CBC News: The National | Ukraine attacked, Weinstein trial, Fred VanVleet
[Music] tonight Russian missiles hit buildings and streets and cities across Ukraine the war against civilians Putin need Ukraine without ukrainians Briar Stewart on an escalation being met with fresh anger the heightened Stakes as Harvey Weinstein goes on trial again so that's nine people who are going to testify about Weinstein's sexual assaults the Raptors on court leader offers Community mentorship I'm not going to come live in this beautiful city enjoy all the fruits of the labor and all the accolades without paying some of that back Jamie poisson sits down with Fred Van Fleet this is the national with David Coleman thanks for being with us Adrian is away tonight a dramatic escalation in Ukraine Russia unleashing a deadly wave of missile and drone attacks hitting civilian targets across the country foreign blasted Keef and other major cities killing at least 14 wounding many more Vladimir Putin ordered these strikes in retaliation he says for an attack on an important Russian bridge in occupied Crimea and with his War stalling there is concern these attacks signal a brutal new shift in strategy after months of relative calm tonight the war has fallen hard on the capital Keef Breyer Stewart is in Ukraine in a city that today came under attack and she looks at the impact there and across the country the horrors of War right in Ukraine's capital A barrage so intense that even in the early days of the invasion Keith wasn't attacked like this for hours the missiles just kept coming as Rescuers rushed to treat the wounded residents headed underground really I think because they are battles that's it they want to destroy our people our infrastructure everything I really don't know and I'm extremely angry you know Russia called this an attack against critical infrastructure but why then a blast near a playground if the war against civilians Putin need Ukraine without ukrainians Ukraine says the strikes were designed to maximize loss of life taking place as people were on their way to work and school this young woman was near a university filming a message after one explosion when there was another strike other cities across the country were also hit including leviv in the Far West and nepro in the South these two explosions killed at least four people who were on a bus nearby at the time one of the missiles struck this street in ipro and you can see at this giant crater just where it landed now it's starting to be filled in now but it's believed that the intended target was actually this building which at one time was a telecommunications hub this afternoon Crews quickly got to work cleaning up the debris and filling the hole but it's much harder to sweep away the trauma it's a good thing my child was sleeping and didn't hear any of this says this woman because the first time this happened and they were bombing for two days she was really scared this man's bar was destroyed in the blast but not his result we had fear on the 24th of February back then everyone was afraid and worried now there's no fear just hatred for these people nothing more because the attacks damaged the power of great officials are asking people to conserve electricity but otherwise daily life has resumed even if many might feel more uneasy the next time a siren sounds Briar Stewart CBC News nipro as we have seen before ukrainians pulled together during these attacks today singing to each other as they sheltered underground in the capital [Applause] hundreds in this Keith Metro station sang a traditional Ukrainian folk song titled oh in the cherry garden and in video posted by a former Ukrainian Diplomat these kids inside a bomb shelter sang Ukraine's national anthem Russian missiles have hit civilian targets before but some observers say these attacks could be a sign of desperation as much as strategy Chris Brown explains on the ground Russia's military campaign is stalled Ukraine is reclaiming territory and thousands of new call-ups such as these reservists may not be enough to save Vladimir Putin's Army from humiliation so instead and as he's done repeatedly Putin ordered his military to kill Ukrainian civilians by firing salvos of cruise missiles and raining down death from the skies [Music] Putin explained the escalation in a taped video address to his Security Council if Ukraine's attempts to carry out acts of terrorism on our territory continue Russia's response will be harsh he said Putin is referring to this presumed Ukrainian attack over the weekend on his pet project the bridge to Crimea vehicles are moving across it again but the damage is underscored the vulnerability of an essential Russian Supply route Putin is also under pressure from within to do something to turn the war around he's cut a deal with one of his only allies Alexander lukashenka of Belarus they're going to form new combat units although it's not clear how they'll be deployed and he's appointed a new Commander for the Ukraine war Sergey sarovicin who was Notorious for killing civilians in Syria if anything it'll Harden Ukrainian resolve it'll Harden the support that Ukraine is getting this war studies expert says Putin attacking civilians is a sign of desperation the hardliners now claim to be satisfied their problem of course is that none of this wins the war with all the strikes against civilian targets Putin is signaling he's prepared to keep escalating to win but the next move may come from the west and whether countries will increase their supplies of weapons to Ukraine in response Chris Brown CBC News London let's pick up where Chris left off with Tom Nichols staff writer at the Atlantic and a retired professor at the U.S naval war College uh Tom this is an escalation the ukrainians of course have been fighting this conflict with Western weapons does this change anything in terms of Western support I think all it does is just make the case for why the West is supporting Ukraine and and hardens that resolve the Russians think that attacking civilians will somehow break the will of the ukrainians or uh the rest of the world helping them and I I think that's just one of many miscalculations Putin's made since the beginning of this war the presumed Ukrainian attack on the bridge certainly a propaganda win but the question is is it part of some larger strategy that the ukrainians have to to push even more deeply into russian-occupied land I don't think the ukrainians are um trying to push more deeply into Russian occupied land they're engaging in a counter-offensive to dislodge Russian forces um from Ukrainian territory at this point um I don't think the Crimean bridge is is one way or another particular part of that strategy they're going on the offensive because Russian military performance has been so poor that the opportunity has been there for them to take it the question of course is where are we headed as as we see more escalation as this counter-offensive by the ukrainians continues to succeed do you have any sense of where we're heading I don't think anybody really knows how this warrants the only person who can really bring it to a close at this point is Vladimir Putin um it was his decision to begin this war and it has to be at this point his decision to to end it and I don't think there's any chance of that happening anytime soon all right Tom Nichols thanks very much thank you my Mars Rockets are seen as a game changer on the battlefield allowing the ukrainians to precisely strike Russian targets at a far distance and when Ukraine's allies meet this week the U.S is expected to provide more of them Canada's defense minister will be part of that discussion about weapons transfers and tomorrow U.S President Joe Biden will convene a virtual meeting of G7 leaders to talk about what more can be done to counter Russia's invasion now many ukrainians have fled including those who found safety in this country and they are now marking their first Thanksgiving as Julia Wong shows us the holiday comes with a lot of conflicting emotions Alexander polishuk's children are safe in this Edmonton playground but the missiles striking Ukraine are not far from his mind it's I think it's like a terrorism because people sleep at the night and rockets fly and push in and some people die polish shook his wife and four young Sons arrived in Canada in June his boys have started school and he and his wife are working this long weekend they're celebrating their first Thanksgiving balancing feelings of gratitude with knowing loved ones could be under attack it's little hard but in a normal time but these things what we need to say thank you because we're now in a safe place Eugenie riverworks family of three moved in with a Montreal couple after they fled Ukraine they also took in 13 others over the months many of them reunited to celebrate the holiday weekend together but River Rook still wrestles with what he left behind emotional not good because you sometimes think about how how our family there and uh what they will do it in Winnipeg Svetlana polajiva is getting last minute items to round out her first Thanksgiving while distressed by the escalating attacks my biggest worry for Ukraine is that people are dying children are dying so polishiva is focusing on what she can control I'm thankful for um you know being alive if we are alive it means that we I have to do our best to go on our living as for Paula shook he's living the best he can while keeping loved ones close we pray all days for Ukraine and for my city and for my friends and parents and he says he hopes one day they can go home Julia Wong CBC News Edmonton food banks across the country are seeing a rise in demand this Thanksgiving biggest lineups I've ever seen for our Thanksgiving meal the CEO of the Ottawa Mission says that that mission will have served about 12 000 Meals by the end of the week that record high reflecting the severe impact on so many of the rising cost of food [Music] same sentiment in Vancouver at the Union Gospel Mission which saw more young families this weekend that rising cost of food also means added costs for these meals Harvey Weinstein is before the courts again this time in Los Angeles he was already found guilty of sexual assault and rape in a New York Court and sentenced to 23 years in prison as Katie Simpson tells us this time it could be longer Harvey Weinstein is facing a jury of his peers for a second time returning to Los Angeles the city he once ruled as a powerful film Mogul as an ill and aging previously convicted sex offender this day has is long overdue for Mr Weinstein to appear in a Los Angeles County courtroom on these very serious charges against him Weinstein is facing 11 charges including rape and sexual assault he has pleaded not guilty the trial is expected to last eight weeks with the defense putting nine different women on the stand all alleging Weinstein attacked them they've got a strong case uh they've got five uh Jane Doe victims and four uh other Witnesses once considered one of the most influential men in Hollywood Weinstein is already serving a separate 23-year sentence after being convicted of two sex offenses in a New York Court but after his lawyers argued he did not get a fair trial in August a judge granted him a chance to appeal raising the stakes ahead of this second trial if he is somehow able to have a meritorious appeal then it he would go free but for the LA case so that makes the LA case quite substantial more than 90 women have come forward to accuse Weinstein of a wide range of sexual misconduct his downfall fueling the metoo movement actress Caitlin Delaney is among the accusers her thoughts right now are with the other alleged victims I think about them in those hotel rooms and um I I want I want Justice for them if Weinstein is found guilty he could face a life sentence and while some legal analysts argue prosecutors have a strong case they also acknowledge Weinstein has hired some of the best defense attorneys in the state Katie Simpson CBC News Washington rapper Kanye West has been locked out of his Twitter and Instagram accounts again after he posted anti-semitic messages he's now known as just yea and had posts on both platforms pulled down for threatening harm to Jewish people earlier this month he was criticized for wearing a white lives matter t-shirt at his Paris Fashion Week show it's unknown how long the social media suspensions will last coals are growing louder for Hockey Canada resignations interim chair Andrea Skinner stepped down over the weekend but many say it is not enough as Marina Von stackelberg tells us some parents are fed up and demanding action parents are starting to talk about the issues long plaguing Canada's sport says this hockey mom it's been frustrating to watch everything disintegrate over the last couple months in an interview with Chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton Teresa Bailey says they want change well I definitely think the consensus is now that the Board needs to go I've taken so many calls over the last week Hockey Canada faces increasing pressure to clean house from the sport minister to the House of Commons committee looking into the issue I for one was uh cautiously optimistic that over the course of the summer we'd see some action we'd see some progress but the most recent few committee meetings it's evident that they're still just trying to run a PR exercise they aren't taking any accountability just days after she vigorously defended Hockey Canada interim chair Andrea Skinner stepped down over the weekend some are wondering why more resignations aren't coming they should know that the Optics right now in regards to the support that they're going to be able to get from Brands and from their stakeholders is dwindling and the best thing that they could do for you know the health and the safety of the organization is to step aside the players who grew up in a sport culture that tolerates sexual harassment and misogyny have gone on to become coaches referees and organization leaders says this expert in safe Sport and that's the very insular nature of hockey it becomes a bit of an echo chamber it's self-regulating and and autonomous with uh very little external accountability another sign of increased pressure hockey Quebec now says referees can decide whether to keep wearing the hockey Canada Crest on their uniforms a decision it made based on pressure from the referees themselves Marina Von stackelberg CBC News Ottawa unseasonably warm and dry weather is causing drought conditions across British Columbia this year I got to go through with the holes and actually sprinkle off the dust that's on the pumpkins how some are trying to keep up with the effects of a changing climate next an Ontario first nation is fighting against Plans to mine on its traditional lamps we are people too and we will defend our rights coming up a little later on the water with a community pushing back plus the Toronto Raptor star on a mission to give back given a kid that may not have had as good of a chance at this a chance I think is pretty special Janie poisson speaks with Fred Van Fleet about helping others and about those who helped him we're back in two the national voted Canada's best national newscast we are now seeing the terrible aftermath of a fire that burned from Friday night to Sunday in Nunavut it destroyed a community center that's one of the few public gathering places there especially as temperatures drop this time of year homes were evacuated as a precaution but mercifully the area known for high winds was calm this weekend [Music] Venezuela tonight the death toll from a weekend Landslide has risen to at least 25 a thousand police and rescue officers are searching for about 52 missing people on Saturday A month's worth of rain fell in just eight hours sweeping large Tree Trunks and debris from surrounding mountains into the community more extreme weather in BC where a record-breaking drought is keeping things hot and Dusty tonight the impact includes thousands of dead salmon water shortages and wilting crops but Susanna de Silva shows us that some don't mind the Heat I don't think that boots are pretty standard for pumpkin picking shorts and a t-shirt not so much I like it I like that it's warm and it's not muddy this has been the greatest fall of all time I like cold first and then they got warmer six-year-old Aiden is looking past the dust to find the perfect would-be jack-o-lantern I'm just looking for a good pumpkin oh I don't and I want it big but if I'm finding a big one that I can lift this year I gotta go through with the hose and actually uh sprinkle off the dust that's on the pumpkins Farm owner Lauren tave says a drip irrigation system has kept the pumpkins hydrated and late sun has been good for the apples for his cidery because that rain never stopped like we are welcome weather after cold temperatures delayed the growing season that rain and the coldness we had cost about a third of our crop didn't actually pollinate because of the cold temperatures three months later and it was the warmest September on record in Abbotsford and dozens of temperature records have already been broken all over BC in October little to no rain means the entire province is under drought conditions the darker red the more extreme the underlying reason is a marine heat wave that is taking place in the Northern Pacific so there's higher than normal ocean temperatures and that is what's driving these unusual weather patterns unusual patterns experts say driven by climate change a new U.N report warning of the deadly consequences of heat waves like the one that wiped out Taves Berry crop last year this is a bit of a highlight amongst many negative things like that that crop that I lost I mean we're looking at misting systems and fogging on the berries to keep them cool there's a lot of investment has to be put into that what do you think of that pumpkin Investments needed to keep growing the perfect pumpkins Susanna the Silva CBC News Abbotsford grapes are extremely sensitive to severe weather and changes in temperature and you can see the evidence right now in Ontario's wine region Ethel Musa shows us the Damage Done and how Vineyards are coping and then the Pinot Noir but this is where if you want to see the damage Bob nadelco says heavy rains last fall followed by freezing temperatures caused some of his grape Vines to die that's a replant that one is dead there's another replant when he bought this Vineyard in Ontario's Niagara Region 14 years ago he knew there would be some good years and some bad climate change wasn't something he thought about but he says that's now changed I've been able to witness some of the effects of it over time hotter Summers spring frosts and flooding can wreak havoc on wineries but some experts say when it comes to weather events linked to climate change the news isn't all bad we tend to dwell on the negative aspects of climate change but for Canada there are benefits so we need to find ways in which we can exploit the benefits of climate change Shaw whose research focuses on climate and the wine industry says the temperature in Ontario has been steadily increasing over the last 50 years in a cool climate area like the Niagara region that's led to longer warmer growing Seasons which is favorable for some popular varieties of wine but there's a flip side you have significant fluctuation out within the season in other words no two seasons are the same so there is a great deal of volatility and and The Growers then have to contend with that volatility helping future winemakers navigate that unpredictability is Gavin Robertson he says decades ago Growers didn't discuss things like setting up wind machines to help pull warm air down on cold nights but today the conversation has changed it's the framework that we address any of the specific grape growing or wine making operations it's just you know it's woven into everything we do now in the industry and therefore in education and Robertson's students are learning how to adapt climate change can really affect the quality of the grapes and if they're not harvested at the right time in the right temperatures this can actually affect a lot of production wine experts say knowing how to mitigate the effects of climate change is critical in education and for the future of the industry idlemusa CBC News Niagara-on-the-Lake Ontario three U.S based economists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in economic Sciences Ben Bernanke Douglas diamond and Philip didvig one for their Research into Banks during the financial crisis of 2008 their work focused on how regulating Banks using public funds to avoid bank failures can prevent an economic crisis from worsening the Nobel Academy credits them for helping turn around the Great Recession Fred Van Vleet knows what it is like to be an underdog and that's part of what's driving the Toronto Raptors star to help others glad to have you I can't wait to get in a relationship with you meet you a little bit more coming up how he's giving back in a very personal way plus we'll take you to an Ontario community fighting back against a major mining development [Music] the NBA season is just around the corner and as the Raptors prepare for their return to the court All-Star Fred Van Vleet has started a coaching and mentorship role off it he talked to Jamie poisson a host of the front burner podcast about the inspiration behind a new scholarship project for many 17 year olds just meeting Toronto Raptors player Fred Van Fleet would be a dream come true congratulations but the star point guard and famous Underdog is known for raising expectations glad to have you I can't wait to get a relationship with you meet you a little bit more Abdullahi Hassan from Toronto is just won a new scholarship funded by Fred it will pay for Hassan's business studies at the University of Toronto and an extra curve he'll get one-on-one mentoring with Fred himself I'm grateful for this whole experience and like you know the scholarship and meeting Fred himself I watch basketball all the time so seeing him play like uh definitely like you know at my at something I admire about him a household name among Canadian basketball fans Fred Van fleet was an undrafted player who beat the odds becoming a 2019 champion and an NBA All-Star he's also an entrepreneur with a clothing line and a podcast and a mission to give back to the city that opened so many doors for him we caught up with Fred for a quick tour of the Raptors training center and a lesson on betting on yourself this is Delirious O'Brien it's the main attraction pretty cool hey yeah it's a special thing for a lot of people it's beautiful oh my God amazing what you let us kind of be a part of to watch is this scholarship that you are launching with the University of Toronto for black and Indigenous students and so why why did you want to launch a scholarship um there was this huge social justice push in the world globally and I think it's just some of the internal conversations we had was how do we push envelopes and how do we challenge the corporations whether that's the team or or local businesses or a college in this instance to make an effort you know in the community and I think this is one of the things I was born out of that which was to offer a full scholarship based in entrepreneurial skills and Pursuits given a kid that may not have had as good of a chance at this chance I think is is pretty special I also know that it's really it's really important for you to stay connected to this community and in Toronto I actually heard it was like part of your recent negotiations yeah and why I'm not going to come live in this beautiful city enjoy all the serve the labor and all the accolades without paying some of that back and and that's just a core belief that I have I wonder if we could talk a little bit about about where you come from you come from Rockford Illinois which I know is near Chicago but not Chicago right yeah so yeah Rockford Illinois is a smaller City you know in comparison to Toronto it's about 152 200 000 people you know just one of those hard-working Blue Collar cities and real people real down to earth people small community and um it's really just sharpened me as a man and as a person how how so obviously I lost my dad at five years old so like just from that early on you're in survival mode just learning how to deal with people learning how to pay attention to surroundings and it just toughens you up it just hardens you up a little bit I wonder if I could also ask you about your stepdad yes who I know plays an important role in your life as well uh but I read that he would wake you up at like the crack of John and make you and your brother wear these 30 pound vests to work out and what was that like at the time oh it was terrible at the time it was horrible because um you know after my dad passed my mom kind of stepped up and had to like two roles along with my grandparents and then once we moved in with my stepdad it was like a complete 180 and um you know he's a disciplinarian he was a military guy police officer so it was just a lot of regiment and strict rules and uh oh I look back and I can appreciate the lessons and more than anything you know as a man and as someone who has kids of my own now he provided he protected us and he kept us out of trouble I know as part of the scholarship it's it's tuition it's money for books but it's also a mentorship with you and so why why was that important to you to offer that because I think it's the most important to be honest because more than anything we go whatever we do throughout the day we still got to go home to ourselves we still have to talk to ourselves we still have the car rides the showers you know dreams you could talk yourself out of your goals and I think just having somebody to bounce ideas off of whether it's reassurance or just an ear to listen to or if you have someone to share with you'll realize that most of us all go through the same thing so I'm really looking forward to just being there as a ear you know for for the student you've mentioned people who have been mentors to you could you tell me about some of them yeah I mean starting early right my big brother who's three years older than me he played a pivotal role in my life he kind of raised me you know after we lost our dad fast forward to my stepdad obviously who stepped in and became my dad really a lot of my coaches my basketball coach college coaches and then you know the NBA I get here I get to learn from Kyle Lowry as you know on and off the court besides an incredible leader nurses an incredible leader um yeah I've had I've had a chance to be around some pretty cool people to say Kyle Lowry shoes what what does leadership look like to you yeah I think first and foremost for me is always about accountability I'm going to be one of the first ones in I'm gonna get my work in I'm gonna be professional um and then I'm then it's really just my job to challenge guys you know and try to get the best out of them because I've had a chance to learn and sit back and play all different roles like I was a guy trying to make the team and now you know I'm the leader of the team so I've seen the range and all this experience that I had you know for my daily use three big bucket friend [Music] a whole new season gets underway next week for Van Vleet and the Raptors just ahead of that a new NHL season is also beginning all seven Canadian teams will play their first games this week when it comes to hockey in this country a new Canadian documentary is shining a spotlight on a painful aspect racism it features the stories of several prominent black players Lisa shing with why they say sharing them is so important it's a documentary that is at times hard to watch because the stories from these black hockey players are tough to hear that was an altering Point not in my hockey career in my life there's no one there to support me black ice looks at the institutional racism in hockey and its lasting effects including on former nhler akima Lou who spoke out against his former coach in 2019 and was vilified for it I'll struggle with that for the rest of my life but at the end of the day I think telling these stories and empowering the next generation of black players is a lot more important in Black Ice ALU is joined by other players PK suban Sarah nurse and Sir Roya Tinker I think it just weighed so heavy on me throughout my career it's something that I always wanted to talk about we're at a bit of a Crossroads director Hubert Davis also wanted to talk about the history of the colored Hockey League founded in Nova Scotia in the 1800s the story of That League is at the center of a lawsuit over intellectual property rights but Hubert says it's a critical part of the story if I knew more about the black contribution to Canada and the kind of the fabric of this country I think it changes your mindset of where you think you belong in it what you think you can can contribute the film which premiered at Tiff last month is a big contribution to a conversation that's challenging the idea that hockey brings Canadians together according to this freelance Sports journalist hockey really should be for everyone in Canada it currently isn't you can look it as a broad American society um in a larger sense and you can see sort of how black people and Indigenous people have been treated by Canadian major Society on the red carpet the player said they had one shared goal I think it just made me realize how much you know I have to be there for the younger generation give these kids hope they have a voice and they have a place and this game is super important for them to know and by speaking up they're hoping the next generation won't have to go through what they did Lisa Shang CBC News Toronto on a Northern Ontario River a First Nations Community is fighting for their livelihood this land is very important to me how I live coming up why they want their say on a major mining development Plus Purple Haze what is behind the strange glow on Vancouver's streets every day now demand grows for minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other green initiatives Northern Ontario's Ring of Fire has enough deposits to mine for decades and governments are Keen to make that happen but a First Nation there says no mining should happen without their consent Logan Turner went to hear their story do that again [Music] when I come out this way It Feels Like Home to me Elder Maggie Saucony grew up along this River knows its every turn but she is scared her home is at risk I don't want to see a road here myself not for me but for my grandkids my future grandchildren [Music] and they'll probably say why did Grandma let it happen we are near what's known as the ring of fire a massive area in Northern Ontario rich in minerals and there are plans to build a road through here for mining do you think the government will listen I don't think you will right Maggie and others from Michigan First Nation have come here in an act of resistance planting flags and land declarations saying this land belongs to them Chief Wayne munia says they have the right to say what gets developed here we need to get the word out we need to know that there there is going to be help for us when we when why we want to do this why we want to protect our way of life the ring of fire is about 5 000 square kilometers with Rich deposits of nickel copper Palladium and chromite all vital for electric vehicle batteries Australian Mining Company wailu Meadows recently acquired the rights to extract most of the minerals and says it's Consulting with First Nations like michigandica but here the promise of jobs and prosperity that the mind could bring is not enough the balance should come from the community and the people that are going to be impacted for example has not provided their free prior informed consent to these proposed developments that are taking place the planning that's taking place out old campgrounds places his ancestors are buried along the anawapscat river Slanders were very important to me how I live mostly hunting and trap trapping also healing despite promises from industry to minimize any impact this untouched landscape Clayton is skeptical makes me feel wondering about what's going to happen to the to the land and our hunting territories traditional ways of life could change take the surgeon once abundant now a species at risk all right they're gonna go check a couple fishnets that they set yesterday so we got a few already they're monitoring the health of the surgeon here and fear any future disruption in these Waters could be a disaster fighting for here [Music] life is good here in on the river system so that's what we want to protect today's numbers thankfully show promise imagine if development goes in where where is the sturgeon gonna go see that's the thing and that's what I asked the the public to understand and acknowledge the fact that we are people too and we will defend our rights back at Camp a cookout drawing today's catch a tag is found in one of the fish it's an Ontario Ministry m r it says 06390.
it's a tag as you can see look this is this is what was found in one of the sturgeons we're about to eat a subtle reminder of constant government presence a program they say they knew nothing about if we're going to have willing Partnerships if we're going to talk about relationship building we should be able to at least be part of these types of programs especially when they're when they're on our on our traditional homelands our river system tied to these lands and Waters the scandaga promises to fight for its future for a good life for as long as the rivers flow Logan Turner CBC News Michigan First Nation a long process remains before any roads are built and shovels are put into the ground both the Ontario and federal government say they are committed to working with First Nations as the process moves forward well there's a strange purple glow on the streets of Vancouver these days that has some wondering what's going on it's like when you're driving on the highway and someone has those really obnoxious lights coming at you we will get to the bottom of it next plus this mother and daughter have a lot to be thankful for how the two saved a life near and dear to them in our moment when night falls in Vancouver these days something a little strange begins to happen some of the streets start glowing purple as Susanna de Silva explains it's all because of the street lights and no it's not there to stay like art color it seems is in the eye of the beholder black light-ish they're purple definitely definitely purple but it doesn't take much of an eye to see something looking a little different on some Vancouver streets it's like when you're driving on the highway and someone has those really obnoxious lights coming at you why it's actually that way maybe it's like easier to see people crossing the street I don't know see I don't like day experimenting something there is a simpler answer because there is a coating on these fixtures that has failed in other words a manufacturing defect more than 100 have turned purple so far but the city says they are still under warranty so it won't cost taxpayers anything to fix them our understanding is that they have identified and addressed the issue we're not expecting to see this problem come up with the more recently installed sort of new generation lights but it's everywhere right but it isn't just Vancouver Manitoba Hydro says so far it has replaced close to 1 000 defective street lights with another 750 likely needing replacement and it has also been seen all over the United States and it turns out the LED's true color is what is shining through this Canadian company manufactures a wide variety of LED fixtures though not street lights but its President says at their base no LEDs of any kind are just white they only get that way with a yellow coating called phosphor behind the white light there's a there's a blue or or sort of purplish color and they put this phosphor over it and the phosphor then glows white LED technology is expected to save the city of Vancouver over 2.3 million dollars a year in maintenance and power costs once all of its street lights are converted but some would like a few to stay purple I'd actually be a little disappointed honestly I kind of like the the change in the vibe Cool vibe or not the city says the Violet Hues can't stay Susanna the Silva CBC News Vancouver this Thanksgiving Sarah and Jessica edstrand have a lot to be thankful for back in the summer Sierra found her younger brother unconscious in their pool her instincts kicked in and she began to perform CPR with help from Mom she saved the four-year-old and this past weekend BC emergency Health Services gave them an award for their life-saving measures their quick thinking is Our Moment I think it's very important every member of the family should know how to do CPR because you never know when you're going to need it we were in the deep end and he was in the shallow and my friend looked over and she's like Sierra your brother's in the pool I didn't really know what was going on yet so I just saw him over took one look saw that he was purple and blue unconscious when I finally got him out of the pool I started like fully doing CPR I never in a million years thought that I'd be using it on to save my brother's life I'm just forever grateful that she knew how to do it and she was actually doing it I remember learning CPR that was a long long time ago so when I had to do it I think everything just came in the mama bear also screaming at him that it wasn't time for him to go and leave us and I'm just looking at him now I'm grateful I'm just grateful and always going to be thankful that he's here I'm thankful for the training I got for my mom for being there for the paramedics and the response team for how they've supported us and I'm thankful for just the fact that he's here well well done mom well done Sierra and Sierra remember you can Lord this over your brother for the rest of your life he can never do anything to you because you can always remind him of this moment incredible to see how cool and collected she remained that is the national for October 10th have a great night [Music] thank you [Music]
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