Extreme weather hit parts of Ontario | CTV News Toronto at Noon for Aug. 19, 2024

[Music] Prive damage things like um rail cars being blown over and um uh trees that were basically scattered every which way it was a wild weather weekend across the region marked by a tornado touching down in the town of air on Saturday good afternoon in in addition to that tornado much of the GTA saw signific ific flooding people had to be rescued from their cars on the 410 last night after a portion of the highway flooded ctv's Rahe lani's been following the aftermath of the wicked weather and joins us now with more Raheem well Nathan and Michelle the active weather it disrupted so many people's weekend's plans in fact 14% of scheduled flights at Pearson Airport were cancelled on Saturday while the king's plate also had to be postponed with the heavy rainfall causing widespread flooding you can count the vehicles five of them submerged on Highway 410 in Miss Saga Sunday Heavy Rain quickly engulfed them trapping the people inside the dramatic scene leading to fire Crews deploying an inflatable raft to rescue those stranded at Dundas in Queen Frederica Drive the roadway was closed again for several hours after being flooded for a second straight day every summer has some kind of defining characteristic and I think the summer unfortunately of 2024 has been the summer of the Deluge uh we can go a number of days without getting much in the way of rainfall and then suddenly make up for it with huge amounts of rain falling in a relatively short period of time that was the case throughout the weekend in the GTA beginning on Saturday multiple people had to be helped through the gushing Waters in Miss Saga while some of the drivers who tried to Wade through on the rone soon called for a toe came pretty high it was pretty flooded there was a couple people out here in the water that we uh had taken out of the water this video from an apartment building shows a giant recycling bin floating down the middle of the road I was standing out on my balcony and filming the parking lot and all the cars were getting flooded again Environment Canada says some areas saw more than 100 millim of rain Saturday While others like downtown Toronto experienced a fraction of that demonstrating the highly localized nature of Summer showers very slow moving storms like we had uh on Saturday and back in mid July it was training storms one storm after another rolling over the same area so we've been hit by both types of flash blood events uh during the course of this summer meanwhile south of kitner in air Ontario a confirmed ef1 tornado touchdown on Saturday we all just uh ran into the basement uh cuz we could tell you know this was a real serious alert the tornado brought wind speeds of 165 k km an hour that uprooted trees downed power lines and damaged homes and businesses initially ef1 uh will look to see if there's anything any data beyond that to show that it should go higher uh because you know there was some pretty impressive damage the team says they will now assess drone and satellite footage to see if the tornado should be rated higher I asked Jeff Coulson of environment in Canada if we're now done with this extreme weather and in his opinion we're not he says while the media days ahead do look calm we can get these strong thunderstorms hail and tornadoes right into the month of September reporting live I'm Rahe ladani Mich I'll send it back to you thank you Raheem a man has been arrested after a woman was found dead in a galf apartment police say a 50-year-old man walked into a police station with injuries on Saturday after speaking with the man officers went to a residential building near the G Junction neighborhood where they found a woman's body police say the man and woman were known to each other the suspect is now facing a charge of second deegree murder six people were taken to hospital after a Transit bus in London Ontario lost control yesterday it happened around 9:30 yesterday morning on highb Avenue the bus ended up sideways in the median along the high-speed section of the separated Highway multiple emergency crews responded to the scene all of the injuries were non-life-threatening three people have been arrested following a multi- vehicle crash in cabbage town yesterday it happened just after 4 15 p.m. on Sunday near gerarden Parliament police say a vehicle collided with the TTC street car and struck another vehicle head on four people ran from this scene on foot with three later being taken into custody paramedics say one person was arrested at the scene the driver of the vehicle which was struck head on spoke about the incident I was driving down [ __ ] what is this Dundas yeah I was driving down Dundas and then next thing I know that this car flew around around this street car here CLI the side of the street car and then uh came in and and hit me head on so but I'm pretty sure they didn't think that I was going to be here and they were going to be able to kind of divert over into uh into River Street there so but yeah next thing I know they they hit me head on and then all four doors flew open so like straight away I knew had a feeling that it was going to be you know a stolen car police say they were not involved in a Pursuit prior to the crash the cause is still under investigation and a man facing several charges after three officers were injured while assisting with an eviction in the city's West End officers responded to a break and Enter at a home near calonia Road and Rogers Road Friday when they assisted two sheriffs uh with an eviction police say during that time officers learned the suspect identified as 30-year-old Jiao Pedro de Silva Cordo was also wanted for not attending Court in connection with several previous offenses three officers suffered minor injuries during the arrest arrest and in response to the incident Toronto police associations released a statement which reads in part three officers sustained injuries thankfully they will be okay the man now faces in total at least 17 charges involving two jurisdictions the man is also a cbsa overstay and is currently in the open removal process on behalf of our members and the public we are asking all levels of government to stop pointing fingers and explain why this man was still in in Canada and why he was not in custody the Transportation safety boards released recommendations in the wake of a Toronto ferry crash which injured 12 people two years ago the Sam mcbridge Ferry collided with the dock as it approached the Jack Leighton Ferry Terminal back on August 20th of 2022 CTV Sean Leong has been following the story he joins us live with more Sean what what's been revealed well Michelle and Nathan when the crash happened there were a lot of questions raised around the safety of this ship was it traveling too fast was the crew properly trained and was there a malfunction the answer to many of these questions was no nearly 2 years to the day after a vessel traveling from the Toronto Islands crashed into the dock at the Jack Lon Ferry Terminal the Transportation safety board released their findings our investigation found several safety deficiencies related to passenger Safety Management and emergency preparedness six people were taken a hospital and approximately 20 were injured when the Sam McBride collided with the dock around 5:00 p.m. on August 20th 2022 in their investigation the Transportation safety board found that there were not enough crew members working at the time the Sam McBride was traveling too fast at the time and one of the ship's propellers may have failed in an attempt to slow down while coming towards land the investigation found that the city of Toronto did not have written procedures to Def find a safe approach speed during docking instead decisions around docking speed were left to discretion of the vessel Master many of the injured passengers had been standing on or near the stairs at the time the Transportation safety board says there were only six crew members working despite there being a recommendation for 13 crew members and they weren't properly trained for an emergency the samic bride occurrence highlighted the vulnerabilities related to passenger Management in Ferry operations and the importance that must be put on passenger safety the Transportation safety board is making three recommendations that all crew members complete appropriate train training Transport Canada Implement a formal process for evacuation and Transport Canada create a process for keeping an accurate count on the number of passengers on board now the Transportation safety board did clarify that the samic bride does have 13 crew members working on it now the 85-year-old ship was looked at at the time and they said that it was properly maintained now the uh the transportation Board of Canada does have 90 days to respond to these recommendations reporting live I'm Sean Leong Nathan I'll send it back to you thank you Sean still to come the Democratic National Convention is underway in Chicago we'll have more on the multi-day event a little later in the show but first an interesting development in a story we've been following City records indicate a building near Kensington Market which was partially demolished on Saturday was deemed unsafe in 2014 the demolition happened after people noticed the building leaning dangerously over the sidewalk sparking concerns about a possible collapse ctv's Natalie Johnson's been following this story and joins us live with more details Natalie well Nathan the scene here on Dundas West on Friday was very dramatic as residents were forced from their homes over concerns that the structure would collapse the facade of the building was teetering over the sidewalk and on Friday evening uh late into the night Crews worked to bring it down in a controlled collapse City Records as you say now show that this is not the first time that this building had been deemed unsafe an inspection from July 2014 10 years ago resulted in the property owner being issued an order to remedy an unsafe building the city says that that 2014 order was issued due to the addition of various residential units in the building that did not have a building permit the city talling CTV News in a statement that that unlawful addition triggered various building code requirements which caused the building to be unsafe as defined by the building code act the unsafe condition was eventually removed but there continued to be some outstanding permit requirements the city says those two issues the one from 2014 and the issue that this building faced on Friday are unrelated but people who live here and nearby say they're rattled by this scene and the force evacuation of the tenants that happened over the weekend the wi is crack yeah and uh and this on on the at the morning I wake up and I heard a uh very loud noise and the wall is at a crack on B open and we run we we land off of the building they smelt some kind of burning smoke or something or saw some Flames but the same time the fact that if you look inside of the building there's no burning residue if I may say so a lot of of these buildings are really unsafe and does that concern you it does um in in a in a way of course anything you know with injuries and and Toronto fire has said that an investigation is now underway to determine what exactly caused the structural damage to this building reporting live from Dundas West I'm Natalie Johnson Nathan over to you thank you Natalie the intersection at blor and St George is closed this week the city has shared renderings of the work Crews will be doing at the intersection it includes raising bike Lanes replacing sidewalks and improving ashphalt The Works expected to close the intersection through to next Monday and that's August 26th and there is a late night Subway closure to warn you about this this week from today through to Thursday night service online one will stop at 11:59 p.m. between Eglington and college stations Crews will be carrying out planned track work on that stretch of the route and shuttle buses will be operating instead regular service will resume each morning at 6:00 a.m. Mayors from across the province have gathered in Ottawa for the association of municipalities of Ontario conference the premier took the stage today to offer support for municipalities who were calling on the Ford government for Aid cdv's Mike Walker has been following the Amo and joins us live with more Mike Michelle Nathan Ontario's Mayors have been sounding the alarm that their budgets are strained due to the rising costs associated with homelessness mental health and addiction one of their asks is for the Ford government to create a new minister to tackle those issues now the premier did not specifically address those concerns in his speech this morning but did announce a new online portal that municipalities can use to connect with investors Ford spent most of his speech highlighting his government's accomplishments and Investments to help build Recreation facilities the province's economic growth that added 800,000 jobs since he became Premier as well as building more housing and Transit as a province's population continues to grow that includes several new highways such as the 413 and Bradford bypass now the new tool Ford announced today is developed by invest Ontario that will help connect municipalities with both local and international investors the premier said it will be a powerful tool to help attract Investments and jobs through our new partner portal municipalities will be able to upload information about commercial and Industrial properties in their communities and provide companies with information about the property including demographic Trends market analysis in First Nations treaty areas it's going to be a power ful resource to help local governments and communities attract Investments and jobs NDP leader Merit Styles and liberal leader Bonnie cromby are both expected to address the conference later this afternoon reporting live at Queens Park I'm Mike Walker Nathan back to you all right thank you Mike we've got more news in a moment but first there's a live look at this city and we'll take a first look at the forecast cloudy but it will eventually move out and there's Mike Walker again things are going to uh cool down uh but later on in the work week temperatures are going to go right back up uh looking at our satellite radar you can see that we've got rain to the east but nothing in the GTH or Southern Ontario for that matter unlike the past weekend currently we're sitting at 16 degrees in Peterboro 16 in Toronto 16 in Hamilton and that is well below seasonal normal around this time of year is 25 if you got plans for today maybe heading out to the exhibition it's a little bit cooler so maybe wearing long sleeves a jacket maybe some long pants as well the clouds will clear out in the afternoon though that's the good news we'll give you a look at the long range for forecast a little bit later on in the show well the impact of the severe weather in Quebec has the mayor in particular trying to defend his community's response ctv's Maria s has more on the costly cleanup from the remnants of tropical storm Debbie Anique Vine's walk home on eel bizard looks very different today than it did one week ago she's been picking up the pieces after the remnants of tropical storm Debbie flooded her basement with more than 2,000 mm of water it was like a tornado went through when we walked downstairs like the water tank was falling even when we walked into my our laundry room my washing machine flipped upside down see Food Van dein's friends and family have been working 12h hour days to strip the lower level down to the cement adding to the stress she says her insurance won't cover the up to $70,000 in Damages because the flooding was caused by overflow from a nearby March rather than the sewer system their team TV computer we had a wood burning stove this was my full sewing room washer dryer bathroom vavine has submitted a claim to Quebec's Ministry of public security which is helping compensate homes affected by the storm but she expects to pay out of pocket for part of the costs the mayor of the burough Doug Hurley admitted he's now facing a 4 to six figure fine from The Province for dumping water into the Rivier de Prairie before environment Quebec approved the move I'm prepared to go to court and argued a particular point it is important that when situations occur that we have our priorities in place the first one is human lives and safety after that we'll worry about the details later he added there were Lessons Learned this time around and he's working to put new protocols in place as similar situations become more likely due to climate change one is our emergency response trying to get hold of a lot of different people over the weekend can be difficult as for vanine she says it'll be at least 2 to three years before she has a functional basement again but she's grateful her family is safe Maria suu CTV News Montreal members of the media are expected to get their first chance to see the devastation and the beginning of the recovery in Jasper later today Friday marked the first day the residents were allowed back in after a wildfire forced the evacuation of the entire town Parks candidate now says the wildfire that destroyed a third of the structures in Jasper is now classified as being held early estimates pegged the damage at 200 83 million hurricane Ernesto is expected to brush Atlantic Canada today the Canadian Hurricane Center is predicting the storm will weaken as it approaches the colder Waters off Newan land people who live near the coast are being urged to brace for potential damage to docks breakwaters and other Waterfront structures CTV Scott Hurst has been tracking the storm he joins us live now with more Scott talk to us about the latest information and the path for Hurricane Ernesto Michelle for fortunately maritimers will not feel the direct brunt of this storm as you mentioned it will just brush past the Maritime Provinces the latest track has it going just south of the Maritime Provinces but that doesn't mean they're in the clear they're still expecting a glancing blow which could still bring damage and some flooding from the high winds and the strong surf against some of the coastal areas and so that is what is of significant concern right now and so Ernesto has gained back category one hurricane status regaining that status on Sunday as it moved up the coast into Canadian Waters while it is now back to Hurricane forest with sustained winds of up to 140 kilometers an hour it's expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm later today into Tuesday evening so it is downgrading as it moves through the Maritime Provinces and as it churns through Canadian Waters it will be just skirting south of those provinces Michelle so there still could be some damage still could be some flooding Ong some of the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia but most notably the area of concern is the southern tip of New Finland MH H every time there's these big storms heading North Atlantic Canada they always get a little something you feel so bad for them let's talk about the next 24 hours what could the maritimes and southern New Finland see of course as you mentioned maritimers are no stranger to these type of storms luckily in this case they are not getting a direct Blow from this storm and they are used to storms where they do have to batten down the hatches and really make some contingency plans though this is is not going to be the case for those particularly Inland but we are still expecting some significant risk particularly as I mentioned the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia and that includes rip currents through that Province today with the risk of heavy surf along that section of Nova Scotia and then as it passes through the southern tip of Newland there's a threat of coastal damage and flooding from the high wind rain and large waves the biggest area of concern being the Avalon Peninsula heavy rain for that region at this point the last models indicate that it could be over the supper hour where they could get anywhere between 50 and 70 mm of rain in certain areas of the Avalon Peninsula so that is the most significant concern right now and that is what we expect over the next 24 hours Michelle let's hope it's not too bad CTV Scott HST live for us in the CTV National Newsroom thank you thank you and Nottawa courts expected to hear final arguments from the legal teams of two Freedom Convoy organ izers today Tamara leech and Chris Barber are charged with Mischief intimidation and counseling others to break the law the trial has been legally complicated and has been started and stopped dozens of times since it began last September courts expected to hear from Barber's Council before leech's lawyers deliver the final submissions the crown previously told the court the two knowingly crossed a line between legal protest and illegal Mischief making the Democratic National Convention is underway in in Chicago and it comes as US vice president KLA Harris is surging in the polls new data puts her ahead of Donald Trump and the Democratic party is hoping the convention can solidify that support ctv's Chief political correspondent vashy capelos has more from Chicago four weeks ago you and I were talking four weeks in a day ago you and I were talking about Joe Biden stepping aside the campaign was on sort of its it's you know on death St uh I was coming out of the RNC it felt like it was almost a certainty that Trump could win and four weeks later the the the table has completely been changed has been reset and as a result you can see some of the polling going into tonight where in particular in those swing states where Trump had uh was starting to Garner an even more substantial Advantage heading out of the RNC that Advantage is now within the margin of error um and it's you know it's a tossup but but very much more competitive for the Democrats the biggest number that has changed in the last four weeks is the level of enthusiasm for the kind of people that I'm going to be covering here who come out to this convention who want to vote Democrat they have you know by 20 points become more excited to go and vote and motivated to vote because of the change in candidate so I'm going to be very curious to see uh the ways in which Joe Biden addresses that tonight my understanding is it's going to be somewhat similar to what we heard when he gave that address to Americans in the Oval Office essentially Focus primarily on contrasting Democrats with the possibility of Donald Trump back in the White House they've been handing out signs already to party faithful who will be there saying keep the faith um so so I anticipate that will be the focus of his message tonight but hard to take away from the fact that he was supposed to be there on Thursday he's now teeing up the woman his vice president who's going to be accepting the nomination on that day fashy celos reporting from Chicago America's top Diplomat is back in the Middle East warning today this is a decisive moment in efforts to reach a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas Anthony blinkin W met with Israel's prime minister during his ninth mission to the region the US Secretary of State said earlier in the day now is probably the best and maybe the last opportunity to conclude an agreement new talks are expected this week in Egypt blinkin also says work is underway to make sure there's no escalation or actions that might interfere with getting a deal done Ukrainian officials have issued an evacuation notice for families with children in P risk citing the quick advance of Russian forces towards the Eastern City those with children are being asked to urgently leave the city and neighboring towns Ukrainian officials last week said Russian forces were just 10 kilometers outside the city Russia has been inching towards the city for months as it continues its slow push across Ukraine's Eastern donk region this year doctors remained off the job in India this weekend in protest over the sexual assault and murder of a colleague Ban's family spoken out highlighting the plot fight of women in India ctv's Christina Talia has the details it's the battlecry of women and men in Kolkata thousands including doctors Marching In the Streets chanting wece we want Justice after a 31-year-old doctor a trainee was murdered August 9th at the hospital where she worked her partially clothed and badly injured body was found in a seminar room we can not handle violence or threats to us says this doctor we will not tolerate this today the victim's father spoke to reporters I need Justice for my daughter he says I hope the culprit who is behind my daughter's rape and murder she did not die on her own gets the harshest punishment the family was first told by Hospital management that the woman died by Suicide the head of the hospital has since resigned gold medalist she was aiming for a gold medal in her degree says the woman's ant this was her dream the Indian Medical Association announced all non-essential services at hospitals would be shut down for 24 hours impacting thousands of patients activists say the incident emphasizes how Indian women continue to suffer despite tougher laws in the last decade the minimum period of imprisonment is too low this expert in South Asian studies says the laws aren't Tough Enough especially given that usually people are let out before the end of the uh period for which they're imprison the prime suspect in the case is a Civic volunteer with the kolata police his mother telling reporters I should not have given birth to my son it is a huge mistake local media report that India's Supreme Court has taken on the case a judicial power of the court that allows them to intervene and proceed in cases without a formal complaint being made if the matter is in the public interest three judges will hear the case on Tuesday Christina telia CTV News Toronto at least one Canadian is among six people missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily the Italian Coast Guard says the missing people are of Canadian British and American nationalities the 56 meter luxury sailboat sank with 12 passengers and a crew of 10 on board during a violent storm earlier today rescue crews have recovered one body off the coast of poo 15 people have been rescued this surveillance footage shows the strength of the storm the moment it tore through the coastal city in the pre-dawn hours the annual Florida python Hunt is back for another year hundreds of people are taking part in the 10-day event in the Everglades searching for the invasive Burmese pythons Hunters on trucks equipped with flood lights Drive deep into the night in search of the snakes which can be as large as as 19 ft or nearly 6 M long the person that catches the most Burmese pythons wins a $10,000 Prize last year the challenge netted a whopping 209 snakes well we had major rain over the weekend at Pearson Airport we also broke a rainfall record that was set back in 2003 yesterday but right now things are cloudy and dry let's take a look at the numbers here are the rainfall totals in Southern Ontario IO and you can see a very high 150. 6 mm just in our city and now the numers so far in Toronto this month already more than double was considered normal this time of year the good news is we've got lots of dry weather for the next several days a look at the long range forecast after the [Music] break weather is brought to you by the presler law firm injury lawyers you don't pay unless they win there's a lot to like weatherwise this week which is fabulous but can we just talk about the weekend we had I mean so much rain lightning thunder I know for a fact many plans got ruined it's just that kind of intense rain where you know baseball's cancelled people who wanted to be outside H wasn't fun yeah I was supposed to go to a barbecue Sunday I had to go indoors if you were on the roads there were many spots that got flooded people having to pull over it was that you had to pull over getting rescued it was bad in many parts of the GTH uh the good news is all that rain is gone past us now and we've got a lot of dry weather to come and I'll show you the satellite conditions right now we've got rain to the east of us but really nothing in Southern Ontario uh right now it is a little bit cooler 15 in Trenton 16 in Toronto 21 in Windor then even cooler if you're heading up North uh the highs for Toronto 21 19 in Peterboro 20 waterl normal this time you would be 27 so uh the highs again below seasonal and then the lows 12 overnight nine in Peterboro nine in bankr so just a cooler night good if you maybe don't have air conditioning and you want to get a good sleep that does help uh the forecast radar is showing you that uh there's really no rain coming our way for a while so that's good looking at the long range forecast for today there will be some afternoon clearing something to look forward to the high 21 uh for tomorrow even more clearing a lot more Sunshine the high 20 a little bit cooler but you'll see that gradual trend on Wednesday lots of sunshine the High 22 Thursday Sunshine continues the high 24 and look at Friday Saturday and Sunday 26 27 and 28 are the high so a nice gradual increase more normal Midsummer temperatures a little bit cooler at night but I think that is overall okay we're going to give you a recap of the forecast a little bit later on in the show it's okay as long as it warms up a bit so it will it looks like it okay let's get to some sports for You Blue Jays are set to open a series with the Cincinnati Reds this evening grounded to third Barger has it and the Blue Jays will win it the Jays wrapped up their series with the Chicago Cubs yesterday afternoon they hit a homer in the second inning which was all the scoring in this game as they held on for the one- nothing win first pitch for tonight's game against Cincinnati except for just after 7 pm at Rogers Center the CFL has reinstated Argo quarterback Chad Kelly the 30-year-old was suspended for nine games May 7th for violating the League's gender based violence policy the suspension followed an independent investigation into a lawsuit filed by a former strength and conditioning coach the lawsuit was settled in June through mediation the CFL says Kelly's reinstatement is on a last chance agreement and is subject to him meeting several conditions which have not been disclosed Kelly returned to practice yesterday and is eligible to take the field Thursday when the Argos host the SC Saskatchewan Ru Riders still to come multiple media out Le reporting that iconic TV talk show host Phil Donahue has died we'll have more on his life and Legacy when we come [Music] back tablets can put the world at your fingertips but there's growing concern about the impact they can have on children new study finds tablet use can lead to more anger and outbursts from kids which can be harmful as they struggle to regulate their emotions CTV Sarah Plowman has the details tablets sometimes play babysitter Entertainer teacher new research shows more time with a device could lead to more Tantrums I do notice that when my kids get too much time with the screens tablets that uh they're a little moodier published in jamama Pediatrics the study surveyed 315 families in Nova Scotia and tracked the behavior of kids from 3 to 5 years old and what we found was that more tablet use at the age of three was associated with an increased tendency to show anger and frustration one year later by age four more anger and frustration tended to lead to more tablet time so we were essentially observing is the emergence of a sort of vicious circle experts say Early Childhood is a sensitive time for children to learn to manage their emotions screens don't offer that and the body of This research is showing is it's not necessarily the screen itself it's the fact that the kids are not actually playing with other kids it's recommended children younger than two have no screen time except for video chats with family and friends and for Kids 2 to five for it to be limited to 1 hour a day or less researchers note some parents pacify their children with screen time while it could help in the short term not in the long term they say the use of this strategy can interfere with children's ability to develop internal strategies for regulating their emotions their advice is Monitor not just what's on screen but also how often kids are in front of one Sarah Plowman CTV News frederickton in a statement released this morning the family of groundbreaking talk show host Phil Donahue announced he's died the TV icon known as the king of daytime talk never shied away from controversial topics or Andrea case joins us live now with more on Donna Hughes Life and Legacy Andrea Michelle and Nathan good afternoon Phil Donahue changed the face the tone and the trajectory of what a television talk show could be talking topis including racism AIDS and abuses within the Catholic Church Oprah says without him there would be no Oprah Show giving regular people a voice is what Phil Donahue will always be remembered for hired at a radio station in Ohio in 1957 Cleveland native Phil Donahue got his first opportunity in broadcasting when a radio announcer didn't show up for work and he stepped up to the microphone it took some time to find the outspoken voice we have come to know moving from Radio to television Donnie who worked as a freelancer for the CBS Evening News and later an anchor of the morning newscast in Ohio in 1967 he launched the Phil Don who show it was the first to include the audience moving from Ohio to Chicago and eventually New York's 30 Rockefeller Plaza he interviewed everyone from presidential candidates to celebrities and tackled controversial topics including race his gray hair and Sprint through the audience made him a television icon he certainly uh left an impression that last to this day Oprah said and I have the quote here he was the first to acknowledge that women are interested in more than mascara tips and cake recipes that were intelligent we're concerned with the world around us and we want the best possible things for our lives she says without the Phil Donahue show there would be no Oprah Winfree show the show won 20 Emmy Awards a Peabody Award and earlier this year he was awarded the medal of freedom by President Joe Biden married first in 1958 to Margaret Cooney they had five children raised Catholic he admitted he wasn't a very good one he divorced in 1977 3 years later he met actress Marlo Thomas when she was a guest on his show they clicked and were married for 44 years he went on to be a writer film producer and podcaster Donnie who died after a long undisclosed illness with his family by his side Phil Don Hugh was 88 years old donu is a Show's renamed ran for 20 9 years ending in 1996 he said his show was a democratic show and when you have issues that an audience cares about you don't need Stars I just talking to a girlfriend of mine just before I came on a and she said watching Phil Don who made her realize that she could do anything I think a lot of people felt that way reporting for CTV News I'm Andrea case Michelle I'll send it back to you it was always on in my house growing up that's for sure thanks Andrea well a new number one movie was crowned at the weekend box office is this really where you want to spend the rest of your life you no I don't alien ramulus devoured the competition with $41.5 million us across North America the sci-fi horror film knocked Deadpool and Wolverine out of the top spot after 3 weeks but the Marvel sequel starring Ryan Reynold still brought in another $29 million his wife Blake Lively's film it ends with us fell to third place with 24 million in ticket sales still to Comic Canadian convenience store giant is proposed in the biggest takeover of a foreign Japanese company details after the break a volunteer firefighter who lost his home in the wildfire in Jasper Alberta has ended up Stu halfway across the province now with the support of former colleagues as well as complete strangers he set to restart his journey towards a new home ctv's Andrew Johnson has the story when fire was threatening to overtake the town of Jasper Terry lbry was one of the thousands forced to pack up and go on the run now he's one of the hundreds without a home his devoured by Flames it was security anytime things got too rough in the world could always go home and for the first time in my life I don't have that anymore and he's decided his next home will be in BC there's nothing left in Jasper for me now I've met managed to get a spot in Parksville on Vancouver Island that I can I can go to um had a RV site there reach out and said we can help you we've got a spot for you the problem getting there his truck died after evacuating stranding lawnsberry in cam loops awaiting very costly repairs turns out the old Gigi truck that I bought to pull this trailer was a real lemon and you know needs around $20,000 in repairs which is more than the thing's worth lb's destination is Vancouver Island where he was once a volunteer firefighter and now his former team is trying to make it happen through their own sizable donation and a GoFundMe campaign you we're really feeling for him and hoping that he can uh Stitch everything back together and uh come up with some uh form of a decent life when this is over it's the most amazing team it's it's like family thousands of dollars have now been raised to get lawn B's truck back on the road so he can get on with his life The Compassion of people that have been helping is just it's been overwhelming it's a different feeling being on the other end of the spectrum and and needing the help a well-deserved twist for a dedicated volunteer Delta tough hand Andrew Johnson CTV News Vancouver a new report suggests just two sectors were responsible for the majority of corpor corporate capital gains earned the center for future work and another Progressive Think Tank says the miscellaneous intermediation sector and the real estate sector Together made more than half of all corporate capital gains reported in Canada between 2018 and 2022 the report also found those two sectors did not add any jobs to the economy and instead eliminated nearly 5,000 jobs over that time period an enormous convenience store deal may be in the works Andrew Bella bnm Bloomberg brings us the latest in business hello there here are your business headlines Canadian convenience store Empire Alam ton cushard operator of the Circle K chain is proposing to take over the owner of 711 that's a japanese-based company called 7 and I Holdings the deal valued at more than $30 billion US would be the biggest ever foreign takeover of a Japanese company it would create the world's biggest convenience store owner with roughly 100,000 Outlets seven and I shares jumped more than 20% and the company said it will review The Proposal Kush [ __ ] Shar slipped 1% Toronto shares traded in record territory with the composite index topping 23,100 Banking and oil shares were higher and gold shares also moved up gold price slipped from Friday's record high of more than $2,500 us an ounce but the yellow metal has surged more than 20% this year finally the two big Canadian railroads are set to shut down operations on Thursday if no agreement is reached with unionized workers Industries are bracing for billions of dollars in losses if they can't move their goods Canadian National Railway and CP Kansas city issued lockout notices to a union representing more than 9,000 employees at both companies that's the latest and business I'm Andrew Bell of B&M Bloomberg there can soon be a new wireless player in the Canadian Market kajo says it has signed partnership agreements with both a national wireless network operator and Eastlink as part of its plan to develop its wireless service the company could eventually offer cell phone service to 4.2 million customers in Ontario and Quebec that are within its cable footprint a lawsuit in the US against Ticket Master and its parent company is expanding 10 more states have joined the suit filed in May by the justice department a group of 30 States and the District of Columbia they want Live Nation broken up alleging it is monopolizing markets across the concert industry the lawsuit argues the concert promoter and its Ticket Master unit illegally inflated concert ticket prices and hurt artists coming up marking 55 years since Woodstock a photographer who captured the famous concert is taking people on a journey through the past with his [Music] pictures it's been 55 years since the original Woodstock concert which defined a generation of music fans ctv's Paul hollingworth caught up with a photographer whose photos helped immortalize the event in August 1969 photographer Henry D was on the phone with a friend who was organizing an outdoor concert and he said you should be out here at the SP Music Festival dils was soon on his way to cover a massive outdoor counterculture event on a farm near Woodstock New York it was a huge concert and it was mainly about the music from August 15th to 18th 32 acts performed some of the biggest names in music from that era music historian Alan Cross says without the tumultuous 1960s Woodstock would never have happened we had the Vietnam War terribly unpopular we had Richard Nixon terribly unpopular 55 years later the upcoming US election and ongoing Ukraine war have dils convinced 2024 is just as divisive as 1969 it's much better to unite and Inspire than it is to divide and insight beyond the music Woodstock was also defined by the people who showed up we had these idealistic hippies that were looking to extend the Summer of Love which began in 1967 through to at least the end of the decade Woodstock was buil as 3 days of peace love and music with modest expectations organizers expected a crowd of roughly 50,000 to show up but 450,000 showed up those who attended endured harsh conditions it was rainy it was muddy there were no facilities dils says he's proud of the pictures he took even prouder he participated in a moving experience it was a a form of uniting everybody at the end we're all one almost half a million people came together for a moment etched in human history captured through the lens of Henry deltz Paul hollingworth CTV News Halifax and there's another live look at the city this afternoon before we go let's take a final look at the forecast we do have lots of clouds that are moving out eventually late this afternoon we'll have much less clouds much fewer right now we're sitting at 16 in Toronto 16 in ashaa 16 in Hamilton so yes much cooler today than let's say last week over the next few days temperatures are gradually going to rise uh clearing this afternoon high of 21 for tomorrow mainly Sunny some clouds the high 20 for Wednesday though lots of sunshine the high 22 and for Thursday and Friday the highs go up to 24 and 26 so that Trend will continue into the weekend with a mixture of sun and Cloud notice though overnights though things are a little bit cooler throughout the week but again we've got a nice warmup to look forward to this weekend and that is it for CTV News remember you can get Toronto's breaking news all day long on CP24 and at our website CTV News Toronto . ca for all of us here at CTV News have a pleasant afternoon I'm Michelle dub and I'm Nathan dower be sure to join us later for CTV News at 5 and 6 have a great day [Music]