to work with today when it comes to how many International students are allowed to accept the province has announced which universities and colleges can accept more and which ones will have to make a cut Preston Mulligan reports in a bit to ease the housing crunch Ottawa told Nova Scotia to reduce its international student population to those schools who may quibble with the new numbers the provincial Minister responsible says take it up with the federal liberals this is in response to to what t
hey have imposed on Nova Scotia at 12,900 that's 7,000 fewer than last year Dal Housey though gets a big increase 70% in fact but others like University St Anne St Mary's University and some career colleges will have to adjust to fewer cap Bretton University gets the biggest cut its allocation slashed by 58% I think the key thing for me is to ensure that when International students come to Nova Scotia that they get what they expect they get the quality education that they expect uh there's infra
structure there such as housing each international student pays up to $20,000 a year to attend CBU double what Canadian citizens pay its President says his school will adapt to any Financial loss he's worried about the bigger picture we don't know what the reputation of Canada will be as a result of this decision we've been hearing from our agencies and agents that all the talk is about Canada what what's happened in Canada in terms of shutting the doors the opposition liberal leader puts the bl
ame on the Houston government we're here in part because we've had a provincial government that's blindly been trying to double the population here in Nova Scotia without having a sustainable plan for housing now the Nuance here is that if universities do a better job screening students they may end up in better shape than these capped numbers suggest in other words universities have to be strategic only enroll those foreign students who are far less likely to get rejected for whatever reason by
federal immigration officials Preston Mulligan CBC News Halifax Nova scans who want to help during natural disasters will be able to sign up for a new volunteer Corp called the Nova Scotia guard Premier Tim Houston says anyone with usable skills can register with the province which will build a pool of volunteers that First Responders and Community organizations can call on during or after emergencies what we find is we have great uh Instinct command teams on on site but the thing that they're
always asking for is like do we have more of this it might be people with a certain skill it might be a piece of equipment at the same time we have lots of Nova scotians who maybe have that skill have that piece of equipment and are are wanting to reach out but just making sure that we connect them in the time of an emergency on the fly has been has been a challenge so we wanted this is a level of preparedness I'll talk to the premier about the Nova Scotia guard and I'll ask him about the contro
versy around changing access to people's medical data in this province as well that's our newsmaker interview just after 6:30 Premier Houston says he's considering whether his government will submit an alternative plan for pricing carbon to the federal government starting Monday April 1st several provinces including Nova Scotia will see a carbon tax increase gas will go up by about 3 cents a liter but the carbon tax rebate will also increase the rebate currently offers more than 1 ,000 to famili
es of four in rural Nova Scotia Houston says the carbon tax on consumers is not working in Nova Scotia because the consumption of gasoline has not decreased many families in Nova Scotia are having a hard time finding child care but for parents of children with disabilities there are additional challenges as Selena Alders reports some are worried they may never find a spot Courtney pedal is a single mom of two juggling three different jobs to accommodate her son's schedule because she can't find
a child care center that can meet his needs her son Hunter has autism and is non-verbal pedal says he's also a Flight Risk I've had to try and find jobs that work around their school schedule just so I can try to make some sort of income because it's I shouldn't have to be at stay-at home mom I want to work she says her son has been turned away by multiple Child Care Centers because of his disability it's nobody's fault that their brain is wired the way it's wired but Society has decided that we
can't accommodate them or if we are going to accommodate them they all have to go together in an institution one way there are very few Child Care Centers across the province that are fully inclusive and accessible most of which are at capacity with an extensive weight list a spokesperson for the Department of Education says the province is working towards a child care system where everyone is included but plans for a strategy are still underway We Care Developmental Center is one of the provin
ce's leading inclusive centers it offers a variety of specialized services like physio occupational and music therapies but it has a weight list of over 500 families it is very disheartening for them um sometimes we hear that families you know one of the parents is having to stay home so they're unable to return to work you know it really in my years in working within the child care sector I've never witnessed such a desperate need for care Sarah mullen's 8-year-old son Nash has autism ADHD a le
arning delay and kidney disease he attended Weare until he aged out and started school honestly if I could still send him there I would um they don't operate like an after school program or anything um but they were the definition of inclus inclusiveness like Hunter Nash has also been turned away from multiple child care centers because staff didn't have the resources to give him the additional support some of these centers were even advertised as inclusive you know if these facilities are going
to offer these Services it should be a legal requirement that they're inclusive to everybody despite three years of searching for a center that will welcome Nash Mullin has given up she's now looking for Alternatives and will continue to advocate for her son Selena Alders CBC News Halifax CA student is speaking out again after plans to install a chairlift at her school have been delayed Lux malanson started a petition in February calling for the lift at Fairview Junior High so students who use
Mobility AIDS can access the basement tech ed class the Halifax Regional Center for Education originally expected to complete the work by the end of March but hrce is says it's now looking at the end of May 15-year-old malanson is disappointed so so at first I had hopes and then as the month like when it got to the middle of the month I was like okay there's no way they're they're not going to do it and even beforehand I always had that inkling in the back of they're probably not I mean they wer
en't very happy that I was doing it anyway hrce says the delay is because during the approval process the lift requirements changed and now a specialty one is needed it says unforeseen delays are common in all Construction related projects one of three men convicted in the brutal murders of three McDonald's restaurant workers in Cape Bretton has been granted full parole Freeman mcneel and two other men broke into the fast food restaurant in Sydney River in May 1992 killing two employees and stea
ling $2,000 from the safe a third employee was shot dead as the three men were leaving the parole board of Canada decided during a hearing today that 55-year-old Freeman mcneel should receive a conditional release as his risk to reoffend is rated low to moderate there's a development in the quadriga crypto currency fraud case it involves one of the co-founders of the company who's believed to be on the run in Asia the BC government has launched a lawsuit and will try to seize a safety box belong
ing to Michael Patron the box is said to contain hundreds of thousands of dollars and gold bars BC says these are proceeds of crime and it wants those assets dist dispersed to VI victims rather of the $200 million fraud case the company's other founder Gerald cotton died while traveling on his honeymoon he and his wife had ties to Nova Scotia owning a number of properties here his wife Jennifer Robertson says she has no idea the crypto exchange was fraudulent and agreed to Forfeit about $12 mill
ion in assets to repay victims the case has been the subject of a Netflix documentary and a CBC podcast [Music] all right uh the long weekend is just about upon us and uh yeah the wet weather continues to linger but it sounds like there is hope on the horizon there definitely is light at the end of the tunnel the latter half of the weekend will be much brighter and we just have to get there first rainfall warnings have been issued for yes you can see here the basically the Western third of the p
rovince and that is indeed where we are looking at that heaviest rainfall U base of 60 to as much as 100 mm looking most likely Yarmouth dby and edging into Anapolis County but shelburn Liverpool lunenberg and up into the Kentville area 40 to as much as 80 plus millimeters possible here again I have the plus given we will be seeing downpours the risk of thunderstorms 20 to 50 millim widespread in the East but it does look like we will be looking at a little less along that North umberland Shore
region but yeah a lot of rain and that includes what has already fallen today and you can see where it's been really streaming in as expected uh for those West and Northwest sections of the province and that line stretches all the way down to the US South and through the Carolinas right now and that is all still to stream through tonight and tomorrow periods of rain we'll run the risk of seeing a thunderstorm mainly throughout the day tomorrow with those winds still in from the south keeping tem
peratures very mild 10 to 14° widespread temperatures again and then as as we move into Friday night and Saturday morning we are going to be looking at the winds shifting to West to Northwest then Westerly and that will Usher in some cooler temperatures Saturday we see a few showers mixing to a couple of flakes but generally just easing conditions through Saturday and yes we'll see some sunshine on tap for Sunday believe it or not the 7-day forecast does include some sun we'll break it down with
your full forecast coming up yes very welcome little Easter gift okay thanks so much Ryan thank you thanks a new international league will be sailing into Halifax this summer they call it the F1 of sailboat racing sailed Grand Prix or simply sale GP and this summer it will be coming to Canada for the first time ever the cbc's Brett Ruskin has more we all recognize the ferry Crossing Halifax Harbor but this summer there's going to be a new type of boat Crossing sale GP is Coming to Town tell us
about it here is Phil Roberts Phil you are uh one of the drivers or the driver for the Canadian boat Phil Robertson looking to duplicate what he did last year what what is SGP yeah well SGP is it's it's a yacht race on hydrofoiling catamarans they are 50 ft long they fly above the water they go up to speeds of 100 km an hour so extremely fast we've got an incredible Little Harbor here where the race track's going to be so you're going to have these big fast boats going back and forth's what's th
e plan for June yeah we're currently in the middle of the racetrack so you're going to have an amazing amazing spectacle you've got plenty of spots to come out and watch it and and see yeah some folks going very very fast and so folks who are on the Halifax side folks who are on the dartman side they can all it it seems like it's going to be a big kind an Amphitheater a natural Amphitheater for this big event yeah in terms of sailboat racing stadiums it doesn't get much B than this so when you w
ere on these boats how how intense does it get when you're when you're there and racing uh it gets very intense yeah it's extremely fast for a sailboat um yeah there's a lot of action we've just had a weekend racing in New Zealand and had three crashes in the space in about 2 minutes oh and this could be disaster for the German crew can they keep it up right just just just oh indecision by Eric Kyle there yeah there's plenty of action to watch and is it Canada's pretty good at this event it seem
s like we this is the first race like this in Canada but Canadians are already pretty good competitors and when they came to the line it was Canada that would win race number two yeah we're going well the team is amazing we've got plenty of locals from the Halifax area as well racing on board the boat uh there six crew members and uh yeah we're good we're doing all right we've got some a few more points to get for before the end of the season but it's going really well so first weekend in June t
hat is when sale GP Comes to Town the first Canadian sale GP event you're going to be there on the boat we're going to be there we're going to be racing and we're going to be gunning for the win as well looking forward to it thanks a retired crab fisherman in New Brunswick stepped forward today to claim the biggest lottery jackpot ever awarded in Atlantic Canada and it happened not a moment too soon congratulations peace Merl sha and his partner picked up a check for $64 million this morning in
monton the ticket was set to expire April 15th Shia says it's been sitting on his dresser since the last draw in April the draw last April rather nearly a year ago and when he finally checked the ticket at a store he said he wasn't sure if he'd won 64,000 or 64 million because of all of the zeros Shon has been working as a crab fisherman in bass carette now he says he can retire for good I thought that he left it on the dress leave there all the things that could have happened to it no kidding a
ll right there's a global audience watching as fing season gets underway at Metro Brook stables in Alton Nova Scotia and this year they're asking for more volunteers to help with a unique way of keeping an eye on the pregnant mares I paid a visit to the barn as they welcome this year's crop of FS have a look yeah good Mama you say hi to your baby we've been fing out Mars for 16 years so we ended up streaming through YouTube so now we have the live feet on there and people from around the world c
an check in at any point all right so Kayla it's all hands on deck this time of year I understand you're looking for some extra sets of eyes tell me about that yeah so we've got um well we did have 10 Mars that were due to full we've had two that have had their babies now so we have eight more to go and then we'll have four mini donkeys coming in as well to fall out so it's always good to have extra eyes on the cameras because of course we're busy we putting hay in the field obviously we're not
watching the cameras at that point so it's good to have some eyes on them just to make sure everyone's safe so this is nla and River so nla fold yesterday right yeah just almost over just over 24 hours ago did someone alert you via the webcam or yep yeah we had someone that was watching and she sent a message saying that she thought she was being suspicious and uh it was when her her water actually broke and then I was we were doing chores at the time so we weren't watching the cameras ourselves
we've got volunteers literally from all over the world we've got some from Ireland and Australia all across Canada and the US we're getting more people kind of volunteering every day they they enjoy watching them um and it's nice to have people in different time zones because then of course when we're sleeping they're awake and so it's really helpful so how does it work if somebody's watching the webcam and they go oh I think something something's happening yeah we have our our cell number on t
he live feed and they can just text us or call us and let us know that they're you know they think the Mayors are up to something sometimes we'll get false alarms but we'd rather that than miss something important so why do you think so many people are just enthralled with what's happening I think it's just it's something that people don't get to experience on their own and we get to kind of share our world with them and they really seem to enjoy it and we've got people that come back every year
that want to watch and they get very excited for fing season every year and then of course they share it around with their friends and family and it's kind of become a global thing how have the first two births gone great the first one was in record time um the mayor laid down and the fo was on the ground in 3 minutes so it was really fast um and the second one she was a firsttime mom and she did great she was really good and uh excepted her baby and absolutely loves her and you know Mother Nat
ure being what it is sometimes things don't turn out well is that a concern that you know people will be watching for fun and then things go Ary it's definitely a possibility but I kind of say that breeding and um having horses is not all rainbows and butterflies there's certainly you know tragedy and loss and I think people should experience that as well um you know it's it's like I said it's not everything goes smoothly all the time so to have people have that reality of what it's really like
I think is helpful all right so what are some of the signs that Holly's showing that she's she's getting close so she's getting close so the biggest is the their mammory development so as their udder starts to grow and get bigger we look at their overall shape so their belly will start to drop and get a bit of a vshape as they get closer she's getting she's getting pretty low um we kind of look at their hind end too to see if they're like getting soft in the hind end use yeah they'll kind of los
e some of the roundness in their hind end as they get closer cuz everything's relaxing and PR preparation for the baby um some Mays go off their feed ours usually don't they like to stuff their faces so they're they're always game for food she's not slowing down yeah she's not slowing down any she says I'm eating for two I'm taking this seriously it's my favorite time of year like if I could just birth out Mars year round I would do that I absolutely love it it's always exciting to see New Life
come into the world and just see the baby experience everything for the first time and then Mays especially if it's their first baby kind of seeing how they respond and react to you know bringing a baby into the world and it's pretty pretty cool river is enjoying life so far I would say know I I certainly enjoyed that assignment I must bet that was top pick for you for sure so cute yeah well done all right first quick break on the way stay with us there's a lot more to come on CBC Nova Scotia ne
ws social media lawsuit for Ontario School boards are taking Facebook Instagram and Tik Tok to court carbon tax tensions conservatives in Ottawa make a last ditch effort to stop the increase set to kick in on Monday There's a lovely shot of East do Ryan's up next with his weather forecast we're back after the [Music] break e e e e e e all right we're just talking about the weekend's not a wash out far from it the Easter Bunny yeah a little soggy early on but it'll be okay by Sunday right yeah ab
solutely and listen uh we've been looking for Silver Linings right uh and so big Silver Lining is at the weekend the latter half is looking good uh today we were talking about the warm temperatures and this is temperature bust season right so uh if we get a little bit of extra sun in the mix like what happened today and along the north part of the province uh where the rain wasn't pouring down at least even if it was just a dry temperatures really bumped up look how warm we got today so we were
thinking yeah 14 15 maybe 16 and we had some 18s and 19s on the board in fact that inges Beach temperature 19.8 uh it's the second warmest March temperature recorded there so yeah we uh we exceeded temps which is no not hearing any complaints about that uh We've dropped off a little bit uh basically all across the board but still 16 at enganes beach shockingly there's still snow on the ground it's stubborn doesn't give up easily does it the banks were high there for sure that's for sure uh yeah
still 16 at uh inges and the highlands there and beautiful beautiful spot of course thanks to Nova Scotia webcams for that shot and yeah cloud cover the other thing that has again been the difference today there's been less uh pea soup thick fog certainly some spots where the fog patches have been in the mix but the visibility has been better uh we will be watching those fog patches to thicken up though tonight again as the temperatures will drop a little bit we are going to be looking at the fo
g patches especially along the Atlantic coastline we've been seeing these periods of rain streaming in and they're going to continue as this line stretches all the way back down to Cape Hatteras and we'll be watching that to continue to push through as we move into well tomorrow tomorrow night into Saturday note the cool temperatures across the Prairies right now a bit of a dip in the jet stream and this is where that secondary low is starting to develop along the Eastern Seaboard so tonight tem
peratures in the 8 to 12 range for lows those southerly winds 30 gusting 40 to 50 fog patches as we said overnight and into tomorrow again the heaviest rain still expecting tonight into tomorrow to be right here across the basically the West and Northwest of the province and then for tomorrow I think it really kind of fills in with a better chance for these pockets of rain to come in for Central and Eastern areas as well this is where things will start to fill in a little bit and turn damp even
for you folks in Cape rton where things haven't been too too bad today uh certainly weather forecast for tomorrow particularly in through the afternoon 9 to 12 but again in veress right along the coast here could see maybe some pockets in the 13 14 range here with winds in from the south uh 12 to 14 for the North umberland Shore again tomorrow looking at uh 8 degrees in those onshore winds looks like 10 12 14 degrees for the funan valley region now note tomorrow afternoon we are going to be seei
ng a wind shift Anapolis Royal will tap into this late afternoon uh Digby Yarmouth temperatures here just 7 8 9° uh as those winds will shift to a bit more North to Northeast into the late parts of the afternoon hellofax 10 11 12° a little cooler rate along parts of the coast those winds from the south so there's the shift in the to the Northerly wind on the back side of the low Friday night starting to see some wet flakes mixing in mainly over higher terrain areas South Mountain Saturday mornin
g uh showers mixed with flakes will taper off through Saturday morning morning into the afternoon time period that low departs could even see a late break uh late day late afternoon break of sun easy for me to say uh four or five degrees here in uh and across the province for Saturday and again by the time we were set and done this is going to be our Bullseye right best chances for 50 are going to be here but can't rule it out for even through areas like Kentville and Liverpool edging into lunen
berg Sunday looks beautiful and we will we'll see some building clouds into the afternoon best chance of Sun appears to be in the morning uh mix the Sun and Cloud Monday as well near 6 light mix on Tuesday next system that we'll have to keep a track a track of will be Wednesday into Thursday Wednesday night into Thursday Tom and Amy all right awesome thanks so much Ryan thank you well up next I'll speak with Premier Tim Houston about his plans for something he calls the Nova Scotia guard and als
o about protecting your healthc care data that's our newsmaker interview please stay with us you're watching CBC Nova Scotia news e e e e e e [Music] the Houston government is setting up a new Department of Emergency Management which will oversee the Nova Scotia guard which will be a group of volunteers from across the province who will help communities during and after emergencies Premier Tim Houston is with us now sir Nova scotians are pretty good to jump in and help when there's an emergency
why do we need the Nova Scotia guard absolutely there that's that's the Blu noser way that we talk about stepping up for your community and you you be there for your for your for your family and your friends in a time of need but what we found that through a number of disasters for sure we've had our fare a devastating loss of life and floods and fires and storms and hurricanes and and we know there'll be more we know that the climate is changing and there'll be more what we find is we have grea
t uh instant command teams on on site but the thing that they're always asking for is like do we have more of this it might be people with a certain skill but might be a piece of equipment at the same time we have lots of Nova scotians who maybe have that skill have that piece of equipment and are are wanting to reach out but just making sure that we connect them in the time of an emergency on the fly has been has been a challenge so we want to this is a level of preparedness we're going to reac
h out to Nova scotians and Nova scotians can be part of the novas scoa guard they can say what skills they have what tasks they can do what equipment they have we inventory it and when the time comes when when when it's needed we're going to look at the list of those that have put their hand up and said hey I can help and we're going to call on them to help so it's it's a level of preparedness that's new new for the province and it will it's necessary but certainly it's harnessing the skills of
Nova scotians but it's harnessing that that blue noer Spirit to pitch in and help and I'm I'm really excited about it will there need to be some proper training to get people ready we that that'll be something that's on offer for sure what I say is there's there's room for everyone in the buos OR guard it could be like somebody who can make phone calls or make sandwiches all the way to somebody who can drive a plow or as a certified diver but some of the some of the skills that we're that we're
looking to inventory and know where they are know where they exist uh we'll need to test them and certify them we'll do other opportunities we'll offer training we want to work with Nova scotians to make sure that when somebody says hey I can help and we call on them to help that they're in a safe situation and that they can do you know what what what's necessary at that time to support Nova scotian so it's just it's just the level of of of structure around preparedness but it's really focused o
n noas scotians and they want to help we know that we see that every single time U but going on a show like this and saying hey does anyone have a a snow plow that they can help on the spot you know we can we can we can do that in a more structured organized way and that's what the blunos are uh that's the Blu nozer Spirit we're trying to harness How concerned are you that there could be a liability risk to the province if you're asking people who are not professionals or who don't do a particul
ar kind of work uh every day professionally to get involved in an emergency yeah so this is you know the process here is we we've we we've tabled a piece of legislation but we we know that we're going to pause that over the summer have have meaningful consultations travel around the province talk to Nova scotians talk to First Responders our volunteer fire department search and rescue people talk about what what's necessary some of their some of their thoughts you know this is this is really an
exercise where a group of people have drafted the piece of legislation but there's over a million Nova scotians and they can all put their stamp on this too and we want that but the but the the liability part that's why you know we're going to work with the not nonprofit organizations United Way Red Cross many of them to talk about you know their vetting process and and talk to other organizations about the certification process just to make sure that we keep everyone safe we have everyone in a
safe environment when they're responding to help that they can do that safely and confidently when they're calling for help the people that are responding are are uh will know that the people who need the help will get appropriate help so it's a big resource pool it exists in the in the province in in many different ways in many different buckets we're going to pull it together and allow everyone to share in the pride of the of the Nova Scotia guard it's it's it's a level of preparedness that wi
ll uh it will really have a meaningful impact going forward and it will have a meaningful impact because it will allow every single Nova scotian to be part of it is this at all an acknowledgement that we aren't as ready for disasters and emergencies as we need to be not at all it's it's an acknowledgement though that there'll be more emergencies like it's that's just the reality of of of our life and and right now you know when we had the wildfires we we get support from other provinces send fir
efighters from other countries you know uh with the snowstorms team Rubicon was here they're from other parts of the country they do amazing work but at the same time maybe you know when we had a snow snow the snowstorm in Cape Breton there was probably people in the valley or down in the so Shore who would love to have been able who are able to help and were willing to help and would want it to help but just knowing that they're there and that they exist is something that in the moment of an em
ergency is difficult so with the with the Nova Scotia guard we'll have that we'll have that inventory of of people and skills and The Incident Commander can turn to the novas Scotia guard and say hey do we have 20 people that can shovel do we have 10 snowmobiles do we have and the can call on those and it'll be Nova scotians who put their hand up and said if you need me I'll be here and we can do it in real time in in in an emergency event AR Before I Let You Go I want to quickly ask you about t
he amendments to the Health Information Act allowing government greater access to health care info to better understand the system it's been controversial uh some would say it's an overreach by government are you considering putting in some more protections in place to protect privacy around personal Healthcare data I'm really glad you asked about this there's there's a a significant amount of misinformation about this and and and um so the re the reality is is that there's already something cal
led the personal Health Information Act it's it's very strict on on protecting people's privacy so of of course we we that the patient is is front and center for us and right now we want people we want patients to have access to their own personal records we want the patient to have it it's not that the minister wants it we want the patient to have it and people will be familiar with you know having to maybe sometimes pay for their records or having difficulty getting their records so this is ab
out access for the patient to their own record it's also about the ability of government to manage the system so right now I can tell you how many ambulances were deployed yesterday I can tell you how many people went to the emergency department I don't know who they were but I know how many but I can't tell you how many people went to a family doctor yesterday that's a critical piece of information to manage the system so we just want systemwide data as to what's happening in the system so can
better again prepare and manage the system but the but the personal health information act that makes sure that people's private information is private and we've had good discussions with doctors Nova Scotia and the College of Physicians on this they know that and they've said publicly that they know that we're sincere in our intentions and that we're you know we can they can trust us on on private information but but some of those doctors and Doctor groups have expressed concerns that there's n
ot enough protection to ensure the privacy of medical records I think they've also been very clear that they they know that they're working with the government we've had had these discussions and they've they've said and and that they believe that there's there are there are ways the regulations the process we can come up to to make sure information is safeguarded so that the so that the the physician's relationship with the patient is not impacted I mean they've also said that they know what we
're trying to do here and it's all governed under the under the uh personal Health Information Act it's a 35-page document it's a serious document the minister has no interest in in knowing uh somebody's personal relationship with the doctor but as a province we want to know how many people saw the doctor how many people you know so we can properly planned so so there's been a lot of misinformation and I can understand people having some concern and anxiety about that but I I just want people to
know we're not we're not interested in in understanding their personal information but we want them to have their personal information that's what this is all about giving the patient access to their health record people will be familiar with paying a few bucks to try to get their health file you know so this is what we're trying to do is make sure people have it in real time and I've had doctors tell me they've had a patient in front them because there's a pilot now and they might ask the pati
ent you know which vaccines have you had when did you have the vaccines but who knows that I don't know I can't remember when I had one as a child or something but under the pilot people would have that right there and they can open it up and show their doctor these are the vaccinations I've had these are the prescriptions on they'll have it the people will have their the patient will have their own information in their hand that's what we want but we also need overall data numbers how many ambu
lances how many family doctors to manage the system so this is what this is all about and and I I I know that there's you know there's there there's some anxiety but you know this is part of the process uh of making legislation and we'll are always going to honor that privacy and that and that very personal relationship people have with their Physicians of course uh we just want patients to have their data Mr Premier we'll leave it there thank you for your time today thanks for having me really
appreciate it [Music] coming up 96 hours an investigation by the fifth the state has uncovered new details about the Titan submersible e e e e e e welcome back to CBC Nova Scotia news four Ontario school boards are suing some of the biggest social media companies they allege products like Facebook Instagram Snapchat and Tik Tok are designed to rewire the way children think behave and learn and not in a good way Deana suak Johnson explains it's a David versus Goliath battle the first of its kind
in Canada four major School boards launching separate lawsuits against social media Giants Snapchat Tik Tok and meta asking for over4 billion they alleg that these companies have knowingly and negligently disrupted and fundamentally changed the school learning and teaching climate by creating and sustaining prolific Andor compulsive use of their products by students we've just seen such such a significant change in student behavior and student mental health and well-being that it is just incumbe
nt upon us to speak up and we cannot wait any longer the lawsuit comes at a time of high scrutiny of social media and its impact on the lives of kids and teens it also comes on the heels of hundreds of similar legal proced meetings launched by school districts in the US not all of these things will stick but I think what's happening is governments parents school boards are trying lots of different things to to make the student experience as they grow up better right so they're less distracted th
ey're more focused and they're able to learn and participate in the world the way we want to in a statement to CBC News Snapchat spokesperson wrote while we will always have more work to do we feel good about the role Snapchat plays in helping close friends feel connected happy and prepared as they face the many challenges of adolescence experts say it's questionable whether the school boards will receive $4 billion but the lawsuit makes a powerful statement in and of itself so far it's a big hi
t with concerned parents if they're not going to make voluntary changes then maybe doing it through the courts is the most effective way I think the evidence is showing that there's clear uh relationships to anxiety depression with outcomes like self harm harm and loneliness uh I mean I guess it's complicated why that happens but it seems clear that there's a relationship there and medical research backs up that claim Dean suak Johnson CBC News Toronto an increase to the federal carbon tax is sc
heduled to kick in on Monday but not if some conservative leaders have their way they say the tax is making life less affordable for Canadians and this week some of them made their case before a parliamentary committee Ashley B has the details it's a beautiful ax the tax t-shirt conservatives coming together to fight the carbon tax Alberta's Premier joining Pierre pov's rally in Edmonton just days before the federal tax is set to go up then taking her message to MPS this isn't just Reckless it's
immoral and it's inhumane Danielle Smith was among three conservative premieres speaking out at a parliamentary committee this week this cost is not helping it isn't driving Innovation the Liberals alleged the conservative chair hijacked the committee so Premier could rail against the carbon tax as a political stunt is the case that you're more interested in playing politics than actually looking after the affordability of NE bruners and tackling climate change on the contrary I think the plain
politics I've witnessed here seven premieres oppose Monday's hike to the price of fossil fuel consumers can expect to pay about 3 cents more for a liter of gas quarter ly rebates sent to households are also rising to help offset the costs do you think you're losing the communications battle here conservative Premier specifically are misleading Canadians the conservative opposition in AA and Pierre PV are not telling the truth to Canadians Trudeau says conservatives are failing to tell the publi
c about those rebates it is more money in the pockets of families right across the country at a time where more money is needed and its concrete action to fight climate change there's other ways of reducing emissions other than digging into people's pockets and punishing companies the Prime Minister sent a letter calling on these premieres to come up with a credible alternative plan to reduce emissions but there's no sign the tax hike is going anywhere Ashley Burke CBC News Ottawa Canada's econo
my grew by 6% in January that's more than economists expected and it's the fastest growth rate in a year the real estate rental and leasing sectors continued to expand in January the growth rate was also helped by the resolution of public sector strikes in Quebec preliminary estimates for February suggest there's more momentum in the economy despite the growing economy recent inflation figures have come in below expectations so some economists say the Bank of Canada is still on track to lower it
s lending rate in June an investigation by the fifth the state has uncovered new details about the Titan submersible and its deep sea expedition to the Titanic that killed five people we now know multiple warnings were issued about the sub's critical design flaws Mark Kelly now on why these serious issues may have been ignored it was 2023 and the Titan submersible had become a bit of a fixture in St John's Harbor check it out got a lot of people working on the submarine this is YouTuber Jake kle
r preparing to leave port Bound for the Titanic but in Ker's words everything went wrong on the trip including a failure of the subs computer system we got to find out what this control problem is that's sort of important controlling the sub it's up there with life support the trip was called off and this was just 2 weeks before Titan would implode but this wasn't the first warning there were troubles with the sub merble The Fifth Estate obtained this safety report written by ocean Gate's own di
rector of marine operations in 2018 David Lockridge outlined more than two dozen design flaws with the sub including that experimental carbon fiber Hull that deteriorated with every dive his boss Stockton Rush fired him the next day Rush assured people he had partnered with boing NASA and the University of Washington to design the hull when contacted by The Fifth Estate all denied they had built designed or tested the sub Canadian will Conan who builds Subs in California warned rush in 2018 in a
n open letter his expeditions to the Titanic could end in tragedy so do do you believe that he was regularly misrepresenting the safety of the Titan oh sure he was so why did no Maritime safety agencies in St John's question the seaworthiness of the sub as it traveled in and out of the harbor with paying passengers for 3 years the St John's Port Authority told us they watched the Titan come and go but said it was transport Canada's job to inspect it Transport Canada told us because it was a US f
lagged vessel it was up to us authorities but The Fifth Estate determined the Titan was never flagged in the US I think it was General MacArthur said you're remembered for the rules you break and you know I've broken some rules to make this I think broken them with with logic and good engineering behind me the carbon fiber and titanium there's a rule you don't do that well I did was Transport Canada aware of all the warnings about Titan the agency declined our interview request citing the ongoin
g investigation by the Transportation safety board Mark Kelly CBC News St John's climate change means habitat change and even though cities don't always get associated with nature they're in for big shifts when it comes to what Wildlife species do live there the cbc's Emily Chung has that story to make sure there this team at the Toronto Zoo Works to protect baby blandings turtles we have the little guys up here and then they'll go bigger uh down that way in the wild they're threatened by Predat
ors like raccoons or dogs but there's one threat they may not be able to escape climate change is a very big factor for these guys um it's affecting um kind of their breeding cycle new Canadian research reviewed the animals we share our cities with may have to respond to the changing climate by moving in or out the nature that we interact with is the nature in our backyards it's on the streets it's in the local parks the research looked at 2,000 kinds of wildlife in 60 cities across North Americ
a modeling where they could live in the climate we could expect by the year 2100 the amount of change is shocking says this researcher seeing hundreds of species moving in hundreds species moving out it also says some of Canada's largest cities will see the biggest changes a warmer weather climate driving out some species while bringing in hundreds of new ones this Toronto pest control company says it's already seeing a boom in one Critter we used to get maybe few calls per year people didn't ev
en know how PS look like they migrated to uh to the north you know uh due to obviously uh [Music] e e e e e e don't want to skip over you know Friday Saturday but Sunday I'm looking that that looks good in the forecast good chocolate eating weather absolutely uh and Amy by the way thank you for bringing the brightness the sunshine in the room trying to brighten things up here do whatever we can absolutely and listen viewer photo have been you know really beautiful this week and have a look at th
is one we're going to zoom in on Halifax remember we've been kind of featuring these sunsets right and this one is oh wow Sky painted there the bridge in there wow that looks great terrific picture thank you to Ken for sharing ryanp cbc.ca okay not so beautiful lots of color anyway lots of color uh definitely again New Brunswick Western Nova Scotia those will be our heaviest amounts of rain again tapering off to the East and it's just this Relentless line but it will come to an end as we move in
to Friday night and uh Saturday again temperatures quite mild for tomorrow 10 to 14 and then for Saturday kind of you know cooler for sure uh but there let's get to Sunday cuz we don't want to miss that and Monday looking decent to I like the look at that okay thanks Ryan chocolate is fine but Easter eggs filled with fruit and nuts and covered in flour water well even better at least that's what a pair of brothers in Germany think yeah these boys went searching for the Savory treats just before
the holiday weekend it was one of many activities zookeepers introduced to keep the Bears busy some of the Bears neighbors monkeys and Mongoose quite weren't quite as lucky they had to settle for regular chicken eggs though they were painted in a variety of colors I think most were pretty happy with the O there don't you think that's it for us tonight thanks so much for watching we'll see you next time good night good [Music] night
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