CKVU - Friday, May 24, 2024 - 09:00 p.m. (ET) - Segment #5

Let's see what's happening in your city. Get your tickets now for the Vancouver International Children's Festival, running May 27th to June 2nd. Enjoy spectacular shows from around the globe, for kids and families of all ages. The 2024 festival features circus acts, puppetry, theater, dance and music shows, plus lots of arts activities created just for children. That's what's happening in your city. Looking at these scenes, no one wants to imagine a wildfire. However, extreme weather and wildfires threaten the places we love. The Government of B.C. is working with communities, indigenous partners and experts, taking action to help lessen risks. You may ask, how can I help? Take steps to protect your home and community, make a safety plan and check local bans and alerts. Let's come together and be wildfire ready. Wrexham are tremendous! I just never felt that exact feeling before. [sigh] My heart was like this [thumping]. Right to the chalice. Now weve got to to go into week 2! Yep. This divison is going to be tougher. Come on! If we keep belieiving we can turn things around. Come on Wrexham. [chanting] Its an edge of your seat season. Welcome to Wrexham. All new Thursday's at 10. on fx and Citytv+. >> It was pretty scary. We heard things outside. >> Reporter: this tornado season could be one of the most active in modern history with more than 800 twisters reported so far this year. >> Seconds after we clothes the door is when we knew everything was breaking loose. >> Reporter: now officials say this also could be the worst hurricane season ever largely due to the warmest ocean surface temperatures on record. >> This season is looking to be an extraordinary one in a number of ways based on our data models with the la niña playing out a significant role. >> Reporter: a forecast from american officials predicts between 17 and 25 named storms, as many of -- as seven of those could reach major hurricane status reaching wind speeds of over 180 kilometres per hour. >> The average is three. Very -- very above normal activity expected. >> Reporter: some people still rebuilding from severe weather. Seven -- >> Several months of work. Getting tightened up before hurricane season, making sure we keep the water out. >> Reporter: canadians are also being warned of a potentially significant hurricane season. >> We do expect to climate change to worsen the impacts of hurricanes, particularly the rainfall effects and particularly the storm surge impacts. >> We see water temperatures that are of the swarm you are looking at intensity, and the rate of intensification which can be tremendous. >> Reporter: experts say this year is just the latest data concerning trends. >> There have not been eight consecutive years of above average hurricane activity. The last below normal season was in 2015. It only takes one landfall hurricane to set back years and years of socioeconomic development. >> Reporter: brandon choghri, city news. >> I actually thought it might be a I generated. >> Reporter: the images real. The rcmp is now allowing a judge's officers to where the ribbon skirt is part of the dress uniform. For the move to address cultural change has sparked outrage. Some people say the movie simply pandering while others say giving the rcmp's history and reputation among indigenous people that makes this a bad look. >> The rcmp, one of the first jobs that they had was to push the indigenous people onto the reservations, and force them to stay there. They had another job later on when they had to go to the communities, grabbed the children, and breathed into residential school, and put the parents in jail if they did did not give up their children. >> Reporter: according to the native women's association of canada ribbon skirt symbolize sacred transit -- traditions and are an example of resilience to colonial cultural erasure. The rcmp say the move to have ribbon skirts came from a judge's officers themselves. It is human to city news the rcmp says the idea came from the women's indigenous network noting there are 311

regular rcmp members who self identified as indigenous women, nonbinary, or two spirit. The statement adds the ribbon skirt, initiative which supports cultural pride, advances change of the organization, it helps to mend relationships with indigenous people and communities. And cree woman and 60 scoop survivor says she understands what indigenous women within the rcmp would want to wear the ribbon skirt but says the rcmp is passing the work of reconciliation off to indigenous women. >> If it is indigenous that it means the rcmp as an institution is not doing the work. It is the indigenous people that are putting this forward in making this initiative,, wearing the ribbon skirts. The rcmp is like that is good. Reconciliation! >> Cultural transformation and reconciliation, it is not a cockpit of ribbon skirt. It is the restitution of indigenous land and life and the ending of state sanctioned violence and systematic violence as we know it. >> Reporter: assistant assistant professor and red river métis woman is riding a book on the history of policing. She says the rcmp's relationship with indigenous people remains uncomfortable adding that if police want to wear the ribbon skirt, more progress on reconciliation must happen. >> If it was ever appropriate it would be when these colonial institutions adopt and fulfil all 94 calls to action as set out in the trc, as well as the calls to justice put forward in the final inquiry for missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. >> Reporter: in ottawa, xiaoli li, city news. >> That building is known around the world for calgary. >> Reporter: as a group of calgarians continued to try to preserve one of calgary's most iconic fixtures of the city skyline, saddledome changes at olympic park and olympic plaza have some feeling the city's olympic legacy is beginning to fade. >> That is our culture. I am fifth-generation albertan. That is our heritage. Win that is off the landscape, we are going to hurt our image worldwide. >> Reporter: the dope was not the only piece of olympic infrastructures had to come down. In 2018 the ski jumps at cop were decommissioned due to a lack of funding. Olympic plus is about to undergo a major redevelopment. Some people feel calgary is slowly losing its olympic legacy that helped shape the city into what it is today. >> Very sad, actually. I am shocked that they are even doing things like that, especially the saddledome. >> Calgary's progressively changing infrastructure all the time, let us not forget our history. Let us keep it raw, there for people to see and understand. >> Reporter: the calgary municipal land corporation has launched a survey giving calgarians a chance to have their say and what the revamped olympic plaza should look like. Asked for d. Saddledome replacement groundwork for the new arena has already begun. The final design is it to be released but one member was save our saddledome says he hopes the new building will feature some saddledome charm. >> With the new design subway to honour the saddledome, such an important part of calgary, original% calgarians really love that building. We have all been there. >> Reporter: the new adventist centre is expected to be completed by 2027 while the new look for olympic process that opened in 2028. >> Nima: vancouver's news is always available with city news 24/7 now stevie got rogers ignite channel 100 and amazon prime. You can get news on the go with the news 11:30 radio and online any time at city news.ca. Your next edition of city news is tonight at 11:30. We will see you then. For now, thank you for watching. Have a good night. [ ] Ram Power Days are here.The power to choose fromthe most awarded truck brand over the last five years. Like Ram Classic.As versatile as it is capable. Ram 1500, voted bestlarge pickup in Canada. Or Ram Heavy Dutywith a no-charge Cummins. And you don't pay for 90 days. The power is yours.The time is now. Get 20% off msrp on Ram Classic for up to $14,200 in discounts. Plus get 4.99% financing. It's Leon's Storewide Super Sale! Save up to 50% on furniture. Save up to 50% on mattresses. Plus, get an l2 washer and dryer set for only $998 including a 2 year warranty!

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