this is CBC Nova scoti news tonight behind schedule a tiny home Community planned for Lower Sackville won't be ready this summer after.
All Eclipse tourism the celestial event creates an economic boom for a tiny community in Northern Cape Retton and buyer beware mod Lewis paintings can fetch big bucks but a Halifax art dealer warns to watch out for fakes shower and flurry chances ending this evening high pressure moving in and a pretty nice Wednesday shaping up across the province.
Your full forecast is coming up good evening and Nova scotia's first tiny home Community for unhoused people in Lower Sackville is running behind schedule when it was announced last fall it was meant to welcome its first residence this summer but now there's a new timeline Nichola Sean.
Reports work has begun to turn this muddy field into a first for Nova Scotia a pilot project called a tiny home Community for homeless people half of the 60 units were supposed to be ready for summer but people needing shelter will be left waiting longer the first residents uh we're hoping will move in uh by fall and uh the second group of.
Residents uh by winter the neighborhood and a community center will fill the old ball field home to dozens of tents just a couple of months ago the project was announced in October as part of a nearly $17 million spend aimed at getting some of the province's hundreds of homeless people out of the cold but the roll out of the 200 shelters The Province bought.
From an American company called pallet has also run into some snags only 19 are up and running and it's unclear when the rest will be ready for a government that says they want to get build faster they're not doing it very fast so um I'm kind of disappointed to hear that it won't be ready and that they should have been ready um because folks are in need.
Of housing right now we're seeing it now again with these tiny homes we saw it with the pallet shelters we're seeing it with many of the things they've announced for health care and I'm worried because they they spend a lot of money uh but don't really deliver but similar shelters have been built quickly in the past our goal was like to get.
People off the street that winter immediately right the church project took around six months to get up and running now with 25 shelters across the province Dino Raymond lives in one of them and he has a message for the provincial government I know they got a lot of things they got to do and I know they got their budgets and stuff like.
That but uh um please help oore um we need your guys support the homeless need your guys support Raymond says being warm and dry has changed everything for him and he wants to see others get the same chance Nicholas again CBC News Halifax Police in New Glasgow are asking for help locating a 73-year-old who hasn't been seen since Monday a silver.
Alert went out last night for a dare townend who's described by police as having a mild case of Alzheimer's and is known to take regular walks on her own Townsen was reported missing around noon yesterday she was last seen on Brookside Avenue she's about 5'2 wearing glasses a bluish gray coat and black do Martin Boots anyone who sees her is asked to.
Call police more than a dozen fire departments came together early this morning to save an apple storage facility in 3 Mile Plains the former Mason's apples plant now operated by ocean crisp contained 12,000 tons of last year's Apple crop ocean crisp was informed after the fire was put out that all of the apples have been saved and.
Damage was kept to a minimum it's believed the fire was the result of an electrical issue on the top of the building the crews uh did a did a great job of initially um locating the fire and getting a a quick Knock on the fire uh to uh hold it uh from getting uh you know further involved into the building.
Um how we did however have some extension into a crawl space and that's uh it proved to be a bit stubborn for us ocean crisp pairs will need to be made before they can continue with that plan the former Bloomfield School site in Halifax continues to sit vacant there have been long been safety concerns around the building and a new report.
Sheds light on the status of the structure the cbc's Haley Ryan has more the old Bloomfield School site is definitely in rough shape but it's been unclear exactly how unsafe it is for people breaking in or emergency cruise to enter developer Alex Hal of Bank Investments has owned the property for the past 3 years and most of the.
Buildings have been vacant for a decade Halifax fire called it an immediate safety risk last fall and ordered a structural Integrity assessment they say people have sheltered in the building and started fires a report CBC received through a freedom of information request shows the main building does have two roof leaks and cracked brick but the.
Framing and walls are in good condition it's a different story for the two older buildings linked to the main one via pedway the Agricola Street building has a partially collapsed roof and both have loadbearing walls that have deteriorated it is our opinion that neither of these earlier buildings in their present state are safe to access consideration could.
Be given to blocking access from the main building to these structures at the pedway connections to prevent entry Halifax fire received this report in January and shared it with the district Chiefs an inspector also urged Extreme Caution for anyone working in the area because of the crumbling exterior this report is just part of an agreement the.
Developer has with the city an email from November 2023 Show's bank has to ensure the site remains vacant secure and inspected daily the city told CBC that Halifax fire remains concerned about the property and the file is still open but no new orders have been issued and the city cannot say whether the padways have been blocked or not last.
Year Hal said he could not afford to demolish the building in the meantime bank has pitched other major developments to the city including thousands of units in Bedford Commons and Exhibition Park they have just under two years left to start construction at Bloomfield Haley Ryan CBC News Helifax The Faculty at St Mary's University has.
Voted in support of a motion of no confidence in the school's president and the chair of the Board of Governors the St Mary's University faculty Union voted 91.1% in support of the motion according to the union the union represents 300 full-time professors Librarians and inst structures at the University in a release the union says they have made.
Multiple requests to the administration for basic information about the financial condition of the university the release goes on to say external Financial experts found financial mismanagement and increased spending have resulted in debts and budget cuts the solar eclipse may be over but it's still all the talk in Meet Cove tonight.
The amount of people attracted to it overwhelmed locals and ated business for an area usually quiet this time of year here is the cbc's Kyle Moore it was the only place in Nova Scotia in the path of totality for the solar eclipse people came by the car loads to meet Cove to catch a rare Glimpse locals knew the crowds were.
Coming but nothing like they experienced on Monday I'm really lost for words at the amount of tourists that were in here hein's estimates more than a thousand people came to the small Northern Cape rting Community in a very short period of time it's a place known for its beauty and at its peak for visitors during the summer months in the.
Summertime we do get up to 500 cars like per day say from like 700 am until 10 p.m. whereas like all these cars seem to come in right between like 12 and 4 o'clock right that like the road was just nonstop it was definitely like nothing we have ever seen before the food truck usually closed this time of year was open for business with a.
Limited menu they could barely keep up we we pretty much ran out right just when we shut down that was around four o'clock Chris McKinnon and Eileen McCullen didn't quite know what to expect when they decided to open their food truck for the day but in the end they cashed in on hundreds of dollars we had to shut the doors a.
Couple of times just to uh to take a breather and repr prep uh just so another wave could come and uh and get going otherwise it was you know we didn't know really what we could do to keep up with people we didn't want to upset too many people so we just told people you know now and then we'll close the doors and we'll reopen when we get.
Prepped it's business the couple wouldn't have had without the eclipse and it's an experience many who live here hope will bring people back to their picturesque place like I think it brought a lot of like local people here like people in Nova Scotia who may not have you know necessarily come here they only came for the eclipse so I guess it.
Gave them a chance to kind of drive down and see our little communities north of smokey a business boom anded today many won't soon forget Kyle Moore CBC News Sydney and with our first look at the weather forecast here's Ryan snoden now are you still basking in the glow of the eclipse I think everybody has a bit of an eclipse hangover today uh for sure.
Listen tough to top yesterday just such a spectacular day uh and thankfully it worked out because me Cove Cloud capped today as is much of the Eastern parts of the Mainland we seeing a brighter Sky towards the west and yeah those are some flurries mixing in across Cape R in the Eastern parts of the Mainland this evening we'll continue to see those over.
The next couple of hours then we are going to clear thanks to this area of high pressure moving in but between the high and that Northerly flow tonight is going to be notably cool for this time of year we should be around the freezing Mark we're going to start in Theus 3 to- 6 range for a good portion of the Mainland – 2 to- 4 across Cape Breton a.
Little milder in Yarmouth but it will be a chilly start tomorrow no doubt about that so make sure you're prepared now that said we're going to recover quite nicely tomorrow those Northerly winds will linger for Cape Breton but they'll become South across a good portion of the rest of the Mainland still a bit cool along that North umberland Shore as.
Well if you're in those onshore winds temperatures closer to 2 3° but five or six even seven Inland 8 9 10 degrees towards the south and west where the winds will become southerly in a late day risk of a shower in through the Y yth area there's the high that'll keep us pretty chilly tonight it fades off there's that building cloud cover.
Yarmouth Digby shelburn there's that isolated chance of a shower through the later parts of Tomorrow shower chances increasing Wednesday night into Thursday morning as those clouds do start to slowly but surely build into the region uh turning quite damp Thursday night and for Friday is periods of rain and some Gusty winds come in with the system.
That's going to be moving its way through Eastern Canada Friday and into the weekend not a complete wash but certainly we are going to be seeing some wet weather but some milder temperatures really starting to build in as well we'll talk all about it with your 7-day forecast coming up all right looking forward to it thanks so much Ryan thank.
You the National dental care plan starts next month but almost all dentists in Nova Scotia are reluctant to participate the local Association says only four dentists in the entire Province have signed on to the program that is supposed to start providing care for seniors and eventually low and midle middle inome Canadians who don't have.
Private unfortunately the government has designed a plan where they are asking providers to enroll uh to sign a contract with the government in order to provide care this uh does not follow along with any other insurance plan or any other uh government run program that we work with um so this contract has.
Unnecessary terms and conditions and most dentists in Nova Scotia uh unfortunately are facing staff shortages um so this is a difficult program a lot of the can't take on new patients as it is I'll talk to Dr Julie Waterbury of the Dental Association about the plan and what it could mean for you that's.
Our newsmaker interview just after 6:30 the Nova Scotia based oral surgeon who allowed a correctional officer to extract four teeth from a sedated inmate in newfinland has been granted an absolute discharge a judge told a courtroom today in Gander that she received 70 letters of support for Dr Louie bour which she said convinced her.
That imposing a criminal conviction would not serve the public the judge said that although bour violated a position of trust the dentist has taken responsibility bour pleaded guilty to assault last year after he allowed the officer to extract the teeth in October of 2020 while another correctional officer filmed he had told the court.
That he became lost in a teaching moment and that he was struggling with the stresses of the covid-19 pandemic at the time there is growing concern about Coastal erosion in and around wood Islands pei and the impact may have on the ferry service to Nova Scotia the cbc's Wayne tiido explains this is what the dunes off wood.
Islands used to look like but a powerful storm in the winter of 2016 changed the landscape forever today you can barely see them at all Norman Stewart lives right on the coast he says the silt From the Dunes is being pushed into into the channel causing problems for local fishermen and the PEI to Nova Scotia ferry service in January.
2016 the beach behind me here it was breached with a big Westerly storm there was no ice in the straight in the straight that would buffer the uh the wind and wave action and since that time the beach never recovered Steward would like to see Rock reefs like these built to protect a Provincial Park and lighthouse in West Point constructed in.
Wood Islands the local Chamber of Commerce says it's critical that something is done Blair Aken says confidence has already been shaken in the fairy service with disruptions over the past couple of years he says they don't want silt to impact the ability of the fairies to dock the service itself doesn't get the.
Attention it deserves until there's a problem and it seems to operate in the eyes of the political sphere on a four-year mandate uh so what we're looking for is is a solution a long-term solution the local MLA says she's been lobbying for dredging but so far she's heard nothing back from Transport Canada which looks.
After the ferry service it's a real concern Wayne uh for the fisherman and for for the ferry uh if we don't get some dredging done here and uh have a little bit of more attention to the area it's really going to impact uh the faery service and and the fisherman's livelihood the province says it will need to contract a coastal engineer to.
Assess the site but it doesn't want to do anything until Transport Canada explains what it plans to do provincial officials say while they're keeping a close eye on this area it's too soon to say if an offshore Reef will work here they say it's important to take the time to find the right approach to protect this valuable Coastline in eastern Pei.
Wayne Tibido CBC News wood Islands mod is Iconic scenes of Rural Life have become big business in Nova Scotia Originals can go for tens or sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars Chad Brown is an art dealer who specializes in mod Lewis recently he took possession of six paintings at the same time he brought them to zicker.
Gallery in Halifax to have them framed and authenticated information mornings Jerry West met him at the gallery this is the first time I've ever forked out this kind of Investments uh for six paintings I won't give it an exact figure but it was over $100,000 you can only authenticate it so much on your own before you purchase it um so.
Major risk when you're using your own money there's thetic thank you there show you the so this first one I can tell by the back is is a beautiful one of my favorite paintings and and I've seen variations of this painting as I'm sure you have where maybe the boat's a different color.
Or there's different boats or different animals around um if I were to guess I'd say this was a late 50s early 60s painting uh based on what the original owners had told me you must have seen a lot of mod Lewis come through here yes we have seen a lot of mod well she was very prolific well she said that she painted about one a day which is over.
300 a year which is over 3,000 a decade she painted for over three decades the 40s 50s and 60s so there must be somewhere around at least 10,000 and it's not every day I get a harbor painting So when uh when I do I mean I I could purchase 100 paintings and that would be my second Harbor painting so that one is sold uh and.
That's sold for 40,000 which is a lot of money for a painting in my experience people do not like to sell their mods they love them too much um but because of the value on it I I think people are worrisome about having that much money on the walls it's like Christmas I don't know which one is next not kind of worry people but art forgery now is the second.
Largest source of income for organized crime it is in the billions now a year so M would be a relatively uh good Target relatively easy to do and uh you they're they're relatively simple and and uh uh she she was very prolific so so what convinces the two of you that this is authentic I look for the little things like like Ian.
Mentioned earlier it's certain things are traced out so you can see the pencil marks going up the Horizon almost any artist their signature lies in the work itself not just in the name I think there's still a lot of mods in original hands I think for the next 10 20 years you're going to see these random influences of of mods coming out she's a.
Canadian icon and and people in Canada know hea now the struggle is to get it past Canada I'd like to have one mod Le yeah I'd take a couple if it could but they're great images aren't they they sure are all right first quick break on the way stay with us we have a lot more to come on CBC Nova scotian.
News Europe's highest human rights Court made an historic ruling today about global warming siding with a group of senior Swiss women a CBC News investigation has found over the past decade more than 450 suspended Ontario police officers continued to be paid at a cost of $134 million and there's a lovely view from.
Kim makui National Park Ryan is up next with this forecast we'll see you in a bit a e e e.
E e e little quieter today look at the skies cloudier too yeah we didn't all as a big group go out and gather in the parking lot and look up at the sun today today that was kind of fun though we should do that.
Universal experience it was awesome yeah that's definitely it was and again some more pictures coming in to Ryan's pick and thank you to everybody who have been sharing which always great to see some picks from New Brunswick some picks from here um and and uh yeah definitely today feels just a little different uh no doubt about that but still pretty nice.
Day especially for Western areas of the province today it's been snowing in the East and actually a few folks sending me a pick of some accumulating snow over parts of Cape Breton and higher terrain areas of anones County uh but there's also the sun shining as well and so yeah we are kind of a province divided right now the western parts of the province.
It's a lovely evening this is a live shot uh from Mercy River Mercy River Chalet which is not far from beautiful gum guuk Park 8 de there mostly sunny nice spot along the river that's a nice scene isn't it it certainly is float down that river right yeah that's right High the water temp's probably still a bit chilly this time of year but uh yeah.
I'm there for it 9 degrees the high at uh at beautiful KI today and you can see 13 down through the Southwest uh just 3 deg at that Caribou Point Station in pcto County uh ingan Beach the high just two and yeah that nor the wind has certainly been uh impacting temperatures in the north and east as we thought that it would temperatures have dropped to.
The freezing Mark in fact there uh over the last little bit zero at Sydney and shed camp and enganes and one an aanes and pcto and again looking at some of the webcams from this area we're definitely seeing some light accumulation uh higher terrain areas in anesh county and towards PTO County could see some you know at least a.
Little bit of slush on the road so just be mindful of that over the next couple of hours before these flurries clear away it's down to one in Halifax at the airport four uh closer to downtown the winds yeah they have certainly been making their presence felt today haven't they sustained 20 30 even 40 at times in through the East and yeah Sydney at last.
Check gusting to 54 kilm per hour uh with that Northerly flow so there are the flurries that have been in the mix and this is likely the area that uh saw most of the accumulation especially Southern Richmond County got a a couple of great pictures there uh so thanks to folks for sharing uh we've got this area of high pressure that's going to be.
Moving in cutting off those flurries for tonight and we will be looking at this next system here brewing in the US South and that is going to be heading its way up the Eastern Seaboard uh not only the mild temperatures but obviously all that moisture as well you can see into the teens and 20s there now cooler air dipping back down uh but even in its.
Wake the cool not so cool these days though it certainly will be chilly tonight as we mentioned earlier this is notably cool for this time of year uh- 3 to- 6 across the mainland a little milder in through Yarmouth County but yeah will'll be minus two to minus three in through most of Cape Breton there are those flurries coming to an end note all.
The sunshine uh for tomorrow to start the day we'll see a mix of sun and Cloud across Cape Breton for tomorrow there's the building cloud cover coming in across the western parts of the Mainland and a couple of isolated showers for the Tri County Area temperatures still cool across the island tomorrow 1 2 3 and 4° warmer spots will be down through.
Southern Richmond County 4 6 and yeah even 7 degrees for the North umland and Eastern Shore coolest in those onshore winds get away from the water you'll find your warmer temperatures uh 6 to 9 degrees through the valley tomorrow did put an isolated risk for Anapolis Royal but it is going to be generally Digby Yarmouth and shelburn uh notably.
Different in temperatures with a southernly Flo tomorrow five along the coast 10 Inland so it does look like places like Bridge water will crack double digits lunenberg will likely be closer to 6 7° for tomorrow 8 9° in through the Halifax area again mild for Thursday with those mainly cloudy skies and some shower chances of five six and.
Seven degrees across Cape Breton but dry on Thursday that cloud deck not really making its way in there certainly building clouds and then that wetter weather Thursday night but more so Friday some Gusty southerly winds coming in with this one this system is going to take its time but we will see some dry pockets on the other side of this main.
Line which will work through Friday and Friday night behind that showers but again dry pockets in there and staying mild throughout the weekend as well some lingering showers even into Monday but hey at least the temperatures looking a little more April like Tom like those temperatures okay thanks so much Ryan you up next I'll talk with Dr Julie.
Waterbury of the Dental Association about the problems with ottawa's dental care plan that's our newsmaker interview stay with us you're watching CBC novas Scotia news e e.
E e e e the Canadian dental care plan is set to start providing coverage next month but it's not clear that enough dentists will enroll to provide care to the 1.6.
Million seniors who have already signed up the $13 billion plan starts with seniors but is supposed to ultimately provide low and middle-income Canadians with insurance if they don't have private coverage Dr Julie Waterbury is with the Nova Scotia Dental Association so this plan.
Is supposed to roll out next month what will it look like in Nova Scotia do you think well we are a little bit concerned in Nova Scotia at this point Tom we don't have uh a significant number of our providers that have signed up or enrolled as providers in this program so we are um we are certainly concerned that Nova scotians might have a.
Challenge finding a provider who's willing to treat them so just for P for perspective here how many Nova Scotia dentists have signed on four four are you disappointed by that result are you surprised by that result I I'm not surprised by that result um unfortunately the government has designed a plan where they are.
Asking providers to enroll uh to sign a contract with the government in order to provide care this uh does not follow along with any other insurance plan or any other uh government run program that we work with um so this contract has unnecessary terms and conditions and most dentists in Nova Scotia uh unfortunately are facing staff shortages.
Um so this is a difficult program a lot of them can't take on new patients as it is uh and they're they're doing their best to work with with what they can but um accepting new patients and working with this plan is is just out of the scope for some practices in Nova Scotia so let me ask you are you signing up at this point Tom uh my uh my.
Colleagues here that I work with at my office we have all decided not to enroll in the Canadian dental care plan as it stands right now uh we too are concerned about the contract that we have to sign um we would probably have to hire additional staff in order to manage the administrative part of the plan um and that's just not something that we're.
We're prepared to do yet however I have promised our patients the ones who I've had the the pleasure to talk to who have asked me these questions I've promised them that we will continue to reevaluate on an ongoing basis we're hoping that the government will continue to make changes to this plan that they'll continue to improve this plan that some.
Of our concerns will be heard and if they do make substantial changes that will make a difference for practitioners um to reduce these burdens then we will reassess our uh our standpoint uh on an ongoing basis because um we would like to be able to provide care for all these Canadians who will Who will be uh qualified under this program it stands.
Right now it really sounds like the plan's in trouble um I I I am a little bit concerned that there won't be enough providers to provide care for Canadians and some Canadians have waited a long time to be able to access oral health care we want to see these patients.
Seen um in the larger centers across Canada we are seeing larger uptake of this plan amongst the providers so the the disparity in where people will be able to get under the Canadian dental care plan is very real and unfortunately in Atlantic Canada um there aren't going to be very many providers at the start of this program are you getting any.
Indication or much indication from the federal government that things might change and that it might become more attractive to dentists to sign on um we we're we're hopeful uh We've certainly told them what our concerns are we've laid them all out for them fairly clearly so um from that standpoint they understand where we're.
Coming from um it it is our hope that they're going to to take step towards um reducing the administrative burden making it uh simpler for offices to participate to see these patients uh and also perhaps make it simpler for providers to to participate by not requiring them to enroll uh to sign this contract with health Canada this program.
I mean it started out uh the first mention was that it would be free to Canadians then we're sort of learning that no some Canadians if they do find a dentist who enrolls in the program might still have to pay for a little there are these overarching problems that you're talking about where dentists and general many of them don't want to sign onto the.
The plan because of all the things that you've talked about there how do you feel about the way this has been rolled out uh it it's been a long process at the beginning of this when when the government first announced that they were planning to to do this and and create this historic program for canans uh we were hopeful uh we told.
Government that we were there and we were ready willing to consult with them to share with them what we knew about Dentistry so that hopefully they could design a plan that would work for everybody for for government for taxpayers uh but primarily for Canadians who want to be able to access this care and unfortunately if it's not going to.
Work providers it's not going to work for Canadians Just Before I Let You Go government didn't actually start talking to us oh yeah sorry I was just going to tell you that government didn't actually start talking to us uh in a meaningful way until uh very late last year so most of this plan was already designed before we had the opportunity to to have any.
Input okay and just quickly so what is your final parting piece of advice for Ottawa on this my final parting piece of advice for Ottawa um listen to Canadians and listen to to those Canadians who would love to be able to access care under this plan but aren't able to find a provider who who is who has enrolled um.
This plan is about Canadians it's about our patients and it's about making sure that everybody has the opportunity to to the oral healthare that they deserve and that they need uh and so we would really like to see Health Canada design a plan that allows for a wide range of providers to participate uh easily and efficiently without too much.
Administrative burden we'll see what happens next month Dr Waterbury thank you thank you so much coming up Canadian researchers have developed the first set of international guidelines to treat food allergies and it means eating small doses of the allergen e.
E e e e e Europe's highest human rights Court made a historic ruling today about global warming it ruled in favor of a group of Swiss women who said their government's.
Actions to fight climate change were inadequate Trisha Klan has more what the court is saying is that uh the Swiss government is leaving what they called critical gaps in their infrastructure and their attempts at uh reducing their emissions Targets this group of women that brought this case to this International Court we know there's.
About 2,000 members of this women's group their average age is about 74 and they're saying that they are being uh directly affected by this increasing temperature that we're seeing around the globe saying that the heat that we're experiencing uh everywhere is really impacting them especially during the summer there has been a steady increase.
Particularly through uh European countries we've seen as well and this ruling is actually coming the same day new numbers showing that trend is not stopping uh they're saying that we are now in our 10th month of the highest temperature record uh the month was almost two degrees warmer than an estimated uh March average between the.
Years's 1850 and 1900 what we know as the pre-industrial period a lot of emotions in the air today as this uh ruling was read out positively shocked so so happy because we could we could do something we could do something we could um contribute to the Future to a better future for our children there were two other cases that.
The court uh did throw out though one of those involved a former mayor of a French Coastal Community uh they threw that one out because he's no longer a resident there so they say that he can no longer claim to be the victim of this instance and then the other ruling was actually brought uh by six kids from Portugal.
And that was the cbc's Trisha Klan turning now to the latest on the war in Gaza Israel's prime minister remains defiant in the face of international and domestic pressure that a ground assault will go ahead in the southern city of Rafa he reaffirmed today a date has been set for an incursion and Israel won't be abandoning.
It we will complete the elimination of the Kamas battalions including in Rafa there is no force in the world that will stop us many forces are trying to do this but it will not help because this enemy after what it has done will not do it again it will cease to exist Netanyahu made the comments while visiting new recruits to the Israeli.
Military just a short time before he had lunch with them Hamas issued a statement saying the latest proposal for ceasefire and hostage release deal did not meet their demands police departments across Canada routinely suspend officers who are accused of wrongdoing many of them are not paid but that has only recently.
Become the case in Ontario a CBC investigation has found that over the past decade more than 450 suspended officers continue to draw their salary at a cost of $134 million Julie iron has more former op Officer Jason Redmond spent nearly eight years on paid suspension after multiple convictions over the years including drug.
Trafficking and sexual assault the Constable was finally fired last summer by then he had already taken home more than $1.2 million in Pay details of this Brockville case triggered public outrage but it's just one of more than 450 cases of suspended officers CBC News found through publicly available data in Ontario officers were suspended with pay.
For a variety of allegations everything from drunk driving to fraud manslaughter sexual assault and intimate partner violence or disciplinary violations the total cost more than $134 million since 2013 the longest most costly suspension is op detective Sergeant James Christie he's a former police Union executive suspended for 9 years and counting.
Christie has been paid more than $1.5 million to stay home from work most police officers are are working professionally and doing their jobs properly but we we see these cases and these are the cases that really you know anger people and piss people off since 2010 Ontario Police Chiefs have lobbied for the ability to suspend accused.
Officers without pay it's a power other police forces in Canada including the RCMP have had for years our legislation will if passed provide transparency and Clarity to police officers the Ford government said it would bring in reform four years ago new legislation finally came into effect this month but the new suspension.
Without pay provision only applies in certain very serious criminal cases and only after the approval of a hearing to be honestly not a lot former Niagara Chief Jeff Maguire doesn't think it will make much of a difference in terms of fewer suspensions with pay there are still many um opportunities that we believe a person should likely be.
Suspended without pay by contrast the police Union is satisfied with the new Provisions no agency or government Department keeps track or makes public the number of police suspensions in Ontario critics say that leaves the public in the dark in terms of the scope of suspensions and their outcomes Julie iron CBC News Ottawa a week after the.
Deadly earthquake in Taiwan a Canadian couple is counting their blessings and recounting their near-death experience they were hiking near the islands East Coast when the earth shook they ended up fighting for their lives phip Leblon has this report it was supposed to be a magical vacation for the young couple tooco Gorge being the perfect backdrop.
To celebrate lilia's 34th birthday it's just so incredible because you're walking and it was stunning it was gorgeous but suddenly last Wednesday morning the earth started to shake causing landslides Lilia and Brandon had to fight to survive and she took a look at my head and saw that there was blood coming from it so uh lucky she was smart.
Enough to uh rip her shirt and use it to and tie tie a bandage around it to help stop the bleeding the young woman from Montreal suffered a fractured vertebrae the man from amonton broke a foot and had an open skull fracture driven by survival instincts in Adrenaline they said they walked 2 km before being evacuated with other hikers.
We arrived to this spot where there was shelters where they have um food and normally there's vendors selling souvenirs and stuff like that uh we actually found the other 10 survivors they were all protected there and they said that there no rocks had come in that area that was like a yeah seeing those people was like Christmas.
Morning I mean the group of 12 hikers was then taken to a Juan hospital where the couple will stay for at least 10 more days the big thing for me is they're just worried about infection since it was such dirty a dirty wound so they're giving antibiotics every day and yeah same thing as L just making sure blood pressur is okay the young couple.
Says they've been overwhelmed with love and support it's the first time I'm experiencing so much of um I don't know how you can say that but like kindness from strangers um and it's it's it's very pure and it's very genuine Lilia and Brandon say they aim to recover quickly from this traumatic experience.
Philip leblance CBC News taipe a CBC News investigation has uncovered a Canadian DNA laboratory that knowingly delivered prenatal paternity test results that routinely identified the wrong biological fathers the bad results were delivered around the world for years by the unregulated lab the cbc's Jorge barara has a story Cal mayor was.
19 when an unplanned pregnancy changed her life with a complication that made everything harder here's something that is humiliating but I don't know the father of my child she turned to Toronto lab byard acum metrics for a prenatal paternity test but the company got the results wrong after the baby was born another lab named the right father very.
Bitter towards the whole situation honestly like there's so much I could have avoided if I hadn't have gone through that CBC News sent a producer in inside the lab with a hidden camera to find out more hi at least with this it sounds like the accuracy is there cuz with the prenatal prenatal was never that.
Accurate and it's expensive a couple thousand dollars for a test the owner Harvey Tenon bomb said he stopped selling prenatal paternity test because they couldn't be trusted to identify the right Dad we're L of that test now it's pretty good but pretty good is not good enough he said sometimes the tests were proven wrong right at the birth test a.
White guy and the baby came a black white what the hell's going on here experts say prenatal paternity tests are very accurate when done right but a CBC News investigation has found multiple cases where vguard named the wrong dad these stories spent a decade from Canada to the UK the United States to Australia viag guard AC private commercial DNA.
Labs like viaguard don't need a license to operate and health Canada doesn't at them this public policy expert says that's a problem we need to protect the public you can't underestimate the impact that results like this have on individuals Dr Harvey Tenon bomb how are you I'm Jorge Barrera Tenon bomb didn't respond to multiple interview requests.
When CBC News approached him outside his lab Tenon bomb said mistakes happen you know you do thousands of tests yeah but and half the errors are the collection problem cuz I know that you knew these tests were flawed but you still s no the tests were never flawed tests are per the tests are accurate we had a hidden camera and we spoke to you about this.
And you said you knew that they were wrong vigard stopped selling its prenatal paternity tests sometime in 2021 the main thing I want for viaguard is for it to close down I don't think anyone would even imagine that it would still be open it's still open and doing other types of DNA business Jorge barera CBC News.
Ottawa 5 to 10% of Canadians are affected by food allergies in extreme cases the reactions can be deadly there are treatments but they come with safety concerns now Canadian researchers have developed the first set of international guidelines for a treatment known as oral immunotherapy the cbc's tsha Reed has more good morning guys good de see as a.
Child Andrew kelder's peanut allergy caused a lot of fear we'd have to check the box on literally everything until he started oral immunotherapy 4 years ago it's a treatment for common food allergies like peanuts or milk instead of avoiding the food patients receive small increasing doses of the allergen over time to build up tolerance can't.
Even put it in words it's just like the stress that's just off my shoulders especially my parents I want to ask you about side effects but the treatment is not without risk there's the risk of reaction and that can be very mild where there it's just hives or um um some lip swelling but it can be quite severe as well even even severe anaphylaxis Dr.
Douglas Mack and researchers at McMaster University develop the first International guidelines to prepare families it covers key recommendations from the benefits and risks of treatment to ensuring underlying health conditions like asthma are under control and requirements for Parental supervision since much of the dosing is done at home.
They're functioning like like a junior emergency doctor for their kids and and I think we're we we we've neglected that side for them sounds you did a Andrew's mother is well aware of that concern there is quite a responsibility you have because the allergen you have been protecting your child from you are now giving to them at home while oral.
Immunotherapy isn't a cure it's an option that can improve patients lives I think the biggest change has been this recognition that we can treat food allergy that it's worth treating food allergy researchers say as many as onethird of patients aren't adequately prepared before starting oral immunotherapy and these new guidelines.
Will help families choosing this treatment stay safe tsha Reed CBC News Toronto e e e e e e.
all right we're still talking about the eclipse why not such a spectacular day it was yesterday and more photos to come and amazing photos right yeah absolutely many from here and some from folks that live in Nova Scotia that went to New Brunswick and I thought we'd share one of those so this one uh was.
Taken actually in ferton and this was taken by Peter steeper and yeah he said he automated a lot of the process for shooting the eclipse and he was glad he did cuz that allowed him to kind of soak up the moment um I like a little bit of cloud there that's so neat and he said thankfully that didn't impact the photo.
And in fact it didn't impact the fact that what you're seeing there is what's called uh the diamond ring and you can see how it kind of looks like a diamond ring of yeah and you can see the corona there around the totality as well so uh just a fantastic picture and he said it's uh the his last Eclipse was in elementary school 60 years ago so he was.
Glad that he went to ferton and we're glad you shared the photo thanks so much to Peter uh there is the forecast for tomorrow lots of sunshine on tap increasing clouds in across the province chance of a late day shower moving into the Digby yarm and shelburn County areas but it's pretty isolated better chance closer to Seer time and beyond all right.
Thanks so much for that Ryan well Mount Edna blew Circles of gas into the sky over Sicily this past weekend yes and onlookers were transfixed by the site the so-called smoke rings filled the sky when a crater opened on the summit of the active volcano events like this are rare but Mount Etna emits more.
Volcanic Vortex rings than any other volcano on on Earth mounta is at is the highest peak in Italy's south of the Alps it is by far the largest of the three active volcanoes in the country would love to see that another spectacular site all right that's it for us tonight thanks so much for watching we'll see you next time good night good.
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