CBC News: The National | Remembrance Day, Calgary apartment boom, Jody Wilson-Raybould
tonight paying tribute to Canadians who serve remembering those who died everybody like myself remembers the 11th of November putting the focus on Veterans lest we forget renters drive a new building Trend in many of Canada's larger cities we decided to stop selling units and really focus on the rental market talking to Jody Wilson raybould about reconciliation in Canada and how do you feel about the likelihood of that happen I am a cup half full person I am optimistic this is the national with Ian Henneman Singh tonight the stories and sacrifices of all who served in Canada's military are front and center as this country marks A Remembrance Day in a way it hasn't been able to for three years at the national ceremony in Ottawa and at others across the country crowds were back the absence of pandemic restrictions allowing people to come together to remember and for some that just added to the emotion of the day Olivia stefanovich with the tributes and the thanks in Ottawa these eyes have seen the horrors of War Shadow once again falling across Europe thousands of people gathered in solemn reflection in Ottawa to honor Canada's veterans and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice this was the first national Remembrance Day ceremony without restrictions since the pandemic began it's a great day look at the people that have come here they these people have never forgotten his name was Ted Elliott Lawrence Elliott came to honor his late dad Ted who stormed Juno Beach on D-Day I thought wow could you have actually done that I'd think about myself at 20 and I don't know what I would have thought or what I would have felt at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier the flag that represented Canada during the second world war this one recovered from the beach in Dieppe France after that Bloody raid now 80 years ago a silver cross mother laid a wreath for her son Byron gref the last of 158 Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan [Music] and there was a tribute to the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth a veteran herself the purpose at its very essence is for freedom freedom in ideal which to this day is being fought for in the crowd reminders of a war raging overseas after Russia's invasion of Ukraine every morning I wake up and hope the war is over the knowledge of what is happening there a heavy burden here when I think of all the all the young people who died that pain and loss felt by Generations along with the unusually warm temperatures encouraging Canadians of all ages to return together in remembrance Olivia stefanovic CBC News Ottawa the Prime Minister wasn't at that ceremony because he was enroute to a summit in Cambodia but during a refueling stop in Anchorage Alaska very early this morning he was able to quickly meet with about a dozen Armed Forces members posing for a photo with the group and thanking them for their service there are reports tonight of a stunning setback for the Kremlin in its war in Ukraine this was in Ukraine's Capital tonight celebrations underway after the Russian military announced it's withdrawn from heresan the southern city of strategic importance near the Black Sea is the only major city Russia has taken just weeks ago Vladimir Putin said it would be part of Russia forever fire Stewart shows the scenes inside here son and why it remains at risk residents celebrated the presence of Ukrainian soldiers glory to Ukrainian Armed Forces they cheer another video posted to social media which CBC News has been unable to verify purports to show Russian troops leaving the West Bank and crossing the nipra river above a key strategic Bridge has partially collapsed Ukraine blames Russia for destroying it on the way out today is a historic Day proclaimed Ukraine's President Vladimir zielinski adding that residents are removing Russian symbols but her son has not yet been cleansed of the enemy presence Ukrainian officials say some Russian soldiers ditched through uniforms and could still be in the city to the north the Ukrainian military has swept through this region in the past few days liberating dozens of small villages this billboard reads Russia is here forever it's now being ripped down it was six weeks ago that the Kremlin annexed this entire region and today it said it still considers it part of the Russian Federation across the river Russian troops are digging in and building trenches they're basically at least show him you know that they are ready now to defend the rest of her son on the other side which would be uh flat flatter ground um easier to to defend in some respects this defense expert says the pullback now means Russia can easily bombard the city from across the river one of the reasons why there hasn't been a mass arrival of the Ukrainian military but Ukrainian flags are now flying throughout her son and tonight in Kiev a blackened City rationing electricity large crowds took to the streets in celebration Briar Stewart CBC News London Freedom seems closer tonight for a flight crew of five Canadians held for seven months in the Dominican Republic they were arrested after they reported seeing a suspicious package we've been threatened with death by Narco criminals extorted by inmates police say They seized more than 200 kilograms of cocaine and ever since pivot Airlines and the Canadian government have been working to get the crew home the airline CEO says there's now a deal with Dominican officials But Eric Edmondson also warned of the very real potential of unforeseen delays a major Children's Hospital says is cutting back on surgeries the latest impact of a big spike in respiratory ailments as public health officials Ponder if it's time to bring back masking Katie Nicholson asks how people would feel about that at Matt Finney's Salon masks aren't mandatory but they are available there we are and it's fully stocked a good thing as public health officials mull over whether to bring back mandatory masking I still wear masks to work every single day so for me it's nothing that would be different um yeah I'm open to it yeah same if it's going to keep everybody safe and the cases are rising like better safe than sorry Ontario's top doctor said he'd consider new masking recommendations perhaps even another mandate if covet affects the surgical backlog on Friday more possible motivation the hospital for six children announced it was reducing surgeries because its ICU has been above capacity for several days Manitoba also overburdened by a cocktail of covid flu and RSV another common virus the Children's Hospital Emergency Department right now is actually in crisis you know we're seeing more volume and more Acuity than we've seen even pre-pandemic and large large volumes it's unprecedented despite that mandatory masking isn't under consideration says its Premier we're not looking at any Mass mandates as of as of right now some doctors say that's exactly what's needed so if we have that Universal umbrella of wearing masks then you know people don't feel isolated to to go out in public and have that mask on and everybody is protected that's precisely why this grade 4 student says he's okay if he's forced to mask up again I feel good because I like protecting my baby sister because she's only a baby and it could be dangerous if if she got sick but he also understands why some don't like being told what to do I mean I feel like it's their choice but I feel like it would be a good choice if more people wore masks because then the covered would be over quicker or at least ease the strain on hospitals Katie Nicholson CBC News Toronto many Canadian cities are experiencing a boom in new apartment buildings built specifically for renters that's good news in such a tight housing market but as Paula duhatric shows us it's not clear how long this will last for years many developers in Calgary were all about building houses these days some are making a change we decided to stop selling units and really focus on the rental market he isn't alone numbers from the Canada mortgage and housing Corporation show construction has started on a record number of rental apartments this year nowadays developers realize that there is a lot of this demand in Calgary for for rental housing and their uh building towards that other major cities are also seeing a rise in rental construction Toronto being a notable exception but in Vancouver in the first half of this year the number of rental apartments starts was the highest in decades we have 10 multi-family rental properties in the pipeline the development Pipeline and Metro Vancouver and we think it's a good thing because we think there will be a permanent Perpetual demand for multi-family rental in Vancouver it's not just supply and demand public policy also plays a role including a Calgary program that helps turn empty Office Buildings into places people can live so it's an art deco building we love it it's it's a a passion project passion aside it isn't clear if rental development can continue at the same clip High interest rates are spurring more people to rent rather than buy but they're also putting pressure on developers securing land at affordable costs increasing costs of construction increasing carrying costs on debt and you're just not going to see rents like salaries are not increasing at that same rate rents are just not going to be able to accelerate at that same proportion to be able to make the math work on those things the cmhc says some apartments under construction will be available for people to move in the next few months but the trend will have to stick around to provide long-term relief for renters Paula duhatchex CBC News Calgary the chaos continues at Twitter a week after cutting half the staff Elon Musk has grabbed his new Twitter blue paid subscription model after just two days for Barack Obama to Justin Bieber those blue check marks have served as proof that high profile accounts were real but on Wednesday Twitter began selling them to anyone for eight bucks a month only to be flooded with fake accounts this is just the latest setback for a platform that's losing money and losing trust here's Lindsey duncombe on how it's all playing out trolls what's beamed from your Twitter app it's even tougher to know what's true on the platform and what's not I have definitely realized that I should not believe all the stuff on Twitter do you trust what you read on Twitter depends on the sauce but if it's a legit search for sure yes it used to be those blue check marks signaled legitimacy but then Elon Musk started selling blue check marks for cash all of a sudden scrollers saw LeBron James asking for a trade Oil Company British Petroleum admitting it killed the planet and drug manufacturer Eli Lilly offering insulin for free all fake it's undermined the entire blue check marking system and taken away another uh source of revenue for musk and revenue is something Twitter needs badly advertisers are fully huge debt means interest payments of more than a billion dollars a year musk himself has hinted at bankruptcy now the challenge for Twitter is that it's always struggled with Revenue it's not the cash machine that Google or Facebook is its value really lies in the community of people that use it and the news and information it provides to society as a whole regular users are already looking ahead to a post-tweet world uh I think probably Twitter's in its last days and that's fine someone else will replace it someone smarter will run something else better should musk fail there could be spillover into other sectors he leveraged Tesla stock in order to pay for the platform linking the prosperity of the world's largest electric car manufacturer to Twitter Lindsey duncombe CBC News Vancouver Joe Biden says the U.S is committed to meeting climate targets part of his message at the cop 27 Summit in Egypt Susan ormiston explains what else he promised and what he didn't President Biden arrived in Egypt with a message meant to reassure that he wouldn't compromise climate goals because of political shifts at home we're racing forward to do our part to avert the climate hell the United States of America will meet our admissions targets by 2030. his visit to charmel shaken cop 27 was delayed and short just three hours because of the midterm elections which threatened to weaken his power but even if Republicans challenge climate initiatives Biden vowed he would not turn back from a massive U.S climate Bill the biggest most important climate bill in the history of our country the inflation reduction Act what this crowd wanted to hear Biden nodded to the climate-related devastation in Africa and in Pakistan but he was silent about an issue defining this conference big polluters compensating poorer countries for the effects as observers we just talk won't work says an observer from Sudan I think we need more more and more strong steps and more strong actions from the decision makers to to make it I'm the first to to say we need to do more and I agree we need to do more but Minister Gibble says efforts spawned a cop over the years he's been to 20 are working we were so far far away from that 10 years ago it is working it is happening we need to keep doing it and we need to accelerate it Biden also met briefly with Egypt's President el-sisi a key U.S Ally he did address Egypt's human rights record according to the White House but no other details Biden was barely here he's on his way to the G20 in Indonesia on Monday EXP expected to meet with the Chinese president to talk Taiwan and possibly kick-start discussions on climate Susan ormiston CBC News in charmele Sheikh Egypt as anti-government protests continue in Iran new evidence that the regime is striking out Beyond its borders in this case it happened in Britain Margaret Evans explains that government's response and Canada's reaction the wall outside Iran's Embassy here in London not high enough to escape the blood red paint hurled at its windows by protesters in recent weeks now Iran's top Diplomat has been summoned by the British foreign office over allegations of regime sponsored death threats against Iranian journalists based in London Iran International's executive news editor says two of his journalists have been contacted by the British police they have been told that they are under significant and imminent and considerable threat many of the Channel's reports on the demonstrations inside Iran he says are based on user-generated content which is then verified set against government censorship in Iran it's made the channel a major source for Persian speakers looking for news on the protests Tehran accuses the channel and other Persian language Services here of inciting violence the concern of the regime is about the level of trust that people in Iran have in our reports about Iran Nobel Laureate Shireen ibadi wants Western Nations to do more than reprimand Iranian diplomats we urge especially Western countries to bring back their ambassadors from Iran she says that way they can show the people of Iran they're against the regime ibadi was meeting with Canada's International Development minister harjit sajan in London Canada hasn't had diplomatic relations with Iran since 2012. I mean every government's gonna have to make their own decision because there are always different circumstances but I agree with Dr abadi that we Every Nation needs to take a very strong stance against Iran sajan says he sought out a body for input on what more Canada can do to support Iranian women in particular demanding their rights Margaret Evans CBC News London quite an emotional night for fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs and for one of their legendary players history [Applause] was a star during the 1970s and 80s he got a huge Ovation before the game he recently disclosed that he has ALS Lou Gehrig's Disease as the crowd stood and cheered for more than a minute he was overcome by this outpouring of appreciation ahead tonight a conversation with this year's Silver Cross mother he shares memories of her son and the story of his sacrifice he sounds like a special person oh he really was yeah he was Jordan Wilson Reibold on the moment she became attorney general my knees were knocking I was nervous and what reconciliation could look like in Canada plus musicians are back on tour but it comes with a cost it would be a financial hit that I just simply wouldn't be able to survive we're back in two an investigation is underway north of Toronto tonight after a deadly Collision involving a herd of horses that escaped from a farm a doorbell camera captured the horses wandering late at night police say a man in his 60s was killed in the town of Newmarket after his car hit one of them we're not exactly sure how all of the horses got loose from the uh from this Farm area however they the officers were able to contain them it's only 20 to 30 horses had escaped police say they have since been returned to the farm and the investigation is looking at how they did get loose a shooting this afternoon brought police to a seizure north of Montreal Just hours after a shooting at a different Quebec school police were called to a college in Laval where three people were shot officials say their injuries are not life-threatening and they're searching for suspects earlier in the day a suspect was arrested after an unrelated incident out of school south of Montreal no one was hurt there from chess to Call of Duty we have a long history of playing War themed games some are strategic and cerebral others graphic and violent now a growing number of researchers are looking at the society-wide impacts of these pretend combats Murray Brewster explains chess the original 6th Century Indian war game it's a long way from this to this get your head down and keep moving one of the most successful online war games of the last decade and something that has piqued the interest of historians at the Canadian war museum where the weapons of previous Wars are on full display and were bands of school children now debate their characteristics to the surprise of historians who wonder how do they know this they said oh well we play with these weapons in in the games we play uh you know first person shooters Call of Duty these are gentle more cerebral war games from the 1970s relics of previous generation the effect of War games on society and on history may be more profound than we realize something historians and researchers have begun to study in the Greek democracies people played war games which I think speaks volumes not only the Greeks the ancient Egyptians Prussian Baron George Von riesevitz perfected modern board games in the late 18th century to teach European monarchs who knew nothing about fighting wars in the 1930s the Germans secretly turned wargaming into high art creating a Cadre of generals that came close to winning the second world war from an intellectual point of view the benefit of trying to outwit an opponent is obvious it helps with critical thinking and it helps anticipation Gamers say today's experience is much more intimate graphic even personal you become invested in the story and the characters leading to a deeper appreciation of sacrifice and loss these are real people these people are almost just like you and me they have lives they have loved ones they have families and you need to see that it is not just a fun shooter game you have to remember that these are almost representing people who have gone and sacrificed their lives for the world we know today CBC News when we come back representing all the mothers of Fallen Canadian soldiers when you lay that wreath in Ottawa tell me what you'll be what will be going through your mind will you be thinking I'm thinking of Byron next this year's Silver Cross mother shares memories of her own son who died fighting in Afghanistan his story and his sacrifice right after the break [Music] following the wreaths laid at the national War Memorial in Ottawa today was one from this year's National Silver Cross mother handicraft foreign Corporal Byron Gruff was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in 2011.
today she was acting on behalf of all mothers who have lost a child in the line of service [Music] Byron gref was the 158th Canadian Soldier killed in Afghanistan he was also the last before today's ceremony Chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton sat down with his mother to talk about who he was as a person and a soldier and the sacrifice he made [Music] 158 is an important number but I want to think of the 157th and 156th and the first and the all of them are so important and have loving families who miss them dearly just like we do every single day so 158 is important and I'm thankful there isn't 159. you're not a military family we are not we are not where does this come from in grade nine he decided he wanted to join Cadets in Red Deer there is no Cadets in Lacombe so he went to Cadets in Red Deer I would drive him in every week and then in grade 12 lo and behold I would like to join the military and I don't know where it came from was it something about love of country public service for those things he talked about yeah yeah for sure Rosie he was he was such a helper um always wanting to help if if there was something you needed done you called on Byron and and he would help to the best of his ability and I I think that's part of it um and and Cadets they would salute if they saw a Canadian flag wow the first time I saw him do that it was just up straight and the ha and he saluted and it just made my heart swell [Music] I just want to start by trying to get to know Byron a little bit oh what kind of what kind of son was he what kind of kid was he he was he was a mischievous little fella and stayed that way however if there was a chore to be done mow the lawn for instance Heavens that was a focused very focused young man in anything that he needed to do he wanted to do a good job at it so that was that was him and as he grew older he still stayed somewhat mischievous as teenagers do but still all very very focused on what if there was something to be done he did it and he did it to the best of his ability what was that like that first time saying goodbye to him knowing that in that in that instance it was a combat Mission it was dangerous yes sleepless nights worry pretty much 24 7 worry and I knew they trained him well and I knew that he would listen to absolutely every order that he was given and they would keep him safe and they did and he came back safe and sound and then the the next mission was different because at the time it was a training Mission so right was there a sense that it was less dangerous because that's certainly what I remember I said other people said absolutely you could breathe a little easier you could sleep more at night not being so afraid I knew the Taliban were still there but with it not with it being non-combat it was easier to to realize that he was there and he was training he would do pt with the Ana he said the Afghan National Army um that's not dangerous cheers that the suicide bomber bomber with somewhere in the neighborhood of 700 kilograms of explosives the Taliban say was targeting especially deadly killing at least 17 people including Master Corporal Byron gref of Edmonton why why him why that particular bus the suicide bomber is the only one who could answer that that was the one he chose and brushed up against and that's when the bomb detonated there was many times I think that door is going to bust open and he's going to say ha got y'all no because he had such a sense of humor and he wanted to play tricks on people when you um lay that wreath in Ottawa tell me what you'll be what will be going through your mind will you be thinking I'll be thinking of Byron watching down and hopefully standing right beside me that's what I hope for sorry and I'm so honored to be able to lay that wreath on behalf of the other Silver Cross mothers and families who've lost it's so important to recognize all of them and it's a heavy heavy load on a person's shoulders and I think all Silver Cross mothers and families know that but you stand up taller because of the weight well he sounds like a special person oh he really was yeah he was thank you for being so gracious yeah you really are you into you really thank you later in the program we're going to hear directly from some Canadian veterans about their memories from the time they served but first a conversation with former Attorney General Jody Wilson raybles you haven't mentioned the prime minister in those words yet when you describe this this picture we talk about that as well as her thoughts on reconciliation in this country Jody Wilson raybold has spent her life advocating for indigenous rights sometimes from a very big stage in 2015 Justin Trudeau appointed her Canada's first indigenous Minister of Justice and attorney general four years later though she was ejected from caucus in a falling out with the Prime Minister over the snc lavala affair she left politics in 2021. in a new book she explores how Canadians could move towards reconciliation I spoke with her recently and started by asking her if there was a time in her life when she felt she had to downplay her indigenous heritage I was raised to be proud of of who I am and to know where I come from to be proud to be an indigenous person in this country you know there were times in my life that were more challenging in terms of being an indigenous person and facing systemic racism and facing challenges because of who I am and where I come from I mean I can remember and I talked to my mum about this very recently I can remember when I was in elementary school in her grade three class and having Health people come and and a dentist office individuals come and take myself and my indigenous classmates of which there were probably four or five of us a way to get our teeth checked because there was an assumption that our teeth were falling out eye pictures here I want to show them to you one by one and get your reaction to what those pictures mean in terms of your career your path and your reaction to them so here's the first one ah that's Jody Wilson raybold Minister of Justice yeah I mean when I look at it I I think about how I felt in that moment and makes me a little bit emotional thinking about it my knees were knocking I was nervous and I that moment for me aside from you know the purse other person that's in the picture um was obviously an accomplishment becoming Canada's first indigenous Minister of Justice and attorney general of Canada you haven't mentioned the prime minister in those words yet when you describe this this picture yeah I I think that I mean when I think about it I mean I'm grateful to prime minister Trudeau for for putting me in that position and giving me that enormous responsibility to to do some some good work that I'm proud of um for me I mean I now when I when you show me that picture I think about my father and I think about his father the first Prime Minister Trudeau I have two children in [Music] Vancouver Island both of whom want to be the prime minister we can't tell her ready before we still have to go to one appreciate but also understand Different World Views what is it about Different World Views and Reconciliation that we need to better understand I speak about needing to understand or Canadians needing to understand the true history of Canada and how the Canada was formed not on a shared story of all of the diversity between and among us but was built on a story or World Views that excluded indigenous World Views a history of denial of rights a history of assimilation a history of residential schools the exclusion of indigenous peoples and their World Views has had long lasting challenges that still face the country today all right I'm going to show you another picture that actually fits in a little bit to that theme from Kamloops yeah yeah looking at to Kamloops tissue epic that was you know in the summer of 2021 when um and it's understandable the revelations about the unmarked burials that our residential school the 215 individuals that were identified my mother went to residential school in and she survived barely I believe it was a wake-up call for for many Canadians but here's the challenge or here's the reality or the problem is that for indigenous peoples we've always known that our children went missing or never came back from residential school we talk about this between and Among Us in our communities so very Divergent views or understanding of history between indigenous many indigenous and non-indigenous peoples but continue with that I remember the day that this news started to break human remains found at the site of a residential school in Kamloops British Columbia in the first few hours I saw some really sharply worded tweets from indigenous people in particular saying why is this news we've known this all along those of you who are suddenly shocked by it you should have known it all along but then I kind of felt like maybe by the next day people including indigenous people started realizing rightly or wrongly this is changing the conversation in Canada and so let's let's in the best possible way take advantage of that and I just wondered do you remember back to that day you know did your views of that change or as you saw how it was changing the conversation in Canada how did you feel well I remember the day I remember when I saw it on social media or on the news um or heard it through various people from tablets actually I'm not being too shocked about it and and I think gradually realities of our history um we'll start can or we'll continue to come out more and more but I appreciated how the conversation changed or evolved to a place where it was about embracing the opportunity that but what those learnings or what we can learn that's where I was really happy to see the media go you've anticipated my last question but maybe I'll ask it anyway and that is for people who are watching particularly non-indigenous people what would you like them to do next well I I talk about this in the book and I speak about and to answer that question what can I do to help Advance reconciliation I I speak about three things learn understand and act are the the lessons or the practices that I want to impart based on my own unique experiences throughout the course of my life and teachings from my ancestors and how do you feel about the likelihood of that happening optimistic pessimistic I am optimistic I've seen more change in these last 12 years than I have since I was elected way back when um as a regional Chief and and when I was was growing up there is more awareness Canadians um care and want to do something all right well thank you very much for speaking with us thank you so much up next on the national the cost of taking the show on the road I'm putting my life in my own hands hopefully I get lucky it's like it's scary you feel like you're sitting duck playing Russian roulette why some Canadian musicians say they're being forced to rethink how they go on tour we'll be right back we have an update tonight on Canadian Jeopardy star Mateo roach she competed in the semi-finals of the Tournament of Champions now before we show you what happened you may want to mute just for a moment if you're still waiting to watch the show what is a question mark so you are going to lose whatever you wagered which is nothing you still have seventy two hundred dollars so you're gonna lose whatever you wagered Andrew but I'm betting not that much 1337 okay you have 37 863 dollars so that's it for roach in the Tournament of Champions but an incredible Run for the 24 year old who holds the show's fifth longest streak after 23 consecutive wins earlier this year this week I sat down with her to talk about a return to Jeopardy as a champion I think the experience of getting to go back it felt kind of like going home or alternatively like going to summer camp you know you're seeing your Jeopardy friends that you don't normally get to hang out with you're seeing the Fantastic Team you're seeing these other contestants uh I had so much fun and this interview is a lot of fun as well you can watch the full thing this Sunday right here on the national after a hard couple of years some Canadian musicians are reassessing whether to go on tour from covid to burnout to the rising cost of everything some say it's a money loser here's Eli Glassner on the high cost of hitting the road [Music] Lorena McKinnon and Caden's weapon couldn't be more different trying to win the race but they're both feeling the strain I'm putting my life in my own hands hopefully I get lucky it's like it's scary you feel like you're sitting playing Russian roulette [Music] mechanic was planning a European tour but without covet Insurance she pulled the plug so if I'm putting up half a million dollars and I get struck by covid for a week or two then I'm I'm hugely out of pocket a lot of money um so it would be a financial hit that I just simply wouldn't be able to survive instead she's touring closer to home consulting doctors for Best Practices still her cellist caught cobit the likely Source the two and a half hours that we're sitting on stage in an environment where many people are not masked after he won the 2021 Polaris prize Cadence weapon toured the U.S he sold his own merch drove a van and shelled out for kova tests the result after the tour was done I had ended up losing two thousand dollars on the tour while the smaller acts are struggling the big names like Adele and Harry Styles are playing multiple shows in the same location less touring means more profits and avoiding another Factor inflation over a thousand dollars for a weekend with just a basic minivan um so then you really have to start looking at how are we going to do this as costs rise more up and coming acts won't be able to tour which affects the artists and audiences that is really a shame and a loss for not only for the industry but also for audiences and for fans because uh every big name out there started out small so we'll start with the apartment well artists want help to make touring safer and affordable a Montreal venue is giving Vans a bed hot meals and more that I've never seen people happier to do their laundry in my entire life a little relief from musicians trying to keep the show on the road you like last year CBC News Toronto copies covered the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa today placed by people who pause to remember and say thank you to those who served in Canada's Armed Forces there are many tributes on this day also a lot of memories being shared by veterans themselves in Our Moment tonight two residents of pearly Health in Ottawa share their stories of service and sacrifice I uh joined up when I was 17 1943 trained as America that was overseas we did mining trips we found those quite dangerous you used to just but got blown under the sky by the anti-aircraft fire but we survived and you have 200 300 aircraft on a raid at night time uh you have to watch it I guess you have no communication between aircraft no lights and you get that many aircraft to all go and say through Cloud that gets dangerous how do you feel people calling you a hero not a hero when I joined up I wanted excitement and I got it a lot of sacrifices had to be made in order to obtain a nice place to live in my father was in the first World War I had two buildings in the second world war when it appeared W in Germany I joined up to be with a spectacular grade going to Germany so he joined the artillery and before I knew it the engine that asked me to go and join the Provo Corps that's the military place so I went to the military police I think I'd be going to Germany but I signed a paper and I volunteered I ended up in Korea in 1952 because we all volunteered that's another thing I remember on Remembrance Day they seem to forget the men that went to Korea over 500 did not come back they were volunteers all of these stories throughout the day and I was watching a documentary as well about the first world war and and I Echo something that somebody said earlier in the newscast which is it makes you wonder if Our Generation if we would have been able to do what so many people did before us for the Canadian Armed Forces that is the national for Remembrance Day November the 11th join me Sunday for cross-country checkup on CBC radio and CBC News Network and back here on the national good night [Music]
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