>> Adrienne:  GOOD EVENING.
I'M ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
ANDREW IS OFF THIS WEEK.
TONIGHT BREAKING THE DISTANCING
RULES.
[ * ]
>> CROWDED BARS, HOT STREETS
OUTSIDE AND AFTER A CLUSTER OF
CASES IN MONTREAL, A CRACKDOWN.
>> WE'LL CLOSE YOUR VENUE.
>> NEW EVIDENCE THAT COVID COULD
HANG IN THE AIR FOR HOURS.
SCIENTISTS ARE WARNING THAT THE
W.H.O. IS IGNORING THE RISK.
>> WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
>> THE DEBATES OVER RACIAL
PROFILING IN THE U.K. AFTER A
CHAMPION SPRINTER IS HANDCUFFED
BY POLICE.
>> IT WAS JUST AWFUL.
>> SURVIVING A MUDSLIDE.
>> LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN GOING
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF YOUR
HOUSE.
>> WE JUST TRUDGED OUR WAY OUT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DID IT.
>> HOW A B.C. COUPLE ESCAPES
WHEN THEY WERE SUDDENLY
SWALLOWED BY A WALL OF DIRT AND
STONE.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
MULBERRY.
[ * ]
>> AS CANADA REOPENS STEP BY
STEP, THERE IS ALWAYS A LOOMING
THREAT THAT ONE CARELESS MOVE,
ONE SLIP COULD SEND CASE NUMBERS
SPIKING AND RIGHT NOW, SCENES
LIKE THESE ARE STOKING THOSE
FEARS.
BARS IN THIS COUNTRY, CROWDED
WITH PEOPLE AND NOT ALWAYS
SOCIAL DISTANCING, EVEN IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS PANDEMIC.
AND THE BIG WORRY ABOUT THAT IS
COMING TRUE NEAR MONTREAL, AN
OUTBREAK OF COVID-19 LINKED TO A
GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WENT
OUT PARTYING.
AS ALISON NORTHCOTT SHOWS US,
THAT HAS THE PROVINCE
THREATENING A CRACKDOWN.
[ * ]
>> Reporter:  THIS VIDEO POSTED
ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS WEEKEND
SHOWS A PACKED BAR JUST OUTSIDE
OF MONTREAL.
IT'S BECOME A FOCAL POINT FOR
THE REGION'S PUBLIC HEALTH
AUTHORITIES AFTER A GROUP OF
ABOUT 60 YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDED
TWO HOUSE PARTIES LAST TUESDAY,
SOME THEN WENT TO THE BAR.
>> WE ALREADY HAVE MORE THAN 20
PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIAGNOSIS.
>> Reporter:  THE PUBLIC HEALTH
IS ASKING ANYONE ELSE AT THE BAR
THAT NIGHT TO ALSO GET TESTED
FOR COVID-19.
QUEBEQUEBEC BARS GOT THE GREEN LIGHT
TO REOPEN A MONTH AGO.
THERE'S HAND SANITIZERS AND
BARTENDERS ARE IN MASK.
>> LOTS AND LOTS OF TABLES HAVE
BEEN REMOVED.
>> Reporter:  AND TABLES ARE TWO
METRES APART.
CUSTOMERS HAVE TO STAY SEATED,
BUT THE OWNER WORRIES NOT
EVERYONE IS ENFORCING THOSE
RULES.
>> WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET BACK
ON OUR FEET.
WE DON'T WANT ONE OR TWO APPLES
TO SPOIL IT.
>> Reporter:  THIS IS A REMINDER
THAT THE VIRUS IS STILL A RISK.
>> I CAN CERTAINLY STOP CERTAIN
SECTORS IF PEOPLE DON'T OBLIGE
IT AND I COULD SAY EVEN TO
QUEBECORS, GO BACK HOME IF
NEEDED, BECAUSE THIS IS
SOMETHING OF LIFE OR DEATH.
>> Reporter:  AND IT'S NOT JUST
IN QUEBEC.
ON ST. JOHN'S GEORGE STREET THIS
WEEKEND, A SIMILAR SCENE
PROMPTING CONCERN AND
FRUSTRATION.
>> TO SEE THAT HAPPEN ON THE
WEEKEND IS VERY DISAPPOINTING
AND PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE MORE
RESPONSIBILITY.
>> Reporter:  THIS EXPERT
WORRIES OUTBREAKS AMONG YOUNGER
HEALTHY PEOPLE COULD SPREAD THE
VIRUS TO THOSE WHO ARE OLDER AND
MORE VULNERABLE.
>> I THINK WE NEED TO BE READY
TO BE MORE SEVERE AND HAVE MORE
STRINGENT MEASURES, MONITORING
ENFORCEMENT THAN JUST LETTING
PEOPLE BE.
>> THE MESSAGE TO BAR OWNERS IS
VERY CLEAR.
IF THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE
RULES, WE'LL HAVE APPROPRIATE
MEASURES.
>> Reporter:  QUEBEC'S HEALTH
MINISTER SAYS THAT COULD INCLUDE
FINES AND INCREASED POLICE
PRESENCE AND EVEN SHUTTING SOME
BARS DOWN.
>>> NOW MONTREAL IS JOINING A
GROWING LIST OF CITIES MAKING
MASKS MANDATORY.
THE RULE IN THE WORKS IS
EXPECTED TO GO INTO EFFECT
JULY 27th, REQUIRING FACE
COVERINGS IN INDOOR PUBLIC
SPACES.
OTTAWA ANNOUNCED A SIMILAR RULE
GOING INTO EFFECT TOMORROW AT
MIDNIGHT.
THIS FOLLOWS TORONTO, WHOSE MASK
RULE ALSO GOES INTO EFFECT
TOMORROW.
IT IS A POLICY MOVE THAT FACES
PUSHBACK IN THE UNITED STATES
WHERE MASKS ARE A PARTISAN
ISSUE.
DESPITE MOUNTING CONCERNS
BECAUSE THE COVID-19 INFECTIONS
JUST CONTINUE TO SPIRAL.
THE PACE OF NEW CASES IN THE
U.S. REMAINS FASTER THAN EVER
WITH MORE THAN 40,000 POSITIVE
TESTS A DAY.
THANKFULLY THE TREND SO FAR IN
DEATHS MIRRORS THE ROSIER
PICTURE WEEKS AGO WHEN THE CURVE
WAS MORE FLAT.
AS PAUL HUNTER SHOWS US, THAT IS
THE PICTURE THE WHITE HOUSE IS
EMPHASIZING.
>> Reporter:  IT WOULD SEEM A
FAIRLY EASY TO ACCOMPLISH
IMPERATIVE, TO HELP SLOW THE
SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS IN THE
U.S., WEAR A MASK.
AND, INDEED, LOTS OF AMERICANS
ARE.
BUT MILLIONS ARE NOT AND THEY'RE
CONGREGATING, SPREADING THE
VIRUS, WORSENING THE CRISIS IN
THIS COUNTRY DAILY.
THIS PAST HOLIDAY WEEKEND,
MERELY AN EXTREME EXAMPLE OF
WHAT PLAYS OUT REGULARLY.
SO DOES CATASTROPHE NOW LOOM?
>> I WOULD SAY WE'RE PRETTY
CLOSE AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE
AFTER THIS WEEKEND'S PARTIES,
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A BUMP.
>> Reporter:  AND CONSIDER THAT
IN THOSE STATES WHERE COVID HAS
LATELY BEEN SPIKING, TEXAS, FOR
EXAMPLE, HOSPITALS ARE ALREADY
NEAR CAPACITY.
AND YET, IN FLORIDA, WHERE A MAN
DRESSED AS THE GRIM REAPER
MARCHED ALONG BUSY BEACHES
SIGNALING PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE
MORE CARE, PUSHBACK.
(BEEP).
>> Reporter:  ON THE AVERSION OF
SELF-PROTECTION, MANY POINT TO
THE EXAMPLE SET BY DONALD TRUMP
WHO NOT ONLY DOESN'T WEAR ONE
BUT THIS WEEKEND SAID WITH
INCREASED TESTING LATELY --
WE SHOW CASES, 99% OF WHICH ARE
TOTALLY HARMLESS.
>> Reporter:  THAT'S CLOSE TO
THE SURVIVAL RATE BUT IGNORES
THE ROUGHLY 20% OF CASES BAD
ENOUGH TO NEED HOSPITAL CARE,
SAID DONALD TRUMP'S PRESS
SECRETARY TODAY.
>> THE PRESIDENT WAS NOTING THE
FACT THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS WHO CONTRACT
CORONAVIRUS WILL COME OUT ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THIS.
>> Reporter:  IN NEW YORK,
MEANWHILE, WHERE FOLLOWING
STRICT GUIDELINES TURN THINGS
AROUND, THEY'RE WELL INTO
REOPENING.
TODAY, A CALL FOR TRUMP TO
EMPHASIZE COVID IS A VERY
SERIOUS PROBLEM.
>> IF HE DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT, THEN HE IS FACILITATING
THE VIRUS.
>> Reporter:  AND CONTRIBUTING
TO MORE COVID ILLNESS AND DEATH
IN A COUNTRY LEADING THE WORLD
IN BOTH.
PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Adrienne:  SCIENTISTS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING
CANADA, SAY THERE IS ENOUGH
EVIDENCE NOW THAT COVID-19 IS
AIRBORNE, THAT THE W.H.O. SHOULD
CHANGE ITS GUIDELINES BUT AS VIK
ADOPHIA TELLS US, OTHER
RESEARCHERS DISAGREE.
>> Reporter:  THOUSANDS OF
DROPLETS FLY THROUGH THE AIR
WITH EVERY COUGH, THE MOST
COMMON WAY FOR THE CORONAVIRUS
TO INFECT OTHERS, BUT THERE ARE
ALSO MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES
SMALLER THAN DROPLETS THAT CAN
REMAIN AIRBORNE, FLOATING AROUND
SEVERAL HOURS RELEASED BY JUST
TALKING OR BREATHING.
IN AN OPEN LETTER TO THE W.H.O.
SCIENTISTS WARN THAT'S WHERE WHY
HANDWASHING AND PHYSICAL
DISTANCING AREN'T ENOUGH TO
BLOCK THE OUTBREAK.
>> IF YOU DO THE TRANSMISSION
WELL OR DO NOT BLOCK THEM, YOU
WILL SEE FLATTENING THE CURVE
WILL BE EXTREMELY SLOW.
>> Reporter:  POINTING TO AN
OUTBREAK IN THIS CHOIR IN MARCH
AS ONE EXAMPLE OF A SUPER
SPREADING EVENT WHERE ONE PERSON
INFECTED DOZENS OF WHOS.
THE W.H.O. DOWNPLAYED THE RISK
OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES BECAUSE
NOT ENOUGH IS KNOWN HOW
INFECTIOUS THEY ARE BUT THE
UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUBJECT IS
DECADES OUT OF DATE AS THE
EMERGING SCIENCE DOESN'T DRAW A
DISTINCTION BETWEEN DROPLETS AND
AIRBORNE PARTICLES.
>> IT IS STUCK IN A LAMONCLATURE
OF THE 1930'S AND PHYSICS THAT
HAVE BEEN VALIDATED.
>> Reporter:  THE LETTER ASKS
THE W.H.O. ASK GOVERNMENTS TO
MANDATE UPGRADES BEFORE ALLOWING
REOPENINGS, ESPECIALLY IN
SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES AND SENIOR'S
HOMES WHERE LOTS OF PEOPLE
CONGREGATE.
THOUGH NOT EVERYONE AGREES IT'S
URGENT.
>> YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON THE
CERTAINTIES AND SPEND LESS TIME
AND ENERGY FOCUSING ON THE
THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME
IMPACT BUT DO NOT APPEAR TO BE
AS IMPORTANT.
>> Reporter:  ONE OF THOSE
CERTAINTIES IS THE CONTINUED USE
OF MANS MASKS.
>> Adrienne:  FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE LATE MARCH, ONTARIO IS
REPORTING NO NEW COVID-RELATED
DEATHS, BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
INVESTIGATING ANOTHER FARM
OUTBREAK IN THE TORONTO YEAR.
30 WORKERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE
AT THIS MUSHROOM FARM IN
VAUGHAN.
OFFICIALS ARE NOW FOLLOWING UP
WITH THE CLOSE CONTACTS WITH
THOSE INFECTED BUT SAY THE RISKS
OF THE PUBLIC IS LOW.
>> I'M PLEASED TO REPORT TODAY
NO NEW CASES.
>> THAT'S WELCOMED NEWS TODAY IN
P.E.I. AFTER FIVE NEW CASES WERE
REPORTED OVER THE WEEKEND AND
FOUR ARE LINKED TO A MAN
RETURNING FROM THE U.S. TO NOVA
SCOTIA.
OFFICIALS THERE IMPOSING
STRICTER MEASURES TO ENSURE
PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF ATLANTIC
CANADA SELF-ISOLATE FROM
ENTERING THE PROVINCE.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT
WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS DOESN'T HAPPEN
HERE AND WE'RE TAKING EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PATIENTS
AND STAFF.
>> AND SO THIS EDMONTON HOSPITAL
HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS TO NEW
ADMISSIONS AS OFFICIALS WORK TO
CONTAIN A COVID OUTBREAK THAT
HAS INFECTED 30 PEOPLE.
SOME INCLUDING THE EMERGENCY
ROOM REMAIN OPEN.
>>> NICK CORDERO IS BEING
REMEMBERED AS A TALENTED ACTOR
AS WELL AS A LOVING HUSBAND AND
FATHER.
THE 41-YEAR-OLD CANADIAN-BORN
PROCEEDWAY PERFORMERS SUFFERED
SEVERE COMPLICATIONS FROM
COVID-19.
ELI GLASNER SPOKE WITH FRIENDS
FROM HIS HOMETOWN OF HAMILTON.
[ * ]
>> Reporter:  NOT EVERY ACTOR
COULD SWITCH FROM WAIVING A
TOMMY BEGUN TO TAP DANCING.
NICK CORDERO WAS NOT EVERY
ACTOR.
>> I WAS REALLY HOPING FOR A
DIFFERENT OUTCOME.
>> Reporter:  THESE TWO WERE
FRIENDS SINCE GRADE SIX.
>> HE WAS LIKE A GENTLE GIANT.
>> Reporter:  BUT CODERO WENT
FROM BUSING TABLES TO DANCING ON
BROADWAY.
SO WHEN HE ENTERED THE ER IN
LATE MARCH, WORD SPREAD QUICKLY
IN HIS HOMETOWN OF HAMILTON.
>> IT HIT PEOPLE HARD BECAUSE
NICK WAS SO YOUNG AND HEALTHY.
>> I'M SITTING OUTSIDE OF CEDAR
SINAI HOSPITAL.
>> Reporter:  THE ACTOR BATTLED
AGAINST A SERIES OF SETBACKS.
IN APRIL, SURGEONS WERE FORCED
TO AMPUTATE HIS LEG DUE TO
CORONAVIRUS COMPLICATIONS.
>> THE LONGER ON A VENTILATOR,
YOUR BODY IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO
INFECTION AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
SEEING WITH NICK.
>> Reporter:  ALL THE WHILE,
CELEBRITIES SHARE THEIR SUPPORT.
>> YOU HAVE THAT EYE OF THE
TIGER.
>> Reporter:  AND CASTMATES
PERFORMED A SONG HE COMPOSED.
HIS CRITICS FOLLOWED CODERO'S
RISE, FIRST IN BULLETS OVER
BROADWAY WHICH EARNED HIM A TONY
NOMINATION AND THE MUSICAL OF
BRONX TALE.
>> HE COULD PLAY ROUGH
GANGSTERS, BUT STILL, REALLY,
YOU FELL FOR THE CHARACTER AND
NEVERTHELESS, YOU COULD TELL HE
WAS A STAR IN THAT SHOW.
>> Reporter:  BUT ON SUNDAY, HIS
WIFE SHARED THE NEWS.
NICK CORDERO DIED SURROUNDED BY
HIS FAMILY SINGING AND PRAYING.
HIS CASTMATE ZACH BRASS SAID I
HAVE NEVER MET A KINDER HUMAN
BEING.
BACK HOME, THE NEWS WAS A
WAKE-UP CALL.
>> IT REALLY MADE IT REAL, YOU
KNOW.
AND IT'S MADE ME, ACTUALLY, BE
MORE CHEERFUL WITH WEARING A
MASK AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING
IS CLEAN BECAUSE IT'S SCARRY.
IT'S A SCARRY TIME.
[ * ]
>> Reporter:  ANOTHER SIGN OF
THE IMPACT FROM A LIFE THAT
MOVED SO MANY.
ELI GLASNER, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne:  AMONG THE OTHER
STORIES WE'RE FOLLOWING TONIGHT,
THE CANADIAN RESERVIST ACCUSED
OF RAMMING A TRUCK THROUGH A
GATE AT RIDEAU HALL LAST WEEK IS
CHARGED WITH THREATEN TO CAUSE
HARM TO THE PRIME MINISTER.
HE HAD A RIFLE, A SHOTGUN AND A
HIGH CAPACITY MAG.
POLICMAGAZINE.AND JUSTIN TRUDEAU, MEANWHIL
E,
WILL NOT JOIN HIS NORTH AMERICAN
COUNTERPARTICIPANTCOUNTERPARTS TO MARK THE
 START
OF THE NEW NAFTA AGREEMENT.
HE WILL BE AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON
A BILATERAL MEETING BUT WILL
REMAIN IN OTTAWA FOR CABINET
MEETINGS AND THE LONG-SITTING OF
PARLIAMENT.
>>> BOB RAY NAMED AS CANADA'S
NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED
NATIONS.
HE WAS INTERIM LEADER AND SERVED
AS THE PREMIER IN THE 90'S AND
TAKES OVER JUST WEEKS AFTER
CANADA FAILED TO SECURE A
TEMPORARY SEAT ON THE U.N.
SECURITY COUNCIL.
>>> WELL, ONTARIO SAYS IT WILL
NO LONGER DIVIDE GRADE 9
STUDENTS INTO TWO STREAMS, THOSE
EXPECTED TO MAKE IT TO
UNIVERSITY AND THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN TOLD THEY'RE LESS ABLE,
BLACK AND LOW-INCOME STUDENTS
ARE BY FAR MOST LIKELY TO LIMIT
THEIR GOALS BECAUSE OF THAT
SYSTEM.
JACQUELINE HANSEN TAKES A DEEPER
LOOK AT WHY.
>> Reporter:  BEN McDONALD
ALWAYS KNEW HE WOULD GO TO
UNIVERSITY BUT NOT EVERYONE
AGREED.
>> IN GRADE 5, MY TEACHERS SAID
YOUR KIND DON'T GO TO
UNIVERSITY.
>> Reporter:  AN EARLY,
UNOFFICIAL STREAMING OF BLACK
STUDENTS THAT HIS MOM, NOW A
SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE, SAYS
STARTS IN KINDERGARTEN.
>> A LOT OF THESE KIDS, BY THE
TIME THEY ENTER HIGH SCHOOL,
THEY ARE SO DISENGAGED.
>> Reporter:  THERE'S AN
OFFICIAL STREAMING OF STUDENTS
IN ONTARIO THAT
DISPROPORTIONATELY PUTS BLACK
STUDENTS ON A PATH TOWARDS
COLLEGE OR TRADE, NOT UNIVERSITY
AND STARTS IN GRADE 9.
>> YOU'RE ASKING A 14-YEAR-OLD
CHILD TO MAKE A DECISION IN
GRADE 9 WHERE THE REST OF THEIR
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND
POST-SECONDARY SCHOOLS THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S
RIGHT.
>> Reporter:  SO THE GOVERNMENT
SAID IT'S ENDING THE GRADE 9
DIVIDE BETWEEN ACADEMIC AND
APPLIED STREAMS AND IT'S BANNING
SUSPENSION FOR YOUNG STUDENTS
WHICH HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO TARGET
BLACK STUDENTS.
>> THE EDUCATION POLICY AND
PRACTISES ARE SYSTEMICALLY
DISCREDITED.
>> Reporter:  THIS EDUCATOR SAYS
THE CHANGES COULD DIS-MANTLE A
CULTURE OF LOW EDUCATION.
>> IT DEFINITELY WILL CREATE A
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR
STUDENTS.
>> Reporter:  ONTARIO TRIED TO
DESCREEN GRADE 9 IN THE MID90'S.
>> I WAS A CLASSROOM TEACHER IN
THE MID90'S AND I TAUGHT THESE
ENGLISH CLASSES AND THEY WERE
DIFFICULT.
>> Reporter:  A TEACHER'S UNION
SAYS IT WASN'T AWARE OF THE
PROVINCE'S PLAN, TO TRY AGAIN.
>> I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF
CONCERN ABOUT THE SINCERITY OF
HIS PURSUIT OF THIS GOAL.
>> Reporter:  STILL, IT'S THE
TYPE OF PROGRESS KATHY
MCDONALD HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR.
>> IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING AND
DEHUMANIZING A LOT OF THE TIME
AND TO SEE CHANGES, LIKE
SOMEBODY IS LISTENING.
>> Reporter:  SHE HOPES THAT
IT'S JUST THE START.
JACQUELINE HANSEN, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Adrienne:  STILL ON ISSUES OF
RACE, A CANADIAN-BORN WOMAN
COULD FACE A YEAR IN JAIL FOR
DOING THIS.
>> AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN, I'M
IN THE PARK, HE'S RECORDING ME
AND THREATENING MYSELF AND MY
DOG.
>> TODAY NEW YORK STATE
OFFICIALS CHARGED AMY COOPER
WITH FILING A FALSE REPORT,
CALLING 9-1-1 TO SAY A BLACK MAN
WAS THREATENING HER.
IN FACT, THE MAN, AN AVID BIRD
WATCHER ASKED HER TO PUT HER DOG
ON A LEASH AS IS REQUIRED IN
THAT PART OF CENTRAL PARK.
>>> A TOP BRITISH PRINTER SAYS SPRINTER SA
YS
SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND WERE
PROFILED.
MARGARET EVANS SHOWS US THE
VIDEO THAT FORCED THE COUNTRY'S
LEADERS TO SAY WHERE THEY STAND
ON SYSTEMIC RACISM.
>> Reporter:  A VIDEO ALREADY
VIRAL, THE DISTRESS IN BIANCA
WILLIAMS VOICE CLEAR, FIRST WHEN
HER PARTNER WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE
CAR AND HANDCUFFED BY POLICE AND
AS SHE WAS FORCED OUT OF THE
BACK AND AWAY FROM HER
3-YEAR-OLD BABY.
THE COUPLE DENIED POLICE CLAIMS
THAT THEY WERE DRIVING
SUSPICIOUSLY.
>> TO BE IN THAT FRONT-LINE
ALONG WITH MY SON, IT WAS JUST
AWFUL.
>> Reporter:  WILLIAMS IS A
CHAMPION SPRINTER HOPING TO
REPRESENT BRITAIN AT THE TOKYO
OLYMPICS.
HER PARTNER, RICARDO DESANTOS
SAYS IT'S NOT THE FIRST TITLE
HE'S BEEN STOPPED BY POLICE FOR
NO APPARENT REASON.
>> I WOULD SAY IT'S MY NORMAL.
IT'S HORRIBLE TO SAY, IT'S
NORMAL.
>> Reporter:  TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF BRITAINS HAVE TAKEN TO THE
STREETS IN BLACK LIVE'S MATTER
MARCHES IN RECENT WEEKS AND
BLACK PEOPLE IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM ARE NEARLY TEN TIMES TO
BE STOPPED BY POLICE IN STOP AND
SEARCH OPERATIONS THAN WHITE
PEOPLE.
CRITICS SAY IT PROVES BRITAIN
HAS YET TO DEAL WITH
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM.
>> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE WORD
FOR A KALEIDOSCOPE, RACIST AND
TOO OFTEN, PEOPLE ARE IN DENIAL
OF IT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS SO
AWFUL.
AND YET, THE FACTS SPEAK VERY
CLEAR.
>> Reporter:  TODAY, THE BRITISH
PRIME MINISTER, BORIS JOHNSON,
WHO HAS BEEN TAKEN TO TASK FOR
USING RACIST LANGUAGE IN THE
PAST WAS ASKED IF BRITAIN IS A
RACIST COUNTRY.
>> THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO,
WE'VE CHANGED, CHANGED, CHANGED,
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'VE DONE
ENOUGH.
>> Reporter:  THE METROPOLITAN
POLICE ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING
AFTER A REVIEW, THEY'RE
SATISFIED THEIR OFFICERS BEHAVED
APPROPRIATELY.
WILLIAMS AND DESANTOS ARE SAID
TO BE CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION.
MARGARET EVANS, CBC NEWS,
LONDON.
>> Adrienne:  NEW DATA SHOWS THE
STAGGERING IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON
FIRST NATIONS GRAPPLING WITH
ADDICTION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
UP NEXT, THE PROGRAMS LOST TO
THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT COULD
HELP.
PLUS, MAKING MUSIC SAFELY.
[ * ]
>> HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE WARNED
AGAINST CHOIR SINGING AFTER A
DEADLY OUTBREAK, BUT SOME
CANADIAN CHOIR DIRECTORS ARE
PUSHING BACK.
AND THE SURVIVAL STORY YOU HAVE
GOT TO HEAR.
>> LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN GOING
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF HIRE YOUR
HOUSE.
>> HOW GARRY AND
>> Adrienne:  TODAY MARKS SEVEN
YEARS SINCE THE LAC-MÉGANTIC
RAIL DISASTER.
THE QUEBEC COMMUNITY UNVEILED A
MEMORIAL AT THE FORMER SITE OF A
LOCAL PUB WHERE MANY PEOPLE
DIED.
IN 2013, A TRAIN CARRIED CRUDE
OIL DERAILED AND EXPLODED
KILLING 47 PEOPLE.
AND IN WINNIPEG, PROSECUTORS
SEEK AN ADULT SENTENCE FOR THE
15-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING
DANIELLE COTE.
THE 27-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS SHOT
WALKING WITH HER CANADA ON
CANADA DAY AND THE TEENS ARE
ACCUSED OF A STRING OF
APPARENTLY RANDOM SHOOTINGS ALL
WITHIN 24 HOURS.
>>> THERE IS ANOTHER HEALTH
CRISIS UNFOLDING IN B.C. AND
FIRST NATIONS ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED, THE
OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND COVID IS
ONLY MAKING IT WORSE.
>> I'VE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS THAT
HAVE PASSED AWAY BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T USE WITH THEIR FRIENDS.
>> Reporter:  CHRIS LIVINGSTONE
WORKS ON VANCOUVER'S EAST SIDE.
ON JUNE 21st, WHILE HE WAS
HELPING OUT FOR NATIONAL
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY, HE
DISCOVER HIS SISTER, RON DON WAS RHONDA WA
S
ALONE AS TRAINING.
>> MY SISTER WAS OVERDOSING IN A
HOTEL BY HERSELF.
>> Reporter:  COVID-19 MEANT
SOME OVERDOSE PREVENTION SITES
HAVE BEEN SCALED BACK AND HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAY MORE PEOPLE ARE
USING ALONE ON THE STREETS OR IN
THEIR ROOMS.
THE DRUG SUPPLY HAS BEEN
DISRUPTED.
EXPERTS SAY IT'S NOW MORE TOXIC.
>> YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REALLY STOOD
UP AND GOT BEHIND THE PUBLIC WHO
HELPED MEASURES FOR COVID-19 AND
BECAUSE THAT'S AN INFECTIOUS
DISEASE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
THE ONGOING OPIOID CRISIS, THAT
HAS ALL KINDS OF OTHER, YOU
KNOW, STIGMAS ASSOCIATED WITH
IT.
>> Reporter:  FIRST NATION'S
PEOPLE MAKE UP JUST OVER 3% OF
THE PROVINCE'S POPULATION, BUT
ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN 16% OF
ILLICIT DRUG DEATHS.
BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY, 89
PEOPLE DIED OF DRUG OVERDOSES, A
93% INCREASE OVER THE SAME
PERIOD NEXT YEAR.
>> YOU'RE TAKING A RISK ANY
WHICH WAY YOU LOOK AT IT.
>> Reporter:  MELISSA STEINHAUER
STRUGGLES WITH ADDICTION AND
RELIEVED TO HAVE ACCESS TO
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BUT IT WAS
SHORT LIVED.
SHE WAS CUT OFF AFTER SHE MISSED
TWO DAYS OF DAILY PICK-UPS.
>> I WAS GIVEN SOMETHING AND NOW
EASILY TAKEN AWAY, SO IT'S A LOT
TO TAKE IN AND A LOT TO DEAL
WITH.
>> Reporter:  SHE WISHES IT WAS
EASIER TO GET ACCESS TO A SAFE
SUPPLY BECAUSE NOW, LIKE SO MANY
OTHERS, SHE'S BACK TO GETTING
HER DRUGS OFF THE STREET.
BRIER STUART, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Adrienne:  STILL AHEAD ON
"THE NATIONAL," BUSINESS IS
BOOMING AT HARDWARE STORES AS
THE BACKYARD BECOMES 2020'S HOT
SUMMER DESTINATION.
>> I'M REALLY ENJOYING IT.
I'M USED TO RUSHING FROM PLACE
TO PLACE AND THE FACT THAT I'M
FORCED TO SIT DOWN, TALK TO A
GOOD FRIEND.
>> REAPING THE BENEFITS OF THE
STAY-AT-HOME SUMMER.
PLUS, WHEN WE COME BACK,
DR. ISAAC BOGOCH IS HERE TO
ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS INCLUDING
THIS ONE, MY MANICURIST THINKS
THE UV USED FOR SHELLACK
>>> WELCOME BACK.
AND TIME NOW FOR YOUR COVID-19
QUESTIONS.
WITH ME TONIGHT TO GUIDE US
THROUGH THIS IS DR. ISAAC
BOGOCH.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE ARE A COUPLE IN OUR 80'S WITH
HEALTH ISSUES, WE'RE
APPREHENSIVE ABOUT OUR DENTAL
APPOINTMENTS.
WHEN IS IT SAFE FOR US TO GO?
>> THREE A CHALLENGING QUESTION.
THAT'S A CHALLENGING
QUESTION.
IN CANADA, WE'RE ONLY SEEING 300
TO 400 CASES A DAY IN A COUNTRY
OF 38 MILLION PEOPLE.
I THINK IT'S LOW RISK.
PEOPLE SHOULD ADHERE TO
GUIDELINES AND IF DENTISTS ARE
OPEN AND SAFE TO GO TO IN YOUR
COMMUNITY, BY ALL MEANS, YOU
SHOULD GO.
OF COURSE, EVERYONE WILL TAKE
THEIR OWN ASSESSMENT OF THE
SITUATION AND PEOPLE HAVE THEIR
OWN RISK ASSESSMENTS AND RISK
TOLERANCES AND IF IT'S OK FOR
YOURSELF, IF YOU FEEL OK TO GO
AND OK IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO GO,
THEN GO.
>> STILL SO SUCH STRESS ABOUT
BASIC STUFF.
MY MANICURIST THINKS THE LIGHT
USED FOR ME MANICURES KILLS
COVID-19.
WHAT'S YOUR CONCERN?
>> I WOULD BE CONCERNED WITH
PEOPLE IN AN INDOOR SETTING IN A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME.
THERE'S AN OUTBREAK IN KINGSTON,
ONTARIO, WITH A RELATION LIKE
THAT.
CERTAINLY, IF THE AREA IS
CLEANED DOWN AND PEOPLE ARE
WEARING MASKS, THAT WILL REDUCE
THE TRANSMISSION AND RELATED TO
THE ULTRA-VIOLET RAYS, THERE ARE
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PRODUCTS
NOW THAT USE A CERTAIN TYPE OF
ULTRA-VIOLET RAISE TO HELP
STERILIZE THE EQUIPMENT.
IT'S NOT SAFE TO BE IN THE ROOM
TURNED ON, BUT THERE IS EVIDENCE
FOR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT TO BE
USED TO CLEAN OFF SURFACES.
>> OK.
DO YOU THINK IT'S SAFE THAT BLUE
JAYS' PLAYERS AND THE STAFF HAVE
ARRIVED IN TORONTO FROM A COVID
HOT SPOT THAT'S FLORIDA?
>> OH, THAT'S AN INTERESTING
QUESTION.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN
PLAYER SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PLAYERS
COMING IN, LET'S TALK ABOUT
PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE KNOW THERE ARE COVID CASES IN
THREE ANFLORIDA AND WHEN PEOPLE COME
INTO CANADA, THEY HAVE TO
QUARANTINE AND WE'VE HEARD THESE
PLAYERS WILL BE QUARANTINING IN
A HOTEL AND THAT'S ATTACHED TO
THE BASEBALL FIELD.
SO AS LONG THEY ADHERE TO THE
QUARANTINE AND STAY WITHIN THAT
FACILITY AND NOT MINGLING
OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA, THERE
SHOULD BE LITTLE TO NO RISK TO
THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
OF COURSE, PEOPLE IN FLORIDA AND
PLAYERS WHO ARE COMING IN
CERTAINLY MIGHT BE AT RISK OF
HAVING THE INFECTION BUT AS LONG
THEY ADHERE TO THE QUARANTINE,
THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE AN
ISSUE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.
I SHOULD REMIND PEOPLE THAT DAY
AFTER DAY, THERE ARE THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE THAT COME INTO CANADA,
EITHER THEY FLY IN OR COME IN
ACROSS THE BORDER.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS AN AREA
THAT IS UNDER A SPOTLIGHT
BECAUSE OF PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETES.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE COMING IN FOR THIS
PROFESSIONAL SPORT VERSUS THE
PEOPLE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS,
IT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
AS LONG THEY'RE ADHERING TO THE
QUARANTINE, THERE SHOULD BE NO
ISSUES WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> I HAVE A HEALTHY NEWBORN BABY
AND SHOULD I BE COMPLETELY
RESTRICTING VISITORS DUE TO THE
COVID RISK?
>> WELL, IT'S IMPORTANT PEOPLE
ADHERE TO THE GUIDELINES IN
THEIR REGION.
IN ONTARIO, YOU'RE ALLOWED A
BUBBLE OF TEN AND IF YOU'RE
BABY, INCLUDED IN THAT BUBBLE,
IS PART OF THAT BUBBLE, AND
EVERYONE ELSE IS ADHERING TO THE
SAME CARE TO MAKE SURE THEY
DON'T GET INFECTED, IT SHOULDN'T
BE AN ISSUE.
IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE
IN YOUR BUBBLE THAT MIGHT BE
GETTING THE INFECTION, THEN YOU
HAVE TO RETHINK WHO IS IN YOUR
BUBBLE AND ALLOWING THEM ACCESS
TO YOUR BABY.
>> AS ALWAYS, DR.  ISAAC BOGOCH
THANK YOU.
>>> SESEND US THE QUESTIONS YOU
HAVE@COVID@CBC.CA.
>>> THERE'S TO QUESTION THE
PANDEMIC HAS MADE SUMMER PLANS
UNCERTAIN, BUT IOANNA
ROUMELIOTIS TELLS US, WITH MANY
CAMPS CANCELED AND MOST TRAVEL
DISCOURAGED, FOR A LOT OF
FAMILIES, KEEPING COOL MEANS
HOME AND SLOWING DOWN.
>> Reporter:  THE JOY OF A
CLASSIC SUMMER, SO MAGICAL, SO
SIMPLE UNTIL YOU HEAR NATASSA'S
SECRET BEHIND IT.
>> IT'S NOT JUST GO OUTSIDE AND
PLAY.
WE DO A LOT OF STATIONS.
>> Reporter:  KEEPING THE PEACE
MAY INVOLVE FREEBIES AND THEN
THERE'S ALL THIS.
>> THE WAGON IS NEW, THE
BICYCLES ARE ALL NEW, THE
HELMETS ARE ALL NEW AND WE JUST
PURCHASED SMALL, SIX-FOOT POOL
FOR THE BACKYARD.
SO A LOT, YES.
>> Reporter:  FOR WORKING
PARENTS, TAKING TURNS WORKING
FROM THE GARAGE, IT'S ALL ABOUT
SURVIVING.
>> PETER WOULD HAVE BEEN IN
DAYCARE THE ENTIRE SUMMER AND
SOPHIA WOULD HAVE BEEN IN CAMPS
BACK-TO-BACK.
[ * ]
>> Reporter:  TRAVEL PLANS ON
PAUSE.
LIFE IN GENERAL HAS SLOWED DOWN,
TOO.
FROM URBAN ESCAPES TO BACKYARD
MOVIE NIGHTS, STAYCATIONS ARE
NOW THE RULE AND MANY ARE
FINDING BEING STILL FEELS
DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE TAKING
YOUR TIME GETTING THERE.
>> I'M REALLY ENJOYING IT AND
RUSHING FROM PLACE TO PLACE AND
THE FACT THAT I'M FORCED TO JUST
SIT DOWN, TALK TO A GOOD FRIEND.
>> I ENJOY BEING IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD, VERY SIMPLE THING.
I DON'T NEED TO, LIKE, FLY ON A
PLANE OR WHATEVER.
>> Reporter:  AND WITH FEWER
PLACES TO GO, IT'S ALSO ABOUT
MAKING HOME FIELD LIKE A
VACATION, TOO.
POOL SALES ARE SKYROCKETING.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE
TO GO TO COTTAGES OR CAMPS AND
SO, WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE JUST
REALLY INVEST IN THEIR
BACKYARDS.
>> Reporter:  FOR THOSE ON A
TIGHTER BUDGETS, ANYTHING
RELATED TO BACKYARDS IS GOING
FAST OR ALREADY GONE.
FROM BARBECUES TO KIDDIE POOLS.
>> I GET PHONE CALLS EVERYDAY,
BOTH A BLOW-UP OR PLASTIC POOL.
I SAY, WELL, I DON'T HAVE A POOL
BUT I HAVE SPRINKLERS AND
THEY'RE DISAPPEARING.
>> Reporter:  BACK ON THE BLOCK,
SPRINKLERS ARE OFF.
THE NIGHTLY SOCIAL BUBBLE IS ON.
THEIR WORLD MAY BE SMALLER, BUT
IT'S BIGGER, TOO.
>> BEING ABLE TO TEACH MY SON TO
RIDE HIS BIKE AND BEING THERE
FOR MILESTONE MOMENTS THAT WE
MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR HAD
WE BEEN WORKING ALL THE TIME FOR
SURE.
>> Reporter:  AND THERE'S BEAUTY
IN NOT HAVING TO BE ANYWHERE
ELSE.
IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS, CBC NEWS,
PICKERING, ONTARIO.
>>> STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL," FINDING A SAFE WAY TO
DO THIS.
[ * ]
(SINGING).
>> SOCIALLY DISTANCE, EVENING EVEN
MASKING, IS IT ENOUGH TO KEEP
CHOIRS SAFE.
BUT FIRST --
>> SHE WAS YOUNG, A LOVING,
KIND, CARING PERSON.
>> ONE IN THREE BLACK AMERICANS
KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS DIED OF
COVID-19.
SUSAN ORMISTON WITH A STORY OF A
PANDEMIC EXACERBATED BY
PREJUDICE, PRIVILEGE AND
POLITICS.
>> WITH COVID-19, THE U.S.
ALREADY SEEMS TO BE THROUGH THE
WORST MONTHS AGO WITH SCENES OF
DOCTORS HELPLESS.
>> YOU NEVER FORGET THE FACES
AND THE WAY THEY LOOKED AT ME
BEFORE DYING.
>> A MAKE-SHIFT MORGUES OF MASS
BURIALS AS THE FIRST PEA.
AS THE FIRST PEAK PASSED BY
MID-MAY, AT LEAST 100,000 PEOPLE
WERE DEAD IS YET, CASES
SKYROCKET AGAIN.
>> THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GETTING
SICK AND GOING TO HOSPITALS HAVE
EXPONENTIALLY INCREASED.
>> OFFICIALS ARE SHOUTING
WARNINGS AGAIN.
>> WE ARE IN THE FIGHT OF OUR
LIVES.
>> WE'LL SEE THE NUMBER OF
DEATHS START TO RISE AGAIN.
>> PUT THE DAMN MASK ON!
>> WARNINGS UNHEARD OR UNHEEDED.
[ * ]
>> THE VIRUS' DEATH TOLL IN THE
UNITED STATES IS EQUAL TO THE
TERRORIST ATTACKS OF 9-1-1 40
TIMES OVER AND IF SOME SEEM
UNABLE TO RECKON WITH THAT LOSS
OR THE THREAT OF MORE, SUSAN
ORMISTON SHOWS US, THIS VIRUS
HAS BEEN MASKED BY INEQUALITY
AND FUELED BY DIVISION.
[ * ]
>> Reporter:  BEHIND THE
STATISTICS ARE FAMILIES AND SOME
AMERICANS BEARING MORE OF A BUR
THAN OTHERS.
AS PRESIDENT TRUMP TRIES TO
DIMINISH THE TOLL STILL RISING,
LOVED ONES ARE BEING MOURNED,
STOLEN TOO SOON.
CYNTHIA WATSON WAS 64 IS WORKED
AT THE PENTAGON ONCE BEFORE A
STROKE PUTTENER A NURSING HOME.
IN JUST TWO WEEKS SHE WENT FROM
A HOME TO A D.C. HOSPITAL AND
DIED THERE.
WE MET HER DAUGHTER AT THE
FUNERAL HOME.
>> SHE WAS YOUNG, A LOVING,
KIND, CARING PERSON.
DUE TO COVID, COVID HAD TO TAKE
HER AWAY FROM US AND WE'RE JUST
HEARTBROKEN.
AND JUST PRAYING FOR THE REST OF
THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
WE DON'T LOSE ANY MORE LIFE
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO
EXPERIENCE WHAT I WENT THROUGH.
I'M SO HEARTBROKEN.
>> Reporter:  WE'RE ALL IN THIS
TOGETHER, SO THE SAYING GOES,
BUT THE TOLL IN THE U.S. IS NOT
EQUALLY SHARED.
ONE IN THREE BLACK AMERICANS
KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS DIED OF
COVID-19.
COMPARED TO ONE IN TEN WHITE
AMERICANS.
PANDEMIC DEATHS DOG TRUMP'S
LEADERSHIP.
HIS PLAYING DOWN THE PERSISTENCE
OF THE VIRUS IN FAVOUR OF
OPENING UP THE ECONOMY HAS COST
HIM.
HIS PREDICTIONS WERE SKEWED FROM
THE START.
FEBRUARY 26th --
WHEN YOU HAVE 15 PEOPLE AND 15
WITHIN IN A COUPLE OF DAYS WILL
BE DOWN TO CLOSE TO ZERO, THAT'S
A GOOD JOB WE'VE DONE.
>> Reporter:  FEBRUARY 28th --
35,000 PEOPLE ON AVERAGE DIE
EACH YEAR FROM THE FLU.
DID ANYONE KNOW THAT?
35,000.
THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> Reporter:  THE CORONAVIRUS
HAS KILLED CLOSE TO FOUR TIMES
AS MANY.
AND YOU WONDER THE PRESS IS IN
HYSTERIA MODE.
CNN, FAKE NEWS, AND THEIR CAMERA
JUST WENT OFF.
>> Reporter:  BUT I END OF
MARCH, NO MORE SMILES.
>> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO AMERICANS
WATCHING YOU RIGHT NOW WHO ARE
SCARED?
I SAY YOU'RE A TERRIBLE
REPORTER, THAT'S WHAT I SAY.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY NASTY
QUESTION AND I THINK IT'S A VERY
BAD SIGNAL YOU'RE PUTTING OUT TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A
PRESIDENT IN THIS COUNTRY WHO
GOVERNS B BIPOLARIZATION AND
SKYEDEDECIDED TO GO WITH THAT.
>> Reporter:  TRUMP MADE WEARING
A MASK A SIGN OF INDEPENDENCE
AND EVEN BLIND LOYALTY AT A
PACKED RALLY.
>> I DON'T THINK WE'LL ESCAPE
THIS POLARIZED FRAMEWORK IN
WHICH WEARING A MASK WHICH SIDE
YOU'RE ON.
>> Reporter:  LONG BEFORE DONALD
TRUMP GOT TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
THEODORE GAFFNEY WAS THERE AS A
PHOTOGRAPHER.
>> HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK
AMERICANS TO GO IN THE WHITE
HOUSE AND TAKE PICTURES AND HE
GOT INVOLVED WITH THE FREEDOM
WRITERS AS A JOURNALIST.
>> Reporter:  THE FREEDOM RIDERS
RODE BUSES INTO THE SEGREGATED
SOUTH IN 1961 AND GAFFNEY TOOK
PICTURES AND DIDN'T LIVE LONG
ENOUGH TO SEE THIS SPRING'S
REVOLUTION FOR JUSTICE.
IN EARLY APRIL, HE GOT SICK AND
WOULDN'T EAT OR DRINK.
>> THAT'S WHEN HE TOOK TO GEORGE
WASHINGTON HOSPITAL AND A COUPLE
OF HOURS LATER, THEY SAID HE HAD
COVID-19 AND NEVER CAME OUT.
>> Reporter:  HE AND MARIA MET
IN HER HOME BRAZIL UNTIL COVID
TOOK HIM.
>> THIS VIRUS IS KILLING FAST,
ESPECIALLY THE EDERLY FOLKS.
HE WAS 92 YEARS OLD AND HE
DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE WITH THE
VIRUS.
>> HE WAS 92 AND YOU SAY HE WAS
VERY ACTIVE.
>> VERY ACTIVE, YES.
HE WOULD DRIVE, NEED TO GO
SOMEWHERE BECAUSE AT 92, THAT
DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE.
I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND LOOK
AT ME THROUGH THE WINDOW AND
WATCHED HIM IN PAIN.
HE WASN'T ABLE TO BREATHE ON HIS
OWN OR TALK.
IT WAS NOT FUN TO WATCH SOMEBODY
DIE.
, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF
COVID-19.
DO NOT TELL ME YOU BECAUSE HE'S
92 THAT HE DIED OF COVID-19.
I WAS EXPECTING HIM TO LIVE A
LOT LONGER.
, TO STAY WITH ME
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER SO
LONG AND HE LOST HIS LIFE AND
I'M THE BIGGEST LOSER BECAUSE I
DON'T HAVE HIM ANY MORE.
>> Reporter:  IN THE END, THE
CORONAVIRUS IS NOT BURIED.
PANDEMIC POLITICS WHICH
PROPELLED STATES TO REOPEN NOW
PRESENT NEW DEATHS AND LEAVE
BEHIND NEWLY BEREAVED.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL
PEOPLE, KEISHA?
>> WEAR YOUR MASK, DON'T HAVE
LARGE GATHERINGS AND TAKE THIS
SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT ONLY
BECOMES SERIOUS TO SOME WHEN IT
HIT THEIR FAMILY AND WE DON'T
WANT TO HAVE TO BURY ANOTHER
FAMILY MEMBER OR PERSON IN THE
WORLD BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING.
I WATCH THE NUMBERS AND I HOPE
AND PRAY THEY FIND A VACCINATION
SO EVERYBODY CAN STOP DYING.
>> Reporter:  SADLY, IN 2020,
SAYING GOODBYE IS ALL TOO
FREQUENT.
SUSAN ORMISTON, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> THE CANADIAN TOLL FROM
COVID-19 IS, OF COURSE, ALSO
MUCH MORE THAN A STATISTIC.
THIS IS REAL PEOPLE RIPPED FROM
THEIR LIVES AND LOVED ONES,
LEAVING MEMORIES BEHIND.
TONIGHT WE REMEMBER JEAN-PIERRE
LEGARE.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
>> MORE THAN 8700 CANADIANS HAVE
DIED AFTER CONTRACTING COVID-19.
WE'VE GATHERED MANY STORIES
ONLINE AND YOU CAN FIND THEM AT
CBC.CA/REMEMBERED.
>>> NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL,"
STAYING SAFE WHILE COMING
TOGETHER.
(SINGING).
>> DESPITE WARNINGS, CHOIR
DIRECTORS SAY THERE IS A SAFE
WAY TO SING.
THAT'S NEXT.
>> TOMORROW ON CBC'S DAILY NEWS
PODCAST, HOW THE PRIME
MINISTER'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
POPULAR WE CHARITY LEAD TO HIS
THIRD ETHIC'S INVESTIGATION.
SUBSCRIBE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR
PODCASTS.
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* I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE FOR THE
LONGEST TIME.
>> Adrienne:  IN THE AGE OF
PHYSICAL DISTANCING, THIS IS THE
NEW NORMAL FOR CANADIAN CHOIRS.
BELTING OUT A TUNE OR TWO
VIRTUALLY.
[ * ]
>> IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT SINGING
TOGETHER APART ISN'T HITTING THE
RIGHT NOTE FOR EVERYBODY.
BESIDES MUSIC, CHOIRS ARE ALL
ABOUT CONNECTIONS AND SOMETHING
MISSING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW.
AND SO AS DEANA SUMANAC-JOHNSON
EXPLAINS, EVEN AS HEALTH
OFFICIALS CAUTION AGAINST IT,
CANADIAN CHOIRS ARE PUSHING TO
RESUME IN-PERSON PRACTISES
SAFELY.
(SINGING).
>> Reporter:  THEIR VOICES
USUALLY ATTRACTED CROWDED, BUT
THIS SUMMER, THIS IS THE ONLY
WAY THE ALORA SINGERS AND OTHER
CHOIRS IN CANADA ARE GETTING
TOGETHER.
>> RIGHT NOW IT'S A CAUTION TO
PEOPLE THAT THIS IS NOT THE TIME
TO BE HAVING YOUR CHOIR
PRACTISE.
>> Reporter:  AND THAT STRUCK
THE WRONG CORD.
A GROUP OF CHOIR DIRECTORS WROTE
AN OPEN LETTER CRITICIZES WHAT
THEY CALLED OUT OF DATE,
INSUFFICIENTLY RESEARCHED,
ANTIDOTAL INFORMATION.
>> SINGING AS AN OUTCHOIR, AS
THIS DANGEROUS ACTIVITY, WE JUST
WANT TO BE SURE THAT IT'S NOT
THAT NARRATIVE THAT IS BEGINNING
TO SHAPE AND FORM THE POLICY
THAT GOVERNMENTS FOLLOW.
>> Reporter:  MORE THAN 50 STATE
SINGERS CONTRACTED COVID WITH
TWO MEMBERS DYING CAUGHT THE
ATTENTION OF LAWMAKERS, BUT HOW
CHOIRS TYPICALLY REHEARSE LIKELY
PLAYED A ROLE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
RECOMMENDATIONS, SAID DR. ISAAC
BOGOCH.
>> WE THINK ABOUT RISK FACTORS
FOR COVID-19, IT'S GETTING
PEOPLE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY IN AN
INDOOR ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU
CAN'T PRACTISE NE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING AND NOT WEARING
MASKS.
>> Reporter:  SINGERS ARE
STANDING AT A DISTANCE AND MASKS
CAN REDUCE RISKS ACCORDING TO A
GERMANY STUDY.
>> YOU CAN SING, YOU CAN TALK
AND BREATHE, BUT THEY PREVENT OR
THEY RETAIN THE DROPLETS AND
>> Reporter:  MARK RONAN SAYS
CANADA CHOIRS WOULD BE HAPPY TO
FOLLOW SUIT.
>> WE WANT TO HAVE A SEAT AT
THAT TABLE AND DISCUSS HOW CAN
WE MODIFY THE KINDS OF
ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO, TO DO
THEM SAFELY?
>> Reporter:  UNTIL THEY CAN
SING, HE WILL CONTINUE USING HIS
VOICE TO MAKE SURE CANADA'S
CHOIRS AREN'T SILENT FOR MUCH
LONGER.
DEANA SUMANAC-JOHNSON, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, IMAGINE
LYING IN YOUR BED WHEN A MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT MUDSLIDE COMES
CRASHING THROUGH YOUR WALL?
>> LITERALLY, IT TOOK 35 SECONDS
TO GET OUR HOUSE FULL OF MUD AND
DIRT.
>> HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN AND HOW
GARRY AND
>> Adrienne:  GARRY AND MABLE
MOORE OF McBRIDE, B.C. WERE IN
BED WHEN WITHOUT WARNING A WALL
OF MUD AND ROCKS PLOWED INTO
THEM.
THEY WERE IN A MUDSLIDE AND
THEIR HOUSE WAS GOING UNDER.
THEIR SURVIVAL IS OUR "MOMENT."
>> IT LITERALLY KNOCKED US ON TO
OUR FEET AND WE WERE IN TWO FEET
OF WATER.
>> LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN GOING
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF YOUR
HOUSE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
ABOUT THE WAY IT WAS.
IT TOOK 35 SECONDS TO GET OUR
HOUSE FULL OF MUD AND DIRT.
>> WE HAD OUR GRANDDAUGHTER'S
LITTLE DOG.
I GRABBED HER AND HUNG ON TO HER
FOR THE WHOLE DURATION.
>> BY THE TIME I BROKE A WINDOW
OUT, IT WAS UP TO OUR KNEE.
>> WE RAN TO OUR NEIGHBOURS AND
I RAN UPSTAIRS TO HER PLACE,
HOLLERED AND YELLED AT HER AND
GOT HER OUT OF BED AND GRABBED
HER CAR KEYS AND HER CAR AND WE
WENT UP THE ROAD ABOUT A
KILOMETER OR SO AND WENT TO OUR
FRIEND'S.
ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS,
WHAT IF ANOTHER ONE COMES DOWN
RIGHT AWAY?
IT WOULD HAVE WIPED US OUT AND
WE WOULDN'T HAVE STOOD A CHANCE
IN THE MIDOF THE LAW MIDDLE OF THE LAWN OR
 DOWN ON
THE ROAD.
I'M THANKFUL WE HAVE GARRY AND
HE HAS ME AND WE HAVE OUR FAMILY
IAND FRIENDS AND WE'LL GET
THROUGH THIS.
>> WE'RE THANKFUL YOU'RE OK.
MARRIED 49 YEARS AND IN THAT
HOUSE FOR 37.
YOU'RE MADE OF TOUGH STUFF.
MABLE HAS BRUCES ALL OVER AND
GARRY WAS IN SURGE FOR AN HOUR SURGERY FOR
 AN HOUR
AND A HALF AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE
OK.
THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR THIS
JULY 6th.
GOODNIGHT.
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