NEWS. 
>> WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. 
>> I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE 
SINGING A SONG. 
>> CALLS FOR CHANGES TO OUR 
EDUCATION SYSTEM AT AN 
ANTIRACISM RALLY IN VANCOUVER.
ALSO, TROUBLING TREND.
COVID-19 CASES CONTINUE TO SURGE
IN BC.
AND... 
>> A LITTLE BIT OF SCHEMING.
>>>  WHEN A PANDEMIC CLOSES YOUR
SWIMMING CLUB'S POOL, YOU WADE 
INTO THE NEXT BEST THING.
>> Announcer: THIS IS CBC 
VANCOUVER NEWS.
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>> GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR 
JOINING US US ONLINE TONIGHT.
AN ANTIRACISM RALLY IS UNDERWAY 
RIGHT NOW IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER.
IT'S ORGANIZED BY A GROUP CALLED
BLACK VANCOUVER.
OUR JOHN HERNANDEZ IS LIVE AT 
JACK POOLE PLAZA TONIGHT.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING THERE?
>> Reporter: WE'RE HEARING A LOT
OF EMOTIONAL SPEECHES AND 
PERFORMANCES FROM PEOPLE FROM 
THE BLACK COMMUNITY, SHARING 
THEIR STORIES OF RACISM AND 
DISCRIMINATION HAPPENING FROM 
PLACES LIKE VANCOUVER AND 
BEYOND.
THIS EVENT WAS ORGANIZED BY THE 
ANTIRACISM GROUP BLACK VANCOUVER
AND IT'S REALLY A CALL TO ARMS, 
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE 
THAT RACISM ISN'T SOMETHING 
THAT'S UNIQUE JUST IN THE 
UNITED STATES, BUT IT EXISTS 
HERE IN CANADA, IT EXIST INSIDE 
BC AND IT EXISTS IN VANCOUVER.
A CROWD OF HUNDREDS HAVE 
GATHERED HERE.
MANY WATCH INTENTLY, MANY OF 
THEM HIGH SCHOOL-AGED, LISTENING
TO SOME OF THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE
ALSO HIGH SCHOOL-AGED, THE BIG 
REQUEST HERE IS TO END SYSTEMIC 
RACISM IN SCHOOLS. 
>> TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT, THE 
CONCERNS THEY HAVE ABOUT RACISM 
IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
>> YEAH, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, A 
LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE HERE, I GOT 
CHANCE TO GO AROUND AND SPEAK 
WITH SOME OF THEM TO HEAR A 
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE 
EXPERIENCED GROWING UP IN BC.
>> BLACK EDUCATION MATTERS IN 
SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY WHERE THE 
BLACK POPULATION IS SO LOW.
AND ALSO I FEEL LIKE THERE 
SHOULD BE A MORE DIVERSE 
POPULATION AND MORE REPRESENTED 
SO THEY CAN GET MORE POCS 
INVOLVED IN, LIKE, SCHOOL 
CURRICULUM. 
>> I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT 
THAT ALL AGES, WE COME TOGETHER,
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE GOING 
AROUND SAYING, HEY, WE'VE 
EXPERIENCED RACISM AT ONE POINT 
OR THE OTHER IF IT'S NOT TRUE.
>> Reporter: MANY BLACK STUDENTS
FEEL ISOLATED IN CLASSROOMS, 
OFTEN THERE AREN'T MANY BLACK 
STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM.
WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IS MORE 
SUPPORT FOR THESE STUDENTS.
THINGS LIKE ANTIRACISM CLUB, 
ANTIRACISM TEACHING -- CLASSES 
FOR TEACHERS, RATHER, AND THINGS
LIKE BLACK HISTORY IN THE 
CURRICULUM BEING A MORE 
PERMANENT AND EXTENSIVE TOPIC 
THAT IS STUDIED.
NOW, THEY HAVE PENNED A LETTER 
TO THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, 
CALLING FOR THESE CHANGES, AND I
DID GET A RESPONSE FROM THE 
MINISTRY TODAY.
THEY SAID THERE IS NO PLACE FOR 
RACISM INSIDE BC SCHOOLS, AND 
WHILE BLACK HISTORY IS A 
PERMANENT ASPECT OF THE 
CURRICULUM, IT WILL LOOK TO 
STRENGTHEN THAT IN LIGHT OF THE 
ONGOING BLACK LIVES MATTER 
MOVEMENT.
MIKE?
>> Mike: ALL RIGHT, JOHN 
HERNANDEZ, LIVE TONIGHT AT JACK 
POOLE PLAZA.
>>>  A MEMORIAL TOTEM POLE 
HONOURING MURDERED AND MISSING 
INDIGENOUS WOMEN WAGS RAISED 
TODAY OUTSIDE TERRACE ALONG THE 
INFAMOUS HIGHWAY OF TEARS.
INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND FAMILIES 
GATHERED TO MARK THE EDGED OF A 
LONG JOURNEY FOR GLADYS RADDACK 
FOR NEARLY DECADE WALKED THE 
HIGHWAY TO BRING ATTENTION TO 
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN LOST.
THIS FARMER WORKED ALONGSIDE HIS
FATHER AND BROTHER TO CREATE THE
TOTEM POLE.
RCMP HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT 18 
GIRLS AND WOMEN, MANY 
INDIGENOUS, HAVE GONE MISSING OR
BEEN MURDERED ALONG THAT STRETCH
OF HIGHWAY BETWEEN PRINCE GEORGE
AND PRINCE RUPERT SINCE 1969.
INDIGENOUS LEADERS SAY THE 
NUMBER IS CLOSER TO 50. 
>>>  HEADING INTO THE LONG 
WEEKEND, THE LATEST COVID-19 
NUMBERS, A REMINDER THAT OUR 
SITUATION IS NOT IMPROVING HERE 
IN BC.
ANOTHER PERSON HAS DIED, 
BRINGING THE PROVINCE'S TOTAL TO
211.
THERE ARE ALSO 121 NEW CASES, 
AND THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES 
CONTINUES TO RISE WITH OVER 1200
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
31 PEOPLE ARE IN HOSPITAL WITH 
12 IN ICU.
THE NISGA'A GOVERNMENT IS ALSO 
DECLARING A LOCAL STATE OF 
EMERGENCY AFTER RESIDENTS THERE 
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
THERE'S ALSO A NEW OUTBREAK 
ATKIN VILLAGE, A SENIORS HOUSING
FACILITY IN SOUTH DELTA.
10 LONG-TERM CARE OR ASSISTED 
LIVING FACILITIES AND TWO ACUTE 
CARE FACILITIES ARE DEALING WITH
OUTBREAKS.
>>>  AND TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
FINED FOR REFUSING TO WEAR FACE 
COVERINGS DURING A FLIGHT.
TRANSPORT CANADA SAYS EACH 
PERSON WAS FINED $1,000.
BOTH INCIDENTS HAPPENED ON 
WESTJET FLIGHTS, ONE ON JUNE 
14th FROM CALGARY TO WATERLOO, 
THE SECOND ON A FLIGHT FROM 
VANCOUVER TO CALGARY ON JULY 
7th.
UNDER AN INTERIM ORDER, 
PASSENGERS MUST WEAR A FACE 
COVERING AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON 
THE PLANE.
SOME PASSENGERS AT YVR THIS 
AFTERNOON DIDN'T SEEM TO TAKE 
ISSUE WITH THE RULE, AND FELT 
SAFE TRAVELLING FOR THE MOST 
PART. 
>> A LITTLE NERVOUS, TO BE 
HONEST.
HARD TO SAY. 
>> EVERYONE HAD THEM DOWN, SEEMS
EVERYONE'S GOING BACK UP. 
>> AIR CANADA, THEY GAVE ME A 
MEDICAL BAG WHICH HAS HAND 
SANITIZER AND IT'S SO MUCH 
THINGS.
>> Mike: TRANSPORT CANADA SAYS 
EXEMPTIONS ONLY APPLY WHILE 
EATING, DRINKING, OR TAKING ORAL
MEDICINE WHILE ON BOARD.
>>>  RESULTS OF A NEW PUBLIC 
OPINION POLL SUGGEST BC'S RULING
NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS A HUGE 
19-POINT LEAD OVER THE BC 
LIBERALS RIGHT NOW.
ALMOST HALF OF BC RESIDENTS 
SURVEYED POLLED SAID THEY WOULD 
CAST VOTES FOR PREMIER JOHN 
HORGAN'S GOVERNMENT, WHICH HAS 
LED A MINORITY GOVERNMENT FOR 
THE PAST THREE YEARS.
THE ANGUS REID NUMBER SHOWS BC 
LIBERALS TAKE 29% OF THE VOTE 
WITH THE GREENS AT 13%.
HORGAN RECENTLY SIGNALLED AN 
EARLY ELECTION COULD BE AN 
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BC NDP, BUT 
BC IS FACING TWO UNPRECEDENTED 
HEALTH CRISES IN THE ONGOING 
PANDEMIC AND NOW 5-YEAR-OLD 
OPIOID OVERDOSE CRISIS.
>>> . 
>> Mike: WORKERS IN OUR PROVINCE
ARE SLOWLY RETURNING TO 
EMPLOYMENT AS RFR FROM THE 
PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN CONTINUES.
LAST MONTH, BC ADDED JUST OVER 
15,000 JOBS, ACCORDING TO STATS 
CANADA.
87% OF THOSE WERE FULL-TIME.
THE MANUFACTURING AND 
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ACCOUNTED 
FOR MORE THAN 6,000 PEOPLE WHO 
FOUND WORK, AND UNEMPLOYMENT 
SHRANK FOR THE THIRD MONTH IN A 
ROW AS WELL.
BC'S JOBS TOTAL NOW SITS AT 94% 
OF THE PREPANDEMIC NUMBERS 
REGISTERED BACK IN FEBRUARY.
>>>  WELL, IF YOU'RE PART OF A 
YOUTH SWIM TEAM, AND THE POOLS 
YOU RELY ON FOR TRAINING CLOSE 
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WHAT DO
YOU DO?
WELL, AS JESSE JOHNSTON REPORTS,
SOMETIMES THE BEST ANSWER IS THE
SIMPLEST ONE.
>>>  WHEN YOU'RE UP BEFORE THE 
SUN RISES, HALF ASLEEP, IN AIR 
THAT'S STILL MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
CHILLY, BOUNDARY BAY IS THE 
PERFECT PLACE TO WAKE UP.
>> IT'S PRETTY COLD. 
>> PRETTY COLD.
PRETTY COLD. 
>> A LITTLE BIT OF SCREAMING 
WHEN WE GO IN THE WATER 
SOMETIMES.
>> Reporter: WHEN SWIMMING POOLS
CLOSED IN MARCH, THE WIND SKILL 
DOLPHINS SWIM CLUB MISSED THE 
WATER, SO THEY SET OFF ON THEIR 
OWN AND FOUND SOME. 
>> IT TOOK OFF, IT WAS FIVE OF 
US AT THE BEGUNING, AS TIME WENT
ON WERE MORE PEOPLE STARTED 
JOINING US.
>> WITH PARENTS AND FAMILY 
MEMBERS FOLLOWING THEM ON KAYAKS
FOR SAFETY, BOUNDARY BAY BECAME 
THEIR NEW POOL, WITH A FEW 
DIFFERENCES. 
>> THERE'S A POD OF GREY WHALES 
JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED METERS 
FURTHER THAN THAT MARKER.
AND SO WE CAN HEAR THEM WHILE WE
WERE SWIMMING, AND THEN THERE'S 
A SEAL NOW THAT FOLLOWS US 
AROUND.
IT'S REALLY CUTE.
>> Reporter: OF COURSE NOT ALL 
MARINE LIFE IS CUTE.
LIKE JELLY FISH. 
>> FELT LIKE YOU WERE SWIMMING 
THROUGH CHUNKY JELL-O.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY I COULD 
DESCRIBE IT.
YOU SWALLOWED ONE TIME.
>> IT WAS LIKE THIS BIG.
I SWALLOWED ONE OF THE JELLY 
FISH BY ACCIDENT. 
>> SHE DIDN'T CLOSE HER MOUTH IN
TIME I DON'T THINK. 
>> Reporter: SHE WAS FINE.
AND NOW THE YOUTH WHO STARTED 
OUT SWIMMING 1 KILOMETER A TIME,
PLAN TO SWIM MORE THAN 12 
KILOMETERS THIS WEEKEND.
AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOW 
ALLOWED BACK IN THE POOL, THEY 
KEEP COMING HERE. 
>> MY MOM KEEPS SAYING SHE 
THINKS WE'RE GOING TO BE 
SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN IN THE BAY
HERE UNTIL ABOUT THANKSGIVING.
UNTIL IT GETS TOO COLD.
>> THE OLD SAYING GOES, WHEN ONE
DOOR CLOSES, ANOTHER ONE OPENS.
IN THIS CASE, WHEN A POOL 
CLOSES, THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPEN 
WATER.
JESSE JOHNSTON, CBC NEWS, DELTA.
>> Mike: FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE 
TO DEAL WITH AN OUT-OF-CONTROL 
WILDFIRE IN SOUTHEAST 
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
HELICOPTERS ARE USING FIRE 
RETARDANT TO REINFORCE 
CONTAINMENT LINES ON THE DOCTOR 
CREEK FIRE.
IT'S BURNING AN HOUR NORTH OF 
CRANBROOK AND WAGS FIRST 
DISCOVERED OVER TWO WEEKS AGO.
WHILE IT IS CLASSIFIED AS OUT OF
CONTROL, FIRE OFFICIALS ARE NOT 
YET EXPECTING IT TO AFFECT ANY 
NEARBY COMMUNITIES. 
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>> AND  JOHANNA WAGSTAFFE JOINS 
US NOW WITH THE FORECAST.
YOU'VE BEEN TRACKING SOME 
WILDFIRE SMOKE WE'VE SEEN HERE 
IN THE LOWER MAINLAND.
YOU WERE SAYING YOU ACTUALLY 
SMELLED THE SMOKE EARLIER THIS 
AFTERNOON, AND THAT IS INDEED 
SMOKE COMING FROM THE CALIFORNIA
WILDFIRES.
IT LED TO THAT BRILLIANT SUNSET 
LAST NIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO GET ANOTHER ONE 
TONIGHT BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE
THE HAZE AND THE SMOKE OUT THERE
RIGHT NOW.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE VISIBLE 
SATELLITE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY 
SEEING FROM SPACE RIGHT NOW, AND
YOU CAN SEE THIS PLUME MOVING UP
THE WEST COAST OF WASHINGTON, 
MOST OF THAT IS MARINE LAYER, 
BUT THIS HIRE ALTITUDE SMOKE IS 
COMING FROM CALIFORNIA.
YOU CAN SEE THESE HAZY VIEWS, 
THE BACK LIT HAZY STUFF WE'VE 
GOT GOING ON THERE.
TEMPERATURES MAY BE HOT OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE DAYS, BUT THE SMOKE 
MIGHT KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN 
SLIGHTLY.
I DO HAVE A LONG-RANGE FORECAST 
THAT LOOKS HOT AND MUGGY BUT 
WE'LL HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE 
SMOKE OVER THE NEXT 4  24 HOURS.
I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AND BE 
BACK WITH THE LONG-RANGE 
FORECAST.
FOR NOW, A STORY THAT IS A 
LITTLE DIFFERENT, A STRANGE 
ENGINEERING PROJECT THAT HAS 
BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING IN 
VANCOUVER IS FINALLY GOING TO 
THE NEXT STAGE.
A GIANT MECHANIZED EXO SKELETON 
THAT WEIGHS 4,000 KILOGRAMS AND 
THE CREATOR CALLS IT THE 
ANTIROBOT BECAUSE THE OPERATOR 
CONTROLS ALL THE MOVEMENTS WHILE
BEING STRAPPED IN A HARNESS 
INSIDE THE CONTRAPTION 
>> NOW THE UNUSUAL DEVICE IS AT 
THE POINT WHERE NEW PILOTS, 
TRAINED IN IT, AND THAT'S 
EXACTSLY WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE
TEST SITE UP AT THE SQUAMISH 
VALLEY.
HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.
>> WE ESTIMATE THAT WE COULD 
REPRODUCE THIS MACHINE FOR ABOUT
1.5 TO A MILLION DOLLARS.
PEOPLE SOMETIMES ASK WHAT IT 
COSTS TO BUILD AND I SAY 14 
YEARS OF MY LIFE.
AFTER 4 YEARS IN FIELD TRIALS, 
THE MACHINE HAS FINALLY REACHED 
THE POINT WHERE IT'S SAFE AND 
RELIABLE AND LEARNABLE.
THERE WAS MANY FORMS THAT IT 
WENT THROUGH WHILE I WAS TRYING 
TO GET IT TO WORK THAT WOULD -- 
I MEAN, IT TOOK ME TWO YEARS TO 
GET IT WALKING THE FIRST TIME 
AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL 
TAKE TWO OR THREE DAYS TO GET AN
UNINITIATED TRAINEE WALKING.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU ACTUALLY 
GRASP THE GRANDNESS OF IT UNTIL 
YOU GET HERE, AND EVEN BEFORE 
YOU GET INTO IT, JUST SEEING IT 
STAND UP AND MOVE AROUND, YOU'RE
LIKE, OH, MY GOD, THIS THING IS 
CRAZY AND POWERFUL.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET INTO THE 
CONTROLS, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S A
WHOLE OTHER WORLD.
IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT HARDER THAN 
YOU THINK.
AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE YOUR BODY 
IN A WHOLE NEW WAY.
SO I'M HOPING I CAN WALK.
THAT'S MY GOAL.
I JUST WANT TO WALK.
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>> YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A LITTLE
KID, MY BROTHER AND I WOULD 
PRETEND WE WERE MEC PILOTS AND 
ALL THESE THINGS, THOSE ARE THE 
THINGS LIKE WOULDN'T THAT BE 
COOL ONE DAY, IT'S NEVER GOING 
TO HAPPEN.
YET HERE WE ARE.
SO WHEN IT CAME UP, I 
IMMEDIATELY WAS LIKE I WOULD 
LOVE TO SUPPORT THIS AND HELP 
OUT IN ANY WAY I CAN.
AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN TO 
BECOME AN MEC PILOT IS SOMETHING
I COULDN'T POSSIBLY PASS UP.
>> SO THES ULTIMATE VISION IS, 
LIKE, AN INTERNATIONAL MECH 
RACING LEAGUE WHERE YOU HAVE 
MULTIPLE WORLD-CLASS ATHLETES 
GOING HEAD TO HEAD ON A COMPLEX,
TECHNICAL OBSTACLE COURSE, YOU 
KNOW, PUSHING THINGS OUT OF THE 
WAY, CLIMBING OVER STUFF, 
WEARING THESE GIANT, POWERED 
MECH SUITS.
>> THIS IS A DREAM I'VE HAD FOR 
ABOUT 14 YEARS.
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>> Mike: WELL, VIDEO OF A BEAR 
COMING OUT OF THE BUSHES AND 
MAKING ITS SLOW APPROACH TO A 
JOGGER HAS BEEN MAKING THE 
ROUNDS SINCE LAST SATURDAY.
SINCE THEN, A TRAP WAS SET TO 
CAPTURE THE BEAR ALL WEEK.
THE MOVE THAT SENT THOUSANDS 
PETITIONING FOR THE BEAR'S 
SAFETY.
ZAHRA PREMJI REPORTS TONIGHT, 
OTHERS ARE FEARFUL FOR PEOPLE'S 
SAFETY.
>> Reporter: IT'S A BEAR COMING 
OUT OF THE BUSHES AT THE 
COQUITLAM CRUNCH.
BEARS AREN'T EXACTLY UNCOMMON IN
THE SUBURBS, BUT CONSERVATION 
OFFICERS SAY WHAT HAPPENS NEXT 
IS WHAT'S CAUSING CONCERN.
IT APPROACHES A RUNNER, 
EVENTUALLY EXTENDS A PAW AT HER 
LEG, TAPS HER, AND THEN JUMPS 
BACK. 
>> IF YOU WATCH THE JOGGER RUN 
AWAY, YOU CAN SEE THE BEAR'S 
STARTING TO COME TOWARDS THE 
RUNNER A SECOND TIME.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED THEN.
>> Reporter: CONSERVATION 
OFFICIALS FEAR BEARS LIKE ONES 
HAVES BECOME FAR TOO COMFORTABLE
OVER THE YEARS, WALKING INTO 
HOTELS EXPLORING, CHECKING OUT 
LIQUOR STORES AND SCOURING FOR 
GARBAGE NEAR PEOPLE'S HOMES. 
>> Reporter: IF BEARS HAVE MADE 
THE CONNECTION THAT PEOPLE ARE A
FOOD SOURCE, THEY'RE GOING TO GO
RIGHT TO THOSE PEOPLE, AND WE 
CAN'T TAKE THAT CHANCE.
>> Reporter: AFTER LAST 
SATURDAY'S COQUITLAM CRUNCH BEAR
ENCOUNTER, CONSERVATION SET UP A
TRAP, AND IT SAT THERE FOR FIVE 
DAYS WITH NO BEAR TO BE SEEN.
BUT, IF IT HAD BEEN CAUGHT 
LINE-UPS. 
>> WHEN WE MAKE THE DECISION 
BETWEEN RELOCATION OR 
EUTHANIZATION, IT'S BASED ON THE
BEAR'S BEHAVIOUR.
AND IF THE BEAR HAS BEEN 
SHOWING -- EXHIBITING BEHAVIOUR 
THAT IS, WE BELIEVE, COULD HURT 
SOMEONE, THAT BEAR ISN'T A 
CANDIDATE TO BE RELOCATED. 
>> Reporter: ALONG WITH A TRAP 
CAME PETITIONS THOUSANDS SIGNED 
TO SAVE AND PROTECT THE SWIPING 
BEAR.
>> BECAUSE THE BEAR WAS WILLING 
TO COME OUT OF THE BUSHES, TOUCH
A HUMAN, WOULD THIS HAVE BEEN 
ONE OF THOSE EUTHANIZING 
SITUATIONS?
>> THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE IT 
WOULD HAVE BEEN. 
>> I THINK EUTHANIZING IS A BIT 
EXTREME. 
>> LEAVE THEM ALONE. 
>> I THINK THE TRAP SHOULD STILL
BE THERE, JUST IN CASE OF 
EMERGENCIES.
>> Reporter: BUT CONSERVATION 
OFFICERS HAVE A MESSAGE TO THE 
PUBLIC.
>> NOT ONE OF THEM EVER GOT INTO
THIS JOB TO -- TO KILL WILDLIFE.
>> Reporter: NOW, CONSERVATION 
OFFICERS SAY, WHILE THE TRAP HAS
BEEN TAKEN DOWN, THEY WILL BE 
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE AREA HERE 
AT THE COQUITLAM CRUNCH, BUT 
THEY REMOVED THE TRAP BECAUSE 
THEY DON'T WANT TO CAPTURE ANY 
OTHER ANIMALS.
NOW, THEY'RE SAYING IF YOU DO 
PLAN TO COME TO THE COQUITLAM 
CRUNCH, YOU CAN COME HERE.
THAT AREA WILL REMAIN CLOSED UP 
AT THE TOP UNTIL TUESDAY.
NOW, THEY'RE ENCOURAGING ANYONE 
WHO IS COMING HERE TO MAKE SURE 
THEY'RE USING THEIR LOUD VOICES 
AND KEEPING AWAY FROM THE BEARS.
ZAHRA PREMJI, CBC NEWS, 
COQUITLAM.
>> Mike: WELL, THE CATS IN YOUR 
NEIGHBOURHOOD ARE BEING WATCHED 
VERY CLOSELY THIS SUMMER.
A RESEARCHER HAS SET UP CAMERAS 
ALL ACROSS VANCOUVER TO COUNT 
HOW MANY FELINES ARE ROAMING OUR
CITY.
IT'S THE LARGEST FELINE 
MONITORING PROJECT IN ALL OF 
CANADA. 
>> Reporter: YOUR FAVOURITE 
FELINE MAY LOOK FRIENDLY, BUT 
CATS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING
BETWEEN 100 AND 350 MILLION 
BIRDS A YEAR IN CANADA.
VANCOUVER HAS A BIRD STRATEGY TO
ADDRESS THE THREAT.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS
THAT WHEN THEIR CATS ARE 
OUTSIDE, THEY ACTUALLY ARE 
REALLY PROLIFIC HUNTERS, SO THEY
CAN HAVE DISPROPORTIONATE 
IMPACTS ON OUR URBAN WILDLIFE 
COMMUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY OUR 
BIRD POPULATIONS.
>> Reporter: THIS URBAN 
ECOLOGIST HAS SPENT THE SUMMER 
MONITORING 34 TRAIL CAMERAS 
ACROSS THE CITY.
HE'S ALREADY GATHERED OVER 2 
MILLION PHOTOGRAPHS, BARELY 7 
WEEKS INTO THE PROJECT.
MOST OF THE CATS ARE CRAWLING 
AROUND IN RESIDENTIAL 
NEIGHBOURHOODS.
BUT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE 
HIGH NUMBER OF CATS PROWLING 
CITY PARKS.
>> THIS IS QUITE ALARMING 
BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE OVERLAP 
ENVIRONMENTS WHERE OUR NATIVE 
BIRD POPULATIONS CALL HOME.
>> Reporter: WHETHER THEY'RE 
FERAL OR OF THE PET VARIETY, 
CATS AREN'T NATIVE TO NORTH 
AMERICA.
>> FROM, YOU KNOW, A BIRD'S 
STANDPOINT, WE DON'T REALLY WANT
CATS OUTSIDE.
THEY DON'T REALLY BELONG IN 
CANADA.
THEY ONLY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR -- 
SINCE COLONIZATION, SO SEVERAL 
HUNDRED YEARS, SO THEY'RE -- A 
LOT OF THE ANIMALS HERE AREN'T 
USED TO CATS AS PREDATORS.
>> Reporter: HOWEVER, THE CAT 
COUNT WON'T ONLY HELP BIRDS.
CATS ARE MORE LIKELY TO LIVE 
LONGER, HEALTHIER LIVES IF 
THEY'RE KEPT INDOORS, OR IN 
OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES.
>> THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO BE HIT
BY CARS, THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO 
BE KILLED BY, LET'S SAY, A 
RACCOON OR A COYOTE, AND THEY'RE
LESS LIKELY TO GET DISEASES.
>> Reporter: HE HOPES HIS 
RESEARCH WILL CHANGE PEOPLE'S 
VIEWS ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A 
RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER.
HE GUESSES HE'LL HAVE IDENTIFIED
AT LEAST 100 CATS BY THE END OF 
THE COUNT.
A NUMBER HE HE CAN USE TO 
ESTIMATE JUST HOW MANY FEROCIOUS
FELINES ARE STALKING THE STREETS
OF VANCOUVER.
CBC NEWS, VANCOUVER.
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>> Mike: AND JOHANNA WAGSTAFFE 
BACK NOW WITH THE FORECAST.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF 
EVERYTHING.
WE HAD THE SUN, THE SMOKE, AND 
OF COURSE SOME HEAT TODAY.
A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AS WE HEAD 
INTO A VERY IMPORTANT LONG 
WEEKEND.
PRESSURE IS ALWAYS ON ME ON 
THESE ONES, AND THERE IS A LOT 
GOING EVEN.
LET ME TAKE YOU TO THE SATELLITE
TO SHOW YOU THE BIG PICTURE 
ACROSS THE COAST.
WE'VE GOT THIS HIGH PRESSURE 
THAT HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR A 
COUPLE DAYS, THAT'S WHAT LEADING
TO OUR HOT AND MUGGY AIR, THE 
MAIN JET STREAM BRINGING THE 
MOISTURE TO CENTRAL COASTAL 
SECTION AND IS WE ALSO HAVE THE 
PLUME OF SMOKE COMING UP FROM 
CALIFORNIA, AND I COULD DO WANT 
TO MENTION I AM KEEPING MY EYE 
ON THE SUPERTYPHOON JUST 
STRENGTHENED TODAY INTO THE 
EQUIVALENT CATEGORY 5 STATUS AND
IT IS EXPECTED TO MAYBE LANDFALL
IN SOUTHERN JAPAN FOR SUNDAY AND
SOUTH KOREA FOR MONDAY, SO I'LL 
KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
WE'RE WATCHING SOME GOOD WIND 
GUSTS IN OUR FORECAST.
YOU CAN SEE AL FRONT SLIDING 
THROUGH FOR SUNDAY, WILL LEAD TO
A GUSTY SUNDAY TO TUESDAY 
FORECAST, NOT A BAD-LOOKING ONE,
THOUGH, LOOK FOR CLOUD FOR MOST 
OF THE TOMORROW, BEFORE WE GET 
THAT SUN.
CLEARING OUT ON SUNDAY, HOT AND 
MUGGY-LOOKING MONDAY, AND THIS 
SUMMER TREND WILL CONTINUE WELL 
INTO THE FIRST WEEK BACK FOR 
MOST PEOPLE, MIKE. 
>> Mike: LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
THANKS, JO.
AND THAT'S ALL THE TIME FOR OUR 
ONLINE NEWSCAST TONIGHT.
WE DO HAVE A TELEVISION NEWSCAST
AFTER THE HOCKEY GAME BETWEEN 
THE CANUCKS AND VEGAS.
THAT WILL BE OF COURSE ON CBC 
TELEVISION RIGHT AFTER THE GAME.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
WE'LL SEE YOU A LITTLE LATER.
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