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Always hard to see the difference between winning and losing!” Got a heart of steel (crowd erupts) Ta da da daaaa Stanley Cup Champions!” You know we waited such... a long time, long time! (celebration cheers) Ta da da daaaa The quest for the hardest trophy in win in sports!” Well here it is... Here it is! [cheers and applause] >> Kelly: all right, before I go, one last to share. This is "what I'm liking." [cheers and applause] these last two years, christina applegate and jamie-lynn sigler have both been very open about their journeys living with ms. Now they are exploring their experience and an even more vulnerable way, sharing what they are going through in their new podcast. We have them on the line right now to tell us more. What is up, christina? Hi, jamie! Jamie, I will start with you. What made you want to do the podcast? >> Welcome mr. Tina and I have had such intimate and beautiful conversations over the last couple of years and even though I feel like I have been able to be honest and vulnerable with my own friends, with her, it just was even deeper and on another level because she understood intimately what I was going through. And our conversations started to vary, not just about ms, but the messiness of our lives, and being mothers, and actresses, and all of the things, and the way that we were able to open up and share. I give all the credit to christina. She said to me one day, jamie, I think we should put these conversations out there I think we should start a podcast. >> Kelly: christina, you have been on with us before and it is so beautiful, how open you are. >> On zoom. I want to be in person sometime, kelly. >> Kelly: I love, though, that you are so open about it. I think that y'all being open about whatever is going on in your life, whether it is ms or whatever, but go through all the things. It is a hard thing to do sometimes when you are in the limelight, because at some things you want to keep to yourself. It it is so beautiful how you were on the show last time, you are so honest. I think everybody is not generally that honest. What has the response been like for y'all? >> The response has been incredible. If for anything we are doing, what we set out to do, which was to test a lot of lives, make a lot of people not feel alone. Even though this is two people with ms and we have a lot of listeners, thousands and thousands of listeners that do have ms, they have other things going on. Whether it be mental health issues, whether it be going through a divorce, whether it be having trouble with their jerk teen. You know, whatever the case may be, they find a place and that is where we really speak our own truth and the ones that really hit me are we have, for one in particular, actually, from a couple different therapists, believe it or not, saying, I was knocked making a breakthrough with my patient who has ms. And then they found our podcast and it was like, the patient was able to say to the therapist how she was really feeling, by saying, listen to these women. But then also talk about our obsession with all things bravo television. >> Kelly: [laughs] >> All sorts of weird things. And we have our bodies on we have our buddies. We are lucky to have some really incredible buddies. Martin short, edie falco, today was jean smart. Really cool people. >> Kelly: thank you so much. This is really cool what you are doing. It's not easy to be open and honest. It can get old sometimes. Maybe I should keep this to myself. Maybe this will help somebody. It's a hard thing, that lying to toe sometimes. Thank you. I am liking your post right now. [cheers and applause] our season-long partner pilot pen, makers of g2, the the go-to pen of "the kelly clarkson show," want to spread, help you spread awareness for ms so they are donating $1,000 to the national multiples for sclerosis society. Thank youthank you, both, so much! Thank you to anya taylor-joy, chris hemsworth, lee jung-jae, y'all have a great day. If it's not, change it. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause]

>> Broadcasting from the traditional territories of the anishnabe, the wendat, the haudenosaunee peoples, and since 1805 the treaty lands of the mississaugas of the credit, this is "CityNews." [ ] >> The monopoly with the three big breweries, they're done. They're gone. >> Cynthia: tonight in toronto, the province is fast-tracking the sale of alcohol at corner stores but at a big cost to taxpayers. >> This is not an offer. This is an ultimatum. >> Cynthia: pro-palestinian demonstrators refuse to leave the u of t campus. Could they soon be forcibly removed? And how a major transit project could force students out of their toronto school. >> Announcer: this is "citynews," everywhere. >> Cynthia: welcome to "CityNews." you will soon be able to buy booze in corner stores, but even if you don't drink, you'll still be paying for it. Tina yazdani joins us now. Tina, premier doug ford has been promising this for years but a significant amount of taxpayer money is now being spent to make it happen. >> Tina: and that's right, cynthia. The ford government will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to fast track its plan to get booze into corner stores. This will mark a significant change to the alcohol market here in ontario that has looked relatively the same for decades. >> After having a monopoly in 97 years, almost 100 years, only jurisdiction in the entire world you can't walk into a grocery store, a retail, a convenience store and pick up a case of beer or wine. We're bringing -- we're moving it forward. >> Tina: the ford government moving it forward almost two years ahead of schedule. Beer, seider, wine and ready made cocktails will be available in convenience, grocery, big box and corner stores as well as gas stations by the end of october dramatically earlier than the expected 2026 start date. It will give ontarians an estimated 8,500 new stores across the province to buy booze. >> We're going to make sure it's convenient for people and be treated like everyone else in the country. >> Tina: but it comes at a cost to taxpayers. The ford government will give the beer store $225 million over the next 19 months to support the transition and protect jobs, money that may not have been paid had this been rolled out on the original 2026 time line. This is about passing public money, our money off to the private sector. This is our worst nightmare come true. >> Tina: the union representing lcbo employees is demanding answers about why public funds are paying for a rushed policy. >> I'm concerned about convenience when I go to an emergency room and I have to wait 12 hours to see somebody. That's not convenient. I don't care about where to get the booze. >> It's overwhelmingly popular, overwhelmingly. I've never seen numbers this high before. >> Tina: while he call it is popular, there is mixed reaction to the news. >> I don't think it's necessary. >> I think it's a terrible idea. >> It's too accessible. It just -- we're trying to cut down on the amount of impaired driving out there. >> Tina: the announcement comes just one week after the ford government said it is toughening impaired driving penaltys in response to a rise in impaired driving charges. >> The research is pretty clear that, when you increase alcohol availability, you also increase alcohol related harms, one of which is impaired driving. It also includes violence, domestic violence as well as the health effects of alcohol. >> Cynthia: now, tina, this raises a lot of questions about the role the lcbo and beer store will still play in the alcohol market in ontario. >> Tina: yeah, definitely, cynthia. The premier says their role will still be significant. The beer store will remain active in distribution of beer across the province as well as for bottle collection and recycling. In a statement today said they are ready to meet the government's accelerated time line. As for the lcbo, they will still be the exclusive sellers of spirits in this province. The government does admit they will be selling less, but since they are the exclusive wholesaler, that should mitigate any losses. Keep in mind though, these corner stores, they will soon be able to set their own prices for how much booze will cost so that could also increase competition for the lcbo. There are of course lots of concerns about possible job losses. Cyn? >> Cynthia: ok, tina. Thank you. Our "CityNews" chopper is flying above the university of toronto's downtown campus this hour where pro-palestinian encampment remains in place. The chances that those demonstrators could be forcibly removed appears to be growing by the day. It has been 24 hours since the school made an offer of resolution, but the students

living in those tents appear to be digging in their heels tonight. Our shauna hunt joins us live from the campus. Shauna, another deadline has been given and there's a feeling that this standoff could soon come to a head. >> Shauna: yeah, cynthia. I can tell you things here are certainly heating up so the students rejected the president's offer and you know the university followed through on its ultimatum so these trespass noticed, they were handed out about an hour ago. They basically tell students and staff here, the faculty staying here, that they have until monday at 8 a.m. To clear the circle or legal action will escalate. I'm going to give awe look back on the last 24 hours and how we got here. The school's proposal and the students' reaction. >> This is not an offer. This is an ultimatum. >> Shauna: the encampment here as grown over the last 23 days with nearly 200 tents now erected in king's college circle, and after more than three weeks of protest, the university is planning legal action after the first and final offer was rejected by student organizers. >> This document is a farce. This document is nothing but a summary of their already existing procedure on divestment and disclosure, with a few minor tweaks to bait us into thinking that we are getting a good deal out of this. >> Shauna: the school says it will not cut ties with israeli universities but invited students to take part in committees and working groups to consider options for disclosure and increased transparency of investments. >> Our offer is fair and reasonable. >> Shauna: for the first time since the encampment began, u of T's president called a conference on thursday; giving protesters 24 hours to accept the deal or face the consequences. >> The patience of our community I think is wearing thin. We have allowed one group to occupy a piece of the campus, a very prominent piece of the campus, to demonstrate and protest but ndoing so, they have denied others the use of this piece of land, which is much enjoyed by many members of our community normally. We are, at this point, not eliminating any options. We are pursuing all legal options available to us if or as necessary. >> Shauna: something protesters are preparing for. >> We are here currently, students have been here for 23 days. We will continue to demand divestment. This is, you know, an ongoing and active movement. [ Conversation din ] >> Shauna: now, in this notice, u of t warns that students could be suspended and faculty could be fired if they do not comply with that monday morning deadline to clear out. But one thing I do want to point out, cynthia, is that despite those warnings, talks here are continuing. Student organizers telling me they do have a meeting planned with the administration on sunday evening, so there's more to come, but things here are certainly escalating. Back to you. >> Cynthia: ok, shauna. Thank you. A 25-year-old man is in custody tonight in connection to a stabbing that left a woman dead at a mississauga motel earlier this week. Peel regional police officers were called to the motel near britannia and whittle road on monday. That's where they found a 50-year-old woman with stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Waleed osman is now facing second-degree murder charges. Police say the two are related but that this is not a case of intimate partner violence. A major subway project could, ironically, force hundreds of students to take a longer walk. Mark McALLISTER with how construction could prompt their school to close its doors. >> Mark: this small school in riverdale is right in line with the ontario line and the chaos from construction is expected to last for years. As a result, these school kids may end up at a different facility quite a distance up the road. >> Our kids have enough on the go that, you know, adding another layer of disruption isn't ideal. >> Mark: the signs of disruption have already started. The large concrete blocks and fencing surrounding the playground equipment at pape junior school is blocking early works for the ontario line. Now word from a recent community meeting and letter to parents that 330 students from senior kindergarten to grade 6 could be moving next year. >> I'd like to learn more information. I want to hear from the tdsb what exactly makes our school unsafe and unhealthy to send our kids there. >> Mark: the ontario line path and construction means the move would possibly have students going to what is now the jones adult learning centre. A 10 to 15-minute walk to the northeast. >> In the end, if we are to relocate, is it entirely because it is not safe to stay on the school property? Or is it safe to stay on the existing school property but accessing the building --

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