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<p>The U.S. President has issued his latest ultimatum on the Russia-Ukraine war. But the demand is directed at NATO. Donald Trump says the U.S. will slap major sanctions on Russia only when NATO members agree to stop buying Russian oil. It's one of several conditions the President is demanding that could cause a snag for alliance members, including Canada.</p><p><br></p><p>Also: Parliament resumes next week in Ottawa, and the federal NDP are returning to fewer seats and shakier prospects. The tiny group of 7 MPs face a piling campaign debt -- and no permanent leader at its helm. We'll take you inside the party retreat in Parksville, British Columbia, where they are looking to regroup and strategize.</p><p><br></p><p>And: It was the groundbreaking all-female festival of the 90s. Now, a new documentary screening at TIFF goes behind the scenes of Lilith Fair. We'll take you to the red carpet to hear from festival founder Sarah McLachlan.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus: building a liquified nat...
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Stephanie Skenderas
Hello, I'm Stephanie Skenderas. This is your World tonight.
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Narrator/Host
The only way that is left for NATO Ukraine to stop the Russian military juggernaut is to bring down the Russian economy to the point where it cannot sustain the Russian military advances.
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Stephanie Skenderas
And US President Donald Trump says that's what he's trying to do with new demands on NATO members. But his range of conditions may come at another cost. Also on the podcast, what's left of the federal NDP goes on a soul searching retreat on Vancouver Island.
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Reporter/Correspondent
Plus, we just want them happy and we want their families to know when they come home they have a warm bed, a full belly and they're safe.
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Stephanie Skenderas
Call it Eastern Hospitality Volunteers in Nova Scotia keep firefighters going. After more than a month of battling a wildfire in the ANNAPOLIS VALLEY, the U.S. president has issued his latest ultimatum on the Russia Ukraine war. But the demand is for neither country. Instead it it's NATO. On the receiving end, Donald Trump says the US Will slap major sanctions on Russia when NATO members agree to stop buying Russian oil. It's one of several conditions the president is demanding that could cause complications for alliance members, including Canada. Philip Lychenok explains.
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Does your patience run out with Putin? Yeah, it's sort of running out and running out fast.
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Analyst/Expert
On Friday's Fox and Friends panel, US President Donald Trump hints at what his next move will be to fulfill his promise to end the war in Ukraine.
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Narrator/Host
What is clamping down on Vladimir Putin? Well, it'll be hitting very hard on with sanctions and having to do with oil and tariffs also.
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Analyst/Expert
But before he does that now, he says he wants all NATO allies to agree to stop buying Russian oil and implement 50 to 100% tariffs on China. And he questioned the alliance's commitment to winning the war, calling the purchase of Russian oil by some NATO members shocking. Michael Bosserkew is a global affairs analyst for the Atlantic Council and is based in Odessa.
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CBC Announcer
Mr. Trump is pointing the finger at.
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Narrator/Host
Europeans for their purchasing of Russian oil. Well, they don't have a choice right now and they have reduced their purchases.
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Analyst/Expert
But that isn't the case for some NATO members. Trump's demand isn't likely to go down smoothly for Turkey and Hungary, who are some of Russia's top buyers.
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Everyone recognizes, including Ukrainians, that they're being beaten.
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Analyst/Expert
Andrew Rasulas is with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. He notes the timing of Trump's ultimatum, which comes just as Russian drones violated Polish airspace, a provocation against a NATO ally.
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Narrator/Host
The only way that is left for the coalition of the willing, the west, NATO, Ukraine to stop the Russian military juggernaut is to bring down the Russian economy to the point where it cannot sustain the Russian military advances. And it's a race.
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Analyst/Expert
But Europe will need to find a replacement for Russian oil, and that may open an opportunity for Canada. McGill University's Julian Karagastyan is a former international trade advisor to the Canadian government.
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Narrator/Host
We could at least partially replace some of the oil and gas that EU member countries import from Russia, directly or indirectly.
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CBC Announcer
The problem facing us, though, is that.
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Narrator/Host
We don't have enough transportation, pipeline and port infrastructure.
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Analyst/Expert
The downside, he says, is complying with the second part of Trump's ultimatum, putting tariffs on China between 50 and 100%.
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CBC Announcer
So maybe we'd benefit in energy markets.
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Narrator/Host
But I think we would lose more.
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CBC Announcer
Much more, by cutting ourselves off from China.
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Analyst/Expert
Already placing a 100% tariff on Chinese made electric vehicles in lockstep with the United States has brought Chinese counter tariffs on Canadian canola, China beef and seafood. Philip Lisanock, CBC News, Toronto.
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Stephanie Skenderas
Health officials in Gaza say a barrage of Israeli airstrikes on Saturday killed at least 32 people across Gaza City. Israel has told the nearly 1 million Palestinians in Gaza City to evacuate south as its military prepares to take control. The IDF says its strikes targeted over 500 sites in the past week, destroying what it claims are Hamas sniper sites and weapons depots. Meanwhile, Israel's prime minister is blaming Hamas leadership in Qatar for blocking ceasefire negotiations. In a post on X, Benjamin Netanyahu says killing those leaders would, quote, rid the main obstacle to releasing all our hostages and ending the war. Still ahead, it was the groundbreaking all female festival of the 90s, but today you can go behind the scenes of Lilith Fair with a new documentary showing at tiff. We'll take you to the red carpet to hear from Festival founder Sarah McLachlan. That's coming up on YOUR WORLD Tonight. In Nepal, Sushila Karki is sworn in as the country's interim prime minister. The former chief justice takes on the role after violent anti corruption protests force the former leader to resign. With the collapse of Nepal's old guard, the young people who took part in the protests are left asking, what happens now? Our South Asia correspondent Salima Shivji reports.
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Field Reporter
The streets of Kathmandu still quiet, with heavily armed soldiers monitoring traffic. It's been only a few days since violent protests abruptly toppled the government of this South Asian country, and a fragile calm now reigns. With the army on alert during breaks in the days long curfew lifted early this morning, young students who led what's being called the Gen Z protests swept the streets of the capital, gathering broken glass outside charred buildings. I feel happy, I feel proud, I feel good. 25 year old Sajan Shrestha's joy that the president protests succeeded in bringing down a government accused of corruption and nepotism in just 48 hours is only slightly mingled with regret.
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Analyst/Expert
The current need is to clean what.
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Narrator/Host
We have done wrong.
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Field Reporter
As in riot, Kathmandu's palace complex turned seat of government was left in ruins. So were many other ministry buildings, the Supreme Court and homes of prominent politicians as the primary protests spiraled on Tuesday, the day after police aggressively pushed back thousands of protesters. They were furious over a social media ban and what they saw as a deeply entrenched culture of corruption in government. In all, more than 50 people were killed in the clashes. Protesters and police officers and more than 12,000 prisoners escaped from jails. In all the chaos for three generations of the Khadka family sitting in their living room, there's a shared outrage against the ruling elite. They were corrupt, says the matriarch, 93 year old man Maya Kadka. The youngsters had to rise up, but the army didn't handle the situation well, she says. They let buildings burn and convicts escape. Soldiers took control of the streets in an effort to restore calm late Tuesday night, hours after the prime minister had resigned. But by then there were thick billows of smoke and damage across much of Kathmandu. Manmaya's grandson Sangin Kadka, just 25, is filled. He says whatever the younger generation wants is possible. But his father, 58 year old Dal Khadka, is more cautious about what's next for their country. The chaos and violence came when the Gen Z movement was hijacked, he says, by people with their own interests. That could keep causing problems, Khadka says, and overshadow what's needed in Nepal. Real change Nepal is used to political instability, but the turmoil that broke out on Monday has pushed the army, which commands respect across the country, into an unusual role, says Ashok Mehta, a retired Indian general who has worked closely with the Nepalese military.
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CBC Announcer
The army chief, who has absolutely zero.
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Narrator/Host
Experience in overseeing and nursing a peace process, in fact rebuilding the governance system.
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Field Reporter
Another major challenge. The Gen Z protests grew organically, fueled by anger, and there's no single leader. Disparate groups agreed to have former Supreme Court Justice Sushila Kharki appointed as interim prime minister late Friday, and Nepal's parliament was dissolved. But many, like protester Bishu Yadav, are pushing for a more radical approach. I don't think she can run the country. It needs to be a young person, he says. As Nepal lurches towards an uncertain future, struggling for reform. Salima Shivji, CBC News, Mumbai.
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Stephanie Skenderas
In Norway's far north, an election was held this week for members of the country's Sami Parliament, the voice of the European Union's only recognized indigenous group. The result saw a surge in support for an unusual party, one that is opposed to many of the gains Norway has made toward indigenous rights over the past five decades. John Last reports At a victory party.
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Narrator/Host
In the Arctic town of Bjergvik, Vibeke Larsen was ecstatic. We are cheering, she told Norway's state broadcaster. We feel we have a right to celebrate. Larsen's party, the Nordkalotenfolke, had just recorded its best ever result nearly a third of votes in Norway's semi parliament election and the second most seats in the indigenous assembly. The party is arriving with a new mandate behind it to disrupt indigenous politics. But in its 16 years at the Sami ballot box, it hasn't been without controversy.
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Reporter/Correspondent
What we say is that all the Sami people, not only the reindeer herders.
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Stephanie Skenderas
Should be part of the decision making.
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Narrator/Host
Torlbach and Kaven founded the Nordkoloten Volke in 2009. She says the party aims to broaden the definition of Sami identity beyond an outdated idea that all Sami are nomadic herders.
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Stephanie Skenderas
We have to lose this national romantic.
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Reporter/Correspondent
View of the Sami people and say.
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Stephanie Skenderas
That everyone, even though you are a.
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Reporter/Correspondent
Farmer, a fisherman, you're still a part.
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Of the Sami society.
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Narrator/Host
But critics say their project goes beyond challenging stereotypes. Kavan's party has objected to Sami land claims, resisting efforts to give the Sami Parliament more say over controversial developments. Mines and wind farms, their rivals say threaten Sami lands and livelihoods. And amid a growing scandal over so called fake Sami who falsely claim indigenous ancestry, they've strongly opposed efforts to more closely scrutinize voters credentials.
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Stephanie Skenderas
There are a lot of new voters that they have recruited into the role and that of course changes the dynamics.
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Anne Henrietta Nidut is a political advisor for the Norwegian Sami association, the Nordkoleten Volke's main rival. She says the party has been successful at exploiting real divisions in Norway's Sami community between coastal groups most affected by brutal policies of assimilation and inland Sami who preserved more traditional aspects of their culture.
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Stephanie Skenderas
I think the NKF have managed to kind of set word to a feeling that a lot of Samis have this not not being good enough.
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Narrator/Host
For now, the Northkalette and Volca will remain in opposition, with Neelut's party securing enough seats to elect the next Sami president. But with their vote share nearly doubled since the last election, observers on both sides say it might not be for long. For CBC News, I'm John Last in Ottawa.
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Stephanie Skenderas
You're listening to youo World Tonight from CBC News. And if you want to you never miss one of our episodes, follow us on Spotify, Apple, wherever you get your podcasts, just find the Follow button and lock us in. Parliament resumes next week in Ottawa and the Federal NDP is returning to fewer seats and shakier prospects. There's a lot to figure out following one of the party's worst election defeats. The tiny group that is left of seven MPs face a piling campaign debt and no permanent leader at the helm. They gathered this week in Parksville, British Columbia to regroup and strategize. Marina von Stackelberg gives us a look inside.
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Reporter/Interviewer
On the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada's New Democratic Party came to do some soul searching. There's lots to Talk about before MPs return to Ottawa next week. Don Davies is their interim leader.
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Narrator/Host
The NDP has to take a hard look at why our messages didn't resonate in the way that we wanted it to.
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It's been a rough few months after the party's worst election results in history. They went from 24 MPs down to just seven. And there's internal wounds to heal. In recent months, infighting became public when a letter written by three of the MPs slamming the party's decision making was leaked. Enter the facilitator armed with art supplies behind a closed boardroom door decorated with a cheerful orange sign. As part of the day long session, the MPs hit the beach. They paired off sitting on benches and large pieces of driftwood, talking it out as the tide rolled in. Leah Gazan is the MP for Winnipeg Center.
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Stephanie Skenderas
You know we're a good caucus and we get along and you know we're having fun in there. You hear it on the outside, we're laughing a lot and I think I feel very hopeful going forward.
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Narrator/Host
This is the Federal ndp, mighty Federal.
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Analyst/Expert
NDP caucus who made it through an.
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Reporter/Interviewer
Incredibly difficult election that night Set at a town hall, the room is full with nearly 100 supporters. At the back, a sign up sheet to volunteer and donate. The New Democrats are down to a skeleton staff. They have to pay off campaign debt and they won't have a new leader until March. Edmonton MP Heather McPherson hasn't ruled out running for the job.
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Reporter/Correspondent
We're very excited about having good conversations.
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Stephanie Skenderas
About what the future of the NDP he looks like.
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Reporter/Interviewer
Part of that is figuring out how to get back the voters they lost. Progressive voters, working class voters, voters like the ones here on Vancouver Island. This was once NDP territory with the party holding six of seven ridings. Now there's just one New Democrat MP left. Gore Johns.
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Stephanie Skenderas
This is a moment.
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Narrator/Host
This is a moment where Canadians need the New Democratic Party. They need us more than ever.
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Stephanie Skenderas
And the seven of us are going to get everything we've got.
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Reporter/Interviewer
As Mark Carney moves the Liberal government further to the political right, the New Democrats say they see a growing space for their progressive voice on issues like climate, indigenous rights and labor. But in a House of Commons with 343 MPs, the question is whether these seven will be heard. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Parksville, British Columbia.
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Stephanie Skenderas
A British company is hoping to build Canada's first liquefied natural gas plant on the east coast. But as Peter Cowan tells us from Newfoundland, there are a lot of hurdles before the project can become a reality.
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CBC Announcer
The harbour in Vermieuse is quiet with just a few fishing boats at the wharf. But Swapin Kattaria has a big vision for this small town.
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Narrator/Host
The only reason we are trying to do LNG is because we are at the right place at the right time to try and do it.
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CBC Announcer
Now The CEO of FRMuse Energy wants to build a liquefied natural gas plant in the town of just 266people, about an hour and a half from St. John's the supply of gas would come from Newfoundland's offshore oil projects. Right now they inject natural gas back into the wells. Frmuse Energy would build a 300 kilometer pipeline to bring it to Newfoundland, liquefy it and send it to Europe and beyond.
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Narrator/Host
I think it is important for Canada to stand up for itself and there are markets which are demanding that product. So somebody is going to fill that gap, right? And if Canada keeps a share of that pie, what's wrong with that?
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CBC Announcer
Originally, Kataria was just going to build a marine base in the community to service the offshore. But he says a shift in leadership and tone from the federal government made him more confident a gas project would get the green light.
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Narrator/Host
If we did not feel that there was political stability and we did not feel there was a sense of direction from the federal government and the provincial government being synced on growth and jobs and energy security, I think we would not have tried to do it. Now.
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CBC Announcer
Newfoundland has a lot of natural gas, but until now no projects to use it. Steve Crocker is the province's energy minister.
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Narrator/Host
This is an industry that we've been long waiting to develop and build a Newfoundland Labrador and this is great to see this company take a move here.
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Stephanie Skenderas
So what are we going to be looking at? A pilot pipeline and everything else?
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Narrator/Host
No, no, don't want it.
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CBC Announcer
Virginia Pennell lives in the COVID where Vermeuse Energy wants to build its floating plant. She doesn't think the promise of jobs will benefit her town where even the fish plant has to bring in workers because it can't find people locally.
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Reporter/Correspondent
I mean, we do not want to.
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Narrator/Host
See that out here in our harbour.
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Stephanie Skenderas
It's going to take over the whole harbor.
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CBC Announcer
One expert is also questioning whether Europe will want the gas long term. Sarah Hastings Simon is a professor at the University of Calgary.
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Stephanie Skenderas
I think there is a lot of uncertainty and a lot of reason to be concerned about the mid to long term demand for lng. And so you know, the extent to which there is a business case without any support for it, I think there's a big question mark there.
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CBC Announcer
She says Europe is investing heavily in solar and wind to reduce the long term need for natural gas. Kataria is confident he'll have customers. He's already building offtake facilities in Scotland and India. But he still needs to find the investors who agree, willing to put in the $15 billion needed to make it more than a pipe dream. Peter Cowan, CBC News for Muse Newfoundland.
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Stephanie Skenderas
It has been a month since Nova Scotia's Long Lake wildfire started. It's thankfully now under control, but crews are still working around the clock to put it out completely. All the while, a group of volunteers is also putting in countless hours to keep those firefighters well fed and well rested. Jane Sponigle has that story.
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Volunteer/Local Interviewee
Firefighters back from a 12 hour shift, dirty, bleary eyed and hungry, finally getting to sit down to a hot meal. It's thanks to the 45 volunteers who have been feeding and caring for the nearly 200 firefighters staying at the former naval base.
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Reporter/Correspondent
It's the smiles on their face to see someone that exhausted.
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Volunteer/Local Interviewee
Cheryl Pistorius has to be exhausted too. She's been here since day three and putting in Long hours on top of her day job.
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Reporter/Correspondent
I just want some delight in their life. This is a tough job. I can't imagine doing this day in, day out in that heat. They're in the bogs, they're soaking wet, they're being sunburned, the ticks, the bugs. But they're going out there and they're doing it every day. It's nothing for me to come down here and help.
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Volunteer/Local Interviewee
Nothing here. Wasn't much until the property company that now owns the buildings on the base got the call to help. Barrack rooms were cleaned and repaired with hours notice. Volunteers stayed up all night scrubbing the commercial kitchen that hadn't been used in four years, so it could be ready for that first breakfast. The kitchen is now buzzing for 17 hours a day, making all of the meals, including 100 sandwiches for bagged lunches. Peter Rowan is on sandwich duty. He's a retired firefighter originally from Ontario.
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Narrator/Host
I know the morale of the firefighters will be high because of the community support here. Nova Scotia support overall, too. So it all helps with the mental health and everything and hard work.
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Analyst/Expert
Getting full belly helps.
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Volunteer/Local Interviewee
There's been a rotation of shafts. Bonnie Buckler was the first cook of this operation and is still on hand. Buckler grew up in West Dalhousie, the community at the center of the fire, and has family members who've had to leave their homes. Being here was the only option for her.
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Field Reporter
I think that's something Nova Scotians just do when there's a crisis. They just get in that kitchen and they start cooking. And that's exactly what's happened here.
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Reporter/Correspondent
It's amazing.
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Volunteer/Local Interviewee
Nova Scotia's Department of Natural Resources has paid for the firefighters accommodations and food, but it's the volunteers who are trying to make it feel like home. On the menu this night, a Nova Scotia boiled dinner. Ham, cabbage, potatoes, turnip and carrots, and for dessert, pie. And lots of it. Pistorius has earned the nickname the pie pusher. She says some firefighters won't make eye contact with her, so she doesn't make them eat more. But she doesn't want anyone to leave hungry.
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Reporter/Correspondent
We just want them happy and we want their families to know when they come home, they have a warm bed, a full belly, and they're safe because that's all parents want. They just want their children to be safe. So I'm glad I get the opportunity to do that. It's like, it's humbling for me, so I feel really blessed that I got that chance to do that.
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Volunteer/Local Interviewee
Pistorius wants the fire to end, but says she'll miss the firefighters when they're gone. Jane Sponigle, CBC News, Cornwallis Park, Nova Scotia.
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Stephanie Skenderas
The Toronto Argonauts honored actor and comedian John Candy with a tribute game at BMO Field in Toronto against the Edmonton Elks. Candy was a longtime CFL fan and co owned the Argos from 1991 to 1994, overseeing the team's Grey cup win in 91. His son Chris Candy spoke to CBC News about today's game. It's a perfect cherry on top of a very long week of getting to reintroduce my dad to the world. And it's an honour.
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Narrator/Host
You know, he loved football, he loved Canada, and I think it's interesting, I even feel like a kindred spirit to.
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Stephanie Skenderas
How he was really rooting for the cfl.
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Narrator/Host
But he really loved the team and he loved all the people he worked with. So I think it was great for him to do that in his lifetime.
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Stephanie Skenderas
John Candy died of a heart attack in 1994 at the age of 43. He's the subject of the new documentary John Candy, I Like Me, which opened the Toronto International Film Festival last week. And TIFF is now coming to a close. One of the final premieres, a documentary on a pioneering moment in pop culture history. Promoters said you can't put two women on the same bill. People won't come. And it put a huge fire under my butt to prove them wrong. And prove them wrong she did. That was Sarah McLachlan from a new doc called Lilith Fair Building a mystery about the 90s era Music festival she founded. Magda Gebrislassa spoke to us from the red carpet. Magda Lilith Fair only existed for a brief few years, but it was a banner moment for women in music back in the 90s. What can people expect from this documentary on that time?
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Reporter/Correspondent
Well, this documentary really looks at, you know, why this music festival came together, why Sarah McLachlan decided to do something that many people told her could not be done, having all of these women artists together on the lineup at this festival. You know, at the time you had people like Joan Osborne and Paula Cole, Tracy Chapman, Jewel, Indigo Girls, Erykah Badu, they were all part of this music festival. And it was, you know, pushing back at a time when, you know, they were told that you couldn't play women artists back to back on the radio and you couldn't have a concert where two female artists were on the ticket. And so Sarah McLachlan was out to prove so many people wrong that in fact, it could be done, that it would be a success, that you could sell tickets putting a festival like this on. And in order to do that, she ended up, you know, coming across a lot of pushback. Here's a clip from her on the red carpet talking about that every day.
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Stephanie Skenderas
At the press conference. I had to defend every piece of it from one side or another. You're too feminist.
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Field Reporter
You're not feminist enough.
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Stephanie Skenderas
You're not diverse enough. Why do you hate men? That was a real common sentiment.
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Reporter/Interviewer
But whenever you try and push back.
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Stephanie Skenderas
Against industry norms, against social norms, there's always going to be pushback.
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Reporter/Correspondent
And the festival, you know, it ran from 97 to 99 was a huge success. But, you know, since then, there have been so many artists up today that have been influenced by those women of that time and their music and what they went through to put on Lilith Fair. And you get a bit of that, that, that conversation as well, with artists like Olivia Rodrigo participating in this documentary.
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Stephanie Skenderas
And to her point, I mean, it wasn't only something that was important to women. One of the producers on this is Dan Levy. What did he tell you about what Lilith Fair meant to him?
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Reporter/Correspondent
Yeah, you know, there's a part in the documentary where he talks about, you know, he. He was going through a tough time when he was closeted, he was being bullied, and he felt like when he went to Lillitz Fair, it's one of his earliest memories of feeling safe. And I talked to him about that on the red carpet. Here's a bit from him, you know.
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Volunteer/Local Interviewee
As like a closeted kid, going and seeing so many different types of people.
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Stephanie Skenderas
Living so joyfully and outwardly. It really was a celebration of inclusivity across the board.
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Volunteer/Local Interviewee
And that is my big takeaway.
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Reporter/Correspondent
And here he is now, obviously, that that festival made a huge impact on his life. And now he gets participate in this festival and be a producer on this documentary that meant so much to him.
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Stephanie Skenderas
We're coming to the end of the festival now, the end of tiff. What are some of your reflections on this year's festival as it wraps up? You've clearly had some amazing conversations with people on those red carpets.
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Reporter/Correspondent
Yeah, you know what? It's been a busy, busy tiff. And there were so many actors that came out for this festival this year. I'm losing count of all the red carpets I covered. And it really did feel. I'm comparing this year's TIFF to last year. Last year's tiff. I felt like TIFF is really back this year. You know, since the pandemic, it's really changed and it didn't feel quite the same. You didn't have as many people showing up for it. You didn't have as many, you know, people here coming to the movies. But this year, oh, you had people coming out to the show. It really, the energy just felt like Tiff is really back.
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Stephanie Skenderas
Oh, yeah. Even from where we sit in the CBC building, which is right near, near the festival, it's been so, so buzzy. Magda, thank you so much.
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Reporter/Correspondent
Thank you.
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Stephanie Skenderas
That was Magda Gebris Lasse from the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival. And if you want to watch Lilith Fair, Building a Mystery, it'll be streaming on CBC Gem starting September 17th. For a whole lot of people, those are the sounds of a Saturday morning in the living room fighting with your siblings over who gets control of the Nintendo controller so you can jump down pipes, headbutt those question mark blocks and rescue the princess. The theme song for Super Mario Bros. Is still as iconic as it was when the game first came out on this day 40 years ago. Yes, it's been four decades since those brothers from Brooklyn got sent to the mushroom kingdom and became the world's most famous plumbers. It wasn't actually Mario's first game appearance. That was in 1981's Donkey Kong, though back then he was known as Jump Man. Then there was the single screen game Mario Brothers. Before Nintendo released Super Mario in Japan. It's me Mario. It had a bunch of spinoffs and became the best selling video game series of all time. More than 890 million copies, as well as a 1989 TV show.
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Narrator/Host
We're with the Mario brothers and plumbing's a game. We're not like the others who get all the fame. If your sick is in trouble, call us on the double. We're faster than the others. You'll be hooked on the Brothers.
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Stephanie Skenderas
And a 2023 movie that is not only the most successful video game adaptation ever, but the fifth highest grossing animated film ever.
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Narrator/Host
All right, that's a go.
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Stephanie Skenderas
Nintendo's gonna try to level up that success with another movie. The Super Mario Galaxy. Galaxy movie is coming out next April starring Chris Pratt as Mario. And it sends our hero to space. But for now, we'll sign off from the world, your world tonight. I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Thank you for listening.
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Narrator/Host
Yo, you're in for a treat, so hang on to you see. Get ready for adventure and remarkable feast. You'll meet Coopers and Troopers. The.
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