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this Tuesday night we urgently call for calm and Canada's rail crisis to put the prime minister in the line of fire we are extending our hands in good faith for dialogue dialogue is not going to pay the bills for people facing layoffs and Andrew Shearer's speech that excluded him from a meeting of leaders with China's unprecedented rules to contain Kovat 19, they do not want the virus to return elsewhere and concerns

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with Donna frozen reporting tonight Robin Gill good evening and thank you for joining us we start with breaking news the rail blockade crisis is now having a direct impact on jobs CN is temporarily laying off about 450 employees due to the protests that have paralyzed Canada's transportation network and economy The Prime Minister paid attention today in the House of Commons to his handling of the situation Justin Trudeau says he is committed to dialogue with indigenous protesters but says the solution will not be simple the opposition says It's time for the government to step in and make it something that dialogue is not going to pay the bills of people facing layoffs due to people breaking the law, we will exhaust all possible actions to resolve this situation peacefully and quickly, the The Assembly of First Nations is calling for calm and tonight the House of Commons is holding an emergency debate on the crisis caused by the support of hereditary chiefs in British Columbia who oppose a natural gas pipeline passing through their territory.

Via Rail is preparing to resume some passenger services in southwestern Ontario, but as Abigail Beeman reports in our feature story tonight. The dispute is still far from over over the rail blockade near Belleville Ontario still going on after almost two weeks. I know people are running out of patience. We need to find a solution and we have to find it, but the Prime Minister has nothing to offer yet. and the leader of the official opposition criticized him because between our country and prosperity is a small group of radical activists, many of whom have little or no connection to First Nations communities.

I think what he said was so divisive that it comes to love. racism the Prime Minister continues to call for peace and constructive dialogue Ottawa has been offering a face to face meeting with some of the hereditary and sweaty chiefs of British Columbia this has to be your invitation Minister Miller said that not many people trust and there is a difficulty constant, they told me that they want to create their own approach to formalizing discussions with the federal provincial governments and the crown and need to be given that time. The

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chief of the Assembly of First Nations says there are options for a path forward that can ultimately break down the blockades, but damp sweat and people must be given respect and space to choose their own path.

There could be options like peacekeepers or their own tribal police, but that may come from themselves, a big chief believes. If the protests continue they will become counterproductive Serge Otzi Simon says that indigenous peoples will also suffer a possible shortage of propane or food. Do we consider that the railway blockades have served their purpose for now? I am simply pleading with the protesters to have you made your point, as understood by the government and industry? I think they did, but to show how divisive this issue is by suggesting that the

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should end. Simon has been locked out of his own band council office with calls for him to resign.

Abigail the The pipeline debate has surely spilled over into the political arena in Ottawa. Robyn MPs will hold an emergency debate Tuesday night called by the NDP and the Bloc Québécois as an example of how divisive politics is among both Indigenous people and elected MPs here. politicians this afternoon Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a meeting with opposition leaders but did not invite the official opposition leader, conservative Andrew Shearer. Trudeau's office said the Conservatives are only offering to cite force and aggression as a solution. Shearer says the meeting was a distraction from Trudeau's politics. inaction Robyn Abigail Beeman in Ottawa did you hear a story from Abigail a big boss with a strong opinion on the ongoing blockades wants the protesters to step aside here's more of his message for them the blockades don't mean you give up like I said a wall of It doesn't mean we're just going to lie down and let them kick us, no, but he would show compassion along with the strength that other people are suffering across the country because of this

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Propane and probably food shortages will start to become critical if this continues so it will be counterproductive to continue the blockade so I hope that reason and peace prevail and that the message will continue there was also a message today for the people asking for police intervention. A great boss spoke about the mistakes of the past and the need to learn from history for those who are quick to pull the passer and attack hard. or demand difficult things it was 30 years ago since what they called the oka crisis it was not that long ago with the washed camp paper and people you wrote that and you use it as a reminder to themselves that we must use moderation, no one wants See again you've heard the oka mentioned and if your washing both are examples of the need for peaceful negotiation, here's a reminder of what happened.

Oka was developed in 1990, the small Quebec town became a flashpoint when the mayor announced plans for a golf course. Condominium expansion and development project on disputed land that included a Mohawk cemetery. One protester set up a blockade to stop construction crews, and for months they refused to budge. In July 1990, the mayor called in the provincial police to break down the blockade that caused the chaos. Shots were reported. from both sides and a police corporal was shot dead. Solidarity protests continued until Quebec called up the army in August. The protests ended in September and the development project was eventually cancelled, but the land has still not been transferred five years after Oka in 1995, another conflict over the land deployed this time in a fur-washing Provincial Park in Ontario in question.

It was the reserved rocky point that the federal government took over in the 1940s to use as a military camp. The Kettle and Stony Point First Nation repeatedly asked for the land back, but with little movement. They became frustrated in September 1995, protesters occupied a Per Wash provincial park, the Ontario Provincial Police were called in and violence developed on September 6 of that year, one protester was killed in Dudley Gorge. A subsequent investigation found significant problems with the police and government response. In 2015, the First Nation accepted a $95 million settlement from the federal government that included the land. The Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador is convinced that his decision to resign has absolutely nothing to do with scandals within his Liberal Party.

Sources suggest that the White Balls' performance has fractured the caucus and the cabinet, but Ball says that is not the problem and that he just wants to spend more time with his family. Here's Ross Lord. It's been less than a year since Dwight's Liberals were re-elected with a minority government. No one expected the next chapter to end so soon with a sudden resignation. It was all about, you know, what was best for my family and the fact that I just wasn't ready to run for another election, nothing that I just wasn't ready for, I just didn't want political observers to wonder if the ball was swinging. distancing himself from his political family he says members of the provincial Liberal caucus and others with connections to the party have been unhappy with his leadership for the most part.

And I think part of that blame avoidance created all kinds of problems in this caucus. The five years in power have been marked by problems with scandals over our patronage appointments and because of finances, there were fears that electricity rates would double to pay for a massive extra cost. At the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project, he was even forced to explain his involvement in paying his daughter's bills after she became involved with a drug addict who was convicted of murder, but Baal insists his own party won't. is expelling and not taking blame for anything it's billions of dollars in profits in trouble that we inherited when you look at a project like Muskrat Files, it was billions of dollars that we inherited also on the streets of st.

John Paul's departure took some people by surprise. Oh, I don't know what to think about that. I suppose he has family commitments that are more important than the provincial government, so his own choice. I received a respected dance. He says the next Liberal leader will. be elected before the government presents its spring budget, which involves a brief leadership campaign and came to power Paul became one of seven Liberal prime ministers in Canada currently his province in Nova Scotia is the only two controlled by liberals Ross lore Global News Halifax former Canadian Forces reservist and accused neo-Nazi has pleaded not guilty to weapons charges in the US Patrick Mathews was arrested by the FBI a month ago.

The 27-year-old faces charges related to his role in an alleged plot to spark a race war in the US. US prosecutors allege that Matthews recorded himself advocating for murdering people, poisoning water supplies and trains with D railings to incite a civil war. Matthew's attorney says he intends to argue that his First Amendment rights to free speech were violated. More passengers on that cruise ship in Japan are testing positive. for kovin 19, health officials report 88 new cases today, including at least one Canadian, a plane is on the way to bring home Canadians who have so far not been infected, have been quarantined in the diamond princess for almost two weeks, like Mike Armstrong.

He explains that he was supposed to contain the

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, but he may have done the opposite. Passengers call Diamond Princess a floating prison. Scientists call it something else, not a quarantine facility but an incubator. About 10% of the ship is now contracted kovat 19 something went wrong, this is a highly transmissible virus and that is one of the things that worries you. You amplify that when you put it in a closed space of the 3,700 people on the ship when the quarantine began, 542 have now tested positive among the latest Montrealer Judyann. barrel at home he is on the boat with his wife old man Cadell has not tested positive they will separate soon Belgian law he had to be transferred to a hospital from the moment he leaves the room today he says he has to restart things 14 days of quarantine going from bad to worse healthy canadians will jump ship the federal government says a repatriation flight is expected to leave Tokyo on thursday preparations are underway at the NAV CANADA center in Cornwall Ontario where they will face another 14 days fences are going up quarantine so they can get fresh air, but there is no contact with the public.

We're expecting about 250 people, but the number tends to fluctuate all the time now, as was the case when Canadians were repatriated from China. Everyone will be tested beforehand. They board the plane and when they arrive in Canada those first two flights were close to 400 people, none of them tested positive despite that and repeated assurances from health officials. I am concerned that I have children where there is some nervousness in terrified Cornwall. I'm talking to people, the mayor of the city says she spent three intense days telling the public that there is no danger, but part of the apprehension she says may be because the whole thing came up in her community with a warning about something that States United did and Canada didn't It's about bringing back Diamond Princess passengers who tested positive, they brought back more than a dozen, as the government should bring home people like her husband, they are desperate, she says that the quarantine on the ship has been a failed improvisation and she and her husband are beginning to wonder if they will make it through this ordeal alive Mike Armstrong Global News Montreal China is implementing a new

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dirty money is back in two minutes in China one of the doctors on the front line of the fight against Kovan 19 have died Leo xiaoming led the hospital at the epicenter of the outbreak in Wuhan mobilized resources as thousands of patientsarrived each day is the seventh health worker to die from the disease more than 1,700 medical staff in China have been infected.

The viral outbreak has spread to more than 75,000 people worldwide. The death toll has reached a grim new milestone, reaching more than 2,000. The vast majority of these cases remain in China and that is where new measures are being introduced. further restrict the movement of tens of millions of people as reports begin to crystallize that the World Health Organization is endorsing China's stuck-at-home

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. Han is a city of more than 11 million people, but all those individuals have nowhere to go and nothing to do and it's about to get worse, a 76-year-old man says As the virus continues to spread, control measures They are becoming stricter.

People cannot easily enter or leave neighborhoods. The streets of Shanghai are also empty despite being home to more than 24 million people. Never before has a government imposed so many restrictions on the movement of people, but China is one of the most populous countries in the world affected by a virus that no one had heard of until recently, it can be argued whether those measures are excessive, there is a There is a lot is at stake here in terms of public health and not only in terms of the public health of China but of all people in the world, although it seems that the virus is more serious in people over 40 years of age and in those with health conditions pre-existing cases, little is known about them at this time, we do not have enough data on cases outside of China to make a meaningful comparison. about the severity of the disease or the case fatality rate, we are following up with countries to get more information about what happens with each case and the outcome until there is concrete data.

Different strategies are being tested. The correct steps will only be determined after the outbreak. The glass game is over Anson Global News London and China are taking more drastic measures to contain kovat 19, even if it means cleaning up their money. The country's central bank is destroying banknotes collected at markets, hospitals and buses in regions hardest hit by the outbreak. Cover 19 is one reason Air Canada is predicting a dismal first quarter; The company warns that profits will be around two hundred. million dollars less than a year ago, executives point to the suspension of flights to mainland China and the grounding of 737 max planes.

Canada has been refilling Max Jets with leased planes that have lower fuel economy and carry lighter loads. from a terrifying crash at the Daytona 500 you're watching global national here comes driving the outside crash into the wall in the air an update tonight on the driver's condition in this fiery, high-speed crash during the final lap of the Sunday's Daytona 500 Ryan Newman was leading when his race car slammed into the wall, became airborne and rolled several times. He is in serious condition in the hospital. Doctors say his injuries are not life-threatening. The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy today because they deal with numerous sexual relationships.

Abuse lawsuits tens of thousands of men claim they were sexually abused by Scout masters or other leaders decades ago have been filed recently due to changes in statutes of limitations in several states. The bankruptcy suspends those lawsuits and gives the organization time. to work on a compensation plan to resolve those cases in a statement that the Boy Scouts of America says it cites: At no time has the Boy Scouts knowingly allowed a perpetrator to work with youth and we require that all volunteer leaders and staff members at Nationwide Immediately Report Any Abuse Allegations to Law Enforcement Donald Trump used his presidential power to grant pardons today pardoned Eddie DeBartolo, the former owner of the San Francisco 49ers who was convicted in a Louisiana gambling fraud case.

Twenty-two years ago, he served no sentence but was fined one million. dollars Trump also commuted the 14-year sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption in 2011, charges that included trying to sell then-President Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. Today Trump described the sentence as ridiculous. gain a better understanding of the building blocks of our solar system tonight after studying the most distant object NASA has ever visited. Eric Roth is located in the Kuiper Belt and, as Eric Sorenson explains, he is helping to find evidence about how planets like Earth formed and took off.

When the New Horizons spacecraft left Earth 14 years ago, the afterlife part was almost an afterthought, the main mission was to explore the dwarf planet Pluto, which happened in remarkable detail five years ago. Suppose there were mountains of ice, but then New Horizons took off. Deeper into space to explore planet formation and lo and behold, I found Eric, just 35 kilometers long with astonishing evidence of how planets form; It's just a lumpy little object in the far reaches of our solar system, in the Kuiper Belt, but it's had a really big impact on all the planetary science and astronomy that we've known for a long time about the major spinning planets. around the Sun in terms of distance.

Little Erica is in the Kuiper Belt, a vast region of orbiting asteroids, comets and icy objects. Erica is six billion kilometers from Earth, 44 times farther from the Sun than we are, New Horizons' notable findings were that Eric Hoth was once two objects and, instead of a violent collision, they once orbited each other. and they came together at approximately this speed of one to three meters. per second they almost dock in space Erik Haas does not show fractures or craters that would have meant a forceful collision, instead suggesting that the planets may have started from dust and small objects that collapsed together gently, not violently, the Planets have been formed by violent collisions, but how did the planets begin?

It was always a mystery if it's a very violent collision, how things survive. Alena Hyde says Erica's smooth, rust-colored training may solve the puzzle. This actually matches the simulation's predictions for a softer collision, so this really changes the way we understand the planet. Erica Formation, a small object that represents a huge leap in our understanding of planets everywhere. Meanwhile, New Horizons has 10 to 20 years of energy left and is now heading deeper into the Kuiper Belt to learn more about the beginnings of our solar system. Eric Sorensen Global News Toronto and that's national global for this Tuesday I'm Robin Gill tonight your candidate is the white court of Alberta.

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