF YOU KNEW WHAT PITCH WAS 
COMING, YOU COULD TAKE JUST 
ABOUT ANY MINOR LEAGUE HITTER 
AND MAKE THEM A MAJOR LEAGUE 
ALL-STAR IF THEY KNEW EVERY 
SINGLE PITCH THAT WAS COMING.
SO THAT'S HOW BIG OF AN 
ADVANTAGE IT IS. 
>> Reporter: LIKE EVERYONE ELSE 
IN THE BASEBALL WORLD, FORMER 
BIG LEAGUE PITCHER MICHAEL 
SCHWIMER HAS FOLLOWED THIS STORY
WITH GREAT INTEREST.
WHEN WE VISITED HIM IN 
WASHINGTON MONTHS AFTER THE 
STORY BROKE, THE ONE-TIME BLUE 
JAY EXPLAINED HOW THE ASTROS HAD
BETRAYED THE GAME.
>> IF YOU'RE CHEATING WITH 
TECHNOLOGY, THERE'S NOTHING I 
CAN DO.
IF I'M TIPPING MY PITCH BECAUSE 
OF MY GLOVE, I CAN FIX IT.
BUT THE RELAY FROM THE DUGOUT TO
THE HITTER BASED OFF OF A 
TECHNOLOGY FEED, AGAIN, YOU HAVE
NO CONTROL OVER, THAT IS WHAT 
RUINS THE INTEGRITY OF THE GAME 
FOR ME.
>> THESE ARE ALL DIFFERENT DATA 
SOURCES. 
>> Reporter: THE SCANDAL WAS 
ALSO ABOUT MONEY, AND THAT'S 
WHAT REALLY INTERESTS SCHWIMER.
HIS BUSINESS IS ABOUT PROVIDING 
DATA TO GAMBLERS WHO ARE NOW 
OPENLY EMBRACED BY PROFESSIONAL 
LEAGUES, INCLUDING MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL.
SCHWIMER SAYS A LOT OF MONEY 
LIKELY CHANGED HANDS IMPROPERLY.
>> SO IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE 
ASTROS GAMES THAT THEY WON THAT 
YOU THINK THEY WOULD HAVE WON 
BECAUSE OF CHEATING, YOU LOOK 
INTERNATIONALLY IN TERMS OF THE 
MARKET, HOW MUCH MONEY IS 
BETTING ON BASEBALL GAMES, 
YOU'RE LOOKING AT TENS OF 
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
>> Reporter: BUT NONE OF THE 
CHEATERS WERE PUNISHED, ALL IN 
EXCHANGE FOR TELLING MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL WHAT THEY KNEW.
INSTEAD, THE COACH AND GENERAL 
MANAGER RECEIVED ONE-YEAR 
SUSPENSIONS.
THE TEAM OWNER THEN FIRED THEM 
BOTH.
>> IT'S TOUGH.
THEY CHEATED AND, YOU KNOW, 
JUST -- I DON'T AGREE WITH THE 
PUNISHMENTS.
THE PLAYERS NOT GETTING 
ANYTHING. 
>> Reporter: BASEBALL PLAYERS 
RARELY SAY ANYTHING OF 
CONSEQUENCE, AND ALMOST NEVER 
CRITICIZE A FELLOW PLAYER.
THIS WAS DIFFERENT.
>> SO NOW ANYONE WHO GOES 
FORWARD AND CHEATS TO WIN A 
WORLD SERIES, THEY CAN LIVE WITH
THEMSELVES KNOWING THAT, OH, 
IT'S OKAY.
>> I THINK WHAT SHOULD HAVE 
HAPPENED WAS, YOU KNOW, THE 
COMMISSIONERS VACATED THEIR 
CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEN WE MOVE 
FORWARD.
>> Reporter: THE ASTROS' STILTED
APOLOGY ONLY MADE THINGS WORSE.
INFIELDER ALEX BREGMAN LOOKED 
LIKE A HOSTAGE. 
>> I'M REALLY SORRY ABOUT THE 
CHOICES THAT WERE MADE BY MY 
TEAM, BY THE ORGANIZATION, AND 
BY ME.
>> AND I KNEW THAT IT WAS NEVER 
GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: THESE TWO LITERALLY
WROTE THE BOOK ON BASEBALL'S 
HISTORY OF RULE BREAKERS.
THEY MAY HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK 
TOGETHER, BUT THE TWO OLD 
BASEBALL FANS, ONE A YANKEES FAN
ONE A METS BOOSTER RARELY 
AGREE.
JARVIS ARGUES THE MANIPULATION 
OF THE ASTROS FITS INTO A RICH 
NARRATIVE OF BASEBALL CHEATERS 
WHO ARE RARELY PUNISHED.
>> WELL, BASEBALL HAS NO 
INTEGRITY.
BASEBALL HAS NEVER HAD 
INTEGRITY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE EARLY HISTORY
OF BASEBALL, IT'S A VERY DIRTY 
GAME PLAYED BY THUGS.
YOU GO TO 1919 AND THE BLACK SOX
SCANDAL.
SO AGAIN, CLUTCHING PEARLS AND 
TALKING ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF 
BASEBALL, THERE IS NO INTEGRITY 
IN BASEBALL.
>> I THINK INTEGRITY IS 
IMPORTANT.
AS A SEASON TICKET HOLDER FOR A 
TEAM AS A LIFELONG BASEBALL FAN 
WHO GOES TO LOTS OF GAMES A 
YEAR, IF THIS CONTINUES, I'M 
GOING TO LOSE INTEREST.
I'M GONNA LOSE INTEREST AND SAY 
THIS ISN'T WORTH MY TIME.
>> Reporter: BUT WHEN BASEBALL 
DECIDED NOT TO BANISH THE 
ASTR
ASTROS, SCHWIMER SAYS IT WILL 
NOW BE THE PLAYERS CARRYING OUT 
JUSTICE.
>> I THINK IT'S DANGEROUS, VERY 
DANGEROUS, BECAUSE WHAT I SEE IS
PITCHERS, PITCHERS THAT I TALK 
TO, THAT I'VE PLAYED WITH, THEY 
KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE THE BALL IN 
YOUR HAND YOU CAN -- YOU MAKE 
YOUR OWN JUSTICE, AND WHEN YOU 
FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN WRONGED, 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHEATING YOU, 
YOU CAN MAKE THE HITTER PAY FOR 
THAT. 
>> Reporter: OPPOSING PITCHERS 
IN SPRING TRAINING ADMINISTERED 
THAT BASEBALL JUSTICE.
THE ASTROS SEEMED TO ALMOST 
EXPECT IT AND TOOK THEIR LICKS. 
>> OH, BREAKING BALL.
TIMING WAS ABSOLUTELY 
UNFORTUNATE FOR HIM AS HE TAKES 
THE HIT BY THE PITCH.
>> Reporter: BEFORE THE SEASON 
WAS CUT, VEGAS BOOKIES SET THE 
OVER/UNDER FOR THE NUMBER OF 
TIMES THEY WOULD BE HIT BY A 
PITCH AT 84, A NUMBER RARELY 
REACHED DURING A SEASON.
>> IF YOU START MAKING RULES 
THAT IF YOU THROW SOMEBODY 
INSIDE THE FIRST TIME YOU HIT AN
ASTROS PLAYER YOU'RE THROWN OUT,
NOW YOU'RE CREATING RULES TO 
HELP THE CHEATERS.
IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT 
IT, NOW IT'S PLAYER SAFETY.
>> Reporter: WHAT THE ASTROS DID
WAS ABOUT MORE THAN WINS AND 
LOSSES.
FORTUNES WERE CHANGED, 
LIVELIHOODS AFFECTED AND DREAMS 
ECLIPSED.
SOME PITCHERS, VICTIMS OF THE 
ASTROS CHEATING, NEVER PITCHED 
AGAIN AT THE MAJOR LEAGUE LEVEL.
ONE OF THOSE PITCHERS, FORMER 
BLUE JAY MIKE BOLSINGER, FILED A
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT 
AGAINST THE ASTROS.
AMIDST ALL OF THE HATRED 
SURROUNDING THE ASTROS, THEIR 
FANS RALLIED AROUND THEM IN 
FLORIDA.
>> IS IT GOING TO BE A HARD TEAM
TO CHEER FOR FOR YOU?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IT'S GOING TO BE EASY.
I'VE BEEN AN ASTRO FAN FOR 50 
YEARS, SO I DON'T PLAN ON 
QUITTING TODAY.
>> WE'RE WALKING DOWN THE 
SIDEWALK AND PEOPLE CALL OUT 
 "CHEATER" TO US, BUT YOU KNOW, 
IT'S LIKE DEFENDING YOUR 
CHILDREN.
THIS IS THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.
IT'S PART OF MY FAMILY AND I'M 
DEFENDING MY FAMILY. 
>> Reporter: FOR THE REST OF 
BASEBALL, SEEING THE ASTROS BACK
IN ACTION WAS SALT IN AN OPEN 
WOUND. 
>> WHEN YOU GET A GROUP OF BALL 
PLAYERS THAT ARE NOW CHEATING 
THE SYSTEM, YOU REACT BY SAYING,
WELL, YOU KNOW, WHY SHOULD I BE 
A FAN OF THIS GAME?
AM I REALLY SEEING WHAT I'M 
SUPPOSED TO BE SEEING?
I DON'T WANT TO SEE A MAGIC 
SHOW.
I WANT TO SEE A BASEBALL GAME.
I WANT TO COME OUT AND I WANT TO
SEE THEM COMPETE AT THEIR OWN 
LEVEL AND USE THEIR BEST EFFORTS
AND NOT TO BE TOLD, WELL, HERE'S
YOUR NEXT PITCH.
THAT'S NOT A BALL GAME.
>> Reporter: AS USUAL, BOB 
JARVIS THINKS HIS FRIEND IS 
OVER-REACTING.
>> YEAH, I DISAGREE.
I MEAN, WHEN WAS BASEBALL REALLY
POPULAR, WHEN SAMMY SOSA AND 
MARK McGUIRE BACK IN 1998 WERE 
HITTING A HOME RUN EVERY DAY AND
IT LOOKED LIKE A VIDEO GAME.
THAT'S WHAT FANS WANT TO SEE.
NOBODY WAS PUNISHED IN THE 
STEROID ERA.
THE ONLY PUNISHMENT WAS HANDED 
OUT BY BASEBALL WRITERS BY NOT 
VOTING IN CERTAIN PEOPLE INTO 
THE HALL OF FAME. 
>> Reporter: AS MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL RETURNS AMID THE 
ONGOING PANDEMIC, IT WILL BE 
DIFFERENT.
THE ASTROS WON'T HAVE TO DEAL 
WITH ANGRY FANS.
GAMES WILL BE PLAYED IN EMPTY 
STADIUMS.
>> HIT HIM!
>> Reporter: THERE WILL BE LESS 
MEDIA SCRUTINY, REPORTERS NOW 
NOT PERMITTED IN THE CLUBHOUSE, 
OR WILL FANS JUST BE HAPPY TO 
HAVE BASEBALL BACK AND FORGET 
THAT THE 2017 HOUSTON ASTROS 
FIELD OF DREAMS  WAS REALLY A 
FIELD OF CHEATS?
FOR "THE NATIONAL," I'M JAMIE 
STRASHIN IN WEST PALM BEACH, 
FLORIDA. 
>> Andrew: NOW THERE IS ANOTHER 
WAY MLB HISTORY IS BEING MADE 
THIS YEAR.
>> AN ABSOLUTE BASEBALL WHIZ.
>> Andrew: BACK IN JANUARY, 
ALYSSA NAKKEN BECAME THE FIRST 
FEMALE COACH IN MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL AFTER BEING HIRED BY 
THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS.
ON MONDAY SHE ADDED TO THAT, 
TAKING OVER AT FIRST BASE TO 
BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN TO COACH 
ON THE FIELD.
>>> NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL," 
EDMONTON CFL TEAM DITCHES ITS 
NAME.
>> INUIT ARE NOT MASCOTS.
WE'RE NOT MONIKERS.
WE ARE A PEOPLE.
>> Andrew: THE TIPPING POINT AND
THE REACTION, NEXT.
>> Andrew: WELL, THE NBA ALLOWED
MEDIA ON TO THE LEAGUE'S COURT 
IN ORLANDO TODAY.
PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED ACROSS THE
FLOOR, BLACK LIVES MATTER.
IT'S A SIGN OF SUPPORT FOR THE 
MOVEMENT IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE 
FLOYD'S DEATH AT THE HANDS OF A 
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER TWO 
MONTHS AGO.
THE NBA SEASON RESUMES NEXT 
THURSDAY.
>>> NOW ALONG WITH COMBATTING 
ANTI-BLACK RACISM, PRO SPORTS 
ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALSO FACING 
INTENSE PRESSURE TO STOP USING 
INDIGENOUS NAMES AND SYMBOLS, 
AND NOW ONE WEEK AFTER THE NFL 
WASHINGTON FRANCHISE ANNOUNCED 
IT IS RETIRING ITS NAME AND 
LOGO, A CANADIAN FOOTBALL 
INSTITUTION IS ALSO CHANGING 
COURSE.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN IS IN 
EDMONTON TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: IT'S A NAME 
EDMONTON'S TEAM HAS WORN FOR 
SEVEN DECADES, BUT TODAY SENIOR 
MANAGEMENT OF THE STORIED CFL 
FRANCHISE ANNOUNCED THE 
BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTER FOR 
THE TEAM, STARTING WITH A NEW 
NAME.
>> TO THOSE OF US WHO SPENT OUR 
FORMATIVE YEARS BUNDLING UP TO 
SIT IN THE STANDS AND CHEER ON 
OUR TEAM IN BELOW ZERO 
TEMPERATURES, THE NAME ESKIMOS 
MEANT TOUGH, RESILIENT, NEVER 
GIVE UP.
>> Reporter: BUT FOR MANY, 
ESPECIALLY CANADA'S INUIT, THE 
NAME WAS OFFENSIVE AND HURTFUL.
INUIT LEADER NATAN OBED HAS LONG
FOUGHT FOR CHANGE.
HE SAYS TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT WAS
OVERDUE. 
>> INUIT ARE NOT MASCOTS.
WE'RE NOT MONIKERS.
WE ARE A PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THE FRANCHISE 
RESISTED CALLS FOR CHANGE FOR 
YEARS, BUT TODAY THE TEAM ADMITS
TIMES ARE CHANGING. 
>> OUR MOST RECENT OPINION 
RESEARCH SHOWS PLAINLY THAT 
VIEWS ARE SHIFTING QUICKLY. 
>> Reporter: THOSE SHIFTING 
VIEWS HAVE INCLUDED MAJOR 
SPONSORS.
BELAIRDIRECT HAD TOLD THE TEAM 
THE NAME NEEDS TO GO, AND BOSTON
PIZZA EVEN ENDED ITS 
PARTNERSHIP.
AT LEAST ONE OF THE TEAM'S 
PLAYERS AGREES. 
>> THERE ARE TERMS THAT MY 
PEOPLE WERE CALLED AT ONE POINT.
I KNOW IF IT WAS A TEAM NAME, 
THAT IT WOULD BE OFFENSIVE TO 
ME.
>> Reporter: FOR NOW THE 
FRANCHISE WILL BE KNOWN AS THE 
EDMONTON FOOTBALL TEAM, BUT IT 
WILL KEEP THE DOUBLE E LOGO AS 
IT LAUNCHES ITS SEARCH FOR A NEW
IDENTITY.
OBED APPLAUDS EDMONTON'S NEW 
MISSION.
>> I'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE WHO I WAS TEAMMATES WITH 
OR I COACHED IN HOCKEY, AND IT'S
GREAT TO SEE THAT MY PEERS AND 
THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE FELLOW 
ATHLETES WERE SOME OF THE FIRST 
PEOPLE THAT CAME TO ME AND SAID 
THEY WERE SO RELIEVED AND HAPPY 
THAT THE NAME WAS CHANGING.
>> Reporter: A NEW JOURNEY FOR A
VETERAN CLUB LOOKING TOWARDS THE
FUTURE.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS, 
EDMONTON.
>> Andrew: WELL, WHEN WE COME 
BACK, AN INSIDE LOOK AT A UNIQUE
AND EMOTIONAL FUNDRAISER FOR 
TORONTO'S SickKids HOSPITAL.
PLUS, A FAMILY BRINGING SOME 
LORD OF THE RINGS MAGIC TO A 
SASKATOON NEIGHBOURHOOD.
STAY WITH US.
>> Andrew: EVEN BEFORE THE 
PANDEMIC, TORONTO'S HOSPITAL FOR
SICK CHILDREN WAS UNDER PRESSURE
WITH AN I.C.U. THAT'S OUTDATED 
AND OVERCROWDED, THE TASK OF 
RAISING ENOUGH MONEY TO EXPAND, 
MONUMENTAL.
LAST NOVEMBER DAVID COMMON 
SHOWED US AN UNUSUAL FUNDRAISER 
THAT FOR PARTICIPANTS WAS BOTH 
HEART-RENDING AND EYE-OPENING.
>> EMERGENCY IN ROOM 14.
>> HAVE YOU GOT A PULLS?
>> NO.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE] I'M JUST 
GOING TO UPDATE THE TEAM.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>> Reporter: IT TAKES JUST 
SECONDS AFTER THE ALARM SOUNDS 
FOR THE PEDIATRIC TEAM TO POUR 
IN.
>> ARE YOU OKAY?
DO YOU NEED TO CYCLE OUT?
>> Reporter: IN THE NATION'S 
LARGEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, ONE
OF ITS TINIEST PATIENTS IS IN 
DEEP DISTRESS.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO 
[INDISCERNIBLE]. 
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE I.C.U. 
AT SickKids.
OR A MOCK-UP OF IT, ANYWAY.
A NEAR EXACT REPLICA OF THE REAL
THING.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]. 
>> IT'S A MANNEQUIN TO RESPOND 
EXACTLY HOW IT SHOULD RESPOND.
>> Reporter: AND YOU'LL NEVER 
GUESS HOW WE FOUND IT.
IT SHOWED UP ON AIRBNB, WHERE A 
BED COST NEARLY $2500, THE REAL 
COST OF RUNNING THE I.C.U. FOR 
JUST ONE PATIENT A DAY.
>> HI. 
>> HI.
>> HELLO. 
>> Reporter: THOSE WHO 
FUNDRAISED, LIKE THIS GROUP FROM
I.B.M., HELPED THE HOSPITAL 
FINANCIALLY, AND IN RETURN GET A
CLOSE-UP EXPERIENCE.
>> IT'S A TOUGH EXPERIENCE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SOUNDS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THINGS.
YOU'RE GOING TO START THINKING 
ABOUT THINGS THAT PERHAPS YOU'VE
NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT.
>> Reporter: DR. LENNOX WANG 
RUNS THE REAL I.C.U. JUST A FEW 
HALLWAYS AWAY.
HE SET UP ROLES FOR EACH OF US 
PARTICIPATING, THAT INCLUDES ME.
>> THERE ARE THESE CARDS OF A 
KID, ESSENTIALLY JORDAN, FIVE, 
FROM BRAMPTON, ONTARIO, NOT EVEN
AN HOUR FROM HERE.
AND THE STORY FOR JORDAN IS 
JORDAN HAD A FEVER, SHORTNESS OF
BREATH, ENDED UP HERE AT 
SickKids WHEN IT GOT WORSE, AND 
NOW IT'S BEEN DIAGNOSED AS LEFT 
SIDE PNEUMONIA.
>> Reporter: WHY GO THROUGH SUCH
AN ELABORATE EXERCISE?
THIS IS ABOUT CHANGE, THE REAL 
I.C.U. IS JUST AS CRAMPED.
FOUR PATIENTS TO A ROOM, THEIR 
PARENTS SQUISHED IN, MORE THAN 
ONE GUEST AT A TIME, MOM AND 
DAD, FOR INSTANCE, NEARLY 
IMPOSSIBLE.
THEN YOU ADD IN THE MEDICAL 
TEAMS, AND INEVITABLY, THE NEED 
TO DELIVER BAD NEWS IN A SPACE 
THAT'S FAR FROM PRIVATE.
EVEN IN A MOCK-UP, IT'S HARD FOR
ANY PARENT.
>> SO THEY PUT THE HEADPHONES 
ON, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY, 
BECAUSE BEING SO CLOSE, THERE'S 
OBVIOUSLY PRIVACY CONCERNS.
>> AS YOU KNOW, JORDAN'S 
SEIZURES HAVE BEEN PROGRESSIVELY
GETTING WORSE.
AFTER LOOKING OVER HIS MOST 
RECENT IMAGING NUMEROUS TIMES, 
THEY HAVE REVEALED AN ADVANCED 
BRAIN TUMOUR.
IF YOU WANT TO TELL ANY OF YOUR 
RELATIVES TO COME AND SEE JORDAN
AND SAY GOOD-BYE, YOU SHOULD 
SOON.
I'M SO VERY SORRY.
>> OH!
>> THE HARDEST PART, I MEAN, WE 
ARE SHIMMY BESIDE -- THERE'S NO 
SPACE HERE.
THERE'S NO PERSONAL SPACE.
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 
ALL OF THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND 
EVERYTHING ELSE, IT WOULD 
OBVIOUSLY BE VERY HARD TO KEEP 
YOUR MIND STRAIGHT, GET SLEEP, 
AND YET, YOU KNOW, IT'S 
SOMETHING ELSE WATCHING THE 
STAFF TRYING TO DO GYMNASTICS 
AROUND ONE ANOTHER WORKING IN A 
REALLY TIGHT, SMALL SPACE TO TRY
AND PULL THIS OFF.
BASICALLY TRYING TO KEEP A KID 
ALIVE. 
>> Reporter: WHILE THE CHILD 
PATIENTS IN THE I.C.U. ARE OFTEN
SEDATED, THEY AND THEIR PARENTS 
CAN STILL BE EXPOSED TO TRAUMA.
ONE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN HERE.
>> EMERGENCY, ROOM 14.
EMERGENCY IN ROOM 14.
>> NO.
>> MANNEQUIN [INDISCERNIBLE].
>> [INDISCERNIBLE] CONTINUE 
CHEST COMPRESSIONS.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE STILL IN V FIB.
LET'S CARRY ON.
>> TELL ME WHEN YOU'RE READY. 
>> Reporter: THIS IS TERRIFYING,
BUT IT'S ALSO WORKING.
A REALISTIC PORTRAIT THAT HAS 
HELPED DRIVE A BIG JUMP IN 
DONATIONS.
ALL PART OF THE PLANS TO BUILD A
NEW HOSPITAL, ONE WITH MORE 
PRIVACY AND, FRANKLY, ROOM FOR 
MOMS AND DADS TO BE THERE 
TOGETHER. 
>> CAN WE DO A BLOOD PRESSURE?
>> Reporter: THIS DOCTOR KNOWS 
JUST HOW EMOTIONALLY DRAINING 
THIS CAN BE.
>> WHAT ARE SOME WORDS THAT JUMP
OUT TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEY 
EXPERIENCED TODAY?
>> I WOULD SAY INTENSE. 
>> INTENSE.
>> SURPRISING, SHOCKING.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW PEOPLE 
ARE NOT JUST TRIPPING OVER 
EVERYTHING.
I'M JUST AMAZED.
>> THIS IS A WORLD-CLASS 
INSTITUTION.
WE DELIVER WORLD-CLASS CARE, BUT
YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT WE'RE 
DOING IT IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT
IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE IT'S NEUTRAL.
IT ACTUALLY HURTS US AND MAKES 
OUR JOB MORE DIFFICULT AS 
OPPOSED TO HELPING US EVERY 
SINGLE DAY.
>> Reporter: THE AIM IS THAT 
THAT WILL CHANGE.
NO ONE WANTS TO BE IN THE 
PEDIATRIC I.C.U., BUT IF YOU 
HAVE NO CHOICE, THE HOPE IS TO 
MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE FOR 
PATIENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF.
DAVID COMMON, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Andrew: AND AN UPDATE TO THAT
STORY.
GROUND WAS BROKEN LAST FALL ON A
NEW PATIENT SUPPORT CENTRE.
IT'S BEING CALLED THE FIRST STEP
TOWARDS A NEW HOSPITAL FOR SICK 
CHILDREN.
DONORS WHO GAVE A MILLION 
DOLLARS OR MORE WERE THERE, 
INCLUDING THE FAMILY OF 
DEVELOPER PETER GILLGAN WHO 
GIFTED MORE THAN $100
MILLION.
>>> CHECK THIS OUT, A COSY 
LITTLE HOBBIT HOLE IN SASKATOON.
>> A LITTLE MAILBOX FOR THEM, IT
WAS IF YOU WRITE A LETTER TO THE
HOBBIT, THEN HE'LL ANSWER.
>> Andrew: NEXT, THE COUPLE 
-- THE FAMILY THAT'S COMMITTED 
TO BRINGING A
>> Andrew: WELL, THIS MAY LOOK 
LIKE IT'S PART OF THE SHIRE, BUT
THIS HOBBIT HOLE IS ACTUALLY IN 
SASKATOON.
IT WAS MEANT AS A CREATIVE FRONT
YARD LANDSCAPE, BUT IT'S 
BRINGING A NEIGHBOURHOOD A LOT 
OF JOY, AND SO THAT IS OUR 
"MOMENT."
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>> IT STARTED AS A LANDSCAPING 
PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE GOING TO 
DO WITH THE FRONT YARD, CREATE 
SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING THAN 
JUST GRASS.
>> AND A MONTH IN, KIND OF LIKE 
A HOBBIT HOLE.
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, IT'S A 
HOBBIT HOLE.
>> EARLY ON IN THE COVID, WE HAD
ACTUALLY WATCHED THE HOBBIT 
MOVIES.
WE LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT 
IMAGES OF THE ACTUAL 
CONSTRUCTION DONE IN NEW 
ZEALAND, AND WE WANTED IT TO 
HAVE ITS OWN UNIQUE 
CHARACTERISTICS.
WE HAVE HAD QUITE A NUMBER OF 
CHILDREN LEAVING LETTERS FOR THE
HOBBIT SINCE THE HOBBIT HAS 
MOVED IN.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE 
MAILBOX. 
>> WE SAID IF YOU WRITE A LETTER
FOR THE HOBBIT, THEN THEY'LL 
ANSWER IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. 
>> IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH HOBBIT 
GENEALOGY WE'VE HAD TO GO AND 
RESEARCH BECAUSE OF THE LETTERS 
THAT HAVE ARRIVED.
>> I'M APPRECIATING HOW THERE 
ARE SO MANY OTHER FANS OUT 
THERE.
>> THE EXCITEMENT THAT THE KIDS 
HAVE HAD IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 
HAS REALLY BEEN JUST A DELIGHT.
>> Andrew: WELL, IT IS A DELIGHT
TO SEE THAT, AS A GROWN-UP EVEN.
AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT -- I 
MEAN, THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY 
HAD TO DO SOME RESEARCH INTO 
THIS.
IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE THEY ARE HUGE
LORD OF THE RINGS SUPER FANS.
THEY JUST HAD THIS IDEA AND THEY
SAW HOW IT CAUGHT ON AND JUST 
DECIDED TO KEEP ON DOING IT, AND
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.
THEY SAY THEY HAVE PLANS FOR 
HALLOWEEN, CHRISTMAS.
IMAGINE ALL THE MINI SNOWMEN 
PUMPKINS?
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR THIS 
TUESDAY, JULY 21.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
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