CITY24 - Friday, May 24, 2024 - 12:00 a.m. (ET) - Segment #27

election day is june 10. Canada border services agency workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate. More than 9,000 members voted. >> And 96% supported job action that could lead to significant disruptions to the flow of people, goods and services in and out of canada. As the busy summer season begins, workers have been without a contract for 2 years. Key issues in this round of bargaining include fair wages that are aligned with other law enforcement agencies across the country. Flexible telework and remote work options and equitable retirement benefits. >> Well, coming up next in cp24 live at noon doors open draw it returns this weekend. We're going to talk to the lead program of the event, that's coming up next. Welcome to the world of spycraft. (Dramatic music) Keep yours eyes glued to the action. Let's get down. Let's get funky! What are you concealing? You a communist sympathizer? (Whistles) It's just a job. Rolex, rolex, rolex My cash for your used or new Rolexs. Bring me your Submariners, your Yacht-Masters... your GMT's, your Date or your Datejusts. Oliver Jewellery pays the hightest prices for Rolexs! www.oliverjewellery.ca ooh yeaaahhh!!! Kevin and Sarah have one of the world's largest collections of souvenir plates. [crash] They also have a teenager, so they got their plates insured. But they don't have life insurance. Kevin's worried his diabetes will make it hard to qualify, and Sarah does not like medical exams. So we got them some new plates to tell them about Canada Protection Plan. Canada Protection Plan has solutions for both the healthy and hard to insure. With no needles or medical exams required on most plans. You'll get great coverage at a price you'll love and there are no payments in your first month. Anybody between 18 and 80 can apply and there are great member benefits including rewards for active living and giving back. As part of the Foresters family, your coverage is backed by our excellent financial strength. Contact your advisor or call now to get a no-obligation quote in minutes. Canada Protection Plan. Protecting what matters most... you. [crash] We need to switch. Sweet. Sweet. Sweet. Sweet. Sweet. But can we do it? Oh yeah. We can definitely make the switch. Sweet. Rolex, rolex, rolex My cash for your used or new Rolexs. Bring me your Submariners, your Yacht-Masters... your GMT's, your Date or your Datejusts. Oliver Jewellery pays the hightest prices for Rolexs! www.oliverjewellery.ca ooh yeaaahhh!!! (Upbeat music) >> Doors open toronto returns this weekend. The free annual event gives toronto residents an opportunity to explore behind the scenes of public spaces in the city. And for more on this, we're joined live by christine williams and lead programmer for doors open. Christine, thanks so much for joining may 25th, the 26 from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Do you have any surprises for us this year? >> We always have a few surprises and some of them are actually in the building right behind me here. So you can oh, no. O can you hear me now? Can you hear me? >> Okay, so let's talk about may 25th and 26th 10:00am to 5:00pm. So let out for us. You have surprises this year. >> We always have a few surprises, couple that were really excited are actually in the building behind me here. So there's a number of spaces at a city hall trying to city hall that are never open to the public except on doors open. So it is your rare opportunity to see these faces and you might be surprised by some of the the little hidden gems that you find in this building. >> Okay, so also they're going to be talks as well. Can tell us about these talks learn

about the architecture and urban history, who's going to lead in the >> Yeah, we have a number of talks over the course of the weekend led by our partners at the trying to society of architects on sunday. We have a talk with ontario has today with toronto heritage at st. Lawrence hall on saturday. We're also doing a talk with that author and local historian out a bunch of that's what the ontario heritage tomorrow as well. Okay. And that always talks are meant to give people in sight. And you're also encouraging people to >> Use the hashtag. >> 0.24 it our all of the photos. Good bet rated for. >> You know, a special social montage or a collage. >> Later on. >> Yeah. Absolutely. So our social team works really hard and they love to repost people's photos. Doors open is a photographer's dream. It is such an interesting opportunity to get all sorts of great shots. So use that hashtag doors open dot 24 and you might get featured and re posted on some of our social channels. That's pretty cool. Christine, what you want to tell us about the uniqueness of this program? >> I mean, the great thing about doors open is it's just in a really interesting opportunity to see inside some of the buildings that you may be walk past 100 times. But I've always wondered what goes on in there and it's, it's a chance to, you know, get off the beaten path, learn a new skill. We've got all different kinds of spaces, whether you're into architecture, design or history, you like arts and crafts, museums, all of these, these kinds of sites are participating. Yeah, it's just a really interesting opportunity to learn more about all the little gems in your backyard ok proceed. Is there app or and can people go to a website to kind of >> Get a map too, you know, know how to go from building to building or what buildings in their neighbourhood their little pockets of the area. Downtown. And they can check out. >> Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. We've we do have sites all across the city, whether in scarborough, north york or etobicoke. But if you go to our website doors open as to the toronto dot ca slash doors open. We have a interactive map and a full list of the 163 sites that are across all 25 wards. You could figure out what's nearby you almost all of our sites are clustered so that there's something nearby. If you decide to go to one spot, you get pretty quickly to another one. And that is by far the best way to plan your weekend. If you prefer a physical map, all of our sites will have physical maps on site. You can pick one up and do it that way. >> Christine, tell us about the work that went into the planning of this is here. >> All yeah, I mean, it's it's, it's very much a behind the scenes kind of thing. But we have a really great team at the city of toronto who helped coronated. But we're nothing without our many, many sites, all of whom have their own staff, their own volunteers who put in so much time and effort. It it is an enormous event and we're so grateful to all that the staff, the volunteers, the people who really make the sites come to life. We're just so excited to welcome the public through all the stores. >> And what do you think it's important for people to take advantage of this? >> I think it's as I say, I think it's just a really interesting opportunity to learn more about your own city. It's free, it's family-friendly. You know, it's something to do on the weekend here. We're hopefully hopefully get some good weather and it's just a really nice way to to learn more about your own city have a little bit of civic pride. >> Okeke are seen williams and lead programmer for doors open. Thanks a lot. Thank you for having us. >> Thank you for watching. Cp24 live at noon. Coming up after the break. 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payout. >> It's not going directly to the beer store's where it's going is to make sure that we protect the beer store employees to make sure they know they're going to be taken care of. We're going to audit every single penny to make sure it's going in the right place. So it's not going into the breweries pockets or anything like that is going to the front line people and who we support to make sure the transition as we go through over the next few years. The beer store plays a critical role in recycling and distribution. And we're going make sure we protect employees. >> Not everyone supports expansion. Doctor leslie buckley said of addictions at camh. She joined us live in said that there are many safeguards the need to be in place. >> Careful about serving and selling, making sure that people are certified for selling alcohol product, making sure that the alcohol is kept, you know, away from other areas, putting labels on alcohol to talk about you know, the harms from alcohol and then of course, you know, health promotion strategies. So we're really worried about violence and domestic violence, which is already seeing increases. And we know how to link that is to alcohol. We're worried about duis. So we need, you know, health, we need health promotion, we need to, you know, talk up the harms of health so that people understand that better. >> Earlier this month, a coalition of health organizations, including the canadian cancer society, the canadian mental health association in camh released a letter calling for a comprehensive strategy to deal with increased alcohol consumption, which will come with the change. It says harms linked to drinking cost the province more than 7 billion dollars year more than tobacco and opioids combined. Well, ctv political commentator scott reid, things that premier ford believes expanding alcohol sales will be popular with voters. Doug ford loves nothing more than peddling the beer story and you know, it's, it's the beer store of your story and it's worked well for him. >> You know, buck-a-beer in the original 2014 election campaign beer quarters, he's going to get it. But you see the price, you got to pay 225 million dollars to the largest breweries, multinational breweries in the world. And so we're going to pay more to what may be paying more for that case of beer in a corner store, but it's popular. People would like that that community shake their head and say what we have already they got quebec, it seems ridiculous. Let's get it. So we're going to get it. >> And with more details and reaction in today's announcement, let's go live to cp24's melissa. Doug and melissa, you've been speaking to a lot of people who have opinions on both sides. >> Sure do have opinions on this fun. Bakari would sometimes tough to get people to weigh in on camera. Nothing case today, the ford government billing this as the biggest change to the way alcohol is sold in our province since prohibition, as we've been talking about, is going to be rolled out in full effect by october 31st. Halloween, so trick or treat fort saying, hey, he thinks that this is a popular move among voters to people here. Agree. Let me you can have a listen. I mean, there's a reason why we have restrictions on like, you know what, where you can go and lcbo dates and holidays and liked. >> You know, making sure people can buy like a whole bunch of things, but I mean, every other country has a communion stores. So I think we follow them. It might be fine. I think that's a good idea. What? >> Because we couldn't get any look or the other the grocery stores already have it make sense. There's you know, they're selling cigarettes communion I think, you know, in other places, the more access doesn't necessarily mean the worse it's going to get. >> And it won't come as a shock to you to hear that here in the heart of the biggest city in our country. There are a lot of tourists, they're waiting into other jurisdictions around the world have managed to figure this out. Why can't you in ontario? I guess we'll find out over the months ahead. >> But you know what? I think people bakari weighing in on both sides saying they see the benefit. It is convenient. >> But some concerned about the wire of availability of alcohol in our province. Back to you. Alright, cp24's most a thanks melissa. >> And with that, it's 1:06. 24 degrees. Let's get a check of the roads this afternoon with traffic specialist azalea hart. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, bakari. So the traffic is not terrible right now. There's no major issues to report, but there is a lot of volume taking a look at the cameras. This is on the westbound gardiner right by rogers centre. It's basically a parking lot. This is the type of weather that you can just roll down your windows because you're going to be here for a little while. It's going to take about 20 minutes at last check between lower jarvis and strachan. And then

over on the gardiner, her westbound also closer to bathurst. You can see it starts to move a little bit more but just expect your typical delays are new. Typical delays in this area. And the northbound dvp also moving well until jabar. But we're seeing a little bit of a slowdown, which will persist all the way to york. Now, you can expect the stretch to take about 15 minutes. It is getting heavy, though, on the main roads out of camera view dec spadina and dundas is still closed due to a police investigation. That back to you. I think and heads up for ttc riders are going to be subway closures that you need to be aware of this weekend. That's going to be no service on line 2 between woodbine and kennedy station saturday and sunday. >> Because crews will be doing trackwork shuttle buses will be running. Regular service is scheduled to resume on monday. The university of toronto has given pro-palestinian protests. 24 hours to consider its latest offer. It's asking that that they leave the encampment. Missy ryan as at the uft joins us live scene. >> You have a car. This encampment has been set up at king's college circle since may. The second pro-palestinian students that attend university of toronto. Some outsiders who've been here since may second. And they have made to them and they've been pretty consistent in both of them that they have made towards the university of toronto. And they are that the u of t the school's the relationship with israel and that the university of toronto, they best in any investments that they have with israeli company. So the latest meeting between the university of toronto faculty and the demonstrators happened yesterday at yesterday's the university said to the students they can have a future seat. At the table when it comes to future investments in companies. They said that they are not. Tying off all their ties with the universities in israel. And they said, but they can, only they being the students can only have a seat at the table for future investments if they leave this encampment. There was a letter sent out yesterday at 4:00pm. And that letter said that the if the people did not vacate this location within 24 hours, they will deemed to have been trespassing and they're now found to be trespassers and they can be a charged before that, a provincial offence that we heard from students who spoke at a press conference earlier on today. Here's their clips and the other side of these clips all explain to what I see as the process taking place when it comes to law enforcement and enforcing the trespass to property act. Here's more from the students. We heard from other >> President gertler has not met with us once, although we've asked for his presence multiple times throughout this encampment. By addressing the press in the middle of our meeting. And by giving a live radio interview this morning. It is clear the administration has no intention to negotiate or engage in dialogue with us in good faith. They have already made up their minds and they're ready to tell the world. This is not an offer. This is an ultimatum. >> So come 4:00. If people haven't left this location, bakari, they will have been deemed to be trespassing at that point time. I expect that the university of toronto special constables who have the authority to act with regards to legislation because they're acting on behalf of the university will advise the people at the spot that they are trespassing. That may give them a day or 2, 2, vacate this location. The next process will be a charge, a ticket that could see a fine of $1000 that could be issued by the special constables or by the police. I suspect most likely by the special constables. And then the last phase of this process would be where the people would be advised that they aren't out by certain day, they could face the possibility of being arrested under the trespass to property act and released with a to go to court venture court. That is not a criminal court, but that could be fined up to $10,000. So it's a slow process, but it's done this way. We have a large group of people in a specific location because you do not want to use force if you don't have to, you want to de-escalate the situation and get people all the time in the world to comply with the request. But some point time, if they do not leave the university request that those people be removed within the police to come in and they will apprehend them under the trespass to property act and release. And at another location after being released on part 3 summons, which will require them to attend the provincial offences court and face a fine up to $10,000. Okay season twenty-four's crime analyst steve ryan. Thank steve. >> Amends the george's murder in the stabbing death of woman at a mississauga motel earlier this week. 25 year-old lead osmond. He's facing a second-degree murder charge after a 50 year-old woman was found dead near brittania and little road monday morning. Police say that the suspect and victim are related, but it's not a case of intimate partner violence. And a toddler has died after being hit by recycling truck. And they're the collision happened in the south end of the city yesterday afternoon. Police say that the 23 month-old boy was rushed to a local hospital, then airlifted to a toronto trauma centre, but

later died. The circumstances of the incident are still under investigation. And it's not clear if any charges are going to be late. The federal government is providing more insight into why they rejected toronto's request to decriminalize possession of illegal drugs. Addictions minister sacks as that the proposal did not include age restrictions will limit the amount of drugs a person could she says that the plan left her with deep concerns. The minister says that she decided to denied after tomorrow refused to amend the proposal to address concerns from her department. The application sought to decriminalize possession of all controlled drugs and substances for personal use. And premier ford was asked about the federal government denied toronto's request to decriminalize drugs for personal use. >> Absolute nightmare be disaster, folks. Imagine decriminalizing drugs like heroin, fenton, all cocaine. We saw what happened in bc. We saw what is happening in the U.S. they're all reversing a. And that was a big mistake. They bc. I'm I'm, I'm so proud of premier eby. Saying that they're going to do it anymore. The federal government want they're given the jurisdiction of that into the hands of the province. >> Well, the federal government says that it is open to adding more medications to the list of drugs covered by proposed pharmacare program. The build charts a path towards a universal pharmacare plan, which covers select birth control, diabetes drugs. Health minister mark holland says that the current list represent an absolute minimum and that the government could spend a basin negotiations with provinces and committee recommendations. Insurance industry representatives have expressed concerns about the bill saying that it could disrupt existing private coverage. It has burned through bird flu spreads among dairy cow south of the border. The virus has not been detected in milk in canada yet the canadian food inspection agency says that more than 300 samples of retail milk and then tested as may, 6, all were negative for avian influenza. Officials started keir after some americans samples tested positive. The disease was detected in U.S. livestock earlier this year. And he's been confirmed in at least 51 dairy herds in 9 states. Now officials say that the milk supply remains safe because pasteurization kills the virus. It's the first day of advance voting in mississauga's mayoral by-election. Voters can cast their ballots at mississauga city hall today and tomorrow. There's going to be another round of advance voting on june, first and second. That's when twenty-two poll locations are going to be open across the city. Voters are being reminded, bring your identification with election day set for june 10. Doors open. Toronto is happening this week and give me a chance. It's will more than 160 of the city's historic and significant site since 2000. The event allows the public to get a behind the scenes. Look at landmarks and including like todd, more mills and a combo. Humane society queen's park and the lord a subway station. This year's theme is hidden histories. Christine williamson is the lead for doors open and she joins us live with more on what visitors can expect. >> The great thing about doors open is it's just a really interesting opportunity to see inside some of the buildings that you may be walk past 100 times. But I've always wondered what goes on in there and it's, it's a chance to, you know, get off the beaten path, learn a new skill. We've got all different kinds of spaces, whether you're into architecture, design or history, you like arts and crafts, museums, all of these, these kinds of sites are participating. Yeah, it's just a really interesting opportunity to learn more about all the little gems in your backyard. >> And tonight, you're going to be open tomorrow and sunday from 10:00am to 5:00pm right now. It's one 15 to 25 degrees. This is toronto's breaking news cp24 canada border services agency workers vote overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate. The leaders in this labour dispute coming up. Oh Canada!! their time has come Argentina have done it! One more Messi moment! Beyond glorious! Messi magic once again This is it...the stage is set That's what they came for!! And it is spectacular!! Let's maximize those dreams. That's right. The next lotto max jackpot is an estimated $70 million, plus an estimated 12 maxmillions. A backyard putting green? What about a whole backyard course! Got another dreamer! Get your lotto max tickets today! [olg sting] Discover BetMGM casino [Lion roar] and leap into a world filled with all your favorite casino games. Including popular picks like mgm Grand Millions.

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