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00:00:19I'm Adrian Arceneaux, chief correspondent for CBC News. Here's what's making news right now.
00:00:25>> Marianne: OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR, THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF
00:00:29HOUR, THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF SUMMERLAND IN BRITISH COLUMBIA SUMMERLAND IN BRITISH COLUMBIA IS UNDER EVACUATION ORDER
00:00:32IS UNDER EVACUATION ORDER BECAUSE OF A FAST-MOVING BECAUSE OF A FAST-MOVING WILDFIRE.
00:00:35WILDFIRE. THE ORDER AFFECTS ABOUT 12,000 THE ORDER AFFECTS ABOUT 12,000 RESIDENTS.
00:00:38RESIDENTS. THE BALD RANGE WILDFIRE GREW
00:00:41THE BALD RANGE WILDFIRE GREW RAPIDLY TO 50 SQUARE KILOMETRES
00:00:44RAPIDLY TO 50 SQUARE KILOMETRES WITHIN HOURS.
00:00:47WITHIN HOURS. THE PROVINCIAL FIRE SERVICE THE PROVINCIAL FIRE SERVICE SAYS GUSTY WINDS HAVE FUELLED
00:00:51SAYS GUSTY WINDS HAVE FUELLED THE GROWTH AND COMPLICATED THE GROWTH AND COMPLICATED FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS.
00:00:54FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS. LINDA WARD HAS THE LATEST ON
00:00:57LINDA WARD HAS THE LATEST ON THE EFFORTS ON THIS
00:01:02THE EFFORTS ON THIS OUT-OF-CONTROL WILDFIRE. OUT-OF-CONTROL WILDFIRE. >> Reporter: THE ENTIRE >> Reporter: THE ENTIRE MUNICIPALITY OF SUMMERLAND
00:01:06MUNICIPALITY OF SUMMERLAND STILL UNDER THIS EVACUATION STILL UNDER THIS EVACUATION ORDER. ORDER. A NUMBER OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES
00:01:09A NUMBER OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND PEACHLAND PROPERTIES ALSO AND PEACHLAND PROPERTIES ALSO UNDER EVACUATION ORDER.
00:01:13UNDER EVACUATION ORDER. IT WAS CERTAINLY A TOUGH NIGHT
00:01:18IT WAS CERTAINLY A TOUGH NIGHT FOR RESIDENTS OF SUMMERLAND. FOR RESIDENTS OF SUMMERLAND. 12,000EOPLE TOLD "GET OUT"
00:01:2112,000EOPLE TOLD "GET OUT" AROUND MIDNIGHT. AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE FIRE WAS ONLY DETECTED
00:01:24THE FIRE WAS ONLY DETECTED ABOUT 5:30 P.M. LOCAL TIME AND
00:01:27ABOUT 5:30 P.M. LOCAL TIME AND RESIDENTS STOOD BY AND WATCHED RESIDENTS STOOD BY AND WATCHED IT AS IT GREW BEFORE THEIR
00:01:31IT AS IT GREW BEFORE THEIR EYES. EYES. SOME HAVE LOST EVERYTHING SOME HAVE LOST EVERYTHING ALREADY.
00:01:34ALREADY. GEORGE RUSSELL IS ONE OF THE
00:01:37GEORGE RUSSELL IS ONE OF THE EVACUEES OUR CREWS SPOKE WITH
00:01:40EVACUEES OUR CREWS SPOKE WITH AT THE EVACUATION CENTRE.
00:01:41AT THE EVACUATION CENTRE. >> YEAH, YEAH OUR HOUSE IS
00:01:48>> YEAH, YEAH OUR HOUSE IS GONE. GONE. RAISES A FEW EMOTIONS. RAISES A FEW EMOTIONS. WE FOUND OUT OUR NEIGHBOUR'S
00:01:52WE FOUND OUT OUR NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE IS GONE AND WHEN I WAS
00:01:56HOUSE IS GONE AND WHEN I WAS LEAVING THE WHOLE HILL BEHIND LEAVING THE WHOLE HILL BEHIND US WAS ON FIRE, COMING DOWN, SO
00:02:00US WAS ON FIRE, COMING DOWN, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THERE AND FIND A PLACE TO SLEEP TONIGHT
00:02:04FIND A PLACE TO SLEEP TONIGHT HOPEFULLY.
00:02:05HOPEFULLY. ANY WAY, I'VE GOT TO GO TEND TO
00:02:10ANY WAY, I'VE GOT TO GO TEND TO MY ANIMALS HERE.
00:02:13MY ANIMALS HERE. >> Linda: TOUGH STORY.
00:02:14>> Linda: TOUGH STORY. WE SPOKE TO LINDA GIBBS WHO
00:02:18WE SPOKE TO LINDA GIBBS WHO LIVES IN THE EVACUATION CENTRE
00:02:21LIVES IN THE EVACUATION CENTRE ON A FARM.
00:02:22ON A FARM. SHE LEFT WITH HER HUSBAND AND
00:02:25SHE LEFT WITH HER HUSBAND AND SISTER. SISTER. HER FATHER STAYED TO KEEP THE
00:02:29HER FATHER STAYED TO KEEP THE FARM SAFE.
00:02:30FARM SAFE. HERE'S WHAT SHE DESCRIBES.
00:02:35HERE'S WHAT SHE DESCRIBES. >> HE'S RUNNING AROUND, OPENING
00:02:36>> HE'S RUNNING AROUND, OPENING ALL THE GATES, LETTING ALL THE
00:02:40ALL THE GATES, LETTING ALL THE HORSES OUT, SHOOING THEM HORSES OUT, SHOOING THEM AROUND.
00:02:44AROUND. OUR COWS, THEY WERE GETTING OUR COWS, THEY WERE GETTING PUSHED OUT OF THE PROPERTY AND PUSHED OUT OF THE PROPERTY AND STUFF, YEAH.
00:02:48STUFF, YEAH. IT WAS JUST A HORRIBLE FEELING.
00:02:49IT WAS JUST A HORRIBLE FEELING. IT WAS, LIKE, GUT-WRENCHING IT WAS, LIKE, GUT-WRENCHING ALMOST, NOT KNOWING WHETHER
00:02:53ALMOST, NOT KNOWING WHETHER THEY WOULD LIVE OR DIE AND
00:02:56THEY WOULD LIVE OR DIE AND NOT -- NOT KNOWING IF YOU WOULD
00:02:58NOT -- NOT KNOWING IF YOU WOULD HAVE THE HOUSE TO GO HOME TO,
00:03:00HAVE THE HOUSE TO GO HOME TO, IT'S JUST A HORRIBLE FEELING. IT'S JUST A HORRIBLE FEELING. >> Reporter: LEAVING BEHIND
00:03:04>> Reporter: LEAVING BEHIND ANIMALS, LEAVING BEHIND ANIMALS, LEAVING BEHIND BELONGINGS, JUST GETTING OUT
00:03:07BELONGINGS, JUST GETTING OUT AND GETTING TO SAFETY HAS BEEN AND GETTING TO SAFETY HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. DIFFICULT. THE B.C. WILDFIRE SERVICE WAS
00:03:11THE B.C. WILDFIRE SERVICE WAS USING AIR TANKERS TO ATTACK
00:03:12USING AIR TANKERS TO ATTACK THIS FIRE FROM THE EAST TO STOP
00:03:17THIS FIRE FROM THE EAST TO STOP IT FROM SPREADING TO THE EAST. IT FROM SPREADING TO THE EAST. THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE
00:03:20THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE RESIDENTS ARE IN THIS TOWN. RESIDENTS ARE IN THIS TOWN. WINDS PICKED UP.
00:03:23WINDS PICKED UP. THAT BECAME DANGEROUS IN THE THAT BECAME DANGEROUS IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SO THEY HAD TO
00:03:26OVERNIGHT HOURS SO THEY HAD TO ABANDON THAT.
00:03:29ABANDON THAT. FIREFIGHTERS REMAINED ON-SITE
00:03:32FIREFIGHTERS REMAINED ON-SITE TRYING TO PROVIDE TRYING TO PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION, JUST INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION, JUST TRYING TO PROTECT THE HOMES
00:03:36TRYING TO PROTECT THE HOMES THEY COULD.
00:03:38THEY COULD. >> Marianne: PEOPLE BEING TOLD
00:03:42>> Marianne: PEOPLE BEING TOLD TO LEAVE. TO LEAVE. NOW WHAT? NOW WHAT? >> Linda: THE ONE THEY'RE BEING
00:03:46>> Linda: THE ONE THEY'RE BEING TOLD TO GO TO IS THE PENTICTON
00:03:50TOLD TO GO TO IS THE PENTICTON TRADE AND CONVENTION CENTRE.
00:03:51TRADE AND CONVENTION CENTRE. THEY'LL HAVE AIDES AND SERVICES
00:03:55THEY'LL HAVE AIDES AND SERVICES ON-SITE. ON-SITE. REGISTER, REGISTER AHEAD OF
00:03:58REGISTER, REGISTER AHEAD OF TIME EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TIME EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PROCESSED YET.
00:04:01PROCESSED YET. VERY, VERY BUSY THERE. VERY, VERY BUSY THERE. PEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED FOR
00:04:05PEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED FOR PATIENCE. PATIENCE. WE'VE HEARD FROM ERICK
00:04:08WE'VE HEARD FROM ERICK THOMPSON, ONE OF THE DISTRICT
00:04:09THOMPSON, ONE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICERS FOR BOUNDARY OFFICERS FOR BOUNDARY SIMILKAMEEN.
00:04:13SIMILKAMEEN. HE WAS ALSO TOLD TO LEAVE HIS HE WAS ALSO TOLD TO LEAVE HIS HOME AND HE WAS BROADCASTING
00:04:17HOME AND HE WAS BROADCASTING LIVE AS HE DID IT. LIVE AS HE DID IT. >> MY HOME IS LIKE PRETTY MUCH
00:04:20>> MY HOME IS LIKE PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE IN SUMMERLAND, IS
00:04:22EVERYONE IN SUMMERLAND, IS IMPACTED BY THIS WILDFIRE. IMPACTED BY THIS WILDFIRE. I'LL JUST TURNAROUND RIGHT
00:04:26I'LL JUST TURNAROUND RIGHT THERE AND SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING THERE AND SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON BUT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE
00:04:29ON BUT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE PEOPLE ALL TRYING TO GET OUT OF
00:04:32PEOPLE ALL TRYING TO GET OUT OF THIS AREA.
00:04:34THIS AREA. POLICE ARE HERE KEEPING AN EYE
00:04:37POLICE ARE HERE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THE TRAFFIC FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND
00:04:40TRAFFIC FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND GOING INTO PENTICTON IS VERY
00:04:43GOING INTO PENTICTON IS VERY BUSY. BUSY. >> Linda: AND HIGHWAY 97, THE
00:04:46>> Linda: AND HIGHWAY 97, THE OKANAGAN HIGHWAY, IS CLOSED IN
00:04:50OKANAGAN HIGHWAY, IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM PEACHLAND
00:04:53BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM PEACHLAND TO PYRAMID PICNIC AREA.
00:04:59TO PYRAMID PICNIC AREA. YOU CAN SEE A CLIP HERE OF THE
00:05:01YOU CAN SEE A CLIP HERE OF THE FIRE JUMPING THE HIGHWAY. FIRE JUMPING THE HIGHWAY. THIS AREA OF HIGHWAY 97 CLOSED
00:05:05THIS AREA OF HIGHWAY 97 CLOSED DOWN, SO DEFINITELY A HARROWING
00:05:09DOWN, SO DEFINITELY A HARROWING JOURNEY FOR PEOPLE HERE.
00:05:13JOURNEY FOR PEOPLE HERE. >> Marianne: THANKS FOR THIS, >> Marianne: THANKS FOR THIS, LINDA. LINDA. >> Linda: YOU'RE WELCOME.
00:05:16>> Linda: YOU'RE WELCOME. >> Marianne: AND ALONG WITH THE
00:05:18>> Marianne: AND ALONG WITH THE FIRE IT'S VERY SMOKEY AS B.C.
00:05:21FIRE IT'S VERY SMOKEY AS B.C. CONTINUES TO BATTLE OVER 100 CONTINUES TO BATTLE OVER 100 WILDFIRES.
00:05:26Up on tariffs to get a concession please Prime
00:05:28Minister on provincial Boostan. Should they give it up, Sir?
00:05:32Good weekend. Prime Minister Mark Carney wasn't talking
00:05:35about the reports that Canada has floated significant
00:05:38concessions in trade talks with the US. Sources tell CBC News
00:05:42Canada could be willing to end the provincial bans on American
00:05:46liquor that the Trump administration cited as a key
00:05:49reason for its latest threat to impose new 50% tariffs on a
00:05:53wide range of Canadian goods in less than two weeks. Canada
00:05:56would also be willing to drop its counter tariffs on US
00:05:59vehicles and make some concessions on dairy, likely
00:06:02just tweaks. But lifting the booze ban could be
00:06:05controversial with some Canadians and depends on the
00:06:09agreement of premiers, many of whom have stood firm
00:06:12that sectoral tariffs must be lifted first. There is not a
00:06:15chance in hell that US alcohol is going back on the shelf in
00:06:19British Columbia. Ontario is already pushing back. Our
00:06:22resolve is fur to keep US liquor off the shelves until we
00:06:26see the details of a comprehensive deal. As is
00:06:29Quebec, the premier saying in a French statement. Quebec and Quebec
00:06:33alone will make that decision. We have several premiers saying
00:06:36unless those 232 tariffs go to 0,
00:06:38they're not gonna put booze back on shelves. So this is a
00:06:41real problem if we're going to see an agreement by August 19th.
00:06:44If Canada makes concessions, it would expect not only for
00:06:47the US to drop the threat of new tariffs,
00:06:50but also to reduce the existing ones on Canadian medals,
00:06:52vehicles and forest products. The fact that they're talking
00:06:56about both of those is very, very positive. But industry
00:06:59sources with knowledge of the talks have said the US has made
00:07:02it clear the existing tariffs
00:07:03won't disappear entirely. I'm optimistic as I know some,
00:07:07a lot of my counterparts are that, that, that we're in,
00:07:10we're in the process. We wanted to be in for months to have an
00:07:13actual substantial discussion about, you know,
00:07:16what each side is willing to, to give and take. Sources tell
00:07:19CBC News that Canadian negotiators have informed their
00:07:22American counterparts that they view August 19th as a make or
00:07:26break moment in the relationship. And if the US
00:07:28goes ahead with 50% tariffs, there'll be little appetite in
00:07:32Canada for a return to talks. Evan Dyer,
00:07:34CBC News, Ottawa Alright, let's bring in Katie Simpson,
00:07:37now guest host of Power and Politics this week. Katie,
00:07:40you were speaking with those industry sources. What did
00:07:43those conversations suggest to you about the overall state of
00:07:47talks? The Canadian teams had a
00:07:49difficult go of getting FaceTime with the Americans. So
00:07:52in order for all of these meetings to happen,
00:07:54it's not surprising to see that Canada is talking about
00:07:58concessions. That's one way to bring the Americans to the
00:08:01table in a serious way. And that backs that. Our reporting
00:08:04backs that up.
00:08:06It's also clear the Carney government is deeply concerned
00:08:08about outcomes and then optics. The sources tell me if a deal
00:08:12is reached, it has to be framed in a win
00:08:14win kind of way, No lopsided US win that Donald
00:08:17Trump can go out and brag about. That, of course,
00:08:20would make it harder for Ottawa to get Canadians to support a
00:08:24deal that will likely involve concessions. But when we say
00:08:27deal, what exactly are we talking
00:08:29about in this moment? Canada is trying to prevent new
00:08:32tariffs from coming into force and get those tariffs on
00:08:35Canadian directors, including steel and aluminum,
00:08:38lowered. They will still have to separately try to get Kuzma
00:08:41talks back on track, and that's something we now
00:08:44know they're trying to secure.
00:08:47And so for the first time in a long time, Katie, I mean,
00:08:50can it be said there appears to be momentum? Yeah. Well,
00:08:53Dominic LeBlanc is going back to Washington next week,
00:08:56or at least that's the plan. Canadian and American
00:08:59negotiators are going to remain in daily contact. They wouldn't
00:09:02be doing that if there wasn't something specific to talk
00:09:05about. But Canada has been in this situation before where
00:09:09there's this flurry of activity. It appears a deal is within
00:09:12reach and that it just blows up. Last summer after the G7 in
00:09:15Kananaskis talks were headed toward a deal and then all of
00:09:18that had her died down last fall when the talks ramped up again
00:09:22and then Ontario released an anti tariff ad that upset
00:09:25President Trump and we all know what happened after that. Even
00:09:29if there is momentum, anything can happen.
00:09:32Alright, Thanks, Katie. That's Katie Simpson in Ottawa tonight.
00:11:44The Canadian economy has been weathering American tariffs and
00:11:47sluggish growth now a new sign things could be turning around.
00:11:52Stats Canada says this summer there's a surge of new jobs, 75,
00:11:57000 added in July. The Canadian economy appears to be
00:12:01rebounding. The unemployment rate fell to 6.4%,
00:12:05the lowest it's been in two years. 181,
00:12:08000 jobs added since April, and Ontario added 52,
00:12:12000 jobs in July alone. The province has been hit
00:12:15especially hard by tariffs targeting auto and steel,
00:12:20but other industries are seeing growth.
00:12:23There was a loss of significant numbers of manufacturing jobs
00:12:27right after the first US tariffs were announced. But
00:12:30what we've been seeing in the last few months is rebounds and
00:12:34other sectors. Professional services,
00:12:36which would include consultants and engineers,
00:12:39as well as financial services also looking stronger. The
00:12:42summer job numbers for 15 to 24 year olds. The unemployment
00:12:46rate the lowest it's been in more than two years,
00:12:49but still not good enough for those struggling to find work
00:12:53at this recent job fair.
00:12:54Need a job. I haven't been hired anywhere else. It's been
00:12:58tough. It's been very competitive. I've been to like
00:13:0110 interviews this summer alone. I can't get a job. Students in
00:13:04their early 20s seem to be faring a bit better. It's still
00:13:08really tricky to find that first job as a high school
00:13:11student. But we are seeing more and more of the elder youth,
00:13:15you know, those university aged
00:13:16professionals coming into the job market are finding work.
00:13:20All in all, economists say this jobs report
00:13:22is strong. But As for what's to come, the outlook is still uncertain
00:13:27and there remain a lot of risks and a lot of questions,
00:13:30especially about the ongoing North American trade
00:13:33negotiations and the potential impact on the Canadian economy.
00:13:37Machta Gebrselassie, CBC News, Toronto.
00:17:46We're going to be home and you're gonna be able to play with Nova.
00:17:50It will be good.
00:17:53We'll get there. Treasured pets are all that Rajon Simpson has
00:17:57left. On Saturday, she raced into a rapidly
00:18:00growing inferno to save them. The smoke, the smoke that I saw,
00:18:04the cops had it blocked off and they weren't going to let me go
00:18:09in and they said my house is right up there,
00:18:12my animals are up there, I have to get them out. The
00:18:16Bradley Creek wildfire tore through her home near Vernon,
00:18:20BC, a house she built with her late husband.
00:18:23Living there since he passed, I felt his spirit,
00:18:26I felt his love all through the house and now that's gone.
00:18:31I know he's still with me, but
00:18:35it's all good.
00:18:37Around 230 structures burnt to the ground. The Okanagan Indian
00:18:42Band is still surveying the damage. Thousands have been
00:18:46evacuated, dozens staying at this slot in
00:18:49the heart of the city,
00:18:51many grateful for the support from the community,
00:18:54some humbled to know their homes are still standing. We've
00:18:58met people and heard about them. Loss of their incomplete place
00:19:02with 30 seconds to leave. So we were,
00:19:05we were quite blessed. About 24 kilometers S,
00:19:08the Quill Pittock Creek wildfire is also burning out of
00:19:12control. More than 2000 homes are under evacuation order.
00:19:15That fire is raging on the other side of Okanogan Lake
00:19:19behind me here, and the smoke is so intense
00:19:22that it almost looks like you're staring into an ocean.
00:19:25Air quality across the region has plummeted. It affects my
00:19:29lungs. You can't. I mean, we, we noticed immediately getting
00:19:33off the plane a couple days ago
00:19:35that you can taste the air, the wildfires still raging. But
00:19:39people like Simpson are already planning to rebuild. I will be
00:19:43back there where I was living. Yeah,
00:19:46that's where I want to be, rising from the ashes like the
00:19:50Phoenix. Yeah. Here overlooking Vernon,
00:19:52you can really see the smoke settling in on the city,
00:19:55making it hard for people to breathe. And that is expected
00:19:59to last for at least the next few days,
00:20:01as is the hot and dry weather and even some gusting winds
00:20:05that won't help firefighters. And, John,
00:20:08I guess we understand there's no clear timeline on when
00:20:11evacuees will be allowed to return. Yeah, Paul,
00:20:14officials say it's just too dangerous
00:20:16right now. The two fires are still blazing out of control,
00:20:20and the conditions could make them even worse. On top of that,
00:20:24there's well over 100 downed power lines in the area,
00:20:27making things that much more dangerous. So still very much
00:20:31an active emergency zone.
00:20:33OK, Thank you, John. John Hernandez in Vernon, BC tonight.
00:25:25Raging, blistering wildfires have
00:25:27become part of the Canadian summer. OK,
00:25:29all need to hurry up here. Like seriously,
00:25:32we're in cased in flames now,
00:25:35scorching the country and destroying communities. The
00:25:39wildfires that swept across our region has changed my
00:25:43community
00:25:45personally, it's gone. Chiefs in remote
00:25:47northern Ontario are worried about the yearly fires. They're
00:25:51seeing the changes escalating. We're not prepared to,
00:25:55to respond, to react.
00:25:57A new study confirms human induced climate change. The
00:26:01burning of fossil fuels made Julia's wildfires in Ontario
00:26:04and the Northwest Territories roughly twice as likely to
00:26:08occur and more intense and difficult to contain. There is
00:26:11a very strong relationship between the fire weather,
00:26:15which we know is attributable to human caused climate change,
00:26:19and the burned area that we've seen in Canada in in these
00:26:22recent years. The World Weather Attribution Study also predicts
00:26:26more frequent extreme fire events in the Northwest
00:26:30Territories every two to six years. In Ontario every six to
00:26:3415 years. This month of fire weather would have been seen
00:26:38about once every 100 years without human caused climate
00:26:41change. Experts say these dire predictions should accelerate
00:26:46efforts to align mitigation efforts with this new reality.
00:26:50For one, a well funded national
00:26:52firefighting force. A lot of people think planes put out the
00:26:56fires. They help especially in the fires small,
00:26:59they buy you time, but the men and women
00:27:02on the fire line, the boots on the ground put the
00:27:06fire out and more resilient buildings using non flammable
00:27:10materials on the periphery. There are places in California
00:27:14now, new subdivisions making these
00:27:16types of things mandatory and that is the way to go. All
00:27:20tools to reduce risk and better contain fires predicted to only
00:27:24get worse. Jimmy Strachan, CBC News, Toronto.