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now. They were excited to see lionel messi and his inter-miami teammates play the whitecaps at B.C. place. Now they're just mad because the soccer great and his team are not coming. The cbc's georgie smyth is live in vancouver and joins us now. What happened? Why are they not coming? >> It's another story of heartbreak. We had the canucks knocked out of the playoffs and now lionel messi is not coming to play our soccer team either. Seeing messi play is a big bucket list item for soccer fans and people from all over canada and the U.S. bought tickets to see him here. Some of them worth more than $1,000 and made plans to come up and watch messi. We heard yesterday it was unlikely he would play. It wasn't just messi who is going to be a no-show. Two other teammates also not expected for the game. We haven't been given a reason for their absence, but the whitecaps put out a statement saying they understood the players would no longer be copping and the fans are disappointed. They said there would 12i8 be a great atmosphere and street party tomorrow and this is the first time these two teams have played together. We spoke with ryan white from the team earlier this morning. >> They still have very good players on their team. It's going to be a tough test and we'll do everything we can to get three points in front of a big crowd. >> Reporter: I should mention this isn't the first and only time that messi hasn't turned up to a game like this. Fans in hong kong in february also missed out, but in that case they were offered a 50% discount on their tickets. Tomorrow fans can expect a 50% discount on food and drinks. >> Jacqueline: I said it sounded like the whole team wasn't coming and I misogynist misspoke. But messi isn't coming. That's the important point for many people. Half off food and drinks, I mean, that might not be enough for people who shelled out quite a bit of money for these tickets, georgie. >> Reporter: that's right. There are stories of people having spent up to $10,000 for a ticket we heard one story as well. That's obviously before. It's clear that messi isn't playing anymore. That's on top of what people would have paid to come to vancouver and stay here as well. Some people are expecting to sell their tickets to get their money back. The ticket prices have fallen considerably since messi isn't coming. It's unlikely people will see their money back. The president of the vancouver fan club hopes people still turn out to see the whitecaps. >> I think people are really disappointed and will be unlikely to show up. >> Reporter: so messi's team inter-miami hasn't commented on this yet but we may hear from them later this afternoon. >> Jacqueline: a lot of curious vancouverites. That's the cbc's georgie smyth in vancouver.

>>> Shifting from the soccer pitch to the hockey rink, the nhl's western conference final got off to a blockbuster start last night with edmonton notching the first win. [ Cheering and Applause ]. >> It's over! 32 seconds in, redirected from the slot. >> Jacqueline: McDAVID scored 32 seconds into double overtime in dallas. That game winner was a big relief for the edmonton fans, especially after McDAVID spent four minutes in the penalty box in the first overtime period. >> Really long, really, really long, miserable. I hated every second of it, but the guys did an amazing job. >> Jacqueline: so some praise from McDAVID there for his teammates who kept up the momentum while he was off the ice. Game two is tomorrow night. Stay with us. You're watching cbc news network. [ ] How can you protect yourself from continually rising health care costs not covered by your government health insurance? With SureHealth from Green Shield Canada. My SureHealth plan helps to protect me and my family from a lot of routine medical expenses. Host: Like prescription drugs, dental care and vision care. And many unexpected expenses I could face, if I have an accident or get a serious illness. Like physiotherapists, chiropractors, home care, emergency medical travel expenses, and more. And for most plans, your acceptance is guaranteed, with no health exam and no medical questions when you apply. If you're self-employed, don't have health coverage at work, are recently retired or retiring soon, get SureHealth now and protect yourself and your family from rising health care costs not covered by your government health plan. Call or visit SureHealth.ca now for your free, personalized SureHealth info package. That's SureHealth.ca. [explosion] [dynamic] How can any of this be fair? They might think, hey, we just need more doctors, but that's not really it. Ah, Russian's came here. Shows you where it starts, where it ends. Were you really willing to risk that job? Yes. At Thunder Bay's favourite festival "Wake the Giant". Ta-da! There it is. [ ] >> Andrew: as we've been reporting, barges will not be making the trip to the northern communities of normand wells and tulita. The government of the northwest territories says water levels are too low on the mackenzie river. It is unsafe for barges because of large bolders and gravel bars at key manoeuvring areas. To get a sense of the impact this will have we have connected with josh earls. He carries general merchandise and also sells groceries. Thank you for speaking to us. >> Thanks for having me. >> Andrew: what will this mean to your business and the people of the town? >> This is unprecedented times for us. I mean, we normally have two kind of major seasons to get our goods up to us, one being the ice road along our winter road there with a six-week period to get our goods and the other being our barges. Now without getting our barges, that really creates big difficulties and supply chain issues for us moving forward here. >> Andrew: so tell me about that. What does it mean in terms of people getting the goods that they need if you can't use the river? >> Yeah, I mean, now what we're going to have to do is get them up by air. Normally we use air in between our winter road and barge seasons to fill in the gaps of what we need. Now we're going to have to make this a major focus using air which will increase freight costs by two to three times which will have a significant impact on autumn the goods and the amount of goods and the things that we can do and different activities we're going to do such as building and construction and things like that. >> Andrew: yeah, so, josh, tell me about that because everybody in canada can relate to kind of the affordability issues everybody has, but you're talking next level. Can you give us an example of

how things could become just a lot more unaffordable for people living there just to have everything flown in. >> Yeah, I mean most places in the world and in canada they ton inflation being a problem and that's a year-to-year increase in goods, but with something like this our costs will go up 200 to 300%. What that means for heavier items, a thing of laundry detergent will double the price of the good overnight. This is something that you can't even almost predict or plan for and it's going to have a significant impact on our communities here. >> Andrew: can you tell me about the mackenzie river and have you been out to see it and just how low the water is and I guess you can understand the reason for barges not being able to kind of go on it, right? >> Yeah, exactly. Well, right now we can literally look out and you can see literally the sand bars and bolders and rocks that we've never seen before. Normally we would have water up to our docks. You can literally walk down to the river there. There is no boats around and no coast guard able to come up and therefore none of the barges are able to come up. This is really crazy times. >> Andrew: what's it like to see it like that? >> It's a huge surprise. All of a sudden you're looking out and it's all of a sudden an entirely different landscape you're seeing. I jokingly say that, but really it's just -- people are panicking a little bit. This is how we get our goods up and now we're going to have to focus on air which is fine, but the costs and everything are going to go up so extreme. This is something that is really scary to say honestly. >> Andrew: what are you going to do? Are people just not get some of the goods they want or do some of the renovations they want or build homes? I mean, what's the impact? >> What I've heard is most construction projects and stuff are being pushed back at least to bring up the supplies on the winter road at this point. There are some goods that have to come up such as food and different things like that. So we have to find a way. Our kind of midterm solution here that we've come up with is we're going to try to truck our goods from edmonton to yellowknife and thern a company called buffalo airways is offering an air barge and they're going to fly from yellowknife up to the communities here at a discounted rate. We owe them a big thanks. It is not as cheap, but they are playing a significant impact into helping us at this point. >> Andrew: I'm sure that is some welcome relief for you and your community. Josh, I hope this gets better and easier in time, but appreciate you talking to us. Thank you. Srnlgts thanks for having me. >> Andrew: josh earls in norman wells in the northwest territories. >> Jacqueline: the latest on the pro-palestinian encampment at the university of toronto. The university has issued a notice of trespass. It says that people are prohibited from the area of the u. Of t. Campus where the tents currently stand. It also says people are not allowed to gather on campus between 11:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M. unless specifically authorized. The university has also set a new deadline. It says if the protesters do not clear out by monday morning at 8:00 a.m., the university will pursue consequences under the university policies and the law. We'll be back in just a moment. [ ] I am pumped! Yes! Announcer:The finish line is finally in sight. Maestro: One team will be crowned Race Against the Tidechampions. Announcer:On this beach anything can happen. Mm. -Oh, It makes your heart pound, it's going to be really exciting, no matter what. Duradek is a family business supporting dedicated contractors for over 45 years. We're growing, and demand is high for more dealers and installers. For opportunities in your area visit Duradekcareers.com Hey! Wake-up. The words in your head, you're the only one that can hear them. Say it! Yes. I. Can. Move! Feel it. Hold onto this feeling. Yes I can, Yes I must. Watch me! Start your 30—day home trial at OnePeloton.ca. Terms apply. Wall paper or paint.We make thousands of financialdecisions every day. Stay on top of it all withalerts and insights

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