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vancouver sports fans. We started the week getting kicked out of the playoffs and now the best soccer player in the world is no longer coming to play our soccer team. It's a lot to take in one week. Seeing messi of course for soccer fans is a big bucket list item and 55,000 people were expected to come and watch this game, people from b.c., canada and even the U.S. paying thousands of dollars for these tickets which, as you say, were inflated by a lot. It's not just messi who's going to be a no-show this weekend. Luis suarez and sergio buskets no long he making the tripe trip. We did hear from the coach of intermiami, they're in vancouver. It's the first time we've heard from the team since the news broke these players would not be playing vancouver tomorrow. They told us that it was because of scheduling issues and players' health. The coach, who speaks spanish, spoke through a translator. Take a listen. >> Voice of Interpreter: we just met and after that meeting with the coach met with the players and that's when it was determined they would not be here. We honestly understand the frustration of the people wanting to watch these players play. We as coaches sometimes have to make very difficult decisions. >> Georgie: also heard from the Whitecaps as well, from a statement and also media availability today. They acknowledged fans would be disappointed they would not be seeing Messi and others play this weekend but urged people to come along anyway and said that it would be a good game a good atmosphere. >> Travis: georgie, disappointment is one thing. It's also costing fans some money here many how expensive is this for fans? >> I mean it's one thing to accept that your -- you'll no longer be watching the world's best player and it's nor thing to really start to understand that you'll be playing many, many, many times the form mal price to watch the whitecaps. Tickets for this game started at above $300 and rose steeply after that. The prices got as high as $10,000 for a ticket on the resale market before it was clear, of course, that messi wouldn't be playing. To put that into perspective you can usually get a ticket to one of these games for about $40. So some fans are expected to try to sell their tickets off of course unlikely to get anywhere close to what they paid for them given the price for those tickets fell considerably since this news came out. Peter zimmerman is the president of the vancouver fan club and says he hopes that whitecaps fans would come out anyway to support their team. >> I think you are really disappointed they are unlikely to show up after the news. Maybe they will be able to sell their tickets and I'm hoping that many will come. Because it is a big sold-out game. >> Georgie: I should mention as well that this isn't the first and only time messi hasn't shown up for a game that he was expected to be at. Earlier this year in hong kong, fans there were disappointed as well when messi was supposed to play and didn't show up, but the stadium there did offer fans a 50% discount on tickets. Tomorrow fans can expect a 50% discount on food and drinks. Travis? >> Travis: all right, georgie. Appreciate it. That is georgie smythe in vancouver. A one-in-30 million catch. That's what a nova scotia fisherman found himself with this week, at that is, when he caught a rare yellow lobster off pictou island. He told cbc nova scotia all about the catch. >> Just stopped and said holy-moly, you know. Look down this trap here. We were just on the west end of pictou island. All operations kind of came to a standstill and this stood out from the rest. It was just a bright yellow lobster. Something I've never seen before. And 18 years he fished. Just found a can of yellow paint more or less. [Chuckles] first things first of course. Everybody had their cell phones out and, you know, a half dozen pictures or more were taken. Yeah, just sat there and admired it I guess for the next few minutes and then carried on of course. >> Travis: and that is it for us tonight. And for this week. Thank you so much for watching "canada tonight."

I'm travis dhanraj. We are back monday 7 p.m. Eastern, 4:00 pacific. "the national" with ian hanomansing in vancouver is next. >> Tonight, cbc news has learned that charges have been laid in connection with a deadly wrong-way crash on canada's busiest highway. >> Oh, my god. >> A passenger in that u-haul van chased by police was out on bail. >> You shouldn't be out on bail. >> What we learned about the incident that sparked the dangerous decision. >> Just having the opportunity to drive it wherever makes sense. >> This comes with a multimillion-dollar price tag. >>> Where do you want to grow old? The overwhelming answer at home. We breakdown the challenges and potential solutions to help canadian seniors age in place. [ ] >> Erica: good afternoon and thank you for joining us. Ian is away. >>> We're learning about the cascade of events that led to a busy police pursuit the wrong way down a busy ontario highway, and now, charges have been laid. Court documents obtained by cbc news show the driver of that u-haul van has now been charged with robbing a liquor store. It was that alleged crime that led to a huge police chase ending in a head-on collision. Two grandparents, a baby, and a parent were killed. >> Oh, my god! >> Reporter: in that u-haul van, racing down the highway in the wrong direction, two men were fleeing durham police. The high speed chase ending in a fatal crash that killed a two month old and his parentgrandparents. A parent also died. Newly obtained court records shows that manpreet gill was charged with robbery of a liquor store, possession of $5,000 of merchandise, and several counts of breach of probation. He and the driver were out on bail at the time of the crash. >> If you're out on bail and you continue to do same things, you shouldn't be out on bail. He was coming right at us, that was our perspective, and so he was just flying. We didn't have any warning besides those westbound police. >> Reporter: investigators say it all started with a robbery at this liquor store. Here's what ontario provincial police were told in radio communications that evening. >> There was a male inside the lcbo. He tried to rob the store and pulled a knife on an off-duty officer. >> Reporter: ontario provincial police watchdog are looking into the situation surrounding the crash. Could you clarify for us what happened in the lcbo that day? >> Those events are not separated. Those are one -- it's one event that happened, and I'm going to let the S.I.U. complete their investigation. >> Erica: and thomas, the where abouts of the passenger are not clear. What do you know about that? >> Reporter: yeah. He was scheduled to appear in court yesterday on bail and new charges, but he didn't show up. He may still be in hospital. He was taken to hospital after the crash with injuries. Last year, he was charged with a series of offenses including being in possession of a stolen vehicle and stealing from another liquor store in the toronto area. He's expected to appear in june by video link on new charges in the area. >> Erica: cbc reporter thomas daigle.

>>> And the driver of the truck that caused the humboldt broncos bus crash has been ordered deported out of the country. It could take months or years before manpreet gill is deported. His lawyer says he plans to fight the decision on humanitarian grounds. >>> Israel has received an order from the international court of justice: stop the attack on rafah. Israel has said no power on earth can stop it, and the court has no power to stop it, but as sasa petricic reports, the order does add to the pressure. >> Israel must immediately halt its military offense and any other action in the rafah area. >> Reporter: palestinians welcome the ruling. >> Israel has to abide by the decisions and the demands by the I.C.J. >> Reporter: but it's not that simple. Though the order is legally binding, the court has no way to enforce it, and israel has vowed to carry on. Cabinet ministers called the court's stance antisemite irk. A statement from prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel is defending itself, consistent with its moral values and in compliance with international law. The outrage is shared on the streets of tel aviv where the attacks of october 7 are enough. Within hours of the ruling, bombs were dropping on rafah once again. America has to pressure israel, says this man, but it won't. The U.S. responded by pointing to its long opposition to israel's rafah offensive. As for canada -- >> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: the I.C.J.s proposals are binding, and we expect everyone to follow them as a matter of international law. >> Reporter: even if israel ignores it, observers say the pressure has now grown significantly. >> Israel is not able to remain a part of the demographic world if it goes on ignoring the most important orders of the international community. >> Reporter: and another tribunal, the international criminal court, is considering warrants for netanyahu and his defence minister for war crimes, accusations netanyahu has dismissed. Sasa petricic, cbc news, toronto. >> Erica: pro-palestinian protesters at the university of toronto have been given a new deadline to leave and a warning. The university says it will take all legal steps to clear out the protesters if they're not gone by monday and threaten the students with fines and suspension.

>>> People in ontario will soon be able to buy alcohol in a lot more places. Premier doug ford and the provincial government is rolling out an expansion on booze sales starting this summer, and as nisha patel reports, it comes 1.5 years earlier than scheduled. >> Reporter: for this small convenience store, selling beer and wine is a big opportunity. >> I think there will be a lot more foot traffic coming and looking for beer, yeah, so I think it's going to be a lot more sales. >> Reporter: it's one area where the ontario premier says is expanding where liquor can be sold. >> We're expanding opportunities for local breweries, wineries, and small businesses. It's going to give people more choice and convenience. >> Reporter: starting august 1, grocery stores in ontario, which already sell beer and wine, can sell ready-to-drink cocktails. By october, convenience stores and big box stores will join the mix. >> Just having the opportunity to grab it wherever makes sense. >> I think it's actually making it accessible. I appreciate the law with things being in separate stores. >> Reporter: the law in newfoundland allows it to already be sold in liquor stores, but to bring in these changes, ontario will have to pay up to $225 million in taxpayer money to end a ten-year agreement that had given the privately-owned beer store a near monopoly. In exchange, the beer store will keep hundreds of locations open and maintain its recycling programme. >> To maintain the recycling programme, it makes it very unpalatable. >> Reporter: but others toasted the deal. >> It's great. The more distribution the better for us craft brewers. >> Reporter: with the hopes that this will brew up more business. Nisha patel, cbc news, toronto. >> Erica: some daycare providers are threatening to pull out of the federal government's national child care programme. Demand for spaces is soaring, and daycare operators say costs are, too. Marina von stackelberg shows us the strains on providers and parents. >> Reporter: this woman's daughters are on 15 child care wait lists. The family, like many, are struggling to find a low cost provider. >> Some are saying they won't have a spot for two or three years. >> Reporter: it's been a year since the government signed its deal with provinces to spend tens of millions of dollars on child care and create thousands of $10 a day child care spaces. Millions of parents signed on. >> As child care has become more affordable, we've heard from many parents who want to access it who are having trouble finding spaces. >> Reporter: providers say they're struggling to operate the spots they already have. The funding hasn't kept up with inflation and the need to pay workers a liveable wage. >> We need to pay for those costs, and that will only increase as the demand goes up. >> Reporter: the providers can't raise fees, something they could do in the past as costs went up. Some providers have threatened to pull out of the programme altogether unless they get more money. >> Reporter: the funding will . >> The funding will have to rise across the whole sector, but it's ironic that this game of chicken is not being played by anyone other than the private sector. >> Reporter: it's hard to determine how many spots are needed, but the latest data from statistics canada show half of canadian families now report struggling to find a spot. >> The funding is great. It's a great incentive to get us mums back out to work, but again, if I can't access it, what is the point? >> Reporter: adding to sherry's stress, she's expecting her third child this fall. The child doesn't have a name yet but is already on a wait list. Marina von stackelberg, cbc news, ottawa. >> Erica: and a change in dress list is being criticized by some indigenous communities. Ribbon skirts, a symbol of unity and strength, will be a part of an rcmp uniform.

>> Reporter: this week, the rcmp dress uniform got an addition. A ribbon skirt of four colours representing four directions. >> It really signifies how we have pride in our womanhood, in our being matriarchs of a community. >> Reporter: many see the ribbon skirt as a symbol of identity. For the rcmp, it's a positive addition, but many see the red uniform and residential schools as an insult. >> I think it's an insult to our people. >> Reporter: but not everyone here feels that way. >> It represents the women and how we're just growing stronger. >> Reporter: the push for an rcmp skirt grew after the rcmp gave a ribbon skirt to a girl who was ridiculed for wearing one to school. The rcmp allows indigenous officers to take an oath on an eagle feather and wear indigenous sashes. This woman gets the concern but also sees it like this. >> The rcmp doesn't own the ribbon skirt, it's owned by the members that wear it. >> Reporter: the rcmp say there's about 300 members of the force eligible to wear the skirt as questions swirl around the issue of reconciliation. >> Erica: tonight, louisiana's governor signed a controversial law designating two commonly used abortion pills as dangerous controlled substances. It's believed to be the first of its kind. If someone is found to be in possession of the drugs without a prescription, they could face fines or prison time. Louisiana already bans abortions in most cases. Doctors say the move will make it harder to prescribe the pills, which are also used for miscarriages and inducing labour.

>>> A landmark settlement in the U.S. could change the landscape of college sports. It paves the way for future and college athletes to be paid, a change many say is long overdue. Alison northcott unpacks the new agreement and what's still up in the air. >> Reporter: some of the biggest names in sports started here in college. >> Turns up the middle -- >> Reporter: U.S. college athletes have long been considered amateurs but that could be about to change. A landmark settlement in a class action lawsuit would see student athletes paid directly. >> When we briefed them on the deal, they were just blown away. >> Reporter: this attorney sued the ncaa, alleging it violated antitrust laws by restricting athletes' access to compensation. >> For ten years, the athletes will be entitled to share revenue, including lucrative broadcast ticket sales and media sales. >> Reporter: the settlement includes $2.8 billion in back pay for thousands of former college athletes. The ncaa called the settlement an important step in the continued reformation of college sports to continued student athletics. >> It's the biggest development since the ncaa was formed in 1906. >> We have coaches that have $70 million to $100 million, athletic directors, $100 million contracts. The athletes who generate this wealth get $0. That's what this is about. >> Reporter: but what's unknown is how the money will be divided, whether male and female athletes would get equal shares, and if canadian athletes could participate in it. The settlement still needs to be approved by a judge. If it is, athletes could be getting paid as soon as the 2025 fall semester. Alison northcott, cbc news, washington. >> Erica: documentary film maker morgan spurlock best known for his oscar dominated film, "super size me," has died. >> I think I'm going to have to go super size. >> Erica: for the film, spurlock ate only McDONALDS for 30 days to show the dangers of a fast-food diet. He died of cancer at his home in new york. He was 53.

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