CBC Vancouver News at 6, July 23: 3 men stabbed in Vancouver within minutes of each other: police

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] tonight on CBC Vancouver News it was so scary British Colombians open their doors to people forced out of Jasper Alberta by wildfires I'm just GL to get out safely and get here long long bus ride last night but there is little space plus three people are stabbed in downtown Vancouver in less than 15 minutes police arrest a suspect as the victims recover it's such a beautiful city but yet when I come down here to do fun things I feel always on edge or unsafe and right now it's a little fishy maybe it smells like dog pee they affect property prices they affect quality of life whether you can use your patio or not what's that smell researchers use your whiffs to better understand odors and air quality across Metro Vancouver this is CBC Vancouver News hello I'm Dan burrett thanks for joining us at least 10,000 people have fled Jasper National Park in Western Alberta after a series of wildfires prompted a sudden an Hasty evacuation late Monday night the most concerning Blaze that's threatening that town is only about 12 kilm away as Georgie SMI explains many still rattled by the late night Escape are now looking for places to stay in other parts of Alberta and here in BC I think we should just leave Jasper's famed forests in Flames even as people fled fire burned to the edges of their exit look at this lineup um the only place to go apparently is West late Monday night an evacuation alert suddenly became an order to leave the park packed with summer vacationers as many as 25,000 residents and visitors were forced to drive through the night on a single Highway through suit and darkness to safety everybody waited hours and hours and hours and it's it was horrible it was it was awful for everybody involved I just got smoked here and smoke here um and the highway was just pretty a busy like just a long row of uh of tail lights uh and a long row of lights behind us in the rear room mirror wherever evacuees ended up many spent the night sleeping in cars those that went West into BC are being asked to go back to Alberta as the fire burns out of control there are fears people are still hiking and camping in the area unaware of the fire emergency see if you have a way of contacting those in the back country they should travel to reach a trail head and within the townsite the RCMP spent the day convincing about 40 people to leave so there are still some residents that are in there police are actively um going house to house to Apartments um speaking with these people and and encouraging them to leave Alberta working closely with Parks Canada we told them that we were prepared to help in whichever way they need us to and they're taking us up on that off winds and scorching temperatures are making for erratic fire Behavior look at this and it could get even worse late in the day the RCMP guided media through the park until it got too dangerous fortunately we've had to stop here another fire east of the town was growing too fast the job of protecting the people and the park not over yet Georg e Smite CBC News Vancouver British Colombians have been opening their doors to evacuees from The Jasper wildfires but government officials warn space in this province is limited in vilmont near Jasper just across the border a Welcome Center was immediately set up and staff were scrambling trying to find space for people to rest we spoke with the cbc's Tom poppic in vilmont earlier in the day well Dan this vilmont community center as you mentioned was turned into a sudden evacuation Center late last night and they faced a flash flood of evacuees as you mentioned thousands escaping on Highway 16 West the only exit they had this place the first point of refuge on their long journey it took some people as long as 6 hours to make that short jump because of the long line of traffic and when they got here the community center was packed by 4 a.m. they had to close for a little bit because there are so many people volunteers telling me over a thousand people registered and then the Alberta Government telling people best to move on if you want to get ESS services from the Alberta Government you have to go to Grand or to Calgary and that's where people have gone now and Tom you spoke with some of those volunteers as you mentioned what did they tell you about how they were helping the people who had to escape well they rust everything together quite quickly and they say they're just happy to help but they couldn't give much only some sandwiches some Cal drink some psychological counseling if you need the real assistance again you have to go to Alberta you have to register with Alberta ESS so people have moved on now a couple of people here are sticking around they're got their tents out they're camping they're waiting to see what happens Dan you know this flood is over but certainly the fires are continuing the cbc's Tom poic in vilmont Tom thanks very much stay safe meanwhile the cbc's Liam Britain is in cam loops taking a closer look at that difficult Journey for people out of Jasper and the uncertainty many faced even after they got to safety as night hit in Jasper it was clear something was wrong and you're just getting HIIT with Ash in your face on your arm Ash that was still on fire returning from a hike on a trip with his mom dad and brother Isaac newad said their holiday took a sudden turn as the out ofcontrol Wildfire approached forcing them to flee in a matter of minutes we kind of realized that the road to cam loops was our only was our only hope we couldn't go anywhere else cam loops one of the main destinations for evacuees most forced to take the only safe Highway way out of town Parks Canada says the majority were tourists visiting Jasper at the height of the season now left in limbo seeing everybody that's coming they're crying they're they're upset the Tiny Village of vilmont BC also took people in but the Community Hall reached capacity within hours so locals stepped up including the operators of an RV lot saying they open their property to more than 500 people they're in a situation right now that none of us in Canada can understand unless you are going through it so we're just trying to ease a little bit of their pain BC is dealing with a raging Wildfire season of its own officials telling out of Province evacuees they can't stay here albertans were advised to drive a circuit of BC highways and make their way to Calgary or Grand Prairie still the risk of more fires and more evacuations looms large some Force the flee seeing the best of a dire situation by the time they actually issued the uh the the order um it was just sort of chaos but I mean they were doing the best they could and they got everybody out and Liam Britain joins us with more uh Liam you've spoken with many people today who have been streaming through BC what are they telling you about what's next well Dan you can see it on the faces of a lot of them a lot of them were exhausted when they came into Cam today after what happened last night so for a lot of them it was just gas up the car hit the road and go to the next stop maybe that's Calgary for a lot of the albertans but for a lot of the folks there they were tourists so they were just thinking about how do they carry on their vacation the new stats actually are just head to B for a couple of days so not a bad second option and uh and Mr Kett he's actually joining his wife in uh in BC for kind of an impromptu holiday so a lot of people trying to make the best of a very challenging situation Dan the cbc's Liam Britain in cam loops thank you Liam let's shift to the Wildfire situation here in our Province our Michelle gasu is tracking the latest on the fires of note in BC Michelle what's happening now Dan there are 410 active wildfires burning 112 of those began in the past 24 hours so let's take a look at the major ones starting with the fire burning near Williams Lake parts of that Community are under evacuation alert because of the river valley Wildfire burning nearby that fire is sitting at around 40 hectares but it is being held at this time that means Crews don't expect it to expand so so some good news there let's now head to Barkerville and Wells those are two communities in the Caribou region under evacuation order because of the Antler Creek Wildfire southeast of the community overnight rains there have helped contain the Flames they now clearer Skies as this this image shows that evacuation order also extends to balerin Lake Provincial Park the service says it does expect that fire to increase in size that's because it could merge with other smaller fires in the area another Wildfire of note is the sh Creek Fire that has thousands of people on Alert in Ashcraft and we have learned six homes have been destroyed by that fire other structures have been lost as well it last measured at 200 square kilometers and it did Force the closure of Highway 1 between Ashcroft and Spence's bridge that Highway is now open but it could close on short notice so if you're able to take the 99 instead that might be a safe bet and Michelle over on vancou island there's another Blaze that has grown since Monday it that's the fire that broke out in your Suk yesterday and it has quickly grown from 5 hectares to 50 today that fire was human caused and finally Dan I'll just update you on the fires near Silver Silverton two fires of note burning in that area there was an expansion of evacuation orders there today so very much a dynamic situation right across this province Dan all right and Michelle gaso will have the latest on your late news at 11 tonight thank you Michelle Darius mavi is away this week meteorologist Russ late joins us now with a first look at the weather and a very familiar map Russ it certainly is yeah as Michelle was alluding to there are a number of new fire starts over the preceding 24 hours a lot of that from the activity of the thunderstorms some of them severe that move through the central interior also parts of the Caribou through the pce and up towards Fort Nelson we saw a repeat pattern of that today but I've got a little bit of good news kind of embedded in the forecast I want to show you what's going on with those thunderstorms yesterday we had a number of new fire starts so lots of fire activity over the southern two-thirds of the province look at the difference in just 24 hours on the fire danger rating over the northern part of the province it's really come down there was a lot of rain embedded with those thunderstorms and you can see it a huge plume of rain now moving over the northern part of the province rainfall warnings are in effect I'm not saying we'll get that much moist over the central part of the province but it's coming this way it's really going to cool down that's our here and now rolling it ahead about 24 hours we see a number of showers moving into the Caribou region into the central interior as well 24 hours beyond that so when Wednesday night and into the daylight hours on Thursday significant rain aiming for the Jasper region we really need that fingers crossed that pans out today around Metro Vancouver cleared up nicely wasn't that warm we hit 25 degrees Inland 21 by the coastline I'll have your full forecast later in the show Dan but for tonight I think it starts clouding over again bit of a cloudy 13 degrees to begin our Wednesday morning all right we'll check in later thanks Russ Wildfire smoke is blanketing large parts of the province as we've heard so how do you stay safe in that smoke mace Katz breaks down some ways to keep you and your loved ones healthy with intense Wildfire Seasons unfortunately becoming the norm so has Smoky hazy air every summer but how harmful is it to our health and how can we protect ourselves Wildfire smoke contains harmful particles that pose serious health risks especially for those with existing Heart and Lung conditions and vulnerable populations like babies children seniors and pregnant people even for healthy adults exposure is risky Health Canada says there's no evidence to show smoke exposure is safe at any level okay but what should you do Health Canada says the best way to protect your health is to reduce smoke exposure and recommend staying inside and closing your windows on Smoky days if you do need to leave the house check the air quality index first but should you have an air purifier Health Canada does recommend using air purifiers but they don't need to be expensive to work there are instructions online on how to make your own air purifier with a box fan an air filter and some cardboard what about wearing a mask outside will that help if you do have to spend time outside Health Canada recommends a well-fitted n95 or equivalent respirator type mask but warns that the mask filters out the fine particles but not other gases from the smoke but what about our mental health in some places near extreme wildfires heavy smoke filed air can last days and even weeks officials acknowledge that that can really chip away at your mental well-being a study with 30 residents in Yellow Knife Which experiences wildfires every year showed the decrease in physical activity and being outside in nature was making people anxious and irritable Health Canada says eating well getting enough sleep and keeping in touch with your friends and family can help ease some of the stress and anxiety from Wildfire smoke Maurice cats CBC News Vancouver if your neighborhood your commute your city have a certain musk you're not alone what you smell and what you do about it is the subject of a new published finding from a UBC citizen driven data project for the past four years smell Vancouver has used crowdsourced information to better understand odors and air quality across Metro Vancouver Chad pawson has more on the people Le smell collecting maybe it's a whiff from a meat processing plant here in east Vancouver or the strong smell of garbage or a burning chemical smell where you reside and what you smell can affect the way you live your life right now it's a little fishy um a little bit like sewage and garbage so those are the the fun smells I'm experiencing as I'm visiting like maybe it smells like dog pee a little bit yeah I feel like it's worse when it's a little warmer in some part of downtown like it does get smelly sometimes I will avoid those areas understanding the odors we smell in the places where we live has been the goal of a UBC project for the past 4 years the fact is orders matter a lot they're not just a nuisance they affect property prices they affect your quality of life whether you can use your patio or not so it's a very important factor in decision- making on a day-to-day basis Metro Vancouver does collect odor data but smell Vancouver has gone a step further making what it collects available online in real time it also asks app users about what they are smelling and how it's affecting them what we've done is we've sort of gone beyond and we're focusing on The Human Experience of oders app users report all manner of smells rotten smells burning smells chemical odors many are related to known sources such as a landfill or industrial activities time of year also affects what people are smelling summer months are dominated by rotten odors while colder months a mix of burning and chemical odors people reporting odors to smell Vancouver also reported how they cope with the smells most closed a window or turned on an air purifier While others went inside made a complaint some were forced to stop exercising some tried to mass the smell while a small percentage avoided the smell by actually moving away the UBC team has published their initial findings and officials with the regional government are paying attention it receives up to 4,000 complaints about air quality a year many of us who work in technical subjects uh realize the value of having many on the ground observers being able to provide information and and that's the the level of data that we couldn't possibly connect collect with our traditional instrumentation Metro Vancouver is using so-called citizen signs in other ways tapping into commercially available sensors residents place on their homes that record air quality in places governments cannot you look at Metro Vancouver for example and there are there are certainly dozens if not maybe a hundred of these sorts of sensors already out there publicly displaying data Those Behind smell Vancouver say data like this is critical to understand air quality and pollution here's an example of why you should report what your nose picks up on in January smell Vancouver provided unique information for an event that was shrouded in uncertainty it showed dozens of reports in real time about a strange chemical odor across the region it was the first meaningful information about an emissions incident at the bernabe refinery what you saw is the moment that Refinery had a leak you saw hundreds of complaints coming to our app which were well ahead of official notifications or any air quality statements that you know for example the company made or Metro Bank W made smell Vancouver plans to keep going and wants more data to come through its app especially from people living in poor or more vulnerable neighborhoods that's so a more complete bouquet of Vancouver smellscape can be mapped and help with policies that will keep residents breathing easy Chad pawson CBC News Vancouver Vancouver Police say they have arrested a suspect after three people were stabbed downtown on Monday night in less than 15 minutes the VPD says at 9:40 p.m. officers responded to reports a 33-year-old man had been stabbed in the back on Granville Street near Nelson minutes later it says someone called 911 reporting a 41-year-old man had been stabbed near Grand and Davey then at 9:52 the force says a 32-year-old man was stabbed again near Granville and Nelson officers say they arrested a suspect downtown and the three three victims are recovering though it's not clear how badly they were hurt it says it doesn't appear any of the victims knew each other or the suspect it happened the same day police said a woman's body was found near the Kitsilano Yacht Club and the body of another woman was found at Sunset Beach on Sunday yeah like when we work late at night most people don't feel safe they come down here and and you don't necessarily feel you know the best do I feel safe as safe as the next person I think it's such a beautiful city but yet when I come down here to do fun things I feel always on edge or unsafe Vancouver mayor Ken Sim says the events have shaken the community and the safety of every Vancouver rate is the city's commitment a local cheese shop owner is feeling grateful after a TransLink bus driver stopped what looked to be an arson early in the morning have a look the fire happened just before 2: a.m. outside lamu fromage on East Hastings the co-owner says the bus driver got there four minutes after the fire erupted and doused it with an extinguisher he says the right side of the building made out of wood is burnt and a sign is partially melted but the repairs will be just under $1,000 I think it took a couple hours to to sink in that really we might not have had the store open today I might not have all had any work to do or a job uh if it weren't for that bus driver trans link is praising the driver who went out of his way to stop that place Vancouver fire rescue also responded to make sure the area was safe the co-owner says things don't like like this don't usually happen in the neighborhood and the shop has filed a report with police the BC government is making progress on the project to replace the Aging George Massie tunnel otherwise known as the Fraser Riv River tunnel project it's just selected airm to make way on the design as the project heads into the development phase BC has chosen cross Fraser partnership to help design finalize the design here's what the tunnels proposed to look like a toll-free eight-lane immersed tube it'll have general purpose a travel Lane and a lane for both public transit in both directions plus a multi-use walking path for walking and biking major construction is set to start in 2026 still no word on a cost BC's child Watchdog says social workers charged with keeping the most vulnerable Kids Safe cannot keep up with their workloads and she's renewing calls for the province to hire more of them it comes after yet another report on horrific abuse and neglect that left a young indigenous boy dead Katie do Roa is our provincial Affairs reporter and joins us from Victoria Katie what are the main findings in this latest report Dan uh child and youth representative Jennifer Charlesworth found that the vast majority of social workers in BC's child welfare system are so overloaded with cases they can't do their jobs properly and vulnerable children in the system could be put at risk as a result that's what happened to an 11-year-old indigenous boy who was tortured and killed by his foster parents in 2021 Charles Ruth released a scathing report on the boy she calls Colby last week calling for complete overhaul of the current child welfare system but until that happens Charlesworth says more social workers must be hired immediately to address the stress burnout and short staffing that they feel in the ministry of Children and Family development so three quarters of the people saying that they didn't have places that they could refer families to in order to get the supports that they need that's going to add to a tremendous amount of feeling of of stress and overwhelm Katie how did the shortage of social workers play out in the case of Colby's death and and what does the government have to say well Charlesworth surveyed 700 Ministry social workers and many of them said that they don't get enough support when cases go wrong like what happened in col's case h in this case nobody checked on him or his sister in the seven months leading up to the assault that killed him and social workers are supposed to meet with foster children once every 90 days um so another thing Charlesworth found is that one social worker managing col's family's case was on sick leave and nobody replaced them uh BC's Minister for children and family development Grace lore says she's committed to addressing the issues raised in Charlesworth report and she noted that the province has hired more than 200 social workers since last September and I hear from them the same thing the rcy did uh regarding uh the need for them to be supported for us to hire more folks uh and that's work I'm committed to as Minister Minister lore says that her Ministry has almost 3,400 Frontline workers helping families but the report found that hundreds more are needed Dan Katie D Roa reporting from Victoria thanks very much coming up the summer games are just days away from Illuminating the city of light from the Eiffel Tower to the Palace of Versailles Parisian art and history will be on full display we're going to take you there after this [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I speculation is growing the Canadian Superstar sind Deon will be performing at the O Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Paris on [Music] Friday CBC News spotted Dion today outside the Paris Hotel where she's staying she's in the city with her son Renee Dion signed autographs posed for selfies and greeted the large people or the large crowd she was asked if she was there for the Olympics but didn't say if Theon does perform it should all come back to her because it won't be the first time she also sang at the opening of the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 Lady Gaga has also been spotted in Paris leading to even more speculation about Friday's Big Show choosing Paris for this year's Olympic Springs the games to a city where famed historic sites are everywhere and in choosing its competition venues Paris is making the most of that history we find the cbc's Heather hiscox in Versailles to show us how these famous landmarks have transformed just look at this place it's astounding the Palace of Versailles one of the greatest achievements in French art and architecture it started as a humble Royal hunting lodge in the late 1700s and grew into more than 2300 rooms transformed into one of the grandest Palaces in Europe it was the symbol of the absolute monarchy and the power of the king one of its most stunning features this fountain with the famous gilded sculpture of Apollo on his Chariot Apollo the sun god the emblem of Louis the 14th the Sun King it's been recently restored to its original resplendence just in time for its latest Versa transformation into Olympic venue down there see those spectator stands all of the equestrian events of the Olympics and the modern pentathlon are going to be held there in the gardens Paris 2024 organizers made the deliberate move to take the games outside into public spaces with some of the most iconic French monuments as breathtaking backdrops in the days to come you'll see beach volleyball at the base of the Eiffel Tower archery in front of hotel desid and Napoleon's tomb breaking or break dancing in the plast La conord scene of more than a thousand beheadings during the French Revolution fencing in L Grand p in most cases organizers put in temporary structures not new venues to allow them to minimize the environmental impact but it's also allowing the Beauty and the history of Paris to shine and imbuing the Olympic spirit with the spirit of one of the world's great cities Heather hiscock CBC News Versa a staying in Paris Chief correspondent Adrien Arseno got a close-up look at the restoration of one of the city's great landmarks notredam cathedral was severely damaged by an intense fire 5 years ago and as Adrien shows us how the rebuilding is going take a moment to consider what a rare look this is at a very special place we're above Paris you can see the city skyline there's the Eiffel Tower but where are we standing exactly this is the construction site for the restoration of nadam Cathedral you're looking at the Spire right there that iconic Spire that collapsed into the cathedral itself when there was a fire back in 19 maybe it was a cigarette maybe a short circuit they're still not entirely sure but a fire broke out on the roof most of which was destroyed the enormous iconic Spire completely collapsed so it seemed catastrophic initially Beyond repair but because of the vaulted ceilings much of the inside survived including some of the extraordinary stained glass some believed that it would be impossible to restore this place at the very least it would take some 20 years but but the French president said no it would be done roughly within 5 years and so far they're on track to be able to open to the public at the end of 2024 so there is hypervigilance here that is that is why we have to wear these outfits on the way in a full shower on the way out because of all the lead dust that is being used here everything that is happening at nor padam Cathedral is an omage to how it was built some 800 years ago so let's look at this for example this is extraordin this is this original cross when the fire happened completely collapsed into the debris but they were able to find it and restore it and put it back up again all of the roofing that you see all of the woodwork it's been a matter of not just sourcing the right wood but precisely the right trees the right Stones they are recreating the tools that were used 800 years ago to rebuild this the hope is that when it opens the scars of the fire will be invisible to see you won't be able to see what happened the fire itself will just become a note in the history books but hardly the end of the story of the Cathedral of nadan Adrien Arsenal CBC News above Paris Olympians of all Stripes Canadian as well are already in Paris getting ready for the games to begin making it there is no easy feat to say the least becoming an Olympian is more than just the blood and the sweat and the tears there's a financial commitment of course but also one of time to talk about the sacrifice it takes to become an athlete of that caliber that represents their country on a global stage like the Olympics we're joined by somebody who's done it klum's Britney Rogers she competed for Team Canada in artistic gymnastics in London 2012 and Rio 2016 Britney thank you for being here first of all gymnastics considered an expensive sport can you give us a sense of the of the broader cost of being an Olympian yeah thank you for having me um unfortunately for my parents I took a liking to one of the more expensive sports but um as a younger gymnastics is typically for a younger um crowd of athletes especially in the elite level um however it is becoming more of an adult sport which is amazing um so it's it's hard for me to gauge exactly the cost that my parents spent uh for my gymnastics career um but upwards I would say a $15,000 a year minimum um especially when you become um an adult you're having to pay rent and pay your own groceries and bills and all that it definitely adds up but I would say $155,000 is probably um a great estimate of of what they spent annually no small chunk of change for sure now to counterbalance that what kind of support do athletes uh uh get perhaps from from governments and elsewhere if any absolutely and and the government is helpful they they have uh carding which is basically government funding for athletes um and they have an allotment for sport so fortunately at a young age I was given this allotment of of carding money um it depends every um sport has a criteria for how you can earn this carding but it's basically a a month a monthly stiped um to help pay for training costs competition costs all of that um and again it's it's not it's not an easy thing to to get you definitely have to be at the top of your caliber at top of your sport um but it certainly helps ease the ease the uh finan burden for sure may I ask how much it was um it depends on the type of card so there's different levels of carding so for a junior card I would say it's it's roughly about $900 a month and then when you get into a senior card I believe it's around 1,700 don't quote me on those exact numbers um but it's it's around that that area um which is certainly not liveable especially as you're an adult um athlete paying for rent and and whatnot especially in this economy you started gymnastics at a very young young age what kind of time could commitment did that involve it's a great question as well um I remember from third grade I was leaving every day at lunchtime to go practice at one o'clock um until 6 PM so from a very young age I was probably doing upwards of 25 to 30 hours a week um so of course it's a big time commitment which I think contributes to the cost of of gymnastics as a whole and and looking back now having some distance from your competition knowing all those commitments and sacrifices you your loved ones and others had to make for your Olympic career would you do it again that's I I often ask myself that question and I think the memories and everything I've learned the discipline the you know being coachable being teachable um Fitness and learning Healthy Living sty living lifestyle I think is you know you you can't put a price on that and I think it's imperative if your budget allows to put your um kids in sports I certainly will be doing that um myself but I would say it's very very worth it especially during the Olympics and and having to relive those memories and moments it's you can't put a price side on that and lastly what's going through your mind as these Olympics begin oh I'm so excited and I will admit I have a bit of fomo and every time the Olympic comes on um the Olympics I'm just spectating um I I do wish I was still out there with the girls competing um but it's it's an amazing experience and I just love the camaraderie and and that everyone's treated as equals at the games they've all worked so relentlessly and so endlessly tirelessly um to for their craft and and it's very admiring to to watch and know what it took to get there Canadian Olympian Britney Rogers we appreciate your time and your perspective enjoy the games thank you you as well and a reminder Adrien Arseno will co-host the national from Paris this week cbc's live coverage of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics begins Friday at 10 a.m. Pacific you can watch it right here on CBC television CBC GM and on our CBC Sports Chris thank you still to come vice president kamla Harris is hitting the campaign Trail holding her first presidential rally today more on her growing momentum ahead of the Democratic National Convention next [Music] [Music] he [Music] [Music] he [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] kamla Harris held her first presidential campaign rally today as Paul Hunter explains the US vice president was in the Battleground state of Wisconsin this afternoon to loud and sustained cheering in her first public event since Joe Biden ended his bid for reelection KLA Harris had some news to pass on so Wisconsin I am told as of this morning that we have earned the support of enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination it's been that kind of week for Harris on top of the light speed Gathering of delegates she had more than a $100 million in donations in Just 2 days 30,000 new campaign volunteers and more big time endorsements from senior Democrats we are brimming with excitement enthusiasm Unity Senator Chuck Schumer and House Majority Leader hakee Jeff I'm proud to strongly endorse commala Harris to be the 47th president of the United States of America it's a stunning turnaround for a party that had seemed effectively energyless until Biden stepped aside at that rally Harris again highlighted her background as a prosecutor as well suited to take on Donald Trump a convicted felon urging those in the room to now work to that end we have doors to knock on we have phone calls to make we have voters to register and we have an election to win this as the vice president's campaign seek to continue to grow the apparent widespread enthusiasm embracing popular online memes and videos such as this for example on so-called brat life while singer Beyonce has signed off on the use of this song throughout the Harris Run for the White House by contrast on social media Donald Trump today called his his new opponent lion kamla Harris signaling the battle to come is certain to be an ugly one Paul Hunter CBC News Washington after facing heavy criticism about these staggering security lapses ahead of the assassination attempt on former president Trump the head of the US secret service has now resigned as Thomas dler reports Kimberly cheel told staff she did not want the controversy surrounding her to be a distraction from their work do you solemnly swear or affirm just 24 hours after she was grilled by us lawmakers and insisted she's not quitting would you like to use my 5 minutes to draft your resignation letter yes or no no thank you Us Secret Service director Kimberly cheel is now resigning writing in a letter to staff in light of recent events it is with a heavy heart that I have made the difficult decision to step down as your director it's overdue she should have done it uh days earlier and um now we have to look forward and that the mistakes are not don't ever happen again I have led with Integrity cheel faced calls to step down ever since this happened her agency failing to prevent that assassination attempt on Donald Trump 10 days ago on Capital Hill Monday cheel admitted the rooftop the shooter fired from had been flagged as a security concern we on the road and that the Secret Service had been repeatedly warned about a suspicious person at the rally the secret Services solemn mission is to protect our nation's leaders on July 13th we failed on his social media platform Trump today posted the Biden Harris Administration did not properly protect me Biden appointed cheel to lead the Secret Service two years ago today he said in a statement Jill and I are grateful to director Kim cheel for her Decades of Public Service already deputy director Ronald row has been named the interim Chief as the agency faces scrutiny over those security lapses in Pennsylvania and again wraps up protection for presidential candidates ahead of the November vote I believe a crisis management team needs to be installed uh until the election at least to help the American people regain faith in the Secret Service all of it casting a harsh Spotlight on an agency that's not meant to attract attention Thomas dag CBC News Toronto almost 6:45 a live look at Phoenix Arizona that is sweltering under 44° heat but it was Sunday that Global heat Watchers are now calling the hottest day ever across the globe the warning though that record will not last long stay with us [Music] [Music] he [Music] he [Music] he [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] deaths from a landslide disaster in Ethiopia have risen dramatically yesterday officials said 50 people had been killed today that number is 229 there were two landslides one on Sunday night and one yesterday morning people trying to rescue victims of the first slide were then caught in the second it happened in the country's Southwestern mountains and it followed Heavy Rain the UN has reported ongoing floods in that region this past year this past Sunday July 21st the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans shattering all previous records that's coming from the European climate service capern because as the climate keep warming as a consequence of the increas in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere we are bound to see new record breing broken in the next few months and next few years preliminary data from cernus shows the global average temperature on Sunday reached 17.9 de C that's slightly higher than the previous record which was set last July meteorologist wrestle Kate is now back with our provincial forecast and you have an update on the heat situation here I do and funny about that Sunday the 21st I think BC probably contributed to that Global record we had over 40° cam loops uh a Lon a louette I think there was a number of communities hovering around 40 degrees big difference now we talked about the heat follows the Upper Ridge well all the 30s now most of them are in Alberta and Saskatchewan only the southern interior areas warmed above the 30 Dee Mark we're talking 20 in Williams Lake big difference you're high in Prince George and Fort St John today just 18 Dees so we've sort of turned the corner as far as finding our first element to help us out to battle some of those wildfires and that is a cooler phase what's coming next it's going to be a wetter phase again that Ridge of high pressure which was anchored along the coastline for a number of weeks shifted towards Eastern BC yesterday through Alberta now aiming towards Saskatchewan the hot air follows it have a look across the entire province of BC there's not a single heat warning left in effect there's not a single severe thunderstorm watch nor warning left in effect we've got some weather warnings it's for heavy rain and this is just a huge plume of moisture wrapping around that low coming back around the bend and showing up over parts of the central interior in about 24 hours time but before it gets there of course what we have as a result of that Heavy Rain is the BC River forecast Center is talking about a flood watch now being in effect a number of the tributaries of the major rivers over North and Northwestern BC are currently swelling so hopefully that rain doesn't persist for too long over the north I don't think it will it's going to wrap around huay shift towards the center Central interior this is your forecast for tomorrow for many of our BC communities it's going to be showering in Williams Lake into the afternoon Prince George a little cooler a little wetter maybe a few millimeters worth of rain it doesn't look like a lot during the day tomorrow Wednesday night and Thursday additional rain continues the one key we spoke about in the newsour earlier today was the fire situation near Jasper they are going to get significant rainfall Wednesday night into the daylight hours on Thursday and it could be as much as 10 to 20 millim from that same system spreading through parts of the Interior BC and towards Jasper late Wednesday night your Metro Vancouver forecast there's couple of raindrops in there maybe uh not tomorrow it's a little cloudier than it was today scattered showers for Wednesday night and Thursday morning back in business for some sun for your upcoming weekend and comfortable enough those temperatures they'll be in the low 20s I will take it I think many more people will us thanks the Heatwave has led locals in cam loops to seek out some interesting ways to stay cool and build some Community you'll want to Glide along with us next [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hi I'm Amy Bell and here's what's in your CBC Vancouver inbox applications are now open for cbc's indigenous Pathways to journalism program this paid 9month Learning and Development opportunity supports indigenous candidates to really hone their skills as storytellers indigenous Pathways provides journalism training Career Development support and work experience applicant do not require journalism education or experience to apply learn more at cbc.ca [Music] Pathways sweltering 40° temperatures in the interior recently have inspired some locals to seek out unique ways to stay cool at the MacArthur Island sport and Event Center in cam loops a group of new immigrants are learning to speed skate part of a program called Swift skating with International friends together have a Camila Mahia moved to cam loops from columia 2 years ago she started to speed skate right away tentatively at first I was never on Ice I like saw bake ice in a mall once and the first time we fell a lot and then after 10 minutes went by I kind of like started skating horribly but I started skating I kind of get really stressed in competitions and I feel like really stressed if I went to the 11 something so I just want to beat Leah we moved here to Canada 2 years ago and I think that having the chance of joining the camls long lades is a nice opportunity for her to get integrated with the Canadian culture that's very important to us so cross cultural experience and then I also believe it's super important that she's uh getting to be much more disciplined structured that she has a purpose so everything is positive vind is a Tru international business student he started inline skating in India at the age of two he even competed and won at State and National level competitions back home over in India there is no much of snow or ice that we can see it's a tropical it's in tropical region it's a hot place I felt really excited and it was kind of different fot like different [ __ ] and everything so yeah it was kind of trembling at first as soon as like couple of practice yeah I started to move along with the groove that's it skating is like part of my happiness this program started three years ago with a $10,000 donation that bought 10 sets of skates and protective equipment for 10 kids the fundraising now is to pay for their registration so we wondered are there any Olympic hopefuls in this speed skating team of new Canadians we just do it to build community uh we we see how um it's our own skaters relating to people that have come from all over the world different different places we see the the new new Canadians feeling a place where they're welcome where they're learning new things where they're excited they may never have seen ice before um people don't know even know like how how to put their gear on or anything right because they've never seen it before so it's really fun it's really fun and the skaters and the parents are really appreciative and that makes it really worthwhile for us Shelly Joyce CBC News [Music] CPS cool thanks for being with us tonight on CBC Vancouver News at 6 you can watch this newscast on CBC GM our free app as well as on YouTube and of course our website cbc.ca BC Michelle gasu will have your next local news at 11:00 right here after the national so please join her then good night [Music] [Music]