(*)
>> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING, I'M
ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TONIGHT,
CANADIANS ARE GRIEVING, MOURNING
THOSE TAKEN BY THE SLOW-MOTION
TRAGEDY MOVING THROUGH SENIORS
HOMES AND THOSE TAKEN SUDDENLY,
VIOLENTLY, IN NOVA SCOTIA.
>> I MISS THEM SO MUCH.
MY FAMILY IS JUST DEVASTATED.
>> Adrienne: AS THE DEATH TOLL
RISES AGAIN, QUESTIONS MOUNT --
WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE?
AND COULD AN EMERGENCY ALERT
HAVE SAVED LIVES?
>> THIS IS WHAT I CAN'T GET
OVER, WHY WASN'T THERE A PHONE
ALERT?
>> Andrew: I'M ANDREW CHANG.
QUESTIONS TOO FROM ONTARIO
FAMILIES AFTER A SPIKE OF DEATHS
IN A LONG-TERM CARE HOME.
>> IN SOME WAYS MY WORST FEARS
HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.
>> Andrew: DOZENS DIED IN ONE
HOME IN ONE WEEK.
AND FAMILIES SAY THAT
THEY WERE KEPT IN THE DARK.
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
(*)
>> Adrienne: THE ANGUISH AND
GRIEF IN NOVA SCOTIA GREW EVEN
HEAVIER TODAY AS THE RCMP
REVEALED A BIGGER DEATH TOLL
FROM THIS WEEKEND'S SHOOTING
RAMPAGE.
>> Andrew: THE GUNMAN ENDED 22
LIVES, FOUR MORE THAN WE KNEW
OF YESTERDAY.
IT'S A NUMBER MADE MORE PAINFUL
STILL BY THE CONTINUING SCOURGE
OF COVID-19.
>> WE'VE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH
DEATH THAT IT'S HARD TO
COMPREHEND.
WE ALL NEED TO COME TOGETHER, TO
PAUSE, AND TO LET OURSELVES
FEEL.
>> Andrew: NOW POLICE DID NOT
GO ON CAMERA TODAY TO TAKE LIVE
QUESTIONS.
THEY ONLY ISSUED A STATEMENT
CONFIRMING THAT THE KILLER WAS
STOPPED BY THEIR GUNFIRE.
HE DIDN'T TAKE HIS OWN LIFE.
AND THE RCMP UNIFORM HE WORE, AN
AUTHENTIC ONE, NOT A COSTUME,
NOT A COPY.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE
INVESTIGATION TONIGHT AND THOSE
WHO DIED.
BUT WE BEGIN OUR COVERAGE BY
LOOKING AT THE GROWING CRITICISM
AND EVEN ANGER ABOUT THE INITIAL
RESPONSE.
PARTICULARLY WHY AN EMERGENCY
ALERT DID NOT GO OUT AS THE
RAMPAGE UNFOLDED.
AS YOU'LL HEAR, A GRIEVING
HUSBAND SAYS THAT IF ONE HAD
GONE OUT HIS PREGNANT WIFE MIGHT
HAVE BEEN SAVED.
KAYLA HOUNSELL HAS HIS STORY.
>> Reporter: THIS ROADSIDE
MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY
OF KRISTEN
BEATON, A MOTHER OF A 2-YEAR-OLD
SON AND NEWLY PREGNANT WITH HER
SECOND CHILD.
>> DOWN-TO-EARTH, LOVING AND
CARING.
YOU CAN'T SAY A BAD WORD ABOUT
HER.
>> Reporter: NOW HER HUSBAND,
NICK BEATON, SAYS THAT HER DEATH
COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THERE
HAD BEEN AN EMERGENCY ALERT TO
LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT A SHOOTING
SPREE WAS UNDERWAY.
>> I WOULD NOT HAVE LET MY WIFE
LEAVE THE DOOR YARD IF I HAD
THAT BROADCAST COME ACROSS THAT
HE WAS ON THE LOOSE.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE AND
HIS WIFE HEARD ABOUT
THE FIREARMS COMPLAINT IN
PORTAPIQUE SATURDAY NIGHT.
>> IT WENT QUIET.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS OVER.
>> Reporter: SO THE NEXT
MORNING KRISTEN, A CONTINUING
CARE ASSISTANT, WENT TO WORK IN
THE AREA WHERE THE KILLER WAS
STILL ON THE LOOSE.
SHE CALLED HER HUSBAND BETWEEN
CLIENTS.
BUT STILL DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE
SHOOTER WAS DRESSED AS AN RCMP
OFFICER IN WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN
RCMP CRUISER.
>> MINUTES LATER AFTER SHE HUNG
UP THE PHONE WITH ME, ABOUT FOUR
PEOPLE DOWN IN PORTAPIQUE -- SHE
HUNG UP THE PHONE AND MOMENTS
LATER HE CAME ACROSS HER.
>> Reporter: THE RCMP DID SEND
NOTIFICATIONS ON TWITTER, BUT
WITH SENIORS IN THE AREA AND
LIMITED ACCESS TO INTERNET, MANY
WERE NOT AWARE.
>> THIS IS WHAT I CAN'T GET
OVER, WHY WASN'T THERE A PHONE
ALERT?
WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW IT TESTED
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I HAVE HEARD IT BEFORE.
>> Reporter: HIS NEPHEW GREG
BLAIR AND HIS WIFE, JAMIE, WERE
ALSO KILLED.
THE PREMIER SAYS THAT THE
PROVINCE DIDN'T SEND THE ALERT
BECAUSE THE RCMP DIDN'T ASK FOR
IT.
>> QUITE FRANKLY, WE NEED THE
INFORMATION FROM THEM.
WHAT IS IT THAT THEY WANT IN
THAT ALERT TO NOTIFY TO
CITIZENS?
>> Reporter: THE RCMP SAYS
THAT THE FORCE WILL EXAMINE HOW
THE PUBLIC WAS INFORMED.
TOO LATE FOR KRISTEN BEATON'S
FAMILY LEFT ONLY WITH MEMORIES.
>> WHETHER WE GOT MARRIED I WAS
LOOKING INTO HER EYES AND SHE
WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND THE WIND
WAS BLOWING --
>> Reporter: THEY PLANNED TO
TELL THEIR FAMILIES ABOUT THEIR
PREGNANCY THIS WEEK, A MEMORY
THEY'LL NEVER GET TO CREATE.
KAYLA HOUNSELL, CBC NEWS,
HALIFAX.
>> Adrienne: THERE WERE SO
MANY LIVES TAKEN AND TODAY WE
LEARNED MORE NAMES AND MORE
STORIES OF THE LIVES LIVED AND
LOST TOO SOON.
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS SPOKE WITH
SOME OF THE LOVED ONES LEFT
BEHIND TO GRIEVE.
[SIRENS]
>> Reporter: THE SIRENS BLARED
OUT THE SORROW.
ONE BY ONE, A PROCESSION OF
FIRST RESPONDERS IN ONTARIO'S
DURHAM REGION PAID TRIBUTE TO
TWO
LONG-TIME RESIDENTS KILLED IN
THE RAMPAGE AND TO THE BROKEN
DAWN MADSEN AND FRANK GULENCHYN
HAD JUST RETIRED AND MOVED TO
NOVA SCOTIA.
AT THE CARE FACILITY WHERE
MADSEN WORKED FOR DECADES, FLAGS
WERE LOWERED.
THE LAST SENDOFF WAS SO MUCH
HAPPIER.
FORMER CO-WORKERS CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT SHE'S GONE.
>> WHEN SHE CAME INTO THE
BUILDING HER RESIDENTS WERE HER
FAMILY.
AND SHE TREATED THEM EXACTLY AS
IF THEY WERE FAMILY AND HER BEST
FRIENDS.
SHE'S ONE IN A MILLION.
>> Reporter: TRAGIC OUTLINES
ARE STILL EMERGING.
LILLIAN HYSLOP WAS ON A REGULAR
WALK WHEN SHE WAS GUNNED DOWN.
>> SHE WAS A VERY NICE LADY,
VERY QUIET.
PRIVATE LADY.
SHE WAS VERY KIND.
>> Reporter: HER FRIEND SAYS
IF ONLY POLICE HAD ISSUED AN
ALERT TO STAY HOME.
>> I DO FEEL REALLY STRONGLY
ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I DO FEEL
THAT IF WE HAD RECEIVED AN ALERT
OF A SORT, LIKE AN AMBER ALERT
OF THIS SITUATION, THAT MANY
PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SPARED.
>> Reporter: THERE'S SO MUCH
AGONY FROM THE INVESTIGATION AND
THE SILENCE AROUND IT TOO.
AMONG THE HOUSES DESTROYED BY
THE FIRE SET BY THE GUNMAN, ONE
BELONGING TO JOHN ZAHL AND
ELIZABETH JOANNE THOMAS.
>> MY PARENTS, THEY WERE ANGELS.
>> Reporter: JUSTIN ZAHL KNEW
SOMETHING WAS WRONG WHEN
HIS MOM DIDN'T MAKE HER NIGHTLY
CALL AND DIDN'T ANSWER HER PHONE
THE NEXT DAY.
>> JUST A LITTLE SAD, OBVIOUSLY
AND UPSET.
THE SYSTEM HAS LET SO MANY
PEOPLE
DOWN AND IT'S RIDICULOUS, YOU
KNOW.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE PRESUMED
DEAD.
AS THE VICTIM TOLL RISES,
SCATTERED ALONG A MURDEROUS
TRAIL, POCKETS OF GRIEF FOR
THOSE ALREADY NAMED AND ONES NOW
CONFIRMED.
GINA GOULET, A CANCER SURVIVOR
WHO LOVED TO DANCE.
CORRIE ELLISON, A GENEROUS SOUL
AND ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP.
AND JOEY WEBBER, A FATHER OF
THREE COMMITTED TO HIS FAMILY.
SKETCHES OF LIVES AND SALUTES TO
THEM AND TO THOSE LEFT HUDDLING
IN GRIEF AGAIN TONIGHT.
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: SO THAT GRIEF IN
NOVA SCOTIA STRETCH LIST BEYOND
-- STRETCHES WELL BEYOND
FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS IN A
SMALL PROVINCE OF TIGHTLY KNIT
COMMUNITIES, THE BIGGEST MASS
SHOOTING IN CANADA'S HISTORY
OBVIOUSLY LEAVES DEEP EMOTIONAL
WOUNDS.
TOM MURPHY LOOKS AT HOW THEY
PULLED TOGETHER EVEN AS THEY
HAVE TO STAY APART.
>> Tom: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO
SOMEONE WHO LOST SO MUCH AND HOW
DO YOU SAY IT?
A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON THE
STREETS OF HALIFAX HELPS.
>> IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST
HAVE TO DO.
YEAH, THIS IS HUMAN NATURE.
TO FEEL GRIEF FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
>> Tom: BUT AFTER THE CANDLE
BURNS OUT, IN THE DAYS TO COME,
WHAT THEN?
HE STARTED AN ANTI-VIOLENCE
ORGINISATION AFTER HIS COUSIN
WAS VIOLENTLY KILLED IN HALIFAX
A FEW YEARS AGO.
HE SAYS A PLEDGE TO STAY BY THE
SIDE OF THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES
CAN GO A LONG WAY.
>> YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE
THERE WHEN THE FUNERALS ARE
OVER, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS IS IN
THE BACK THOUGHT OF MOST
PEOPLE'S MINDS, YOU STILL HAVE
TO BE THERE FOR THEM.
>> Tom: AND WHERE LAST
WEEKEND'S RAMPAGE BEGAN, A
MEMORIAL TO WHERE SOME OF THE
DEAD GROWS, THEY VOW TO DO JUST
THAT.
>> I JUST WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THINKING ABOUT THEM.
>> Tom: THE SIGNS OF SUPPORT
ARE EVERYWHERE HERE.
>> IT IS THE BOND OF COMMUNITY
TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE PART OF A
LARGER CONCERN AND THAT PEOPLE
CARE FOR YOU.
YOU DON'T ALWAYS ONLY SHARE LIFE
BECAUSE YOU'RE JOYFUL.
YOU ALSO SHARE LIFE BECAUSE
YOU'RE SAD.
>> Tom: AND FROM ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, IT SEEMS CANADIANS
HAVE NOVA SCOTIA'S BACK.
YOU CAN PRACTICALLY HEAR THE
SUPPORT FROM BANFF.
[BELLS TOLLING]
WHERE THE BELLS TOLL.
AND IN TORONTO, IT'S THE
BAGPIPES.
[BAGPIPES PLAYING]
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>> I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I'D BE
HEARING NOVA SCOTIA SINGING
ABOUT THIS KIND OF TRAGEDY.
>> Tom: THE SADNESS OF IT ALL
SHARED IN SONG.
>> * SOONER OR LATER 
* IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY 
>> I THINK THAT PEOPLE FEEL THAT
LOVE AND THEY GET THAT
CONNECTION FOR CERTAIN, BUT IT'S
FUNNY, IT'S HEALING FOR THE
PERSON THAT SHOWS THAT SUPPORT
TOO.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING
LAST NIGHT.
>> Tom: ALL SHARING THE HOPE
THAT BETTER DAYS LIE AHEAD FOR
NOVA SCOTIA.
TOM MURPHY, CBC NEWS, HALIFAX.
>> Andrew: AS FOR THE OFFICIAL
INVESTIGATION, AGAIN, THERE
AREN'T MANY NEW DETAILS TONIGHT
BECAUSE THE RCMP DIDN'T SPEAK TO
REPORTERS TODAY.
BUT OUR THOMAS DAIGLE DID SOME
INVESTIGATING OF HIS OWN TO FIND
OUT HOW THE GUNMAN WAS ABLE TO
USE SUCH AN EFFECTIVE DISGUISE.
>> Reporter: WHAT ALLOWED THE
GUNMAN TO GO ON HIS RAMPAGE FOR
SO LONG WAS THE UNIFORM THAT HE
WORE AT THE WHEEL, VERIFIED BY
THE RCMP TODAY, AND THE CAR THAT
HE WAS DRIVING -- THE ONLY
PICTURE RELEASED SHOWING THE
MOCK MOUNTIE CRUISER OFFERS BOTH
CLUES AND QUESTIONS.
JUST LOOK AT THE POSTER IN THE
WINDOW SUGGESTING THAT IT WAS
FRESH OFF THE LOT.
THE MOUNTIES SAY THE CAR WASN'T
ONE OF THEIRS, SO HOW DID HE GET
IT?
WE TURNED TO SOMEONE WHO HELPED
TO MAKE REAL-LOOKING POLICE CARS
FOR MOVIES.
SO TO RECREATE AN RCMP
VEHICLE FROM SCRATCH, HOW HARD
WOULD THAT BE?
>> WE OPERATE UNDER STRICT LEGAL
GUIDELINES.
BUT A PRIVATE CITIZEN
WHO DECIDES THAT HE WANTS TO GO
OFF BOOK AND DO THIS, IT WOULD
BE NOT
THAT HARD.
>> Reporter: CONSIDER WE FOUND
A NOVA SCOTIA PUBLIC AUCTION
SITE SELLING POLICE-STYLE CAR
ROOF LIGHTS JUST LAST MONTH.
>> THOSE PARTS SHOULD BE
RESTRICTED.
THE IDEA THAT THERE'S NO PURPOSE
FOR SOMEBODY TO OWN A
POLICE LIGHT BAR.
>> Reporter: YESTERDAY WE
SPOTTED ANOTHER POLICE-STYLE
FORD TAURUS ON THE SUSPECT'S
DARTMOUTH PROPERTY.
NEIGHBOURS SAY THAT HE
FREQUENTLY HAD IDENTICAL
VEHICLES IN THE DRIVEWAY.
BY THIS MORNING THE CAR HAD BEEN
REMOVED AND POLICE HAD LEFT THE
SCENE.
HE HAS REFURBISHED OLD POLICE
CARS AND HAS A SENSE OF HOW THE
GUNMAN COULD HAVE DONE IT.
>> HE HAD TO HAVE GONE AND TAKEN
PICTURES, DOWNLOADED THE
PICTURES.
TOOK THEM TO A GRAPHICS COMPANY
AND HAD THE
DECALS REPRODUCED.
>> Reporter: IT MAY HAVE BEEN
EVEN EASIER THAN THAT.
TO PUT DECAL CONTRACTS OUT FOR
TENDER, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
POSTS ONLINE
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO
OUTFIT AN RCMP VEHICLE, DOWN TO
THE SIZE OF THE LOGO AND THE
COLOUR OF THE LETTERS.
AS FOR THE REAL RCMP UNIFORM HE
WORE, LAST YEAR'S GOVERNMENT
DATA SHOWS NINE CASES WHERE
MOUNTIE UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT
WERE STOLEN, ANOTHER 241 CASES
WHERE THEY WERE LOST.
A POTENTIAL SLIP-UP THAT MAY
HAVE ALLOWED FOR DEADLY
CONSEQUENCES.
THOMAS DAIGLE, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: NOW WITH SO MANY
LIVES TAKEN, THERE ARE MANY
PEOPLE WHO WOULD PAY THEIR
RESPECTS, BUT MANY WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO IN PERSON.
>> FUNERALS OR MEMORIAL SERVICES
CAN HAPPEN FOR IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
THEY CAN GET TOGETHER IN NUMBERS
OF FIVE OR LESS.
FOR THE REST OF US AND FOR
LARGER EXTENDED FAMILIES, AS I
SAID YESTERDAY, UNFORTUNATELY,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK
PEOPLE TO REMEMBER AND TO MOURN
VIRTUALLY.
>> Andrew: DR. STRANG ADDED
NOVA SCOTIANS WILL EVENTUALLY
HAVE A TIME TO COME TOGETHER TO
REMEMBER THE TRAGEDY, BUT UNTIL
THEN CANADIANS CAN TAKE PART IN
AN ONLINE VIGIL THIS FRIDAY
THROUGH THE FACEBOOK PAGE
"COLCHESTER SUPPORTING OUR
COMMUNITIES."
>> Adrienne: IN ONTARIO,
ANOTHER LONG-TERM CARE HOME IS
FACING SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS
OVER ITS HANDLING OF COVID-19.
OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE CBC NEWS
PODCAST "FRONTBURNER" HAVE
LEARNED THAT ANOTHER 27
RESIDENTS HAVE DIED AT ORCHARD
VILLA, THAT'S EAST OF TORONTO.
AND AS ELLEN MAURO REPORTS,
FAMILIES SAY THEY WERE NOT KEPT
INFORMED.
>> THIS IS YOUR DAILY UPDATE
REGARDING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK
AT THE ORCHARD --
>> Reporter: AUTO MEATED CALLS
LIKE THIS
ARE THE ONLY WAY THAT MANY
FAMILIES ARE KEPT UP-TO-DATE
WITH OUTBREAKS AT LONG-TERM CARE
HOMES.
BUT AT ORCHARD VILLA, FAMILIES
SAY THOSE CALLS HAVE NOT
INCLUDED THE NUMBER OF DEATHS,
LEAVING THEM IN THE DARK ON THE
OUTBREAK'S TOLL.
>> YOUR HEAD JUST JUMPS
EVERYWHERE.
YOU'RE THINKING THE WORST.
AND IN SOME WAYS MY WORST FEARS
HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.
>> Reporter: CINDY PRITCHARD'S
MOTHER, MARGARET, LIVES AT
ORCHARD VILLA AND HAS TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
TODAY AFTER INQUIRIES FROM CBC
NEWS, ORCHARD VILLA TOLD
FAMILIES IN AN EMAIL THAT 31
RESIDENTS HAVE DIED.
LAST WEEK THAT NUMBER WAS FOUR.
THE HOME SAYS THAT IT'S BEEN
EXPERIENCING STAFFING CHALLENGES
WITH 30 EMPLOYEES THEMSELVES
SICK WITH THE VIRUS.
FAMILY MEMBERS LIKE SANDY BROWN
WHOSE MOTHER DOREEN HAS
COVID-19, SAY THAT FRONTLINE
WORKERS ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH
SUPPORT.
>> THE MINISTRY HAS NEGLECTED
NURSING HOMES FOR YEARS.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HERE WE ARE,
WE'RE
FALLING OFF THE CLIFF BECAUSE
NOBODY PUT UP BARRIERS TO START.
>> Reporter: ONTARIO'S
GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT IT'S
WORKING HARD TO END THE CRISIS,
SENDING HOSPITAL STAFF TO HELP
IN SOME HOMES.
BUT A UNION REPRESENTING CARE
WORKERS IS CALLING ON THE
PROVINCE TO TAKE OVER THE
RUNNING OF CERTAIN PRIVATE
FACILITIES, ARGUING CONDITIONS
FOR CARE WORKERS ARE ONLY
GETTING WORSE.
FOR SO MANY FAMILIES, THE WORST
HAS ALREADY COME.
>> SHE DIDN'T COMPLAIN, YOU
KNOW, SHE WAS JUST A ROCK.
>> Reporter: LEAH PHILPOTT
LOST HER MOTHER, EILEEN, WHO
DIED OF
COVID-19 AT ORCHARD VILLA.
PHILPOTT HAS THIS PLEA FOR THE
PROVINCE --
>> GET MORE HELP IN THERE.
I THINK THEY SHOULD BE PAID
DANGER PAY.
THEY ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES TO
BE IN THERE.
AND THEY NEED TO BE SUPPORTED.
>> Reporter: ELLEN MAURO, CBC
NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: NOW IF YOU WANT
TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW THAT
STORY WAS UNCOVERED, PLEASE
LISTEN TO CBC NEWS' DAILY
PODCAST "FRONTBURNER," THAT'S
TOMORROW MORNING.
THEY'LL HAVE AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT
WHAT HAPPENED AT ORCHARD VILLA
FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF FAMILY
MEMBERS.
YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO
"FRONTBURNER" WHEREVER YOU GOT
YOUR PODCASTS.
>> Andrew: ONTARIO AND QUÉBEC
BOTH HAVE FEWER NEW COVID-19
CASES
TODAY THAN THEY DID YESTERDAY.
BUT THE DAILY JUMPS ARE STILL IN
THE HUNDREDS.
AND QUÉBEC REMAINS THE HARDEST
HIT PROVINCE.
CANADA'S CASE LOAD OVERALL HAS
NOW EXCEEDED 38,000.
OF THOSE, QUÉBEC HAS 20,000,
THAT'S MORE THAN HALF OF THE
COUNTRY'S CASES.
AND MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE
IN THAT PROVINCE HAVE DIED.
AS THE CBC'S ALISON NORTHCOTT
TELLS
US, WHERE THE PROVINCE HAS BEEN
HARDEST HIT -- LONG-TERM CARE
HOMES.
>> Reporter: NEARLY 70 PEOPLE
AT THIS LONG-TERM CARE HOME HAVE
DIED FROM THE VIRUS.
>> SHE WAS FINE APRIL 2 AT 8:00
p.m..
>> Reporter: IT'S WHERE
JEAN-PIERRE DAUBOIS'
94-YEAR-OLD MOTHER LIVED.
HE SAID THAT HER HEALTH
DETERIORATED QUICKLY BEFORE SHE
DIED.
>> IT WAS A HORRIBLE SIGHT,
QUITE FRANKLY.
>> Reporter: NOW HE'S FILED AN
APPLICATION
FOR A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT
AGAINST THE HOME.
>> THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES A SERIES
OF BAD ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS
OVER AND OVER AND OVER THAT'S
WORSENED THE SITUATION.
>> Reporter: IT ALLEGES THAT
THE ADMINISTRATION FORCED STAFF
WITH SYMPTOMS TO KEEP WORKING
AND DIDN'T PROVIDE ENOUGH
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO STOP THE
VIRUS FROM SPREADING.
THE HEALTH AUTHORITY DID NOT
COMMENT ON THE ALLEGATIONS WHICH
HAVE NOT BEEN PROVEN IN COURT.
AS THE HARDEST HIT PROVINCE,
MORE THAN 80% OF THE DEATHS IN
QUÉBEC ARE IN SENIORS' HOMES AND
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
>> [Speaking French]
>> Reporter: NATALIE'S FATHER
LIVES AT THIS HOME, ONE OF MANY
SHORT STAFFED AND STRUGGLING
WITH THE WORKERS OFF BECAUSE
THEY'RE SICK OR AFRAID OF
CATCHING THE VIRUS.
>> [Speaking French]
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS STAFF
TELL HER THAT IT'S BEEN HELL,
SOMETHING THEY'VE NEVER LIVED
THROUGH BEFORE.
THE ARMY HAS BEEN CALLED IN TO
OTHER HARD-HIT HOMES TO HELP.
>> IT'S LIKE A TSUNAMI.
>> Reporter: THIS CO-OWNER
SAYS WITH LESS THAN HALF OF HIS
USUAL STAFF, THE BASIC NEEDS ARE
MET BUT A LOT IS LEFT UNDONE.
>> WE USUALLY GIVE PEOPLE BATHS
ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK AND WE'RE
NOT THERE, WE DON'T HAVE TIME
FOR THAT.
>> Reporter: OUTSIDE THE HOME,
THE PREMIER SAYS THAT THE
SITUATION IN QUÉBEC IS STABLE
AND SAYS THAT THE WORKER
SHORTAGE IN THE HOMES IS
IMPROVING.
>> YOU HAVE PHYSICIANS, NURSES,
HEALTH STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING
AND THE SITUATION IS GETTING
MORE AND MORE UNDER CONTROL.
>> Reporter: LEGAULT SAYS THAT
NEARLY 90% OF QUÉBEC'S LONG-TERM
CARE AND SENIORS' HOMES HAVE NO
CASES AT ALL AND THAT THE
PROVINCE IS KEEPING A CLOSE
WATCH ON THOSE THAT DO.
ALISON NORTHCOTT, CBC NEWS,
MONTRÉAL.
>> Andrew: A LONG-TERM CARE
HOME IS AT THE EPI-CENTRE OF THE
COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN NOVA
SCOTIA.
A SIXTH RESIDENT HAS NOW DIED AT
THE NORTHWOOD SENIORS' COMPLEX
IN HALIFAX.
AS OF TODAY, 112 RESIDENTS AND
40 STAFF MEMBERS HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
EXTRA STAFF ARE NOW WORKING TO
CONTAIN THE VIRUS AT THAT
FACILITY.
>> Adrienne: AND THERE ARE NEW
CONCERNS TONIGHT ABOUT CANADA'S
FOOD SUPPLY.
ONE OF THIS
COUNTRY'S LARGEST SLAUGHTER
HOUSES HAS CEASED OPERATIONS
BECAUSE OF AN OUTBREAK OF
COVID-19.
AS CAROLYN DUNN EXPLAINS, THE
RIPPLE EFFECTS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE FELT FROM THE FARM TO THE
GROCERY STORE.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE
BUSIEST MEAT PROCESSING PLANTS
IN CANADA IS GOING IDLE FOR WHO
KNOWS HOW LONG.
THE CORONAVIRUS HAS BEEN
SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE THROUGH
HUNDREDS OF CARGILL WORKERS.
THEY'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT
UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS.
ONE WORKER HAS DIED.
THE CLOSURE MEANS THE NEARBY
RIMROCK FEED LOT AND OTHERS LIKE
IT
HAVE SIMPLY STOPPED SENDING
CATTLE TO CARGILL.
THAT WILL PUT A BIG DENT IN
CANADA'S PROCESSING CAPACITY.
>> SO WE'LL END UP WITH A
BACKLOG SOONER THAN LATER.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SEE ABOUT
4,500 ANIMALS ROLL THROUGH
CARGILL EVERY DAY AND NOW WE'RE
CURRENTLY AT ZERO.
>> Reporter: A HOST OF PLANT
CLOSURES IN THE UNITED STATES
HAS ALREADY PROMPTED WARNINGS OF
POSSIBLE MEAT SHORTFALLS IN THAT
COUNTRY.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT CANADA
PRODUCES MORE BEEF THAN IT USES.
SO TODAY THE PRIME MINISTER
OFFERED THIS TENTATIVE FIRST
ASSURANCE.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: BUT RIGHT NOW PRIORITY
WILL BE ON DOMESTIC SUPPLY.
SO WE ARE NOT AT THIS POINT
ANTICIPATING SHORTAGES OF BEEF,
BUT PRICES MIGHT GO UP.
>> Reporter: BUT THIS
AGRI-SCIENCE EXPERT WARNS THAT
THE CARGILL CLOSURE MAY BE JUST
BE THE BEGINNING.
>> I'D BE VERY SURPRISED BY THE
TIME THAT WE'RE DONE WITH THIS
PANDEMIC THAT A MEATPACKING
PLANT WOULD BE SPARED BY THIS.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER MAJOR
PLANT,
J.B.S., IS STILL RUNNING, BUT
IT'S DOWN TO ONE SHIFT A DAY.
IT SAYS THAT IT'S TAKING SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT WORKERS
AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
BUT A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
OFFICIAL TELLS CBC NEWS THAT THE
J.B.S. PLANT IS ON A SIMILAR
TRACK AS CARGILL, ITS 80
POSITIVE CASES ARE EXPECTED TO
RISE.
IF IT WERE TO CLOSE IN ADDITION
TO CARGILL, THAT WOULD ELIMINATE
ABOUT 70% OF CANADA'S BEEF
PROCESSING CAPACITY.
THE CHALLENGE NOW IS TO GET
HEALTHY WORKERS BACK ON THE JOB
AND KEEP THEM HEALTHY BEFORE
PLANT CLOSURES HAVE A SERIOUS
IMPACT ON THE SUPPLY.
CAROLYN DUNN, CBC NEWS, NEAR
HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA.
>> Andrew: NOW ALL OF THIS HAS
RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
SAFETY OF OUR FOOD DURING A
PANDEMIC.
SO WE'VE GOT DR. ISSAC BOGOCH,
AN INFECTIOUS DISEASES
SPECIALIST JOINING US.
SO A LARGE MEAT PROCESSING PLANT
IS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF AN
OUTBREAK OF COVID-19.
IS THE MEAT THAT I BUY AT THE
STORE SAFE?
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT IT
CERTAINLY WILL BE.
AND THE REASON IS THAT WE HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS
HERE.
YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY
UNUSUAL FOR PEOPLE WORKING IN
THAT PLANT TO ACTUALLY
CONTAMINATE THE MEAT ITSELF.
AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S THINK OF A
SITUATION -- MAYBE IN A
THEORETICAL SITUATION IF THE
VIRUS DOES GET ON THE MEAT WE
HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE VIRUS
CAN ONLY LIVE FROM TWO HOURS TO
TWO DAYS ON PRODUCTS LIKE THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME THAT
IT MAKES IT TO THE STORE,
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY
VIABLE VIRUS ON THIS, EVEN IF
THERE WAS SOME ON THERE.
SO I THINK THE RISK FOR THIS
WOULD BE
EXTRAORDINARILY LOW.
>> Andrew: OKAY, DR. BOGOCH,
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND WE'LL CHAT WITH YOU A LITTLE
BIT LATER IN THE PROGRAMME
AS WE TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS ON
COVID-19.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Adrienne: AND BRITISH
COLUMBIA IS DEALING WITH A NEW
COVID-19 OUTBREAK AT A CHICKEN
PROCESSING PLANT.
DOZENS OF EMPLOYEES TESTED
POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
>> AND WE NOW HAVE UP TO 28
EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR THIS VIRUS.
THE PLANT WAS CLOSED DOWN AND AN
OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION IS
ONGOING.
>> Adrienne: SO MORE THAN 70
STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN TESTED
AT THE UNITED POULTRY COMPANY IN
VANCOUVER.
AT LEAST ONE OTHER PLANT OWNED
BY THE SAME COMPANY IS SET TO BE
INSPECTED.
>>> AND AIR CANADA IS
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING ALL OF
ITS SCHEDULED FLIGHTS TO THE
UNITED STATES UNTIL AT LEAST MAY
22nd.
THE AIRLINE SAYS THAT THE RECENT
EXTENSION OF BORDER RESTRICTIONS
IS TO BLAME.
THE LAST SCHEDULED FLIGHT
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL
BE ON SUNDAY.
THE AIRLINE WILL WAIVE FLIGHT
CHANGE FEES FOR ALL OF THE
AFFECTED CUSTOMERS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: SUPPORT CHARITIES AND
NON-PROFITS IN THEIR IMPORTANT
WORK, OUR GOVERNMENT IS SETTING
UP A $350 MILLION EMERGENCY
COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUND.
>> Adrienne: AND NEW FUNDING
ANNOUNCED TODAY FOR COMMUNITY
GROUPS AND NATIONAL CHARITIES
LIKE THE UNITED WAY CANADA, AND
THE CANADIAN RED CROSS.
OTTAWA SAYS THAT THE MONEY IS
AIMED AT EXPANDING PROGRAMMES TO
MEET THE GROWING NEED DURING THE
OUTBREAK.
>> Andrew: WELL, ANGER OVER
PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND THE
ECONOMIC SHUTDOWN CONTINUES TO
GROW IN THE U.S.
>> I'M NOT WEARING A MASK.
>> Reporter: WHY?
>> BECAUSE I DON'T NEED A MASK.
>> Andrew: UP NEXT, PAUL
HUNTER TAKES TO AN ANTI-LOCKDOWN
PROTEST IN PENNSYLVANIA.
>> Adrienne: PLUS, FINDING A
WAY TO HEAL AFTER UNIMAGINABLE
LOSS.
WE HEAR FROM THE FAMILIES AT THE
HEART OF THE TRAGEDY IN NOVA
SCOTIA.
>> Andrew: AND NOVA SCOTIA
STRONG.
WE ASKED FOR YOUR MESSAGES TO
NOVA SCOTIANS.
>> YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
>> Andrew: AND, BOY, DID
CANADIANS DELIVER.
WE'RE BACK IN
>> Andrew: TOMORROW DONALD
TRUMP SAYS HE'LL SIGN AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON IMMIGRATION.
IT'S A 60-DAY PAUSE APPLYING TO
THOSE SEEKING PERMANENT RESIDENT
STATUS.
TRUMP SAYS IT WILL LIMIT
COMPETITION FOR U.S. JOBS, JOBS
THAT ARE IN HIGH DEMAND WITH
SOARING UNEMPLOYMENT DUE TO
COVID-19.
MEANWHILE, THE NUMBER OF CASES
IN THE UNITED STATES EXCEEDS
820,000.
THE NUMBER OF DEATHS, 44,000.
ALSO GROWING THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE DEMONSTRATING OUTSIDE
STATE CAPITALS DEMANDING AN END
TO RESTRICTIONS.
NOW JUST DAYS AFTER ONE SUCH
PROTEST IN KENTUCKY, THE STATE
SAW ITS HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY SPIKE
IN CASES.
AS PAUL HUNTER FOUND, THE
PROTESTS GO ON.
>> WE WILL NOT
SACRIFICE OUR FREEDOMS FOR OUR
SAFETY.
>> Reporter: FORGET PHYSICAL
DISTANCING, THEY'RE FED UP,
BUNCHED UP AND ANGRY.
AT THE CONTINUING ORDERS TO SHUT
THEIR BUSINESSES AND STAY HOME
FOR THE GOOD OF ALL TO COMBAT
COVID-19.
>> GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME
DEATH!
>> Reporter: YOU'RE NOT
WEARING A MASK, WHY?
>> NO, I'M NOT WEARING A MASK.
>> Reporter: WHY?
>> BECAUSE I DON'T NEED A MASK.
>> WHY?
>> Reporter: IN THE FACE OF SO
MUCH MEDICAL ADVICE WE HEARD A
LOT OF THEM.
>> MAKE AMERICA FREE AGAIN.
OPEN US UP!
OPEN US UP!
>> Reporter: HARRISBURG,
PENNSYLVANIA, THIS WEEK JOINED A
GROWING LIST OF STATE CAPITALS
WHERE ANGER AT THE ECONOMIC
SHUTDOWN IS BOILING OVER.
THE CORONAVIRUS THREAT, SAY
MANY, OVERBLOWN.
>> WE CONTROL THE GOVERNMENT,
THEY DON'T CONTROL US, YOU KNOW.
THAT'S WHAT THE CONSTITUTION IS
ABOUT.
>> IF YOU'RE SCARED, STAY HOME.
YOU'RE SHUTTING OUR ECONOMY DOWN
AND RUINING OUR ECONOMY ON
SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE
ALL THE FACTS TOGETHER YET.
>> Reporter: TO BE CLEAR,
POLITICS IS A BIG PART OF THIS,
AMID THE CALLS TO RE-OPEN
PENNSYLVANIA --
>> OPEN UP!
>> Reporter: THERE WERE PLENTY
OF THESE HATS, AND THOSE SIGNS.
STILL, WITH MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS NOW UNEMPLOYED, THE
FRUSTRATION IS GENUINE.
>> WHEN THE GOVERNOR ISSUED A
SHUT DOWN, PRETTY MUCH FOLKS GOT
UP, WALKED OUT AND WENT HOME.
>> Reporter: AT THIS NEARBY
HOME BUILDING COMPANY, BEN LEWIS
HAD TO LAY OFF 20 PEOPLE.
HIS VIEW, IT'S TIME TO BE
ALLOWED TO RE-OPEN FOR THOSE WHO
ARE SMART ABOUT IT.
>> THERE IS STILL A WAY THAT WE
CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND WE
NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE FOLKS
THAT AREN'T SICK.
YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO NEED TO
CONTINUE TO MAKE A LIVING.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A WAY
THAT WE COULD DO THAT SAFELY IN
A WAY THAT DOES NOT ENDANGER THE
VULNERABLE AMONG US.
>> Reporter: A PERSPECTIVE
SHARED, IF PUT MORE BLUNTLY,
BACK AT THAT DEMONSTRATION.
THEY STOOD, THEY CHANTED AND
THEY HONKED FOR HOURS.
PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS,
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
>> Adrienne: NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL"... WE RETURN TO OUR
TOP STORY, THE TRAGEDY IN NOVA
SCOTIA.
AND NEXT HOW THE COMMUNITY IS
COPING.
>> Andrew: PLUS, SHARING THEIR
STORIES.
>> SHE LOVED KIDS, SHE LOVED
FAMILY.
SHE -- SHE WAS A BORN LEADER.
>> Andrew: HOW THEY'RE BEING
REMEMBERED BY FRIENDS AND
FAMILY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
(*)
(*)
* ALTHOUGH WE'RE APART 
* YOU'RE A PART 
* OF MY HEART 
>> Andrew: THAT'S LISA
McCULLY JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO
WITH A PERFORMANCE POSTED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA DURING ISOLATION.
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTEACHER WAS
ONE OF 22 PEOPLE KILLED BY A
LONE GUNMAN.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T CATCH THE
LYRICS THERE "ALTHOUGH WE'RE
APART, YOU'RE PART OF MY HEART."
ONE OF MANY POIGNANT REMINDERS
OF WHAT WAS LOST THIS WEEKEND IN
NOVA SCOTIA.
SOME OF THE MOTHERS, FATHERS,
CHILDREN, NEIGHBOURS, AND
FRIENDS AS YOU SEE THERE.
TONIGHT THEY'RE BEING REMEMBERED
BY SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW
AND LOVED THEM BEST, LIKE THE
SISTER OF LISA McCULLY.
(*)
>> I THINK THAT IT'S ALMOST
GETTING HARDER AS THE ADRENALIN
OF THE SHOCK IS WEARING OFF AND
REALITY IS SETTING IN.
SO AS THE ADRENALIN LIFTS, THE
OF THE SHOCK IS WEARING OFF AND
REALITY IS SETTING IN.
SO AS THE ADRENALIN LIFTS, THE
REALITY IS SINKING, AND THE
GRAVITY OF THIS SITUATION IS
ALMOST INCOMPREHENSIBLE.
I THINK THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT
FOR US TO JUST TAKE IT ONE DAY
AT A TIME, ONE MOMENT, ONE
BREATH, AND I'M FINDING IT HARD
TO BREATH.
AND JUST ACCEPTING THESE
FEELINGS.
THESE ARE BIG, HARD FEELINGS.
AND TO JUST BE WITH THEM AS BEST
WE CAN MOMENT BY MOMENT.
I FIND IF I GO INTO THE FUTURE
AND IMAGINE MY LIFE WITHOUT HER
AND HOW EVERYONE IS GOING TO
MANAGE WITHOUT HER, IT'S
OVERWHELMING.
SO I'M TRYING TO JUST STAY
PRESENT AND HONOUR HER LIFE BY
TAKING A FEW INTERVIEWS EACH
DAY.
>> WE HAD ABOUT 30 YEARS
TOGETHER IN THE FIREHALL ON THE
FOUR SHIFTS.
IF HE HAD DIED GOING INTO A
HOUSE FIRE TO RESCUE SOMEBODY,
THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A
PROBLEM.
THIS WASN'T THE WAY THAT TOM
BAGLEY WAS SUPPOSED TO GO, I
GUARANTEE IT.
NOT A GUY LIKE HIM -- SOLID.
A GUY THAT WAS NEVER SHY FOR
WORK.
WHEN I FIRST MET HIM WE WORKED
IN THE FIREHALL AND ON DAYS OFF
HE ALWAYS HAD PROJECTS TO DO.
HE WAS A PAINTER, HE WAS A
MASTER PAINTER, THAT'S WHAT HE
SAID -- THE JACK OF ALL TRADES,
THE MASTER OF NONE.
HE COULD DO EVERYTHING AS
WELL -- MECHANICS, BODY WORK,
CARPENTRY, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE
WORKS.
HE DID IT ALL.
HE LEFT A MARK ON ME, ON A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
WE'LL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER DRINK
OF RUM TOGETHER, I GUESS.
WELL, LORD HAVE MERCY ON HIM.
>> Adrienne: JOINING US
TONIGHT IS THE MAYOR OF
COLCHESTER COUNTY, CHRISTINE
BLAIR IN TRURO, NOVA SCOTIA.
SO, MADAM MAYOR, WHAT WAS TODAY
ABOUT FOR YOU?
>> IT WAS ABOUT MORE SHOCKS AND
A SITUATION WHERE THE RESIDENTS
OF COLCHESTER COUNTY ARE FACING
THE REALITY OF THE LOSS OF THEIR
LOVED ONES.
THAT WE ARE LEARNING THE NAMES
OF THOSE LOVED ONES.
AND WE'RE LEARNING HOW MANY
PEOPLE THAT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE
LINE WE ARE CONNECTED WITH THAT
WE KNOW, THAT WE'RE ACQUAINTED
WITH, THAT ARE FRIENDS OF
FRIENDS OR DAUGHTERS OF FRIENDS,
OR SONS OF FRIENDS.
AND IT'S BEEN ONE MORE VERY
DIFFICULT DAY.
>> Adrienne: I BET.
YOU KNOW, HEARING ABOUT ALL THE
NAMES AND ALL OF THE NUMBERS, IT
MAKES YOU WONDER, DOES A
COMMUNITY LIKE YOURS HAVE ENOUGH
GRIEF COUNSELLORS?
>> WE HAVE GRIEF COUNSELLORS
THAT ARE PREPARED TO WORK WITH
THE RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE THE MENTAL HEALTH
PROVINCIAL CRISIS LINE.
WE HAVE THE KIDS HELP LINE.
WE HAVE MORNEAU SHAPELL THAT HAS
VOLUNTEERED 24/7 BILINGUAL
SERVICE FOR CRISIS HELP.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE SOCIOLOGIST
ASSOCIATION OF NOVA SCOTIA WITH
30 PLUS PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE
PREPARED TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME
TO ASSIST.
>> Adrienne: AND LAST THING,
MADAM MAYOR, ALL CANADIANS HAVE
THIS FEELING THAT THEY WANT TO
DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW TO HELP.
WHAT CAN THEY DO FOR YOU?
>> WELL, KEEP US IN YOUR
PRAYERS.
KEEP US IN YOUR THOUGHTS.
CANADIANS FROM RIGHT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE REACHING OUT TO GET
IN TOUCH WITH US.
AND WE APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT
EVERYONE IS THERE FOR SUPPORT.
YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND LOOK TO
SEE WHETHER THERE ARE OTHER
THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE TO
ASSIST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
GRIEVING SO DESPERATELY AND WHO
ARE IN SUCH PAIN AT THIS POINT
IN TIME.
AND THAT MAY BE OF ASSISTANCE AS
WELL, OR IT MAY GIVE THEM SOME
DIRECTION ON HOW THEY CAN HELP.
BUT KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEHIND US,
THAT WE HAVE THE PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT BEHIND US, AND THAT
WE HAVE CANADIANS RIGHT ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY OFFERING THEIR
SYMPATHY, OFFERING THEIR
SUPPORT, THEIR PRAYERS AND THEIR
COMFORT, IS SOMETHING THAT MEANS
SO VERY MUCH TO US HERE IN
COLCHESTER COUNTY.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.
>> Adrienne: AND THANK YOU,
MADAM MAYOR, WE APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME ONCE AGAIN.
>>> STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL," MESSAGES FOR NOVA
SCOTIA.
>> THE PEOPLE OF NOVA SCOTIA ARE
RESILIENT, THEY'RE STRONG.
>> Adrienne: SENDING LOVE AND
LIGHT TO BRIGHTEN THE DARKNESS
JUST AHEAD.
>> Andrew: BUT, NEXT, WE
RETURN TO THE MATTER OF THE
PANDEMIC AND OUR NIGHTLY SEGMENT
ASKING YOUR QUESTIONS, INCLUDING
ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING
ALMOST SINCE DAY ONE -- HOW AND
MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY -- WHEN
WILL THINGS START TO GRADUALLY
REOPEN.
WE'RE BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>> Andrew: WELCOME BACK.
TIME TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR
COVID-19 QUESTIONS, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES SPECIALIST DR. ISSAC
BOGOCH IS BACK WITH US ONCE
AGAIN.
HELLO TO YOU.
AND THIS FIRST QUESTION,
DR. BOGOCH, GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED
IN NOVA SCOTIA IS ONE THAT WE
HAVE GOTTEN A FEW TIMES NOW.
SO HERE IT IS -- HOW DO PEOPLE
DEAL WITH BURYING LOVED ONES?
IS IT SAFE
TO ATTEND A FUNERAL THESE DAYS?
>> I STILL THINK THAT PEOPLE CAN
CERTAINLY ATTEND A FUNERAL AND
ALSO ADHERE TO THE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING GUIDELINES WHILE
ABIDING BY THE PROVINCIAL AND
THE MUNICIPAL RULES OF HOW MANY
PEOPLE CAN CONGREGATE TOGETHER
IN ONE PLACE.
IN SOME PLACES YOU MIGHT HEAR
ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE OR PERHAPS 10
PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO CONGREGATE
IN ONE PLACE AND CERTAINLY
THAT'S REASONABLE TO DO AT A
FUNERAL AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE
STILL DISTANCING THEMSELVES BY
TWO METRES.
I APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS
EXTREMELY CHALLENGING AND THAT
THE NATURAL INCLINATION IS TO
GIVE YOUR LOVED ONE AND YOUR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY A HUG.
BUT IT'S STILL IMPORTANT TO STAY
PHYSICALLY DISTANCED IN THESE
SETTINGS.
THERE'S CREATIVE SOLUTIONS HERE
AND WE HAVE HEARD OF FUNERALS
WHERE 10 PEOPLE PAY RESPECTS AND
THEY'RE SEPARATED BY TWO METRES.
THEY RETURN TO THEIR CARS AND
THEN ANOTHER 10 PEOPLE SHOW UP
AND HAVE A CHANCE TO PAY THEIR
RESPECTS AS WELL.
SO THERE ARE CREATIVE WAYS THAT
THIS CAN BE DONE IN A RESPECTFUL
MANNER, BUT STILL ADHERING TO
THE
LOCAL GUIDELINES AND STAYING
APART.
>> Andrew: HERE'S A FORWARD
LOOKING QUESTION FOR YOU.
HOW AND WHEN WILL THINGS START
TO GRADUALLY REOPEN?
>> INTERESTINGLY, WHEN WE ARE
HOPEFULLY NOT JUST PLATEAUING
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
CURVE AND WE SEE A SUSTAINED
REDUCTION IN NEW CASES AND
THINGS START TO OPENING UP
I THINK THAT WE'LL START TO SEE
A LOOSENING OF SOME OF THE
RESTRICTIONS THAT WE'RE LIVING
UNDER.
THIS MIGHT MANIFEST IN SEVERAL
WAYS.
WE MIGHT SEE MORE PEOPLE ALLOWED
OUT AND ABOUT IN PARKS, EITHER
PROVINCIAL PARKS OR MUNICIPAL
PARKS, AS LONG AS THEY'RE
SPREADING APART BY TWO METRES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT EVEN SEE
SOME OTHER
THINGS LIKE MAYBE -- I'M
GUESSING HERE -- BUT MAYBE SOME
RESTAURANTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO
OPEN UP AS LONG AS THEY ARE ABLE
TO KEEP PEOPLE APART AND HAVE,
YOU KNOW, A SMALL NUMBER OF
PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANT AT ANY
GIVEN TIME AND ADHERE TO GOOD
HAND HYGIENE AND PHYSICAL
DISTANCING MEASURES.
SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE A
CHANGE FOR THE BETTER SOMEWHERE
ALONG THAT SPECTRUM OF RETURNING
TO NORMAL.
BUT, OF COURSE, NOT QUITE AS WE
REMEMBER AS NORMAL AS WE
REMEMBER FROM THE PRE-COVID-19
ERA.
>> Andrew: AS QUICKLY AS WEEKS
FROM NOW OR MONTHS?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> HOPEFULLY IT'S IN WEEKS AND
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON US.
AND IF WE CONTINUE TO ADHERE TO
THESE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING MEASURES AND START TO
SEE A DROP IN THE NUMBER OF NEW
CASES, IT MAY BE A FEW WEEKS
AWAY.
>> Andrew: OKAY, DR. BOGOCH,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
AS ALWAYS.
>> ANYTIME.
>> Andrew: AS WE MENTIONED
WE WILL BE ASKING YOUR QUESTIONS
ABOUT
COVID-19 EVERY NIGHT SO SEND
THEM OUR WAY.
YOU CAN MESSAGE US DIRECTLY ON
INSTAGRAM @CBCTHENATIONAL OR YOU
CAN EMAIL
US TO COVID@CBC.CA.
PUT "THE NATIONAL" IN THE
SUBJECT LINE.
>>> WE ARE LEARNING WHY COVID-19
CAN BE SO DEADLY FOR SOME
PATIENTS.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT THE
VIRUS ITSELF DOES TO THE HUMAN
BODY, BUT WHAT
DAMAGE THE HUMAN BODY DOES TO
ITSELF.
CHRISTINE BIRAK HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: WHEN A HEALTHY
E.R. DOCTOR IN SEATTLE BECAME
SICK WITH COVID-19, PEOPLE WERE
WORRIED BUT NO ONE THOUGHT THAT
44-YEAR-OLD RYAN PADGETT WOULD
DIE.
>> CAN I GET SOME HELP IN HERE.
>> Reporter: AND YET HE ALMOST
DID.
THE DOCTORS FIGURED OUT THAT IT
WASN'T THE VIRUS THAT WAS
KILLING PADGETT,
IT WAS HIS OWN IMMUNE SYSTEM.
>> MY IMMUNE SYSTEM HAD CAUGHT
IS THIS WILDFIRE, THIS CYTOKINE
STORM.
>> Reporter: TO ATTACK AN
INVADER, CYTOKINE PROTEINS
SIGNAL THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM TO MOVE IN.
BUT SOME ILLNESSES, INCLUDING
SARS, CAN TRIGGER TOO MANY
SIGNALS OR A STORM.
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THEN GOES
HAYWIRE AND ATTACKING THE BODY.
A GROWING NUMBER OF EARLY
STUDIES SUGGEST THAT A SUB-GROUP
OF PATIENTS WITH SEVERE COVID-19
MIGHT HAVE CYTOKINE STORM
SYNDROME.
>> THERE'S PROBABLY MULTIPLE
COMPONENTS TO WHY PEOPLE ARE
SUSCEPTIBLE.
IT COULD BE GENETIC.
>> Reporter: SCIENTISTS IN
LONDON, ONTARIO, ARE LEADING AN
IMPORTANT TRIAL AND USING BLOOD
SAMPLES FROM 45 COVID-19
PATIENTS, THEY FOUND HIGH LEVELS 
OF A SPECIFIC CYTOKINE PROTEIN.
>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING SEEMS TO BE
OCCURRING IN ALL OF THE VERY
SICK PATIENTS AND THOSE THAT
ULTIMATELY ARE DYING.
>> Reporter: BASED ON FINAL
RESULTS, DRUG COMPANIES CAN
QUICKLY DEVELOP TREATMENTS
TARGETING CERTAIN CYTOKINE TO
BRING DOWN THAT IMMUNE RESPONSE,
BUT IT CAN BE TRICKY.
THESE SCIENTISTS HAVE DONE IT,
FOR OTHER ILLNESS.
AND THEY WARN THAT IF THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM'S DEFENCES ARE LOWERED IT
MIGHT NOT ATTACK THE VIRUS.
>> IF WE SUPPRESS OR REPLICATE
THE VIRUS, IT WILL GO CRAZY.
>> Reporter: BASED ON
SEVERE COVID-19 CASES SEEN IN
CHINA, PADGETT'S DOCTORS TRIED
AN EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT -- AN
EXISTING DRUG QUIETED THE
CYTOKINE STORM
IN HIS IMMUNE SYSTEM.
TREATMENTS LIKE THIS MIGHT SAVE
OTHER LIVES TOO.
CHRISTINE BIRAK, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," CANADA SENDS ITS LOVE
TO NOVA SCOTIA.
>> * IF YOU GIVE A LITTLE MORE 
* THAN YOU TAKE 
>> Adrienne: MUSICIANS, HOCKEY
STARS, AND ORDINARY CANADIANS
ARE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS
TO BRING A LITTLE LIGHT TO THE
DARKNESS.
(*)
* WHEN YOUR TIME DOWN HERE IS
THROUGH *
* THERE'S A PLACE 
* UP THERE FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU 
>> Adrienne: THAT IS CANADIAN
COUNTRY SINGER JOHNNY REID
POURING HIS GRIEF INTO SONG.
HE SAYS WHAT HAPPENED IN NOVA
SCOTIA HAS HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT
ON HIM, AND HE'S NOT ALONE.
HALIFAX NATIVE SIDNEY CROSBY
SAYS I KNOW THAT WE WILL COME
TOGETHER AND HELP EACH OTHER GET
THROUGH THIS.
I'M THINKING OF EVERYONE AT
HOME.
* LOVE IN EVERY WAY 
>> Adrienne: AND ACTOR ELLEN
PAGE, ALSO FROM HALIFAX, SENT
HER CONDOLENCES WRITING, "THIS
IS HEARTBREAKING.
I'M SENDING ALL MY LOVE."
THIS TRAGEDY HAS TOUCHED PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD, MANY TAKING TO
SOCIAL MEDIA WITH A MESSAGE OF
STRENGTH AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE
PROVINCE, NOVA SCOTIA STRONG.
>> DEAR NOVA SCOTIA, FOR ALL OF
THOSE PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THIS
AWFUL TRAGEDY, TODAY I OFFER MY
PRAYERS AND MY MUSIC.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
(*)
>> IF I KNOW ONE THING, I KNOW
THAT THE PEOPLE OF NOVA SCOTIA
ARE RESILIENT, THEY'RE STRONG.
>> NOVA SCOTIA WAS, IS, AND
FOREVER WILL BE STRONG.
>> WE MUST STAY STRONG, STAY
TOGETHER, AND FOREVER BE THE
GENEROUS, WARM, HOSPITABLE
PROVINCE THAT I REMEMBER.
>> I LOVE YOU, NOVA SCOTIA.
I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET
THROUGH THIS.
>> MY GRANDMOTHER WAS FROM
ANTIGONISH, AND NOVA SCOTIA WILL
ALWAYS BE A PART OF MY HEART.
IT MIGHT BE A VERY SMALL THING
BUT WE'RE JUST KEEPING OUR PORCH
LIGHT ON IN COMMEMORATION FOR
EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
>> TODAY MY SONS AND I, WE
PAINTED OUR FRONT DOORS SAYING
"WE ARE STRONG."
WE OFFER YOU ALL STRENGTH AND
HOPE THAT YOU GET THROUGH THIS
DARK TIME.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S JUST REALLY
IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME TO BE
THERE FOR EACH OTHER, EVEN IF WE
CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON.
THAT'S WHY I'M LIGHTING THIS
CANDLE FOR YOU TODAY.
(*)
[BAGPIPES PLAYING]
(*)
>> OUR COLLECTIVE HEARTS ARE
ACHING, ARE BROKEN, AND FOR SOME
SHATTERED BEYOND REPAIR.
>> WE JUST WANTED TO SAY -- WE
WANT TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR
WHAT HAPPENED IN NOVA SCOTIA,
THE DEATH OF THAT RCMP OFFICER
AND THOSE FAMILIES, WHAT THEY'RE
GOING THROUGH.
SO MY WIFE LIGHTS HER TREE UP
EVERY NIGHT JUST TO SHOW
HER SUPPORT, OUR SUPPORT FOR
YOU.
>> WE LOVE YOU.
>> PLEASE KNOW THAT IN YOUR
GRIEF YOU ARE NOT ALONE, AND THE
LIVES OF THOSE LOST NOVA
SCOTIANS WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
AND TOGETHER WE WILL MEND OUR
FRACTURED HEARTS.
>> Adrienne: OUR "MOMENT" IS
NEXT.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT TONIGHT.
BUT, FIRST, A STORY OF A
CONNECTION MADE 20 YEARS AGO.
THAT IS WHEN CONSTABLE HEIDI
STEVENSON ATTENDED AN EVENT IN
THE NETHERLANDS COMMEMORATING
THE CANADIAN LIBERATION OF
APPLEDORN, AND
LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION ON A
6-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
>> IT WAS AN ANNIVERSARY YEAR,
2000, SO THERE WERE MANY
VETERANS ATTENDING TOO.
BUT I WAS DRAWN TO SOMEBODY ELSE
AND THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WAS HEIDI
WHO WAS THE ONLY FEMALE RCMP
THERE.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE
RCMP HERE IN THE NETHERLANDS.
SO I WAS JUST AMAZED BY THIS
SUPERHERO WHO WAS WEARING THAT
BRIGHT RED.
AND SHE HAD ALL EYES FOR ME.
SHE SAT DOWN AND
TALKED TO ME LIKE I WAS AN
ADULT, WHICH TO A KID MEANS A
TONNE.
THIS PHOTO IS JUST A PHOTO OF
THE MOMENT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CAN
SEE THAT I'M HOLDING A PIECE OF
PAPER IN MY HAND AND THAT'S A
MEMENTO THAT SHE GAVE ME, WHICH
WAS A CARD WITH HER PICTURE ON
IT.
AND AS SOON AS I GOT HOME I HUNG
THE CARD ON A CORKBOARD IN MY
ROOM AND IT STAYED THERE WELL
INTO MY TEENAGED YEARS AS A
SOURCE OF INSPIRATION.
BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS
JUST SO COOL TO ME.
* [light, upbeat]
* 
(*)
>> Andrew: SO ANOTHER
DIFFICULT DAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF
NOVA SCOTIA, AND, QUITE FRANKLY,
FOR MANY CANADIANS AS WE ALL TRY
TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Adrienne: THAT'S HARD.
TONIGHT THERE ARE MORE FACES TO
ADD AND MORE DETAILS TO SHARE
ABOUT THE VICTIMS.
AND SO WE WILL LEAVE YOU NOW
WITH THAT GROWING LIST.
>>> THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
APRIL 21st.
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