CBC News: The National | Human trafficking bust, Avalanche survivor, ChatGPT

tonight police crack a massive human trafficking ring stretching from Mexico to Ontario our members were shocked at the conditions that the victims were living in dozens of Mexicans rescued from exploitation and abuse here in Canada how one worker helped unravel the organization a dramatic end to an attention-grabbing American murder trial a disgraced lawyer sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife and son the depravity the callousness the selfishness of these crimes are stunning and amidst Avalanche warnings in BC a rare glimpse of what it's like to be caught in the chaos and survive I just remember being on there with snow getting shoved down my throat this is the national with Ian hennimensing police say they've dismantled the human trafficking ring operating in the greater Toronto area it's led to charges against both Canadian and Mexican Nationals and to the rescue of dozens of Migrant workers who police say were lured here on false promises and then trapped in harsh conditions one migrant who says he escaped the group spoke to CBC News Philip Lee shanok has more in the allegations and the impact on the victims it was a tip from a single victim that led police to Farms warehouses and homes in and around Toronto seven people faced charges including human trafficking and membership in a criminal organization two of them remain at large all for their role in bringing 64 people here from Mexico accused of intimidation and abuse these workers are coerced with Promises of a better life decent wages quality housing and eventually documentation these are almost always false promises now this is one of the locations raided by police as part of project Norte now Neighbors in the area report seeing dozens of people coming and going at all hours they thought it was an extended family but it was anything but one of the people who escaped this location described the conditions inside this man in his twenties came to Canada where he says he was lied to and exploited CBC News has agreed to protect his identity because he fears repercussions he says they lived in filthy cold conditions eight to a room two people per mattress he worked 13-hour days for little pay just fifty dollars a week after deductions for food and logic foreign he managed to escape on his own before police arrive because they don't have access migrant advocacy groups say these types of police raids rarely help exploited workers people are mostly deported they're initially called victims but they're deported without any money without any compensation and without getting any of their rights back while a few have returned home voluntarily the Mexican consulate says most of the workers have asked for assistance and won't be deported no no not in this case because they have been considered in a human approach from the authorities as potential victims so most will be allowed to stay at least until the end of the investigation Phil pleshannock CBC News Aurora Ontario now I do a double murder trial that captivated so many across the U.S and Beyond Alex Murdock the now disgraced South Carolina lawyer has been sent us to life in prison for murdering his wife and one of his sons Paul Hunter takes us inside the courtroom hands in cuffs legs in shackles it was the end game of a near unfathomable implosion of a family Dynasty in South Carolina moments earlier sentencing in a sensational murder trial that had gripped the United States in the murder of your wife Maggie murdaugh a sentence you for a term of the rest of your natural life for the murder of Paul Murdoch I sentenced you to prison for the rest of your natural life Alec murdick from one of the most powerful legal families in South Carolina himself a wealthy now disgraced lawyer guilty of killing his wife and son here's his new prison mug shot shaved head and all when did you get home but that such a person could even have been accused in the first place almost defied belief in that state at least at first in police video from that night after he'd called 9-1-1 he says he'd found the bodies when he'd come home but in court came this cell phone video from the Sun he'd soon kill with murdick heard in the background moments before the shooting on the stand he admitted to years of lying and of defrauding his clients out of millions but said he's no killer said prosecutors the murders were to deflect attention from his other crimes add to that three other mysterious deaths some link to the family and is it any wonder the country was transfixed the depravity the callousness the selfishness of these crimes are stunning the lack of remorse and the effortless way in which he lies I'm innocent I would never hurt my wife Maggie and I would never hurt my son Paul Paul the judge called Murdoch a monster I know you have to see Paul and Maggie during the night times when you're attempting to go to sleep I'm sure they come and visit you and Paul we're still not to the end of this legal story yeah not by a long shot Ian his lawyers say they'll appeal but prosecutors also say despite the two life sentences they're pressing ahead with nearly a hundred other charges on that fraud that he admitted to during the trial total possible sentences on that 700 more years so he'll certainly be back in court Ian whether he ever again steps foot out of custody is a different matter thanks Paul you're welcome we're learning more tonight about three people killed in an avalanche in BC's interior Wednesday they were German tourists on a hella skiing trip the Avalanche happened about 150 kilometers Southwest of Banff four others in the same group were injured this has been one of the deadliest years for avalanches in the province Avalanche Canada says the risk in many places in BC and Alberta remains considerable belpuri takes a closer look at the dangers starting with what it's like to live through an avalanche three two one dropping yeah buddy the thrill of skiing BC's back country is as legendary as it is unpredictable oh Tomahawk Avalanche this footage taken as an unexpected wall of snow Thunders down a mountain was captured by a film crew out to shoot a promotional video I just remember being under with snow getting shoved down my throat so far this winter a dozen people have died in BC Backcountry Avalanches our operators are being super conservative they're not skiing terrain that they would normally ski you know even with that we're seeing Avalanches that are that are moving in you know fairly low gradient terrain helic ski operators say it's impossible to eliminate 100 of the risk every guest wears a pack with a probe shovel and also has a radio in the pack Avalanche Canada issues condition bulletins twice a day yes 12 is is is a is a number it's 12 too many um but you know let's not overreact here and and close the back entry because we think it's going to fix the problem I think we need to understand that also um people voluntarily participate in these activities and uh it's their choice video is now used to bring awareness about Avalanche risk in the back country it was it was a big Avalanche where it wasn't a huge Avalanche but if it pushes you into something that can be enough to really injure you or or or kill you so I was able to move my head and my arm was kind of here I was able to go like this kind of move snow across my face and and push my head out just so I could see the sky and I saw the sky and I was like I could have cried you just never expect it to Really Happen Back Country enthusiasts say that's part of the thrill going into the mountains you never know what's going to happen Belle Puri CBC News Vancouver now to Russia's war on Ukraine in the battle for the besieged city of bakmut there's several signs tonight the Ukrainian forces are running out of time to either turn the tide or Evacuate the city the head of the Wagner group the Russian mercenary company assaulting bakmut said the city was almost surrounded a claim bolstered by unverified video showing two bridges into the city destroyed there are conflicting reports on which side is responsible but with this bridge over the river and this one leading into the city from the Northwest now gone others damaged or destroyed earlier and Russia pressing in on three sides Roots out of bakmut are now extremely limited and dangerous Ukraine showed a top Commander's visit to the city a sign of its commitment to bakmut but the battle has already been costly wounded Ukrainian soldiers are being rushed out and what's left after seven months of constant fighting is ruins Russia has reportedly suffered High losses trying to take bakmut but estimates for the entire War vary widely as virus here shows us there's a group of volunteers working tirelessly to paint a picture of what's really happening and a warning you're about to see some graphic images ski walks through crowded cemeteries filled with the graves of Russian Fighters the former Air Force officer stays silent the images speak for themselves they were healthy men who could contribute to the state he says they're lying in the ground now some headstones reveal soldiers as young as 19. I want people to understand the scale of the catastrophe we're now experiencing which he believes the Russian government is hiding officials rarely issue updates the last was in September when they said 6 000 had been killed a group of Russian volunteers and journalists say they know the toll is much higher they've created a database of the Dead by combing through social media and obituaries in in the last week we had 15 000 confirmed death and we believe that the real number is uh two or three times higher Maxime litervreen says the database doesn't include the missing or any deaths they've been unable to confirm he says so many Russians have been killed recently that they needed to find more volunteers to help even though the number of coffins keeps growing Lita Breen doesn't see a shift in the country's attitude towards the war for some reason the Russian propaganda is working Karina pronina admits she sometimes feels dismayed this is one of the news pieces she put together in barracha a region in eastern Siberia that's seen a disproportionate number of deaths while trying to report she was arrested at a cemetery after being later warned that police were coming for her prunina fled Russia but her work hasn't stopped we're trying to do something our only weapon is to make things public she says and that's how batonovsky feels he's been threatened and was even sent this picture from someone saying a grave was being prepared for him but he says he has no plans to stop posting about what he's seeing in these cemeteries Briar Stewart CBC News London just west of Russia in Belarus a Nobel Peace Prize winner now faces 10 years in prison the eye commissioner has called for an end to the persecution of Human Rights Defenders and of people expressing dissenting views allahotsky was sentenced today along with three other top figures of the Human Rights group he founded they were arrested after months of protests over the re-election of President Alexander lukashenko in 2020. Canada's foreign affairs minister says pioliotsky and his colleagues must be released back here at home we're getting more reaction to Nordstrom's decision to leave Canada as ifila Musa tells us some say it could signal trouble ahead for other department store chains in the country sinking in I heard that they were going to be closing the all the Canadian stores and I thought I should probably check them out again not having one here is like a big loss the high-end U.S department store arrived in 2014 but it says it never made money here they came to Canada with a fairly aggressive plan Nordstrom's failure is likely linked to not understanding the Canadian retail Market says this expert people are consuming luxury goods a little differently now instead of going to these big department stores like they used to they're also going to the brand stores directly so if you like Gucci you don't need to go to Holt Renfrew or somewhere like that to get Gucci you just go ahead and go to the Gucci store some Canadian Shoppers agree if I'm going to splurge on an item it's part of the just of the journey to go to the store that makes sense for clothes and for banking I like going to small areas small places where they get to know you experts also say the rise of discount stores and Direct online sales pose new challenges I think the department store is on its last legs in the U.S the department store business

has been under Fire through everyone from JCPenney to Macy's and in Canada obviously we've seen it under Fire with Sears closing eatons closing years ago and the bay is starting to wind down stores Nordstrom stock took a plunge this year after week holiday sales shuttering its Canadian stores appears to be part of the plan to get it back on track what companies do normally when they're under siege like this is they start to kind of jettison any assets they can it's like a ship that's sinking a little bit they throw things overboard the big question now is what will fill the space in malls across the country left by Nordstrom's departure it will moose CBC News Toronto concern is mounting for past and present employees of indigo nearly a month after a Cyber attack on the company names social insurance numbers and banking details have all been compromised as Denise hedari explains their concern their data could be at risk forever Indigo workers are worried their personal information may be stolen it's various stages of worry uh I'm trying to do as much as I can to protect myself like canceling credit cards changing like any possible password CBC News has agreed to keep victims last names confidential to minimize risk it's me making me a little bit more scared I guess this is something that will follow me potentially for the rest of my life in early February indigo's website went down a Cyber attack hit company systems Weeks Later Indigo said current and former employee data was stolen too it takes a while to even tell me what of mine has been affected how this affects me like is it just Indigo going through something or is it me personally personal information including bank account and social insurance numbers was compromised and held for ransom by online criminals Indigo refused to pay this online post threatened to release the data publicly on Thursday but it didn't show up when promised like I say that doesn't mean the risk is gone you should always assume that the data has been compromised we don't know I mean they are criminals after all they are not obligated to do anything that they say they're going to do we have to look to our employers and ask why why are you keeping this information privacy experts say companies should delete what they don't actively need companies very often say we will retain the information for as long as necessary for business purposes or other vague language like that in other words it could be forever Indigo has said there's no indication its customers are at risk the company bought two years of credit monitoring for some victims but privacy experts say the risk of identity theft is much higher for the rest of their lives and he said already CBC News Calgary police in Ontario are calling it the largest art fraud case in the world it involves forged paintings sold as the work of a groundbreaking indigenous artist tally Richie takes us through it all engines should be happy to be Indians for that simple reason that they have that Spirit within themselves Norvell morrisso is an indigenous art Legend his work can be seen in galleries across Canada and the globe he was also the victim of what OPP say is the largest art fraud case in world history these are not small victimless crimes these are people that took advantage of one man's Legacy in order to turn a profit for themselves more than one thousand allegedly fake paintings prints and other artworks were seized in an investigation that has gone on for two and a half years eight people face a total of 40 charges five were from Thunder Bay and one is the artist's nephew the math on that is around 100 million dollars this is what I'm going to paint morso was a self-taught anishinaabe artist who's considered the first contemporary indigenous artist to break into the mainstream art World Police believe people have been creating and selling art under his name and his distinctive Woodland School of Art style since before his death in 2007. many indigenous artists know ours standing on the shoulders of of norvel morsel and Daphne ojig and other artists of of that era Jamie Kastner produced and directed the documentary there are no fakes the arrest list that was released today reads like a cast list of the film for the most part this was such a horrible crime on so many levels that went Far Beyond art fraud he brought the paintings out to uh to reveal to the world that uh indigenous art was still alive and still vital and he gifted it to the young artists of his uh day now police say they aren't in a position to authenticate art so anyone who believes they may be in possession of one of these fraudulent pieces police recommend reaching out to a lawyer Talia Richie CBC News Aurelia as women and girls in Afghanistan face an ongoing Crackdown on their rights some are risking their lives to continue their education in secret we have to be transparent with them about about the risks and do everything in our power to keep them safe the Canadian groups trying to help them next and she's one of Canada's brightest snowboarding talents it makes me feel super close to him and all his friends why it's all about family for this Rising Star plus 23 days after a devastating earthquake a surprise from beneath the rumble how Alex the Husky was reunited with his owner we're back into it foreign parts of Southern Ontario are getting slammed tonight by a major winter storm some places could get more than 30 centimeters travel expected to be hazardous with low visibility [Music] and speaking of low visibility this is the view from Toronto Island tonight yeah and that's thunder snow it's happening across the city WestJet proactively canceled all of its flights in and out of Toronto's Pearson International tonight total chaos wind I mean glass breaking out everywhere first first tornado I've ever been in and this is the damage Left Behind after tornadoes touched down in both Texas and Louisiana thousands lost power Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and Texas in recovery mode to clean up the damage left behind and Joe Biden's doctor has confirmed the U.S president had a skin cancer lesion removed last month a biopsy confirmed it was a common form of skin cancer his doctor says no further treatment is required and that this type of cancer is unlikely to spread women and girls in Afghanistan are finding ways to continue their education thanks in part to Canadians Deanna sumanag Johnson takes us inside the work here in this country to teach those willing to defy the Taliban in Afghanistan it's an online class in grade seven geography that's fraught with danger in Afghanistan under the Taliban it's illegal for girls to go to school past grade three if they know about this program and if they know that they are studying still uh maybe with the girls and also we Face problems the teachers in Afghan woman living in Exile but the online school is run by the NGO Canadian women for women in Afghanistan they designed the courses translate them and make course materials available in digital format we have to be transparent with them about about the risks and do everything in our power to keep them safe but the women and girls make the choice and uh and they're often very very driven they're expanding their mission to include post-secondary courses offered through Canadian institutions this retired Professor is helping universities overcome administrative hurdles one thing is um actually accepting transfer students from unusual situations so to actually think about transferring partial degrees from Afghanistan into uh onto a Canadian transcript it's all complicated business with great risk to all involved but it's worthwhile brazia arifi's family sent her to Canada in 2021. I thought that my life is not going to have any meaning if I don't go to school otherwise what does it mean just to staying at home all the time not being able to go outside or anywhere else so life means nothing without Freedom she would like other girls to have the opportunity to study online and eventually in person in Afghanistan the secret grade 7 geography class talk about their dreams for the future the computer science as these girls who can't even leave their homes in their daily lives learn about the world they one day hope to see Diana sumanak Johnson CBC News Toronto we've been hearing a lot about the remarkable powers of the new artificial intelligence tool chat GPT and its potential to transform the workforce once you copy your text you're going to go to chat gbt and type in rewrite this text could it be coming for your job we'll try to answer that question next plus serving up a break from The High Cost of Living I just want to help out people I don't want anybody to have to go through the some of the stuff that we went through the Toronto restaurant trying to help its customers through tough times calling all entrepreneurs hello dragons hi dragons hello Dragons Dragon stand auditions are open now the dragons are back and better than ever are you ready to join the ranks of Canada's best businesses we're Canadians we can take on the world with more on the line than ever before I'll give you what you came for I will give you a million dollars a buy now at cbc.ca Dragons Den thank you [Music] foreign [Music] Ty is it's basically an automation tool that helps you write things you're going to go to chat gbt and type in rewrite this text in seconds it started explaining why some companies Outlast others there was this when I was in high school they just wrote an essay this is the first technology I've ever used where I'm like oh my gosh jpt but just take my job as a doctor it diagnose the patient for me what this this is my job chat GPT software burst onto the scene late last year and what it can do is astounding write an essay design a marketing campaign create an investment strategy all with a surprising degree of sophistication so if you're involved in writing things is chat GPT coming for your job Joel blitt is an expert on disruptive Technologies from the University of Waterloo and Dara Kaplan is the president of a PR Company in Miami and welcome to both of you great to be here thank you so Joel I assume the software which already is frighteningly uh impressive uh is only going to get more powerful and more sophisticated are there certain Fields do you think where people should be worried about their jobs absolutely I I did as many fields um so so we need to think about what chat gbt actually does and so it fundamentally does three things it is able to retrieve lots of information it's able to synthesize that information and figure out what are the key points and it's able to generate text or content and so if we want to know what zones are going to be impacted we need to look at what jobs actually are doing those sorts of tasks and so these tend to be uh jobs in the the marketing sector the law sector accounting and Ian I'm afraid to say that also journalism uh now of course that you know that doesn't mean that all journalism jobs are going to be lost tomorrow because we're always going to need humans in the loop we're going to need humans to provide judgment critical thinking Communications but it does mean that you know when you produce this show you might only need five producers instead of needing five because those five could become much more productive through the use of these Technologies now Dara in your company you use chat GPT in what way do you use it and and how's it worked out for you yeah so we have a division of our company called PR for all and that is a way that we we use it in a way that we can scale and we can provide content much quicker for clients so give me an example of of how you've used it specifically yeah so normally writing a press release would take um 48 hours right with research pulling the content and writing it now we can have a press release written in two hours and that is overestimating to be honest it will spit something back out to us in about 10 minutes at this point we do need to edit um due to some limitations with chat GPT but it's just making things so much quicker I'm guessing a lot of people who are watching us right now haven't used it I hadn't used it at all until yesterday uh and as I say hey I used the phrase earlier frighteningly impressive the software is I did a little experiment to try the software out let's take a look at that okay real-time experiment I've already typed in will chat GPT lead to people losing their jobs then I press send we'll see how quickly we get an answer and what the answer is I don't have the ability to directly cause people to lose their jobs however it is true that the increasing capabilities of AI and automation technology have led to some job displacement in certain industries and and then it goes on so super quick uh the answer actually was reasonable um Joel as a professor I don't know how many papers you get from students how that works in the classroom but I instantly thought of of a student who hasn't done the reading I don't know why I thought of that example who quickly needs to write something do you think chat GPT is going to suddenly make a lot of people in in school seem a lot smarter than they really are I I think maybe to some extent and and there's some I think long-headed calls to ban the technology altogether uh but you know at least for now it's not at the level where it's providing such good work that that you know a student could do no work in just a bit at chat gbt written essay I I just don't think it's there yet you really need to take the output and then iterate on it many times so I see it more as an aid in writing than as something that's producing a finished product and Dara I'm fascinated by your industry because you know you mentioned you use chat GPT sometimes for news releases okay news releases are pretty straightforward you need a good lead line but other than that it's it's it's I can I can see where software can create that but the the creativity the originality of a great com you know advertising campaign I can't imagine that that you could ever get rid of the human touch there what's your sense of that I agree with that and when I'm asked the question do I think that this is going to replace people I don't because they're really you do need that creative writing skill that this technology does not have it does not have the creativity the human touch and once you use it more you will see there is bias built into um into the output and misinformation so they're really you do really need a person checking it over and over every output that is spit out needs to be checked over so I agree I I mean it it like there's some big misses too like I put in some questions where I was astounded at how well it did and others where it got it absolutely wrong um Joel are you excited are you worried how do you feel like as of tonight about the future of AI generally but chat GPT specifically I I guess a little bit of both I I think this is a technology that could really uh increase productivity in the Canadian sector I think it's a technology that our Business Leaders really need to be looking at and thinking how can I incorporate this uh but at the same time it's going to have pretty serious impacts on on society there's not just a loss of jobs but you know possibly increasing inequality because some folks are going to benefit from this technology they'll become more productive and others are going to be displaced and so every technology has always affected there's been winners and losers has affected people differently and it'll be the same with Chachi PT and Dara think about how your office looks now and you know I imagine like a Communications and PR firm in Miami it must be so interesting to work there how do you think it might look different in a year or two as AI gets more deeply entrenched and it will look to be honest I think when we are hiring people we will look for more creative writing skills versus the technicality of writing because the technicality we have covered I don't see it changing in my office personally in a year you've kind of both sound sort of excited and hopeful as opposed to pessimistic and frightened which is usually the way I hear people talk about AI so that's really interesting and thank you very much for speaking with us tonight thank you at a neighborhood restaurant in Toronto customers are looking for a little relief from The High Cost of Living it's very very hard I'm self-employed and I'm really struggling these days why the restaurant's owner is on a mission to help them one meal at a time [Music] while inflation is slowed a little since the summer the price of food is much higher now than it was then many are struggling to afford the basics but the owner of one Toronto restaurant is doing what he can to help Nick purden shows us why [Music] trying to do for my customers is offer them really great food prices all the time the folks are struggling right now it's important to be able to help out any way we can we all feel it high inflation food prices that just keep going up and it doesn't really seem to be an end in sight but I'm here because I've heard that through that door there's a man giving people a break can a neighborhood restaurant help people through tough Economic Times all right thanks for coming to see us Meet Dave Brown owner of fearless Meats Dave tells me it's called that because he's not afraid to keep his prices as low as possible his inspiration comes from being a butcher Dave says in the olden days butcher served a big role in the community in the days before they had food banks butchers were the local food banks so in times of needing people were struggling butcher sort of give credit to people and quite often the people wouldn't be able to pay them back but but that was fine it's a tradition that I'm trying to uh to bring back hi guys thanks for coming to see us by lunchtime Fearless means it's jam-packed I come here because so we need to get rid of the big box guys and get these little family-run businesses back into the communities and for Dave it's not only about low prices he gives out free meals to anyone in need why says it goes back to his childhood I come from modest means it was a struggle at times for for my family when I was was growing up my brother or sister and myself we delivered newspapers we turned over uh some of the money to my parents each uh each week and I remember those times I just want to help out people I don't want anybody to have to go through the some of the stuff that we went through uh Pearson I meet Kevin Pearson waiting to pick up his order Kevin has worked in the film industry for years and it surprised me how he described his life these days stressful it's stressful it's it's not great I have always made a fair decent amount of money and have always managed to just sort of manage to get by but if things are getting worse and worse and worse I don't know where that's going to go for my kids in regard to them being able to to keep up and cope and yeah that that creates me some Stress and Anxiety as well but I'm also worried about my own retirement and what that's going to look like in a few years and how I'm going to go with things getting more and more expensive all the time Kevin's not alone with his uncertainty in the last 20 years more and more seniors in Canada have had to work past the age of retirement and that's the story here in the kitchen too everything we sell up front is prep back here Bob sabaret had retired five years ago but he realized he had to come back to work I don't have the luxury of not working um but I don't have you know ridiculous amounts of wealth lying around in a cryptocurrency account or anything like that so I need to work to pay my bills like everyone else does so that's where we're at it's not really until I meet Marco that I really understand how important this restaurant is to people Marco tells me he delivers pizza for a living oh I come here because the food is amazing and the affordability the prices are very reasonable you know that's a big bag so you have that's for you and your family yeah for my kid and myself and my wife tell me about your life right now it's very very odd I'm self-employed and I'm really struggling these days yeah what do you mean I have to work more and make a kid is soon going to go to college in a universities so we have to put away a lot of money so right now it's looking very dim for me right how do you how do you keep going I pay to stay positive that's it and I wake up and and tell myself that it's time to go because the jobs like I work there's no sick days so if I take the day off it's fine but I don't get paid I paid zero so because then I think of my family and then I have to push myself thank you guys see you again good job customers like Marco or why Dave says he hopes his restaurant will inspire other businesses to help out as well it's not about trying to squeeze the last nickel out of a customer it's about doing the right thing Nick firton CBC News Toronto Dave Brown Toronto neighborhood named him citizen of the year in 2022 an honor may be more valuable to him than a Michelin star as for its prices his signature Burger is eight dollars though of course it's less if that's a squeeze on your budget yeah but young Canadian snowboarder making a name for herself and connecting to her past plus he asked me I'm sure are you sure yeah I'm sure an unexpected house guests even the Forestry Department couldn't believe that's her moment you're watching a rescue team in southern turkey trying to save a dog that spent 23 days trapped in the rubble after that devastating earthquake that killed more than 50 000 people in turkey and Syria the team was alerted by Sounds of life been reached between two large concrete slabs and called to the trapped husky the dog named Alex appears to be alert and in good health one of his Rescuers call this a miracle that it survived so long without food or water that is incredible Prince Edward Island is hosting some of the country's best young athletes for the Canada Games among them a promising snowboarder from Alberta who's pinned her future in the sport to an influence from her past Kate McKenna explains tricks no problem seventeen-year-old Jenna Walker has a growing International reputation and a clean run here from Jenna Walker that is one of the better runs I think we've seen today this week it's the Canada games but she's no stranger to bigger stages having competed at the world championships I have a really good like inner inner tension so I'm like okay you got this but snowboarding is more than a sport for Walker it's a connection to her late father her dad Trent died of cancer when she was four years old he was a snowboarding Legend in Calgary before his death he passed on his love of the sport to his daughter it makes me feel super close to him and all his friends I know on like Facebook they're always like Walk Air to me which is what they used to call him it's just super cute I love the connection it makes me feel like kind of closer to him in a way nice work you guys all made finals that's awesome good job you guys I see Trent in her in her determination and in her love for the sport just how competitive they both are Trent was extremely competitive and Jenna is very much the same she's super proud of me she does it all the time and uh she loves to post me she's so so uh like so proud and she's so motivational for me and like she likes to show me off in a way are you just gonna like pump the third round yeah okay yeah that's what I've been doing so far she's missed the podium at the Canada games but her coach says she's got grit plus the community has her back we're like a big family so for her to be so embraced by the snowboard Community I think is really special and more big competitions could be in her future including the 2026 Olympics where she hopes to ride propelled by the memory of her father Kate McKenna CBC News Brookville Prince Edward Island while it was released sort of when Ray O'Donnell returned from grocery shopping and realized the broken window in his home wasn't by a burglar but a deer that was standing in his basement with some help from Forestry Department officials the deer managed to scramble to safety but not before causing a little Mayhem tonight the unexpected house guest is Our Moment It's Not Unusual for us to see deer you know coming but they normally don't run into the house your wife come by she noticed the window was broken we thought someone broke in the house when I come in and seeing a deer was over in the corner by the stove there was a large doe I contacted the forestry people and they were surprised he asked me I'm sure are you sure yeah I'm sure he said this normally doesn't happen so he's I don't know why come through a window like that but it did it really made a mess to the place there's a lot of quilting and she had all of recording you know there and it knocked everything over well everything was upside down here very professional and they got it out after a while it took off you wouldn't think there's anything wrong with them and so to put any kind of concerns you have at rest that does seem to be what the officials feel is that despite that broken window and scamping around probably afraid in that house uh the deer apparently had some very minor injuries but but appeared to be pretty healthy as it took off and I know another question you have is how many deer are there in New Brunswick right 90 000 is the last count that is a national for March 3rd I hope you join me Sunday for cross-country checkup on CBC radio and CBC News Network and later that night I'll be right here for the national have a good Saturday [Music] thank you [Music]

2023-03-08 23:24

Other news