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>> DECISION DAY AT THE BANK OF CANADA INTEREST RATE ANNOUNCEMENT IS BEING HANDED DOWN THIS MORNING, BUT WILL IT BE A RATE CUT? ALSO, SOME RELIEF AT THE GAS PUMP. PRICES HAVE GONE DOWN ABOUT $0.10 A LITRE AROUND METRO VANCOUVER. WE’RE FINDING OUT WHY. AND NO LAUGHING MATTER. WHY THE B.C. CONSERVATIVES ARE CALLING OUT THE NDP FOR SPENDING MONEY ON A COMEDIAN SPEECHWRITER. WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO YOUR MORNING VANCOUVER. I’M CARRIE ADAMS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THE BANK OF CANADA IS SET TO MAKE ITS LATEST INTEREST RATE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING. AND MANY ECONOMISTS BELIEVE A CUT IS ON THE WAY. >> AFTER MONTHS OF ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND WEAKER JOB GROWTH. THE CENTRAL BANK IS EXPECTED TO EASE ITS KEY LENDING RATE BY A QUARTER POINT. OUR REGAN HASEGAWA IS LIVE IN SURREY WITH MORE ON THIS THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING, REGAN. SO WHAT COULD THIS MEAN FOR HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES? >> GOOD MORNING, CARRIE. IT IS WIDELY ANTICIPATED KUZ DOES HAPPEN. IT WOULD LOWER THAN BANK OF CANADA’S BENCHMARK RATE TO 2.5%. AND THAT WOULD FOLLOW 3 CONSECUTIVE DECISIONS TO KEEP THE RATE STEADY AT 2.7, 5% NOW CAUGHT US BELIEVE THIS WILL GIVE THE ECONOMY A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING ROOM AS CANADIANS FACE THE PRESSURES OF THE SLOWER JOB GROWTH AND GLOBAL TARIFFS. STATISTICS CANADA REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT INFLATION ROSE 1.9% IN AUGUST, COMPARED TO EARLIER AT A YEAR EARLIER, SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN IN JULY. BUT STILL BELOW FORECASTS. MOST ECONOMISTS SAY THAT’S NOT ENOUGH TO STOP THE BANK FROM TRIMMING RATES TODAY, POINTING TO MONTHS OF ECONOMIC WEAKNESS. STILL, SOME ANALYSTS AT RBC HOLD IS POSSIBLE. >> KNOWN IN COURT INFLATION REMAINS STICKY AND FISCAL STIMULUS IN THE UPCOMING FEDERAL BUDGET COULD ADD TO PRICE PRESSURES LATER THIS YEAR. SO THAT ANNOUNCEMENT IS SET TO COME DOWN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR’S TIME. WILL OF COURSE, HAVE THE FULL IMPACT THAT ON THAT AND THE IMPACT ON THE REAL ESTATE MARKET COMING UP. >> KERRY OKAY, REAGAN HASEGAWA JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING. THANKS REGAN. >> WHAT’S A GOOD DAY TO FILL UP YOUR GAS TANK PRICES AT THE PUMP PLUMMETED $0.10 A LITRE OVERNIGHT. >> SOME STATIONS ACROSS METRO VANCOUVER ARE HITTING AS LOW AS ONE 66.9 THIS MORNING, PRESIDENT OF GAS WIZARD DAN MCTEAGUE SAYS IT’S DUE TO THE ABP OLYMPIC PIPELINE IN WASHINGTON STATE THERE REOPENED RECENTLY AFTER A CLOSING BRIEFLY FOR MAINTENANCE. HE SAYS THERE IS NO FURTHER DECLINE EXPECTED FOR THE TIME BEING. THE PROVINCE IS SET TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY WITH THE LATEST MEASURES BEING TAKEN TO ADDRESS EXTORTION THREATS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAGUING THE SURREY BUSINESS COMMUNITY. PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER NINA KRIEGER WILL BE JOINED BY THE RCMP AND CRIME STOPPERS TO UNVEIL THE LATEST MEASURES ON MONDAY. SURREY MAYOR BRENDA LOCKE LAUNCHED A $250,000 REWARD FUND FOR ANYONE WHO PROVIDES INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. THIS ALL COMES AS SURREY HAS SEEN 44 EXTORTION CASES THIS YEAR. 27 OF THEM INVOLVING SHOOTINGS. WELL, THERE’S A CALL FOR ACTION THIS MORNING, WEEKS AFTER A TRIPLE STABBING SAW 3 WOMEN KILLED IN EAST VANCOUVER. 54 YEAR-OLD VET KEY JOHN LEE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 2 COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND ONE COUNT OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. ADVOCATES ARE DEMANDING TRANSPARENCY FROM THE VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENT ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SLAIN WOMEN AS THE BATTERED WOMEN’S SUPPORT SERVICES SAYS IT HAS TRACKED 35 WOMEN AND GIRLS KILLED IN B.C. OVER THE PAST 13 MONTHS. IT’S A PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY W-FIVE TABLED A FEW WEEKS AGO 5 ASKS OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT. >> THAT LIST INCLUDES REQUIRING MUNICIPALITIES TO ESTABLISH A GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE TASKFORCE CRISIS LINES, TRANSITION HOUSES AND TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE. INFORMED COUNSELLING. A KELOWNA MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE JUST HOURS AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES HAS APPEARED IN COURT AND SUPPORTERS OF THE VICTIM CAME OUT IN FORCE. BAILEY MCCOURT SUPPORTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE KELOWNA COURTHOUSE IS JAMES PLOVER WAS SET TO APPEAR BY VIDEO LINK ON A SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. THIS FOR ALLEGEDLY BEATING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE TO DEATH WITH A HAMMER AND A COLOGNE, A PARKING LOT IN JULY, MCCOURT WAS KILLED JUST HOURS AFTER PLOVER HAD BEEN RELEASED WHILE HE AWAITED SENTENCING IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE. HER FAMILY IS PUSHING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PASS BAILEY’S LAW. >> SEEING BAILEY’S LAW EVERYWHERE. I’M SEEING PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE BAIL REFORM REQUIREMENTS. I’M SEEING THE MLAS, I’M SEEING THE MP’S, I’M SEEING PEOPLE THAT GENERALLY DON’T GOING TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPACE. THEY’RE SPEAKING ABOUT IT, THEY’RE SPEAKING LOUDLY ABOUT IT. >> BAILEY’S LAW INCLUDES THINGS LIKE TOUGHER PENALTIES FOR INTIMATE PARTNER HOMICIDES, WHERE THERE IS A DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF ABUSE. WELL, FIRST COURT APPEARANCE WAS BRIEF WITH BOTH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MURDER CASE IS ADJOURNED UNTIL NOVEMBER. LANGLEY RCMP ARE STEPPING UP TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN RURAL AREAS AS POLICE INVESTIGATE THE 5TH DEADLY CRASH IN THAT COMMUNITY IN JUST 6 WEEKS AROUND 6.30 MONDAY EVENING, 2 VEHICLES CRASHED NEAR TO 56 STREET AND 48TH AVENUE KILLING A MAN DESCRIBED BY FAMILY AS A 67 YEAR-OLD FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. THE DRIVER OF A SECOND VEHICLE WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AFTER NEIGHBOURS RUSHED TO HELP. >> NO FOR THE BUS. SO WE REACHED YOU KNOW, THAT ONLY REACHED IN, PICKED HER UP AND PULLED HER OUT OF THE CAR. >> YESTERDAY, POLICE WERE DOING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AT THE INTERSECTION WHERE THE CRASH OCCURRED AS THEY URGED DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION. WELL, RCMP HAVEN’T DETERMINED WHAT CAUSED THE LATEST TRAGEDY. THEY SAY IN THE PREVIOUS 4 ACCIDENTS, SPEED PLAYED A ROLE. THE B.C. CONSERVATIVES ARE ACCUSING THE PREMIER OF BEING TONE DEAF OR SPENDING MONEY ON A COMEDIAN SPEECHWRITER AS THE PROVINCIAL DEFICIT GROWS. PREMIER DAVID EBY IS PAYING VANCOUVER-BASED STAND-UP COMEDIAN CHARLIE DEMERS. $165 AN HOUR TO HELP WRITE SPEECHES TIM OR SHOW HERE WITH A B 8 YEARS AGO DURING A CAMPAIGN COULD POTENTIALLY EARN A MAXIMUM OF $300,000 OVER 4 YEARS. THE PREMIER HAS 6 COMMUNICATIONS STAFF ON SALARY AND HIS OFFICE SAYS DEMERS HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID. NEARLY 100 GROUND OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS. SO FAR THIS YEAR, THEY SAY HE HAS ONLY HAS RECEIVED $14,000. >> JUST SIMPLY DOES NOT LINE UP. I THINK FOR MOST PEOPLE ARE GOVERNMENT RUNNING RECORD DEFICITS. I WOULD BE IN TERMS OF THEIR MIND SAID IF YOU’RE TRULY TRYING TO GET SPENDING UNDER CONTROL. >> TODAY, FOR DELIVERING 5 I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO WRITE MY OWN SPEECHES THE WAY THAT HOUSTON, BUT I DO NEED SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO EACH OF THAT, THAT I GO TO CP. TRANSIT RIDERS ARE NECESSARY PART OF THE JOB. >> IMMERSE HIMSELF RESPONDED TO THE CONTROVERSY ONLINE, NOTING HE DOESN’T JUST WRITE JOKES, BUT RATHER RIGHTS. ENTIRE SPEECHES FOR EV. THE HEAD COACH OF THE ABBOTSFORD CANUCKS IS STICKING AROUND FOR ANOTHER SEASON. THE CANUCKS ORGANIZATION ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT MANY OF THE WHOLE TREZ CONTRACT HAS BEEN EXTENDED. HE JOINED ABBOTSFORD LAST SEASON, GUIDING THE TEAM TO WIN ITS FIRST-EVER CALDER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP. THE FORMER VANCOUVER CANUCKS CENTRE BRINGS NEARLY 1000 GAMES OF NHL EXPERIENCE AND A STRONG DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND TO HIS ROLE AS HEAD COACH. >> THE WHITECAPS KEPT UP THEIR WINNING WAYS WITH A 4 TO NOTHING VICTORY OVER HAMILTON’S FORGE FC LAST NIGHT, TRISTAN BLACKMON OPENED THE SCORING, BUT THE BIG DEFENDER WOULD LATER LEAVE THE GAME WITH A SERIOUS KNEE INJURY. WITH THE WIN, VANCOUVER ADVANCES TO THEIR 4TH CONSECUTIVE CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. THE GAME IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER FIRST AT B.C. PLACE. AND A HAPPY UPDATE NOW ON A LITTLE CRITTER THAT TOOK CENTRE STAGE ON A RECENT SAWATSKY SIGNOFF AFTER BEING RESCUED BY A FAMILY FROM SOME RIVER RAPIDS IN SAANICH LAST MONTH. THE NORTH ISLAND WILDLIFE RECOVERY CENTRE IS HAPPY TO REPORT THAT LITTLE TIMBER IS WELL ON HER WAY TO RECOVERY. THEY SAY SHE’S ALMOST TRIPLED HER WEIGHT SINCE ARRIVING AND HAS TAKEN TO A PARTICULAR LIKING TO HER SWEET POTATO TREATS WITH DAILY SUPERVISE SWIMS. THE VOLUNTEER CREW SAYS HER REHABILITATION IS WELL ON TRACK. I HAD NO IDEA. BABY BEAVERS COULD BE ABSOLUTELY SO ADORABLE. STEPHANIE, DID YOU KNOW? NEVER, BUT I MEAN, I JUST WHO DOESN’T LOVE THE IT’S, IT’S PART OF OUR HERITAGE. I KNOW USUALLY CB RIZZO, THEY’RE BUILDING DOWNS AND THAT THEY HAVE THOSE BIG TEETH. AND YOU KNOW. >> YEAH, THAT’S ONE VERY CUTE. WHY MORNING EVERYONE MORNING HAHA. WHAT A DAY YESTERDAY, WE FELT THE HEAT, IT WAS A SCORCHER. ACTUALLY THE HOT SPOT FOR ALL OF CANADA WAS LET NOT 33 POINT 4 DEGREES. SO A VERY HOT ONE. CTV WEATHER IS BROUGHT TO BY CHAMBERS PLAN CANADA’S NUMBER ONE PLANT FROM PLAY BENEFITS. IT’S MORE THAN JUST HEALTH AND DENTAL. LEARN MORE AT CHAMBER PLAN DOT CA. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. IT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER SUNNY ONE, OUR SITTING AT 17 DEGREES. THE WINDS ARE CALM. HERE’S WHERE WE’RE HEADING TODAY. SO 21 BY THE WATER ABOUT 24 DEGREES INLAND, WE SHOULD BE AROUND 18. WE BROKE A RECORD IN 2008 AT 24.5 DEGREES SUNSET TONIGHT AT 7.21. EXPECTING A LITTLE BIT OF HAZE AROUND METRO VANCOUVER. BY THIS AFTERNOON, I WILL BE SEEING THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PROVINCE IS IN THE CLEAR. WE COULD SEE SOME FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR PARTS OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. I’LL SHOW YOU THAT COMING UP. AND THEN THE RAIN HITTING THE NORTH COAST CENTRAL COAST AND THE CARIBOU TODAY. SO FOR YOUR DAY AHEAD, MOSTLY SUNSHINE HAZY THIS AFTERNOON INLAND 24 ENJOY THE SUN 5 DAY FORECAST. AND TO THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER, THERE IS SOME RAIN IN THE FORECAST COMING YOUR WAY OUT. OKAY, THANKS FOR THAT. THE CITY OF VANCOUVER IS CONSIDERING DIPPING ITS TOE INTO THE WELLNESS TREND. >> FROM COLD PLUNGE, JUST ASANAS WHY WE COULD SEE MORE POPPING UP AROUND TOWN. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TAKE A DIVE IN AND WOULDN’T MAKE OUR CITY MORE FUN. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THAT. STILL TO COME. BUT FIRST. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MAKES AN UNPRECEDENTED SECOND STATE VISIT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM. HE CHARLES PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS. WE’LL HAVE WELCOME BACK U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS KICKED OFF A TWO-DAY STATE VISIT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, GREETED WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF POMP AND CEREMONY. AFTER A SHORT HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE RIDE. MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, INCLUDING KING CHARLES, GREETED THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY IN THE QUADRANGLE AT WINDSOR CASTLE THIS MORNING. TRUMP IS THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT TO BE INVITED FOR A SECOND STATE VISIT TO THE U.K.. BUT THERE IS STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE VISIT WITH DOZENS OF DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED. ABC’S NICOLE D’ANTONIO REPORTS. >> THIS MORNING, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE FIRST LADY ARRIVING IN THE U.K. FOR WHAT’S EXPECTED TO BE 2 FULL DAYS OF BRITISH POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT INCLUDES HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES, MILITARY GUARDS THANKFULLY INSIDE THE 1000 YEAR OLD WINDSOR CASTLE TRUMP SHARING WHAT HE HOPES TO ACHIEVE. THEY WANTED TO, THEY COULD BE FINED THE GREAT >> IT’S A GREAT DEAL. >> I’M I’M DOWN FOR A WHILE IN THE U.K., PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER STARMER FOR THE 2 ARE EXPECTED TO SIGN A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR TECHNOLOGY DEAL. ALSO ON THE AGENDA, CONTINUED U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE UKRAINE WAR AND ECONOMIC TIES AS THE U.K. CONTINUES TO GRAPPLE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TARIFFS. AHEAD OF THE VISIT. POLICE HAVE BEEN MONITORING ONLINE TRAFFIC AND REVIEWING ANY POSSIBLE SECURITY THREATS FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING OF CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK. SO A REVIEW OF THE ROUTES BEING TAKEN. >> THE PREMIER SAYS THE RESIDENTS THIS DIANA AMERICAN ANY BUILDINGS OVER THOSE AREAS. A LOT OF SITES SUCH AS ANY POSSIBLE THREAT TO THE PRINCIPALS. THE PRESIDENT, HIS WIFE, THE KING, THE QUEEN, THE PRINCE PRINCESS OF WALES, THE STATE VISIT NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY. PROTESTERS ARE RALLYING OUTSIDE WINDSOR CASTLE AND ACROSS THE U.K. OVERNIGHT, PROTESTERS PROTECTED LARGE PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRINCE ANDREW. >> WITH THE LATE CONVICTED OFFENDER, JEFFREY EPSTEIN ON THE WALLS OF WINDSOR CASTLE. ITS OPTIONS AND HE’S IN GOALS, INSTABILITY IN THE WORLD. HE COULD TO STOP THE WAR IN UKRAINE COULD STOP THE WAR. AND ALSO, IF YOU WANTED TO TELL HIM, I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY HE JUST WROTE TERMS. >> IT’S THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME IN THE WORLD. >> THE ROYALS ALSO HOSTED THE LAST 4 U.S. PRESIDENTS, ALTHOUGH NOT ALL WERE THE FULL-SCALE STATE VISITS. NICOLE D’ANTONIO, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. >> LET’S DEBATE THAT RESURFACES IN EVERY CANADIAN CITY IS COLDER MONTHS APPROACH, BUT IT’S WRAPPING UP EARLY IN MONTREAL AFTER PROFESSIONAL CYCLISTS GOT HURT DURING A RACE. HERE IS GENEVIEVE BEAUCHEMIN ON A GROWING PROBLEM WITH POTHOLES. >> THIS ROAD UP TO MAJESTIC MOUNT ROYAL IN THE HEART OF THE CITY WAS THE SCENE OF AN INTERNATIONAL CYCLING COMPETITION LAST WEEK. AND THEN THIS HAPPENED. A DUTCH CYCLIST HIT A PATCH POTHOLE AND WENT FLYING, ENDING HIS RACE. PRO CYCLISTS HAVE TO CONTEND WITH COBBLESTONES IN EUROPE AND DAMAGED STREETS WORLDWIDE. SO SOME HAVE CHECKED THIS ALL UP TO A BIT OF BAD LUCK. BUT THE IMAGE GOT MONTREALERS TALKING. I BIKE A LOT THAT RUNS THE CITY AND THAT WAS NOT THAT SURPRISING. MONTREAL ISN’T THE ONLY CANADIAN CITY FACING THIS ISSUE, BUT THE CITY’S POSSIBLE PROBLEM IS LEGEND. WE UNEARTH THESE HALF-CENTURY-OLD IMAGES FROM THE CTV ARCHIVES OF THE STORY OF ROADS DEGRADING. >> WAS A HOT TOPIC IN 1972 AS WELL. THAT’S A CLASSIC OVER THE YEARS DAMAGED AXLES AND LOST HUBCAPS HAVE PILED UP. THEY’VE ALSO BEEN SERIOUS INJURIES. >> IT WAS JUST LIKE A SHARP POLL THAT RESULTED IN SOME KEY DESTROYING MY. WE’LL WE’LL. SOME EXPERTS HAVE BLAMED MONTREAL’S CLIMATE THAW AND FREEZE CYCLES, THE TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE MONTREAL’S AUDITOR GENERAL HAS ALSO ADDED POOR MANAGEMENT OF MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP TO THAT LIST. >> AND SAYS THAT NOW ONE OUT OF 3 ROADS IN BAD OR VERY BAD SHAPE HERE. >> THE CITY STREETS WILL FEEL FOR A MARATHON THIS WEEKEND. >> IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY. WE PATCH ALL THE POTHOLES ON THE CIRCUIT. >> THE PATS FOR THE CYCLING RAISED IN QUITE YIELD, A SMOOTH SURFACE AND MONTREALERS HOPE THAT NOW FAMOUS BUMP IN THE ROAD WILL SEND A MESSAGE. >> IT WAS LIKE A CRY FOR HELP. >> FOR NOW, CYCLISTS, MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS HAVE TO BE A LITTLE EXTRA CAUTIOUS ON THE ROADS. GENEVIEVE BEAUCHEMIN, CTV NEWS, MONTREAL. >> WELL, PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING THIS MORNING AFTER A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN B.C. AND ALBERTA HAVE BECOME ILL WITH SALMONELLA. THE ILLNESS HAS IMPACTED MORE THAN 2 DOZEN PEOPLE INTO PROVINCES AND THERE MAY BE LINKED TO THEIR PETS. DOG FOOD. WE’LL HAVE DETAILS STILL TO COME. >> IT’S A ESSENTIALLY LIKE DOING A WORKOUT WITHOUT HAVING TO MOVE. >> CALL US PLUNGE. COOMER. HOW CITY COUNCIL COULD ONE DAY PROVE COLD PLUNGE POOLS AND SAUNAS IN VANCOUVER PARKS. WE’RE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH >> YOUR MORNING JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT RICHER. WE’RE GIVING AWAY A STAGGERING $20,000 AND IT’S TIME FOR TODAY’S CODE WORD. IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH AN EXTRA 20 GRAND, A DREAM VACATION HOME RENOVATIONS PAYING OFF BILLS. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. TODAY’S CODE WORD IS HAPPY. HEAD TO THE CONTEST PAGE ON CTV VANCOUVER DOT CA OR SCAN THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN AND HER HAPPY ALONG WITH YOUR INFORMATION FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN CTV YOUR MORNING. VANCOUVER’S $20,000 GIVEAWAY. MAKE SURE TO WATCH US TOMORROW FOR A BRAND NEW CODE. WORD. GOOD LUCK. >> AGAIN, WINNING 20,000 WOULD BE HAPPY. THAT’S FOR SURE. THANK STEPHANIE. WELL, EVERY AUTOMAKER ASTON MARTIN IS GOING AFTER A NEWMARKET WITH ITS LATEST MODEL. THIS IS THE ASTON MARTIN BABY STROLLER. IT’S A COLLABORATION WITH CAR SEAT BRAND EGG. THE STROLLER COMES IN 3 COLOURS, INCLUDING THE ICONIC RACING GREEN. IT HAS STARTED A STARTING PRICE OF ABOUT $4,000 AND WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE U.K. LATER THIS YEAR. NO WORD YET ON WHETHER THESE WILL BE FOR SALE IN CANADA. BUT SOMEONE WILL WANT THEM IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY. I MEAN, THEY GROW. SO FED MEAN CHILDREN GROW SO FAST. SO I DON’T KNOW IF SPENDING FOREGROUND AS IS PRACTICAL ON A BABY IF YOU AND THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD BE SPENDING ON WHAT I’M PREPARING MY BABY SHOWER. THAT’S WHAT I WOULD WANT EVERYBODY TO GO IN ON US. >> THE FIVE-STAR STROLLER, REALLY. I DIDN’T EVEN HAVE A COFFEE CUP HOLDER, THOUGH, WOULD BE AN AD DEFINITELY NEEDS A A LITTLE EXTRAS ON THAT, BUT I THINK THEY LOOKED FANTASTIC SNAZZY, BUT YOU’RE PROBABLY GOING WANT TO PUT AN AIR TAG ON THAT. IF YOU’RE >> LEAVING ANYWHERE FOR VERY LONG. SO WE ARE ENJOYING THIS BEAUTIFUL AND TO SUMMER LAST WEEK OF SUMMER. IT IS HAPPENING. OUR GOING TO SEE SOME MORE SUNSHINE TODAY FOR METRO VANCOUVER. WE DO HAVE A RISK OF A FEW SHOWERS AROUND VANCOUVER ISLAND AND UP THE SUNSHINE COAST. A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AT 30%. HOW THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS GOING TO BE NORTH COAST CENTRAL COAST AND THE CARIBOU TODAY. OTHERWISE WE’RE LOCKED IN WITH HIGH PRESSURE. HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR TEMPERATURES WERE COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT. SO HERE’S WHERE WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING NORTH SIDE. I’M SORRY. PORT HARDY AS WELL AS NORTHEASTERN SIDE OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. WE DO HAVE THAT 30% RISK OF A FEW SHOWERS, SAME WITH TOFINO. OTHERWISE THE SUN IS SHINING PORT ALBERNI HEADING 25 DEGREES AGAIN TODAY. SO IT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER NICE WARM ONE A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN YESTERDAY, THAT WE’RE AT 27 DEGREES FEELING OVER 30 DEGREES YESTERDAY. AND WE HAVE COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT. SO TEMPERATURES 21 TO ABOUT 25 TODAY FOR METRO VANCOUVER, A LITTLE BIT HAZY. WE’RE EXPECTING FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SO I-26 24 INLAND IS WHERE WE’RE GOING CLEARING SKIES FOR YOUR THURSDAY FRIDAY THAT SUNSHINE HOLDS ON. BUT THEN LATE DAY SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. WE ARE EXPECTING SOME RAIN AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO SUMMER OVER TO YOU, CARRIE. YEAH, CUE THE OKAY. THANKS, STEPHANIE. >> THE CITY OF VANCOUVER IS GOING FULL STEAM AHEAD ON THE LATEST WELLNESS. STRANDED WANTS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR COLD PLUNGES AND SAWDUST TO OPERATE AS CTV’S ISABELLA ZAVARISE REPORTS, IF APPROVED, YOU COULD SOON SEE POP-UP SAUNAS AT THE BEACH. >> FROM SITTING IN HOT, DRY HEAT TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN A COURT DEBT. CONTRAST THERAPY IS GROWING IN POPULARITY AS A WELLNESS TREND. IT’S A >> ESSENTIALLY LIKE DOING A WORKOUT WITHOUT HAVING TO MOVE. IT HASN’T BEEN EASY FOR BUSINESSES LIKE THE GOOD SAUNA IN EAST VANCOUVER, NAVIGATING RED TAPE IN A BUDDING INDUSTRY. NOTHING HIS ESTATE LIKE THIS IN THE PAST. AND SO THERE’S BEEN NO. AND LEGISLATION RULES REGULATIONS ON HOW TO DO THIS. BUT THE CITY WANTS TO MAKE IT EASIER. ABC COUNCILLOR LISA DOMINATO TABLE TO SUCCESSFUL MOTION LAST JUNE IS A REAL APPETITE FOR THIS. IT STARTED IN EUROPE IN NORDIC COUNTRIES. >> BUT WE’RE SEEING AN EVOLUTION HERE AND IN CANADA AND INTEREST IN HAVING THE SERVICES. >> AND OUR REGULATIONS ARE REALLY OUTDATED. PRIOR TO THE MOTION, COLD PLUNGES AND SAUNAS WEREN’T ALLOWED OUTDOORS. NOW A STAFF REPORT WANTS TO EXPAND THEM ACROSS THE CITY IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES, SIMILAR TO GOOD SAUNA LOCATED OUTSIDE IN A BREWERY TO HAVING A BUSINESS LIKE OURS HERE. >> HELPING TO BOOST THAT BUSINESS AND ALSO BRING PEOPLE DOWN HERE WHO MAY THE WISE ONE NOTICE HERE. >> UPDATES TO THE CITY’S ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT BY-LAW COULD EVEN SEE COLD PLUNGES AND SAUNAS IN PARKS. SO I HAVE HEARD SOME PROPONENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN POTENTIALLY OFFERING >> POP-UP SAUNA AS THAT THE BEACH IN. AND SO IF YOU’RE DOING COLD PLUNGE SWIMS IN THE OCEAN FOR BUSINESS OWNERS, ANY CHANGES. WELCOME. YOU KNOW, THE BIG COMPLAINT ABOUT TO SAY THAT IT’S BORING, IT’S BORING BECAUSE WE’RE BEING STOPPED FROM DOING INTERESTING THINGS IN IT. QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY. A PUBLIC HEARING IS PLANNED FOR NEXT MONTH. IF COUNCIL APPROVES THESE CHANGES, THEY COULD COME INTO EFFECT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. ISABELLA ZAVARISE, CTV NEWS, VANCOUVER. >> THE THINK WE NEED TO BE FUN COOLER BY BECOMING PLUNGED. HOOVER PLUNGE COOPER. YOU KNOW WHAT? >> AND IRELAND, WE HAVE SO MANY BEACHES AND I LOVE ALL THESE POP UP COLD PLUNGE PLACES. BUT IN IRELAND, YOU HAVE THESE TUBES ALL ALONG THE OCEAN BEACHES AND WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT PLACE. I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY DON’T DO THEM ON ALL OF OUR BEACHES WHO TAKES CARE OF THESE CONTAINERS AT A THERE’S SANITARY ISSUES. I KEEP THEM CLEAN. SO IS IT THIS IS THAT. >> THE CITY AND AND PEOPLE JUST LOOK AFTER THEM, BUT THEY’RE ALL OVER SOME CASES IN EUROPE. AND I, I THINK IT’S A GREAT IDEA. OKAY. SO NOT JUST A BREWERY. THIS RIGHT ON THE OPEN. WE’LL SEE WHAT THE CITY HAS IN STORE FOR THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE MINUTES AWAY FROM THE BANK OF CANADA’S INTEREST RATE THERE’S A LOT AWAY, BUT MANY PREDICT WE WILL SEE RATES CUT. >> WE’LL BRING YOU THE DES DECISION WHEN IT COMES DOWN JUST MINUTES FROM NOW. STAY TUNED FOR THAT. PLUS. >> WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THIS COUNTRY AND WHERE DO IT RIGHT AND WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CANADIAN PRODUCTS MAKE IT TO MARKET SUPPORTING CANADIANS. >> BUT CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF A MASSIVE INDIGENOUS-LED LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS PROJECT IN B.C. AND THE HISTORY BEHIND THIS UNUSUAL TRADITION IN THE U.K., THE BLACK PUTTI >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE BANK OF CANADA IS SET TO ANNOUNCE ITS LATEST INTEREST RATE DECISION THIS MORNING. ECONOMISTS WIDELY EXPECT TO CUT ONE THAT COULD RIPPLE THROUGH EVERYTHING FROM BORROWING COSTS TO THE HOUSING MARKET. OUR REGAN HASEGAWA IS LIVE IN SURREY WITH MORE ON THIS THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING, REGAN. AND THIS COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR A LOT OF BRITISH COLUMBIANS. >> GOOD MORNING, CARRIE. IT COULD AFTERS 3 STRAIGHT HOLES. THE CENTRAL BANK IS EXPECTED TO CUT ITS RATE BY A QUARTER PERCENTAGE POINT TO 2.5%. AND THAT WOULD LOWER BORROWING COSTS FOR HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES. AND EXPERTS BELIEVE IT WILL ALSO REIGNITE SOME ACTIVITY IN BC’S HOUSING MARKET. SO THIS DECISION COMES AS STATISTIC CANADA REPORTED THAT INFLATION EDGED UP TO 1.9% IN AUGUST. BUT DESPITE THAT, MOST ECONOMISTS SAY A WEAKER JOB MARKET AND SLOWER ECONOMY ARE PUSHING THE BANK OF CANADA TOWARD A CUT HERE IN B.C. WHERE AFFORDABILITY IS ALREADY STRETCHED. EVEN A SMALL DROP IN RATES WOULD BE MORE BUYERS COMPETING FOR LIMITED SUPPLY. SOMETHING REALTORS WARN MAY DRIVE PRICES HIGHER AGAIN. STILL, ANALYSTS AT RBC CAUTION THE HOLD IS STILL POSSIBLE. SIGHTING A STICKY CORE INFLATION AND CONCERNS ABOUT ADDING FUEL TO INFLATION PRESSURES IN THE MONTHS AHEAD TO THIS RATE DECISION COMES DOWN IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. AND WHILE THE IMPACT ON THAT AND OUR REAL ESTATE MARKET COMING UP. >> GARY REGAN HASEGAWA JOINING US LIVE. THANKS REGAN. PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY WILL BE MEETING WITH HIS CAUCUS THIS MORNING IS DAY 3 OF THE FALL SITTING OF PARLIAMENT GETS UNDERWAY. THE ECONOMY AND THE IMPACT OF U.S. TARIFFS WILL BE TOP OF MIND. WORK IS CONTINUING ON CARNEY’S FIRST BUDGET, BUT WILL BE DELIVERED A LITTLE LATER THAN PLANNED. FINANCE MINISTER FRANCOIS-PHILIPPE CHAMPAGNE SAYS THE LONG-AWAITED SPENDING PLAN WILL BE TABLED NOVEMBER 4TH. HE BILLED THE BUDGET AS A GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IN CANADA’S FUTURE. >> WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES. WE’RE GOING TO ASKING FROM TO WORK TOGETHER WITH DUST BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THIS IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL MOMENT. THIS IS NOTHING LIKE BUSINESS AS USUAL. THERE’S NOTHING BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE WORLD ECONOMY. >> THE CONSERVATIVES WASTED NO TIME IN BLASTING THE DELAY. LEADER PIERRE POILIEVRE SAYS THE BUDGET IS COMING TWO-THIRDS AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR IS ALREADY DONE, DURING WHICH TIME. HE SAYS CARNEY WILL HAVE DOUBLE THE DEFICIT. HE SAYS CARNEY IS DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE PROMISED. SASKATCHEWAN PREMIER SAYS HE HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER FOCUSED ON THE STEEP TARIFFS ON CANOLA EXPORTS. >> YOU KNOW, OR INDUSTRY EMPLOYING 200,000 CANADIANS. I DON’T KNOW THAT WE AS CANADIANS CAN AFFORD TO BACKSTOP THAT ENTIRE INDUSTRY. >> EARLIER THIS MONTH, PREMIER SCOTT MOE MET WITH CHINESE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AFTER THEY IMPOSED A 76% TARIFF ON CANADIAN CANOLA SEED OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE MOVE IS IN RESPONSE TO CANADA’S 100% TARIFF ON CHINESE ELECTRIC VEHICLES. MOE SAYS THE MEETING REVOLVED AROUND HOW CANADA CAN RESTORE MARKET ACCESS TO ITS 2 BIGGEST TRADING PARTNERS. THE U.S. AND CHINA. HE SAYS RESOLVING THE DISPUTE WILL TAKE CAREFUL DIALOGUE WITH BOTH BEIJING AND WASHINGTON. CRITICS ARE SPEAKING OUT THIS MORNING OVER THE PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS DECISION TO SIGN OFF ON A CONTROVERSIAL LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS EXPORT FACILITY ON BC’S NORTH COAST. THE LNG PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO EXPORT 120 MILLION TONNES OF LIQUEFIED NATURNNUALLY TO COUNTRIES IN ASIA. THE EXPORT FACILITY WOULD INCLUDE A PAIR OF TWIN FLOATING PLATFORMS AT PIERCE ISLAND NEAR THE ALASKA BORDER. OPPONENTS CITE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, A LACK OF CONSENSUS AMONG NEARBY FIRST NATIONS AND THE PROJECT’S AMERICAN OWNERSHIP. >> FOR MONTHS, ALL WE’VE HEARD FROM OUR POLITICIANS IS THAT WE’RE ELBOWS UP AGAINST THE UNITED STATES AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND AGAINST THE AUTHORITARIAN MARKET MOVEMENT. IT’S A REAL DISCONNECT TO SEE OUR PREMIER APPROVE A PROJECT THAT IS AMERICAN OWNED. WITH AMERICAN INVESTORS. AN AMERICAN COMPANY BUILDING THE PIPELINE. >> YOU’RE SAYS WELCOMING AND ENCOURAGING INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT IS KEY TO CREATING MORE JOBS IN B.C., 4 OF 7 NEARBY FIRST NATIONS DID NOT PROVIDE CONSENT FOR THE PROJECT. THE UNITED STATES IS LAUNCHING A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT. CUSMA IT’S COMING AHEAD OF THE MANDATED REVIEW OF THE PACK. THIS IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL STEP IN RENEGOTIATING THE TRADE DEAL THAT WAS SIGNED DURING DONALD TRUMP’S FIRST ADMINISTRATION. THE AGREEMENT HAS SO FAR SHIELDED CANADA AND MEXICO FROM THE FULL IMPACT OF TRUMP’S TARIFFS. THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE WILL HOLD 45 DAYS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS, WHICH ARE REQUIRED UNDER U.S. LAW. THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A POLITICAL ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK HAS APPEARED IN COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER POLICE ANNOUNCED OFFICIAL CHARGES AGAINST HIM. THE UTAH VALLEY COUNTY ATTORNEY SAYS 22 YEAR-OLD TYLER ROBINSON CONFESSED TO THE CRIME TO HIS PARTNER. >> ARE THE KEYBOARD IN FOUNDING KNOW THAT STATED QUOTE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OUT CHARLIE KIRK AND I’M GOING TO TAKE IT. >> HOUSTON PROSECUTORS SAY THEY’RE INTENDING TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY. ROBINSON IS FACING 7 COUNTS, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED MURDER AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. NO ONE ELSE HAS BEEN CHARGED, BUT INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL INTERVIEWING FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES. >> ROBINSON WILL BE HELD IN THE UTAH COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BAIL. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS A DEAL IS DONE TO KEEP TIKTOK IN THE U.S.. TRUMP SAYS HE WILL SPEAK WITH CHINA’S PRESIDENT ON FRIDAY TO CONFIRM THE DEAL. THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM RUN BY A CHINESE COMPANY WAS TOLD IT HAD TO SELL ITS U.S. OPERATIONS OR FACE BEING SHUT DOWN. THE INITIAL DEADLINE TO SELL WAS SET FOR JANUARY 19TH. BUT TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY PUSHED IT BACK. TRUMP SAYS THE BUYER WILL SOON BE ANNOUNCED. WELL, THAT BRITAIN’S MOST ECCENTRIC SPORTING SPECTACLES HAS TAKEN PLACE. >> THIS IS THE WORLD BLACK FOOTINGS ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS. WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE WILL THESE COMPETITORS ARE A LOBBYING BLACK PUDDING WRAPPED IN WOMEN’S NYLON STOCKINGS AT 12 GIANT YORKSHIRE PUTTING STACKED UP ON A PEDESTAL. THE GOAL IS TO KNOCK OFF AS MANY AS THEY CAN. THE EVENT’S ORIGINS SUPPOSEDLY STEM BACK TO THE WAR OF THE ROSES IN THE 1500’S. WHEN A BATTLE BETWEEN THE YOUR KISS AND THE LANCASTRIAN YS RAN OUT OF AN AMMUNITION. THIS IS WHAT THEY DO IN THE U.K.. THIS IS AN ANNUAL TRADITION THAT BEEN DOING IT, OBVIOUSLY FOR CENTURIES BECAUSE OF A POSITIVE PARTICULAR PUT SET ON BLACK PUTTING IS NOT PUTTING IS AT STAFF. NO, IT’S NOT. AND IT’S, BUT IT’S VERY, VERY POPULAR IN THE U.K. AND IRELAND ALL OVER THEIR FLIGHT TO SAY IT’S LIKE A VERY FATTY SORT OF SAUSAGE THAT’S LUMPED TOGETHER. I WOULD SAY ACQUIRED TASTE, RIGHT? DEFINITELY HAVE TRIED IT. IT’S NOT MY FAVOURITE AT ALL, BUT THEY LOVE IT AND GOOD AS AMMUNITION. APPARENTLY PROPER THAN TALKING AROUND. WHY GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. >> CTV WEATHER IS BROUGHT TO BY CHAMBERS PLAN CANADA’S NUMBER ONE PLANT FROM PLAY BENEFITS. IT’S MORE THAN JUST HEALTH AND DENTAL. LEARN MORE AT CHAMBER PLAN DOT CA. WHAT A TUESDAY SCORCHER OF A DAY. VERY HOT ONE. WE HAD ALMOST A 34 DEGREES IN LYTTON, WHICH WAS THE HOT SPOT FOR CANADA. OUR HOT SPOT THIS HOUR RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY WEST VANCOUVER FOR ALL OF B.C. SITTING AT 20 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. IT IS A WARM ONE CHILLIWACK AT 16 DEGREES AS WELL AS ABBOTSFORD. WE’RE HEADING TO ANOTHER WARM DAY ABOVE SEASONAL 21 TODAY. WE SHOULD BE AT 18 DEGREES. IT WON’T BE AS HOT AS YESTERDAY, BUT STILL GOING TO BE FEELING THAT HEAT, ESPECIALLY INLAND. SO ENJOY IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT HAZY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS, SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PROVINCE IS GOING TO BE REALLY HOT. WE DO HAVE A CHANCE OF A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR VANCOUVER ISLAND AS THE SYSTEM IS SLIDING DOWN, BRINGING PLENTY OF RAIN ALONG THE NORTH COAST CENTRAL COAST AS WELL AS INLAND SECTIONS THERE. SO FOR US, WE ARE LOOKING AT 21 24 INLAND, A LITTLE BIT OF HAZE, YOUR 5 DAY HAS SOME CHANGE AND FALL IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. KERRY GRAND FALLS DOORSTEP. WE SURE ARE 2 AT ITS KNOCKING. HAHA. THANK YOU. WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE THE EPIDEMIC OF LONELINESS. THERE’S A NEW STUDY TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW YOUR DAILY ACTIONS COULD DO WONDERS FOR YOUR LONELINESS. >> WE’LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION COMING UP IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR. BUT FIRST, WHAT WE KNOW OF A PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING AFTER A SALMONELLA OUTBREAK IN ALBERTA AND B.C. BY PEOPLE WITH PETS COULD BE MOST AT RISK. YOUR MORNING VANCOUVER B.C. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IS DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO CHILDREN SUPPORT RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGHS THAT LEAD THE WAY TO CONFRONTING HEALTH CHALLENGES. >> FACING KIDS TODAY FROM CANCER TO HEART DISEASE AND BRAIN HEALTH FUNDED IN PART BY YOUR GENEROSITY THROUGH THE B.C. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL DREAM LOTTERY. CHECK OUT THESE FALL BONUS PRIZES WORTH $115,000. SHE WAS A FORD BRONCO SPORT OR A $55,000 LUXURY TRAVEL ADVENTURE OR CHOOSE $50,000. CASH 12 MORE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE $5,000 IN TRAVEL OR GROCERIES. FALL BONUS DEADLINE IS MIDNIGHT FRIDAY. THANKS, STEPHANIE. A LANGLEY WOMAN WHO WAS A VICTIM OF A HIT AND RUN IN EARLY AUGUST WHILE RIDING HER MOTORIZED SCOOTER THOUGHT HER SITUATION COULDN’T GET ANY WORSE. >> THAT WAS UNTIL SHE HEARD FROM ICBC THAT THEY WOULDN’T COVER THE COST OF THE SCOOTER. SHE RELIES ON CTV’S DERBY TOMORROW GOES HAS THE STORY. A HIT AND RUN. YEAH, IT WAS SCARY CAUGHT ON CAMERA AND THEN HE JUST KEPT ON GOING IN EARLY AUGUST. BEVERLY TERSE MAN WAS STRUCK BY AN ONCOMING RED CAR. >> THE INTERSECTION OF 200 AND 3RD STREET AND 56 AVENUE IN LANGLEY. I FOUND ON THE SCOOTER FELL ON TOP OF MY LADY. I JUST WAS SHOCKED. SHE SAYS HER INJURIES WEREN’T LIFE-THREATENING JUST BECAUSE IT TURNED OUT TO BE LUCKY. DOESN’T MEAN THAT IT DIDN’T AFFECT IN, DIDN’T HURT YOU. >> LANGLEY RCMP SAY THEY CANVASS THE AREA, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE. DESPITE SEVERAL CAMERAS AT THE INTERSECTION. MOUNTIES SAY THEY ARE ONLY LIFE, EVEN DO NOT RECORD. 6 WEEKS LATER, CHURCHMEN STILL FEELS FRUSTRATION TOWARDS THE DRIVER. I WANT TO KNOW, BUT MADE HIM THINK THAT MY LIFE WAS WORTH NOTHING. THE NATS SHE DIDN’T KNOW. THINGS COULD GET WORSE UNTIL SHE FILED A CLAIM WITH ICBC. BASICALLY TOLD ME THAT I WAS UNCOVERED. THAT THEY WOULDN’T BE ANYTHING I COVERED FOR THE INJURIES, BUT THAT COVERED FOR THE SCOOTER TO RICHMOND SAYS DUE TO HER FIBROMYALGIA AND OTHER MEDICAL ISSUES, SHE RELIES ON IT TO BE DEPENDENT. IT’S A STRESSFUL KNOWING THAT YOU CAN’T GO OUT FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. SHE’S BEEN STUCK AT HOME, DESCRIBING HERSELF AS LOW-INCOME. SHE USED HER SAVINGS TO BUY A NEW SCOOTER THAT GETS MAD. I GOT VERY LITTLE MONEY IN MY SAVINGS ACCOUNT. WE TAKE EVERYTHING OUT OF IT. PAYING CLOSE TO $4,000 OUT OF POCKET. WE REACHED OUT TO SCOOTER CITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS OF TERSE MEN’S ORIGINAL SCOOTER. THEY SAY THEY NEVER RECEIVED CLARITY FROM ICBC ON COVERING THE COST UNTIL TODAY, WHEN CTV BEGAN INVESTIGATING. UNFORTUNATELY HERE AND AIR WAS MADE. >> ICBC SAYS INITIALLY TURF AND WAS TOLD SHE NEEDED TO PAY A DEDUCTIBLE. >> IN THIS CASE, WE FELL A BIT SHORT BECAUSE AN ERROR WAS MADE AN ERROR THAT WE APOLOGIZE FOR. THE INSURER FOCUSED ON PROVIDING TO RICHMOND WITH THE PHYSICAL CARE SHE NEEDS, INCLUDING WE’RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE SCOOTER FOR HER. >> TO GET HER BACK TO GETTING AROUND THE WAY THAT SHE NEEDS TO. RICHMOND SAYS SHE DOESN’T THINK THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A RESOLUTION IF CTV HAD TO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IT. >> WELL, A LOT HAPPIER. A BIG WEIGHT HAS BEEN LIFTED AGAIN. LANGLEY RCMP SAYS THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE RED VEHICLE. THEY’RE ASKING THAT IF ANYONE HAVE ANY HELPFUL INFORMATION IN THIS CASE, THEY REACH OUT TO LANGLEY RCMP. >> TO BEAT AMERICAN CTV NEWS, LANGLEY. >> MORE THAN 2 DOZEN PEOPLE, MOSTLY IN B.C. AND ALBERTA, HAVE BECOME ILL WITH SALMONELLA. INVESTIGATORS SAY MANY OF THE VICTIMS HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON. THEY GOT SICK AFTER HANDLING DOG FOOD. AS ST. JOHN ALEXANDER REPORTS, THE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY ISN’T SURE WHICH BRAND MAY BE RESPONSIBLE. >> THE SEVERITY OF ILLNESS AMONG DOG OWNERS VARIES. SOME PEOPLE SHOWED MILD SYMPTOMS OF SALMONELLA OF THEIRS HAD FEVERS, SEVERE HEADACHES, DIARRHEA. MOST OF THEM TOLD OFFICERS THEY HAD JUST BEEN THE DOG USING DIFFERENT BRANDS OF TREATS ARE KIMBALL. THOSE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION TOO. >> TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC PRODUCTS THAT ARE CAUSING THE ILLNESSES. THEY DO KNOW 12 PEOPLE BECAME ILL IN B.C., 13 IN ALBERTA AND ONE EACH IN ONTARIO AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES PATIENTS RANGE FROM KIDS TO SENIORS. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY SAYS PET FOOD CAN BE CONTAMINATED WITH BACTERIA AND PEOPLE CAN GET SICK THROUGH CONTACT WITH THE DOGWOODS FOOD. SO THEY RECOMMEND CLEANING THEIR DISHES FREQUENTLY AND ENSURING EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, WASH THEIR HANDS RIGHT AFTER HANDLING FOODS AND TREATS. THEY ARE OFTEN FEEDING THE DOGS. SO DON’T FORGET ABOUT THEM. AND THEN ALSO, THEY’RE MUCH MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MORE SEVERE SALMONELLA INFECTION. PEOPLE REPORTED GETTING SICK IN FEBRUARY AND INTO MID AUGUST. THEY REPORTED GIVING A WIDE RANGE OF FOOD, INCLUDING FREEZE DRIED TREATS AMONG THE INVESTIGATION, FINDING A COMMON TREND LIKE WITH THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES USE THE SAME SUPPLIERS. THAT’S ALL VERY MUCH UNDER INVESTIGATION. SO IT’S JUST AN JUST A PROCESS THAT DOES TAKE SOME TIME. AND THEY BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF INFECTIONS IS MUCH HIGHER BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD MILD SYMPTOMS LIKELY DIDN’T REPORTED. ST. JOHN ALEXANDER, CTV NEWS, VANCOUVER. >> WELL, BREAKING NEWS NOW, THE BANK OF CANADA HAS LOWERED ITS KEY INTEREST RATE BY A QUARTER OF A POINT THAT BRINGS THE BENCHMARK RATE DOWN TO 2.5%. THIS AFTER 3 CONSECUTIVE HOLES AT 2.7, 5%. AND IT FOLLOWS YESTERDAY’S INFLATION NEWS THAT SHOWED CONSUMER PRICES ROSE 1.9% IN AUGUST YEAR-OVER-YEAR. THE ECONOMY HAS WEAKENED IN RECENT MONTHS UNDER THE WEIGHT OF TARIFFS AND THE LABOUR MARKET ALSO SLOWING. >> WELL, FROM THE END OF AOL DIAL-UP TO WALMART BANNING ONE PARTICULAR SUPPORT ANIMAL. MANY BUSINESSES HAVE HAD TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS STEPHEN COLBERT HAS YOUR LATE LAUGH. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. BUT FIRST. >> THIS DAY OF 2011 AND DOW WAS AT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS IN COUNTRY’S WITH SOMEONE LIKE YOU MUST BE A LOT OF HEARTBREAK OUT THERE. THAT THING WE HAVE YOUR MILESTONES COMING UP. >> TIME NOW FOR YOUR MILESTONES. FIRST UP THIS MORNING. HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY TO JACK’S HERE OR AN OLD SAUL ALREADY LOVE FROM YOUR FAMILY. HAPPY 41ST ANNIVERSARY TO CORINNE AND MIKE. THEY SAY THE BEST IS YET TO COME. ENJOY THE MEDITERRANEAN LOVE FROM THE CRAWFORDS HARVEYS. GOOD DAY. AND LAWTONS JONES AND SMITH, SOUTH THE GROUP, THEY’RE HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO KENNETH SHEPHERD WISHING US MANY MORE YEARS OF LOVE AND HAPPINESS. LOVE FROM ELIZABETH. BEAUTIFUL PHOTO, TOO. HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY TO ERNEST TURNER WITH LOVE FROM YOUR FAMILY. HAPPY 35TH ANNIVERSARY TO JOE AND HAZEL CURLEY IN TOFINO WISHING YOU MANY, MANY MORE LOVE FROM REMI AND RUBY. PLUS, DRAKE AND MADONNA. HAPPY 12TH ANNIVERSARY BILL. YOU CONTINUE TO LIGHT UP MY LIFE. ALL 9TH BIRTHDAY TO PLUTO LOVE FROM YOUR DAD. SEND US YOUR MILESTONES TO B.C. MILESTONES AT CTV DOT CA. WHAT A DAY WE SAW YESTERDAY. IT’S GOING TO BE A BIT OF A RINSE AND REPEAT, AT LEAST FOR METRO VANCOUVER HERE. LOTS OF SUNSHINE IN STORE FOR US A LITTLE BIT HAZY THIS AFTERNOON, THOUGH, STARTING WITH A BIT OF CLOUD COVER AND WE ARE GOING TO BE HEATING UP NICELY TODAY. WE HAVE A RISK OF A FEW SHOWERS ON CERTAIN PARTS OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. >> THE NORTHEASTERN SECTION AS WELL AS THE SUNSHINE COAST COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF DRIZZLE, BUT OTHERWISE IT’S GOING TO BE SUNNY. WE’RE CLEARING OUT SITTING AT 17 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. THE WINDS ARE CALM TEMPERATURES AROUND THE PROVINCE COOL IN CRANBROOK AT 8 DEGREES, KELOWNA AT 11. WE’LL BE HEADING 30 DEGREES THERE 15 FOR PRINCE GEORGE. WE’VE GOT SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST AND THEN WE COULD SEE SOME OF THOSE TRICKLE IN TOWARDS VANCOUVER ISLAND. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THAT SYSTEM MIGHT BRING A LITTLE BIT OF DRIZZLE, BUT TIME NOTHING TOO MAJOR. JUST SEATTLE BE THE WEEKENDS. I JUST PUT THE SMOKE FORECAST UP HERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE’RE GOING TO CATCH A LITTLE BIT OF HAZE AND FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SO JUST SOMETHING OF NOTE. SO THERE’S OR SHOWERS. 22 DEGREES FOR DAYTIME HIGHS. 25 INLAND FOR PORT ALBERNI. 19, WE COULD BE SEEING FOR TOFINO, SHOWERS THERE. OTHERWISE SUNSHINE COAST. THAT RISK IS THAT 30% UP THE SEA-TO-SKY MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD TODAY, CLEARING THIS AFTERNOON AND UP TO 25 DEGREES INLAND. 26, IF WE’RE LUCKY FOR YOUR DAYTIME HIGH. SO WE’RE HOLDING ON TO THE SUNSHINE ALL THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL BE COOLING DOWN SEASONAL HIGH OF 18 DEGREES. BY THAT TIME THAT RAIN ARRIVES AND WE’RE SAYING SAYONARA TO SUMMER OF ON SUNDAY. OVER TO YOU. O FROM THE END OF THE AOL DIAL UP TO WALMART, BANNING ONE PARTICULAR SUPPORT ANIMAL. MANY BUSINESSES HAVE HAD TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS. HERE’S STEPHEN COMPARE WITH YOUR LATE LAUGH. >> AND DENMARK NOVO NORDISK, MAKER OF THOSE EPIC WILL LAY OFF ABOUT 9,000 PEOPLE. THE COMPANY IS YEAH, THE COMPANY IS SLIMMING DOWN AND WILL SUIT. I WILL SOON LOOK LIKE A WEIRD SKINNY VERSION OF ADULT SELL FOR THE SAME GIANT HEAD. MEANWHILE, A PENNSYLVANIA MAN’S EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ALLIGATOR. CAN NO LONGER ACCOMPANY HER OWNER INSIDE A WALMART. THAT IS SHOCKING THAT THIS STORY DID NOT HAPPEN IN FLORIDA. ALSO, I GUESS JUST HOW MUCH EMOTIONAL SUPPORT CAN YOU GET FROM AN ALLIGATOR? IT’S A REPTILE, ITS INCAPABLE OF FEEL A WEIGHT. YOU PUT ON A SWEATER. I STAND LOOK AT ALL THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THAT ALLIGATOR IS NOW PROVIDING THE SKY. MEANWHILE, A WOMAN PUNCHED AN ALLIGATOR TO RESCUE HER DOG HOLDER ON LADY WAS THE ALLIGATOR WEARING A SWEATER? IT WAS JUST GIVING YOUR DOG AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. CAS. BY THE WAY, THIS STORY OF THE YEAR DID HAPPEN IN FLORIDA. THAT’S HOW YOU DO IT AT THE END OF THE MONTH. AFTER MORE THAN 30 WELL AS FINALLY SHUTTING DOWN ITS DIAL-UP INTERNET SERVICE. >> AND IN HONOUR OF THE ENDING OF THIS MAJOR INTERNET INSTITUTION. WE PUT TOGETHER. >> THIS TRIBUTE >> REMEMBER THAT SOUND GOOD FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. I DON’T IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WE ALWAYS USE ARE YOU SURE? I REMEMBERED, I IF YOU WANT TO PUT COME FOR ALLIGATOR. WHAT IS THE SWEATER WEARING ALLIGATOR, SMOKY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. ALLIGATORS. THAT SOUNDS LIKE THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE THE ALLIGATOR WAS GETTING THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT WAS GETTING THE ATTENTION OF THE LOOK ON ITS FACE IS RUNNING FOR. YEAH, I KNOW ACTUALLY I I DID QUITE LEFT LIKE THAT FOR THE COUPLE ARE OKAY WITH GAS PRICES ARE DOWN AROUND METRO VANCOUVER THIS MORNING, WILL THEY STAY LOWER? WILL HAVE THAT AHEAD. ALSO. >> WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE PULLING IN AIR FREIGHT PLANE? IT’S ALL FOR A GREAT CAUSE. WE’LL HAVE DETAILS ALSO. A LOT OF POMP AND CEREMONY IN THE U.K. AS U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MAKES AN UNPRECEDENTED SECOND STATE VISIT. SO WHAT ARE BOTH SIDES HOPING TO GET OUT OF THIS TRIP? AND ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED ABOUT HOW THE PROVINCE AIMS TO DEAL WITH THE DOZENS OF EXTORTION THE BANK OF CANADA IS LOWERING INTEREST RATES WILL TELL YOU BY HOW MUCH AND WHY COMING UP. ALSO MORE ACTION ON EXTORTION ATTEMPTS. THE PROVINCE WILL REVEAL THE LATEST MEASURES BEING TAKEN TO PROTECT SURREY’S BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND EMOTIONAL SHOW OF SUPPORT HEALTH, FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF A MURDER COLOGNE, A WOMAN CAME TOGETHER AS THE SUSPECT IN HER DEATH APPEARS IN COURT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. AND WELCOME TO YOUR MORNING VANCOUVER. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. THE BANK OF CANADA HAS JUST CUT ITS KEY LENDING RATE. THE CENTRAL BANK LOWERED ITS POLICY RATE BY A QUARTER POINT TO 2.5%. >> OUR REGAN HASEGAWA IS ON THE STORY. SHE JOINS US NOW FROM SURREY WITH DETAILS. GOOD MORNING, REGAN. THE BANK OF CANADA IS CITING SLOWER GROWTH AND MOUNTING TRADE PRESSURES. >> GOOD MORNING, CARRIE. THAT’S RIGHT. AND THIS IS THE FIRST MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK SENSE MARCH. IT SAYS THIS IS INTENDED TO BALANCE THE RISKS AS CANADA FACES WEAKER EXPORTS, SLOWER JOB GROWTH AND MORE ONGOING UNCERTAINTY FROM U.S. TARIFFS. SO THE POLICY RIGHT NOW SITS AT 2 AND A HALF PERCENT. THE BANK OF CANADA HAS POINTED TO CANADA’S ECONOMY SHRINKING BY ABOUT ONE AND A HALF PERCENT IN THE 2ND QUARTER, DRIVEN LARGELY BY A STEEP 27% DROP IN EXPORTS AS BUSINESSES STRUGGLED UNDER TARIFFS. JOB LOSSES HAVE PILED UP IN TRADE SENSITIVE SECTORS, PUSHING UNEMPLOYMENT TO 7.1% IN AUGUST. INFLATION CAME IN AT 1.9% IN AUGUST. BUT THE BANK NOTED UNDERLYING MEASURES REMAIN CLOSER TO 2 AND A HALF. SAY THEY’RE WATCHING CLOSELY HOW TRADE DESTRUCTION SPILL INTO INVESTMENT JOBS AND CONSUMER PRICES. SO THE BANK OF CANADA SAYS IT WILL BE TAKING ITS NEXT MOVES VERY CAREFULLY. ITS NEXT RATE DECISION IS EXPECTED AT THE END OF OCTOBER. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON WHAT THIS MEANS FOR B.C. MORTGAGE HOLDERS COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. KERRY. OKAY, REAGAN HASEGAWA JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING. THANKS REGAN. >> WELL, TURNING TO OUR OTHER TOP STORY THIS MORNING, U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM KICKING OFF A TWO-DAY STATE VISIT WITH A FULL DISPLAY SHOW OF POMP AND PAGEANTRY. AFTER A HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE RIDE THROUGH THE ESTATE GROUNDS. MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, INCLUDING KING CHARLES, GREETED THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY AT WINDSOR CASTLE. TRUMP IS THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT TO BE INVITED FOR A SECOND VISIT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM. HE WILL ALSO BE HOLDING TALKS WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER TOMORROW OUTSIDE THE CASTLE, THERE IS STRONG OPPOSITION TO THIS VISIT WITH DOZENS OF DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED DURING TRUMP’S TWO-DAY TRIP. WELL, BACK TO B.C. NOW IT’S A GOOD DAY TO FILL UP YOUR GAS TANK PRICES AT THE PUMP PLUMMETED $0.10 A LITRE OVERNIGHT, SOME STATIONS ACROSS METRO VANCOUVER HITTING AS LOW AS ONE 66.9 THIS MORNING. GAS ANALYST DAN MCTEAGUE SAYS IT’S DUE TO THE BP OLYMPIC PIPELINE IN WASHINGTON STATE, REOPENING RECENTLY AFTER CLOSING BRIEFLY FOR MAINTENANCE. HE SAYS THERE IS NO FURTHER DECLINE EXPECTED FOR THE TIME BEING THE PROVINCE IS SET TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY ABOUT THE LATEST MEASURES BEING TAKEN TO ADDRESS EXTORTION THREATS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAGUING THE SURREY BUSINESS COMMUNITY. PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER NINA KRIEGER WILL BE JOINED BY THE RCMP AND CRIME STOPPERS TO UNVEIL THE LATEST MEASURES ON MONDAY, SURREY MAYOR BRENDA LOCKE LAUNCHED A $250,000 REWARD FUND FOR ANYONE WHO PROVIDES INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. THIS ALL COMES AS SURREY HAS SEEN 44 EXTORTION CASES THIS YEAR. 27 OF THEM INVOLVING SHOOTINGS. WELL, THERE’S A CALL FOR ACTION THIS MORNING, WEEKS AFTER A TRIPLE STABBING SAW 3 WOMEN KILLED IN EAST VANCOUVER. 54 YEAR-OLD VIET KEY, JOHN LEE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 2 COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND ONE COUNT OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. ADVOCATES ARE DEMANDING TRANSPARENCY FROM THE VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENT ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SLAIN WOMEN. AS THE BATTERED WOMEN’S SUPPORT SERVICES SAYS IT HAS TRACKED 35 WOMEN AND GIRLS KILLED IN B.C. OVER THE PAST 13 MONTHS. PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY W-FIVE A FEW WEEKS AGO 5 ASKS OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT. >> THAT LIST INCLUDES REQUIRING MUNICIPALITIES TO ESTABLISH A GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE TASKFORCE CRISIS LINES, TRANSITION HOUSES AND TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE. INFORMED COUNSELLING. A KELOWNA MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE JUST HOURS AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES HAS APPEARED IN COURT AND SUPPORTERS OF THE VICTIM CAME OUT IN FORCE. BAILEY MCCOURT SUPPORTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE KELOWNA COURTHOUSE AS JAMES PLOVER WAS SET TO APPEAR BY VIDEO LINK ON A SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. THIS FOR ALLEGEDLY BEATING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE TO DEATH WITH A HAMMER IN A KELOWNA PARKING LOT IN JULY. THE COURT WAS KILLED JUST HOURS AFTER PLOVER HAD BEEN RELEASED WHILE HE WAS AWAITING SENTENCING IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE. HER FAMILY IS PUSHING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PASS BAILEY’S LAW. >> I’M SEEING BAILEY’S LAW EVERYWHERE. I’M SEEING PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE BAIL REFORM REQUIREMENTS. I’M SEEING THE MLAS, I’M SEEING THE MP’S, I’M SEEING PEOPLE THAT GENERALLY DON’T GOING TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPACE. THEY’RE SPEAKING ABOUT IT, THEY’RE SPEAKING LOUDLY ABOUT IT. >> BAILEY’S LIFE KLOOTS THINGS LIKE TOUGHER PENALTIES FOR INTIMATE PARTNER HOMICIDES, WHERE THERE IS A DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF ABUSE. PLOVERS COURT APPEARANCE WAS BRIEF WITH BOTH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MURDER CASE IS ADJOURNED UNTIL NOVEMBER. THE B.C. CONSERVATIVES ARE ACCUSING THE PREMIER OF BEING TONE DEAF OR SPENDING MONEY ON A COMEDIAN SPEECHWRITER AS THE PROVINCIAL DEFICIT GROWS. PREMIER DAVID EBY IS PAYING VANCOUVER-BASED STAND-UP COMEDIAN CHARLIE DEMERS. $165 AN HOUR TO HELP WRITE SPEECHES DEMERS SHOWN HERE WITH A B 8 YEARS AGO DURING A CAMPAIGN COULD POTENTIALLY EARN A MAXIMUM OF $300,000 OVER 4 YEARS. THE PREMIER HAS 6 COMMUNICATIONS STAFF ON SALARY AND HIS OFFICE SAYS TIMBERS HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID. NEARLY 100 GROUND OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS. SO FAR THIS YEAR, THEY SAY HE’S ONLY RECEIVED $14,000. >> IT’S JUST SIMPLY DOES NOT LINE UP. I THINK FOR MOST PEOPLE ARE GOVERNMENT RUNNING RECORD DEFICITS I WOULD BE IN TERMS OF THEIR MIND SAID IF YOU’RE TRULY TRYING TO GET SPENDING UNDER CONTROL. >> TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE, I’M DELIVERING 5 I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO WRITE MY OWN SPEECHES THE WAY THAT HOUSTON, BUT I DO NEED SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO EACH OF THAT, THAT I GO TO CP. TRANSIT RIDERS ARE NECESSARY PART OF THE TO IMMERSE HIMSELF RESPONDED TO THE CONTROVERSY ONLINE, NOTING THE HE DOESN’T JUST WRITE JOKES, BUT RATHER RIGHTS. ENTIRE SPEECHES FOR EBY. >> RICHMOND MAYOR MALCOLM BRODIE SAYS HE WILL NOT BE SEEKING ANOTHER TERM IN OFFICE. >> BRODY HAS BEEN RICHMOND’S MAYOR SINCE 2001 AND SAT ON COUNCIL FOR 5 YEARS BEFORE THAT UNDER HIS WATCH. BRODY NOTES THE CITY HAS GAINED THE RICHMOND OLYMPIC OVAL, THE CANADA LINE AND SEVERAL FIRE HALLS AND COMMUNITY CENTRES. HE SAYS HE WILL REMAIN FULLY ENGAGED UNTIL THE END OF HIS TERM NEXT NOVEMBER. THE B.C. LIONS WILL HOST THEIR 5TH ANNUAL ORANGE SHIRT DAY GAME NEXT FRIDAY AGAINST THE TORONTO ARGONAUTS. >> AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE FEEL IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO LEARN ABOUT THE PAINFUL HISTORY AND ONGOING IMPACTS OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS TO RAISE AWARENESS WITH THEIR FANS AND TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY. >> HUNDREDS IT’S OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL BE IN THE CROWD AS THE CLUB PRESENTS A $20,000 CHECK TO THE ORANGE SHIRT SOCIETY. PLAYERS WILL ALSO WEAR SPECIAL ORANGE JERSEYS FOR WARM UP AND THE FIRST 10,000 FANS THROUGH THE GATES WILL GET FREE ORANGE T-SHIRTS. >> UBER’S GUINNESS TOWER TURNED INTO A VERTICAL RUNWAY YESTERDAY AS MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE REPEL DOWN THE 25 STORY BUILDING. IT WAS ALL PART OF THE 20TH ANNUAL DROP ZONE FUNDRAISER FOR EASTER SEALS. B.C. YUKON. THE EVENT ENCOURAGES PARTICIPANTS TO STEP OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE WHILE RAISING MONEY FOR PROGRAMS AND CAMPS THAT SUPPORT KIDS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. SO FAR THIS YEAR’S CHALLENGES RAISED MORE THAN $60,000. WELL, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CAME OUT TO DELUCE ADELE, U.S. RATHER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN VIRGINIA, BUT IT WASN’T TO GET ON A PLANE. IT WAS 2 PO A PLANE. 86 TEAMS CAME OUT TO THE 2025 DULLES PLANE POLE, RAISING $600,000 FOR LOCAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES TEAMS COMPETED BY EITHER PULLING A FEDEX CARGO PLANE OR A UNITED AIRLINES 7.37. YOU KNOW, YOU LIST LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD. BUT WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE PEOPLE PULLING, I’M THINKING THAT. THIS IS THIS IS WELL, DEFINITELY DOABLE. YOU CAN SEE, I GUESS THEY’RE PUTTING A LITTLE BIT OF ELBOW GREASE INTO THAT. NEVER SEEN NOT ONE DONE BEFORE. YEAH, THE TUG OF WAR BETWEEN THE PLANE AND BUT YEAH, I GUESS A BILL THAT STRIKE THEM. >> TACKLE SOME NEW GOALS. WELL, JUST GET ENOUGH PEOPLE AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO THAT. I RAISED MY FOR REALLY GOOD CAUSES. FACTLY CTV WEATHER IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE B.C. LIONS ORANGE SHIRT DAY GAME, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 26 AT 7 O’CLOCK CELEBRATE THE RICHNESS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURE AS A LIONS TAKE ON THE ARGONAUTS. TICKETS ARE AT B.C. LIONS DOT COM. WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL HOT SUMMER DAY YESTERDAY. IT WILL BE A SUMMER LIKE DAY AGAIN TODAY, ALREADY AT 18 DEGREES, WINDS ARE CALM. A FEW CLOUDS OUT THERE, EXPECTING A LITTLE BIT OF HAZE THIS AFTERNOON FOR METRO VANCOUVER. A COOL ON RIGHT NOW IN CRANBROOK 8 DEGREES SINGLE DIGITS THERE. VANCOUVER AT 16. A 13 DEGREES FOR PORT HARDY. 15 FOR PRINCE RUPERT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE HEADING TO SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PROVINCE IS GOING TO BE NICE AND WARM TODAY. NORTHERN HALF IS GOING TO BE SEEING SOME RAINFALL. 21 IS OUR DAYTIME HIGH YESTERDAY, WE WERE ABOVE THAT, BUT THAT WE ARE STILL ABOVE SEASONAL. AND WE BROKE A RECORD IN 2008, JUST ABOUT 25 DEGREE MARK, YESTERDAY LYTTON HIT ALMOST 34 DEGREES AND THAT WAS THE HOT SPOT FOR CANADA. SO 30 DEGREES, AS YOU CAN SEE FOR THE THOMPSON OKANAGAN, PRINCE GEORGE EXPECTING SOME RAIN ALL ALONG THE COAST DOWN THE CENTRAL COAST AS WELL, EVEN POTENTIALLY A FEW SHOWERS PASSING OVER VANCOUVER ISLAND. SO EXPECT THE HAZE. 21 24 INLAND AND RAIN IN TIME FOR THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER. OVER TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, HANG ON TO THAT SUNSHINE WHILE LAST. THANKS, STEPHANIE. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROADS THIS MORNING. WE HAVE A LIVE SHOT TO SHOW YOU IS BEAUTIFUL WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE PATELLA BRIDGE TRAFFIC MOVING SMOOTHLY THROUGH THERE RIGHT NOW. NO PROBLEMS TO REPORT. >> AND HOPEFULLY, DRIVERS ARE JUST ENJOYING THESE BEAUTIFUL RAISE AS THE AS WE TICK DOWN INTO FALL HERE’S THE ISSUES WE’RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, AND TRAFFIC IN ABBOTSFORD. THERE IS REPORTS OF A VEHICLE FIRE EASTBOUND BETWEEN SOON MASK AND WHAT COME THE RIGHT LANE IS BLOCKED. CREWS ARE ON ROUTE WATCH FOR DELAYS. AND OF COURSE, THERE WOULD BE A VISUAL DISTRACTION THERE AS WELL. SO TAKE CARE. WELL, A NEW WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT WILL BE TAKING PLACE NEXT MONTH. >> BECAUSE THE LIKES OF ME CAN’T SEE DOESN’T MEAN I, I CAN’T DO THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT. >> WE’RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A TEAM OF BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED HIKERS PREPARING TO CLIMB MOUNT KILIMANJARO. THAT’S QUITE A FEAT. STICK AROUND FOR THAT. BUT FIRST, A NEW STUDY IS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW YOUR DAILY ACTIONS COULD DO WONDERS TO COMBAT LONELINESS. >> DO YOU OFTEN FEEL LONELY? IT TURNS OUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE HELPING YOUR NEIGHBOUR SHOVEL THEIR WALK COULD ACTUALLY MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER. THAT’S ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY OUT OF UBC SAYS THE ONLY AMONG US COULD BENEFIT THE MOST. TO HELP US DIG INTO THE STUDY, LET’S BRING IN DOCTOR UN ARCH EARLY FROM TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY’S PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT. GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. GREAT TO BE HERE. SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STUDY. YOU OBSERVE TO TALK TO 200 PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. YEAH. SO WE RECRUITED 200 OUT THERE. IT’S OF DIFFERENT AGES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. >> AND WE HAD 2 GROUPS PEOPLE AND LONGER. WE ASK PEOPLE TO DO WINE ACT OF KINDNESS, IT STAY OF THEIR CHOICE. FOR 2 WEEKS AND THEN OTHER GREW, WE ASK REPORTED TO PICK A SHORT BREAK FOR SELF CARE, TAKING A CUP OF TEA OR GOING FOR A SHORT WALK OR SO FOR 2 WEEKS BEFORE AND AFTER WE COMPARE HOW THEIR LUMENIS CHANGE IT. AFTER THIS 2, 8, PEOPLE WERE NECESSARY LONELY. BUT IF THEY WERE EXPERIENCING TO SEE WHAT THESE ACTS AND HOW THEY FELT AFTERWARDS, I FOUND THAT DOING THESE ACTS OF KINDNESS MADE A LOT OF THEM FEEL BETTER. WHEN YOU THINK THAT IS. YEAH, IN AN ACT OF KINDNESS ARE COMMON, EVERYWHERE THEY ARE SMALL AND TOO AWFUL. SO ANY PEOPLE, EVEN WE SO SURE ANXIETY, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN USE A TWINE IN THEIR OWN SURROUNDINGS AND, YOU KNOW, ACTS OF KINDNESS, USUALLY FROM THE TOSS TO HAVE A GOOD INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE. AS YOU GET TO SEE THE SMILE THAT WE PUT ON SOMEONE’S FACE AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING NICE FOR SOMEONE, IT DOES MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD AND BE ACTS OF KINDNESS THAT THE PEOPLE IN YOUR STUDY DIDN’T DO. THEY HAVE TO BE LARGE WITH A SMALL NO. IT TO BE REALLY SMALL. SOME PEOPLE REALLY SAID THAT THEY HOLD THE TOLL FOR WHO THEY DON’T KNOW OR SOME PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT OFFERING A SEAT TO A STRANGER ON THE BUS OR HELPING NEIGHBOURS BRINGING COFFEE FOR YOUR CORKER’S YOU KNOW, IN YOUR THROUGH A TEXAS. SO IT COULD BE REALLY A DIFFERENT THINGS AND DIDN’T MATTER WHO ARE THE ACTS OF KINDNESS WERE PERFORMED ON. YEAH, THAT WAS INTERESTING. ACTUALLY, WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT PEOPLE WHEN WE WIN, THEY’D EAT THIS ACTS OF KINDNESS TOWARD THE WEEK PIES. SO NEIGHBOURS ACQUAINTANCES CORKER’S WHO ARE JUST OUTSIDE OF YOUR CLUE, JUST FRIENDS GROUP. IT HELPS EVEN MORE. SO. WHAT IS THE ADVICE HERE BE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FEELING A BIT OF LONELINESS, BABY EXTREME LONELINESS TO THE TAKEAWAY IS. >> TO REACH OUT AND DO SOMETHING THAT MAY MAKE SOMEONE ELSE FEEL GOOD. YEAH. SO I THINK ACTS OF KINDNESS CAN BE A FIRST GOOD STEP FOR US TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE. >> YOU KNOW, AND ACTS OF KINDNESS ALL-STAR FROM THE CARING FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND THAT OUR FOCUS REALLY HELP US TO SOOTHING EASE OUR SO SURE. AND IT MEETS OUR OFFENCE L FOCUS IN SOUTH CONSCIOUS AND YOU KNOW, I WANT TO INCREASE TEMPERATURE, FIND A LITTLE WAYS TO CARE FOR OTHER PEOPLE ARE ON THEM AND DOESN’T NEED TO BE BIG BECAUSE WHAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY APPRECIATE IS THE WORLD IN PAIN. SURE THAT YOUR ACTS COME BAY AND LITTLE THINGS ALSO CAN COMMUNICATE, SHOULD CAN FOSTER EVEN RELATIONSHIP DOWN THE ROAD THAT MIGHT HELP WITH LONELINESS IS WELL, YEAH. YEAH, DEFINITELY. THAT’S WONDERFUL. A DOCTOR UN ARE TRULY FROM TREE WESTERN UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INSIGHT. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND TELLING US ABOUT THE STUDY. YEAH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> UNDERSTANDING WHEN TO INVEST IS IMPORTANT AS KNOWING WHAT TO PUT YOUR MONEY INTO. WE HAVE SOME EXPERT ADVICE ON THE SEPTEMBER AFFECT, WHAT IS THAT? YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SEASONAL VOLATILITY IN THE STOCK MARKET WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR. BUT FIRST. >> JUST BECAUSE THE LIKES OF ME CAN’T SEE DOESN’T MEAN I, I CAN’T DO THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT. >> WERE TO LEARN ABOUT A TEAM OF BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED HIKERS PREPARING TO CLIMB MOUNT KILIMANJARO. STIC READY FOR A FALL REFRESHED. CLEAR OUT THE CLUTTER AND ENJOY A FRESH START TO THE SEASON. >> ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN. A ONE TRUCK JUNK REMOVAL SERVICE FROM 1, 8, 100 GOT JOC THE HALLWAY OR UNWANTED ITEMS LEAVING IT WITH A FRESH CLEAN SPACE TO ENJOY THE SEASON AFTER ONLINE AT CTV VANCOUVER DOT CA OR SCAN THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN. THEY WILL MAKE JUNK DISAPPEAR. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS POINT GOOD LUCK. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME BACK TO YOUR MORNING AT 7:22AM. ON A BEAUTIFUL ONE UP, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. IT WAS VERY HOT YESTERDAY. >> IT WILL BE HOT AGAIN TODAY. WE’RE WRAPPING UP THE LAST WEEK OF SUMMER WITH SOME VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES. SO HOPEFULLY YOU’RE ENJOYING NOT. WE ARE SEEING THE SYSTEM. NORTH COAST. THAT FRONTAL SYSTEM IS BRINGING SOME SHOWERS POTENTIAL FOR SOME SCATTERED ACROSS HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF VANCOUVER ISLAND, 22 DEGREES FOR COMOX AND CAMPBELL RIVER 19 FOR PORT HARDY WILL SEE SOME SUNSHINE IN THE MIX AS WELL AS JUST A 30% CHANCE OF SEEING A FEW PASSING SHOWERS, MOSTLY CLOUD COVER FOR TOFINO. 19 DEGREES. 25 INLAND UP THE SUNSHINE COAST. 20 DEGREES WITH THAT RISK AT 30% AND THEN SEA-TO-SKY MUCH COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. A FEW DEGREES FOR SURE, BUT STILL HOLDING ON TO THAT. SUNSHINE WILL BE A LITTLE HAZY THIS AFTERNOON. ACTUALLY, 21 TO 20 6 DEGREES AS FAR AS INLAND TEMPERATURES GO AND THEN WE HAVE A SYSTEM MOVING IN THAT WILL LIKELY ARRIVE LATE DAY ON SATURDAY INTO YOUR SUNDAY. GOOD BYE TO SUMMER. WE’RE GOING TO BE SAYING GOODBYE. SO HERE’S A GOLDEN HOUR SHOT OF OGDEN POINT IN VICTORIA. BEN WEINBERGER SENT OUT OVER IF YOU’D LIKE TO SEND US YOUR SCENIC SNAPSHOT, EMAIL US AT SCENIC SNAPSHOT AT CTV DOT CA BACK TO CARRY OUT IS A STUNNER OF A PHOTO REALLY AT GORGEOUS. THANKS FOR SENDING THAT IN. >> WELL, AS PART OF A TEAM OF 11 BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED HIKERS PREPARED TO CLIMB MOUNT KILIMANJARO NEXT MONTH’S ALL PART OF A WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT TO BECOME THE LARGEST BLIND TEAM. >> EFFORTS TO REACH THE ROOF OF AFRICA. CTV’S MARK VILLANI HAS MORE ON THE UPCOMING ADVENTURE. >> WHAT WE ARE HOLDING THEIR PETER QUIET HEANEY IS LOADING UP THESE DUMBBELLS INTO HIS BACKPACK, BUT HE’S NOT GOING TO THE GYM HE’S GOING FOR A HIKE. THE BLIND CALGARIAN IS TRAINING FOR THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME. PREPARING TO SUMMIT MOUNT KILIMANJARO NEXT MONTH’S JUST BECAUSE >> THE LIKES OF ME CAN’T SEE DOESN’T MEAN I, I CAN’T DO THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT, BUT YOU WON’T BE ALONE. 10 OTHER HIKERS FROM CANADA AND THE U.S. ARE JOINING HIM. THE GROUP IS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD IS THE LARGEST TEAM OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED CLIMBERS TO SCALE AFRICA’S HIGHEST PEAK. >> IT’S A LONG WAY UP NEARLY 5900 METERS TO THE TOP AS PART OF THE LIMO SHOW ROUTE. THAT’S BEEN MY BUCKET LIST FOR YEARS. DESIREE DION IS A FELLOW BLIND HIKER FROM LOOK HOME. SHE SAYS REACHING THE SUMMIT WILL BE A DREAM COME TRUE. YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND, IT’S VERY EASY TO JUDGE THE CAPABILITIES. IT’S NICE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW PEOPLE, IT’S POSSIBLE TO DO THINGS IN SPITE OF. >> DIFFERENCES. AND OTHER BLIND CLIMBERS LIKE TAMMY ADAMS FROM TORONTO SAY TRAVELLING AS PART OF A TEAM WILL ACTUALLY HEIGHTEN HER SENSES. YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU GET A LIFT ENOUGH TO SEE AN YEAR. >> AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS. SO YOU’RE LISTENING, IT’S QUIET. HEANEY RELIES ON BELL’S TO LISTEN TO THOSE AROUND HIM HIKING POLE TO HOLD ONTO A SIGHTED GUIDE IN FRANCE. HIS WIFE WON’T BE MAKING THE TRIP TO AFRICA, BUT SHE’S TAKEN PRIDE IN KEEPING HIM SAFE DURING TRAINING. COMMUNICATION IS EVERYTHING HE WANTS A NOBODY MIGHT TRIP TO AVOID A PROBLEM. AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE THAT TRANS VERY NARROW. AND YOU MIGHT FALL OFF THE SIDE. MY FEET JUST HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE VARIABILITY. >> IN THE TRAIL AND ALTHOUGH IT’S AN ADJUSTMENT, THESE HIKERS ARE DETERMINED TO SHOW WHAT’S POSSIBLE. IT DOES. SO THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE CAPABLE GO FOR IT. I MEAN, TYPICALLY AFTER 10 AND BEING WELL, YOU CAN, IT’S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY EXHILARATING. MARK VILLANI CTV NEWS, CALGARY. >> WELL, THAT’S INCREDIBLE. AND AS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, THEIR HEIGHTENED SENSES, THEIR OTHER SENSES THEM BEHIND. YOU HEAR EVERYTHING THAT THE WIND AND THE NATURE, THE CRUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, ROCKS AND INUIT. >> THAT INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. AND I LIKE THAT. I CAN’T BELIEVE HE’S JUST TRAINING BY PUTTING WAITS IN HIS BACKPACK, JUST WALKING AROUND PELOSI TRADE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, NO EPSON. >> I YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THEM. NO, ABSOLUTELY WILL CHANGE THEIR LIVES. YEAH, GOOD LUCK TO THAT TEAM. >> WELL, THERE ARE SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE THEFT OF HARD DRIVES CONTAINING UNRELEASED MUSIC BY BEYONCE. STILL TO COME. >> THIS MORE DETAILS ON THE SUSPECTS THAT STILL TO COME ON YOUR MORNING. VANCOUVER. ALSO PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY IS MEETING WITH THE LIBERAL CAUCUS TODAY. WHAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA AS THE GOVERNMENT WORKS TOWARDS RELEASING A NEW BUDGET. >> WE’RE TRACKING BREAKING NEWS AS THE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES ITS SLASHING ITS KEY LENDING RATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS. WHAT IT MEANS FOR MORTGAGE HOLDERS COMING UP ON YOUR MORNING VANCOUVER. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON YOUR MORNING. VANCOUVER. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. THE BANK OF CANADA HAS JUST CUT ITS KEY LENDING RATE. THE CENTRAL BANK LOWERED ITS POLICY RATE BY A QUARTER POINT TO 2.5%. >> REGAN HASEGAWA IS LIVE IN SURREY WITH MORE ON THIS AND REACTION. >> GOOD MORNING, REGAN. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR BRITISH COLUMBIANS? >> GOOD MORNING, KERI. THIS IS THE FIRST RATE CHANGE WE’VE SEEN SENSE MARCH AND THE BANK OF CANADA SAYS IT’S MEANT TO BETTER BALANCE RISKS AS CANADA’S DOES CONTINUE TO FACE A WEAKER EXPORTS AS WELL AS SLOWER JOB GROWTH AND ONGOING THREATS FROM THE U.S. TARIFF SITUATION. SO THE KEY RATE RIGHT NOW IS 2 AND A HALF PERCENT IN THE BANK OF CANADA’S POINTING TO OUR COUNTRY’S ECONOMY, SHRINKING BY ONE AND A HALF PERCENT IN THE 2ND QUARTER, DRIVEN LARGELY BY A STEEP 27% DROP IN EXPORTS AS BUSINESSES STRUGGLED UNDER TARIFFS. JOB LOSSES HAVE PILED UP IN TRADE SENSITIVE SECTORS PUSHING UNEMPLOYMENT TO JUST OVER 7% IN AUGUST. INFLATION CAME IN AT 1.9% IN AUGUST. BUT THE BANK NOTED UNDERLYING MEASURES REMAIN CLOSER TO THAT 2 AND A HALF PERCENT MARK. OFFICIALS SAY THEY’RE WATCHING CLOSELY HOW DISRUPTION SPILL INTO INVESTMENT JOBS AND CONSUMER PRICES. AND I JUST FINISHED SPEAKING WITH A MORTGAGE BROKER AND SHE SAYS THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS FOR VARIABLE RATE HOLDERS TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE FOR EVERY $100,000 YOU BORROWED, YOU COULD BE SAVING ABOUT $13 A MONTH, WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED AS PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH THE COST OF LIVING. >> KERRY OKAY, REAGAN HASEGAWA JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING. THANKS REGAN. MEANWHILE, A NEW SURVEY RELEASED THIS MORNING SHOWS CONCERN OVER JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT HAS SOARED AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO ANGUS REID, NEARLY 2 IN 5.18. TO 24 YEAR-OLDS THINK JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT ARE THE TOP ISSUES FACING THE COUNTRY. THAT’S UP 9 POINTS SINCE JUNE AND DOUBLE FROM LAST DECEMBER. ANOTHER KEY FINDING 40% OF CANADIANS SAY THEY’RE CONCERNED THAT THEY OR SOMEONE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD MAY LOSE THEIR JOB BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. THIS VIEW IS CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL INCOME LEVELS, BUT HIGHEST AMONG 18 TO 24 YEAR-OLDS AT 52%. PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY WILL BE MEETING WITH HIS CAUCUS THIS MORNING IS DAY 3 OF THE FALL SITTING OF PARLIAMENT GETS UNDERWAY. THE ECONOMY AND THE IMPACT OF U.S. TARIFFS WILL BE TOP OF MIND. WORK IS CONTINUING ON CARNEY’S FIRST BUDGET, BUT IT WILL BE DELIVERED A LITTLE LATER THAN PLANNED. FINANCE MINISTER FRANCOIS-PHILIPPE CHAMPAGNE SAYS THE LONG-AWAITED SPENDING PLAN WILL BE TABLED NOVEMBER 4TH. HE BILLED THE BUDGET AS A GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IN CANADA’S FUTURE. >> WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES WE’RE GOING TO BE ASKING FROM TO WORK TOGETHER WITH DUST BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THIS IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL MOMENT. THIS IS NOTHING LIKE BUSINESS AS USUAL. THERE’S NOTHING BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE WORLD ECONOMY. >> THE CONSERVATIVES WASTED NO TIME IN BLASTING THE DELAY. LEADER PIERRE POILIEVRE SAYS THE BUDGET IS COMING TWO-THIRDS AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR IS ALREADY DONE, DURING WHICH TIME HE SAYS CARNEY WILL HAVE DOUBLE THE DEFICIT. HE SAYS CARNEY IS DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE PROMISED. SASKATCHEWAN’S PREMIER SAYS HE HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER FOCUSED ON THE STEEP TARIFFS ON CANOLA EXPORTS. >> IT’S A 43 BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY AND PLAYING 200,000 CANADIANS. I DON’T KNOW THAT WE AS CANADIANS CAN AFFORD TO BACKSTOP THAT ENTIRE INDUSTRY. >> EARLIER THIS MONTH, PREMIER SCOTT MOE MET WITH CHINESE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AFTER THEY IMPOSED A 76% TARIFF ON CANADIAN CANOLA SEED OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE MOVE IS IN RESPONSE TO CANADA’S 100% TARIFF ON CHINESE ELECTRIC VEHICLES. MOE SAYS THE MEETING RESOLVED AROUND REVOLVED RATHER OF HOW CANADA CAN RESTORE MARKET ACCESS TO ITS 2 BIGGEST TRADING PARTNERS. THE U.S. AND CHINA. HE SAYS RESOLVING THE DISPUTE WILL TAKE CAREFUL DIALOGUE WITH BOTH BEIJING AND WASHINGTON. CRITICS ARE SPEAKING OUT THIS MORNING OVER THE PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS DECISION TO SIGN OFF ON A CONTROVERSIAL LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS EXPORT FACILITY ON BC’S NORTH COAST. THE LNG PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO EXPORT 120 MILLION TONS OF LIQUID NATURAL GAS ANNUALLY TO COUNTRIES IN ASIA. THE EXPORT FACILITY WOULD INCLUDE A PAIR OF TWINS FLOATING PLATFORMS AT PIERS ISLAND NEAR THE ALASKA BORDER. OPPONENTS CITE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, A LACK OF CONSENSUS AMONG NEARBY FIRST NATIONS AND THE PROJECT’S AMERICAN OWNERSHIP. >> FOR MONTHS, ALL WE’VE HEARD FROM OUR POLITICIANS IS THAT WE’RE ELBOWS UP AGAINST THE UNITED STATES AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND AGAINST THE AUTHORITARIAN MARKET MOVEMENT. IT’S A REAL DISCONNECT TO SEE OUR PREMIER APPROVE A PROJECT THAT IS AMERICAN OWNED. WITH AMERICAN INVESTORS. AN AMERICAN COMPANY BUILDING THE PIPELINE. >> THE PREMIER SAYS WELCOMING AND ENCOURAGING INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT IS KEY TO CREATING MORE JOBS IN B.C., 4 OF 7 NEARBY FIRST NATIONS DID NOT PROVIDE CONSENT FOR THE PROJECT. THE UNITED STATES IS LAUNCHING A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT. IT’S COMING AHEAD OF THE MANDATED REVIEW OF THE PACKED. THIS IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL STEP IN RENEGOTIATING THE TRADE DEAL THAT WAS SIGNED DURING DONALD TRUMP’S FIRST ADMINISTRATION. THE AGREEMENT HAS SO FAR SHIELDED CANADA AND MEXICO FROM THE FULL IMPACT OF TRUMP’S TARIFFS. THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE WILL HOLD 45 DAYS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS, WHICH ARE REQUIRED UNDER U.S. LAW. THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A POLITICAL ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK HAS APPEARED IN COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER POLICE ANNOUNCED OFFICIAL CHARGES AGAINST HIM. THE UTAH VALLEY COUNTY ATTORNEY SAYS 22 YEAR-OLD TYLER ROBINSON CONFESSED THE CRIME TO HIS PARTNER. >> THE ROOMMATE LOOKED UNDER THE KEYBOARD IN FOUNDING KNOW THAT STATED QUOTE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OUT CHARLIE KIRK AND I’M GOING TO TAKE IT >> PROSECUTORS SAY THEY’RE INTENDING TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY. ROBINSON IS FACING 7 COUNTS, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED MURDER AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. NO ONE ELSE HAS BEEN CHARGED, BUT INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL INTERVIEWING FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES. ROBINSON WILL BE HELD IN THE UTECK COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BAIL. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS THE DEAL IS DONE TO KEEP TIKTOK IN THE UNITED STATES. TRUMP SAYS HE WILL SPEAK WITH CHINA’S PRESIDENT FRIDAY TO CONFIRM THE DEAL. THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM RUN BY A CHINESE COMPANY WAS TOLD IT HAD TO SELL ITS U.S. OPERATIONS OR FACE BEING SHUT DOWN. THE INITIAL DEADLINE TO SELL WAS SET FOR JANUARY 19TH. BUT TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY PUSHED IT BACK. TRUMP SAYS A BUYER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON. WELL BACK EAST NOW WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A DRAMATIC PLANE CRASH IN TORONTO, INCLUDING A NEW AUDIO FROM THE PILOT AT THE CONTROLS >> YOU HAVE AN ENGINE FAILURE. >> SO WE CAN TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT. YOU CAN FIND ONE. A SURVEY TO FIND A COVER FOR THE PEOPLE. >> IT HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT, THE SMALL PLANE CAME TO REST NEAR A SOCCER FIELD NEAR HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WERE 3 PEOPLE ON THE PIPER CHEROKEE AND PLENTY OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE SUFFERED ANY INJURIES. THE GREATER VANCOUVER FOOD BANK OFFICIALLY HAS A PERMANENT HOME BASE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS 41 YEAR HISTORY. >> ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WE HAVE IS LEASING SPACE THAT WAS LARGE ENOUGH TO FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VANCOUVER WHEN YOU’LL HAVE TO LEASE THE SPACE YOU YESTERDAY THAT MAYBE 3, MAYBE 5 YEARS. AND IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET LIKE VANCOUVER, THE PRICES KEEP GOING UP. SO I COULD SEE IN THE NEXT 5 OR 10 YEARS WOULD BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE LEASE IN VANCOUVER. >> A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE WAREHOUSE ON LOW HEAT HIGHWAY NEAR RUPERT STREET. THE FOOD BANK LAUNCHED A SPRINGTIME FUNDRAISER TO BUY THE 15 MILLION DOLLARS SPACE AFTER BEING FORCED TO RELOCATE 4 TIMES IN 6 YEARS. WELL, A MUSIC FESTIVAL IN JOHANNESBURG IS OFFERING SOMETHING UNEXPECTED TRANQUILLITY. >> IT’S ABOUT CONNECTING WITH YOURSELF, CONNECTING WITH NATURE AND CONNECTING WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. SO THAT’S WAY YOGA AND MEDITATION REALLY COME IN WITH REGARD TO SOME WAY. YOU ARE AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL, IF YOU’RE SITTING AT YOUR DESK, IF YOU’RE DRIVING IN THE CAR, YOU CAN USE THESE PRACTICES. >> DESPITE THE LOUD MUSIC DANCING AND EVEN HOT AIR BALLOONS IN THE SKY. ATTENDEES AT THIS FESTIVAL HAD A CHANCE TO PUT ON SOME NOISE, CANCELLING HEADPHONES AND DO SOME YOGA. ACCORDING TO THE IFS. OST WORLD MENTAL HEALTH SURVEY PUBLISHED LAST YEAR MORE THAN 70% OF SOUTH AFRICANS REPORT STRESS LEVELS THAT MAKE IT DIFCULT TO COPE WITH DAILY LIFE. SO THIS WELLNESS PROGRAM AT THE FESTIVAL WAS MEANT TO GIVE PEOPLE A BREAK FROM THEIR ROUTINE AND PROVIDE TOOLS FOR BETTER RESILIENCE. OKAY, THERE YOU GO. JUST SORT OF AUGUST MINDFULNESS IS, IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY TURN TO NOW MY KIND OF FESTIVAL DOWN FIRMLY. WE USED TO HAVE THE WANDERLUST FESTIVAL THAT USED TO COME. BUT THEN EVER SINCE COVID, THEY HAVEN’T COME BACK. AND I SAID 10 THAT EVERY ARE. >> HE’S LIKE A YOGA FESTIVAL. VERY SIMILAR. MARY SIMILAR WAS JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, GOD, A MINDFULNESS, GREAT PROP PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS AND GREAT MUSIC. IT WAS FUN, SO DEFINITELY NEED TO GET IN SOME MINDFULNESS EVERY DAY. EVERYBODY SHOULD. CTV WEATHER IS BROUGHT TO BY THE B.C. LIONS ORANGE SHIRT DAY GAME, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 26 AT 7 O’CLOCK CELEBRATE THE RICHNESS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURE AS THE LIONS TAKE ON THE ARGONAUTS TICKETS AT B.C. LIONS DOT COM. GOOD MORNING. IT IS HUMP DAY. WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING SOME SUNSHINE AGAIN, A VERY HOT ONE YESTERDAY. WE WON’T QUITE MAKE THOSE TEMPERATURES TODAY SITTING AT 16 DEGREES. WINDS ARE CALM. WE WILL SEE THE WINDS PICK UP A LITTLE BIT LATER INTO THE AFTERNOON OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. SO THEY’LL BE AT 20 KILOMETRES PER HOUR, GUSTY AROUND THE STRAIT OF GEORGIA. COOL RIGHT NOW. SINGLE DIGITS FOR CRANBROOK. WE’RE AT 17 FOR WILLIAMS LAKE 13 FOR PORT HARDY AND 10 AND KELOWNA. BY THIS AFTERNOON, CLONAL BE SITTING AT 30 DEGREES. SO IT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER SCORCHER, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR FOR US BY THE WATER. 21 WILL HIT INLAND TEMPERATURES AROUND 26 DEGREES RECORD FROM 2008 AND SON DOWN AT 7:21PM. SO THERE’S A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR FORECAST FOR THE DAY. RAIN ON THE COAST SLIDING ON THE CENTRAL COAST, EVEN A FEW SHOWERS POTENTIALLY FOR VANCOUVER ISLAND IN CERTAIN POCKETS AND ENJOY THE DAY. IT’S GOING TO BE A BEAUTY OF A DAY, 5 DAYS COMING UP OVER TO YOU. OKAY, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THANKS, STEPH. WELL, NOW TO AN ARREST IN THE THEFT OF HARD DRIVES CONTAINING UNRELEASED MUSIC BY BEYONCE AND PLANS FOR HER SOLD-OUT TOUR. ABC’S SAM CHAMPION HAS MORE ON THE SUSPECT. >> THIS MORNING, THE MAN POLICE SAY IS INVOLVED IN THE BRAZEN THEFT TO BEYONCE’S UNRELEASED MUSIC IS NOW BEHIND BARS. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY NABBED CALVIN EVANS BY USING TRACKING TECHNOLOGY FROM SOME OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT WERE ALLEGEDLY STOLEN. IT HAPPENED IN NORTHEAST ATLANTA ON JULY 8 LESS THAN 48 HOURS BEFORE THE 35 TIME. GRAMMY WINNER KICKED OFF THE ATLANTA DATES OF HER WILDLY SUCCESSFUL COWBOY CARTER TOUR. A DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER SAID THIEVES BROKE INTO THEIR RENTED SUV, STEALING NUMEROUS ITEMS, INCLUDING DESIGNER CLOTHES, LAPTOPS AND JUMP DRIVES CONTAINING QUEEN BEE SET LIST AND UNHEARD SONG. SO THEY HAVE A COMPUTER AND IT’S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION IN THERE. AND ALTHOUGH AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE, THOSE STOLEN HARD DRIVES, STORING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF ONE OF MUSIC’S BIGGEST STARS HAVE NOT BEEN RECOVERED. THE FACT THAT THE HARD DRIVES HAVE NOT BEEN DISCOVERED AS OF YET IS NOT NECESSARILY SURPRISING. MOST THEFT CRIMES ARE BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL WANTS TO SELL THE ITEMS WAS THE HARD DRIVE IN CRYPTIC COULD EVEN ACCESSING THE INFORMATION OFF OF THE HEART. JACK. THOSE ARE ALL QUESTIONS THAT HAVE YET TO BEEN ANSWERED BY THIS INVESTIGATION. >> WELL, A VANCOUVER TEAM HAS WON THE AMAZING RACE. CANADA. JESSE AND JONATHAN WILL JOIN US LIVE TO TELL US ALL ABOUT THEIR INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THAT IS STILL TO COME IN OUR NEXT HOUR. BUT FIRST UNDERSTANDING WHEN TO INVEST IS IMPORTANT IS KNOWING WHAT TO PUT YOUR MONEY INTO WHAT IS JOIN US. AFTER THE BREAK WITH PETERSON CHECK AND HOW YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SEASONAL >> YOUR MORNING JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT RICHER. WE’RE GIVING AWAY A STAGGERING $20,000 AND IT’S TIME FOR TODAY’S CODE WORD. IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH AN EXTRA 20 GRAND, A DREAM VACATION HOME RENOVATIONS PAYING OFF BILLS. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. TODAY’S CODE WORD IS HAPPY HEAD TO THE CONTEST PAGE ON CTV VANCOUVER DOT CA OR SCAN THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN AND HER HAPPY ALONG WITH YOUR INFORMATION FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN CTV YOUR MORNING. VANCOUVER’S $20,000 GIVEAWAY. MAKE SURE TO WATCH US TOMORROW FOR A BRAND NEW CODE. WORD. GOOD LUCK. WELL, UNDERSTANDING WHEN TO INVEST IS IMPORTANT IS KNOWING WHAT TO PUT YOUR MONEY INTO IT. WITH SEPTEMBER GENERALLY REGARDED AS THE WEAKEST MONTH FOR STOCKS. >> HOW CAN YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SEASONAL VOLATILITY IN THE STOCK MARKET? JOINING US TO SHARE MORE IS PETER CISHECKI WITH EVERYTHING FINANCIAL. GOOD MORNING. PETER COULD MORNING. OK, SO WE WANT TO START WITH THE INTEREST RATE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING. THE BANK OF CANADA, LORI, ITS INTEREST RATE BY A QUARTER PERCENT DOWN TO 2 AND A HALF PERCENT. SO HOW IS THIS WHAT IMPACT FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, NOT REALLY, IT’S, IT’S A, IT’S A, IT’S A DROP OF LIKE A. >> THIS MUCH DROP IN THE BUCKET, NOT NEARLY ENOUGH WAY OVERDUE. IT’S NOT HELPING WITH THE DEFICIT. IT’S NOT GOING TO HELP WITH THE ECONOMY. IF YOU HAVE A FLOATING INTEREST RATE MORTGAGE TYPE SAYING THEN YOU’RE GOING TO WELCOME A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF, BUT IT’S NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH. AND THAT’S WHAT EVERY ECONOMISTS IS TALKING ABOUT MEAN INFLATION DID TAKE UP A TINY BIT MORE THAN EXPECTED BECAUSE OF GAS PRICES, NOT JUST HERE. WE SAW LAST WEEKEND. BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE’RE GOING TO START BUYING GAS FROM CANADA. IF WE WANT GAS PRICES TO GO DOWN BY OIL FROM CANADA, NOT FROM OVERSEAS IMMEDIATELY. THAT WILL START TO HAPPEN. THE NEXT INTEREST RATE ANNOUNCEMENT, WOULD WE LIKELY SEE A DROP THEN AS WELL? >> I THINK IF INFLATION CAN STAY LOW AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT COMES OUT. WHENEVER THE BUDGET IS COMING OUT. WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY THE EXACT DATE, BUT WHEN THE BUDGET COMES OUT, IF THERE’S, IF THERE’S HAS PEOPLE PREDICT HIGH DEFICIT LIKE THERE IS RIGHT NOW AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEN HE GOT A LOWER INTEREST RATES TO PAY FOR THAT MONEY SOMEHOW. OKAY. YEAH, THAT BUDGET COMING OUT NOVEMBER 4TH. AS WE’VE BEEN REPORTING THIS MORNING, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED THE SEPTEMBER EFFECT THIS MORNING. I’VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS TERM BEFORE. WHAT IS THE SEPTEMBER AROUND 10 WHEN YOU GO BACK TO 1927 ON AVERAGE LIKE 9 POINT, WHATEVER TIMES OUT OF 10, IT’S THE LOWEST LOWEST MONTH OF THE YEAR FOR STOCK PRICES AND INVESTING. IT’S IT’S, IT’S THE WORST MONTH OF THE INTERESTING, THAT’S WHAT HISTORY SHOWS US. THAT’S WHAT HISTORY SHOWS FROM 1927. IT’S A REAL LOW. OKAY. SO HOW CAN WE USE THIS TO OUR ADVANTAGE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO INVESTING? WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, WELL, THAT I SHOULD TRY AND TIME THE MARKET IF I’M GOING MAKE A MAJOR INVESTMENT INTO THE MARKET. DO IT IN SEPTEMBER, BUT TIMING THE MARKET DOESN’T WORK FOR THE AVERAGE INVESTOR. I THINK THE REAL SAYING IS DEVELOP A PLAN, BUT THEN STAY THE COURSE. DOLLAR COST AVERAGING, TRYING TO INVEST THE SAME AMOUNT EVERY MONTH TO GET YOU ON A PATTERN, BECAUSE IF WE’RE GOING TO TRY AND TIME THE LOWEST MONTH, THEN YOU HAVE TO TRY AND TIME THE HIGHEST MONTH TO SELL YOUR MONEY, RIGHT? GOOD LUCK WITH DOING BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AND GETTING IT RIGHT. IS THERE ANOTHER MONTH THAT IS THAT TYPICALLY HIGHER THE MONTH AFTER THE LOWEST MONTH. SO YOU GET OCTOBER IS A HIGH MONTH, JULY’S A HIGH MONTH BECAUSE JUNE IS GENERALLY HELLO AREA. THERE’S A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS WHY. AND MARCH BECAUSE THE SECOND LOWEST MONTH IN HISTORY. THIS FEBRUARY. OKAY. NOW YOU WOULDN’T THINK SO BECAUSE OF THAT THING. WE DON’T TALK ABOUT THAT ARES P O. BUT IF BUT EVERYONE IS WAITING TILL THE END OF THE MONTH TO IN BASKET. NOT SURE THEY’RE GOING TO DO, WHICH MAKES MARCH BE ARTIFICIALLY HIGH BECAUSE ALL THE MONEY THAT CAME IN THAT DIDN’T GET INVESTED THE VERY END OF THE MONTH GETS INVESTS IN MARCH SUPPLY DEMAND THE MARKETS GO UP. IMAGINE NOT. OKAY. SO FOR PEOPLE WATCH THIS RIGHT NOW THE THINKING, OK, SO SEPTEMBER IS CONSIDERED A LOW MONTHS. I MEAN, WHAT, HOW DO WE MAKE IT WORK FOR US IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO BUY. >> IT’S IT MAY BE A GOOD TIME TO BUY, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW TEL 6 MONTHS OR SPORT, SOMETIMES 6 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. >> IF YOU’RE A LONG-TERM INVESTOR. DON’T WORRY ABOUT WHETHER IT’S SEPTEMBER 17TH OR IF IT’S FEBRUARY 5TH OR IF IT IS JUNE 30TH 2, IT DOESN’T MATTER GET ON A PROGRAM OF WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO HELP REACH YOUR GOALS AND STICK TO THE PLAN AND SOME DISCIPLINE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO TIME THE MARKET. IT’S BEEN SHOWN FOR THE AVERAGE RUN OF THE MILL INVESTOR WHO’S WATCHING THE SHOW TIMING THE MARKET DOESN’T WORK. YOU’RE NOT THAT SOPHISTICATED NECESSARILY. AND AGAIN, YOU JUST DON’T KNOW IF YOU’RE IN IT FOR THE LONG TERM YOUR INVESTMENTS OVER THE MONTH AND STICK TO YOUR PLAN AND DON’T WORRY ABOUT WHAT, WHAT MONTH OR ABOUT ONE MONTH BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, IT’S ALL RELATIVE TO WHAT YOU’RE COMPARING IT MAY LOOK BAD, BUT COMPARED TO SOME OTHER MONTH OF MAY LOOK GREAT. YEAH. OKAY, HERE’S A CHECK IN WITH EVERYTHING FINANCIAL. GREAT ADVICE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU, PETER. THANK YOU. WE MATCH TODAY. >> WE ALL RIGHT. THANKS, PETER. STILL TO COME ON YOUR MORNING VANCOUVER, A CAT AND DOG TRYING TO CO >> WELCOME >> BACK TO YOUR MORNING VANCOUVER. IT IS 7:52AM 8 IS HUMP DAY. WE ARE HALFWAY TO THE WEEKEND AND THE SUN IS GOING TO BE OUT. WE’VE GOT A FEW CLOUDS OUT THERE. IT IS GOING TO BE 16 DEGREES WHEN THAT BELL RINGS MOSTLY SUNSHINE AND A LITTLE BIT HAZY THIS AFTERNOON. OTHER THAN THAT, WARMING UP TO 26 IN LANDS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN WE SAW YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY WAS A SCORCHER. WE’RE GOING TO BE STILL ENJOYING THAT SUNSHINE ALL THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WE ARE EXPECTING SOME RAIN OF SUMMER FALL OFFICIALLY ARRIVES THIS WEEKEND. MONDAY’S IN MY FULL OFFICIAL DAY, RIGHT? YES, LAST A IN MY TRANSITION YEAH, WE’RE STILL CLINGING ON JUST BRING IT ON. >> ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR SIDE BAR. >> MOST KIDS TRY TO HIDE IT WHEN THEY’VE DONE SOMETHING BAD, BUT NOT THIS GUY. >> ARE YOU GUYS? I’M BEING THEY RUN OR LIKE THAT. THIS EYE FOR AN ADDITIONAL ARE, YOU KNOW, WILL I, I? >> FACE ONLY. >> KAYE UN ON AND ON RATHER THAN APOLOGIZING DIRECTLY TO HIS PARENTS FOR MAKING A MESS 6 YEAR OLD ELIJAH FESSED UP TO HIS TOMATO SHENANIGANS. THE A VIDEO MESSAGE ON HIS DAD’S PHONE. THE SIU CONFESSION WASN’T FOUND ACTUALLY UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. >> WHAT, YEAH, THIS THIS IS FUNNY HOW IT’S SORT OF VERY NON-CONFRONTATIONAL, ISN’T THAT JUST? YEAH. OTHER POST A VIDEO TO GO VIRAL. THE HAS RESONDED OF NOT A VOICE NOTE. HE’S LIKE DAD JESSICA CHECKING AND NOT EVERY VERY DAN ALPHA. WELL, WE ALL KNOW THAT AGENDA IS A FUN FAMILY ACTIVITY. BUT DID YOU ALSO KNOW IT’S A TEACHING TOOL FOR SCIENCE? I HAVE ANOTHER JANICE SCHACTER HERE AND IT’S A BOUNCING ONTO RIGHT. BUT WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT THIS TACTIC TO BALANCE A MORNING WENT NO, NO FEE FOR A SNOW STORM FOR US. >> OH, MY EXTRA CAREFUL, YOU ALL ALL. >> WOW, IS IT GOING TO HOLD HIGH? >> IT AMAZES SEAN, THE SCIENCE KID, THE 11 YEAR-OLD IS ALL ABOUT SEEING SIGNS AND EVERYDAY TASKS AND ACTIVITY AND IS EDUCATING HIS 1.5 MILLION FOLLOWERS. WOW, ONE VIDEO TO TIME WE GO, SEAN. THIS IS HOW KIDS SHOULD BE USING THE INTERNET. NO KID. I WAS LIKE LEGIT WORRIED ABOUT THIS GOING TO FALL, BUT HE HAS THEM AT TO BACK IT UP AND GIVING SIGNS WORLD ON MONDAY, WHEN WE DID THE. TABLE CLOUT UNDERNEATH AND THAT’S, THAT’S A ALL CHECK. IT JUST GIVES ME ANXIETY. YOU KNOW, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT CLEARLY HE KNOW. YES, ALL OF PHYSICS WILL FINALLY CAPTAIN DOGS ARE OFTEN SEEN AS ENEMIES, BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE FRIENDS. >> AMBER NEWLY THE BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HAVE A INJURE ISN’T FULLY AS INNOCENT AS SHE LOOKS, THOUGH SHE’S OFTEN INSTIGATING IT. IT’S BEEN 2 YEARS AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY THE DUO ARE FRENEMIES. I I MEAN, I THINK THAT EVERY DOG AND CAT GUY I FOR PERHAPS MOSTLY ENEMY, BUT I THINK THE FACT THEY LIVE TOGETHER HAVE TO TOLERATE EACH OTHER. AND IT’S GOOD THAT THEY’VE. >> FOUND SOMETHING TO PLAY FIGHT OVER I, BUT THEY GET INTO EACH OTHER’S FOOD BOWLS. SO YEAH. >> ALTHOUGH SERVICE, I WOULDN’T WANT THAT CAT TO NOT LIKE I WANT THE DOGS TO TRY TO END WHENEVER I GO FOR THE TUNA YET. BUT ALL 3 SIDEBAR. THANKS, AMANDA. WELL, 2 CUBS ARE CAPTURING THE HEARTS AND ILLINOIS ZOO. HOW THESE 2 LITTLE OR LEOPARDS ARE GROWING AND LEARNING SO CUTE WILL HAVE THAT STILL TO COME. >> IT’S AT ESSENTIALLY LIKE DOING A WORKOUT WITHOUT HAVING TO MOVE. >> CALL US PLUNGED HOOVER. HOW CITY COUNCIL COULD ONE DAY APPROVED COLD PLUNGE POOLS AND SAUNAS IN LOCAL PARKS. BACK IN A MOMENT WITH YOUR MORNING POMP AND CEREMONY IN IN THE U.K. THIS MORNING AS THE U.S. PRESIDENT MAKES AN UNPRECEDENTED SECOND STATE VISIT. YOUR TOP STORIES ARE NEXT. >> THE BANK OF CANADA’S KEY INTEREST RATE IS HEADING DOWN THIS MORNING. OUR REGAN HASEGAWA HAS MORE ON THE IMPACT OF THE QUARTER POINT RATE CUT. >> ALSO, SOME RELIEF AT THE GAS PUMP. PRICES HAVE GONE DOWN ABOUT $0.10 A LITRE AROUND METRO VANCOUVER. WE’RE FINDING OUT WHY. >> AND HEADING BACK TO THE CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WHITE CAPS BIG WIN LAST NIGHT. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. THE BANK OF CANADA HAS LOWERED ITS KEY LENDING RATE BY A QUARTER POINT, BRINGING THE POLICY RATE DOWN TO 2 AND A HALF PERCENT. >> THE MOVE IS AIMED AT EASING PRESSURE ON HOUSEHOLDS AS THE ECONOMY SLOWS. REGAN HASEGAWA JOINS US NOW FROM SURREY WITH DETAILS ON THIS GOOD MORNING. RAGAN. THE BANK OF CANADA IS CITING SLOWER GROWTH AND MOUNTING TRADE PRESSURES. >> GOOD MORNING, CARRIE. THAT’S RIGHT. AND MORTGAGE BROKERS ACROSS B.C. ARE CELEBRATING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, SAYING IT’S MUCH NEEDED, ESPECIALLY AS PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH THE HIGH COST OF LIVING HERE IN B.C.. BUT THEY SAY EVEN MORE CUTS ARE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. SO ACCORDING TO THE CANADIAN MORTGAGE BROKERS ASSOCIATION OF B.C. VARIABLE RATE BORROWERS WILL SEE IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR EVERY $100,000 OWNED OWED. RATHER, TODAY’S CUT REDUCES PAYMENTS BY ABOUT $13 A MONTH. THAT’S WELCOME NEWS FOR HOUSEHOLDS STRUGGLING WITH DEBT, BUT IT WON’T FIXED RATES, MEANING THOSE APPROACHING RENEWAL, SO NEED TO WEIGH THEIR OPTIONS CAREFULLY. EXPERTS RECOMMEND SPEAKING WITH A MORTGAGE PROFESSIONAL BEFORE LOCKING IN AND NOTE THAT VARIABLE RATES COULD MAKE SENSE RIGHT NOW SINCE MORE CUTS ARE EXPECTED THIS FALL, THE RATE CUT COULD RE-ENERGIZED METRO VANCOUVER SLUGGISH HOUSING MARKET GIVING SIDELINED BUYERS MORE BREATHING ROOM TO QUALIFY AND POTENTIALLY SPARKING FRESH ACTIVITY. >> WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE NEWS. IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE WANT TO SEE MORE CATS BECAUSE CONSUMER COMPETENT TO QUITE LOW THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS AT A HISTORICAL HIGH AND RISKS OF FURTHER INFLATION ARE NOW COMING DOWN. SO THIS IS AN EXPECTED CUT TO STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT’S PROMISING. HOWEVER, WE’RE CALLING FOR MORE. >> REGAN, SO BOTTOM LINE, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE MORTGAGES OR LINES OF CREDIT. THEY HAVE MONEY BORROWED. WHAT SHOULD HOMEOWNERS KEEP IN MIND? >> WELL, PEOPLE THAT HAVE VARIABLE RATES ARE GOING TO FEEL THE IMPACT OF THIS DECISION THE MOST, BUT THIS MAY JUST BE THE START. AND THAT’S BECAUSE THE NEXT DECISION FROM THE BANK OF CANADA IS EXPECTED AT THE END OF OCTOBER. AND MORTGAGE BROKERS FOR DEC. THERE’S GOING TO BE POSSIBLY 2 MORE RATE CUTS TO COME BY THE END OF THE YEAR. >> KERRY OK, WE’LL BE WATCHING. REGAN HASEGAWA JOINING US LIVE. THANKS REGAN. MEANWHILE, THE U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE ITS KEY LENDING RATE BY A QUARTER POINT TODAY. A CUT WOULD BE THE FIRST FOR THE U.S. IN 9 MONTHS. FED CHAIR JEROME POWELL REDUCE BORROWING COSTS 3 TIMES LAST YEAR, BUT PUT FURTHER CUTS ON HOLD DESPITE PRESSURE FROM DONALD TRUMP. INFLATION IN THE U.S. HAS REMAINED ELEVATED IN PART BECAUSE OF TRUMP’S TARIFFS HAVE INCREASED THE COST OF SOME GOODS. WELL, U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM KICKING OFF A TWO-DAY STATE VISIT WITH A FULL DISPLAY SHOW OF POMP AND PAGEANTRY. AFTER A HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE RIDE THROUGH THE ESTATE GROUNDS. MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, INCLUDING KING CHARLES, GREETED THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY AT WINDSOR CASTLE. TRUMP IS THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT TO BE INVITED FOR A SECOND STATE VISIT TO THE U.K. OUTSIDE OF THE CASTLE. THERE IS STRONG OPPOSITION TO HIS VISIT WITH DOZENS OF DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED DURING HIS TWO-DAY TRIP. ONE EXPERT SAYS KING CHARLES IS DOING HIS BEST TO MAINTAIN THE U.K. SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES. >> THIS IS ALL ABOUT KING CHARLES, THE FAR-RIGHT DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST. THE DIPLOMAT 18 SMOOTHING THE WAY SO THAT THE U.S. AND THE U.K. GOVERNMENT CAN DO THE DEALS IN THE U.K. SO DESPERATELY NEED SOME MORE. >> TRAVEL ALSO BE HOLDING TALKS WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER TOMORROW. WELL, BACK TO B.C. NOW IT’S A GOOD DAY TO FILL UP YOUR GAS TANK PRICES AT THE PUMP PLUMMETED $0.10 A LITRE OVERNIGHT. >> SOME STATIONS ACROSS METRO VANCOUVER HITTING AS LOW AS ONE 66.9 THIS MORNING. GAS ANALYST DAN MCTEAGUE SAYS IT’S DUE TO THE BP OLYMPIC PIPELINE IN WASHINGTON STATE’S REOPENING RECENTLY AFTER CLOSING BRIEFLY FOR MAINTENANCE. HE SAYS THERE IS NO FURTHER DECLINE EXPECTED FOR THE TIME BEING. THE PROVINCE IS SET TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY ABOUT THE LATEST MEASURES BEING TAKEN TO ADDRESS EXTORTION THREATS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAGUING TO SURREY BUSINESS COMMUNITY. PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER NINA KRIEGER WILL BE JOINED BY THE RCMP AND CRIME STOPPERS TO UNVEIL THE LATEST MEASURES ON MONDAY. SURREY MAYOR BRENDA LOCKE LAUNCHED A $250,000 REWARD FUND FOR ANYONE WHO PROVIDES INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. THIS ALL COMES AS SURREY HAS SEEN 44 EXTORTION CASES THIS YEAR. 27 OF THEM INVOLVING SHOOTINGS. WELL, THERE IS A CALL FOR ACTION THIS MORNING, WEEKS AFTER A TRIPLE STABBING SAW 3 WOMEN KILLED IN EAST VANCOUVER. 54 YEAR-OLD VIET KEY, JOHN LEE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 2 COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND ONE COUNT OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. ADVOCATES ARE DEMANDING TRANSPARENCY FROM THE VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENT ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SLAIN WOMEN. THE BATTERED WOMEN’S SUPPORT SERVICES SAYS IT HAS TRACKED 35 WOMEN AND GIRLS KILLED IN B.C. OVER THE PAST 13 MONTHS. AND A KELOWNA MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE JUST HOURS AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES HAS APPEARED IN COURT AND SUPPORTERS OF THE VICTIM CAME OUT IN FORCE. BAILEY MCCOURT SUPPORTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE KELOWNA COURTHOUSE AS JAMES PLOVER WAS SET TO APPEAR BY VIDEO LINK ON A SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. THIS FOR ALLEGEDLY BEATING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE TO DEATH WITH A HAMMER AND A COLOGNE, A PARKING LOT IN JULY. THE COURT WAS KILLED JUST HOURS AFTER PLOVER HAD BEEN RELEASED WHILE HE AWAITED SENTENCING IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE. HER FAMILY IS PUSHING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PASS BAILEY’S LAW, WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE TOUGHER PENALTIES FOR INTIMATE PARTNER HOMICIDES, WHERE THERE IS A DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF ABUSE. LANGLEY RCMP ARE STEPPING UP TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN RURAL AREAS AS POLICE INVESTIGATE THE 5TH DEADLY CRASH IN THAT COMMUNITY IN JUST 6 WEEKS AROUND 6.30 MONDAY EVENING, 2 VEHICLES CRASHED NEAR TO 56 STREET AND 48TH AVENUE KILLING A MAN DESCRIBED BY FAMILY AS A 67 YEAR-OLD FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AFTER NEIGHBOURS RUSHED TO HELP. >> I KNOW FOR SO WE REACHED YOU KNOW, THAT ONLY REACHED IN, PICKED HER UP AND PULLED HER OUT OF THE CAR. >> YESTERDAY, POLICE WERE OUT DOING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AT THE INTERSECTION WHERE THE CRASH OCCURRED AS THEY URGED DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION. WELL, RCMP HAVEN’T DETERMINED WHAT CAUSED THE LATEST TRAGEDY. THEY SAY THE PREVIOUS 4 ACCIDENTS SPEED PLAYED A ROLE. A LANGLEY WOMAN WHO WAS A VICTIM OF A HIT AND RUN IN EARLY AUGUST WHILE RIDING HER MOTORIZED SCOOTER THOUGHT HER SITUATION COULDN’T GET ANY WORSE. THAT WAS UNTIL SHE HEARD FROM ICBC THAT THEY WOULDN’T TO COVER THE COST OF THE SCOOTER. SHE RELIES ON CTV’S DMITRI MOROCCO’S HAS THE STORY. A HIT AND RUN. YEAH, IT WAS SCARY CAUGHT ON CAMERA AND THEN HE JUST KEPT ON GOING IN EARLY AUGUST. BEVERLY TERSE MAN WAS STRUCK BY AN ONCOMING RED CAR. >> THE INTERSECTION OF 200 AND 3RD STREET AND 56 AVENUE IN LANGLEY. I FOUND ON THE SCOOTER FELL ON TOP OF MIGHT LAY. I JUST WAS SHOCKED. SHE SAYS HER INJURIES WEREN’T LIFE-THREATENING JUST BECAUSE IT TURNED OUT TO BE LUCKY. DOESN’T MEAN THAT IT DIDN’T AFFECT IN, DIDN’T HURT YOU. >> LANGLEY RCMP SAY THEY CANVASS THE AREA, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE. DESPITE SEVERAL CAMERAS AT THE INTERSECTION. MOUNTIES SAY THEY ARE ONLY LIFE, EVEN DO NOT RECORD. 6 WEEKS LATER, CHURCHMEN STILL FEELS FRUSTRATION TOWARDS THE DRIVER. I WANT TO KNOW, BUT MADE HIM THINK THAT MY LIFE WAS WORTH NOTHING. THE NATS SHE DIDN’T KNOW. THINGS COULD GET WORSE UNTIL SHE FILED A CLAIM WITH ICBC. BASICALLY TOLD ME THAT I WAS UNCOVERED. THAT THEY WOULDN’T BE ANYTHING I COVERED FOR THE INJURIES, BUT I COVERED FOR THE SCOOTER TO RICHMOND SAYS DUE TO HER FIBROMYALGIA AND OTHER MEDICAL ISSUES, SHE RELIES ON IT TO BE DEPENDENT. IT’S STRESSFUL KNOWING THAT YOU CAN’T GO OUT FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. SHE’S BEEN STUCK AT HOME, DESCRIBING HERSELF AS LOW-INCOME. SHE USED HER SAVINGS TO BUY A NEW SCOOTER THAT GETS MAD. I GOT VERY LITTLE MONEY IN MY SAVINGS ACCOUNT. THE TAKE EVERYTHING OUT OF IT. PAYING CLOSE TO $4,000 OUT OF POCKET. WE REACHED OUT TO SCOOTER CITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS OF TERSE MEN’S ORIGINAL SCOOTER. THEY SAY THEY NEVER RECEIVED CLARITY FROM ICBC ON COVERING THE COST UNTIL TODAY, WHEN CTV BEGAN INVESTIGATING. UNFORTUNATELY HERE AND AIR WAS MADE. >> ICBC SAYS INITIALLY TURF AND WAS TOLD SHE NEEDED TO PAY A DEDUCTIBLE. >> IN THIS CASE, WE FELL A BIT SHORT BECAUSE AN ERROR WAS MADE AN ERROR THAT WE APOLOGIZE FOR. THE INSURER FOCUSED ON PROVIDING TO RICHMOND WITH THE PHYSICAL CARE SHE NEEDS, INCLUDING WE’RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE SCOOTER FOR HER. >> TO GET HER BACK TO GETTING AROUND THE WAY THAT SHE NEEDS TO. RICHMOND SAYS SHE DOESN’T THINK THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A RESOLUTION IF CTV HAD TO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IT. >> WELL, A LOT HAPPIER. A BIG WEIGHT HAS BEEN LIFTED AGAIN. LANGLEY RCMP SAYS THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE RED VEHICLE. THEY’RE ASKING THAT IF ANYONE HAVE ANY HELPFUL INFORMATION IN THIS CASE, THEY REACH OUT TO LANGLEY RCMP. >> BEACH MAYOR AGO, CTV NEWS, LANGLEY. >> WELL, SOME UNBELIEVABLE FOOTAGE HAS EMERGED FROM NEBRASKA AS A MAN WASHING HIS TRUCK NARROWLY AVOIDED BEING HIT BY A CAR. SO THIS HAPPENED FRIDAY. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE MAN SUFFERED THAT ONLY MINOR INJURIES TO HIS LEG. LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS SAY THE DRIVER OF THE CAR WAS SPEEDING AND HAS BEEN CITED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING. THEY WERE ALSO TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. WELL, TURNING TO SPORTS NOW THE HEAD COACH OF THE ABBOTSFORD CANUCKS IS STICKING AROUND FOR ANOTHER SEASON. THE CANUCKS ORGANIZATION ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT A WHOLE TRUST CONTRACT HAS BEEN EXTENDED. >> HE JOINED ABBOTSFORD LAST SEASON, GUIDING THE TEAM TO WIN ITS FIRST EVER CALDER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP. THE FORMER VANCOUVER CANUCKS CENTRE BRINGS NEARLY 1000 GAMES OF NHL EXPERIENCE AND A STRONG DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND TO HIS ROLE AS HEAD COACH. >> MEANTIME, THE WHITE CAPS KEPT UP THEIR WINNING WAYS WITH THE 4 TO NOTHING VICTORY OVER HAMILTON’S FORGE FC LAST NIGHT. TRISTAN BLACKMON OPENED THE SCORING, BUT THE BIG DEFENDER WOULD LATER LEAVE THE GAME WITH A SERIOUS KNEE INJURY. WITH THE WIN, VANCOUVER ADVANCES TO THEIR 4TH CONSECUTIVE CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. THE GAME IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER FIRST AT B.C. PLACE. 2 LITTLE CATS ARE LEARNING HOW TO BE BIG CATS. THESE 2 LITTLE ENDANGERED AMUR LEOPARD CUBS ARE PRACTISING THEIR HUNTING AND PLAYING MOVES AT THE BROOKFIELD ZOO. THEY WERE BORN JULY 14TH AND HAVE BEEN EXPLORING THEIR BEHIND THE SCENES HABITAT AS THEY PREPARE FOR LIFE IN THE PUBLIC EYE. WOW, THEY ARE VERY, VERY CUTE. LOOK AT IT WITH THE SMOKE. I LOOKED LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE IS GIVING ONE OF THEM A LIFT THERE. HAHA. >> THOSE ARE SOME SKILLS THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ON VIEW TAKES A LOT TO THE PUBLIC EYE. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER OUT THERE RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY YESTERDAY WERE HOLDING ONTO SUMMER. WE’RE HOLDING ON TO THE HEAT AGAIN TODAY. THIS RIDGE IS KEEPING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PROVINCE NICE AND WARM. THE HOT SPOT ALREADY FOR THE PROVINCE RIGHT NOW IS IS WEST VANCOUVER AT 20 DEGREES THIS HOUR, YESTERDAY’S HOT SPOT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WAS LET IN AT 34034.4 DEGREES. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE’RE GOING AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN YESTERDAY, BUT NICE AND DRY. IT’S GOING TO THE COASTLINE, THAT’S REALLY GOING TO BE SEEING ALL THAT RAIN INLAND TOWARDS THE CARIBOU IS WELL. AND EVEN VANCOUVER ISLAND COULD CATCH A FEW SPRINKLES. 30% RISK OF THIS MORNING. SO NICE AND HOT FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PROVINCE, INLAND TEMPERATURES REACHING 24 COULD BE A LITTLE BIT HAZY THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. YOUR 5 DAY IS COMING UP CARRY. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. THANKS THAT STAFF. WE HAVE SOME TRAFFIC TELL YOU ABOUT THIS MORNING. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE ROADS AND THE OAK STREET BRIDGE. >> A LOT OF VOLUME RIGHT NOW, IT IS MOVING SMOOTHLY AND NO PROBLEMS THERE. HOWEVER, ON HIGHWAY 99, THERE IS A CRASH NORTHBOUND NEAR MUD BAY. IT HAS THE LEFT LANE BLOCK CREWS ARE ON SCENE. BUT OF COURSE, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME HEAVY DELAYS THROUGH THAT STRETCH. WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE THE EPIDEMIC OF LONELINESS. A NEW STUDY IS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW YOUR DAILY ACTIONS COULD DO WONDERS FOR YOUR LONELINESS. THAT’S COMING UP. BUT FIRST, A VANCOUVER TEAM HAS WON THE AMAZING RACE. CANADA NEXT, THE WINNERS JESSE AND JONATHAN WILL JOIN US LIVE TO TELL US ALL ABOUT THEIR INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. WE’RE BACK >> THAT WAS THE MOMENT EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR AN TELEVISION LAST NIGHT. AN ACTION PACKED RACE THAT TRAVEL THROUGH 5 PROVINCES. 24 CITIES ONE TERRITORY AND MORE THAN 19,000 KILOMETRES FROM COAST TO COAST TO COAST. AND NOW ABC TEAM HAS WON THE AMAZING RACE. CANADA. AND JOINING US NOW ARE THE WINNERS VANCOUVER’S JONATHON BRAUN AND JESSE HARA INC. GOOD MORNING TO YOU GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE THE WINNERS OF AMAZING RACE, CANADA? >> CRAZY WITH ANY WE’VE NOW HAD ABOUT LIKE 12 HOURS OF BEING THE WINNERS. SO VERY FAST. SO YOU ABSOLUTELY. OH, WELL, IT’S JUST AMAZING. AND YOU ENTER THE RACE QUITE STRONG UN SEVERAL LEGS TO TELL BUT WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE GOING INTO THE FINALS. DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAD A REALLY GOOD SHOT? >> I MEAN, WE DEFINITELY HAD SOME CONFIDENCE GOING INTO THE FINAL LEG, LIKE WE KNEW WE ARE A STRONG TEAM AND WE KNEW WE COULD DO BUT ALL THE OTHER TEAMS HAVE THE KNESSET EAST ONE LAKE, IF NOT MORE. AND YOU KNOW, GRACE AND SHOWING HIM TO HAVE A LOT OF MOMENTUM COMING INTO THAT SO WE’RE DEFINITELY NERVOUS, BUT ALSO CONFIDENT WE KNEW WE HAD, BUT IT WE JUST HAD TO RUN A REALLY STRONG LEG. UNLIKELY. THAT’S WHAT WE DID. >> IT’S NICE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO GRAYSON JOE, SIBLINGS FROM PRINCE GEORGE. SO BOTH BCT IS DOING REALLY WELL IN THE AMAZING RACE, CANADA THIS TIME AROUND. BUT I HAD SOME INTENSE CHALLENGES, INCLUDING SEVERAL U-TURNS FROM OTHER PARTICIPANTS. WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST ABOUT COMPETING IN THIS? >> I THINK WHEN WE WERE GOING INTO THE SHOW, WE THOUGHT WE’D BE ABLE TO MAKE ALL THESE ALLIANCES AND WORK WITH OTHER TEAMS AND HAVE ALL OF THAT ON. BUT INSTEAD, WE JUST ENDED UP WITH A MASK TARGET ON OUR BACKS AND WHAT WE NEED TO GET THIS TEAM OUT OF THE RACE. AND LOGICALLY, THEY WERE RIGHT IN TRYING TO GET US OUT. OBVIOUSLY, WE WERE DOING PRETTY BUT THAT A LOT FRIDAY MAKING. WE DID MAKE SOME AMAZING FRIENDS OF THE RACE, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAD A TO THE TARGETS. >> WE KNOW YOU GUYS LOOK BOTH VERY ACTIVE I DON’T KNOW IF YOU’RE BOTH HAVE A BACKGROUND AND RACISM. HOW DID YOU PREPARE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? AND WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WERE, WAS THERE ANYONE THAT YOU ARE RUNNING IN AND COMPETING FOR? >> I MEAN, WE PREPARED A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS. I TOOK SOME DANCE AND I SWITCHED MY LANGUAGE AT 2 SO AND I ALSO LIKE TO ORGANIZE MY OWN LITTLE RACES AROUND THE CITY HAS SO HOW ABOUT EXPERIENCE? AND SO I DON’T KNOW, AND JUST TRY TO DO AS MANY SPINE SLEEP THINGS BEFORE THE RACE AS POSSIBLE. LIKE WHAT LAYING WENT MANY PUTTING JUST LITTLE MIGHT AND JUST TRYING TO STAY ACTIVE AND FOR MYSELF AND MY DAD PASSED AWAY IN 2018. AND SO I’M USED TO KIND OF THE SHOW AND THREATENING THE THAT WAS KIND OF KUWAIT HAD IN MIND WAS KEEPING CLOSE AND SHE WAS REALLY EMPHASIZE THAT TREND DUTY OF DEPENDENCY AND >> RELYING ON SOMEONE. AND SO THAT’S MY FOCUS GOING IN WAS REALLY TRUSTING JOHN NOT BRING GOING TO WHAT WE’RE DOING AND JUST FOCUS ON WORKING AND SO MAYBE THAT EXPERIENCE REALLY FUN TO BE THERE TOGETHER ON WHAT A REALLY LOVELY WAY TO HONOUR YOUR DAD AND HE MUST BE SO PROUD. AND NOW YOU ARE THE WINNER. SO WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE 2 OF YOU, WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE NOW THAT YOU’RE THE WINNERS OF AMAZING RACE, CANADA. >> I MEAN, LIKE IT’S REALLY THOUGH, THE ROADS ARE WE SERVE RIGHT NOW AND WE’RE REALLY JUST SOAKING IN THE AND THEN JUST DETERMINING WHERE WE WANT TO GO NEXT. LIKE I THINK WE BOTH REALLY LOVE THE WORK THAT WE DO A PRE RACE AND AND SO FIGURING OUT HOW TO MIX EXPERIENCES THAT WE LEARNED ON THE AMAZING RACE, CANADA WITH THE WORK THAT WE’RE ALREADY DOING. I THINK WHAT WE’VE ACTUALLY >> WELL, JESSE COULD RIDE YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE THERE? NO, I DON’T AND SO FRESH AND SO NEW IT’S BEEN SUCH A WHIRLWIND GALA. JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT COMES NEXT. EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN EXCITED TO BE THE FIRST B.C. TEAM TO AND IT’S YEAH, WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WAY TO GO. AND YOU GUYS LOOK REALLY HAPPY. YOU’RE PROBABLY THIS EXHAUSTED FROM ALL THE MEDIA AND EVERYTHING THAT’S BEEN GOING ON. BUT JESSE AND JONATHAN VANCOUVER’S THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE ON YOUR WORK MORNING. VANCOUVER. >> THANK SAY CONGRATULATIONS. THE ICE. WELL, A PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING THIS MORNING AFTER A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN B.C. AND ALBERTA HAVE BECOME ILL WITH SALMONELLA. THE ILLNESS HAS IMPACTED MORE THAN 2 DOZEN PEOPLE IN THE TO PROVINCES. AND THERE MAY BE A LINK TO THEIR PETS. DOG FOOD. WE’LL HAVE DETAILS STILL TO COME. >> ESSENTIALLY LIKE DOING A WORKOUT WITHOUT HAVING TO MOVE. >> CALL US PLUNGED HOOVER. HOW CITY COUNCIL COULD ONE DAY PROVE COLD PLUNGE POOLS AND SAUNAS IN LOCAL PARKS. WE’RE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH B.C. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IS DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO CHILDREN SUPPORT RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGHS THAT LEAD. >> THE WAY TO CONFRONTING HEALTH CHALLENGES FACING KIDS TODAY FROM CANCER TO HEART DISEASE AND BRAIN HEALTH FUNDED IN PART BY YOUR GENEROSITY THROUGH THE B.C. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL DREAM LOTTERY. CHECK OUT THESE FALL BONUS PRIZES WORTH $115,000. SHE’S A FORD BRONCO SPORT OR A $55,000 LUXURY TRAVEL ADVENTURE OR CHOOSE $50,000. CASH 12 MORE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE $5,000 AND TRAVELLER GROCERIES. THE FALL BONUS DEADLINE IS MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME BACK TO YOUR MORNING VANCOUVER. IT IS 8.25. IS GOING TO BE A SPECTACULAR DAY, A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING. WE WON’T GET QUITE AS HOT AS WE DID YESTERDAY. THOSE TEMPERATURES YESTERDAY. >> WELL, ABOVE SEASONAL, WE WILL BE ABOVE SEASONAL AGAIN TODAY, BUT NOT QUITE HOUR. WE WERE YESTERDAY, SO CLOSE SITTING AT 13 RIGHT NOW. 11 IN CRANBROOK, 19 IN PRINCE GEORGE, PORT HARDY AT 13 DEGREES AND 17 DEGREES RIGHT NOW IN VANCOUVER. SO A HIGH OF 21 BY THE WATERS EXPECTED 26 INLAND. THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM HERE IS GOING TO BE BRINGING SOME SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST, NORTH, CENTRAL AND INLAND TOWARDS THE CARIBOU TODAY AND INTO TOMORROW, WE COULD CATCH A FEW SHOWERS HERE RIGHT AROUND THAT NORTHEASTERN SECTION OF VANCOUVER ISLAND, PORT HARDY AS WELL AS A 30% RISK. TOFINO MOSTLY LOCKED IN WITH THAT CLOUD COVER AT 19 DEGREES INLAND, HITTING 25 FOR PORT ALBERNI. VICTORIA. 20. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED. WE’RE EXPECTING SOME HAZE HERE AROUND METRO VANCOUVER TO WARM UP TO 24 IN SQUAMISH. 23 IN WHISTLER, 20 ALONG THE SUNSHINE COAST WITH THAT 30% RISK OF SOME SHOWERS. 21 TO 26 IS THE DAYTIME HIGHS FOR US TODAY. HOLDING ON TO SUNSHINE. WE ARE WRAPPING SUMMER, IT’S THE LAST DAY ON SUNDAY. AND LOOK AT THAT JUST IN TIME, WE’RE GOING TO BE A SYSTEM BRINGING SOME SHOWERS LATE DAY SATURDAY INTO YOUR SUNDAY, SO PERFECT TIMING AS WE ROLL INTO FALL. KERRY. THANKS FOR THAT. STEPH. >> ENJOY THE SUNSHINE WHILE IT LASTS. THE CITY OF VANCOUVER IS GOING FULL STEAM AHEAD ON THE LATEST WELLNESS TREND. IT WANTS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR COLD PLUNGES AND SAW US TO OPERATE AS CTV’S ISABELLA ZAVARISE REPORTS. IF APPROVED, YOU COULD SOON SEE POP-UP SAW DOES AT THE BEACH. >> FROM SITTING IN HOT, DRY HEAT TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN A COURT DEBT. CONTRAST THERAPY IS GROWING IN POPULARITY AS A WELLNESS TREND. IT’S A >> ESSENTIALLY LIKE DOING A WORKOUT WITHOUT HAVING TO MOVE. IT HASN’T BEEN EASY FOR BUSINESSES LIKE THE GOOD SAUNA IN EAST VANCOUVER, NAVIGATING RED TAPE IN A BUDDING INDUSTRY. NOTHING HIS ESTATE LIKE THIS IN THE PAST. AND AND SO THERE’S BEEN NO AND LEGISLATION RULES REGULATIONS ON HOW TO DO THIS. BUT THE CITY WANTS TO MAKE IT EASIER. ABC COUNCILLOR LISA DOMINATO TABLE TO SUCCESSFUL MOTION LAST JUNE IS A REAL APPETITE FOR THIS. IT STARTED IN EUROPE IN NORDIC COUNTRIES. >> BUT WE’RE SEEING AN EVOLUTION HERE AND IN CANADA, AN INTEREST IN HAVING THESE SERVICES. >> AND OUR REGULATIONS ARE REALLY OUTDATED. PRIOR TO THE MOTION, COLD PLUNGES AND SAUNAS WEREN’T ALLOWED OUTDOORS. NOW A STAFF REPORT WANTS TO EXPAND THEM ACROSS THE CITY IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES, SIMILAR TO GOOD SAUNA LOCATED OUTSIDE IN A BREWERY TO HAVING A BUSINESS LIKE OURS HERE. >> IS. >> HELPING TO BOOST THAT BUSINESS AND ALSO BRING PEOPLE DOWN HERE WHO MAY THE WISE ONE NOTICE HERE. >> UPDATES TO THE CITY’S ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT BY-LAW COULD EVEN SEE COLD PLUNGES AND SAUNAS IN PARKS. SO I HAVE HEARD SOME PROPONENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN POTENTIALLY OFFERING >> POP-UP SAUNA AS THAT THE BEACH IN. AND SO IF YOU’RE DOING COLD PUNCH SWIMS IN THE OCEAN FOR BUSINESS OWNERS, ANY CHANGES. WELCOME. YOU KNOW, THE BIG COMPLAINT ABOUT TO SAY THAT IT’S BORING, IT’S BORING BECAUSE WE’RE BEING STOPPED FROM DOING INTERESTING THINGS IN IT. QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY. A PUBLIC HEARING IS PLANNED FOR NEXT MONTH. IF COUNCIL APPROVES THESE CHANGES, THEY COULD COME INTO EFFECT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. ISABELLA ZAVARISE, CTV NEWS, VANCOUVER. >> CERTAINLY COULD I’M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THEY DO HAVE THESE PLUNGE POOLS AT THE BEACH OR SOUGHT AS I MEAN, WHO MAINTAINS THAT A CITY THING OR THE PRIVATE COMPANIES. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF YOU’RE ALREADY A BATHING SUIT, MAYBE YOU WOULD MIND HOPPING INTO THE SAUNA TO THE CITY SHOULD DO IT, JUST MAKE IT PART OF OUR CULTURE NOW BECAUSE IT IT REALLY HAS BECOME PART OF OUR IN THE BENEFITS ARE ANALYSTS, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO I THINK IT’S A BIT PAINFUL, BUT YEAH, IT’S IT, IT IS REALLY FUN. I THINK IT SHOULD BE LIKE A LOCAL BUSINESS INITIATIVE WITH THE CITY GIVING PERMISSION TO DO IT BECAUSE THEN THINGS HAPPEN FASTER LIKE. >> TRANS MUNICIPALITY HAS PUT UP A LOT OF RED TAPE AS THEY WERE SAYING, THERE IS A LOCAL BUSINESS WILL BE LIKE, LET’S GET THIS GOING, LET’S GET THE MONEY GOING LIVE RIGHT? LET’S GET PEOPLE WITHOUT MOVING, LET’S THAT’S GO PLUNGED HOOVER. SO WE BECOME UNCOVER YET RIGHT? OKAY, IT’S A 29. LET’S TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE. HERE’S THE VIEW. >> OF VICTORIA, LET’S TAKE A PLUNGE IN THAT LIVE THIS MORNING. SAID CLASS OUT THERE, JUST A GORGEOUS MORNING THERE. CLOUDY, THOUGH, HERE NOW IS A LOOK AT YOUR TOP STORIES. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. THE BANK OF CANADA HAS LOWERED ITS KEY LENDING RATE BY A QUARTER POINT, BRINGING THE POLICY RATE DOWN TO 2 AND A HALF PERCENT. THE MOVE IS AIMED AT EASING PRESSURE ON HOUSEHOLDS AS THE ECONOMY SLOWS. REGAN HASEGAWA IS IN SURREY WITH MORE. SO REAGAN, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR BRITISH COLUMBIANS? >> GOOD MORNING, KERRY. WILL THOSE WHO HAVE MORTGAGES THAT HAVE A VARIABLE RATE, THIS MEANS INSTANT RELIEF FOR THEM. THEY’LL SEE SAVINGS PRETTY MUCH RIGHT AWAY. AS FOR BC’S REAL ESTATE MARKET EXPERTS SAY THE BIGGER IMPACT WILL BE ON CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. IT WILL GIVE BUYERS MORE OF A REASON TO ACT. AFTER MONTHS OF SLUGGISH SALES. >> IF YOU’RE A VARIABLE RATE MORTGAGE HOLDER, YOUR INTEREST RATE HAS GONE DOWN TODAY BY 25 BASIS POINTS BY 0.2, 5%. THAT MEANS FOR EVERY $100,000 YOU OWE YOUR KINGMAN SHOULD GO DOWN BY ABOUT $13 PER MONTH. IF YOU’RE IN THAT TYPE OF VARIABLE RATE MORTGAGE, BUT YOUR PAYMENTS FLUCTUATE IF YOU’RE NOT, IF YOU’RE IN A STATIC, A MAN VARIABLE RATE MORTGAGE, YOU’RE JUST NOW GOING TO BE PAYING OFF MORE OF YOUR MORTGAGE WITH EVERY SINGLE MORTGAGE PAYMENT. >> SHE SAYS TAX RATES REMAIN UNCHANGED, BUT SHE RECOMMENDS ANYONE NEARING OR RENEWAL WEIGH THEIR OPTIONS CAREFULLY WITH MARK. AS EXPECTED, SHE SAYS A VARIABLE RATE COULD MAKE SENSE IN TODAY’S MOVE COULD HELP RESTORE SOME CONFIDENCE IN A SLOWING REAL ESTATE MARKET. REALTORS AGREE THE ANNOUNCEMENT SENDS AN IMPORTANT SIGNAL TO BUYERS, EVEN IF THE IMPACT ON AFFORDABILITY IS MODEST. >> I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE WELL RECEIVED BY HOME BUYERS WENT LOOKING FOR A REASON ARE CALLOUS TO COME OFF THE SIDELINES. YOU KNOW, A QUARTER POINT CERTAINLY DOESN’T CHANGE THE ENTIRE SITUATION FROM IRAN CERTAINLY SENDS A POSITIVE MESSAGE THAT RATES ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. >> OKAY, SOME OPTIMISM THERE. DOES THIS MEAN, THOUGH, THAT WE COULD SEE MORE ACTIVITY IN METRO VANCOUVER AND THE FRASER VALLEY? >> THAT IS THE EXPECTATION ACCORDING TO EXPERTS, CARRY MORE SALES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY HIGHER PRICES. AND THAT’S BECAUSE ACCORDING TO EXPERTS, LISTINGS ARE AT A DECADE HIGH. AND SO BUYERS HAVE A LOT MORE OPTIONS RIGHT NOW. ALSO KEEP IN MIND, THIS COULD JUST BE THE FIRST OF MORE CUTS TO COME. EXPERTS ARE EXPECTING POSSIBLY ANOTHER 2, 2, RATE CUTS BEFORE THE YEAR ENDS. AND THE NEXT RATE DECISION IS COMING AT THE END OF OCTOBER CARRY A GUN. HASEGAWA JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING. THANKS REGAN. >> MEANWHILE, A NEW SURVEY RELEASED THIS MORNING SHOWS CONCERN OVER JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT HAS SOARED AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO ANGUS REID, NEARLY 2 IN 5.18. TO 24 YEAR-OLDS THINK JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT. THE TOP ISSUES FACING THE COUNTRY. THAT’S UP 9 POINTS SINCE JUNE AND DOUBLE FROM LAST DECEMBER. ANOTHER KEY FINDING 40% OF CANADIANS SAY THEY’RE CONCERNED THAT THEY OR SOMEONE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD MAY LOSE THEIR JOB BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. THIS VIEW IS CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL INCOME LEVELS, BUT HIGHEST AMONG 18 TO 24 YEAR-OLDS AT 52%. PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY IS MEETING WITH HIS CAUCUS THIS MORNING AS DAY 3 OF THE FALL SITTING OF PARLIAMENT GETS UNDERWAY. THE ECONOMY AND THE IMPACT OF U.S. TARIFFS WILL BE TOP OF MIND. WORK IS CONTINUING ON CARNEY’S FIRST BUDGET, BUT WILL BE DELIVERED A LITTLE LATER THAN PLANNED. FINANCE MINISTER FRANCOIS-PHILIPPE CHAMPAGNE SAYS THE LONG-AWAITED SPENDING PLAN WILL BE TABLED NOVEMBER 4TH. HE BILLED THE BUDGET AS A GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IN CANADA’S FUTURE. THE UNITED STATES IS LAUNCHING A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT. CUSMA IT’S COMING AHEAD OF THE MANDATED REVIEW OF THE PACKED. THIS IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL STEP IN RENEGOTIATING THE TRADE DEAL THAT WAS SIGNED DURING DONALD TRUMP’S FIRST ADMINISTRATION. THE AGREEMENT HAS SO FAR SHIELDED CANADA AND MEXICO FROM THE FULL IMPACT OF TRUMP’S TARIFFS. THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE WILL HOLD 45 DAYS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS, WHICH ARE REQUIRED UNDER U.S. LAW. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS A DEAL IS DONE TO KEEP TIKTOK IN THE U.S.. TRUMP SAYS HE WILL SPEAK WITH CHINA’S PRESIDENT ON FRIDAY TO CONFIRM THE DEAL. THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM RUN BY A CHINESE COMPANY WAS TOLD IT HAD TO SELL ITS U.S. OPERATIONS OR FACE BEING SHUT DOWN. THE INITIAL DEADLINE TO SELL WAS SET FOR JANUARY 19TH. BUT TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY PUSHED IT BACK. TRUMP SAYS A BUYER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON. MORE THAN 2 DOZEN PEOPLE, MOSTLY IN B.C. AND ALBERTA, HAVE BECOME ILL WITH SALMONELLA. INVESTIGATORS SAY MANY OF THE VICTIMS HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON. THEY GOT SICK AFTER HANDLING DOG FOOD. BUT AS SINJIN ALEXANDER REPORTS, THE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY ISN’T SURE WHICH BRAND MAY BE RESPONSIBLE. >> THE SEVERITY OF ILLNESS AMONG DOG OWNERS VARIES. SOME PEOPLE SHOWED MILD SYMPTOMS OF SALMONELLA OF THEIRS HAD FEVERS, SEVERE HEADACHES, DIARRHEA. MOST OF THEM TOLD OFFICERS THEY HAD JUST BEEN THE DOG USING DIFFERENT BRANDS OF TREATS OR CABLE. THOSE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION TOO. >> TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC PRODUCTS THAT ARE CAUSING THE ILLNESSES. THEY DO KNOW 12 PEOPLE BECAME ILL IN B.C., 13 IN ALBERTA AND ONE EACH IN ONTARIO AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES PATIENTS RANGE FROM KIDS TO SENIORS. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY SAYS PET FOOD CAN BE CONTAMINATED WITH BACTERIA AND PEOPLE CAN GET SICK THROUGH CONTACT WITH THE DOGWOODS FOOD. SO THEY RECOMMEND CLEANING THEIR DISHES FREQUENTLY AND ENSURING EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, WASH THEIR HANDS RIGHT AFTER HANDLING FOODS AND TREATS. THEY ARE OFTEN FEEDING THE DOGS. SO DON’T FORGET ABOUT THEM. AND THEN ALSO, THEY’RE MUCH MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MORE SEVERE SALMONELLA INFECTION. PEOPLE REPORTED GETTING SICK IN FEBRUARY AND INTO MID AUGUST. THEY REPORTED GIVING A WIDE RANGE OF FOOD, INCLUDING FREEZE DRIED TREATS AMONG THE INVESTIGATION, FINDING A COMMON TREND LIKE WITH THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES USE THE SAME SUPPLIERS. THAT’S ALL VERY MUCH UNDER INVESTIGATIONS. SO IT’S JUST AN JUST A PROCESS THAT DOES TAKE SOME TIME. AND THEY BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF INFECTIONS IS MUCH HIGHER BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD MILD SYMPTOMS LIKELY DIDN’T REPORTED. ST. JOHN ALEXANDER, CTV NEWS, VANCOUVER. >> WELL, THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE THEFT INVOLVING UNRELEASED MUSIC BY BEYONCE. >> AND REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION IN THERE. >> HOW THE ARREST WENT DOWN AND THE DETAILS ON THE SUSPECTS THAT IS STILL TO COME. AND A NEW STUDY IS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW YOUR DAILY ACTIONS CAN DO WONDERS TO COMBAT >> READY FOR A FALL REFRESHED. CLEAR OUT THE CLUTTER AND ENJOY A FRESH START TO THE SEASON. ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A ONE TRUCK JUNK REMOVAL SERVICE FROM 1, 8, 100 GOT DROP THE HALLWAY, YOUR UNWANTED ITEMS LEAVING YOU WITH A FRESH CLEAN SPACE TO ENJOY THE SEASON AT OR ONLINE AT CTV VANCOUVER DOT CA OR SCAN THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN. THEY WILL MAKE JUNK DISAPPEAR. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS POINT OUT. >> WELL, NOW TO AN ARREST IN THE THEFT OF HARD DRIVES CONTAINING UNRELEASED MUSIC BY BEYONCE AND PLANS FOR HER SOLD-OUT TOUR. ABC’S SAM CHAMPION HAS MORE ON THE SUSPECT. >> THIS MORNING, THE MAN POLICE SAY IS INVOLVED IN THE BRAZEN THEFT TO BEYONCE’S UNRELEASED MUSIC IS NOW BEHIND BARS. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY NABBED KELVIN EVANS BY USING TRACKING TECHNOLOGY FROM SOME OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT WERE ALLEGEDLY STOLEN. IT HAPPENED IN NORTHEAST ATLANTA ON JULY 8 LESS THAN 48 HOURS BEFORE THE 35 TIME. GRAMMY WINNER KICKED OFF THE ATLANTA DATES OF HER WILDLY SUCCESSFUL COWBOY CARTER TOUR. A DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER SAID THIEVES BROKE INTO THEIR RENTED SUV, STEALING NUMEROUS ITEMS, INCLUDING DESIGNER CLOTHES, LAPTOPS AND JUMP DRIVES CONTAINING QUEEN BEE SET LIST AND UNHEARD SONG. SO THEY HAVE A COMPUTER AND IT’S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION IN THERE. AND ALTHOUGH AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE, THOSE STOLEN HARD DRIVES, STORING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF ONE OF MUSIC’S BIGGEST STARS HAVE NOT BEEN RECOVERED. THE FACT THAT THE HARD DRIVES HAVE NOT BEEN DISCOVERED AS OF YET IS NOT NECESSARILY SURPRISING. MOST THEFT CRIMES ARE BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL WANTS TO SELL THE ITEMS WAS THE HARD DRIVE IN CRYPTIC, COULD EVEN ACCESSING THE INFORMATION OFF OF THE HEART. JACK. THOSE ARE ALL QUESTIONS THAT HAVE YET TO BEEN ANSWERED BY THIS INVESTIGATION. >> WELL, HAPPY LITTLE UPDATE NOW ON A LITTLE CRITTER THAT TOOK CENTRE STAGE ON A RECENT SAWATSKY SIGNOFF AFTER BEING RESCUED BY A FAMILY FROM SOME RIVER RAPIDS IN SAANICH LAST MONTH. THE NORTH ISLAND WILDLIFE RECOVERY CENTRE IS HAPPY TO REPORT THAT LITTLE TIMBER IS WELL ON HER WAY TO RECOVERY. THEY SAY THAT SHE HAS ALMOST TRIPLED HER WEIGHT SINCE ARRIVING AND HAS TAKEN A PARTICULAR LIKING TO SWEET POTATOES WITH DAILY SUPERVISE SWIMS. THE VOLUNTEER CREW SAYS HER REHABILITATION IS WELL ON TRACK. AND LOOK HOW SMALL HER TAIL IS. >> AND REALLY DIG IN THE STATE WITH A DOZEN NECTARINE AT FOR SWEET POTATO. I GUESS THEY LIKE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE DEATHS TO GROW THEIR TEETH. TIMBER. >> GREAT NAME VERY SOON. I I MEAN, I THINK NOW THE BABY BEAVERS MAY BE MY FAVOURITE. YEAH, LITTLE CREATURE AND I COULD TAKE ONE SO YOU GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. AND WE’VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING TO START, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE WARMING UP WITH A LOTS OF SUNSHINE ON DEC. I ACTUALLY WEST VANCOUVER IS THE HOT SPOT THIS HOUR FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA. WE’RE SITTING AT 17 IN CHILLIWACK 19 IN SURREY, 16 IN ABBOTSFORD IT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER WARM ONE. WE DO HAVE A BIT OF A HAZY AFTERNOON. WE’LL SEE SOME CLOUDS IN AND OUT FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WHILE WE’RE HOLDING ON TO THE SUMMER-LIKE HOT THESE TEMPERATURES, WHICH ARE AMAZING. WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING THAT SYSTEM, THAT FRONTAL SYSTEM REALLY BRING SOME RAIN DOWN THE COAST NORTH TO CENTRAL LONDON LANDS FOR THE CARIBOU IN PRINCE GEORGE. OTHERWISE WARMING UP TO THE FOR THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR. SO WE DO HAVE A SLIGHT RISK OF A FEW SHOWERS PASSING VANCOUVER ISLAND AND THE SUNSHINE COAST FOR US HERE IN METRO VANCOUVER, A LITTLE BIT HAZY, BUT NICE AND WARM INLAND AT 26 DEGREES, SUNSHINE ALL THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A SYSTEM BRINGING SOME RAIN AND A VERY TIMELY FASHION LATE DAY SATURDAY INTO YOUR SUNDAY AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO SUMMER. >> DO YOU OFTEN FEEL LONELY? IT TURNS OUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE HELPING YOUR NEIGHBOUR SHOVEL THEIR WALK COULD ACTUALLY MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER. THAT’S ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY OUT OF UBC SAYS THE MOST LONELY AMONG US COULD BENEFIT THE MOST TO HELP US DIG INTO THE STUDY, LET’S BRING IN DOCTOR UN ARCH EARLY FROM TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY’S PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT. >> GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. GREAT TO BE HERE. SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STUDY. YOU OBSERVE TO TALK TO 200 PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. YEAH. SO WE RECRUITED 200 OUT THERE. IT’S OF DIFFERENT AGES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WE HAD TO COPE PEOPLE AND LONGER WE ASK PEOPLE TO DO WINE ACT OF KINDNESS, IT STAY OF THEIR CHOICE. FOR 2 WEEKS. AND THEN ANOTHER CAREER. WE ASKED THE 40 TO PICK A SHORT BREAK FOR SELF CARE, TAKING A CUP OF TEA OR GOING FOR A SHORT WALK OR SO FOR 2 WEEKS BEFORE AND AFTER WE COMPARE HOW THEIR LUMENIS CHANGE IT. AFTER THIS 2, 8, PEOPLE WERE NECESSARY LONELY. BUT IF THEY WERE EXPERIENCING TO SEE WHAT THESE ACTS AND HOW THEY FELT AFTERWARDS, I FOUND THAT DOING THESE ACTS OF KINDNESS MADE A LOT OF THEM FEEL BETTER. WHEN YOU THINK THAT IS. YEAH, IN AN ACT OF KINDNESS ARE COMMON, EVERYWHERE THEY ARE SMALL AND TOO AWFUL. SO ANY PEOPLE, EVEN WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN USE A TWINE IN THEIR OWN SURROUNDINGS AND, YOU KNOW, ACTS OF KINDNESS, USUALLY FROM THE TOSS TO HAVE A GOOD INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE. AS YOU GET TO SEE THE SMILE THAT WE PUT A SOMEONE’S FACE AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING NICE FOR SOMEONE, IT DOES MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD. AND THE ACTS OF KINDNESS THAT THE PEOPLE YOU STUDY DIDN’T DO. THEY HAVE TO BE LARGE WITH A SMALL NO. IT TO BE REALLY SMALL. SOME PEOPLE REALLY SAID THAT THEY HOLD THE TOLL FOR WHO THEY DON’T KNOW OR SOME PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT OFFERING A SEAT TO A STRANGER ON THE BUS OR HELPING NEIGHBOURS SPRINGING COFFEE FOR YOUR CORKER’S CHECKING IN ON YOUR THEIR TAXES. SO IT COULD BE REALLY A DIFFERENT THINGS AND DIDN’T MATTER WHOM THE ACTS OF KINDNESS WERE PERFORMED ON. YEAH, THAT WAS INTERESTING. ACTUALLY, WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT PEOPLE WHEN WE WIN, THEY’D EAT THIS ACTS OF KINDNESS TOWARD THE WEEK PIES. SO NEIGHBOURS ACQUAINTANCES CORKER’S WHO ARE JUST OUTSIDE OF YOUR CLUE, JUST FRIENDS GROUP. IT HELPS EVEN MORE. SO. WHAT IS THE ADVICE HERE BE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FEELING A BIT OF LONELINESS, BABY EXTREME LONELINESS TO THE TAKEAWAY IS. >> TO REACH OUT AND DO SOMETHING THAT MAY MAKE SOMEONE ELSE FEEL GOOD. YEAH. SO I THINK ACTS OF KINDNESS CAN BE A FIRST GOOD STEP FOR US TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE. >> YOU KNOW, AND ACTS OF KINDNESS ALL-STAR FROM THE CARING FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND THAT OUR FOCUS REALLY HELP US TO SOOTHING EASE OUR SO SURE. AND IT MEETS OUR OFFENCE L FOCUS IN SOUTH CONSCIOUS AND YOU KNOW, I WANT TO INCREASE TEMPERATURE, FIND A LITTLE WAYS TO CARE FOR OTHER PEOPLE ARE ON THEM AND DOESN’T NEED TO BE BIG BECAUSE WHAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY APPRECIATE IS THE WORLD IN PENSION THAT YOUR ACTS COME BAY AND LITTLE THINGS ALSO CAN COMMUNICATE, SHOULD CAN FOSTER EVEN RELATIONSHIP DOWN THE ROAD THAT MIGHT HELP WITH LONELINESS AS WELL. YEAH, YEAH, DEFINITELY. THAT’S WONDERFUL. A DOCTOR UN ARE TRULY FROM TREE WESTERN UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INSIGHT. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND TELLING US ABOUT THE STUDY. YEAH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. THE SAWATSKY SIGNOFF US STILL TO COME. PLUS, A NEW WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT IS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE JUST BECAUSE >> THE LIKES OF ME CAN’T SEE DOESN’T MEAN I CAN’T DO THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT. >> TO LEARN ABOUT A TEAM OF BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED HIKERS FOR PERRY TO CLIMB MOUNT KILIMANJARO. WELCOME BACK TO YOUR MORNING VANCOUVER. >> IT’S A DEBATE THAT RESURFACES IN EVERY CANADIAN CITY AS COLDER MONTHS APPROACH, BUT IT IS RAMPING UP EARLY IN MONTREAL AFTER A PROFESSIONAL CYCLIST GOT HURT DURING A RACE. HERE’S CTV’S GENEVIEVE BEAUCHEMIN ON A GROWING PROBLEM WITH POTHOLES. >> THIS ROAD UP TO MAJESTIC MOUNT ROYAL IN THE HEART OF THE CITY WAS THE SCENE OF AN INTERNATIONAL CYCLING COMPETITION LAST WEEK. AND THEN THIS HAPPENED. A DUTCH CYCLIST HIT A PATCH POTHOLE AND WENT FLYING, ENDING HIS RACE. PRO CYCLISTS HAVE TO CONTEND WITH COBBLESTONES IN EUROPE AND DAMAGED STREETS WORLDWIDE. SO SOME HAVE CHECKED THIS ALL UP TO A BIT OF BAD LUCK. BUT THE IMAGE GOT MONTREALERS TALKING. I BIKE A LOT THAT RUNS THE CITY AND THAT WAS NOT THAT SURPRISING. MONTREAL ISN’T THE ONLY CANADIAN CITY FACING THIS ISSUE, BUT THE CITY’S POSSIBLE PROBLEM IS LEGEND. WE UNEARTH THESE HALF-CENTURY-OLD IMAGES FROM THE CTV ARCHIVES OF THE STORY OF ROADS DEGRADING. >> WAS A HOT TOPIC IN 1972 AS WELL. THAT’S CLASSIC OVER THE YEARS, DAMAGED AXLES AND LOST HUBCAPS HAVE PILED UP. THEY’VE ALSO BEEN SERIOUS INJURIES. >> IT WAS JUST LIKE A SHARP, A WHOLE THAT RESULTED IN SOME KEY, DESTROYING MY. WE’LL SOME EXPERTS HAVE BLAMED MONTREAL’S CLIMATE THAW AND FREEZE CYCLES, THE TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE MONTREAL’S AUDITOR GENERAL HAS ALSO ADDED POOR MANAGEMENT OF MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP TO THAT LIST. >> AND SAYS THAT NOW ONE OUT OF 3 ROADS IN BAD OR VERY BAD SHAPE HERE. >> THE CITY STREETS WILL FEEL FOR A MARATHON THIS WEEKEND. >> IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY. WE PATCH ALL THE POTHOLES ON THE CIRCUIT. >> THE PATS FOR THE CYCLING RAISED IN QUITE YIELD, A SMOOTH SURFACE AND MONTREALERS HOPE THAT NOW FAMOUS BUMP IN THE ROAD WILL SEND A MESSAGE. >> IT WAS LIKE A CRY FOR HELP. >> FOR NOW, CYCLISTS, MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS HAVE TO BE A LITTLE EXTRA CAUTIOUS ON THE ROADS. GEVIEVE BEAUCHEMIN, CTV NEWS, MONTREAL. OKAY, WE CAN BE GRATEFUL THAT WE DON’T HAVE POTHOLES LIKE YEAR AND THE WEST COAST AND THEY DO HAVE SOME NOT THAT THAT THE MILD WEATHER. YEAH. >> A CALGARY MAN IS PART OF A TEAM OF 11 BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED HIKERS PREPARING TO CLIMB MOUNT KILIMANJARO NEXT MONTH. SO PART OF A WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT TO BECOME THE LARGEST FLYING TEAM EVER TO REACH THE ROOF OF AFRICA. CTV’S MARK VILLANI HAS MORE ON THE UPCOMING ADVENTURE. >> WHAT WE ARE HOLDING THEIR PETER QUIET HEANEY IS LOADING UP THESE DUMBBELLS INTO HIS BACKPACK, BUT HE’S NOT GOING TO THE GYM. HE’S GOING FOR A HIKE. THE BLIND CALGARIAN IS TRAINING FOR THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME. PREPARING TO SUMMIT MOUNT KILIMANJARO NEXT MONTH’S JUST BECAUSE >> THE LIKES OF ME CAN’T SEE DOESN’T MEAN I, I CAN’T DO THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT, BUT YOU WON’T BE ALONE. 10 OTHER HIKERS FROM CANADA AND THE U.S. ARE JOINING HIM. THE GROUP IS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD IS THE LARGEST TEAM OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED CLIMBERS TO SCALE AFRICA’S HIGHEST PEAK. >> IT’S A LONG WAY UP, BUT NEARLY 5900 METERS TO THE TOP AS PART OF THE LIMO SHOW ROUTE. THAT’S BEEN MY BUCKET LIST FOR YEARS. DESIREE DION IS A FELLOW BLIND HIKER FROM LOOK HOME. SHE SAYS REACHING THE SUMMIT WILL BE A DREAM COME TRUE. YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND, IT’S VERY EASY TO JUDGE THE CAPABILITIES. IT’S NICE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW PEOPLE, IT’S POSSIBLE TO DO THINGS IN SPITE OF. >> DIFFERENCES. AND OTHER BLIND CLIMBERS LIKE TAMMY ADAMS FROM TORONTO SAY TRAVELLING AS PART OF A TEAM WILL ACTUALLY HEIGHTEN HER SENSES. YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU’RE, YOU KNOW, LIFTING THAT TO SEE AN YEAR. >> AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS SOON. YOU’RE LISTENING. IT’S QUIET. HEANEY RELIES ON BELL’S TO LISTEN TO THOSE AROUND HIM HIKING POLE TO HOLD ONTO A SIGHTED GUIDE IN FRANCE. HIS WIFE WON’T BE MAKING THE TRIP TO AFRICA, BUT SHE’S TAKEN PRIDE IN KEEPING HIM SAFE DURING TRAINING. COMMUNICATION IS EVERYTHING HE WANTS A NOBODY MIGHT TRIP TO AVOID A PROBLEM. AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE TRANS VERY NARROW AND YOU MIGHT FALL OFF THE SIDE, MY FEET JUST HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE VARIABILITY. >> IN THE TRAIL AND ALTHOUGH IT’S AN ADJUSTMENT, THESE HIKERS ARE DETERMINED TO SHOW WHAT’S POSSIBLE. AND THAT’S A MESSAGE THAT WE ARE CAPABLE, GO FORWARD. I MEAN, TYPICALLY AFTER 10 AND BEING WELL, YOU CAN, IT’S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY EXHILARATING. MARK VILLANI CTV NEWS, CALGARY. >> THERE’S A GUY THAT INCREDIBLE THAT THEY’RE DOING THAT REALLY IS INCREDIBLE. >> LIFE WASN’T ALWAYS FULL OF LAUGHS. BUT FOR ONE STAND-UP COMIC FROM VICTORIA. BUT AFTER LANDING A FUNNY ROLE IN HIS HOT U.S. HIGH SCHOOL PLAY, HE FOUND A WAY TO TURN HIS DIVERSITY INTO COMIC GOLD. OUT OF EXPLAINS IN THIS MORNING, SAWATSKY SIGNOFF. >> AS THE CAMERA CAPTURES CURRENT DOBBS FROM BEHIND. YOU’RE BEHIND ME 100%. HE FEELS COMPELLED TO COMMENT. YOU GOT MY BACK. AND IF WE GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF HIS STORY. >> WELL, I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIT >> HUNTER. BUT WHILE HE WAS ALWAYS SMILING IN PICTURES AS A CHILD, CURRAN SAYS HE WAS FEELING DEPRESSED AND WORTHLESS BY HIS EARLY TEENS. IT IS VERY LONELY AND I HAD HARD TIME MAKING ENDS AT ALL. 40 FOUND SOME COMFORT IN MUSIC BEFORE LEARNING STRATEGIES TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM. BUT NOTHING COMPARED TO BEING CAST IN A HIGH SCHOOL PRODUCTION, PLAYING A COMEDIC ROLE THAT WAS GREAT. THAT WAS AMAZING. GETTING THE LAST 40 DISCOVERED HE COULD BEFRIEND KIDS THROUGH LAUGHTER AND EVENTUALLY ASKED A LOCAL PROMOTER ABOUT DOING AMATEURS STAND UP. HE SAID, SURE, I’LL PUT YOU ON MY SHOWS AND 5 DAYS SAID. >> CURRENT WAS TERRIFIED, HE NEVER ACTUALLY WRITTEN A JOKE BEFORE. >> BUT HE FOUND THAT THE PROCESS OF PLANNING OUT AN INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC WAS REASSURING AND FACED HIS FEAR. >> GOOD EVENING, >> A CURRENT GOT A FEW LAUGHS THAT FIRST NIGHT. AND NOW AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF DOING STANDUP PROFESSIONALLY. >> HAS EARNED COUNTLESS I’M WON JUST EXPECT ROOM. SO THEY SEEM ROOTED IN A LIE. I’M NOT MAKING EYE CONTACT OR JUST WANT TO KNOW THIS BECAUSE THEY REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU’RE NOT WHERE >> YOU HEAR THE LAUGHTER VALUE AFTER EARNING NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR MAKING IT TO THE SEMIFINALS ON CANADA’S GOT TALENT. EVERY JOKE WORKED EVERY LINE WORK. 40 NOW CONSIDERS HIS AUTISM AND THE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF THE WORLD THAT OFFERS TO BE A COMEDIC SUPERPOWER. THERE’S A BIT OF A PASS. BUT THEN THERE’S ALSO THAT GIFT THAT COMES WITH IT, WHICH IS WHY IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME AND COMFORT HIS YOUNGER SELF, IT’S A NEVER GIVE UP. YOU’RE BETTER THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE ARE FEELING IT YET. YOU WILL ADAM SAWATSKY, CTV NEWS. SAANICH. >> SO WATCH TO YOU BY 1, 8, 100 GUNSHOTS, THEY MAKE JUST DISAPPEAR. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS POINT. >> LAST FOR AS HE WAS, BUT WE ALL WANT TO GO BACK AND AND REASSURE YOUNGER SELVES TOTALLY. AND I MEAN, SO MUCH ISLAND BREAD TELL IT LIKE HE MADE ALL THE WAY TO CANADA’S GOT TALENT. YES. MEAN, IT WELL DONE. IT’S INCREDIBLE. LET’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THANKS FOR JOINING US ON YOUR MORNING. VANCOUVER HAS A GREAT MORNING AT A BAR