>> Anita: TONIGHT ON CBC
VANCOUVER NEWS...
>> WE WILL HAVE A MADE IN B.C.
PROVINCE-WIDE PLAN.
>> Mike: WHY B.C. IS GETTING
CLOSER TO EASING RESTRICTIONS ON
DAILY LIFE AND BUSINESSTIVITY.
ALSO...
>> OUR LABOUR HAS ALSO GONE UP
AND SO HAVE THE EXPENSES,
OBVIOUSLY.
>> Anita: BUSINESSES BEGIN
TAPPING IN TO
OTTAWA'S $73 BILLION WAGE
SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
>>> AND...
>> Mike: AS SOME GOLF COURSES
REOPEN, HOW CORONAVIRUS IS
CHANGING THE WAY THE GAME IS
PLAYED.
>> (Announcer): THIS IS CBC
VANCOUVER NEWS...
>> Mike: GOOD EVENING.
IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHEN THINGS
COULD START REOPENING IN
BRITISH COLUMBIA, YOU MAY BE
FINDING OUT SOON.
>> B.C.'S TOP DOCTOR SAYS
THEY'LL SHARE DETAILS IN DUE
TIME.
DAN BURRITT JOINS US LIVE WITH
THE LATEST.
DAN, WHAT DO WE KNOW TODAY?
>> NOT MUCH IN TERMS OF
TIMELINE.
WE KNOW MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING
WORKERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS,
THOUGH, THEY ALL WANT TO KNOW.
WE GOT SOME HINTS TODAY.
Dr. BONNIE HENRY SAYS THE DATA
SUGGESTS B.C. IS GETTING CLOSER
TO WHERE IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO
LIFT SOME RESTRICTIONS ON WORK
AND LIFE, BUT IT MUST BE DONE IN
A CAREFUL, MADE IN B.C.
APPROACH.
WE FLOW MANY BUSINESSES HAVE
CLOSED, WORKERS HAVE BEEN LAID
OFF OR ASKED TO WORK FROM HOME.
OTHER STORES HAVE SHIFTED TO
ONLINE SALES, AND RESTAURANTS
HAVE PIVOTED TO JUST TAKEOUT.
MANY ARE WONDERING WHEN SOME OF
THOSE RESTRICTIONS MIGHT BE
LIFTED.
HENRY SAYS THE DETAILS WILL BE
COMING; HOWEVER...
>> SOME THING WILL NOT CHANGE AM
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO
HAVING LOTS OF PEOPLE TOGETHER
IN ENCLOSED SPACES AND HAVING
MEETINGS AND HAVING, YOU KNOW,
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE
CAN MIX AND MINGLE AND TRANSMIT
THIS VIRUS AMONGST EACH OTHER
AND THEN BRING IT HOME TO THEIR
FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
>> Dan: HENRY SAYS RESTARTING
THE ECONOMY WILL DEPEND ON
EMPLOYERS TAKING PROPER CARE OF
WORKERS THROUGH PROTECTIVE
MEASURES AND NOT PENALIZING
EMPLOYEES FOR TAKING SICK DAYS
AM WE KNOW SOME SHOPS AND STORES
HAVE DRASTICALLY INCREASED THEIR
CLEANING.
ANOTHER BIG QUESTION HAS BEEN
AROUND SCHOOLS, WHEN MIGHT
STUDENT HERE IN B.C. GO BACK,
CONSIDERING QUEBEC HAS ANNOUNCED
PLANS TO GET STUDENTS BACK INTO
CLASS BY MAY.
HENRY SAYS THEY'RE NOT LOOKING
AT SUMMER SCHOOL BUT SOME
STUDENTS MIGHT BE BACK BEFORE
THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THEY THINKS SHE HAS A CHANCE TO
SUPPORT CHILDREN OF ESSENTIAL
WORKERS, BUT NO TIMELINE ON
THAT.
>> THERE IS A NEWS CONFERENCE
TOMORROW SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE
MORE DETAILS.
WHAT ARE THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM
THE PROVINCE ON COVID-19?
>> Dan: FIRST OF ALL, THREE
MORE PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN B.C.
THAT'S 103 PEOPLE WE'VE LOST SO
FAR.
WE HAVE 50 NEW CASES OF THE
DISEASE AND 97 ARE IN HOSPITAL.
BUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN
INTENSIVE CARE CONTINUES TO GO
DOWN.
JUST UNDER 2,000 PEOPLE ARE
CONFIRMED TO HAVE COVID-19, AND
MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE
HAVE NOW RECOVERED.
SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
ANITA?
>> Anita: THANK VERY MUCH,
DAN.
>> Mike: WHILE SOME ARE
SKEPTICAL, OTHERS SAY IT'S
THOROUGHLY WELCOME.
>> Anita: BUSINESSES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ARE NOW APPLYING FOR
THE CANADA EMERGENCY WAGE
SUBSIDY.
AS TINA LOVGREEN REPORTS, THE
PROGRAM CAN COVER UP TO 75% OF
WAGES FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY
COVID THAT HAVE SEEN A DROP IN
REVENUE.
>> Reporter: ONCE KNOWN FOR
THEIR COFFEES AND PASTRIES, NOW
THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER IS
GROCERIES.
>> PEOPLE COULD COME AND EITHER
PICK THINGS UP AND WE COULD RUN
THEM OUT TO THEIR CAR OR WE'RE
HAPPY TO DO LOCAL DELIVERY AS
WELL.
>> Reporter: ADAPT BEING AS
BEST THEY CAN TO THE NEW REALITY
FROM OUTLINING WHERE PEOPLE NEED
TO STAND TO ALLOWING ONLY STAFF
INSIDE THE STORE.
AND SINCE WE COULDN'T GO IN, WE
ASKED THEM TO DO SOME FILMING
FOR US.
>> WE PACK OUR GROCERY ORDERS IN
THIS AREA HERE.
>> Reporter: OUR REVENUE HAS
BEEN PRETTY STEADY.
IT'S ACTUALLY UP A LITTLE BIT
WHICH HAS BEEN FANTASTIC, BUT IT
IS A LITTLE TRICKY BECAUSE OUR
LABOUR HAS ALSO GONE UP AND SO
HAVE THE EXPENSES, OBVIOUSLY
MARGINS ON GROCERIES AREN'T
QUITE THE SAME AS CAFE ITEMS.
BUT WE'VE BEEN SO GRATEFUL FOR
ALL THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
>> Reporter: AND THE WAGE
SUBSIDY FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SHOULD HELP TOO.
>> WE QUALIFY FOR THE 10%.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE QUALIFY FOR
ANY MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE OUR
REVENUE HASN'T DROPPED.
>> Reporter: FOR OTHERS WHO
HAVE LOST REVENUE, THE SUBSIDY
COULD COVER UP TO 75% OF WAGES.
>> BUSINESS RIGHT NOW LOOKS
EXACTLY LIKE THIS.
IT'S SLOW-MOVING, A LOT OF
TAKEOUT, A LOT OF DELIVERY, AND
THE OCCASIONAL WALKER BY.
>> Reporter: A POPULAR BRUNCH
SPOT NOW FACING AN 80% LOSS A
WEEK, AND THAT'S EVEN WITH
TRYING TO COME UP WITH
INNOVATIVE WAYS TO STAY AFLOAT,
LIKE SELLING FRESH EGGS.
THEY'VE HAD TO LAY OFF THEIR
HOURLY STAFF LIKE COOKS, SERVERS
AND BARTENDERS, BUT THE WAGE
SUBSIDY MIGHT MEAN THEY CAN DO
SOME REHIRING.
>> WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT
PROCESS NOW FIGURING OUT WHAT WE
CAN GET, AND TRY TO GET AS MUCH
AS WE CAN, AND IF WE CAN
POTENTIALLY BRING MORE TEAM
MEMBERS BACK INTO THE FOLD SO WE
CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE.
>> Reporter: AND GET BACK TO
SERVING UP BRUNCH LIKE THEY USED
TO.
TINA LOVGREEN, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> PEOPLE LIVING IN A TENT CITY
IN VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER ARE
SLOWLY IS BEING MOVED OUT INTO
HOTEL ROOMS.
THIS COMES TWO DAYS AFTER THE
B.C. GOVERNMENT ENACTED A PUBLIC
SAFETY ORDER.
>> BUT AS JESSE JOHNSTON
REPORTS, POLITICIANS HAVE TRIED
AND
FAILED IN THE PAST TO DISMANTLE
THE CAMP AT OPPENHEIMER PARK ON
THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE.
>> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
AT LEAST I'LL BE WARM.
>> Reporter: SLOWLY BUT SURELY
PEOPLE LIKE JACOB STEWART, WHO'S
LIVED AT OPPENHEIMER PARK FOR
SIX MONTHS, ARE MOVING INTO THE
HUNDREDS OF HOTEL ROOMS THE
PROVINCE HAS LEASED.
>> GET A SHOWER, SIT DOWN,
RELAX, WATCH TV, YOU KNOW.
MY GOOD TIME TO ISOLATE, RIGHT?
>> Reporter: THE PLAN IS TO
MOVE 15 TO 20 PEOPLE PER DAY
INTO THEIR NEW ACCOMMODATIONS.
THE HOPE IS MOST WILL BE AS
EXCITED ABOUT THE TRANSITION AS
STEWART, WHO CAN'T WAIT FOR A
LITTLE QUIET TIME.
>> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
STUDYING MY MATH AGAIN AND DOING
MY READING AGAIN.
WRITING IN MY JOURNAL, YEAH.
YOU CAN'T REALLY DO THAT HERE.
THERE'S JUST NO -- THERE'S NO
PEACE, EH?
>> Reporter: HISTORY SUGGESTS
GETTING EVERYONE TO GO WON'T BE
EASY.
THE LAST TIME POLITICIANS TRIED
TO DISMANTLE THE CAMP, IT DIDN'T
WORK.
BUT THE PROVINCE BELIEVES THAT
NOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THINGS WILL
BE DIFFERENT.
>> LAST TIME I THINK THEY MOVED
ABOUT A HUNDRED, 120 PEOPLE OUT.
AND THEN AS YOU SAY, THE PARK
REPOPULATED AT THAT TIME.
SO OUR FOCUS WE THINK OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF WEEK, WE THINK
THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WILL
BE WILLING TO MOVE.
>> Reporter: BUT MOVING COMES
WITH QUESTIONS.
THE CHATTER TODAY CONCERNS HOW
MUCH STUFF THEY CAN BRING WITH
THEM TO THEIR HOTELS, WHAT
HAPPENS TO THEIR PETS, AND AT
WHAT POINT DO THE POLICE SHOW UP
AND TELL THEM TO LEAVE?
>> I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY
TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY THAN
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT'S EVER DONE,
AND I HOLD OUT A TINY BIT OF
HOPE THAT WE CAN CREATE
SOMETHING PEACEFUL OUT OF THIS.
>> Reporter: THE PROVINCE'S
DEADLINE TO TRANSITION EVERYONE
OUT OF THE ENCAMPMENT AND THE
TWO TENT CITIES IN VICTORIA IS
MAY 9.
BUT IT'S STILL ANYONE'S GUESS
WHAT OPPENHEIMER PARK WILL LOOK
LIKE ON MAY 10.
JESSE JOHNSTON, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> A WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN MISSING
FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS IN NEW
WESTMINSTER HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD.
44-YEAR-OLD NIRLA SHARMA WAS
LAST SEEN BY HER FAMILY IN HER
NEW WESTMINSTER HOME.
POLICE WERE ALERTED SUNDAY TO A
REPORT OF A BODY ON THE
SHORELINE OF THE FRASER RIVER ON
THE BORDER OF NEW WESTMINSTER
AND BURNABY.
ACCORDING TO SHARMA'S FAMILY SHE
LEFT WITHOUT HER DEBIT AND
CREDIT CARDS, AND THEY DIDN'T
KNOW OF ANY REASON WHY SHE WOULD
HAVE.
THE B.C. CORONER'S SERVICE IS
WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE
OF DEATH BUT POLICE SAY NO FOUL
PLAY IS SUSPECTED AT THIS TIME.
>> TWO CITY-RUN GOLF COURSES IN
VANCOUVER AND YOU VAN DUSEN
GARDENS IS REOPENING THIS WEEK.
THE FRASERVIEW McCLEARY
COURSES WILL UNLOOK THE LINKS
UNDER THE SAFETY OF PHYSICAL
DISTANCING.
GOLFERS WILL BOOK ONLINE AND
THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO SHOW UP
NOT MORE THAN 20 MINUTES BEFORE
TEE TIMES AND LEAVE RIGHT AFTER
THEIR ROUND.
THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO
TOUCH THE FLAG STICK, EITHER.
AS FOR VAN DUSEN GARDEN,
VISITORS WILL HAVE TO BUY
TICKETS ONLINE FOR DESIGNATED
TIME SLOTS AND ONLY 30 VISITORS
WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THE GARDEN
DURING EACH TIME.
>> TIME NOW TO CHECK IN WITH
METEOROLOGIST BRETT SODERHOLM.
BRETT, WILL ANY OF US BE
VISITING VAN DUSEN ANYTIME SOON
WITH THE WEATHER?
>> OF COURSE, IF YOU WOULD BE
LIKING FOR A DAY KIND OF WHAT
WE'RE SEEING NOW, LOTS OF
SUNSHINE AND CALM WINDS, YOU'LL
HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL LATE WEEK FOR
THAT.
BECAUSE FOR TOMORROW AND
WEDNESDAY WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS.
PERIODS OF SHOWERS CAN BE
EXPECTED HERE AND THERE.
THIS MORNING IT WAS AN ACTIVE
WAY TO START THE DAY.
WE HAD QUITE A FEW SHARKS
ESPECIALLY TOWARD ABBOTSFORD AND
THE FRASER VALLEY AND EVEN
REPORTS OF A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS
GOING THROUGH.
YOU CAN TELL CLEARLY NOT LOOKING
AT MUCH HAPPENING AT THIS POINT
IN TIME AND THAT TREND IS GOING
TO BE CONTINUING FLICK 2 THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT.
CURRENT TEMPERATURES, THIS IS
EXACTLY WHERE WE SHOULD BE.
WE GOT UP TO ABOUT 15º EARLIER
TODAY AT VANCOUVER AIRPORT AND
WE CAN SEE MANY PLACES ACROSS
THE LOWER MAINLAND INTO THAT
WE'RE SEASONAL WHEN YOU CONSIDER
THAT.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE LOOKING
AT RELATIVELY CLEAR SKIES
THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT.
LOW TEMPERATURES REALLY NOT
GOING TO BE CHANGING THAT MUCH
FROM WHERE WE'RE AT.
WE'RE ONLY GOING DOWN TO ABOUT
7º OR SO TOMORROW MORNING,
EXPECT A NICE BUILD-UP OF CLOUD
COVER.
BUT BY THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL GET
INTO ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS.
IF YOU LIKE A BIT OF VARIETY
THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
THIS WEEK.
WE HAVE PERIODS OF SHOWERS, WE
HAVE PERIODS OF SUNSHINE, AND
ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE THE
WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
FINISHING 0 OF APRIL, BECAUSE
THE MONTH OF MAY IS GOING TO BE
CONTINUING IN JUST A COUPLE OF
DAYS, ON FRIDAY, AND I'LL HAVE
YOUR FULL FORECAST WHEN I COME
BACK.
>> Anita: LOOKING FORWARD TO
IT.
THANK, BRETT.
>> Mike: CROWDS HUNG FOR
ELUSIVE PRODUCT LIKE TOILET
PAPER, YEAST AND PASTA, LINEUPS
AROUND BIG BOX GROCERS.
>> Anita: MANY PEOPLE ARE
FEELING WARY ABOUT HEADING OUT
FOR FOOD, SO WE ASKED THE
QUESTION, IS THE CORNER GROCER
MAKING A COMEBACK?
TAKE A LOOK.
>> WITH COVID-19, WHAT'S
INTERESTING WITH COVID, IS THAT
THEY COULD BE A RESET IN TERMS
OF HOW THE FOOD RETAIL LANDSCAPE
WILL LOOK LIKE COMING OUT OF
THIS.
>> I THINK PEOPLE ARE MAYBE NOT
WANTING TO GET INTO THEIR CAR TO
LINE UP FOR 45 MINUTES, HALF AN
HOUR, IN THE BIG BOX STORES, AND
ONLY TO GET THERE TO BE
DISAPPOINTED AND ONLY FIND MAYBE
20% OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR,
AS I'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
>> THESE MOM AND POP SHOPS THAT
ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GRAB A PIECE OF THE MARKETPLACE,
JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE GAPS AND
PEOPLE JUST WANT FOOD.
>> IT'S IMPACTED US IN THE SENSE
THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY BUSIER.
WE HAVE NOTICED NEW FACES COME
THROUGH.
I'M THINKING PART THAT THESE
PEOPLE ARE NOW ABLE TO WORK
REMOTELY, OR, UNFORTUNATELY,
THEY HAVE BEEN LAID OFF, LOST
THEIR JOBS.
SO I'M SEEING AN INCREASE IN
TRAFFIC AND AN INCREASE OF NEW
FACES.
SO WE SURVEY CANADIANS EVERY
WEEK.
AS OF LAST WEEK, 52% OF
CANADIANS TRIED TO -- WERE
TRYING TO AVOID THE GROCERY
STORE.
SO THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF
CANADIANS WHO DON'T WANT TO BE
IN A GROCERY STORE.
SOME OF THEM HAD TO GO.
BUT THE MAJORITY DON'T WANT TO
BE THERE.
>> WE TRY TO GO THAT EXTRA MILE
FOR THEM, WE TAKE REQUESTS AND I
TRY TO FILL THEM WHENEVER
POSSIBLE.
KNOWING THEIR SPENDING HABITS,
THE BUYING HABITS, ETCETERA;
KNOWING MORE ABOUT THEM JUST
COMING IN AND BEING ANOTHER
FACE.
>> WHEN YOU BUT TO A SMALLER
STORE YOU KIND OF FORGET A
LITTLE BIT.
YOU'RE ALLOWED TO FORGET THAT
YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PANDEMIC BECAUSE THAT
PERSONALIZATION, PERSONALIZING
THE SERVICE, THE EXPERIENCE, IS
SUSPECT EASIER, WHEN YOU'RE
DEALING WITH A FEW CUSTOMERS AT
A TIME.
SY ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> GOOD NEWS FOR THESE STORIES,
WHERE THEY TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT
ALLOW THE CORNER STORE IS DYING
AND HARD TO REVIVE AT ALL.
I'M SURE THIS IS QUITE WELCOME
FOR A LOT OF THEM T.
>> Mike: IT SURE IS.
YOU'RE RIGHT; A LOT OF PEOPLE
THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING THE WAY
OF THE DINOSAUR BUT THEY'VE
SURVIVED AND IN SOME CASES
FLOURISHING NOW.
A QUICK REMINDER, YOU CAN WATCH
IN NEWSCAST LIVE ON CBC GEM, THE
FREE APP IS ALSO WHERE YOU'LL
FIND OTHER CBC PROGRAMS.
AND CBC VANCOUVER IS ALSO ON
FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, AND
INSTAGRAM.
>>> WELL, FROM MICHIGAN TO
MISSISSIPPI, THE NAME OF THE
GAME, OPENING UP.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO ONE
COVID-19 HOTSPOT, THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, WHERE THEY SEEM TO BE
IGNORING STARTING TO SCIENCE AND
GOING WITH INSTINCT.
>>> THANKS FOR WATCHING ONLINE
FOR MORE NEWS COVERAGE DURING
THE TELEVISION COMMERCIAL BREAK.
>>> A LOT OF US ARE SPENDING A
LOT MORE TIME ON THE INSIDE
LOOKING OUT THESE DAYS.
>> BUT IN ONE EDMONTON COMMUNITY
THEY AREN'T JUST LOOKING AT
SIGNS OF DAILY LIFE.
THEY'RE WATCHING FOR SOMETHING
POSITIVELY PREHISTORIC.
ALICIA ASKWITH EXPLAINS.
>> Reporter: GIGGLINGS FILL
THE AIR ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON IN
THE COMMUNITY OF SUMMERSIDE AS
THIS BRIGHT ORANGE ARE T-REX
CLUMSILY SHAKES HER TAIL AT AN
IMPROMPTU SIDEWALK DANCE PARTY.
THE ANTICS ARE COURTESY OF MAMA
REX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JULIE
ARMSTRONG.
>> IT'S JUST FUN.
LIFE IS SERIOUS.
IT'S FUN TO HAVE FUN WHO
WOULDN'T BE A T-REX?
>> Reporter: ARMSTRONG GOT THE
T-REX COSTUME FOR CHRISTMAS
AFTER COURTING ONE FOR YEARS AND
CERTAINLY HAS BEEN MAKING THE
MOST OF IT.
>> SOMETIMES I PARENT IN IT.
SOMETIMES PARENTING CAN BE KIND
OF LIKE UGH.
WHETHER THEY'RE HAVING THEIR
DAY.
SO SOMETIMES CHASING THEM MAKES
ME FEEL BETTER IN A T-REX
COSTUME AND USUALLY TURNS THE
MOOD AROUND.
>> Reporter: WITH NO WORK AND
KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL SHE BEGAN TO
TAKE REGULAR WALKS IN COSTUME TO
KEEP HER OWN SPIRITS EPP DURING
THE PANDEMIC MUCH TRANS-MOUNTAIN
WASN'T LONG BEFORE MAMA REX AND
HER EFFECT PAID WERE A SENSATION
WITH NEIGHBOURS TOO; PHOTOS AND
VIDEO SWARMING SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> I'M A PERSON WHO GETS HAPPY
WHEN OTHERS ARE HAPPY.
FOR MY OWN MENTAL HEALTH AND HE
WELL-BEING DURING THIS TIME, IT
MAKES ME HAPPY SEEING OTHER
PEOPLE HAPPY.
SO WHY NOT GO OUT THERE AND
DRESS AS A T-REX.
>> Reporter: BIG FANS HAVE
BEEN KEEPING A REGULAR EYE OUT
FOR THE GREAT ORANGE REPTILE
GOING SO FAR AS TO CREATE THIS
GIANT OBSTACLE COURSE IN CHALK
OUTSIDE THEIR HOME, DELIGHTED TO
SEE HER ATTEMPTED.
>> HE DID FROG JUMPS, AND HE'S A
T-REX SO HE WON'T TOUCH HIS
TOES.
>> IT GIVES A LITTLE MORE SMILES
AND EXTRA JOY FOR SURE.
IT'S DEFINITELY THE HIGHLIGHT OF
OUR WEEK.
>> Reporter: ARMSTRONG FIGURES
SHE'S COVERED ABOUT 60% OF THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
HER GOAL IS TO HIT EVERY STREET,
KEEPING HER DISTANCE WHILE
BRINGING THE TOGETHER TOGETHER.
>> Mike: WE'LL BE BACK IN A
FEW MOMENTS WITH MORE COVID-19
NEWS BUT BEFORE THAT, HERE'S AN
EXEMPT FROM LAST NIGHT'S
"STRONGER TOGETHER" VIRTUAL
CONCERT.
CANADIAN MUSICIANS, ACTORS,
ATHLETES AND ACTIVISTS ALL TOOK
PART TO RAISE MONEY FOR FOOD
BANKS, TAKING US AWAY ARE
MICHAEL BUBLE, THE BARENAKED
LADIES AND SOPHIA REYES AND
THEIR SONG "GOTTA BE PATIENT ♪♪
♪ ♪ EVERY DAY WE'LL SING OUR
SONG ♪♪
♪ TO MAKE YOU THINK ♪♪
♪ I JUSTYN WARNER SEE MY FRIENDS
♪♪
SEAWAN WALK THE STREET AGAIN,
AGAIN ♪♪
>> (In unison): ♪ BUT I GOTTA
BE PATIENT ♪♪
OH, I GOTTA BE PATIENT ♪♪
LAYTON ENJOY THIS COMBINATION ♪♪
♪ I GOTTA BE PATIENT ♪♪
♪ LET'S ENJOY THIS COMBINATION
♪♪
♪
>> Mike: FROM MICHIGAN TO
MISSISSIPPI, A DOZEN OR SO U.S.
STATES ARE OWNING UP AGAIN FOR
NONESSENTIAL BUSINESS.
AS THE CBC'S KATIE SIMP SLOWS US
TONIGHT IT'S ONE OF THE LAST
STATES TO CLOSE UP SHOP DURING
THE COVID CRISIS THAT IS NOW ONE
OF THE FIRST TO REOPEN.
>> YOU'D NEVER KNOW, STAY AT
HOME ORDERS HERE HAVE BEEN
RELAXED.
AT THIS BREAKFAST JOINT, THERE
ARE MORE STAFF MEMBERS THAN
CUSTOMERS.
>> ANY POTATOES AND A BISCUIT?
THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: MOST ORDERS ARE
BEING PICKED UP BY FOOD
COURIERS.
SERVERS UNDERSTAND CUSTOMERS ARE
AFRAID BUT SAY SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS ARE IN PLACE.
>> IT'S OVERBOARD.
WE'RE CRAZY SANITIZING, I MEAN
THEY GAVE ME THIS MASK, THEY
MADE IT FOR ME.
I'M NOT WORRIED BECAUSE IS A
HOSPITAL PERSON WORRIED?
WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING THAT
HOSPITALS DO.
>> Reporter: RESTAURANT
DRESSING ROOMS NOW JOIN HAIR
SALONS AND BEAUTY PARLOURS AS
SOME OF THE NONESSENTIAL
BUSINESSES ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN
GEORGIA.
>> IT'S ABOUT TIME, MY GUESTS
ARE DEFINITELY READY TO HAVE
THEIR FACES WAXED.
>> Reporter: PHYSICAL
DISTANCING RULES ARE SUPPOSED TO
BE ENFORCED BUT IT'S LARD TO
AVOID TOUCHING A CUSTOMER'S NOSE
AND MOUTH WHEN GIVING AN UPPER
LIP WAX.
>> I DON'T FEEL THEY WOULD HAVE
OPENED UP IF THERE WAS ANY
CHANCE OF US GETTING SICK OR
HURT WHILE WE'RE IN THERE.
>> Reporter: FEW PEOPLE SEEMED
WILLING TO EMBRACE GEORGIA'S
GREAT REOPENING, THOUGH MUCH OF
THE COUNTRY IS WATCHING TO SEE
IF IT CAN BE DONE SAFELY S THERE
IS DOUBT ABOUT THAT, SINCE
COVID-19 CASES ARE ON THE RISE
HERE, AND THERE'S A LAG IN
TESTING.
>> IF YOU'RE THAT AFRAID, STAY
AT HOME, AND JUST DON'T COME
OUT.
YOU KNOW, SO FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
AFRAID, THERE'S A REMEDY FOR
THAT.
THEY JUST STAY HOME.
>> Reporter: WILLIE EDWARDS
DIDN'T HAVE THAT CHOICE.
HE REOPENED HIS BARBER SHOP
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR
BENEFITS.
>> I'VE GOT A VEHICLE I CAN'T
PAY FOR.
I GOT RENT THAT I CAN'T PAY FOR.
SO, YEAH, IT'S A HARDSHIP.
>> Reporter: BUSINESS SO FAR
HAS BEEN SLOW, ANOTHER SIGN THAT
JUST BECAUSE YOU OPEN IT DOESN'T
MEAN PEOPLE WILL COME.
KATIE SIMPSON, CBC NEWS,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA S.
>> Mike: Dr. TERESA TAM HAS
BEEN THE PUBLIC FACE OF CANADA'S
FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.
BUT SHE HAS ALSO FACED
QUESTIONING ABOUT ADVICE SHE'S
GIVEN AS OUR COUNTRY'S CHIEF
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER.
TAMARA NOWAKOWSK SAYS SOME
MEASURES -- TAM NOW SAYS SOME
MEASURES COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
EXECUTED AND PERHAPS HAPPENED
SOONER.
CBC'S CHIEF POLITICAL
CORRESPONDENT SAT DOWN WITH
Dr. TAM FOR HER FIRST PUBLIC
INTERVIEW SINCE THE PANDEMIC
BEGAN.
>> BY THE 14th THE W.H.O. WAS
SAYING THERE MAY HAVE BEEN HUMAN
TO HUMAN TRANSMISSION, JUST
"MAY."
BY JANUARY 22 THEY SAID THERE
WAS SOME EVIDENCE OF THAT.
AND YET THROUGH THAT PERIOD, WE
AS A COUNTRY, STILL DECIDED TO
CONTINUE TO LET TRAVELLERS
ARRIVE FROM CHINA, AS MANY AS
58,000, MORE THAN 2,000 FROM
HUBEI PROVINCE.
AND WE WERE ONLY SCREENING AT
THAT POINT -- CORRECT ME IF I'M
MISTAKEN -- SYMPTOMATIC
PASSENGER.
I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN DOING MORE AT THAT
POINT, GIVEN THERE WAS ALREADY
EVIDENCE THAT THIS WAS BEING
TRANSMITTED FROM HUMAN TO HUMAN.
>> YES, SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO
LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT ACTUALLY
HAPPENED.
AND THAT WAS WHEN WE HAD
PREVIOUSLY BEEN -- INSTITUTED
THIS ENHANCED BORDER MEASURES,
WHERE WE PROVIDED INFORMATION TO
ALL TRAVELLERS FROM CHINA TO
WATCH OUT FOR SYMPTOMS,
ETCETERA.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE
EFFECTIVE IN THAT OUR INITIAL
TRAVELLERS ACTUALLY DID VERY
WELL FROM THAT THEY FOLLOWED
ADVICE; IN THE END, IN TERMS OF
TRAVELLERS FROM CHINA, IF I
RECALL CORRECTLY THROUGHOUT THIS
WHOLE PERIOD, UNTIL THE
BEGINNING OF MARCH, WE HAD ABOUT
TEN TRAVEL-RELATED CASES AND
THEY WERE ALL MANAGED VERY WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, COULD WE HAVE DONE
MORE?
RETROSPECTIVELY YOU COULD SAY
YES, YOU COULD HAVE SCREENED
MORE OR YOU COULD CHANGE YOUR
STYLES BUT AT THE TIME WE HAD
FEW CASES GLOBALLY AND IN
CANADA.
>> Mike: YOU CAN SEE MORE OF
ROSEMARY BARTON'S EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW WITH Dr. TAM TONIGHT
ON "The National" at
10:00 o'clock on CBC television.
>> Anita: CBC NEWS HAS LEARNED
AN EMPLOYEE AT THE SOUTH SURREY
WAL-MART HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID-19.
THEY LAST WORKED ON APRIL 16 AND
ANYONE WHO WAS AT THE STORE AND
HAD PROLONGED CONTACT IS TOLD TO
ISOLATE.
NOW, FEARS OF SHOPPING HAVE
DRIVEN PEOPLE TO GO ONLINE FOR
GROCERY DELIVERY BUT HUGE DEMAND
HAS LED TO LONG WAITS,
UNEXPECTED CANCELLATIONS AND
SOME ONLINE ORDERS, AND ALSO
HIDDEN COSTS.
ROSA MARCHITELLI LOOKS AT THOSE
STRUGGLING WHILE STAYING AT HOME
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
>> HERE'S MY FRIDGE...
>> Reporter: ANGELA KELLER
GAVE US A VIDEO TOUR OF WHAT'S
NOT IN HER FRIDGE.
THE 70-YEAR-OLD WAS TOLD HER
ONLINE ORDER WITH LOBLAWS WOULD
ARRIVE FOR TEN DAYS, ONLY TO
HAVE IT POSTPONED SEVERAL TIMES
AND AND THEN FLAT OUT CANCELLED.
>> I GET AN E-MAIL, YOUR
DELIVERY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO
REORDER.
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS MY
GOODNESS, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO
WAIT ANOTHER WEEK AND A HALF TO
TWO WEEKS?
>> LOBLAWS SAYS ONLINE ORDERS
VARIOUS DOUBLED IN RECENT WEEKS
BUT CANCELLATIONS ARE RARE.
GROCERY STORES AND DELIVERY
PARTNERS ARE WORKING TO CATCH UP
WITH THE DEMAND.
FOR NOW THEY LACK THE STAFF
ANDMOLOGY TO KEEP UP, SAYS THIS
FOOD ECONOMICS EXPERT.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE SEEN
THIS HUGE SPIKE AND THEY'VE BEEN
OVERWHELMED IN TERMS OF DEMAND.
>> Reporter: ENGLAND IS ONE
THING, COST ANOTHER.
MEDIA CHAUDHRY PLACED AN ONLINE
ORDER WHILE SHE AND HER FAMILY
WERE IN QUARANTINE AFTER
RETURNING FROM THE U.K. THROUGH
INSTACARD, A POPULAR THIRD PARTY
SHOPPING AND DELIVERY COMPANY.
CUSTOMERS USUALLY ONLY SEE THE
INSTACART RECEIPT BUT IN
CHAUDHRY'S CASE THE ORIGINAL
STORE RECEIPT WAS ALSO LEFT WITH
HER ORDER AND WHEN SHE COMPARED
THE TWO SHE REALIZED SHE WAS
CHARGED MORE THAN 20% EXTRA PER
ITEM, IN ADDITION TO SERVICE AND
DELIVERY FEES.
>> I FELT A LITTLE TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF, BECAUSE TO FULFILL
MY OBLIGATIONS FROM COMING BACK
FROM OVERSEAS I HAD TO USE AN
ONLINE DELIVERY.
>> Reporter: INSTACART TELLS
CBC ITS PRICING REFLECT STANDARD
SHOPPER'S DRUG MART STORE
PRICING AND IN CHAUDHRY'S CASE
IN-STORE PROMOTIONS WERE NOT
ABLE ONLINE.
OVERALL EXPERTS SAY EXPECT
PROBLEMS WITH THE SUDDEN SURGE
OF DEMAND.
THEIR ADVICE, PLAN WEEKS AHEAD
AND LOOK TO SMALLER RETAILERS
LIKE BAKERIES AND SPECIALTY
STORES IN YOUR AREA.
SOME ARE NOW TAKING ORDERS OVER
THE PHONE OR BY E-MAIL AND HAVE
STARTED DELIVERING.
ROSA MARCHITELLI, CBC NEWS,
CALGARY.
>> IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A WEEK
NOW SINCE THE HORRIFIC RAMPAGE
IN NOVA SCOTIA THAT REMPART 22
PEOPLE DEAD AND MORE -- LEFT 22
PEOPLE DEAD.
MORE STORIES ABOUT ITS IMPACT
ARE BEING SHARED INCLUDING WHAT
IT WAS LIKE IN THE LOCAL
EMERGENCY ROOM.
AS CAROLINE RHEA REPORTS, THE
SMALL EMERGENCY ROOMING AT THE
TRURO HOSPITAL FOUND ITSELF IN
AN UNIMAGINABLE SITUATION,
DEALING WITH A MASS SHOOTING IN
THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A
SITUATION STAFF IN THIS HOSPITAL
TRAINED FOR, SKILLS THEY NEVER
THOUGHT THEY WOULD USE.
LATE LAST SATURDAY THEY GOT THE
CALL.
SEVERAL PEOPLE SHOT IN NEARBY
PORTAPIQUE.
>> AS SOON AS WE GOT THE INITIAL
NOTIFICATION THAT WE MIGHT BE
RECEIVING PATIENT WE JUMPED INTO
ACTION.
>> Reporter: HOSPITAL STAFF
HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY FEEL THEIR EFFORTS PALE IN
COMPARISON TO THOSE WHO RISKED
THEIR LIVES OUT IN THE FIELD.
BUT INSIDE THE HOSPITAL THE
PANDEMIC WORKED IN THEIR FAVOUR.
THEY HAD EXTRA STAFF, SOME EMPTY
BEDS.
IT WAS A QUIET NIGHT.
FOUR DIFFERENT HEALTH CENTRES IN
THIS REGION WERE LOCKED DOWN.
THE TRURO POLICE CAME TO GUARD
THE DOORS.
WHILE THEY CAN'T SAY HOW MANY
VICTIMS WERE BROUGHT TO EACH
SITE, ALL THEY CAN SAY IS THAT
IT WAS PERSONAL.
>> BECAUSE THEY WERE SO WELL
CONNECTED THERE IS NO ONE IN OUR
DEPARTMENT THAT HASN'T BEEN
AFFECTED IN SOME WAY.
>> Reporter: AS THE NIGHT WENT
ON THE MOOD CHANGED.
THE RAMPAGE LEFT 22 DEAD.
ONLY A FEW SURVIVED.
>> I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN DESCRIBE
THE STILLNESS OF AN EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT THAT'S WAITING FOR
VICTIMS WHO DON'T COME.
YEAH, IT GOT MICHELE FOR SURE.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE FEW
WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE EMOTIONS.
LOSS IS EVERYWHERE.
BUT AS PEOPLE GRIEVE THEY'VE
STARTED TO SEEK HELP.
MANY HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIC
ADVERTISED BY THE KILLINGS.
THEY'RE TURNING TO THE HOSPITAL
DEPARTMENT, SOMETHING THEY
EXPECT TO SEE FOR MONTHS.
>> WE'RE PREPARED FOR WHAT
HAPPENS THROUGH OUR DOORS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE THE
COMMUNITY IN WHATEVER WAY WE
CAN.
>> THE HOSPITAL HAS RECEIVED
MENTION OF CONDOLENCES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
IT'S THAT COMFORT THAT IS
HELPING THEM MOVE FORWARD AFTER
SUFFERING SUCH AN INCREDIBLE
LOSS.
CAROLINE RHEA, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> TRANSLINK IS LOSING MORE THA.
COULD THAT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED AND
HOW MUCH WORSE COULD THINGSGET
IN THE AFTER THE BREAK, C.E.O.
KEVIN DESMOND IS HERE.
>> Mike: MORE NEWS COVERAGE
FOR YOU NOW AS WE STAY ONLINE
DURING THE TELEVISION COMMERCIAL
BREAK.
IN SOME SECTORS, IN SOME PARTS
OF CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD,
THE EASING OF COVID-19
RESTRICTIONS HAS BEGUN OR IS IN
THE PLANNING PHASE.
>> Anita: BUT THE PRIME
MINISTER CAUTIONS THAT DOESN'T
MEAN A RETURN TO THE WAY WE 
WERE.
IT SAID IT HAD NORMAL IS T.D.
NORMAL IS 1-T.D.
>> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:
THERE WILL BE DIFFERENCES EVEN A
FEW YEARS FROM NOW WE WILL HAVE
LEARNED FROM DEALING WITH THIS
GLOBAL PANDEMIC THAT WILL BE
IMPORTANT LESSONS.
>> Anita: OTTAWA AND THE
PROVINCES ARE WORKING ON
GUIDELINES FOR PLACES WHERE
RESTRICTIONS ARE LOOSENED.
BECAUSE THERE IS STILL NO PROOF
THAT HAVING HAD THE VIRUS MAKES
YOU IMMUNE TO REINFECTION,
KEEPING YOUR DISTANCE IS
CRITICAL.
>> ALL RIGHT, LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING TO PERHAPS KEEP YOU
BUSY?
HOW ABOUT PLANTING A VEGETABLE
GARDEN?
KNEE KNEE AS ALI CHIASSON
REPORTS, A NEW INITIATIVE GETS
PEOPLE GROWING FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES THEY CAN SHARE WITH
THEIR NEIGHBOURS.
>> HERBS LIKE DILL AND CILANTRO,
WE'VE GOT SQUASH.
>> Reporter: THE GARDENING
MOVEMENT IS REAL, AND IT IS
ORGANIZED.
>> BEANS, PEAS.
>> Reporter: BY PEOPLE LIKE
THIS GUY.
>> PERFECT BACKDROP, BY THE WAY.
>> I'M A PLANT FLED, YEAH.
>> Reporter: MARK STUART CAME
UP WITH THE FOOD UP FRONT
PROGRAM AS A WAY TO GET
NEIGHBOURS TO RECONNECT WITH
NATURE.
>> WE'VE GOT TWO CATEGORIES OF
PARTICIPANTS, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE
WHO JUST WANT TO GROW THEIR OWN
FOOD UP FRONT GARDEN, AND
DISPLAY A FOOD UP FRONT SIGN.
WE'RE DROPPING OFF SEED PACTS TO
THOSE PEOPLE TO JUST GET THEM
GROWING.
>> Reporter: THE OTHER FOLKS
ARE SERIOUS GARDENERS WHO HAVE
COMMITTED TO TURNING THEIR FRONT
LAWNS INTO VEGETABLE GARDENS.
>> THE IDEA IS TO HELP PEOPLE
ORGANIZE THEIR COMMUNITIES AND
DEVELOP FOOD STREETS SO YOU CAN
WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREET AND
SEE, TOMATOS AND SQUASH AND
LETTUCE GROWING, AND SHARE THE
PRODUCE AMONGST EVERYONE.
>> THIS IS THE LITTLE FRONT LAWN
THAT WE'RE GOING TO TURN INTO
FOOD PRODUCTION THIS YEAR.
>> Reporter: ABOUT 200 PEOPLE
AND COUNTING HAVE SIGNED UP,
LIKE LESLIE ANDERSON.
>> I AM NOT AN EXPERIENCED GREEN
THUMB.
I ONLY RECENTLY LEFT CONDOSVILLE
DOWNTOWN, SO THIS IS VERY MUCH A
BRAND-NEW ADVENTURE FOR ME WHICH
IS PART OF THE FUN OF IT.
WITH MY CHILDREN IT GIVES ME A
CHANCE NOW THAT WE GET TO GROW
TOGETHER, THE LITTLE ONE GETS TO
THINK ABOUT SEASONS, AND
WEATHER, THEY GET TO LEARN ABOUT
HOW PLANTS GROW.
THEY GET TO PLAY IN DIRT, AND
EVERY KID LOVES DIRT.
YES, THE OLDER KIDS, WE GET TO
TALK ABOUT FOOD SYSTEMS AND ALL
THE INVISIBLE LABOUR THAT'S
CONNECTED TO ALL THE FOOD THAT
WE EAT, IT DOESN'T JUST
MAGICALLY APPEAR IN THE GROCERY
STORE THE WAY WE TEND TO THINK
IT DOES.
>> Reporter: MARK STUART
PERSONALLY DELIVERED THE SEEDS
HE GOT FROM THE TORONTO SEED
LIBRARY.
>> HOW MUCH HAVE YOU BIKED IN
THE LAST WHILE?
>> I STOPPED COUNTING AFTER
ABOUT 300 KILOMETRES.
>> Reporter: FOR THE TEAM OF
VOLUNTEERS IT'S A LABOUR OF
LOVE.
THEN AGAIN, SO IS GARDENING.
>> IT CAN BE DONE WHILE
PRACTICING SAFE SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
YOU CAN BE OUT THERE GARDENING
AND SAY HI TO YOUR NEIGHBOURS
AND JUST BE A LITTLE FOR
CONNECTED WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND
YOU.
>> Reporter: ALI CHIASSON, CBC
NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Mike: AND HERE ARE SOME OF
THE STORIES WE'RE FOLLOWING
TONIGHT ON CBC VANCOUVER NEWS.
>> NOBODY WANTS TO SEE A
RESURGENCE SO WE ARE WATCHING
VERY CAREFULLY.
>> THREE MORE DEATHS, 15 NEW
CASES OF COVID-19 SINCE SATURDAY
IN B.C.
Dr. BONNIE HENRY SAYS THE
LATEST NUMBERS, THOUGH, SUGGEST
WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THE
POINT WHERE IT WILL BE POSSIBLE
TO START LIFTING SOME
RESTRICTIONS ON DAILY LIFE AND
BUSINESS ACTIVITY.
SHE SAYS A MADE IN B.C. PLAN FOR
THAT IS IN THE WORKS.
>> OUR LABOUR HAS ALSO GONE AND
UP SO HAVE THE EXPENSES,
OBVIOUSLY.
>> SMALL BUSINESSES CAN NOW
APPLY FOR THE CANADA EMERGENCY
WAGE SUBSIDY.
THE PROGRAM WILL COVER UP TO 75%
OF WAGES FOR BUSINESSES AFFECTED
BY COVID-19 THAT HAVE SEEN A
DROP IN REVENUE.
SOME LOCAL B.C. SHOPS HOPE THE
SUBSIDY WILL MEAN THEY'LL BE
ABLE TO BRING SOME STAFF THEY'VE
HAD TO LAY OFF.
>>> AMONG MORE THAN 1600 NEW
COVID-19 CASES IN CANADA TODAY,
QUEBEC'S NEW CASE TALLY WAGONS
THE HIGHEST AND SAW AN INCREASE
IN THE SECOND DAY FROM A ROW.
STILL; THE PROVINCE IS REVEALING
PARTIAL PLANS FOR EASING
COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS.
ALISON NORTHCOTT LOOKS INTO WHEN
SOME KIDS IN QUEBEC COULD HEAD
BACK TO THE CLASSROOM.
>> PATRICIA CLAIRMONT'S KIDS ARE
EAGER TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL BUT
SHE'S NERVOUS ABOUT THE
PROVINCE'S PLAN.
>> IF WE DON'T SUCCEED THIS
REOPENING, IT WOULD MEAN THAT WE
HAVE THEM CONFINING FOR NOTHING
AND IT WOULD BE A MAJOR FEELING
OF FAILING.
>> Reporter: TWO WEEKS FROM
TODAY, QUEBEC'S PREMIER SAYS
PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND DAYCARES
OUTSIDE THE GREATER MONTREAL
AREA WILL REOPEN.
IN MONTREAL, THE EPICENTER OF
QUEBEC'S OUTBREAK, IT'S A WEEK
LATER ON PLAY 19.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WON'T GO
BACK UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
>> THIS REOPENING WILL BE
GRADUAL.
>> LEGAULT ACKNOWLEDGES THE
VIRUS HAS HIT LONG-TERM CARE
HOMES HARD BUT SAYS FOR THOSE
LESS VULNERABLE, LIFE MUST GO
ON.
>> PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHILDREN,
CHILDREN, WILL BENEFIT THE MOST
FROM THE REMAINING SCHOOL WEEKS,
ESPECIALLY CHILDREN IN
DIFFICULTY.
>> IT WON'T BE MANDATORY, AND IT
WILL ONLY HAPPEN IF THE
SITUATION IN HOSPITALS REMAINS
STABLE.
SCHOOLS WILL HAVE TO IMPOSE
PHYSICAL DISTANCING MEASURES AND
HAVE CLASSES WITH NO MORE THAN
15 STUDENTS.
DAY CARE TEACHERS WILL HAVE
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND FEWER
KIDS.
PATRICIA ROAKE IS RELIEVED HER
TWO-YEAR-OLD CAN SOON RETURN TO
DAY CARE.
>> I'VE SEEN HER PERSONALITY GO
FROM AN EXTROVERTED BUBBLY CHILD
TO A MORE INTROVERTED, WITHDRAWN
AND CLINGY TODDLER, AND IT
UPSETS ME.
SHE NEEDS TO HAVE HER PEER
GROUP.
>> Reporter: BUT TEACHERS'
UNIONS HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
>> I JUST FEEL THAT TEACHERS
WERE NOT REASSURED TODAY.
YOU'VE GOT THESE CONDITIONS THAT
WEREN'T VERY GOOD TO BEGIN WITH,
SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS, REALLY
GILLER DIFFICULT WORKING
CONTINUES AND NOW YOU'VE ADDED
ON TOP OF THAT COVID-19.
>> Reporter: THE PROVINCE SAYS
THROUGH ALL OF THIS; PUBLISH
HEALTH MEASURES LIKE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING WILL STAY IN PLACE
AND THAT FOLLOWING THEM REMAINS
CRUCIAL.
ALISON NORTHCOTT, CBC NEWS,
MONTREAL.
>> Mike: ONTARIO REVEALED A
LESS SPECIFIC PLAN TODAY, WITH
NO DATES FOR RESTARTING
ANYTHING.
BUT AS JACQUELINE HANSEN SHOWS
SUSS, THERE WERE HINTS OF JUST
HOW LONG IT COULD TAKE TO BEGIN
REOPENING THAT PROVINCE.
>> Reporter: DON'T EXPECT TO
CHEER ON ACTORS.
OR ATHLETES IN ONTARIO ANYTIME
SOON.
SPORTING EVENT AND CONCERTS
AROUND EVEN PART OF THE
PROVINCE'S PLAN TO REOPEN.
>> NO ONE WANTS TO OPEN UP THE
ECONOMY MORE THAN I DO.
>> Reporter: PREMIER DOING
FORD IS EAGER BUT CAUTIOUS.
>> WE'VE COME SO FAR WITH THIS
FIGHT, AND WE JUST DON'T WANT TO
GIVE UP.
>> Reporter: ALONG WITH
ENSURING CAPACITY IN HOSPITALS
AND RAMPING UP CONTACT TRACING,
THE PROVINCE SAYS NEW CASES MUST
GO DOWN CONSISTENTLY FOR TWO TO
FOUR WEEKS.
THEN STAGE 1 CAN START, WITH
REOPENING SELECT WORKPLACES AND
ALLOWING SMALL GATHERINGS.
NEXT, MORE WORKPLACES AND BIGGER
GATHERINGS AND THE FINAL STAGE
INCLUDES ALL WORKPLACES.
BUT THE PROVINCE DIDN'T SAY
WHICH BUSINESSES WILL BE ALLOWED
TO OPEN FIRST OR WHEN.
>> SINK IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY
WISE TO BE -- I THINK IT'S
PRETTY WISE TO BE HESITANT ABOUT
MAKING DECLARATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN.
IF WE KNOW ANYTHING, THIS IS NOT
A PREDICTABLE SITUATION.
>> Reporter: STILL, SOME WANT
TO KNOW MORE SO THEY CAN START
PREPARING.
>> ACCESS TO P.P.E. OR THE
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IS
THE MAIN ISSUE HERE.
>> Reporter: MANY DENTISTS
DONATESSED THEIR EQUIPMENT TO
HOSPITAL WORKERS.
>> AND NOW AS THOSE RESTRICTIONS
ARE GOING TO LOOSEN UP THE
PROFESSION AND ALL DENTISTS
ACROSS THE PROVINCE WILL BE
LOOKING TO GAIN ACCESS.
>> WE'LL HAVE TO STERILIZE
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING AFTER
EVERY CLIENT, YOU KNOW, GIVE
THEM A NEW GOWN, OF COURSE.
>> Reporter: THIS HAIRSTYLE
CYST WANTS TO WAIT UNTIL THE
CASE NUMBERS COME DOWN SO SECOND
FEEL A LITTLE SAFER.
>> I DON'T THINK I WOULD LIKE TO
GO BACK AS OF YET.
>> Reporter: SO THE PROVINCE'S
BIG PICTURE TIMELINE ISN'T THE
ONLY ONE THAT MATTERS S IT COULD
STILL TAKE LONGER TO BUILD BACK
THE CONFIDENCE OF WORKERS AND
CUSTOMERS.
JACQUELINE HANSEN, CBC NEWS IS
IT, TORONTO.
>> Anita: WE KNOW SO MANY
BUSINESSES AND COUNTRIES ARE
STRUGGLING, MANY CUTTING
SERVICES ARE CLOSING ALTOGETHER.
BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR IS RELIED
ON A LOT.
TRANSLINK HAS SAID IT'S
LOSING $75 MILLION A MONTH.
ONE REASON, RIDERSHIP IS BEING
DOWN, MEANING THE FUTURE OF
TRANSIT IN THE LOWER MAINLAND
MAY NEVER BE THE SAME.
WITH US TONIGHT IS TRANSLINK
C.E.O. KEVIN DESMOND.
>>> Mr. DESMOND, THE BUS
ROUTES TRANSLINK SUSPENDED OR
ANNOUNCED IT IS SUSPENDING MAKE
UP 4% OF RIDERSHIP IF THE
FINANCIAL FUTURE AND PICTURE IS
SO BLEAK, WHY WEREN'T THESE CUT
SOONER?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK FOR
HAVING ME ON TONIGHT.
WHY DID, WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY
LOSING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
MONEY BECAUSE RIDERSHIP IS DOWN
A LOT, ABOUT 83% AND GAS TAX
REFUSE FLU IS DOWN BECAUSE
PEOPLE AREN'T DRIVING.
FOR THE FIRST MONTH OR SO OF THE
CRISIS, WE WERE JUST STRUGGLING
TO HOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
REIMAGINE, PRYING SERVICE TO
ESSENTIAL WORKERS, EVEN WITH
THAT 838% REDUCTION IN
RIDERSHIP, WE ESTIMATE WE'RE
TRANSPORTING OVER 757,000
INDIVIDUALS A DAY ON ABOUT A
QUARTER MILLION TRIPS AND WE HAD
TO REDUCE THE CAPACITY, OF OUR
BUSES BEFORE SERVICE REDUCTIONS
BY 70%.
A FEW WEEKS AGO WE ELIMINATED
EVERY OTHER SEAT ON THE BUS, WE
BLOCKED OFF EVERY OTHER SEAT ON
THE BUS TO HELP ENFORCE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND WE'RE TRYING TO
DISCOURAGE STANDEES ON THE BUS.
RIGHT OFF THE BAT THESE ROUTES
OR OUR SERVICE'S EFFECTIVE
CAPACITY WAS REDUCED.
WE ALSO THEN TRIED TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE PATTERNS OF RIDERSHIP
WERE.
WE DOAN WANT TO DISENFRANCHISE
ANYBODY.
SO THESE ROUTES THAT WERE
SUSPENDED LAST WEEK AND THEN THE
ADDITIONAL ROUTES WHICH WILL BE
SUSPENDED IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY,
YES, THEY DO IN FACT PROVIDE
LESS RIDERSHIP THAN OTHER WOULD
YOU TELL US AND THEY CAN HELP
SAVE SOME MONEY.
BUT WE NEEDED TO BEST UNDERSTAND
WHERE THE PATTERNS ARE.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE TOO MANY
PEOPLE OUT IN THE COLD, AS IT
WERE.
>> I KNOW TRANSLINK HAS SEVERAL
BIG PARTICULAR PROJECTS ON THE
DOCKET, SO HOW DO YOU GUARANTEE
THOSE PROJECTS, LIKE BROUGHT
WAY, SUBWAY, SURREY SKYTRAIN
EXTENSION; ETCETERA, WILL MOVE
FORWARD GIVEN THIS FINANCIAL
PICTURE?
>> WELL, LOOK, I CAN'T GUARANTEE
ANYBODY ANYTHING AT THIS POINT
IN TIME.
WE'RE ABOUT SIX WEEKS INTO THIS
CRISIS.
WE HAVE A LONG, LONG WAY TO GO.
WE ESTIMATE OUR REVENUE LOSS
THIS YEAR TO BE ANYWHERE IN THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD OF 6
TO $700 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL
RED INK FLEX YEAR AS WELL.
NEXT YEAR WE'RE VERY MUCH
FOCUSED ON HOW WE CAN CONTAIN
SOME OF OUR SPENDING, HOW WE CAN
WORK WITH PARTNERS TO RECOVER AT
LEAST PORTIONS OF THOSE REVENUES
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE.
WOULD HE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS
ABOUT WHERE AND HOW OUR SPENDING
CAN SUPPORT BOTH THE PRIGS OF
SERVICE PRECOVID-19 AND THE
MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
I WILL SAY THE CAPITAL PROJECTS,
NO. 1, THEY'RE HEAVILY FUNDED BY
SENIOR GOVERNMENT, ROUGHLY 70 TO
80% OF THE BROADWAY SUBWAY, FOR
EXAMPLE, IS FUNDED BY SENIOR
GOVERNMENT, THE SAME 70 TO 80%,
ROUGHLY, IS FUNDING THE SURREY
LANGLEY SKYTRAIN.
NO. 1.
NUMBER 2, THOSE PROJECTS WERE
JUSTIFIED AT THE TIME THEIR
BUSINESS CASES WERE REVIEWED,
AND IN THE FUTURE I BELIEVE
THEY'LL STILL BE JUSTIFIED EVEN
AS WE UNDERSTAND HOW LIFE AND
SOCIETY CHANGES POST-COVID, AND
NUMBER 3, THOSE PROJECTS CREATE
JOBS.
THEY'RE VERY TYPICAL PUBLIC
SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING.
IT'S VIEWED AS A STIMULUS TO AN
ECONOMY.
SO PULLING BACK ON BIG
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS,
CERTAINLY AT THIS TIME I THINK
IS PREMATURE TO BE THINKING
ABOUT.
>> Anita: FAIR ENOUGH.
FINAL QUESTION HERE, BONNIE
HENRY SAID TODAY THAT
TRANSMISSION IN PUBLIC TRANSIT
IS VERY RARE AROUND THE WORLD.
COULD SOME OF THE CHANGES MADE
TO PUBLIC TRANSIT BE EASED SOON?
TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE BACK
DOOR BOARDING WHICH FORCED BUSES
TO BE FREE.
>> GREAT QUESTION.
WE ARE ENGAGED WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH AND LISTENING TO
Dr.-EACH AND EVERY DAY.
WE'RE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT
THIS RECOVERY PHASE:
HOW DO WE START INVITING OUR
CUSTOMERS BACK WITH CONFIDENCE
IN THE PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM?
WE NEED TO TAKE GUIDANCE FROM
PUBLIC HEALTH.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO DO OUR OWN
THINKING AS AN INDUSTRY AND HERE
IN METRO VANCOUVER ABOUT HOW TO
GET PEOPLE CONFIDENT TO TAKE
PUBLIC TRANSIT AGAIN.
>> WE WANT TO TAKE LEADERSHIP
SHIP AND GUIDANCE FROM PUBLIC
HEALTH AND IN-COOPERATE THAT
INTO A NEW WAY OF PROVIDING
SERVICE SO PEOPLE HAVE COMFORT
THAT THEY CAN COME BACK AND TAKE
A BUS AND TAKE SKYTRAIN.
>> ARE YOU WORRIED PEOPLE WILL
BE FEARFUL AND WILL AVOID BUS
AND SKYTRAIN FOR A LONG TIME,
EVEN AFTER RESTRICTIONS ARE
EASED?
>> MY COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD, THERE IS WHAT WE'RE ALL
THINKING ABOUT, IS HOW THIS
CRISIS MIGHT CHANGE, HOW PEOPLE
INTERACT WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT IN
MAJOR URBAN CENTRES LIKE
VANCOUVER.
SO IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE
THINKING ABOUT, THIS NEW SOCIAL
DISTANCING WORLD THAT WE'RE ALL
GETTING USED TO.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT PUBLIC
TRANSIT, HOW DOES IT AFFECT MY
INDIVIDUAL DECISION TO TAKE
TRANSIT?
DO I HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE?
SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ALL
THE STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO BRING
PEOPLE BACK TO TAKING PUBLIC
TRANSIT.
I'M CONVINCED THAT PUBLIC
TRANSIT IS STILL GOING TO PLAY A
VERY IMPORTANT AND VITAL
FUNCTION AND THOSE ONE AND A
HALF MILLION PEOPLE A DAY TAKING
TRANSIT PRECOVID, SOONER OR
LATER THEY'LL WANT TO COME BACK
TO A STRONG SYSTEM THAT THEY
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN USING EVERY
DAY.
>> TRANSLINK C.E.O. KEVIN
DESMOND, THANK YOU FOR BEING ON
THE SHOW TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Mike: IT'S COMING UP ON
6:43 AND THERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT
DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER TONIGHT.
THE SUN IS STILL OUT.
PRETTY DECENT DAY, IN FACT, ON
THE SOUTH COAST, BUT WILL THE
SUN RETURN TOMORROW?
WE'LL FIND OUT IN BRETT'S
>> Mike: OVERNIGHT FLOODING
HAS OFFICIALS IN FORT
McMURRAY, ALBERTA ASKING FOR
HELP FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE THERE AND
IN SURROUNDING AREAS HAVE BEEN
FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES.
>> Anita: THERE'S A BOIL WATER
ADVISORY.
AS RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN REPORTS,
THE PANDEMIC IS COMPLICATING AN
ALREADY DIFFICULT SITUATION.
>> Reporter: IT TOOK JUST ONE
NIGHT.
>> IT WAS SOMETHING TO SEE.
>> Reporter: BRENDA MACLEAN
COULDN'T QUITE BELIEVE HER EYES.
>> THE RIVER FLOWING A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION, AND SAW IT GOING
BACKWARDS INSTEAD OF GOING
AHEAD.
>> Reporter: THE CAUSE, CHUNKS
OF ICE, BLOCK BEING THE
ATHABASCA RIVER DURING ITS
SPRING THAW.
>> AREAS DOWNTOWN WERE CREEPING
CLOSER AND CLOSER TO MY SPOT.
>> Reporter: JOSEPH'S
APARTMENT BUILDING WAS ABOUT TO
BE FLOODED WHETHER A COUPLE OF
GOOD SAMARITANS SWUNG BY AND GOT
HIM OUT OF THERE.
>> THESE TWO GUYS IN A BOAT WERE
LIKE HEY, MAN, YOU NEED TO GET
EVACUATED?
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 10,000
PEOPLE ARE IN NEED OF HELP IN
FORT McMURRAY AND SURROUNDING
AREAS, NOW, DUE TO THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC,
UNEMPLOYMENT IS SOARING, WHICH
HAS FORCED SOME TO USE THE LOCAL
FOOD BANK.
>> COVID HAS SORT OF CREATED ITS
OWN SORT OF MICROCOSM OF HOW
WE'RE DEALING WITH THINGS.
>> Reporter: DAN EDWARDS SAYS
ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THAT THE FOOD
BANK ITSELF HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY
THE WATER.
>> THERE WILL LIKELY BE FOOD
LOST BUT AT THIS POINT I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THAT IS GOING TO
EQUATE TO.
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, THE
REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY IS ASKING
OTTAWA FOR MILITARY SUPPORT AS
IT JUGGLINGS OTHER EMERGENCIES.
>> THE FACT THAT FLOODING SEASON
AND IN DUE COURSE FOREST FIRE
SEASON IS COINCIDING WITH
ADVISOR IN CANADA IS SUPPOSING
SPECIAL CHALLENGES.
>> Reporter: CHALLENGES LIKE
OBSERVING CORONAVIRUS PROTOCOLS
DURING THIS CRISIS.
>> THERE ARE CONSIDERATIONS, FOR
EXAMPLE, IN EVACUATION CENTRES
THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING THE
PHYSICAL DISTANCING MEASURES,
AND SANITATION MEASURES THAT
NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE.
>> Reporter: IN THE MEANTIME,
WITH HOTELS ALMOST FULL, SOME
RESIDENTS ARE BEING LODGED AT
OIL SANDS WORK CAMPS FOR NOW.
RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS,
EDMONTON.
>> Mike: METEOROLOGIST BRETT
SODERHOLM JOINS US NOW.
CONDITIONS NOT GREAT IN FORT
MAC, BRETT.
>> Brett: NO, ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE OF THE WARM TEMPERATURES
MUCH THAT WAS PREDOMINANTLY WHAT
SET EVERYTHING IN MOTION, ON
SATURDAY, THE TOWN GOT UP TO
OVER 20º, WHICH IS UNUSUAL FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR.
WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH ICE
THAT WAS BLOCK BEING THE
ATHABASCA RIVER YOU GET THE
SITUATION WE JUST SAW.
THIS IS A RARE EVENT IN TERMS OF
WHAT HAPPENED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, THE
ATHABASCA RIVER WOULD GENERALLY
SNOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE
NORTHEAST.
THIS ENDED UP CAUSED AN ICE JAM
THAT PRESENT PREVENTED RIVER
FROM FLOWING AS NORMAL IS IT
REVERSED DIRECTION AND THIS
CAUSED FLOODING IN TOWN AND
WOULD HAPPEN ONCE EVERY 20
YEARS.
THIS IS NOT A NORMAL PROTOCOL
FOR THEM AND THEY WOULD EXPECT
NORMALLY FOR THE ICE JAMS TO NOT
REALLY BE AN ISSUE, THEY WOULD
INSTEAD THE ICE TO BREAK UP AS
IT NORMALLY WOULD.
QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE SITUATION
HERE AND BACK ON THIS SIDE OF
THE MOUNTAINS WE ARE WORRIED
ABOUT FLOODING WITHIN THE
INTERIOR OF B.C.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME A BIT OF
GOOD NEWS TO SHARE IS THAT
CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE
LOOKING RELATIVELY STABLE, IN
TERMS OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT
LOOKING AT EXTREME SWINGS IN
TEMPERATURE, THOUGH WE'RE
EXPECTING A BIG SYSTEM TO BRING
WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE COAST,
ANYWHERE FROM HAIDA GWAII DOWN
TO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
VANCOUVER ISLAND, ALL IN THIS
TOGETHER BEINGS DRY CONDITIONS
EXPECTED FOR THE CARIBOO, THE
CHILCOTIN AND THE KOOTENAYS.
IN TERMS OF THE TIMING OF OUR
RAIN HERE IN THE SOUTH COAST, IT
IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT THE
REST OF TONIGHT AND INTO THE
EVENING IS GOING TO BE
RELATIVELY DRY AM WE'RE NOT
SEEING ANY SHOWERS UNTIL
ESSENTIALLY TOMORROW INTO THE
LATE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON.
THESE ARE GOING TO COME ON
QUICKLY AND THEN DISSIPATE
FAIRLY QUICKLY AS WELL AND
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE
AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN, SAY, 5
MILLIMETRES OR SO.
TEMPERATURE WISE WE'LL BE CLOSE
TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE, A LITTLE
ON THE COOL SIDE BECAUSE OF THE
INCREASED CLOUD COVER, AND SOME
OF THAT RAIN, BUT IF YOU PAY
ATTENDING, ALL THE WARMTH IS
GOING TO BE IN THE INTERIOR.
PARTS OF THE OKANAGAN GETTING
CLOSER TO THE MID 20S.
>> AS FAR AS THE FIVE-DAY
FORECAST IS CONCERNED IN
VANCOUVER, IT'S GOING TO BE
UNSETTLED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A DRY SPELL
FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY, AND
FRIDAY WILL BE THE FIRST DAY OF
MAY SO THAT WILL PUT AN END TO A
REMARKABLY DRY PERIOD OF WEATHER
HERE IN THE MONTH OF APRIL IN
VANCOUVER.
>> Mike: ALL RIGHT, BRETT,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> WE WANT TO PASS ALONG
CONGRATULATIONS TO A COUPLE OF
OUR CBC VANCOUVER COLLEAGUES,
BECAUSE CBC VANCOUVER PHOTO
JOURNALISTS HAVE WON NATIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS FROM THE NEWS
PHOTOGRAPHERS' ASSOCIATION OF
CANADA.
>> YES, HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO
BEN NEL M.S., AWARDED PHOTO
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR IN THE
13th ANNUAL NATIONAL PICTURES
OF THE YEAR AWARDS COMPETITION
FOR A PORTFOLIO OF WORK, LOOK AT
THESE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS.
HE'S APPROVAL BEEN NOMINATED FOR
MULTIPLE AWARDS WINNING FOR
PHOTO STORY OF THE YEAR IN 2012.
>>> AND MAGGIE McMER SON WAS
AWARDED FIRST PLACE IN THE
PERSONALITY CATEGORY FOR HER
INTIMATE PORTRAITS OF STEPHEN
RED ROBINSON, A FORMER RESIDENT
OF OPPENHEIMER PARK RECALL
MAGGIE AND BEN ARE PLAYING,
WE'RE THRILLED THEY'RE WITH US
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF
YOU TONIGHT.
>> HOW A TEEN FROM MISSISSAUGA
GOOD THE STAR ROLE IN A NEW
NETFLIX SERIES THAT'S PUSHING
BOUNDARIES.
THAT'S COMING
♪
>> THIS IS A CALL OUT TO ANY
JUNIOR SCAVENGER HUNTERS.
CBC VANCOUVER'S DIGITAL
SCAVENGER HUT IS TAKING PLACE
APRIL 27 TO MAY 1.
KIDS OF ALL AGES CAN TAKE PART
FROM HOME.
PARTICIPATE EVERY DAY FOR MORE
CHANCES TOO WIN A LIMITED
EDITION CBC VANCOUVER BACKPACK
FULL OF PRIZES.
PLUS YOU COULD SCORE AN INVITE
TO AN EXCLUSIVE ONLINE CONCERT
WITH WILL STROKE FROM WILL'S
JAM.
FOR MORE INFO HEAD TO
CBC.CA/SAVAGENINGERHUNT.
 SCAVENGER HUNT.
>> A CANADIAN TEENAGER IS THE
STAR OF A NEW COMEDY SERIES ON
NETFLIX, A ROLE SHE WON AFTER
APPLYING ONLINE WITH NO
PROFESSIONAL ACTING EXPERIENCE.
>> WE HAVE MORE ON HER BIG BREAK
AND HOW THE SERIES HOPES TO BE
THE VICARIOUS HIGH SCHOOL
EXPERIENCE YOUNG PEOPLE NEED
RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS YEAR WE'RE REBRANDSING.
WE'RE WOMEN OF COLOUR WHO
DESERVE A SEXY HIGHLY SCHOOLER'S
LIFE.
>> SHE ANSWERED A CASTING CALL
PUT OUT OWN SOCIAL MEDIA LAST
YEAR AND TO HER SURPRISE, GOT A
RESPONSE.
>> I READ THE E-MAIL THINKING
THE STANDARD MUST HAVE BEEN SET
LOW, LIKE I WASN'T TOO EXCITED,
I WAS OKAY, THIS IS LIKE AN
AUTOMATED E-MAIL.
>> Reporter: FAR FROM IT.
THE MISSISSAUGA NATIVE WAS
CHOSEN FROM 15,000 HOPEFULS TO
PLAY THE LEADS IN THE NEW TEAM
COMEDY "NEVER HAVE I EVER."
HER ONLY PREVIOUS ACTING
EXPERIENCE, A HIGH SCHOOL
PRODUCTION OF "CHIGAGO"."
>> IT COULD HAVE GONE SO BADLY.
>> THE COCREATE OTHER SAYS THEY
TOOK A CHANCE AND IT PAID OFF.
>> SHE BROUGHT A FRESHNESS.
>> NEVER HAVE I EVER FOLLOWS
FIRST GENERATION INDIAN AMERICAN
DAVIE, A TEENAGER CAUGHT BETWEEN
TWO CULTURES AND REELING FROM
THE DEATH OF HER FATHER.
>> YOU LOOK LIKE AN INDIAN
KARDASHIAN.
>> THE STREAMING SERVICE REPORTS
NEARLY 16 MILLION NEW
SUBSCRIBERS AMID GLOBAL LOCK I
DON'T UNDERSTANDS AND MAY TAKE
ON ADDED PRESENCE NANCES HAS
DETRIED TEENS OF HANGING OUT
TOGETHER AND CANCELLED PROM.
>> IT'S STRESSFUL FOR A TEEN TO
BE ABLE TO THINK OF SOME OF THE
ISSUES YOU'RE ALSO DEALING WITH,
SEEING THAT REPRESENTED ON
SCREEN I THINK IS HELPFUL.
>> I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE LAST
YEAR SUCKED FOR A PLAYOFF
REASONS.
>> WHEN I HOPE IS THAT TEENAGERS
WATCHING THIS WILL SEE THERE'S
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
>> Reporter: SOMETHING RAMA
OCCASION NAN SAYS TEENS LIKE
HERSELF COULD USE MORE THAN
EVER.
CBC NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
>> AND SHE WAS CHOSEN FROM
15,000 APPLICANTS.
THAT'S JUST AMAZING.
NEVER HAVE I EVER.
ANITA, HEAR IT'S MAYBE A LITTLE
RISQUE?
>> BAUGH BUT THAT'S WHAT KIDS
ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE DAYS,
ALL THE TOPICS COVERED IN THIS.
WHO ARE WE TO SAY IT'S RISQUE, I
GUESS.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR
TONIGHT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS FINDS OUR NEWS
PROGRAM ONLINE, CBC.CA/BC DAN IS
HERE AT 11 WILL BE BUT BEFORE WE
GO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS,
SOME VIDEO OF A GREAT HORNED OWL
MOM AND HER THREE FLUFFY CHICKS.
THESE PHOTOS TAKEN BY CBC
LISTENER CLAUDE RIOUX NEAR
VERNON IN THE OKANAGAN.
SO CUTE.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
