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>> THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.
HOW THEY'RE MOVED BY A RARE
COSMIC DANCE.
>>> DONALD TRUMP SET TO COMMIT
THOUSANDS MORE TROOPS TO
AFGHANISTAN.
WE LEARN WHY CANADA AND OTHERS
WON'T FOLLOW SUIT.
>>> FORMER WAIT STAFF ARE IN THE
CLASSIEST RESTAURANTS AND HOW
THEY CLAWED BACK TIPS.
>> IT'S PRETTY DEVASTATING,
ACTUALLY.
>> PLUS... RUSSIA EMBRACES A
MURDEROUS TYRANT, WHY STALIN IS
MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER.
>>> HUDDLED TOGETHER IN THE
PARKS AND ON THE STREETS AND
WHERE THEY COULD SEE THE SKIES,
PEOPLE WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY
A RARE CELESTIAL SIGHT, A TOTAL
SOLAR ECLIPSE AND IT SEEMED TO
STOP TIME.
IT'S A STUNNING SHOW OF LIGHT,
WHEN A MOON CAST A PERFECT
SHADOW MILLIONS WERE LOOKING UP
AND CRYING OUT IN THE BRIEF
DARKNESS.
ONLY A SLIVER OF THE UNITED
STATES SAW THE TOTALITY OF THE
ECLIPSE WHICH LASTED JUST
MINUTES BUT IT BROUGHT OUT LARGE
CROWDS ON THE GROUND AND IN THE
AIR, EVEN ON THE BALCONY OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.
AND THOUGH CANADA DIDN'T GET THE
FULL EFFECT THERE WAS STILL
PLENTY WEARING PLASTIC GLASSES
AND PEERING THROUGH PINHOLED
PAPER TO CAPTURE THIS EVENT.
WE BEGIN IN THE UNITED STATES AT
ONE PRIME LOCATION ALONG THE
ECLIPSE BELT, AND KIM BRUNHUBER
SPENT THE DAY  IN SALEM, OREGON.
>> Reporter: IT BEGINS SLOWLY,
AS ALL ROMANCES DO, WITH THE
FIRST KISS, THE MOMENT THAT THE
MOON NUZZLED THE SUB.
SHARMIN CHOWDHURY CAN'T FORGET
HER FIRST ECLIPSE.
>> Interview: THE STORY THAT
WE WERE TOLD BY OUR GRANDMA IS
THAT A MONSTER WILL COME AND EAT
UP THE SUN AND THEN WE'LL HAVE
TO ASK THE MONSTER TO GIVE IT
BACK.
>> Reporter: EVER SINCE THEN
SEEING A TOTAL ECLIPSE HAS BEEN
AT THE TOP OF HER BUCKET LIST.
THAT'S WHY SHE TRAVELED FROM
TORONTO TO SALEM, OREGON, THE
FIRST STATE IN THE PATH OF THE
TOTAL ECLIPSE AS IT SNAKES ITS
WAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
>> Interview: IT'S EXCITING.
>> Reporter: NOW WITH HALF AN
HOUR TO GO, THE SUN LOOKS LIKE A
CRESCENT MOON.
>> Interview: IT'S AMAZING AND
I CAN FEEL THE TEMPERATURE GOING
DOWN.
AND THE LIGHT KIND OF CHANGED
AROUND US A LITTLE BIT.
>> Reporter: AT 19-YEAR-OLD,
SHE'S ALREADY A VETERAN AND
SHE'S CHASED ECLIPSES IN
INDONESIA AND OTHER AREAS.
>> Interview: MOST PEOPLE JUST
HAVE ONE TIME IN THEIR LIVES.
>> Reporter: 15 MINUTES TO
TOTALITY, EVEN THE SHADOWS
TRANSFORM INTO CRESCENTS.
>> Interview: OH, GOODNESS
GRACIOUS ME, LOOK AT THAT.
>> Reporter: ALL AROUND THE
EXPECTATION AND THE RAPTURE IS
CLEAR TO SEE.
BUT FOR JIM PRICE IT'S
BITTERSWEET.
HE'S SPENT YEARS PLANNING THIS
TRIP TO OREGON WITH HIS WIFE BUT
SUDDENLY LAST YEAR SHE PASSED
AWAY.
>> Interview: I CAN HEAR HER,
YOU KNOW, SORT OF TELLING ME
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO DO, YOU
KNOW, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
SHE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE
BEEN AT AND IN SOME WAY I THINK
THAT SHE'S HERE, ACTUALLY.
>> Interview: OH, MY GOD, LOOK
AT THAT.
>> OH!
>> Reporter: AND THEN THE
LIGHT GOES DOWN BY A FACTOR OF A
THOUSAND.
>> TOTALITY!
WOO!
>> Reporter: CHOWDHURY IS
MOVED TO TEARS.
IS IT AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT?
>> Interview: OH, GOD, YES.
>> Reporter: WHEN THAT WALL OF
SHADOWS RUSH IN YOU GET WHY
ANCIENT PEOPLES THOUGHT THAT THE
WORLD WAS ENDING, BUT IT USHERS
IN SCIENCE WHEN THEY
DEMONSTRATED THE OBEYED NATURAL
LAWS.
HE'S SEEN 19 OF THESE.
HOW DO YOU RATE THIS ONE?
>> Interview: BEAUTIFUL, ONE
OF THE BEST ONES EVER.
>> Reporter: THE NEXT TOTAL
ECLIPSE IN NORTH AMERICA, 2024,
BUT THIS WILL BE A TOUGH ACT TO
FOLLOW.
[Applause]
KIM BRUNHUBER, CBC NEWS, SALEM,
OREGON.
>> Susan: LOTS OF EMOTION THERE
AND IN CANADA THERE WERE FULL
CROWDS AND MANY PASSING ON A
LIFETIME WONDER TO A NEW
GENERATION.
>> Interview: WHAT I LIKE
ABOUT IT IS THE SOLAR ECLIPSE IS
THAT IT'S ABOUT SCIENCE.
>> Interview: I REMEMBER IN,
LIKE, 1979 OR SOMETHING WHEN IT
WAS A FULL ECLIPSE AND I MISSED
IT AND I WAS SICK THAT DAY AND I
COULDN'T GO TO SCHOOL AND I
SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, SHE HAS TO
SEE THIS.
I HAVE BEEN PLANNING THIS SINCE
I WAS A KID.
>> I WANT TO SEE.
IT'S SO COOL!
>> Interview: IT'S AWESOME.
>> Interview: HE'S ALWAYS BEEN
INTERESTED IN ANYTHING TO DO
WITH ASTRONOMY AND THE STARS AND
THE SUN AND THE MOON AND
EVERYTHING SO I FIGURED THAT
IT'S A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY OR MAYBE SOMETHING
THAT WE CAN BOTH EXPERIENCE
TOGETHER.
>> Interview: IT LOOKS LIKE A
RED DOT.
>> Reporter: WHAT WAS THE DEAL
YOU MADE?
>> Interview: TO COME HERE AND
SHE CLEANED HER ROOM, NO,
SERIOUSLY, IT WAS AWESOME.
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>> Susan: COMING UP...
>> ♪ TURN AROUND ♪
>> Susan: OUR BOB McDONALD
TELLS US ABOUT THE MOMENT HE
SHARED WITH EARTH BOUND MORTALS
IN CASPER, WYOMING.
ALL OF THEM TRANSFIXED BY THE
ECLIPSE.
>>> PLUS AS CONTROVERSIAL
MONUMENTS ARE TORN DOWN IN THE
U.S., MANY RUSSIANS BUCK THE
TREND AND CHEERED JOSEF STALIN.
>>> POLICE IN SPAIN SAY THAT THE
MANHUNT FOR THE REMAINING
BARCELONA ATTACKER IS OVER.
THE DRIVER OF THE VAN THAT
PLOWED INTO PEDESTRIANS IN A
TOURIST AREA LAST WEEK SHOT DEAD
TODAY.
MARGARET EVANS HAS DETAILS.
>> Reporter: THIS IS WHERE THE
MANHUNT FOR YOUNES ABOUYAAQUOUB
PLAYED ITSELF OUT TO AN END.
A WINE-GROWING AREA JUST WEST OF
BARCELONA, THE SUSPECT SPOTTED
BY A LOCAL WHO ALERTED SECURITY
FORCES.
POLICE SAY WHEN ABOUYAAQUOUB WAS
CORNERED HE WAS SHOT DEAD.
>> Interview: THEY SHOT DEAD
YOUNES ABOUYAAQUOUB, THE DRIVER
OF THE VAN AND DIRECT
PERPETRATOR OF THE ATTACK IN
BARCELONA.
>> Reporter: MORE IS EMERGING
ABOUT ABOUYAAQUOUB'S MOVEMENTS
AFTER HE LEFT THE VAN BEHIND.
CCTV PICKING HIM UP WALKING
THROUGH THE NEARBY MARKET.
POLICE ON THE HUNT... ARRIVING
TOO LATE TO CATCH HIM.
THE 22-YEAR-OLD THEN MOVED TO
THE CITY'S UNIVERSITY AREA, THEY
SAY, WHERE HE KILLED A MAN AND
STOLE HIS CAR.
POLICE NOW THINK THAT THEY HAVE
THE LAST MISSING LINK OF WHAT
THEY DESCRIBE AS A 12-MEMBER
CELL, AND ALL WITH TIES TO THE
TOWN OF RIPOLL.
MOST GREW UP HERE.
TODAY THERE WAS NO SYMPATHY ON
THE STREETS.
>> Interview: [speaking
foreign language].
>> Reporter: I DON'T FEEL
SORRY FOR HIM, SAYS THIS
RESIDENT, I FEEL SORRY FOR THE
14 PEOPLE WHO DIED, INCLUDING
TWO CHILDREN.
>> Interview: [speaking
foreign language].
>> Reporter: YOU GET WHAT YOU
DESERVE, SAYS ANOTHER AND FOR ME
IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
THE TOWN'S FORMER IMAM IS
SUSPECTED OF HAVING MASTERMINDED
THE PLOT AND OF RADICALIZING THE
YOUNG MEN.
POLICE THINK THAT HE'S ONE OF
TWO SUSPECTS KILLED IN AN
EXPLOSION AT A BOMBMAKING
HIDEOUT.
IN BARCELONA, LAS RAMBLAS IS ONE
LONG SHRINE TO THE DEAD, CROWDED
WITH PEOPLE DETERMINED TO TAKE
THEIR CITY BACK FROM FEAR.
PEOPLE WAITED IN LINE TO HUG
THIS MAN, STANDING BESIDE A SIGN
THAT READ "I AM A MUSLIM AND I
AM NOT A TERRORIST."
ANOTHER ENDURING IMAGE OF UNITY
IN A CITY THAT HAS SUFFERED.
MARGARET EVANS, CBC NEWS,
LONDON.
>> Susan: FEWER ASYLUM SEEKERS
ARE CROSSING THE BORDER INTO
QUÉBEC IN RECENT DAYS BUT TODAY
UNDER PRESSURE TO TIGHTEN THAT
BORDER, OTTAWA STEPPED UP
EFFORTS TO DISCOURAGE EVEN MORE
PEOPLE FROM MAKING THE TRIP.
AINSLIE McLELLAN HAS DETAILS.
>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST
TIME SINCE THIS CAMP OPENED TWO
WEEKS AGO THE TWO MINISTERS
RESPONSIBLE FOR IT PAID A VISIT
TOGETHER.
THEIR ARRIVAL COINCIDING WITH
THE SLIGHT DROP IN THE NUMBER OF
ILLEGAL CROSSINGS FROM MORE THAN
200 A DAY IN EARLY AUGUST, BUT
THEY'RE NOT CLAIMING THAT'S A
TREND.
>> The Hon. Ralph Goodale: NO
ONE CAN SAY TWO OR THREE DAYS
TOTALLY REVERSES A PATTERN THAT
HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS BUT THE
NUMBERS ARE SOMEWHAT MORE
MODERATE AS OF TODAY.
>> Reporter: THE RED CROSS
SAYS THAT THE BORDER CAMP IS NOW
ONLY HALF FULL, THANKS TO TRIPLE
THE NUMBER OF CBSA AGENTS MORE
PEOPLE ARE NOW BEING PROCESSED
AND LEAVING THE CAMP THAN ARE
ARRIVING.
GOODALE COULDN'T SAY HOW MUCH
ALL OF THOSE ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES ARE COSTING THE
GOVERNMENT.
AND STILL BACKLOGS REMAIN
ELSEWHERE.
ASYLUM SEEKERS FACE A FIVE-MONTH
WAIT BEFORE AN INTERVIEW AT THE
MONTREAL IMMIGRATION OFFICE AND
EVEN LONGER TO MAKE THEIR CASE
TO THE IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE
BOARD.
IMMIGRATION MINISTER AHMED
HUSSEN SAYS THEY'RE ADDING STAFF
IN MONTREAL AND CORNWALL,
ONTARIO, TO SPEED THINGS UP.
AND THE MINISTERS SAY THEY'RE
DISCOURAGING HAITIANS IN THE
U.S. FROM SEEKING ASYLUM HERE,
WITH DISPATCHING EMANUEL DUBOURG
WHO SPEAKS CREOLE TO SPREAD THE
MESSAGE THAT THERE'S NO FREE
TICKET TO REFUGEE STATUS IN
CANADA.
>> Interview: WE HAVE BEEN
SAYING THIS FOR MANY, MANY
MONTHS AND THIS IS NOT A NEW
MESSAGE, IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE
BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE AND DOING
OUTREACH ON A GRANULAR LEVEL.
>> Reporter: DESPITE THAT
MESSAGE, PEOPLE ARE CROSSING
ILLEGALLY AND ONE PERSON SAID HE
KNEW BEFORE HE LEFT HIS HOME IN
FLORIDA THAT THERE WAS NO
GUARANTEE OF ASYLUM HERE IN
CANADA BUT HE DECIDED TO TAKE
CHANCES ANYWAY.
AINSLIE McLELLAN, CBC NEWS,
MONTREAL.
>> Susan: THE AFGHAN WAR HAS
RECEDED IN THE VIEW SINCE THIS
COUNTRY LEFT THE FIGHT BUT UNDER
A THIRD PRESIDENT IN A ROW THE
U.S. TROOPS ARE STILL DEPLOYED
THERE AND RIGHT NOW DONALD TRUMP
IS ON TELEVISION UPDATING WHAT
THE U.S. IS PREPARED TO DO.
THE CBC'S LYNDSAY DUNCOMBE HAS
BEEN LISTENING IN, LYNDSAY, WHAT
HAS THE PRESIDENT SAID SO FAR?
>> Reporter: DECISIONS ARE
DIFFERENT IN THE OF OVAL OFFICE
AND THAT'S WHAT DONALD TRUMP
JUST SAID WITH RESPECT TO HIS
UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAR IN
AFGHANISTAN AND ADMITTING,
SUSAN, THAT HIS ORIGINAL
INSTINCT WAS TO PULL OUT OF THE
REGION THAT HE IS A PRESIDENT
THAT LIKES TO GO WITH THAT GUT
INSTINCT.
BUT HE SAID THAT HE'S DONE A LOT
OF STUDYING.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE EXACT
NUMBERS BUT IT'S BEEN REPORTED
THAT THE WHITE HOUSE WILL
ANNOUNCE A MODEST TROOP
INCREASE, SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE
OF 4,000 TROOPS TO JOIN THE
8,000 THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
TRAIN THE AFGHAN ARMY TO WORK IN
TERMS OF MEDICAL SUPPORT AS WELL
AS COMMAND AND CONTROL.
WHY IS THIS NECESSARY?
WELL, BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE
UNITED STATES IS NOT WINNING
THIS WAR.
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENCE
ADMITTED IT EARLIER THIS YEAR,
THE TALIBAN INSURGENCY IS
GROWING AND NOW ISIS IS ALSO A
PROBLEM.
THE BIG CONCERN IS THAT THE
GENERALS ARE WORRIED THAT THIS
WILL BECOME A HOTBED, A PLACE
WHERE EXTREMISTS CAN THRIVE AND
THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AND
ITS ALLIES, SO THAT IS WHY WE
ARE SEEING THIS CHANGE OF HEART
FROM DONALD TRUMP.
BUT HE ALSO ADMITTED JUST
MOMENTS AGO THAT HE SHARES THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC'S FRUSTRATION
WITH THIS WAR.
THIS IS A WAR THAT HAS GONE ON
LONGER THAN ANY OTHER AMERICAN
CONFLICT, FOR 16 YEARS, THREE
PRESIDENTS, BILLIONS OF --
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SPENT.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR
CRITICISM THAT DONALD TRUMP'S
PLAN IS MORE OF THE SAME AND
THAT HAS ALREADY BEGUN, SUSAN,
BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT EVEN
BEGAN BREITBART NEWS HAS POSTED
ON ITS HEADLINE THAT DONALD
TRUMP WAS EXPECTED TO ROLL OVER
WITH MORE OF THE FAILED POLICY
IN THIS REGION.
SUSAN?
>> Susan: THANK YOU, LYNDSAY AND
WE'LL CHECK IN LATER, LYNDSAY
DUNCOMBE IN WASHINGTON.
RIGHT FROM THE START THIS
COUNTRY PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE
IN THE AFGHANISTAN WAR.
AT FIRST CANADA SENT JUST A
COUPLE DOZEN SPECIAL FORCES
TROOPS.
THEN IN EARLY 2002, ABOUT 1,200
INFANTRY WERE DEPLOYED.
THE MAIN FOCUS UNTIL 2005 WAS
POLICING AND SECURITY IN KABUL.
BUT IN 2006, THE MORE DANGEROUS
KHANDAHAR MISSION BEGAN.
THAT'S WHEN CANADIAN TROOPS
CONFRONTED DEADLY IMPROVISED
EXPLOSIVE DEVICES.
THE CANADIANS AT HOME
EXPERIENCED REPATRIATION SCENES
LIKE THESE.
IN JULY 2011, CANADA'S COMBAT
ROLE ENDED.
BY MARCH 2014, THE TRAINERS WERE
GONE AS WELL.
THE FINAL TOLL, 40,000 CANADIANS
SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN OVERALL.
158 TROOPS DIED, INCLUDING
CANADA'S FIRST FEMALE SOLDIER TO
DIE.
MORE THAN 1,800 WERE WOUNDED AND
SEVEN CIVILIANS ALSO DIED.
THE TOTAL FINANCIAL COST?
ABOUT $18 BILLION.
>>> 10 U.S. SAILORS ARE STILL
MISSING AFTER A DESTROYER WAS
RAMMED BY A TANKER IN THE WATERS
NEAR SINGAPORE.
THE NAVY WILL HALT OPERATIONS
WORLDWIDE FOR A DAY OR TWO TO GO
OVER BASIC SEAMANSHIP AND TEAM
WORK.
IT CAUSED A PUNCTURE IN THE
U.S.S. JOHN S. McCAIN, CAUSING
FLOODING IN A CREW DEPARTMENT.
THE DESTROYER AND THE TANKER ARE
NOW AT ANCHOR.
>>> THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA
BEGAN 10 DAYS OF MILITARY DRILLS
IN SEOUL TODAY.
THE COMPUTER SIMULATED EXERCISES
ARE AN ANNUAL EVENT DEFENSIVE IN
NATURE BUT NORTH KOREA SAY THEY
THROW FUEL ON THE FIRE.
FOR A SECOND DAY IRAQI TROOPS
POUNDED AWAY AT THE NORTHERN
CITY OF TALAFAR, THEIR LATEST
ISIS HELD TARGET.
ON TOP OF THE FIGHTING EXTREME
HEAT IS PUTTING THOUSANDS OF
FLEEING CIVILIANS AT RISK.
>>> IN RESPONSE TO A STRING OF
STREET DRUG OVERDOSES, TORONTO
HAS OPENED ITS FIRST SUPERVISED
INJECTION SITE SANCTIONED BY
HEALTH CANADA.
>> Interview: YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE THIS AREA COMPLETELY
INUNDATED WITH DRUG ADDICTS ON
THE STREETS AND NEEDLES
EVERYWHERE.
>> Interview: YOU CAN CHOOSE
TO IGNORE THE EVIDENCE BUT ALL
OF THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THESE
FACILITIES TAKE DRUG USE OFF THE
STREET AND THEY REDUCE PUBLIC
DRUG CONSUMPTION.
>> Susan: THE CITY'S MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH SAYS THAT THE
FACILITY SHOULD SAVE LIVES SINCE
THE GREATEST RISK OF OVERDOSE
COMES WHEN USERS INJECT ALONE
AND OUT OF SIGHT.
TORONTO RUSHED TO SET UP THIS
INTERIM FACILITY AFTER HEALTH
ADVOCATES HAD POP-UP INJECTION
SITES NOT APPROVED BY HEALTH
CANADA.
VANCOUVER'S OPIOID CRISIS HAS
REACHED ANOTHER GRIM MILESTONE.
232 PEOPLE ARE SUSPECTED TO HAVE
DIED FROM OVERDOSE THIS YEAR IN
THE CITY.
THAT'S MORE THAN THE TOTAL DEATH
FROM OVERDOSE FOR ALL OF 2016,
AND AT THIS RATE THE CITY IS
EXPECTING MORE THAN 400
FATALITIES BY THE END OF 2017.
>>> MANITOBA IS THE FINAL
PROVINCE TO SIGN A HEALTH CARE
FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AFTER THE SIGNING TODAY MANITOBA
WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL
$16 MILLION AND THAT MONEY WILL
GO TOWARDS HOMECARE AND MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES AND BATTLING
OPIOID ADDICTION.
>>> ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
WILL INVESTIGATE THE DEATH OF
JEREMIAH PERRY, THE 15-YEAR-OLD
WHO IS PRESUMED TO HAVE DROWNED
LAST MONTH ON A SCHOOL TRIP TO
ALGONQUIN PARK.
THE TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL
BOARD ANNOUNCED THAT PERRY HAD
NOT PASSED A MANDATORY SWIM
TEST.
IN FACT, HALF OF THE STUDENTS ON
THE TRIP FAILED.
THE BOARD SAYS IT IS REVIEWING
ITS RULES FOR OUTDOOR
EXCURSIONS.
>>> CHEF LEE HAS MADE A BIG NAME
FOR HIMSELF IN CANADA'S
RESTAURANT SCENE BUT A FEW OF
THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED AT HIS
RESTAURANTS SAY THEY PAID AN
UNFAIR PRICE AND THEY HAVE THE
RECEIPTS TO PROVE IT.
ALI CHIASSON HAS THE STORY.
>> Reporter: CHEF LEE IS KNOWN
FOR HIS EXACTING STANDARDS.
DISCIPLINED YOU WOULD FIND AT
LEE OR THE FORMER BENT
RESTAURANT.
>> Interview: PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING TO UP THEIR GAME IN THE
SERVICE INDUSTRY WHEN THEY GO
THERE.
>> Reporter: BUT WHAT
EMPLOYEES MAY NOT EXPECT,
LEAVING WITH LESS TIP MONEY
BECAUSE OF AN I.O.U. POLICY.
>> Interview: SOMEONE WALKED
OUT ON THEIR BILL WHICH HAPPENS
AND IT'S A BUSY FRIDAY NIGHT AND
THEN THAT BILL WOULD BE PUT AS
AN I.O.U. FOR ALL OF THE
BARTENDERS.
>> Reporter: DYLAN TURNER AND
TAYLOR DAVIS WORKED AT FRING'S,
SIX AND EIGHT MONTHS, BEFORE
QUITTING LAST SUMMER.
>> Interview: IT WAS PRETTY
DEVASTATING BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR
PRIMARY INCOME.
>> Reporter: TURNER HELD ON TO
HIS TIP ENVELOPES WHERE
EMPLOYEES WOULD SEE WRITTEN IN
PEN THE MISTAKE THEY MADE IN
SERVICE COME BACK TO BITE THEM.
CBC NEWS HAS SPOKEN WITH SIX
OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD I.O.U.s TO
COVER LOSSES AND LIKE SPILLAGE
AND PUTTING IN THE WRONG DISH
INTO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM.
>> Interview: TIPS WEREN'T
COVERED BY THE EMPLOYMENT
STANDARD ACTS SO EMPLOYER HIS A
LOT OF LEEWAY WITH TIPS.
>> Reporter: NOW THE LAW HAS
CHANGED.
>> Interview: WHAT YOU CAN'T
DO IS THAT YOU CAN'T WITHHOLD OR
DEDUCT MONEY FROM EMPLOYEES'
TIPS AND BASICALLY BECAUSE OF
COVERING LOSSES FROM SPILLED
DRINKS, SPILLED FOOD, BREAKAGES,
OR IF THEY'VE JUST PUT IN THE
WRONG ORDERS AND THAT HAPPENS
ALL THE TIME IN BUSY
RESTAURANTS.
>> Reporter: A SPOKESPERSON
WITH THE RESTAURANT GROUP SAY
THEY HAVE STOPPED ISSUING
I.O.U.s BUT THEY DID NOT SAY
WHEN THEY STOPPED.
AS FOR WHERE THE MONEY WENT, IN
AN EMAILED STATEMENT KELSEA
KNOWLES WROTE... AND... STAFF DO
PAY A SMALL FEE FOR THE COST OF
THEIR APRONS.
>> Interview: THEY'RE
TERRIFIED FOR ANY MISTAKE THEY
MAKE.
>> Reporter: THEY WANTED TO
FLAG THE I.O.U.s NOT TO FIGHT
FOR THEIR TIPS BACK BUT TO
INSPIRE OTHERS IN THE INDUSTRY
TO SPEAK UP OR AT LEAST TO
QUESTION THEIR MANAGERS.
ALI CHIASSON, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Susan: STRAIGHT AHEAD...
JOSEF STALIN, NOT SO BAD
Well it's a long way from
the El Mocambo.
♪ ♪
Tibbles: It's a long way from
 the El Mocambo indeed,
 for this
 Dublin band.
 On its first visit to Toronto
 U2 drew barely 50 people
 to the Mocambo's neon palms
 on Spadina Avenue.
 But while
 the crowds have grown,
 the message of U2 
 remains the same.
 It's a band that
 preaches social change.
 And their latest song, Pride, 
 carried that banner.
 It's about
 Dr. Martin Luther King,
 one of the world's
 many peacekeepers
 shot down
 in the line of duty,
 in the name
 of love.
♪ In the name
of love ♪
♪ What more in
the name of love ♪
Tibbles: U2's singer
 is Bono Vox.
 Not your average
 1980s Bob Dylan,
 but a 24-year-old who says
 he's only writing songs
 about the things he
 cares about.
How dare, a white Irish
rock and roll band,
write a song about
a black martyr
in the Reverend
Martin Luther King.
Well, there is a logical
reason for that,
if you look
through it.
See, the struggle in our own
country, in Northern Ireland -
the struggle between
Protestants and Catholics
- has made me sick
for a long time.
And I often wondered what
it would have been like
had he had had a man the calibre
of Martin Luther King.
Tibbles: It's a result of
 songs like Pride,
 that U2 is getting noticed
 around the world.
 Bono Vox says it's because
 they play good music.
 But he also knows that people
 are listening to his lyrics.
 U2 fans use
 U2 music to help express
 their own
 political feelings.
We have people from all
walks of life and for that
hour and a half
they're united.
They're united
as one audience.
And that's something
that the politicians can't do,
I don't think.
And that's bring all
those people together
and I'm proud
of that.
Tibbles: Bono says U2's message
 is getting through,
 even when the band plays
 Europe or Japan,
 countries that don't
 speak English,
 because even if the audience
 doesn't understand the words,
 it will understand
 the music. 
♪ I was on
the outside ♪
♪ When you said
you said you needed me ♪
 Kevin Tibbles, CBC News,
 Toronto.
(♪♪♪)
>> Susan: THE RECENT DEBATE OVER
MONUMENTS THAT IMMORTALIZE DARK
CHAPTERS OF HISTORY HAS BEEN
EMOTIONAL AND INCREDIBLY
POLARIZING.
SOME CITIES IN THE U.S. HAVE
AGREED TO REMOVE CONTROVERSIAL
STATUES.
BUT IN RUSSIA, A DIFFERENT STORY
IS TAKING SHAPE.
AS CHRIS BROWN REPORTS FROM
MOSCOW, ONE OF HISTORY'S MOST
MURDEROUS DICTATORS IS SEEING A
RESURGENCE IN POPULARITY.
AND JUST A WARNING, SOME OF THE
IMAGES IN THIS REPORT MAY BE
DISTURBING AND A BIT DIFFICULT
TO WATCH.
>> Reporter: JUST OFF MOSCOW'S
RED SQUARE YOU CAN POSE FOR
PHOTOGRAPHS WITH ONE OF THE
WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS MASS
MURDERERS.
>> Interview: [speaking
foreign language].
>> Reporter: STALIN WAS A
HERO, SHOUTS THE IMPERSONATOR,
HE WON THE WAR, DON'T FORGET IT.
IN RUSSIA THE GLORIFICATION OF
JOSEPH STALIN IS NOT JUST ALIVE,
IT'S GROWING.
ZAKHIR COUNTS STALIN AS A HERO.
>> Interview: [speaking
foreign language].
>> Reporter: WELL, IF SOMEONE
TRIED TO UNDERMINE THE STATE
THEY GOT WHAT WAS COMING.
IN MANY COUNTRIES HISTORICAL
FIGURES WHO DID TERRIBLE THINGS
CAN STILL BE ADMIRED FOR THEIR
POSITIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT IN
RUSSIA THERE'S A POLITICAL
MOTIVATION BEHIND THE REVERENCE
FOR STALIN.
STALIN DID DRIVE THE NAZIS OUT
OF RUSSIA DURING THE SECOND
WORLD WAR AND REBUILT THE SOVIET
UNION AND TURNING IT INTO A
SUPERPOWER BUT HE ALSO EXECUTED
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
OPPONENTS, MILLIONS MORE STARVED
TO DEATH OR DIED AFTER FORCED
DEPORTATIONS.
BUT POLLSTERS SAY THAT IT'S HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT ARE
STANDING OUT NOW TO RUSSIANS,
NOT HIS ATROCITIES.
>> Interview: [speaking
foreign language].
>> Reporter: FOR THE LAST FIVE
YEARS HE SAYS THAT STALIN HAS
BEEN RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE
GREATEST RUSSIANS EVER.
>> Interview: [speaking
foreign language].
>> Reporter: STALIN CONNECTS
RUSSIANS AGAIN TO A SUPERPOWER,
IT MAKES THEM FEEL PROUD. 
INDEED VLADIMIR PUTIN TOLD
DIRECTOR OLIVER STONE THAT
DEMONIZING STALIN IS LIKE
ATTACKING RUSSIA.
>> [speaking foreign
LANGUAGE].
>> Reporter: AND OVER THE
WEEKEND IN CRIMEA, WHO MADE A
GUEST APPEARANCE AT A RALLY BY
THE NIGHT WOLVES BIKER GANG?
IT WAS ANOTHER STALIN
IMPERSONATOR WAVING TO THE
CROWD.
>> [speaking foreign
LANGUAGE].
>> Reporter: IT'S ALL VERY
DISMAYING FOR SCULPTOR GIORGI,
HE CREATED THIS EVOCATIVE
TRIBUTE TO STALIN'S VICTIMS NOW
GOING UP IN MOSCOW AND IT
FEATURES ANONYMOUS HUMAN FORMS
WITH HEADS SHAPED LIKE TEARS TO
REPRESENT THE SUFFERING THAT
STALIN INFLICTED.
>> [speaking foreign
LANGUAGE].
>> Reporter: I'M OPPOSED TO
ANYTHING THAT GIVES STALIN MORE
CREDIBILITY.
IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.
BUT IN RED SQUARE, THE
COMMERCIALIZATION OF STALIN'S
AWFUL LEGACY IS ON FULL DISPLAY.
IN PUTIN'S RUSSIA, THE QUEST TO
BE SEEN AS A SUPERPOWER ONCE
AGAIN HAS GIVEN STALIN A NEW
PURPOSE.
CHRIS BROWN, CBC NEWS, MOSCOW.
>> Susan: OVER THE YEARS PARTS
OF EUROPE HAVE GONE TO GREAT
LENGTHS TO REMOVE STALIN
MONUMENTS.
THE WORLD'S LARGEST DEPICTION OF
JOSEPH STALIN ONCE STOOD IN A
PRAGUE PARK AND IT WAS BLOWN TO
PIECES IN 1962 AFTER THE
COMMUNIST PARTY OF
CZECHOSLOVAKIA REJECTED
STALINISM.
AND SIMILAR MONUMENTS HAVE COME
DOWN IN ALBANIA AND ROMANIA AND
POLAND AND IN STALIN'S
BIRTHPLACE IN GEORGIA, A 20-FOOT
BRONZE STATUE THAT STOOD OUTSIDE
OF THE TOWNHALL WAS DEMOLISHED
IN 2010 -- SORRY, DISMANTLED AND
THEN CARTED OFF TO A MUSEUM.
(♪♪♪)
>>> COMING UP... A FAMILY OF
SYRIAN REFUGEES MAKES PROGRESS
IN CANADA.
(♪♪♪)
>> Interview: THEY CAME AT THE
END OF JANUARY AND I WOULD SAY
BY THE BEGINNING OF MARCH THEY
COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD US IN
FRENCH.
>> Susan: BUT THERE ARE
OBSTACLES TOO AS THEY TRY TO
ADJUST TO LIFE IN A NEW LAND.
>>> PLUS... BOB McDONALD
WONDERS WHAT OUR PRIMITIVE
ANCESTORS THOUGHT WHEN THEY
WATCHED A SOLAR ECLIPSE.
>>> FIRST, A LOOK AT THE DAY'S
BUSINESS NUMBERS, AND THE T.S.X.
FELL HALF A POINT AND THE DOLLAR
CLOSED UP ALMOST A 10th OF A
CENT.
IN NEW YORK THE DOW GAINED 29
POINTS AND THE PRICE OF OIL
One night last week
a baby was born in Britain,
a little girl.
Her birth has created
controversy all around the world
because she was conceived
in a test tube.
 It gives hope to thousands
 of childless couples.
 It has also raised serious
 ethical questions about
interfering with
nature.
[baby cries]
Reporter: To many doctors
 the birth is simply
 a natural development
 of modern medicine.
 But there are those who say
 that doctors are defying God.
I'm not
in favour of it.
I am very worried that she
might grow up to be abnormal.
Science seems to be
a thing of the future.
We have to live
for the science.
And it looks
like our future
is going to be
dictated by its science.
Will they
start also...
Make their own
race type of thing?
Like taking genes and things
from certain people
and saying we want
this type of person,
want an intelligent person,
we want them to look like this.
Announcer: Here making her
 first guest appearance
 on television is
 Baby Louise
 and her parents,
 John and Leslie Brown.
[applause]
This is certainly
a very happy story,
Louise is
a beautiful baby,
but I know there
has been criticism.
Does this bother you at all?
How do you handle that?
It's a only a very
small minority
that's
criticized it.
Mind your
language!
Reporter: In some ways she's
 like any other 10-year-old girl
 getting ready for
 a birthday party.
 Excited,
 a little giddy perhaps,
 at all
 the attention.
 What makes her different
 is not that she is ten.
 It's that she
 exists at all.
The thing that I find
is so wonderful
is that she is
very intelligent.
She has been told all about
test tube babies.
Her sister has.
The family is
wonderful.
[laughing]
Reporter: Louise and her
 six-year-old sister Natalie,
 are both
 in vitro babies.
 Reporter: The world's first
 test tube baby celebrated her
 25th birthday
 today.
 Despite the significance 
 of her birth,
 Louise Brown doesn't
 feel special.
It doesn't even enter my head,
apart from things like this.
Reporter: Since her birth more
 than one million babies
 worldwide have been born
 using in vitro fertilization.
♪ ♪
♪ [Star Wars theme]
 Star Wars has run, at this one
theatre, the Odeon,
now for 31 weeks.
 For the first 19 weeks
 it ran five times a day
 and since then
 four times a day.
I watch certain parts
of it over again.
 Do you find
 it boring?
No.
 Even though you've 
 seen it so many times?
Not really,
no.
[laser strike; explosion]
[laser fire]
 How many times
 did you see Star Wars?
Three.
Seven.
This is my eighth time.
Six times.
[laser fire]
 Why have you
 come back six times?
Cause it's such
a good show.
[laser fire]
Reporter: The Return
of the Jedi,
[laser fire]
 the movie premiered today
 across North America.
 A privileged few
 got to see it last night.
 And in the Ottawa audience
 was 11-year-old Justin Trudeau.
Vader's
on that ship.
Han: Now don't get
jittery Luke.
There are a lot of
command ships.
Justin, how did you
like the movie?
Great. It was better than
the Empire Strikes Back
or Star Wars,
at least I think so.
Was it what
you expected?
Uh, no more,
much more.
Reporter: Now
 20-years later,
 many of those
 original Star Wars fans
 are gearing themselves up
 for this weekend's re-release.
Sort of like a generation
thing, you know.
I had all the figures
and stuff like that.
I mean, he wants all the figures
things like that now as well.
But I tell you,
I wish I had the lightsaber.
[laughs]
[loud electric pulse]
Reporter: Theatres across
 Toronto were putting on
 the final touches for
 The Phantom Menace.
 And Star Wars fans
 seemed more than ready.
Well I've waited
for this since, you know,
1983 - so a really
long time.
But I've officially been
here for two weeks,
since the 5th of May.
And I've logged about
100 hours in the line.
[plastic swords hit each other]
Reporter: In a matter of moments
 fans will get what they have
 been waiting
 weeks for.
This is fifteen years.
This is...
The whole youth, my whole past
is building up to this.
♪ [Star Wars theme]
Reporter: But as the doors
 are about to open,
 a new era begins for
 Star Wars fans,
 one that may be more about
 the wait and anticipation,
 than the actual
 movie.
♪ [Star Wars theme]
>> There's this kind of spectrum
of nativeness where if you:
live on-reserve,
you drum, you dance,
you have the accent,
- you are the most native.
And if you like:
live off-reserve,
and you have curly hair,
or freckles, or pale skin,
or you don't dance,
you don't drum -
you're the least native.
And looking at that spectrum
and trying to figure out...
There had to be...
There had to be
more people like me, right?
And I was just
desperately searching.
>> Announcer: New Fire, one of
CBC's Original Podcasts series.
Subscribe now at
cbc.ca/originalpodcasts.
>> The Hon. Ralph Goodale:
TRYING TO CROSS THE BORDER IN AN
IRREGULAR FASHION IS NOT A
TICKET TO CANADA.
WE HAVE MADE THIS POINT OVER AND
OVER AGAIN.
>> Susan: THERE'S NO GUARANTEE
THAT THEY'LL BE ACCEPTED AS
REFUGEES AND GET TO STAY.
THAT'S ONE HARD TRUTH.
HERE'S ANOTHER... EVEN WHEN
CANADA INVITES YOU TO COME AS A
REFUGEE, THE FUTURE CAN BE
DAUNTING AND ASSESS IS WANT
ASSURED.
LAST -- NOT ASSURED.
I CAUGHT UP WITH A FAMILY THAT
ARRIVED HERE AS PART OF THE BIG
LIBERAL ELECTION PROCESS AND
THEIR 12 MONTHS OF GOVERNMENT
BENEFITS WERE ABOUT TO END AND
FOR MANY THAT'S WHEN THE HARD
PART BEGINS.
(♪♪♪)
>> HI.
>> Susan: IN MOMENTS OF
CRISES... STAGERS CAN BECOME
SUDDENLY CLOSE.
>> HI.
>> Susan: ONE YEAR AGO WE MET
WITH THE TAMBARI FAMILY.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Susan: SYRIAN REFUGEES ABOUT
TO LEAVE EVERYTHING THEY KNEW.
WITH A PRECIOUS LINK TO THEIR
NEW COUNTRY BUT WE HADN'T SEEN
THEM SINCE.
I HAVE SOME PICTURES THAT I
BROUGHT YOU.
THEY ARE JUST ONE FAMILY
SETTLING IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO.
BUT WHAT THEY'VE GAINED OR LOST,
WHERE THEY'VE SUCCEEDED OR
FAILED, MIRROR THE EXPERIENCES
OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
SYRIANS WHO HAVE TAKEN REFUGE IN
CANADA.
(♪♪♪)
LAST NOVEMBER, WE TRAVELLED TO
THE NORTHERN REACHES OF LEBANON
NEAR THE SYRIAN BORDER TO FIND
THE TAMBARIS.
THEY HAD ESCAPED AND WERE LIVING
IN A SHELL OF A BUILDING,
SCRAPING TOGETHER $270 A MONTH
FOR ONE ROOM.
IBRAHIM, 30 YEARS OLD, HAD
WORKED PART-TIME CONSTRUCTION IN
LEBANON.
HE HAD TO ABANDON HIS HOUSE AND
HIS LAND.
AND TAKING HIS FAMILY, INCLUDING
HIS ELDERLY PARENTS TO
RELATIVES' SAFETY IN LEBANON.
WHEN WE ARRIVED FRIENDS WERE
COMING TO SAY GOODBYE AND THE
FAMILY GATHERING FOR ONE LAST
SUPPER BEFORE THEY LEFT FOR
CANADA THE VERY NEXT DAY.
IBRAHIM, THIS IS YOUR LAST NIGHT
HERE.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT LEAVING
ALL OF THIS BEHIND?
>> Interview: [speaking
foreign language] (Voice of
Translator): I LEFT EVERYTHING
BEHIND ME WHEN I LEFT SYRIA.
I FEEL SO SAD TO LEAVE MY
PARENTS BUT I'M HAPPY FOR MY
CHILDREN.
BECAUSE HERE THEY'RE GROWING UP
WITHOUT STUDY, WITHOUT ANYTHING
AND I NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL AND I
WANT MY CHILDREN TO GO WHERE
THERE IS SECURITY AND STABILITY.
>> Susan: THEIR OFFER FROM THE
UNHCR TO GO TO CANADA INCLUDED
HIS WIFE, ZANA AND HIS FOUR KID
BUT NOT HIS PARENTS NOR AN
ORPHANED NEPHEW, PART OF THE
FAMILY.
>> [speaking foreign
LANGUAGE] (Voice of
Translator): THEY'RE GOING TOO
A COUNTRY WHERE THERE'S
EVERYTHING AND I KNOW THAT I
WON'T SEE THEM AGAIN BUT I'M SO
HAPPY FOR THEM.
(♪♪♪)
>> Susan: ONE YEAR LATER, ONE
PART OF LIFE IN WINDSOR IS AS
ZANA IMAGINED.
THE TWO OLDER KIDS, ELIAL, 6,
AND NORA, 7, ARE IN THE SCHOOL
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THERE'S YOUR GRANDMA?
THEY LOVE IT SO MUCH ON SCHOOL
HOLIDAYS THEY CRY.
>> A, B, C, D...
>> Susan: NONE OF THE FAMILIES
SPOKE A WORD OF ENGLISH BEFORE
THEY LANDED AND THE KID ARE NOW
FLYING PAST THEIR PARENTS AND
LEARNING ENGLISH AND FRENCH.
♪ NEXT TIME WON'T YOU SING WITH
ME ♪
WELL DONE.
ELAL TAMBARI IS TOO YOUNG TO
UNDERSTAND HIS TINY PLACE IN
HISTORY.
A SYRIAN LIFTED OUT OF CHAOS AND
PLUCKED INTO A CANADIAN
SCHOOLYARD.
NEITHER HE NOR NORA CAN
APPRECIATE THE DECISIONS THEIR
PARENTS MADE AND THE MOMENT IN
CANADA WHICH HELPED TO MAKE IT
ALL HAPPEN.
>> [Speaking French]
>> Susan: LAST JANUARY THEY
ENDED UP IN FRENCH PUBLIC SCHOOL
IN WINDSOR.
>> Interview: WE TALK TO THE
KIDS IN FRENCH ALL DAY LONG.
>> Susan: MICHELLE LALONDE WAS
THEIR KINDERGARTEN TEACHER.
>> Interview: NORA WAS
APPREHENSIVE AND SHE STAYED
CLOSE TO MOM AND DAD AND ELIAL,
HE WAS READY TO GO AND PLAY AND
HE'S READY, AND THERE'S TOYS,
WOW!
AND SO THAT WAS FIRST DAY THAT
WE WERE INTRODUCED TO THEM.
>> [Speaking French]
>> [Speaking French]
>> [Speaking French]
>> Susan: BOTH ENROLLED IN
FRENCH, A SURPRISING CHOICE,
GIVEN THEY HAD NO ENGLISH
EITHER.
>> Interview: THEY HAD ARABIC
SO COMMUNICATION WAS A LOT OF
HAND GESTURING AND LOVELY...
WATER... IT WAS A LOT OF THAT.
>> [Speaking French]
>> [Speaking French]
>> Susan: BUT THE TAMBARIS
WANTED THEIR CHILDREN TO SPEAK
BOTH OF THE COUNTRY'S OFFICIAL
LANGUAGES.
>> Interview: BY THE END OF
MARCH THEY COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD
US IN FRENCH.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
JANUARY AND JUNE.
YOU SAW THEM RELAXED AND THIS
WAS HOME.
IT HAD BECOME HOME.
>> Susan: AND UPSTAIRS, HOW MANY
BEDROOMS?
THREE BEDROOMS.
VERY NICE.
THE FAMILY OF SIX ARE
GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED REFUGEES,
MEANING FOR THE FIRST YEAR THEY
GET A LIVING ALLOWANCE, PLUS
CANADA CHILD BENEFITS, AVAILABLE
TO ALL QUALIFYING CANADIANS.
A TOTAL OF ABOUT $3,600 A MONTH.
>> [speaking foreign
LANGUAGE] (Voice of
Translator): THERE IS NOTHING
IMPOSSIBLE.
I'M HAPPY HERE AND I'M VERY
GRATEFUL.
THIS IS OUR ADOPTED HOME.
>> Susan: THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD HAS
WELCOMED IMMIGRANTS FOR DECADES.
JEMMA, THE ITALIAN GRANDMOTHER
NEXT DOOR ADORES THE KIDS WHO
CALL HER NONA.
SHE'S LIVED HERE 50 YEARS.
>> OKAY, YOU COME.
>> Susan: AND NONA NOW STOPS IN
OFTEN FOR COFFEE AND BRIDGING
THE CULTURES EVEN WITHOUT THE
LANGUAGE.
DID YOU KNOW ANY SYRIAN PEOPLE
BEFORE THEY CAME HERE?
>> Interview: NO.
>> Susan: AND, IBRAHIM, HAD YOU
MET AN ITALIAN BEFORE YOU HAD
JEMMA AS A NEIGHBOUR?
>> Interview: NO, NO.
(♪♪♪)
>> Susan: BUT AS THE TABLE IS
SET, THE SYRIAN FEAST, PARTLY IN
HONOUR OF OUR VISIT, THEIR
OPTIMISM IS CLOUDED BY
UNCERTAINTY.
>> YUMMY!
>> Susan: FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS
THEY HAD STABLE SUPPORT BUT IN
THE YEAR TO COME THAT'S WHERE
DREAMS ARE MADE A HARSHER
REALITY.
THE FEDERAL REFUGEE ALLOWANCE
ENDS THIS WEEK SO UNTIL IBRAHIM
CAN SUPPORT HIS FAMILY THEY'LL
HAVE TO GO ON PROVISIONAL SOCIAL
ASSISTANCE AND BUDGET FOR LESS.
IBRAHIM HASN'T YET FOUND WORK.
WITH A LOAN FROM ARAB CANADIAN
FRIENDS HE BOUGHT A USED VAN AND
SOME AFTERNOONS HE DRIVES AROUND
JUST TO OBSERVE CONSTRUCTION
SITES.
DURING THE WAR IBRAHIM TOOK
SHRAPNEL TO HIS HEAD AND ARM.
HE CAN WORK LABOUR BUT IN TIME
HE WANTS TO BE A PROJECT 
MANAGER.
>> Interview: (Voice of
Translator): EVERYTHING THAT I
BUILT WHEN I WAS 12, I HAD A
HOME AND I FURNISHED IT AND I
HAD SAVINGS TO GO BACK TO SYRIA
AND START MY BUSINESS.
IT'S ALL GONE.
>> Susan: DO YOU WORRY WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT IF YOU
CAN'T FIND A JOB?
>> Interview: (Voice of
Translator): THE ONLY PROBLEMS
THAT I FEEL IS THAT IT'S
DELAYING EVERYTHING.
I'M VERY THANKFUL TO THE
GOVERNMENT FOR PROVIDING FOR ME
BUT I REALLY WANT TO WORK AND I
DON'T WANT TO DEPEND ON THE
GOVERNMENT.
>> Interview: WHAT'S THIS
WORD?
VERY GOOD.
WHERE ARE YOUR EYES?
YEAH.
WHERE IS YOUR NOSE?
NO.
>> Susan: ZANA TOO STRUGGLES TO
COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH.
SHE CONFESSES THAT FIRST WINTER
IN WINDSOR WAS PRETTY DARK.
SHE FELT LOW.
ONE YEAR ON SHE'S MORE SETTLED,
HAPPY, MOSTLY FOR HER KIDS.
>> Interview: (Voice of
Translator): HERE IT IS BETTER
FOR MY CHILDREN.
THEY ARE GOING TO SCHOOL AND
THEY'RE LEARNING.
BACK THERE I USED TO WATCH OTHER
KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL AND I WAS
SO SAD THAT MINE WERE NOT.
>> Susan: WHAT IS YOUR DREAM?
>> Interview: (Voice of
Translator): I WANT TO GO BACK
TO SEE MY FAMILY, THAT'S ALL I
NEED.
>> Susan: IT'S HARD?
WHAT DO THEY THINK OF YOU MOVING
SO FAR AWAY TO LIVE HERE?
>> Interview: (Voice of
Translator): MY MOM IS HAPPY
FOR ME BECAUSE MY LIFE IS BETTER
HERE THAN BACK HOME, BUT SHE
HOPES TO SEE ME.
I'M SCARED THAT I WON'T BE ABLE
TO GO BACK THERE.
>> Susan: ZANAB IS JUST 28, WITH
FOUR KIDS AND NOW PREGNANT WITH
A FIFTH CHILD DUE NEXT APRIL.
MORE PRESSURE FOR IBRAHIM TO
COME UP WITH A JOB TO SUPPORT
HIS GROWING FAMILY.
ZANAB AND IBRAHIM KNOW THEY HAD
A RARE CHANCE TO START AGAIN BUT
THE VIDEO THAT WE BROUGHT OF
THEIR LAST DAYS IN LEBANON
EVOKES SOME PAINFUL MEMORIES OF
FAMILY LEFT BEHIND.
IBRAHIM SAW HIS MOTHER LAST AT
THE BEIRUT AIRPORT.
LIKE SO MANY REFUGEES PLUCKED
FROM WAR HE FEELS GUILT AND
PRESSURE TO HELP HIS EXTENDED
FAMILY.
IT'S CALLED THE ECHO EFFECT AND
IT'S COMMON AMONGST REFUGEES.
BUT IN ORDER TO BRING OVER AGING
PARENTS THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE
MONEY TO SPONSOR THEM AND THEY
DON'T.
YOUR FATHER MUST HAVE BEEN SO
SAD, IBRAHIM, THAT NIGHT?
>> Interview: (Voice of
Translator): FOR THE FIRST TIME
I SAW MY FATHER CRY.
JUST BEFORE HE SAID, PLEASE,
DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME.
PLEASE, BRING ME TO CANADA.
HE STILL ASKS ME ABOUT IT.
>> Susan: BUT LAST SUMMER THE
TAMBARI FAMILY HOOKED UP WITH A
GROUP OF POWERFUL ADVOCATES, PRO
PROFESSORS AND LAWYERS FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR LAW
SCHOOL.
CHRIS WATERS, DEAN, AND HIS WIFE
ANIKI SMITH, ORGANIZED A GROUP
TO SPONSOR THE TAMBARI
GRANDPARENTS AND AN ORPHANED
GRANDCHILD.
>> Interview: WE HAVE TORN
FAMILY UNITS APART AND IT'S NOT
JUST THE NUCLEAR FAMILY AND THE
YOUNG PARENTS AND THE YOUNG
CHILDREN, BUT THE GRANDPARENTS
AND THE FAMILIES DECIMATED BY
WAR AND THEY HAVE CLUNG TOGETHER
AND WE HAVE SAID THAT WE'LL TAKE
SOME AND NOT THE REST.
>> Susan: BUT YOU KNOW THE
NAYSAYERS AND SAYING NOT ONLY
HAVE WE TAKEN ENOUGH BUT NOW
WE'LL PAY FOR MORE.
>> Interview: I THINK THAT
THERE'S A BIG ASSUMPTION TO SAY
THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ELDERLY
DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY.
I JUST THINK THAT IS OFFENSIVE
AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS
TRUE.
>> Susan: THE APPLICATION WENT
IN LAST WEEK BUT THEY'RE WARNED
THAT THE WAIT COULD BE MORE THAN
A YEAR.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE
GOVERNMENT DO?
>> Interview: SPEED THINGS UP.
OPEN ITS BORDERS AND COMMIT TO
MORE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THEM NOT ONLY FULFILL THEIR
COMMITMENTS OF THE NUMBERS THEY
HAVE ALREADY SAID BUT EXPAND
THAT.
(♪♪♪)
>> Susan: ONE YEAR ON THE
TAMBARI FAMILY HAS NOT YET FOUND
A STEADY FOOTING AND NO CHILD
AND ANOTHER CHILD ON THE WAY AND
DISTANT DESPERATE GRANDPARENTS,
THEIR NEW LIFE CONTINUES TO
CHALLENGE THEM.
BUT THIS HOLDS PROMISE...
WHEREAS THIS HELD NONE.
SO BY COMPARISON THE ROAD AHEAD
HAS GOT TO BE SMOOTHER.
NOW SINCE THAT STORY FIRST AIRED
IN NOVEMBER, ZANAB HAS HAD HER
BABY, ZANE, WHO HAD THE HIGHEST
BIRTH WEIGHT OF ALL OF HER
CHILDREN.
IBRAHIM HAS BUMPED UP A LEVEL IN
HIS ENGLISH CLASSES AND HE'S NOW
GETTING MEDICAL CARE FOR HIS
BRAIN INJURY.
BUT THE FAMILY WORRIES MORE AND
MORE ABOUT RELATIVES BACK IN
SYRIA AND SO FAR THERE'S NO
PROGRESS.
ON THE WINDSOR GROUP'S
APPLICATION TO PRIVATELY SPONSOR
OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.
(♪♪♪)
>>> NEXT... BACK TO THAT
DARKENING SKY, BOB McDONALD
TOOK OFF HIS SINCE HAT AND
WATCHED THE
[theme music]
[Bebop jazz]
[groovy funk]
[alarm clock buzzes]
>> Announcer: The good news.
With cbc.ca/watch
and the CBC TV App,
you can stream full seasons
of your favourite
 CBC shows, anywhere.
And all-new episodes of
 Still Standing,
 When Calls the Heart,
and Baroness von Sketch Show.
The bad news.
Well...
[sighs]
>> Goodnight--
Wha!
You are not my husband!
This is not my house.
>> Announcer: cbc.ca/watch
and the CBC TV App.
>> I am so sorry.
>> Announcer: Stream anywhere.
Anytime.
>> Sor-- I'm really just...
I couldn't...
>> There's this kind of spectrum
of nativeness where if you:
live on-reserve,
you drum, you dance,
you have the accent,
- you are the most native.
And if you like:
live off-reserve,
and you have curly hair,
or freckles, or pale skin,
or you don't dance,
you don't drum -
you're the least native.
And looking at that spectrum
and trying to figure out...
There had to be...
There had to be
more people like me, right?
And I was just
desperately searching.
>> Announcer: New Fire, one of
CBC's Original Podcasts series.
Subscribe now at
cbc.ca/originalpodcasts.
>> Hey.
We're The Washboard Union.
>> And we are so excited to be
coming to the CCMA Awards Show
this year.
>> Join us in person,
or watch us live on CBC.
>> Announcer: Sunday,
September 10th on CBC.
>> WHOA.
>> WOW.
>> I'M SPEECHLESS.
>> YOU CAN'T SEE THAT AND NOT
FEEL MOVED BY IT.
>> Susan: WELL, A FEW EAGER
ECLIPSE WATCHERS THERE WHO VOW
IF YOU MISSED TODAY'S EVENT THAT
NO PICTURES WILL DO IT JUSTICE,
THAT YOU JUST HAD TO BE THERE.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT PROMPTED
ONE MAN FAMILIAR TO ALL OF US TO
DRIVE, OH, ROUGHLY 3,000
KILOMETRES TO WYOMING.
THAT'S BOB McDONALD.
NOW, BOB, THIS IS KIND OF, YOU
KNOW, YOUR WORK-A-DAY EVENT BUT
YOU WEREN'T THERE WORKING, WERE
YOU, YOU WERE GAZING.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE?
>> Interview: WELL, IT WAS
AWESOME AS ECLIPSES ALWAYS ARE,
SUSAN.
IT'S A STUNNING EVENT AND THE
SUN TURNS INTO THIS BRILLIANT
WHITE RING OF FIRE IN THE SKY
AND THE CLOUDS AND THE COLOURS
AROUND YOU AND THE SUNSET IS
GOLD ALL THE WAY AROUND THE
HORIZON.
BUT THIS WAS A DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND IT WAS MY
SIXTH ECLIPSE AND IN THE PAST I
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PART OF AN
EXPEDITION AND GOING TO AFRICA
OR INDONESIA OR OFF THE SHORES
OF MEXICO BY SHIP AND WITH OTHER
ASTRONOMY ENTHUSIASTS OR
JOURNALISTS BUT THIS TIME I
DIDN'T BRING A CAMERA AND I
WANTED TO EXPERIENCE IT AS A
HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND IT WAS MY
FIRST TIME AMONG THE PUBLIC SO
IT WAS MUCH MORE EMOTIONAL AND
IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW
PEOPLE REACTED TO WHICH WAS
QUITE PROFOUND.
>> Susan: DID YOU FEEL
DIFFERENTLY WITH THE COMMUNITY
OF ENTHUSIASTIC PEOPLE?
>> Interview: I DID.
AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING
BECAUSE ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE
EVEN ANYTHING HAPPENED, IT WAS
REALLY QUIET.
THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
IN DOWNTOWN CASPER AND THERE'S
BEEN A FESTIVAL HERE FOR FOUR
DAYS AND YESTERDAY PEOPLE WERE
PARTYING AND THERE WERE BANDS
PLAYING AND IT WAS REALLY NOISY
BUT THIS MORNING IT WAS EERILY
QUIET AND EVERYONE WAS JUST
SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR
SOMETHING TO HAPPEN AND NO ONE
REALLY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
AND IT WAS ONLY AS THE LIGHT
STARTED TO GO DOWN AND GET DIM
AND YOU NOTICED THE COLOURS WERE
CHANGING AND IT WASN'T AS BRIGHT
COLOURS AND SHADOWS ON THE
GROUND WERE GETTING REALLY SHARP
AND PEOPLE WERE SAYING, LOOK,
LOOK, THE SUN IS JUST A LITTLE
CRESCENT AND THE ACTIVITY WENT
UP AND WHEN TOTALITY DID HAPPEN
EVERYONE IS CHEERING AND IT JUST
BECAME A VERY, VERY EMOTIONAL
THING BECAUSE NATURE WAS
IMPRESSING UPON US THAT WE DON'T
MATTER.
THIS WAS THE UNIVERSE TALKING TO
US AND SAYING, HEY, HERE I AM
AND I'M BEAUTIFUL AND I'M
POWERFUL AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME
AND THAT'S A VERY HUMBLING
EXPERIENCE.
IT MADE ME WONDER WHAT OUR
ANCESTORS MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT
ABOUT THIS AND I GO BACK A
COUPLE MILLION YEARS TO THE WITH
THE NEANDERTHALS AND WHAT THEY
WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WHEN THE
WHOLE ENVIRONMENT CHANGES.
YOU SEE, IT'S EMOTIONAL AND AT
THE END I FELT QUITE DRAINED.
>> Susan: IT MUST HAVE BEEN HOW
MYTHS WERE CREATED WAY BACK
THEN.
NOW, BOB, ARE CANADIANS GOING TO
GET A BETTER CHANCE TO SEE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE
FUTURE WITH MORE OF THE 
TOTALITY?
>> Interview: YOU BET, SUSAN.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN 2024
THERE'S ANOTHER ECLIPSE THAT'S
GOING TO COME RIGHT UP THE EAST
COAST AND IT'S GOING TO GO OVER
SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND TORONTO
WILL GET A LOT OF IT AND UP OVER
THE ST. LAWRENCE AND RIGHT OVER
THE MARITIME PROVINCES AND SO
SEE YOU IN SEVEN YEARS, WHEN
CANADA HAS A CHANCE TO SEE IT
FOR REAL.
>> Susan: SEVEN YEARS, IT GOES
BY IN A FLASH, BOB.
>> Interview: YOU BET.
>> Susan: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THAT'S BOB McDONALD, WITH
US FROM WYOMING TONIGHT.
>>> AND NOW YOU MAY NOT KNOW
THAT A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
ACTUALLY HELPED ALBERT EINSTEIN
TO PROVE HIS FAMOUS THEOREMS.
IT'S AN INVALUABLE MOMENT TO DO
SOME SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND
TODAY A NASA-FUNDED TEAM FLEW
JETS ALONG THE ECLIPSE PATH, A
GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE SUN BUT
ALSO ABOUT MERCURY WHICH IS
OFTEN OVERWHELMED BY LIGHT AND
ALSO WATCHING THE CREW ON BOARD
THE SPACE STATION.
>> Interview: THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN THIS HUGE BLACK SHADOW
WAS GOING ACROSS THE EARTH SO IT
WAS -- IT WAS AMAZINGND IT WAS
COOL TO SEE FROM THIS VANTAGE
POINT.
>> Susan: AND BECAUSE OF HOW
FAST THEY ORBIT THE EARTH THE
CREW GOT TO SEE THAT MASSIVE
SHADOW THREE TIMES.
>>> STRAIGHT AHEAD... A BRITISH
ICON FALLS SILENT FOR NOW.
(♪♪♪)
>> I'M MATT GALLOWAY, TOMORROW
ON THE SUMMER EDITION OF "THE
CURRENT" WE REVISIT OUR SERIES
ON MISSING AND MURDERED
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS.
HEAR THE STORY OF RAMONA WILSON
ON THE SUMMER EDITION OF "THE
♪ [orchestral]
The Queen: I great you
 as your Queen.
I am proud to contemplate the
great heritage of this nation.
But I am more proud to
contemplate the spirit and ideas
 that brought this country
 to nationhood.
[cheering]
Reporter: The weather has been
 so beautiful that fortunately
 the Queen as been able
 to drive in an open car.
Reporter: I'm just wondering
what her reaction will be
that enormous cake,
Adrienne?
♪ ♪
Announcer: Now ladies
 and gentlemen,
let's all sing together
happy birthday to Canada.
♪ Happy birthday
to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday
to you ♪
Reporter: Her Majesty,
 Queen Elizabeth the 2nd,
 stepping out into the Arctic 
 air for the first time.
 In moments it
 became clear
 that this would be a royal
 tour with a difference.
 Since the crowds were
 naturally smaller
 formality began
 to ease
 and the Royal family responded
 to the unaffected warmth
 and curiosity
 of the crowds.
Reporter: In Yorkton, a visiting
 American rock band
 was warming
 the crowd up.
 Tour officials were
 a little worried
 they'd still be warming them up
 when the Queen arrived.
 But they finished seconds
 before the motorcade pulled in.
 But while an ethnic
 dance was underway
 something did
 go wrong -
 no one had remembered to
 roll out he red carpet.
 So while the Queen watched,
 the carpet was rolled out.
 Then smoothed out
 and then finally cut out
 because it
 was too long.
Reporter: In the afternoon there
 was time for some colourful
 entertainment of
 all kinds.
♪ [hip-hop]
 Prince Phillip seemed to
 enjoy it and the Queen...
 well she seemed
 a little puzzled.
Reporter: The Queen has been on
 the road for a week.
 She's covered thousands
 of kilometres,
 yet everyday she manages
 to look fresh,
 seems genuinely happy
 to see people,
 and today was
 no exception.
It was pretty much
the best day of my life.
Okay, I saw the Queen
for 10 seconds.
She asked me a question, I just
touched her, I don't know why.
She asked me where I was from
and she shook my hand.
We just love her,
we just love her.
I'm going to put a sign on the
front of my house,
"I spoke to
the Queen."
I think it's
fantastic.
It's what
we need.
The Queen: When we
 leave tomorrow,
 we shall all
 take away
 unforgettable memories
 of this vast
 and challenging
 territory,
 and of its
 people.
[alarm clock buzzes]
>> Announcer: The good news.
With cbc.ca/watch
and the CBC TV App,
you can stream full seasons
of your favourite
 CBC shows, anywhere.
And all-new episodes of
 Still Standing,
 When Calls the Heart,
and Baroness von Sketch Show.
The bad news.
Well...
[sighs]
>> Goodnight--
Wha!
You are not my husband!
This is not my house.
>> Announcer: cbc.ca/watch
and the CBC TV App.
>> I am so sorry.
>> Announcer: Stream anywhere.
Anytime.
>> Sor-- I'm really just...
I couldn't...
>> There's this kind of spectrum
of nativeness where if you:
live on-reserve,
you drum, you dance,
you have the accent,
- you are the most native.
And if you like:
live off-reserve,
and you have curly hair,
or freckles, or pale skin,
or you don't dance,
you don't drum -
you're the least native.
And looking at that spectrum
and trying to figure out...
There had to be...
There had to be
more people like me, right?
And I was just
desperately searching.
>> Announcer: New Fire, one of
CBC's Original Podcasts series.
Subscribe now at
cbc.ca/originalpodcasts.
♪ [ominous]
[electricity buzzes]
♪ ♪
[electricity buzzes]
♪ ♪
>> Hey.
We're The Washboard Union.
>> And we are so excited to be
coming to the CCMA Awards Show
this year.
>> Join us in person,
or watch us live on CBC.
>> Announcer: Sunday,
September 10th on CBC.
(♪♪♪)
>> Susan: LARGE CROWDS GATHERED
ON THE STREETS OF LONDON TODAY,
NOT FOR THE SOLAR ECLIPSE, BUT
TO HEAR THIS...
[BELL TOLLING]
>> Susan: LOVE THAT SOUND, THAT
IS THE LAST TIME THAT BIG BEN
WILL CHIME ON THE HOUR FOR
ALMOST FOUR YEARS.
THE CLOCK TOWER IS UNDERGOING
MAJOR REPAIR WORK AND THE BELLS
MUST BE DISASSEMBLED FOR SAFETY
REASONS.
BIG BEN HAS BEEN IN OPERATION
SINCE 1859 AND LAST FELL SILENT
FOR A MONTH BACK IN 2007.
>>> AND THAT IS "THE NATIONAL"
FOR MONDAY, FOR NEWS AT ANY HOUR
YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO
cbcnews.ca.
I'M SUSAN ORMISTON.
I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
