8/6/2020 09:00:31 ( DYNAMIC THEME ) ​ ​ 8/6/2020 09:00:41 >> GEORGE: TENSIONS ARE 8/6/2020 09:00:49 ESCALATING BETWEEN CHINA AND 8/6/2020 09:00:50 CANADA AFTER A CANADIAN CITIZEN 8/6/2020 09:00:51 IS SENTENCED TO DEATH ON DRUG 8/6/2020 09:00:54 CHARGES. 8/6/2020 09:00:54 WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LATEST SET 8/6/2020 09:00:57 OF BEIRUT, OTTAWA HAS ANNOUNCED 8/6/2020 09:00:58 MILLIONS IN HUMANITARIAN AID. 8/6/2020 09:01:03 EDUCATION UNIONS ARE URGING THE 8/6/2020 09:01:05 TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD TO 8/6/2020 09:01:07 RETHINK THE BACK TO SCHOOL PLAN. 8/6/2020 09:01:09 BRANDON GONEZ WILL HAVE THE 8/6/2020 09:01:12 STORY. 8/6/2020 09:01:13 9:01AM, 17°. 8/6/2020 09:01:13 FROM 299 QUEEN STREET WEST 8/6/2020 09:01:14 YOU'RE WATCHING TORONTO'S 8/6/2020 09:01:14 BREAKING NEWS, CP24. 8/6/2020 09:01:18 GOOD MORNING. 8/6/2020 09:01:18 I'M GEORGE LAGOGIANES. 8/6/2020 09:01:19 OUR TOP STORY: CHINA HAS 8/6/2020 09:01:22 SENTENCED A CANADIAN TO DEATH ON 8/6/2020 09:01:24 CHARGES OF MAKING THE DRUG 8/6/2020 09:01:26 KETAMINE. 8/6/2020 09:01:26 THIS COMES AMID HEIGHTENED 8/6/2020 09:01:29 TENSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO 8/6/2020 09:01:30 COUNTRIES. 8/6/2020 09:01:30 A COURT ANNOUNCED XU WEIHONG'S 8/6/2020 09:01:32 SENTENCE TODAY AND SAID AN 8/6/2020 09:01:33 ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE WAS GIVEN A 8/6/2020 09:01:36 LIFE SENTENCE. 8/6/2020 09:01:37 THE BRIEF COURT STATEMENT GAVE 8/6/2020 09:01:38 NO DETAILS BUT LOCAL MEDIA IN 8/6/2020 09:01:40 THE SOUTHERN CHINESE CITY SAY 8/6/2020 09:01:42 THE TWO GATHERED INGREDIENTS AND 8/6/2020 09:01:44 TOOLS AND BEGAN MAKING KETAMINE 8/6/2020 09:01:47 IN 2016. 8/6/2020 09:01:47 POLICE LATER CONFISCATED MORE 8/6/2020 09:01:48 THAN 120 KILOGRAMS OF THE DRUG. 8/6/2020 09:01:57 CANADA IS SENDING $5 MILLION OF 8/6/2020 09:01:59 HUMANITARIAN AID TO BEIRUT AFTER 8/6/2020 09:02:01 TUESDAY'S DEVASTATING EXPLOSION. 8/6/2020 09:02:04 WE ARE LIVE WITH COURTNEY HEELS 8/6/2020 09:02:05 WHO HAS THE LATEST. 8/6/2020 09:02:06 A LOT OF BLAME IS BEING ASSIGNED 8/6/2020 09:02:08 WHEN IT COMES TO THE CAUSE, BUT 8/6/2020 09:02:11 IT TAKES A BACKSEAT TO THE 8/6/2020 09:02:11 EFFECT. 8/6/2020 09:02:11 >> COURTNEY: THIS BLAST ROCKED 8/6/2020 09:02:15 THE COUNTRY WE CAN TELL YOU OF 8/6/2020 09:02:17 THE $5 MILLION THAT WAS 8/6/2020 09:02:18 ANNOUNCED BY THE FEDERAL 8/6/2020 09:02:19 GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY, 8/6/2020 09:02:22 $1.5 MILLION WILL GO TO PARTNERS 8/6/2020 09:02:22 ON THE GROUND. 8/6/2020 09:02:23 THEY SAY THE LEBANESE RED CROSS 8/6/2020 09:02:28 AND THE CANADIAN RED CROSS WILL 8/6/2020 09:02:28 GET THAT CASH TO PEOPLE THAT 8/6/2020 09:02:32 NEED IT FOR SHELTER AND FOOD. 8/6/2020 09:02:34 THE EXPLOSION LEFT 135 PEOPLE 8/6/2020 09:02:38 DEAD, 5,000 INJURED, INCLUDING A 8/6/2020 09:02:40 4-DAY-OLD BABY GIRL, LITTLE 8/6/2020 09:02:41 SOPHIE. 8/6/2020 09:02:42 SHE HAS A BRAIN INJURY AS A 8/6/2020 09:02:44 RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION. 8/6/2020 09:02:45 HER MOTHER WAS NURSING HER AT 8/6/2020 09:02:45 THE TIME, AND RIGHT NOW SHE IS 8/6/2020 09:02:48 IN THE ICU. 8/6/2020 09:02:48 HERE IS MORE. 8/6/2020 09:02:51 >> IT EXPLODED EVERYTHING IN THE 8/6/2020 09:02:55 HOUSE, IT WENT EVERYWHERE. 8/6/2020 09:02:57 LOOK AT ME. 8/6/2020 09:02:57 I TRIED TO PROTECT HER. 8/6/2020 09:02:58 BUT I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. 8/6/2020 09:03:02 >> YES, YOU DID. 8/6/2020 09:03:02 SHE DID IT. 8/6/2020 09:03:05 SHE IS ONLY FOUR DAYS OLD. 8/6/2020 09:03:09 >> COURTNEY: SUPPORT IS ROLLING 8/6/2020 09:03:14 IN FROM RIGHT AROUND THE WORLD, 8/6/2020 09:03:17 ON THE HEELS OF THE EXPLOSION. 8/6/2020 09:03:20 FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON 8/6/2020 09:03:21 IS IN BEIRUT OFFERING SUPPORT. 8/6/2020 09:03:23 FRANCE IS ALSO SENDING EMERGENCY 8/6/2020 09:03:24 AID TO THE COUNTRY. 8/6/2020 09:03:27 YOU ALLUDED TO THIS, GEORGE, THE 8/6/2020 09:03:30 LINGERING QUESTION OF WHAT 8/6/2020 09:03:32 HAPPENED -- WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? 8/6/2020 09:03:34 THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT 8/6/2020 09:03:36 NEGLIGENCE SURROUNDING THE 8/6/2020 09:03:37 STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVE FERTILIZER 8/6/2020 09:03:38 IN THE AREA, THE PORT WHERE THE 8/6/2020 09:03:40 BLAST HAPPENED. 8/6/2020 09:03:41 WE DO NOT KNOW THOSE ANSWERS, AT 8/6/2020 09:03:42 THIS TIME THE URGES TO GET HELP 8/6/2020 09:03:45 TO PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. 8/6/2020 09:03:48 >> GEORGE: THANK YOU. 8/6/2020 09:03:48 POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR SUSPECTS 8/6/2020 09:03:50 AFTER A MAN WAS SHOT DURING A 8/6/2020 09:03:52 ROBBERY IN RICHMOND HILL. 8/6/2020 09:03:52 WE WILL GET THE LATEST LIVE WITH 8/6/2020 09:03:56 CAM WOOLLEY, HE IS ON BLITHE 8/6/2020 09:03:58 STREET NEAR KING ROAD AND YONGE. 8/6/2020 09:04:00 WAS THIS AN AMBUSH? 8/6/2020 09:04:04 >> CAM: YES, THE SUSPECTS ARE 8/6/2020 09:04:08 BELIEVED TO BE THREE GUYS IN A 8/6/2020 09:04:10 BLACK HONDA WHO WERE WAITING FOR 8/6/2020 09:04:11 THE VICTIM, A MAN WHO LIVES IN 8/6/2020 09:04:13 THE AREA. 8/6/2020 09:04:13 THEY WERE WAITING FOR HIM TO 8/6/2020 09:04:16 COME HOME. 8/6/2020 09:04:16 THEY WAITED 10 MINUTES, 8/6/2020 09:04:18 APPARENTLY THEY KNEW HE WAS 8/6/2020 09:04:19 COMING. 8/6/2020 09:04:19 HE PULLED IN THE DRIVEWAY AROUND 8/6/2020 09:04:22 10:00 P.M. YESTERDAY, THEY 8/6/2020 09:04:23 FOLLOWED AND A STRUGGLE ENSUED. 8/6/2020 09:04:24 WE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT THE 8/6/2020 09:04:26 DRIVEWAY LOOKS LIKE THIS MORNING -- THERE 8/6/2020 09:04:28 ARE TRAMPLED 8/6/2020 09:04:29 FLOWERS AND THAT. 8/6/2020 09:04:30 THE MAN WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST, 8/6/2020 09:04:32 BUT A TOUGH GUY BECAUSE HE RAN 8/6/2020 09:04:33 AFTER THE SUSPECTS. 8/6/2020 09:04:36 AT LEAST 20 METRES AFTER THEM. 8/6/2020 09:04:37 WE ARE NOT SURE IF THEY GOT 8/6/2020 09:04:41 ANYTHING. 8/6/2020 09:04:41 THEY WERE LAST SEEN FLEEING IN A 8/6/2020 09:04:43 DARK COLOURED HONDA, MAYBE AN 8/6/2020 09:04:45 ACCORD OR CIVIC. 8/6/2020 09:04:46 POLICE HAVE SOME VIDEO BUT THEY 8/6/2020 09:04:47 EXPECT THERE IS MORE IN THE 8/6/2020 09:04:50 NEIGHBOURHOOD. 8/6/2020 09:04:50 THE MAN WAS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL. 8/6/2020 09:04:52 HE WENT TO A TRAUMA CENTRE, AND 8/6/2020 09:04:54 DETECTIVES TELL ME HE IS 8/6/2020 09:04:55 EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. 8/6/2020 09:04:59 DETECTIVES ARE HERE NOW. 8/6/2020 09:05:00 THEY ARE CONTINUING TO CANVAS 8/6/2020 09:05:01 AND FORENSICS WAS HERE YESTERDAY 8/6/2020 09:05:04 AND THEY ARE BACK TODAY TO LOOK 8/6/2020 09:05:05 FOR MORE EVIDENCE. 8/6/2020 09:05:06 IF YOU LIVE IN THE AREA, NORTH 8/6/2020 09:05:08 OF KING ROAD IN AN AREA OF 8/6/2020 09:05:13 RICHMOND HILL, WE ARE BETWEEN 8/6/2020 09:05:15 BATHURST STREET AND YONGE 8/6/2020 09:05:16 STREET, ABOUT FOUR BLOCKS UP -- 8/6/2020 09:05:18 IF YOU ARE HERE 9:30 P.M. TO 8/6/2020 09:05:21 10:30 P.M. OR IF YOU HAVE VIDEO 8/6/2020 09:05:22 IN YOUR CAR OR ON YOUR HOUSE, 8/6/2020 09:05:24 LOOK TO SEE IF THERE IS A DARK 8/6/2020 09:05:27 COLOURED SEDAN, COMING OR 8/6/2020 09:05:28 LEAVING OUT OF HERE. 8/6/2020 09:05:29 POLICE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO 8/6/2020 09:05:30 YOU. 8/6/2020 09:05:30 BACK TO YOU. 8/6/2020 09:05:30 >> GEORGE: TWO SUSPECTS HAVE 8/6/2020 09:05:34 BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A DRIVE-BY 8/6/2020 09:05:34 SHOOTING IN SCARBOROUGH. 8/6/2020 09:05:38 OFFICERS RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF 8/6/2020 09:05:39 GUNFIRE NEAR LAWRENCE AND WARDEN 8/6/2020 09:05:41 AROUND MIDNIGHT. 8/6/2020 09:05:42 POLICE FOUND THE SUSPECT VEHICLE 8/6/2020 09:05:44 FIVE KILOMETRES AWAY ON PARMA 8/6/2020 09:05:46 COURT. 8/6/2020 09:05:46 THEY TELL US THAT A GUN WAS 8/6/2020 09:05:48 FOUND INSIDE, BUT NO INJURIES 8/6/2020 09:05:49 HAVE BEEN REPORTED. 8/6/2020 09:05:53 TORONTO'S INTERIM POLICE CHIEF 8/6/2020 09:05:54 HOLD HIS FIRST NEWS CONFERENCE 8/6/2020 09:05:55 SINCE TAKING THE JOB. 8/6/2020 09:05:58 INTERIM CHIEF JAMES RAMER WILL 8/6/2020 09:05:59 SPEAK TO THE MEDIA AT 10:30 A.M. 8/6/2020 09:06:01 HE IS OVERSEEING THE TORONTO 8/6/2020 09:06:04 POLICE AFTER THE RETIREMENT OF 8/6/2020 09:06:05 MARK SAUNDERS. 8/6/2020 09:06:06 A SEARCH FOR A NEW CHIEF IS 8/6/2020 09:06:09 UNDERWAY. 8/6/2020 09:06:12 A BRAMPTON CITY COUNCILLOR HAS 8/6/2020 09:06:14 BEEN SUSPENDED AFTER AN 8/6/2020 09:06:15 INTEGRITY COMMISSION REPORT OVER 8/6/2020 09:06:17 AN ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT. 8/6/2020 09:06:19 TEN COUNCILLORS UNANIMOUSLY 8/6/2020 09:06:21 VOTED YESTERDAY TO SUSPEND WARD 8/6/2020 09:06:22 NINE AND 10 COUNCILLOR GURPREET 8/6/2020 09:06:23 DHILLON FOR THREE MONTHS WITHOUT 8/6/2020 09:06:26 PAY. 8/6/2020 09:06:26 THEY HAVE ALSO RESTRICTED SOME 8/6/2020 09:06:28 OF HIS RESPONSIBILITIES. 8/6/2020 09:06:29 THE INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED 8/6/2020 09:06:30 AFTER A WOMAN CAME FORWARD 8/6/2020 09:06:31 SAYING SHE WAS SEXUALLY 8/6/2020 09:06:33 ASSAULTED BY GURPREET DHILLON 8/6/2020 09:06:35 DURING A TRADE MISSION IN TURKEY 8/6/2020 09:06:36 LAST YEAR. 8/6/2020 09:06:36 HE HAS NOT BEEN CRIMINALLY 8/6/2020 09:06:40 CHARGED AND HE DENIES ALL THE 8/6/2020 09:06:42 ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM. 8/6/2020 09:06:42 HIS STATEMENT AFTER THE DECISION 8/6/2020 09:06:43 READS IN PART: (READING) 8/6/2020 09:07:08 EDUCATION UNIONS ARE CALLING ON 8/6/2020 09:07:10 THE TDSB TO RETHINK THE RETURN 8/6/2020 09:07:10 TO SCHOOL PLAN FOR SEPTEMBER AND 8/6/2020 09:07:15 BRANDON GONEZ JOINS US LIVE WITH 8/6/2020 09:07:17 MORE ON THE STORY. 8/6/2020 09:07:20 FROM UNION TO BOARD TO 8/6/2020 09:07:21 GOVERNMENT TO MEDICAL 8/6/2020 09:07:22 PROFESSIONALS AND PARENTS AND 8/6/2020 09:07:24 STAFF, THERE IS A BIG 8/6/2020 09:07:26 DISCONNECT. 8/6/2020 09:07:27 >> BRANDON: A HUGE DISCONNECT 8/6/2020 09:07:28 AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING UNTIL 8/6/2020 09:07:30 THE TIME STUDENTS HAVE TO RETURN 8/6/2020 09:07:31 BACK TO SCHOOL IN THE FALL. 8/6/2020 09:07:33 IN FACT, THAT RETURN TO SCHOOL 8/6/2020 09:07:36 PLAN HERE AT CANADA'S LARGEST 8/6/2020 09:07:37 SCHOOL BOARD, THE TORONTO 8/6/2020 09:07:38 DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD. 8/6/2020 09:07:40 IT WILL BE TALKED ABOUT AND 8/6/2020 09:07:43 DEBATED DURING A MEETING -- THEY 8/6/2020 09:07:44 WILL NOT VOTE, BUT THEY ARE 8/6/2020 09:07:46 GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GET 8/6/2020 09:07:48 FEEDBACK BEFORE THEY PRESENT 8/6/2020 09:07:50 THEIR PLAN BACK TO THE PROVINCE. 8/6/2020 09:07:53 HOWEVER, IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY 8/6/2020 09:07:54 THAT FIVE UNIONS REPRESENTING 8/6/2020 09:07:55 DIFFERENT BARGAINING UNIONS 8/6/2020 09:07:59 PROVIDED AN OPEN LETTER TO THE 8/6/2020 09:08:01 TDSB CALLING ON DIFFERENT ACTION 8/6/2020 09:08:02 ITEMS TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND 8/6/2020 09:08:05 MEMBERS. 8/6/2020 09:08:06 I WANT TO BRING IN LESLIE WOLF 8/6/2020 09:08:08 FROM O.S.S.T.F., GOOD MORNING, 8/6/2020 09:08:10 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 8/6/2020 09:08:11 I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE 8/6/2020 09:08:13 ACTION PLANS AND HOW VIABLE YOU 8/6/2020 09:08:14 THINK THEY ARE. 8/6/2020 09:08:19 >> WE ARE VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE 8/6/2020 09:08:20 WE HAVE A PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT 8/6/2020 09:08:23 THAT FOUND $500 MILLION FOR THE 8/6/2020 09:08:26 ONTARIO LOTTERY GROUP A FEW 8/6/2020 09:08:28 MONTHS AGO BUT CAN ONLY FIND 8/6/2020 09:08:31 $300 MILLION TO PROTECT THE 8/6/2020 09:08:32 CHILDREN AND EDUCATION WORKERS 8/6/2020 09:08:33 IN THE PROVINCE. 8/6/2020 09:08:34 WE HAVE A PREMIER THAT HAS 8/6/2020 09:08:37 ADVOCATED RESPONSIBILITY, 8/6/2020 09:08:38 HANDING IT OVER TO THE MEDICAL 8/6/2020 09:08:43 PERSONNEL WHO HE HAS BEEN 8/6/2020 09:08:44 LISTENING TO OR YESTERDAY AND WE 8/6/2020 09:08:52 HAVE A BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT 8/6/2020 09:08:55 HAVE PUT PLANS IN PLACE THAT 8/6/2020 09:08:57 HAVE FOLLOWED WITH THE MINISTRY 8/6/2020 09:08:59 OF EDUCATION REQUIRED. 8/6/2020 09:09:00 AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE THE 8/6/2020 09:09:03 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION HAS 8/6/2020 09:09:04 PROVIDED AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT 8/6/2020 09:09:06 OF INVESTMENT FOR A SAFE SCHOOL 8/6/2020 09:09:07 OPENING IN SEPTEMBER AND WE CALL 8/6/2020 09:09:08 ON THE TDSB NOT TO SHUN THEIR 8/6/2020 09:09:13 RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CHILDREN 8/6/2020 09:09:14 AND EDUCATION WORKERS OF THE 8/6/2020 09:09:16 CITY. 8/6/2020 09:09:17 >> BRANDON: I KNOW IN THE LIST 8/6/2020 09:09:23 OFOF-- THE LETTER, ONE OF THE 8/6/2020 09:09:30 STICKING POINTS IS THE CLASS 8/6/2020 09:09:33 SIZES, COHORTS OF 15. 8/6/2020 09:09:35 IS THAT SOMETHING THE UNION IS 8/6/2020 09:09:35 WILLING TO NEGOTIATE ON? 8/6/2020 09:09:40 >> UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE NOT IN 8/6/2020 09:09:43 NEGOTIATIONS. 8/6/2020 09:09:43 WE DO NOT HAVE ANY POWER OTHER 8/6/2020 09:09:46 THAN PUBLIC OPINION, QUITE 8/6/2020 09:09:48 FRANKLY. 8/6/2020 09:09:48 BUT WHAT WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD 8/6/2020 09:09:50 TO DO IS TO TAKE A LOOK, THE 8/6/2020 09:09:56 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASS SIZES, 8/6/2020 09:09:57 THEY ARE BASED ON AVERAGES. 8/6/2020 09:10:00 WELL SOME SCHOOLS AND SOME 8/6/2020 09:10:01 CLASSES MIGHT BE SITTING AT 20 8/6/2020 09:10:05 OR 25 OTHER CLASSES WILL BE 8/6/2020 09:10:10 SITTING WELL ABOVE THAT TO 8/6/2020 09:10:11 ACHIEVE THE AVERAGE -- AND THERE 8/6/2020 09:10:12 ARE NO LIMITATIONS ON THOSE 8/6/2020 09:10:14 SIZES. 8/6/2020 09:10:15 AND NO FUNDING PROVIDED BY THIS 8/6/2020 09:10:16 GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT 8/6/2020 09:10:19 APPROPRIATE LIMITATIONS. 8/6/2020 09:10:20 SO WE ARE ASKING THE GOVERNMENT 8/6/2020 09:10:24 TO DO WHAT SICK KIDS 8/6/2020 09:10:25 RECOMMENDED, I'M SORRY, THE 8/6/2020 09:10:27 TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD TO 8/6/2020 09:10:28 DO WHAT SICK KIDS RECOMMENDED IN 8/6/2020 09:10:31 A RECENT REPORT -- ENSURE CLASS 8/6/2020 09:10:32 SIZES ARE REDUCED TO PROTECT THE 8/6/2020 09:10:36 NUMBER OF CONTACTS STUDENTS HAVE 8/6/2020 09:10:37 WITH EACH OTHER, AS WELL AS THE 8/6/2020 09:10:38 NUMBER OF CONTACTS MEMBERS HAVE 8/6/2020 09:10:40 WITH STUDENTS. 8/6/2020 09:10:41 >> BRANDON: LESLIE, I HAVE TO 8/6/2020 09:10:46 ASK YOU WHAT ARE YOU HEARING 8/6/2020 09:10:49 FROM YOUR MEMBERS AND IF THE 8/6/2020 09:10:51 TDSB DOES NOT REDUCE THE SIZES 8/6/2020 09:10:52 TO 15 ARE YOU HEARING THAT THERE 8/6/2020 09:10:54 IS A RISK SOME MEMBERS MIGHT NOT 8/6/2020 09:10:55 SHOW UP TO WORK? 8/6/2020 09:10:59 >> THERE ARE TWO GROUPS OF 8/6/2020 09:11:00 MEMBERS, IN GENERAL I THINK 8/6/2020 09:11:01 MEMBERS ACROSS THE PROVINCE --