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good evening i'm ian hannah mancy tonight remembering one of the greatest hockey has ever seen everybody loved gila fleur probably mesmerizing on the ice humble off of it all i wanted to be is to become a hockey player not a star how gila fleur changed the game and inspired a generation of fans at the passport office i arrived at 1 30 in the morning this morning they said there's no appointments available long delays longer lineups why you can expect to wait to get your passport renewed cbc news investigates new allegations of racism at bobsley canada i made the ultimate sacrifice i just got screwed at the end the athlete who says it cost him a shot at olympic glory one of the most popular soccer clubs in the world could soon be partially canadian our entire family our chelsea fans the multi-billion dollar bids for chelsea fc this is the national there are many great athletes but few are considered artists as well but that's how the premier of quebec described gila fleur today lefleur didn't just score goals he lifted fans out of their seats when he was on the ice it seemed anything was possible his speed his shot his charisma made him a superstar and he was a winner leading the montreal canadiens to multiple stanley cup victories one of the best nhl players of all time the fleur's cause of death wasn't released but he was treated for lung cancer over the last few years as sarah levitt shows us news of his passing sparked a lot of memories and sadness among those who watched him and played with him lefleur coming out rather gingerly on the right side he gives it into lemaire bachelor it was moves like this tying a key playoff game at the last minute that made ghee lafleur more than a hockey star but a legend known as the blonde demon for that blur of blonde hair he was impossible to miss on the ice the have's all-time points leader to this day lafleur led the team to five stanley cup victories four consecutively widely considered the most exciting player of his generation his name was synonymous with you know quebec and montreal and whether you're an anglophone or francophone everybody loved gila fleur and that love wasn't just from quebecers this family from newfoundland stopped by the bell center to pay tribute just a good hockey player i guess just the way he played the game his integrity gila fleur hockey superstar in 1988 after he retired lefleur was inducted into the hockey hall of fame when i was a kid all i wanted to be is to become a hockey player not a star nor a superman simply someone that plays the game enjoy it and do well at it an understatement from a legend but he wasn't quite done he later came out of retirement to play for the new york rangers then the quebec nordiques he was smiling he had fun he was like a young kid even when he was 40. there was deep respect for those who knew him on and off the ice including fellow hall of famers in his presence at my mom's funeral like you become to really understand like the human how nice of a guy is and giving back was important to him whether through charity hockey games or entertaining canadian troops in afghanistan last year he launched a fundraising campaign for cancer research at the hospital where he was receiving treatment for lung cancer could you imagine how sick he was and he kept doing it so i i personally i admire as much for what he did of ice then on ice the canadians want it four to three but they are cheering p le fleur quebec's premier has offered lefleur's family a national funeral saying the province has lost a giant guillet fleur was 70. sarah levitt cbc news montreal and the prime minister shared his own gila fleur story today as he reflected on the loss i remember meeting him as a kid and being overwhelmed in a way that meeting presidents and queens didn't necessarily overwhelm me i think we're all going to be missing him dearly today and for many years to come my thoughts are with his family after such an incredible career there are a lot of stories to tell including some from this man hockey nine canada host ron mclean will join us in just a bit as of monday the federal government is easing some pandemic border restrictions unvaccinated or partially vaccinated children between the ages of 5 and 11 won't need a cova test to enter canada as long as they're traveling with an adult who is fully vaccinated and those travelers also won't need to provide a quarantine plan ottawa is not however lifting the mask mandate on planes and trains if you're planning your first international trip since the start of the pandemic better check your passport many canadians who need a new one are running into long frustrating delays jamie strashen explains what's behind the backlog it looks like a lineup for concert tickets but this is a passport office in vancouver i arrived at 1 30 in the morning this morning and so i was number six in that lineup many brought their own chairs everyone's got a story i must go to iran because my father is passed away and there is a ceremony for my father in toronto a similar scene long lines circling an entire city block i made a call i sent an email they said there's no appointments available and i guess the only way to do is line up here and get your passport if you're lucky enough to get it consider this at the height of covid from april 20 to march 2021 service canada issued about 360 000 passports in the last year that number is surged to nearly 1.3 million as more people look to get away and they said let's get going one small problem they go get their passports some of them are expired or this is the key some of them only have six months left in them and six months left in your passport is as good as expired from a traveling perspective service canada says people who have made appointments or send applications in by mail are still getting their passports in about five to twenty days but those with last minute travel plans need to go in person and because of covet workplace rules only a few staff are in place to help thousands so out of 23 potential windows that are able to serve people there's only five staff in there officials have made it easier to renew your passport guarantor is no longer needed but this backlog is expected to last another couple of months the questions i'm getting from an insurance perspective is if my passport doesn't come through in time and i already booked this trip and put down monies can i cancel because of that and the answer simply is no so check your passport first or be prepared to wait before that trip so many people are desperate to take jamie strashen cbc news toronto one of canada's great heritage buildings has been transferred for a small symbolic price and the promise of a better future the hudson's bay company has traded its former flagship in winnipeg to indigenous leaders cameron mcintosh explains the story behind this unique real estate deal historically priceless economically worthless the hudson's bay company's one-time flagship store has sat shuttered in winnipeg for over a year now a deal the bay giving ownership to the manitoba southern chiefs organization with the exchange of two elk hives and a beaver pelt the symbolic rent once paid by the hudson's bay company to the british crown i think we're turning the page into what real reconciliation means grand chief jerry daniels says the building once a symbol of colonization will be transformed to include affordable housing retail and community space for winnipeg's indigenous community we're absolutely committed to maintaining the integrity of the building and also creating space for our people to to thrive and be a part of and live here built in the 1920s the bay's winnipeg store was its flagship for much of the 20th century as it fell into decline developers deemed it too big too costly to redevelop we've been here thinking for many years what the right solution for this building and for this community was the bay's governor says the company's role in colonization pointed to reconciliation it just felt to us that this was the right solution this is a historic and symbolic day it's government finance the federal government is putting in 65 million dollars the province another 25 costs may go higher former national chief phil fontaine says there's a bigger investment here it's about rebuilding a relationship and that rebuilding of the relationship will be based on reclaiming this building hopefully there's going to be more leaders business leaders and government leaders around the country who are going to see this as an inspiration for the work that they want to do the hope an old winnipeg landmark regains the significance it had a century ago cameron mcintosh cbc news winnipeg now to a cbc news investigation calls for resignations at canada's governing body for bobsley and skeleton are getting louder amid new allegations of racism some athletes say they're being judged on their skin color not just their performance and as judy trent explains one says that held him back at the beijing olympics shaquille murray lawrence was a cfl running back when bobsley canada offered him a chance to be on the national team if he quit football i gave the organization everything i had i made the ultimate sacrifice i just got screwed at the end and shaq murray lawrence in october 2020 murray lawrence became a break man in four-man bobsleigh and exceeded expectations in 12 competitions the team he pushed won seven golds calgary another football player he went to this year's beijing olympics but as an alternate losing his position to jay dearborn who only raced five times the previous season dearborn was also a cfl player but coaches allowed him to juggle both he joins the program with 30 days left and is just leap frogs onto the olympic team as a competing athlete one guy is white one guy is black to get an olympic spot they went head to head in a two-man sled murray lawrence doesn't normally compete in that event and lost by a fraction at least three other bobsledders said that murray lawrence should have been selected for the team cbc reached out to dearborn but he didn't respond to multiple requests for comment this year i would always look up cynthia appiah a world cup gold medalist has seen other black athletes short changed on training and expertise certain people are given preferential treatment over others and at times those that aren't being given opportunities tend to be athletes of color black athletes bobsleigh canada skeleton says a third party didn't find discrimination an arbitrator ruled that dearborn's versatility in both the two-man and four-man bobsley simply edged out murray lawrence but support for bcs is on thinning ice 90 current and former athletes are calling for a change in management citing bad governance and a toxic culture the turmoil has made it onto the radar of the minister of sport it's at the forefront of the new canadian sport policy to make sure that we take action against racism discrimination but the changes won't help murray lawrence recover what is already lost his bobsled career over he's trying out for the cfl again hoping that door hasn't closed judy trinh cbc news ottawa seven edmonton teenagers have been charged with the murder of a high school student sixteen-year-old karan veer sahoda died in hospital last friday a week after he was attacked while waiting for a bus after school he was stabbed in the chest the teens charged includes six boys two as young as 14 and a 17-year-old girl two bodies have now been discovered during the demolition of a vancouver building destroyed by fire last week 70 residents were displaced police are investigating turning now to the war in ukraine and a grim acknowledgment today from the british prime minister intelligence sources saying that fighting could drag on well into next year and that russia could win that is a realistic possibility yeah of course he's very close to securing a land bridge in in mariopol now today russia outlined its expanding ambitions not content with eastern ukraine a senior general says it now wants the entire south much of which it already controls a fact not lost in odessa where people fear they may soon face the horrors unleashed in kharkiv and mary opal david common has the latest on the fighting and those struggling to survive and a caution some of the images are graphic russia claims its cruise missiles and artillery strike a thousand targets a day their presentation of the fight quick to show off russian might complete with propaganda worthy welcomes the warring nations will soon each celebrate orthodox easter but ukraine's president says russia has refused any ceasefire this tells you everything about their faith says volodymir zelinski we just hope life will conquer death it hasn't in marijuana where many dead or buried in rubble nine thousand others may have been dumped here by the russians in a mass grave according to mariupol's city council galena was in mariopol when a missile slammed into her hostel i had 50 children little children and pregnant women there she tells us in hospital the rocket fall down they broken first floor second galena was already a widow her husband killed in a battle with the russians five years ago this time war found her this is galena six weeks ago as bad as this looks it gets worse that's her daughter natalia doesn't have this eye anymore she says her wounds will last a lifetime a life that was in many ways just beginning this is his daughter before they must leave i have no words galena says in the same hospital as vasil cherevko a missile landed in his village near zaparija breaking his leg heart problems threatened to take him now from his wife raisa two of their sons are soldiers the third they haven't heard from in six weeks when russian soldiers were headed into his house i feel horror pain and anxiety raisa tells us it's very hard joy is not completely absent life mercifully goes on for galena's grandchildren in a shelter when the bombs were raining down they now give her hope a rarity in war david coleman cbc news lev and cbc news has learned new details tonight of canada's military support for ukraine this country sending four pieces of field artillery we are in this next phase armored vehicles heavy artillery additional ammunition and and did confirm a number of candidates relatively new m777 howitzers were among the shipment earlier this week the prime minister revealed plans to ship howitzers but didn't say when or how many so far western diplomatic pressure has done nothing to stop the russian onslaught u.s and european leaders are
now pushing other world powers to take a harder stance but some are pushing back india's had a long and friendly relationship with moscow one it hopes to continue salima shivji explains in the bustle of daily life in mumbai the war in ukraine feels distant and not just geographically we are against any kind of war but india's record at the united nations india has abstained on vote after vote that condemns russia india decided to abstain is very popular here india cannot ignore the fact that russia has been their ally for that many years that practical view a reluctance to denounce russian aggression is largely the consensus in india across generations ashita and rajvi childhood friends are paying attention they aren't big fans of indian prime minister narendra modi but both applaud what they see as his strong neutral stance on the war not being bullied by someone by some country that's a superpower a plus even as it pains them to see signs of atrocities committed in ukraine we are indians we are emotional but we have to realize the political issues also that the country is facing so we have to be a little neutral the issues india is surrounded by foes china and pakistan and russia a long time friend is the source of some two-thirds of the country's tanks and weapons the uk's boris johnson is just the latest in a steady stream of western leaders to visit cajoling all while promising not to lecture india our new and expanded defense and security partnership instead johnson is throwing his support behind indian-made fighter jets to wean the country off its dependence on russian ones still experts say repeated visits from the west won't change much west is doing what it is doing in terms of his national interest and we have to protect our national interests which is being served both by our stronger ties with the united states as well as maintaining the stability of our ties with russia and with warnings the war could last years india's delicate balancing act could too with its people firmly behind continued neutrality salima shifting cbc news mumbai france selects its president this weekend and the race is tighter than many expected the incumbent emmanuel macron is facing off against marine le pen a right-wing candidate who has advocated anti-immigrant views karen paul went to paris to find out what voters are saying friday morning and this paris street market is bustling like other vendors here this cheese monger says the presidential campaign hasn't caught her attention she says she's more interested in customers coming to buy her cheese many young people are more interested especially if they voted for a far-left candidate who just missed getting on this sunday's ballot they're now assessing their options we don't have like much choice when we come to votes because none of the candidates really bring us what we want maybe macron maybe it's complicated incumbent president emmanuel macron is fighting for all the support he can get trying to win over those voters by saying he's the only alternative to stop the far right he says voters can count on him in a rematch of 2017 macron is facing marine le pen in this runoff vote an anti-immigration anti-european union candidate she supports a ban on muslim head coverings in public but le pen has modified her tone and tapped into anger over the cost of living i'm a patriot who will do what's necessary for the french people she says through the preservation of national sovereignty this political analyst says many people are not voting for macron they're voting against le pen if mccall gets reelected and tries to govern as though business as usual that would be a terrible mistake because you know these voters are not their resentment is not going away pundits say macron won the debate on wednesday and polls suggest his lead is widening but there is still a growing sense of discontent here karen pauls cbc news paris a major retailer saying goodbye to plastic bags and at least some shoppers are ready for it i already started using reusable bags coming up will other companies follow walmart's move plus everyone is waiting for this beautiful moment cruises are once again docking at prince edward island travelers are happy but what about local residents and nicely done the chelsea football club is up for sale and some canadians want in on the action i'm rooting for larry we're back into cbc news the national name canada's best national newscast at the canadian screen awards as of today masks are now optional during uber rides in canada except in quebec it's up to individual drivers to decide on their own mass guidelines lyft is also making masks optional during rides in canada on this country's east coast a sign of life moving towards normal today for the first time in over two years a cruise ship sailed into harbor and charlottetown as she and desjardins reports the arrival had local businesses buzzing it's been a long time since port charlottetown has seen one of these on the dock we know that viking was making this cruise and we signed up and we're here to and excited to be here in canada after two years it was a welcome sight for the local tourism industry it's a lot of emotions from you know there's a lot of work that went into getting ready for today the viking octant has pulled into port early this morning with nearly 400 passengers aboard we're very excited about being here i'm a quilter so i can't wait to go to the cool store for some local residents that excitement is tempered with uneasiness 74 cruise ships are scheduled to land here this season each potentially carrying passengers with covid 19. the federal government and the crews industry say precautions are in place all passengers on ships docking in canada must be fully vaccinated with few exceptions it's estimated the last two seasons during the shutdown cost the island economy more than 80 million dollars we have to keep living and considering we're in a very safe spot i think if we take a little calculated risk life goes on tourism industry is one of our big pillars of our economic engine cruz has been sorely missed up the road the anne of green gable store is waiting we're just so excited to be open and it's just a great way to have momentum going into our hopefully our best tourism season that we've had in the last three years and as passengers continue to explore it seems not even the cold can dim their spirits there's no such thing as bad weather there's only inappropriate clothing and there's no bad day for ice cream the viking octantus will now set sail for quebec and here on the island business owners are already preparing for the next ship shian dejade cbc news charlottetown after the break tributes are pouring in for hockey legend guiller all i wanted to be is to become a hockey player we'll look at his passion for the game throughout his storied career and i'll speak with ron mclean about le fleur's legacy welcome back we are remembering the life and career of hockey giant gila fleur tonight after news of his death at the age of 70. he was a legend a montreal canadian star who dazzled and racked up goals trophies and respect if one stood out among the others it was gee lafleur of the quebec ramparts 130 goals in his final junior season no player has ever scored so many i think his biggest asset from a coaching standpoint is his knowledge of the game at such a young age when i was a kid all i wanted to be is to become a hockey player not a star nor a superman a two-on-one break the player over kill the mayor he was the best player on the best team and it's it's not easy to be a best player and yee had a tradition uh uh that he had to follow he was the third in the line of rocket richard and jean belivo and then and then ghee didn't play much the first three years and didn't have any confidence and i think when scottie started to play me more i got more confidence later in his career when his role became a little diminished that he had a little more difficulty with it he was basically forced into retirement uh and then he and he played he didn't play for three seasons then came back with the new york rangers here it is here's the player coming on the ice and he is getting an immediate standing o and this is the second one that he's got and the familiar chat of gee gee goes up would you have believed it really i heard that my comeback was a joke but it didn't influence me at all you know because uh when i retired and i was uh listening too much to uh people and some friends that they were telling well maybe it's time for you to retire you know to play against the board by the flower now it's miller is centering passes i say he got a goal tonight in his last game at the forum heck give him the first star anyway we spent so many saturday nights watching you given the way you feel about the game do you watch nhl hockey i watched the playoff and i really enjoyed watching the playoffs last year against calgary and temple it was a great series and that's what people really enjoy to watch and it should be like that all year round evil flour it's been a privilege and a pleasure thank you thank you very much well i'm looking forward to hearing the reflections of of ron mcclain the host of hockey night in canada who joins us from campbell river british columbia ron i only had one opportunity to speak to guy lafleur and and was really impressed by that you know him so well how are you remembering him tonight well ian you got to experience uh the care uh the kindness of gila fleur that's uh the overriding quality that you always attach to he's just the sweetest superstar that ever lived uh those eyes were a light uh he embraced you with uh all the the radiant life that he had grown uh as a flower under the sun the first thorso and then the glittering lights of the most special arena the form in montreal and he just grew into a as i say a radiant human being that would continually reflect that uh with each and every soul he met wow take us back to to the late 70s the montreal canadiens winning four straight stanley cups he was the superstar on a team of superstars and and and for our younger viewers describe that era for us well he was the conor mcdavid of his time he quickly became the fastest man on the planet uh he took over the mantle in 1974 just as bobby orr's knees were giving out he became the greatest player in the league and one other thing that happened in 74 is he chose to take off his helmet he was by nature shy and he wore a helmet the first three seasons in the nhl wasn't producing a ton and at the beginning of the fourth season he took off his helmet and honestly it was like he shed a cocoon and found his wings but to describe him that was it speed pure speed he went to the middle he had a snapshot he's famous for a couple of slap shot goals against his arch rival boston but it was his speed that was the most intimidating factor he retired early you know maybe a little disgruntled with the montreal canadiens in the early 80s but eventually came back wearing a new york rangers uniform the quebec nordiks as well what do you think that second career said about ghee and his love of hockey well one of the things is respect because phil esposito was gm of the new york rangers and there was the arch rival of montreal in the early 70s who gave dee the chance and you know that respect dean is another word i would attach to every you you've experienced throughout the telecast wayne gretzky for six weeks shadowed gee at the 81 canada cup and he learned from him and the edmonton oilers learned from ghee and i'm going to tell the story with dick irvin on hockey night tomorrow night when the orders played the habs in 81 say there said don't you be intimidated the way boston was especially by the fleur and the game started and lafleur went behind richard seven yeah the goalie and right away the two guys on the bench in edmonton dave simenko and dave lomley started to fire up like a formula one and that kind of broke the tension as they tried to cope with that speed and they got the job done edmonton but they loved him they adored him in edmonton despite the fact he was a rival and that's right across the country we have about 45 seconds left ron uh he fought uh cancer with dignity uh right to the end tell us a little bit about that right i interviewed him on july the fifth last year in the final ian it was game four it was the only game montreal would win so he would be their lucky charm i'll never forget both his eyes beautiful he just looked so great uh and the roadrunner yvonne cornwayer his longtime second in command was there that night as well and he spoke about the fear he was experiencing dealing with cancer but he also spoke about the joy of taking chemotherapy being in the ward with the doctors and nurses technicians and fellow patients and how he likened it to being in a game seven how every shift was now really important so it was a special memory to see him confront cancer the way he did and to do the good things he did on behalf of it in terms of charity just uh you know as i say that this is a flower who uh who deserves to be free he gave us so so much larger than life in a life that that ended too soon ron really nice uh hearing your uh reminisces about him thank you love to the lafleurs thanks again after the break walmart is marking earth day by dropping plastic bags we should have been using reusable bags a long time ago shoppers seem on board but will other companies follow and every single piece of this building we've done something to make it perform better a famous new york landmark is going green we'll show you how next one of canada's biggest retailers is scrapping single-use plastic bags starting today earth day walmart canada says all stores are moving to reusable bags and plastic bags will be fully eliminated by the end of the month nisha patel brings us reaction from shoppers attention shoppers if you're heading to walmart bring your own bag i already started using reusable bags you just have to remember to bring them into the store i just keep all my bags in the trunk grab a box or something because i really hate those plastic bags the company says its move will cut down on 680 million bags a year and while it's one of the biggest chains in the country to make the change it's not the first sobes stopped offering plastic bags at its stores in 2020 whole foods switched to paper 14 years ago we suspect that companies like walmart would not have done this on their own environmental experts say it's a good start but that retailers are likely getting ahead of government regulations some canadian cities and provinces have already banned plastic bags the federal government is proposing one national ban which should take effect sometime this year we will not see an end to plastic pollution until governments around the world frankly act on it still these changes from a corporate giant will have ripple effects over time um you know the retailers will implement more and more of this the fact that walmart is doing this nationally means it's definitely mainstream and while some customers may find it inconvenient many have already changed their behavior we're kind of at the tipping point now where the consumers have been kind of educated on this in fact some want companies to get rid of plastics more quickly i think that we should have been using reusable bags a long time ago a small step to help the environment in a world where too much is disposable nisha patel cbc news toronto if you're thinking of shifting to an electric vehicle there are new details tonight about the government's expanded rebate program starting next week the maximum price for eligible vehicles will increase from 55 to 65 000 and there's a new category for larger vehicles like pickup trucks with a price cap of 70 thousand dollars the rebate is five thousand for vehicles with an electric range of 50 kilometers or more and 2500 for vehicles with a shorter range the push to reduce emissions is reaching new heights in the big apple new york's empire state building is attempting to lead the way and going green chris reyes shows us what's being done and why other big buildings are being urged to follow suit to understand new york city's massive carbon footprint just look from high above in a city like new york 70 percent of our carbon emissions come from buildings about a million buildings that need a lot of energy to cool heat light operate it's a big problem but also a big opportunity if we're going to make an impact on climate change in new york city we have to go through retrofits we have to look at existing buildings for the very fact that 90 of the buildings we'll have in 2050 are the buildings we have today seizing the opportunity one of the city's oldest and most iconic buildings the empire state the building's ambitious retrofit just hit a major milestone reducing its carbon emissions by more than 50 percent by 2030 the goal is to be carbon neutral when we decided back in 2006 to start the empire state rebuilding we said let's differentiate it on the basis of making it one of the most environmentally sustainable buildings in the world on the outside this nine-year-old skyscraper may look as it did in the 1930s when it was built but inside so you're in the chiller plant of the empire state building you'll find leading edge green technology take these chiller plants wired to run on the latest software to efficiently cool almost 300 000 square meters of space so we actually took out all the guts recycled all the metal and built new guts to the chillers on site windows are another major energy drain for buildings the empire state has more than 6500 of them to prevent heat loss insulating film was added on each one we reused 96 percent of the original glass and frames we did it in a window factory we built on the fifth floor nothing left the building another key retrofit the elevators 68 of them including the ones that take tourists right to the observatory on the 102nd floor we just completed the largest elevator modernization in the world the elevator's braking system generates energy that powers other parts of the building parts that are also already energy efficient from the floors to the walls to the lights every single piece of this building we've done something to make it perform better a city full of energy draining buildings is not just a new york problem according to a un report in 2020 buildings around the world accounted for 37 percent of energy-related co2 emissions in canada trudeau wants a net zero emission building code by the end of 2024. how does canada thomas mueller
with the canada green building council estimates that about one hundred thousand large buildings need retrofitting to help the country shrink its carbon footprint the average canadian probably doesn't know that buildings have that a massive contribution to the carbon emissions in this country i think they're focusing on industry any focusing on cars but the fact is we need action all three areas there are hopes the empire state project will inspire that action elsewhere everything we learn here is given away because it's not enough if we only succeed in the empire state building we want to use the most famous office building in the world to teach other people that this is possible as it did once before when it was the world's tallest building only the message this time isn't to build high but to build green chris reyes cbc news new york in manitoba an arts organization is doing its part for the earth fighting climate change one spin at a time plus nicely done by malcolm could the chelsea football club come under canadian ownership at least one man hopes so we'll tell you who next we have selected vancouver and whistler to host our first ever winter hybrid games in canada in 2025 prince harry announcing canada will host its first ever winter invictus games in 2025. harry is the founder and patron of the competition for wounded veterans and military personnel canadians are competing for one of sport's most valuable and popular teams chelsea football club but they're up against some other multi-billion dollar bids thomas dagla shows us who's making the pitch it takes dedication to get together for live english soccer on a weekday afternoon and boy are these fans dedicated my father's a chelsea fan our entire family are chelsea fans i'd hate to say it but if you ask my wife she'd probably tell me i'm more in love with the club than i am with her in their signature blue that's london's chelsea football club revered by fans worldwide and potentially soon partly canadian billionaire larry tannenbaum already part owner of the toronto maple leafs and raptors now making a pitch for a piece of chelsea in a bid led by boston celtics co-owner steve paliyuka tannenbaum told sky news my goal and that of steve would be to own chelsea for decades to come if you're putting together a group today you can't get a more experienced guy with more credibility than larry tannenbaum so i'm rooting for larry two-time champions of europe the club was abruptly put up for sale when the british government sanctioned chelsea's russian oligarch owner roman abramovich over his ties to vladimir putin three potential ownership groups are fighting to win including one reportedly involving the rogers family plus tennis great serena williams and formula one driver lewis hamilton it is the biggest sport in the world and chelsea is the one of the biggest clubs in the world the asking price reportedly in the range of 4 billion u.s that's almost the value of both the raptors and leafs combined if tannenbaum is successful canadian fans hope chelsea will one day come play an exhibition match here in toronto after all tannenbaum has a stake in [ __ ] field and it's set for a big expansion then maybe these fans will be able to watch and cheer in person thomas dagg cbc news toronto coming up a manitoba organization is pedaling its way to less waste when you bike um it's grinding up these pieces of plastic yeah that's a recycling device on wheels next this is a pedal-powered plastic shredder try saying that five times quickly a winnipeg-based organization uses it to shred non-recyclable plastic and repurpose it rather than dumping it into landfills so on this earth day we thought we'd highlight this creative way to recycle in our moment we're a creative reuse depot so we bring in donated materials and redistribute those back to community members we work very hard to create an environment that helps people get creative with recycled materials this is a bicycle that was uh donated to us and put together by one of their mechanics and it's hooked up here to this precious plastics piece of machinery called a shredder so when you bike it's grinding up these pieces of plastic turning it into these little flakes yeah i guess sequestering that plastic and turning it into multi-use items these are just little takeout container lids we're noticing that a large amount of the plastics that we couldn't use in our space also couldn't be accepted at the 4r recycling depot and so the reality is that we need to find much more creative ways of managing the waste that we're producing so we're going to start making crates this is of course styrofoam we've got some plastic lids trash can be turned into treasure and i guess the bigger point is is just to show that it takes effort i mean there literally but beyond that figuratively to reduce the amount of plastic waste we have i got to say like shopping bags aside and we had that story earlier about walmart it's just so much plastic in our lives i know like come back from the supermarket and always feel a little conflicted anyway that is the national for april 22nd i hope you join me sunday for cross-country checkup on cbc radio and cbc news network on our ask me anything feature we'll have jeopardy champ mateo roach you can call in and ask her anything and later that night i'll be back on the national good night you
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