CTV National News | Thursday, September 28, 2023: Moe threatens injunction, Nijjar's friend speaks

[Music] tonight A controversial injunction the legal halt to Saskatchewan's pronoun policy in schools a judge presses pause but the premier vows to press on we were just made with what we see as a the judicial overreach in this case The Wider implications for students and families across the country irreparable harm would be suffered alleged death threats against a prominent sick activist he was given a duty to warn the warning from police months after the killing of a community leader plus band

ing together for rock royalty [Music] this is an awesome event to be all together accepting an epic induction ceremony for legendary Canadian Acts [Music] CTV national news with Omar sachadina reporting tonight Heather butts good evening Saskatchewan's Premier says he'll overrule a court decision that went against his government about children who changed their pronouns at school a judge ruled today the protection of these youth surpasses that interest expressed by the government pending a full

and complete hearing Scott Moe says a parent's permission should be required and that he'll even use the notwithstanding Clause to get his way ctv's Bill Fortier starts us off as similar debates take place across the country in a school year that's already seen clashes over gender and sexual diversity in the classroom today a Saskatchewan judge delivered a blow to that province's new pronoun policy so we're grateful for that ruling it's the right decision the policy should not go into Force the

organization your pride argued for an injunction against the policy enacted last month that requires parental consent for anyone under 16 to change their name or gender identity at school today a judge granted the injunction in his decision Justice Michael McGaw wrote I'm satisfied that those individuals affected by this policy will suffer irreparable harm critics of the controversial school policy have argued it would violate students Charter rights and force teachers to out students to their p

arents ultimately the decision of when and how to come out to one's parents is a deeply personal decision of intense importance to any lgbtq2s plus person you know we were just made with what we see is the judicial overreach the Saskatchewan government is firing back Premier Scott Mo promising to use the notwithstanding Clause next month to bypass the courts and force the policy through this will be the focus of reconvening the legislatures to introduce and pass this piece of legislation on pare

ntal rights protecting parental rights last week thousands rallied across Canada against what they call gender ideology in schools and at a school board meeting this week in Abbotsford BC please head to escort trustees out of the building when it was disrupted by hundreds the Saskatchewan group that applied for the injunction has also filed a constitutional challenge against the school policy that argument will be heard in a courtroom in November Heather Bill Fortier for us tonight the friend of

a sick activist who was shot to death in BC says police warned him about a threat to his own life Gourmet sintor claims officers advised him to avoid Gatherings and move to a safer location ctv's Kevin Gallagher reports at this sick Temple where activists Hardeep signature was gunned down three months ago his friend says he's now facing death threats yeah August 24th through a translator gurmeet Singh tour says he was surprised when police officers knocked on his door in late August they served

him with this duty to warn notice saying his life may be in Peril without providing specific details of the threat the RCMP has not confirmed this information Canada has declared its deep concerns to the nearly two weeks ago prime minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada suspects agents of India were linked to niger's murder tour believes India is behind the threats to his life because he worked with the juror to advocate for a part of India to become an independent sick state known as kalistan

a movement he says is peaceful but the Indian government says is linked to terrorism the India is concerned legitimately would you not be concerned if if they were Quebec while living in Delhi and doing this sitting in Delhi to dismember Canada tensions remain high between New Delhi and Ottawa as this week Indian hackers took credit for disrupting Canadian government websites the Prime Minister says key allies are raising concerns with India yes the Americans have been uh with us in speaking to

the Indian government Trudeau says he had assurances U.S Secretary of State Anthony blinken confronted India's external affairs minister behind closed doors today though it's tough to tell from this public statement it's a pleasure to welcome my friend and colleague the pharmacy here to the state department Tor says he believes going public with these threats will make him safer as he says police have already been called to his home several times after he spotted people taking photographs of hi

s house Heather thanks Kevin governor general Mary Simon has weighed in on the tribute to a man with Nazi ties in Parliament in an interview that will air on ctv's question period I can't really imagine how it happened or why it happened but I believe it was a real shock was it embarrassing at all do you think for our country that this happened yes it was very embarrassing there are some new details tonight on how it happened here's ctv's Judy Trin two standing ovations for 98 year old yaroslav

hunka then has passed as a volunteer soldier with a Nazi unit surfaced a conservative MP wants a parliamentary committee to probe the speaker's vetting process I proposed a study whereby we talked to several agencies to get to the bottom Anthony Rhoda invited the World War II veteran to sit in his Gallery after receiving a request from hunka's son through his constituency office hunka immigrated to Canada in 1954. we know about Mr Hunker because he wound up being lauded on the floor of parliamen

t in this incredibly egregious situation but how many more are there the exact number of Nazi Collaborators in Canada is unknown but when it comes to reopening classified Holocaust records to find out the Justice minister is non-committal is ensuring that people have perpetrated war crimes or crimes against humanity genocide for brought to just meanwhile the University of Alberta has returned a thirty thousand dollar endowment donated by hunka's Family it says it recognizes and regrets the unint

ended harm caused Edmonton is also home to monuments honoring the SS Galicia hunka's unit Jewish advocacy groups want them torn down there are both put up by private organizations I would hope that they would watch what has been discussed over the the last number of days and and just reflect on what message that's sending not only to to albertans and Canadians but to the Jewish community and do the right thing documents also showed that in 2007 the Ukrainian Canadian Congress recognized hunka an

d 63 others in his unit and awarded them medals for fighting for Ukraine's Independence in a statement the Ukrainian Canadian Congress said the hunka incident has brought forward difficult and painful pages of its history it emphasized that today Ukraine is defending its freedom against the Specter of Russian genocide Heather Judy Tran in Ottawa British Columbia is reinstating mask requirements in healthcare facilities amid Rising flu and covid cases masks must be worn by all health care workers

volunteers and visitors in patient care areas starting next week we know that people who are most vulnerable elders and seniors in long-term care people are in hospital for a variety of reasons many of whom are immune compromised or older they're the people who need this protection the most Dr Bonnie Henry also encouraged updated flu and covid-19 vaccines as another layer of protection and today Health Canada approved the new Pfizer vaccine for people six months and older the MRNA shot targets

the Omicron xbv 1.5 sub-variant that is circulating in Canada Canada's military police Watchdog is launching a probe into how investigators handle the high-profile sexual assault allegation against a senior officer ctv's Annie Bergeron Oliver explains nearly two years ago major christian heisten died by Suicide weeks after military police laid sexual assault charges against him his family has repeatedly alleged military police made mistakes in their investigation that lasted less than a week tod

ay an independent oversight body the military police complaints commission revealed its looking into the case a lot of people accuse of sexual misconduct have complained about some incompetence and lack of due process on the part of the military police and that is very important to look into that so that everyone can get Justice or due process the so-called public interest investigation will review how heisten's case was handled it's being launched after his family filed complaints last year alo

ng with a military police officer who alleged a warrant officer on duty did not ask the female victim if she preferred to be interviewed by a woman and complained she wasn't going to the local civilian police force the military police also claims Assad sought to assist with the investigation while intoxicated that's a very serious allegation it needs to be thoroughly investigated and if if evidence indicates that that is in fact what has taken place then it does require remedial action the lawye

r representing heisten's family says his clients want answers and transparency after what they say are years of military investigations shrouded in secrecy And Delay we're looking for a sufficiently robust investigation that we can have confidence in the findings because thus far nothing the military police have done has instilled any level of confidence in any of the processes taken thus far the military police complaints commission will make its final report public but any recommendations are

non-binding which means the defense department nor the military are required to implement any of the suggested changes Heather all right thanks Annie an American soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border two months ago is now back on u.so Bill private Travis King touched down at a Texas army base where the 23 year old will undergo medical checks and interviews the White House says King's return was facilitated by Sweden and China the first Hearing in the impeachme

nt inquiry launched by House Republicans against Joe Biden took place today the committee on oversight accountability will come to order Republican leaders accused Biden of benefiting from improper business deals made by his son Hunter but even their own Witnesses admit that so far there is no hard evidence against the president I do not believe that the current evidence would support articles of impeachment that is something that an inquiry has to establish Democrats say the inquiry is purely p

olitical this is an embarrassment and only meant to hurt Biden ahead of next year's election the separatist government of nagorno-karabakh says it will dissolve itself after a three-decade bid for Independence the move follows azerbaijan's lightning offensive last week to reclaim full control of the territory the conflict has led to the mass Exodus of ethnic Armenians more than 78 thousand have fled the Breakaway region ctv's Adrian Gabriel reports this is the satellite image of a humanitarian c

risis people are loading in trucks um just to cross the border from The Armenian Capital Canadian Rafi niziblian has been trying to help those making the treacherous 24-hour Journey arrived Uh Hungry disoriented broken the landlocked region of nagorno-karabakh has been disputed for decades internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but home to 120 000 ethnic Armenians who claimed Independence in 1991. following years of conflict last Tuesday Azerbaijan launched a large-scale 24-hour milita

ry offensive triggering a mass migration of Armenians who are fleeing for their lives the president of the Breakaway Armenian region has since signed a decree to dissolve All State institutions nagorno-karabakh will cease to exist by the end of this year heartbreak Devastation frustration anger Canadian Armenian Savannah hagiartinian has been desperately trying to contact loved ones caught in the conflict I think there's a lot of people unaccounted for for artinian the fall of nagorno-karabakh c

ut steep her friend Canadian Christopher Artin was killed fighting against the Azerbaijan military in 2020. I wish I could say that he gave his life and we kept our country the Canadian government has pledged 2.5 million in humanitarian assistance many say it's too little too late Azerbaijan had closed the Seoul Road connecting nagorno-karabakh with Armenia in December of 2022 cutting off food and Aid to ethnic Armenians for the last 10 months My Hope Is that Humanity will prevail Humanity will

will win because that's the only hope that we have left tonight the road ahead for tens of thousands of refugees is filled with uncertainty the immediate hope of those we've spoken with here is that everyone finds safe Passage Heather Adrian Gabriel in Toronto after the break charging an electric future Canada put itself on a Level Playing Field the massive multi-billion dollar battery plant revving up Quebec plus remembering the magical Legacy of actor Michael gambin [Music] we have an update o

n that major battery plant in Quebec we first told you about last night a Swedish company is behind the seven billion dollar Factory near Montreal lured by The Province and Ottawa here's ctv's Quebec bureau chief jean-vieve with signatures on a battery cell Canada announced its latest multi-billion dollar boost to energy transition this site in mcmasterville south of Montreal the size of over 300 football fields will be home to a Swedish company Northfolk it manufactures electric vehicle battery

cells and is run by two former Tesla Executives vowing to be among the greenest battery makers in the world we were looking at almost every state in United States but we couldn't help glancing at Quebec in part he says because of the province's clean energy hydropower but there was also the promise of up to 2.9 billion dollars in financing from Quebec and 4.4 billion from Ottawa Canada put itself on a Level Playing Field with what United States has been doing the price tag is massive northvolt

is a young company and observers say it still has to prove it can ramp up production in North America to equip a million electric cars a year but according to Ottawa the investment will pay off this is part of our vision for a stronger economy for generations to come the race to build a complete EV battery supply chain from mining critical minerals to putting batteries in cars is competitive I think in the past two years after kovid we realized how important the proximity and the resiliency of o

ur supply chain are super important first phase northvolt says it will hire 3 000 workers at the plant and Spark 10 000 indirect jobs Canada signs an innovation Minister shared his first text with northvolt from May 2022. I think we can be your partner of choice to build the greenest battery in the world and from that Vision you chose Quebec among more than 70 jurisdictions in the world the first battery is expected to roll off the assembly line in 2026. Jean Van CTV News Montreal coming up late

r in the show [Music] a rocking red carpet as some Canadian musical Legends all inducted into the Walk of Fame [Music] ceremonies were held across the country today ahead of the third annual national day for Truth and Reconciliation it's designed to recognize the cruel Legacy of the residential school system here are ctv's Donna sound Truth and Reconciliation starts with knowledge the earlier it's taught the better place in Halifax 500 students Place orange flags on the site of a former resident

ial school in the shape of a heart to honor survivors and those children who died when I was putting on the flags I was thinking about all the people who have passed who didn't get to keep on going and arena in Ottawa was also filled with orange shirts with thousands of students along with singer Julie black [Music] she received International attention earlier this year for changing the national anthem the Lear chains brought me here it's the feedback has been unreal education takes a lot of mon

ey the need is greater than the funds we have we're making change in Toronto the Beyond reconces pain was announced at raising 100 million dollars we are making our contribution of five million dollars and calling on corporate Canada to also come in and support the foundation go figure I'll be here standing here Norman yakayula is a Survivor he spent eight years at groenler Hall residential school in the Northwest Territories it is to help people like myself you know develop a relationship with

their Community relationship to the children in Regina they walk to remember and raise awareness survivors and their descendants want to change The Narrative of Language and Cultural extinction because they say how do you know where you're going when you don't know where you're from Donna sound CTV News Toronto acclaimed stage and movie actor Michael gambin has died gambin was well known for his portrayal of Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films he starred in six of the

eight movies after the death of his predecessor Richard Harris in 2002 a family statement says gambin died in hospital after about with pneumonia he was 82. after the break the Legends of Rock rolling out the red carpet for the Walk of Fame [Music] this was a one of a kind night for Canadian music more than a dozen of the most influential rock bands of the 70s and 80s were inducted into the country's Walk of Fame qctv's John venavali Rao on the star-studded event but still have plenty of love fo

r Loverboy [Music] and still haven't forgotten How Great Canadian music was in the 70s and 80s the event was one not to be missed it's awesome it's like it's so exciting like to get all these bands together in one spot bands with hit songs like Chilliwack and rough trade being collectively celebrated it's great yeah there's so many Great Canadian musicians so why not honor them the organizers behind Canada's Walk of Fame decided to hold a mega induction event 13 influential homegrown bands being

honored at the same time musicians who gave us the soundtrack of a generation [Music] from Halifax Legends April Wine the first Canadian band to see one of their videos played on MTV I'm happy we're getting a recognition for this country for all the bands that are here tonight [Music] it's an even bigger hair [Music] and get backs Michelle pagliaro 70s 80s you know we're great times for music we were all young and crazy and now we're still crazy but a little older [Music] bands taking to the st

age at Toronto's Massey Hall offering up a real blast from the past I'm so happy to be here Paul and I started this band 45 years ago and now they're giving us the big it's kind of like a lifetime achievement thing I really appreciate it you mean we finally made it we finally made it [Music] a reunion of rockers that everyone in the audience John venavelli Rao CTV News some favorites of The Newsroom tonight that is our newscast for this Thursday I'm Heather butts for Omar and all of us at CTV na

tional news thanks for watching good night and we'll see you tomorrow [Music] thank you [Music]