Police investigating deadly St. Clair shooting | CTV National News for Sunday, July 12, 2026 — Transcript

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1. 0:01Tonight, panic and horror at a crowded
2. 0:03street festival.
3. 0:11>> What witnesses are revealing about the
4. 0:12chaotic moments after shots rang out.
5. 0:15>> I heard this guy. He said, "Help me.
6. 0:18Help me. Somebody help."
7. 0:19>> And the changes made at other major
8. 0:21events over safety concerns.
9. 0:24Canadian companies looking to pack up
10. 0:26production. A lot of small towns will go
11. 0:29from having an important manufacturer to
12. 0:32nothing.
13. 0:32>> How many are eyeing a move south of the
14. 0:35border?
15. 0:36Plus, the traumatic injury suffered in
16. 0:39an ecooter accident.
17. 0:41>> Went face forward into the pavement.
18. 0:43>> A young teenager's long road to recovery
19. 0:46and the warning to other riders.
20. 1:00CTV National News with Heather Butts.
21. 1:04>> Good evening. Canada's largest city is
22. 1:06still reeling after a vibrant street
23. 1:09festival was shattered Saturday night by
24. 1:11gunfire. Bullets tore into the crowd at
25. 1:14the Salsa on St. Clair, leaving two
26. 1:16people dead, several injured, and
27. 1:18sending hundreds scrambling for safety.
28. 1:21I just saw a wall of people running
29. 1:23towards me and I I freaked out. I didn't
30. 1:26know what was going on.
31. 1:28>> Everything was normal and suddenly you
32. 1:29look outside and we're like, "Why is
33. 1:31everyone running? What's happening?" No
34. 1:34arrests have been made with police
35. 1:35calling the investigation complicated.
36. 1:38And no word yet on just how severe the
37. 1:40injuries are for those who were hurt.
38. 1:42CTV's Kl Carmali walks us through what
39. 1:45happened and the impact it could have on
40. 1:47future festivals.
41. 1:50The partying at a salsa festival in
42. 1:52Toronto quickly turning into panic.
43. 1:54Gunshots ringing out just after 8
44. 1:56Saturday night.
45. 1:57>> The third about seven shots and then I
46. 1:59seen everyone running so they started
47. 2:00running.
48. 2:01>> Sending thousands running for cover
49. 2:03including these two women seen in this
50. 2:05security footage welcomed inside a
51. 2:07neighboring home.
52. 2:08>> These two lovely ladies are begging to
53. 2:10come in and for help
54. 2:11>> as police tore through the crowd on the
55. 2:14hunt for the shooters.
56. 2:15>> It turned out not to be an active
57. 2:16shooter in the classic state sense of
58. 2:18the word. This seemed to be an exchange
59. 2:20of gunfire between individuals targeting
60. 2:22each other.
61. 2:22>> Two men killed, five others injured, two
62. 2:25firearms recovered, spanning three
63. 2:27separate crime scenes, but no suspects
64. 2:30identified.
65. 2:30>> Undoubtedly, over the last several
66. 2:32years, security at such events has
67. 2:34ramped up across North America. Because
68. 2:36of some bad events that did occur,
69. 2:38>> at one of Canada's largest events, the
70. 2:41prime minister soaking in a Calgary
71. 2:43stampede that has now revamped its
72. 2:45security after multiple stabbings last
73. 2:47year. But today, thinking about
74. 2:49Toronto's tragedy.
75. 2:50>> I want to salute the first responders,
76. 2:53volunteers. Uh people uh really did step
77. 2:55up
78. 2:56>> under the truck.
79. 2:57>> And it's been more than a year since a
80. 2:59vehicle rammed through a Filipino
81. 3:01festival in Vancouver, killing 11
82. 3:03people, resulting in recommendations for
83. 3:06increased security at festivals. I think
84. 3:09all these events really lead to more and
85. 3:11more uh thought thoughts, intelligence
86. 3:14gathering uh and planning uh than we
87. 3:17ever saw in the past.
88. 3:19>> Today in Toronto, the rest of the Salsa
89. 3:21on St. Clair festival canled.
90. 3:23>> The city will be examining all other
91. 3:26street festivals to come. Certainly,
92. 3:28we'll be having several meetings about
93. 3:30this. While this Salsa event a few
94. 3:32kilometers from the crime scene still in
95. 3:35full swing but filled with plenty of
96. 3:37apprehension,
97. 3:38>> it just makes you more aware of your
98. 3:40surroundings. As you can see, we're
99. 3:41sitting close to the exit, so if
100. 3:43anything happens, we have a fast out.
101. 3:45>> While police continue what they call a
102. 3:47complex investigation given the size of
103. 3:49the crowd, organizers of Salsa on St.
104. 3:51Clair say they're shocked by the
105. 3:53shooting, but have yet to provide more
106. 3:55details on their security measures at
107. 3:57the event. Kamela Cromali, CTV News
108. 3:59Toronto.
109. 4:01Police did not hold a press conference
110. 4:03today to update the public on their
111. 4:05investigation. Instead, Toronto Police
112. 4:07Chief Myron Demp posted this image on
113. 4:10social media, saying he met with
114. 4:11investigators at the shooting scene and
115. 4:13that police will be relentless in
116. 4:15bringing those responsible to justice.
117. 4:18The Calgary Stampede, one of many events
118. 4:20with heightened security, especially
119. 4:22today with the prime minister in
120. 4:24attendance. It's a common stop for
121. 4:26politicians during the summer, but as
122. 4:28CTV's Jeremy Chiron explains, this year
123. 4:30is different.
124. 4:32>> I have to say,
125. 4:34>> flipping pancakes, shaking hands, and
126. 4:38forging connections, a textbook
127. 4:41political tour for Prime Minister Mark
128. 4:43Carney.
129. 4:46But this year's Calgary Stampede stop is
130. 4:48even more political with a fall
131. 4:50referendum in Alberta just months away.
132. 4:53We're stronger when we're together.
133. 4:55>> Speaking with CTV News Calgary today,
134. 4:57the prime minister addressed the
135. 4:58importance of national unity right now.
136. 5:01>> Alberta, you know, build not break. Uh
137. 5:04lead, not leave. I mean, that's the
138. 5:05Alberta I know. It's led the country and
139. 5:08it it with everything coming together at
140. 5:10this time where Canada's poised to help
141. 5:13lead the world. Alberta leading uh
142. 5:15Canada. That's what we need. Albertans
143. 5:17are set to vote in October on whether
144. 5:19they want to stay in the country or hold
145. 5:21a binding vote on separation.
146. 5:24>> Here he has an opportunity to champion a
147. 5:26vision of federalism that might resonate
148. 5:28particularly for those who think that
149. 5:30federalism has been unfair or
150. 5:32disrespectful to Alberta in the past.
151. 5:35>> Separatist sentiments and pipeline
152. 5:38politics mean the stakes here are high.
153. 5:40Albertans want action on their
154. 5:42priorities. A little over a week ago,
155. 5:44Ottawa and Alberta announced a proposed
156. 5:46route for a pipeline to BC's coast has
157. 5:48been submitted to the major projects
158. 5:50office.
159. 5:51>> I think you have to look at this as a
160. 5:53set piece. You know, what's the prime
161. 5:54minister been up to over the course of a
162. 5:55number of months, right? Presence and
163. 5:57pipelines.
164. 5:58>> Now, the pitch to keep Canada together
165. 6:00is coming from across the political
166. 6:02aisle, too. Conservative leader Pierre
167. 6:04Paulv made his stop at the stampede last
168. 6:07weekend. We'll fight for Canada,
169. 6:09including in the upcoming referendum, to
170. 6:11win back Albertans. To win back
171. 6:13Albertans through hope, not by wagging
172. 6:15our fingers or lecturing them. Now, Pol
173. 6:17is set to spend a significant part of
174. 6:19his summer in Alberta, campaigning
175. 6:21against separatist sentiment, and the
176. 6:23prime minister, too, has made several
177. 6:25recent stops in the province that has
178. 6:27Alberta poised to remain front and
179. 6:29center in federal politics all summer
180. 6:32long. Heather,
181. 6:33>> thanks, Jeremy. CTV's Jeremy Chiron in
182. 6:35Ottawa. Mark Carney also weighing in
183. 6:38from the stampede on the new agreement
184. 6:40securing the opening of the GordyHow
185. 6:42Bridge connecting Ontario and Michigan.
186. 6:44The prime minister defending the deal
187. 6:46that now sees Canada splitting net
188. 6:48profits from bridge tolls with the US.
189. 6:51>> First, I'm happy the bridge is going to
190. 6:52be open. Uh we need it uh we need it
191. 6:55because we're expanding we're still
192. 6:56expanding trade. Second thing is the
193. 6:58word net does a lot of work uh in this
194. 7:00um we are we are sharing after Canada is
195. 7:05paid back. So, we get the revenues, then
196. 7:07the uh the servicing of the cost of the
197. 7:09bridge and paying the debt of the
198. 7:11bridge, and then what's left over,
199. 7:13there's a split.
200. 7:15Ottawa had fronted the more than $6
201. 7:17billion in construction costs for the
202. 7:19bridge. Under the original deal, Canada
203. 7:22was to get 100% of toll profits. Now, it
204. 7:24will get 50% of net profits for 15
205. 7:27years, while the other half will go to
206. 7:29the US for a regional economic fund. The
207. 7:32bridge, which was set to be operational
208. 7:34in June, will finally open on July 27th.
209. 7:38US tariffs have created economic
210. 7:40uncertainty that's simply too much for
211. 7:42some businesses to stomach. Toyota
212. 7:44announced this week it's moving some
213. 7:46production of its Tacoma pickup truck
214. 7:48out of Mexico and into the US. Trade
215. 7:51watchers in Canada are nervous about
216. 7:53similar departures from this country.
217. 7:55CTV's Abigail Bean on those eyeing a
218. 7:58move south.
219. 8:01This is Fiber, a farm equipment
220. 8:03manufacturing company in Crystal City,
221. 8:05Manitoba, co-founded by Derek Fzen's
222. 8:08dad.
223. 8:08>> We love our people and our communities.
224. 8:10>> But Fzen says the current climate of US
225. 8:13trade uncertainty combined with Canadian
226. 8:15red tape and regulations has him musing
227. 8:18about a move south of the border.
228. 8:20>> I don't know if it's in our very short
229. 8:22term, but at some point if this
230. 8:24continues, we definitely will have to to
231. 8:25continue to service our customers.
232. 8:27There's certainly certain advantages of
233. 8:29moving production to the US, including,
234. 8:31you know, having a more streamlined
235. 8:33supply chain, you know, access to a
236. 8:36larger customer base. A new survey from
237. 8:39KPMG shows 42% of Canadian manufacturers
238. 8:43are considering moving production south
239. 8:45or already have. 57% have paused, cut
240. 8:49back, or cancelled capital investment
241. 8:51projects. and 61% say their business
242. 8:55can't survive without access to the
243. 8:57United States.
244. 8:58>> Canadian companies are no longer in the
245. 9:00wait andsee mode.
246. 9:02>> Canadian manufacturers and exporters saw
247. 9:04similar results from their own survey.
248. 9:06The CEO says trying to work around
249. 9:08tariffs makes Canadian companies less
250. 9:11competitive.
251. 9:12>> It is the worst of all worlds when when
252. 9:13you have a situation where you can't
253. 9:15really predict what the future's going
254. 9:17to be. Dennis Darby says members are
255. 9:19watching Toyota's decision to move some
256. 9:22production out of Mexico closely.
257. 9:24>> I think it's going to be the largest
258. 9:25plant in the world car plant and they're
259. 9:28moving into the United States and again
260. 9:30they're doing that to avoid paying the
261. 9:32tariff.
262. 9:32>> I think the worry meter should be high.
263. 9:34>> International trade lawyer William
264. 9:36Pelderin expects to see similar moves
265. 9:38out of Canada though any potential
266. 9:40automaker move won't happen in the short
267. 9:42term due to government backing.
268. 9:44>> For sure it will happen in the wood
269. 9:46product space. We're seeing that with
270. 9:47our clients right now in that space. Um,
271. 9:50a lot of small towns will go from having
272. 9:53an important manufacturer to nothing.
273. 9:55>> KPMG found 11% of Canadian manufacturers
274. 9:58plan to move their headquarters to the
275. 10:01US and with manufacturers making up more
276. 10:03than 10% of Canada's GDP. Experts say
277. 10:07even that relatively small number could
278. 10:09have a big impact on our economy.
279. 10:12Abigail Bean, CTV News, Ottawa. Westjet
280. 10:15flight attendants held a day of action
281. 10:17at Toronto's Pearson airport. Talks
282. 10:20between their union and the airline have
283. 10:22been going on for nearly a year and the
284. 10:24main sticking point is pay.
285. 10:26>> I think West's used to having their
286. 10:29flight attendants at a deep discount and
287. 10:30this round of bargaining has every
288. 10:32intention of ending that. All we're
289. 10:34asking for is for us to be compensated
290. 10:36fairly for the contributions we make
291. 10:39ultimately to WestJet's success. The
292. 10:41union represents about 4,400 flight
293. 10:43attendants who are currently voting on a
294. 10:45possible strike that could start as soon
295. 10:48as August 2nd. Wildfires raging in
296. 10:51eastern British Columbia have sparked
297. 10:53new evacuation orders. At least 72
298. 10:56properties in the Premier Lake area have
299. 10:58been placed on short notice for
300. 10:59evacuation by the regional district of
301. 11:01East Coupney. That's in response to a
302. 11:04wildfire that grew in size on Saturday.
303. 11:07It comes as crews battle a wildfire
304. 11:09burning on both sides of the highway
305. 11:10near Boston Bar. Well, in Edmonton, that
306. 11:14city is slowly drying out after a
307. 11:16weekend of wild weather.
308. 11:22Severe storms brought high winds,
309. 11:24torrential rain, and hail to Alberta's
310. 11:26capital on Friday and Saturday, flooding
311. 11:28roads, toppling trees, and knocking out
312. 11:30power to thousands. Meanwhile, the Telus
313. 11:33World of Science building is still
314. 11:35cleaning up after a rainstorm caused
315. 11:37extensive flooding. No one was injured,
316. 11:39but the building will remain closed
317. 11:40until further notice. In Manitoba,
318. 11:43summer storms have brought heavy
319. 11:45rainfall to parts of the province,
320. 11:46causing flooding and damaging homes.
321. 11:49CTV's Alex Karpa takes a look at what
322. 11:51some say they believe is behind the
323. 11:53extreme weather.
324. 11:56>> Heavy rainfall has triggered flooding in
325. 11:58communities across southwestern
326. 12:00Manitoba.
327. 12:02Powerful storms unleashing large hail
328. 12:04and tornadoes have caused widespread
329. 12:06damage across the region.
330. 12:07>> The the cool colors, so the the greens
331. 12:10and the purples, the the sort of show
332. 12:12the above average precipitation.
333. 12:14>> Atmospheric science professor John
334. 12:16Hanessiac says slowmoving storm systems
335. 12:18have dumped excessive rain over southern
336. 12:20and western Manitoba, allowing it to
337. 12:23linger over the same areas for longer
338. 12:25periods of time. It's a little unusual
339. 12:27to see weather systems sort of form and
340. 12:30decay right over top of the prairies all
341. 12:32in the same sort of same area and you
342. 12:35know rather slow moving. So you know
343. 12:38this has probably helped contributed to
344. 12:40some of the uh some of what we've seen.
345. 12:42>> Data from Environment and Climate Change
346. 12:44Canada shows almost 270 millimeters of
347. 12:46rain fell in Swan River in western
348. 12:48Manitoba in June. An astonishing amount
349. 12:50the town hasn't seen in 100 years.
350. 12:53Meanwhile, other parts of southern
351. 12:55Manitoba enduring a similar experience.
352. 12:57>> Some of those systems were uh were
353. 13:00pretty heavy. Um I uh I think it's not
354. 13:04something that I've seen a lot of.
355. 13:05>> Scientists say Manitoba's recent storms
356. 13:08fit a pattern climate researchers have
357. 13:10warned about for decades. As
358. 13:11temperatures rise, the atmosphere holds
359. 13:13more moisture, creating conditions for
360. 13:15heavier rainfall and more intense
361. 13:17extreme weather. Unless we we curtail
362. 13:21our emissions as as a species very very
363. 13:24quickly, we're looking forward to much
364. 13:28more severe, believe it or not, events
365. 13:32in the future, more frequent, more
366. 13:34severe, and longerlasting.
367. 13:35>> And forecasters say the threat of severe
368. 13:37weather is not over as conditions could
369. 13:40persist for the next few weeks. Alex
370. 13:42Carba, CTV News, Winnipeg. Veteran
371. 13:45Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has
372. 13:47suddenly died of a ruptured aorta at the
373. 13:50age of 71. Graham represented South
374. 13:52Carolina in Congress for more than three
375. 13:55decades, building a reputation as a
376. 13:57foreign policy hawk. He was a one-time
377. 13:59vocal critic of Donald Trump, who went
378. 14:02on to become one of the US president's
379. 14:03staunchest allies.
380. 14:05>> I said, "You got I just can't believe
381. 14:08it.
382. 14:09>> He was like a member of the family to
383. 14:10me. It's very tough, actually."
384. 14:13Prime Minister Mark Carney also praising
385. 14:15Graham, calling him a defender of
386. 14:17democracy and freedom, especially for
387. 14:19the people of Ukraine in their war
388. 14:21against Russia. Escalating violence
389. 14:24tonight between the US and Iran.
390. 14:30Iran's Revolutionary Guard releasing
391. 14:32video of missile launches it says were
392. 14:34aimed at American forces. The US
393. 14:36launching its own attacks tonight
394. 14:38targeting Iranian infrastructure to
395. 14:40prevent that country from targeting
396. 14:42commercial ships in the straight of
397. 14:44Hormuz.
398. 14:45Coming up,
399. 14:46>> parents don't realize how fast these
400. 14:49machines are.
401. 14:49>> The number of people sent to hospital
402. 14:51because of ecooter accidents and why the
403. 14:54riding laws may surprise you.
404. 15:09Electric bikes and scooters have soared
405. 15:11in popularity, but so have injuries
406. 15:14involving the machines. We're hearing
407. 15:16tonight from a young teen making a
408. 15:18remarkable recovery after suffering a
409. 15:20traumatic injury. CTV's Garrett Barry on
410. 15:23the message to other riders.
411. 15:26>> Jaden King just wants to get back to
412. 15:29living. get our change on and go back on
413. 15:32the quad.
414. 15:33>> Hunting, fishing, getting out around the
415. 15:35bay, out to the country in rural
416. 15:37Newfoundland.
417. 15:38>> He loves to be dropped off in the middle
418. 15:39of nowhere, walk to a pond with his
419. 15:41fishing rod and his tent and spend the
420. 15:44whole day there.
421. 15:44>> He has taken these first steps, but it's
422. 15:47a long road back, weeks in hospital
423. 15:50after a traumatic electric scooter
424. 15:52accident in May.
425. 15:54>> 70 days,
426. 15:55too much. He was driving the scooter
427. 15:58with a friend on the back when he lost
428. 16:01control of the machine.
429. 16:03>> Went face forward into the pavement and
430. 16:05the boy that was on the back of him came
431. 16:07down on top of Jaden.
432. 16:09>> The helmet he was wearing surely saved
433. 16:11his life, but still injuries to his head
434. 16:14were severe. Doctors needed to remove
435. 16:16part of his skull to relieve the
436. 16:18pressure of swelling in the brain. Jaden
437. 16:21says he can't remember anything, but his
438. 16:24mom, Amy Richards, remembers it all.
439. 16:27>> It's a feeling I never want to feel
440. 16:28again, and I hope that no parent has go
441. 16:31through it.
442. 16:31>> Electric bikes and scooters are governed
443. 16:33by a real patchwork of laws across the
444. 16:36country. Different cities have different
445. 16:37rules about how fast you can go and
446. 16:40where they can be used. But as they're
447. 16:42becoming way more popular, especially
448. 16:45among children and young adults, more
449. 16:48people are calling for stricter
450. 16:50regulations. And more experts are
451. 16:52weighing in on the dangers of these
452. 16:54machines.
453. 16:55>> Parents don't realize how fast these
454. 16:57machines are and how big they are and
455. 16:59how dangerous they can be.
456. 17:01>> According to the Canadian Center for
457. 17:02Health Information, there are more and
458. 17:05more people sent to the hospital because
459. 17:07of escooter injuries across the country.
460. 17:10almost 500 between April 2023 and March
461. 17:142024. That's up 32% from the year prior.
462. 17:18Officials here in Newf Finland and
463. 17:20Labrador have pledged a review and new
464. 17:22legislation addressing these machines in
465. 17:25the fall. Gary, CTV News, St. John's.
466. 17:29Still ahead, why a new requirement in
467. 17:32Germany is sparking a fresh look at
468. 17:34doctor's notes here in Canada.
469. 17:56Doctors in this country are often asked
470. 17:59to write sick notes for employees to be
471. 18:01off work. The requirements have shifted
472. 18:03significantly in recent years. Now
473. 18:05Germany is cracking down. Even just one
474. 18:08day off requires a note. CTV's Alison
475. 18:10Bamford looks at the rules here and
476. 18:12whether they could change
477. 18:15when he's sick. Tracking down a doctor's
478. 18:18note is the last thing Mark Voke wants
479. 18:20to do.
480. 18:21>> It's a huge hassle.
481. 18:22>> His previous employer required one if he
482. 18:24was sick for more than a couple of days.
483. 18:27>> And now I have to find some way to get
484. 18:28that letter back to my employer.
485. 18:30Meanwhile, I feel terrible. I just want
486. 18:32to curl up and die. Germany recently
487. 18:34made it even harder for workers there to
488. 18:36call in sick. New rules require a
489. 18:39doctor's note on the very first day of
490. 18:41their illness.
491. 18:42>> I don't think that's fair and uh I
492. 18:44wouldn't want to do that because it
493. 18:46would be hard to make it to the doctor's
494. 18:48office if you're so sick that you can't
495. 18:50get to work.
496. 18:51>> The German government has previously
497. 18:53complained of absenteeism being too high
498. 18:56and officials say this move will improve
499. 18:58productivity. Business experts disagree.
500. 19:01I think there's a fundamental mistake
501. 19:03when we equate time at work with
502. 19:07productivity. You can go to work and be
503. 19:09entirely unproductive.
504. 19:11>> Here in Canada, laws are going in the
505. 19:13other direction, although the rules
506. 19:15vary. Manitoba recently passed a bill
507. 19:17that prevents employers from asking for
508. 19:19sick notes unless employees are absent
509. 19:22for more than a week. In Saskatchewan,
510. 19:24BC, and Nova Scotia, it's more than 5
511. 19:27days. And in PEI and Ontario, it's three
512. 19:30days. Alberta doesn't have any
513. 19:32restrictions in place.
514. 19:34>> We're all adults, so if I'm phoning in
515. 19:36sick, it's because I cannot be at work
516. 19:37today, whether it's mental sickness or a
517. 19:40cold.
518. 19:41>> The Canadian Medical Association has
519. 19:43been advocating for years to eliminate
520. 19:45doctor's notes for short-term illnesses.
521. 19:48Sick notes can take about 10 minutes to
522. 19:50complete, and on average, Canadian
523. 19:52doctors can receive more than 130
524. 19:55requests every year. That adds up to a
525. 19:58lot of hours uh for physicians across
526. 20:01this country that could be better spent
527. 20:04uh looking after individuals and their
528. 20:06loved ones with more acute care needs.
529. 20:08>> And employees agree that their time
530. 20:10wasted waiting for a doctor's note could
531. 20:13be better spent getting rest.
532. 20:15>> I would rather just my employer take it
533. 20:17at face value.
534. 20:18>> Allison Bamford, CTV News, Saskatoon.
535. 20:21>> Still ahead, fixing it forward. who was
536. 20:24benefiting from giving this old building
537. 20:27a new lease on life.
538. 20:44For many families, participating in
539. 20:45afterchool activities comes down to cost
540. 20:48and location. In rural communities,
541. 20:50those can be significant barriers. CTV's
542. 20:53Maria Su on the project in Eastern PEI
543. 20:56that looks to ease some of those
544. 20:57challenges.
545. 21:00A little glue and a lot of work all
546. 21:03going into a bigger goal for a property
547. 21:06that has sat unused in recent years.
548. 21:09>> There really isn't a specific place for
549. 21:12youth to go that's just theirs.
550. 21:14>> BGC Charlotte Town recently completed a
551. 21:16needs assessment for Monu and the
552. 21:18surrounding region. It found
553. 21:20affordability remains a real barrier to
554. 21:23afterchool and recreational programming.
555. 21:26Roughly 19% of children live below the
556. 21:29after tax lowinccome measure. That's
557. 21:31higher than both the provincial average
558. 21:33and the national rate.
559. 21:35>> Rural areas um not unique to PEI but
560. 21:39certainly a challenge in PEI. You're far
561. 21:41away from everything to be able to
562. 21:43access transportation not only has a
563. 21:45cost associated with it but it has a
564. 21:47scheduling component. You need to have
565. 21:48that adult or guardian who's willing to
566. 21:51take you around.
567. 21:52>> In a few months, this 66-year-old house
568. 21:54is set to become a drop-in youth center
569. 21:57for 12 to 18 year olds. Most programs
570. 22:00will be free or low cost, from
571. 22:02recreation and music to cooking, life
572. 22:05skills, arts, and more. Canadian
573. 22:07adhesives and sealants company Leage is
574. 22:10partly funding the project to mark its
575. 22:12150th anniversary. Its founder was born
576. 22:15on the island. With this being our
577. 22:17origins, we thought it was very
578. 22:19important to come back here and to fix
579. 22:20it forward and give back to the
580. 22:22community.
581. 22:22>> And a partnership with Holland College
582. 22:24is providing trade students with paid
583. 22:27hands-on career experience.
584. 22:29>> Some of the people working here, this is
585. 22:31their first career job and others have
586. 22:33been here for a while. But it's
587. 22:34important for us to plug in the
588. 22:36generations and be the glue that binds
589. 22:38them.
590. 22:39>> That means young workers helping build
591. 22:41the center for young islanders who need
592. 22:43it. The goal is for the renovation to be
593. 22:45complete sometime this fall with teens
594. 22:47filling the space shortly after. Maria
595. 22:50Su, CTV News, Monagu, Prince Edward
596. 22:53Island.
597. 22:54>> That is our newscast for this Sunday
598. 22:55night. I'm Heather Bots. For all of us
599. 22:57at CTV National News, thank you for
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