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>> Rosemary: ON THIS SUNDAY
NIGHT...
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AS CANADIANS PAUSE TO REMEMBER
SERVICE AND SACRIFICE, WORLD
LEADERS WARN ABOUT THE RISE OF
NATIONALISM.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WHEN PEOPLE FEEL THEIR
INSTITUTIONS CAN'T PROTECT THEM
THEY LOOK FOR EASY ANSWERS.
>> Rosemary: A VERY POINTED
CALL FOR GLOBAL TOLERANCE 100
YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE FIRST
WORLD WAR.
>>> AND LATER...
>> I ALSO ESPECIALLY THINK OF
THE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE COME HOME
WITH WOUNDS THAT WE CAN'T SEE.
>> Rosemary: HER SON, THOMAS,
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE AFTER A TOUR
IN AFGHANISTAN.
TONIGHT A POWERFUL CONVERSATION
WITH THE SILVER CROSS MOTHER
ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH IN THE
MILITARY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
RECOGNISED ON THIS REMEMBRANCE
DAY.
>> Andrew: PLUS... DEVASTATION
IN CALIFORNIA.
>> WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING
TO DIE.
>> Andrew: DOZENS ARE STILL
MISSING AND THE BATTLE AGAINST
THE WIND AND THE FLAMES ARE FAR
FROM OVER.
SO HOW DID THE DISASTER TURN
POLITICAL?
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>> Rosemary: 100 YEARS AGO
TODAY MILLION OF MEN LAY DOWN
THEIR GUNS, THE ARMISTICE
BRINGING AN END TO THE FIRST
WORLD WAR.
A CENTURY LATER WORLD LEADERS
GATHERED AGAIN IN FRANCE CALLING
FOR UNITY AND SOME WARNING
AGAINST HATEFUL AND DIVISIVE
POLITICS.
BUT LET'S BEGIN HERE IN CANADA
WHERE HERE AT THE NATIONAL WAR
MEMORIAL SILENCE SERVED AS A
POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE SCALE
OF THE SACRIFICE.
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>> HOW DO WE SHOW GRATITUDE TO
OUR VETERANS?
BY EMBRACING THEM, BY HUGGING
THEM, BY EXPRESSING OUR
APPRECIATION TO EVERY VETERAN WE
MEET IN ALL PLACES AND AT ALL
TIMES.
BY TEACHING OUR CHILDREN HOW
MUCH IN THEIR DEBT WE ALWAYS
WILL BE.
WE REFLECT ON THE NOTION OF A
WORLD WAR.
WE ASK, IF THE WORLD CAN BE AT
WAR, IS IT NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE
WORLD TO BE AT PEACE?
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>> THE NATIONAL SILVER CROSS
MOTHER, MISS ANITA CENERINI, IS
THE MOTHER OF THE LATE PRIVATE
THOMAS WELCH.
HE WAS THE FIRST CANADIAN
SOLDIER TO DIE BY SUICIDE AFTER
SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN.
>> ANITA REPRESENTS MOTHERS WHO
HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO SUICIDE
AS A RESULT OF BATTLEFIELD
WOUNDS THAT WE CAN'T SEE.
AND I THINK THAT ALL OF US
PROUDLY STAND WITH HER TO
RECOGNIZE THAT PHENOMENA, THAT
HORRIBLE PHENOMENA, AND TO
HONOUR THEM AS WELL.
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(singing).
>> I'M AMAZED BY WHAT THEY DID
AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE BECAUSE THEY
WERE ALL, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY
JUST TEENAGERS OR A LITTLE OLDER
AT THE TIME TO VOLUNTEER FOR
THEIR COUNTRY.
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>> I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
TO GO BACK, TO REMEMBER OUR
VALUES, REMEMBER WHAT WE HAVE
LEARNED FROM THE PAST AND MOVING
FORWARD DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT
THEY FOUGHT FOR.
>> Rosemary: LEARNING FROM THE
PAST AND MOVING FORWARD IS WHY
PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU
AND 60 OTHER WORLD LEADERS WERE
BROUGHT TOGETHER IN FRANCE WHERE
THE ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED.
THE FRENCH PRESIDENT WARNED THAT
THE FORCES THAT DROVE COUNTRIES
TO WAR A CENTURY AGO ARE ONCE
THE FORCES THAT DROVE COUNTRIES
TO WAR A CENTURY AGO ARE ONCE
AGAIN ON THE RISE, WHILE TRUDEAU
HAD A WARNING OF HIS OWN.
THE CBC'S TOM PARRY IS IN PARIS.
>> Reporter: 100 YEARS LATER,
SINCE THE GUNS FELL SILENT,
WORLD LEADERS CAME TOGETHER IN A
SHOW OF UNITY.
>> [Speaking French]
>> Reporter: FRENCH PRESIDENT
EMMANUEL MACRON REMINDED HIS
FELLOW LEADERS OF THE HORRENDOUS
COSTS OF WAR AND HE WARNED OF
WHAT HE CALLED "OLD DEMONS
RISING TO THE SURFACE."
>> [Speaking French]
>> Reporter: NATIONALISM IS
THE OPPOSITE OF PATRIOTISM,
MACRON SAID, WHEN WE SAY OUR
INTERESTS FIRST, WHO CARES ABOUT
THE OTHERS, WE ERASE WHAT A
NATION HOLDS DEAREST -- ITS
MORAL VALUES.
MACRON'S MESSAGE WAS DELIVERED
IN FRONT OF DONALD TRUMP, A
SELF-DESCRIBED NATIONALIST AND
CHAMPION OF AMERICA FIRST.
THE U.S. PRESIDENT WAS LISTENING
JUST STEPS AWAY BUT IF HE WAS
OFFENDED IT DIDN'T SHOW AND
MACRON WAS NOT ALONE IN HIS
WARNING.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: IF DEMOCRACY IS TO
FUNCTION YOU NEED TO HAVE AN
EDUCATED POPULOUS AND YOU NEED
TO HAVE AN INFORMED POPULOUS.
>> Reporter: JUSTIN TRUDEAU
SPOKE AFTER TODAY'S CEREMONY AT
THE PARIS PEACE FORUM, ORGANIZED
TO MARK THIS 100-YEAR3
THE PARIS PEACE FORUM, ORGANIZED
TO MARK THIS 100-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY.
TRUDEAU CALLED OUT THOSE IN
POWER WHO ATTACK THE MEDIA
SAYING THAT CAN ONLY WEAKEN
DEMOCRACY.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: WHEN PEOPLE FEEL THAT
THEIR INSTITUTIONS CAN'T PROTECT
THEM THEY LOOK FOR EASY ANSWERS
IN POPULISM, AND IN NATIONALISM,
IN CLOSING BORDERS, AND SHUTTING
DOWN TRADE, IN XENOPHOBIA.
>> Rosemary: TRUDEAU DIDN'T
MENTION ANY POLITICIANS BY NAME,
BUT RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR
PUTIN WHO TRUDEAU SAT NEXT TO AT
THE PEACE FORUM HAS BEEN ACCUSED
OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO FOSTER
CONFUSION AND INFLUENCE
ELECTIONS.
TRUDEAU NEVER MENTIONED DONALD
TRUMP EITHER BUT THE U.S.
PRESIDENT ROUTINELY CALLS THE
MEDIA "ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE"
AND HAS A HABIT OF LABELING ANY
STORY HE DOESN'T LIKE "FAKE
NEWS."
TRUMP WASN'T THERE TO HEAR
TRUDEAU ANYWAYS, HE SKIPPED THE
PEACE FORUM ALL TOGETHER.
TOM PARRY, CBC NEWS, PARIS.
>> Rosemary: AND IN THE FINAL
HOURS BEFORE PEACE CANADA'S
SOLDIERS HAD ONE LAST DUTY IN
THE FIRST WORLD WAR -- TO
CAPTURE THE BELGIAN CITY OF
MONS.
AND THEY DID IT AT GREAT
SACRIFICE.
AND TODAY A GREAT SHOW OF
GRATITUDE FOR THAT SACRIFICE AND
THE CBC'S NAHLAH AYED WAS THERE.
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* PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR
OLD KIT BAG AND SMILE SMILE
SMILE *
>> Reporter: TAKE AWAY THE BIG
SCREENS AND MODERN CLOTHES AND
THE CELLPHONES AND AT TIMES IN
THE CITY OF MONS TODAY IT COULD
HAVE BEEN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
THAT WAS THE AIM OF THE ROYAL
HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA, ALSO
CALLED THE BLACK WATCH, TO
RECREATE THE REGIMENT'S MARCH
INTO MONS AS LIBERATORS ON
NOVEMBER 11, 1918.
>> WE JUST DID THE SAME ROUTE
THAT THIS PIPE BAND DID 100
YEARS AGO, EXACTLY THE SAME
ROUTE.
WE JUST TOOK A BAND PICTURE AT
THE SAME PLACE WHERE OUR TROOPS
STAYED A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, AND
THE SAME BAND PICTURE, IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT WE'VE GOT
IT.
SO YOU PUT ALL OF THAT TOGETHER
AND IT CAN BE NOTHING BUT
EMOTIONAL.
>> Reporter: LYLE DAVIDSON'S
GRANDFATHER, WILLIAM, FOUGHT IN
THE WAR AND MARCHED HERE TOO.
>> HE HAD MEMORIES THAT HE
SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD.
AND SO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S A BIG THING.
>> Reporter: PREPARATIONS FOR
THIS DAY HAVE BEEN YEARS IN THE
MAKING.
FOR VISITING CANADIANS TOO, LIKE
THIS HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER
FROM LINDSAY, ONTARIO, WHO SAVED
FOR TWO YEARS TO GET HERE.
>> IT'S THE BEGINNING OF OUR
COURSE, WE START WITH WORLD WAR
I AND IT WAS TEENAGERS LIKE
THEM, YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN
COMING OVER AS NURSES.
WE TRIED TO MAKE IT AS PERSONAL
AND
TRY TO COME UP WITH HOW THEY
WOULD FEEL IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
>> Reporter: HERE TOO
CANADIANS MARCHED IN THEIR
PREDECESSORS' FOOTSTEPS IN THE
SAME SWAY, THOUGH THEY WERE
DEEPLY TRAUMATIZED THEN AND
EXHAUSTED.
>> WHEN YOU REACHED UP THE
SQUARE AND IN THE FRONT OF THE
TOWNHALL IT WAS PACKED WITH
PEOPLE CHEERING AND SINGING AND
DANCING.
>> Reporter: THE WORDS OF A
CANADIAN SOLDIER THEN READ BY A
CANADIAN SOLDIER NOW.
TODAY TOO THE APPRECIATION WAS
ON DISPLAY.
THE MAYOR SYMBOLICALLY HANDED
THE CITY'S KEYS TO MAJOR DAVE
RUCELL OF THE 22nd REGIMENT,
GIVING THE KEYS TO THE CANADIAN
FORCES.
>> CANADA IS A HUMBLE NATION AND
WE STAND WITH YOU IN SOLIDARITY,
VIGILANT THAT SUCH DARK DAYS MAY
NEVER ENTER OUR HOMES NOR SUCH
SHADOWS FALL ACROSS OUR HEARTS
EVER AGAIN.
>> Reporter: THESE ARE
MARKEDLY DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT
THEN AS NOW THE PEACE IS
PRECIOUS.
NAHLAH AYED, CBC NEWS, MONS,
BELGIUM.
>> Rosemary: I'LL BE BACK A
LITTLE LATER FROM OTTAWA WITH MY
CONVERSATION WITH THIS YEAR'S
SILVER CROSS MOTHER.
ANITA CENERINI'S SON, THOMAS,
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE JUST THREE
MONTHS AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM
AFGHANISTAN.
SHE FOUGHT TIRELESSLY AFTER HIS
DEATH FOR HIM TO RECEIVE FULL
MILITARY HONOURS.
>> I WAS ALWAYS DETERMINED FROM
THE BEGINNING THAT -- AND
BELIEVED THAT THOMAS' DEATH
WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS BEING
ATTRIBUTABLE TO SERVICE.
AND TO LAY HIM TO REST IN A
PLACE THAT NOT JUST HONOURED WHO
HE WAS AS A PERSON BUT TO HAVE
HIS ASHES REST IN A PLACE THAT
WOULD FINALLY GIVE HIM HONOUR,
THE HONOUR THAT HE DESERVED.
>> Rosemary: WE ALSO TALKED
ABOUT THE MOMENTS THAT SHE KNEW
HER SON WAS GOING TO WAR,
ANDREW,
AND HOW THAT CHANGED HIM.
AND THE IMPORTANCE, OF COURSE,
OF BREAKING DOWN THE STIGMA
AROUND MENTAL HEALTH IN THE
MILITARY.
THAT'S STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL."
BUT FIRST OVER TO YOU THERE IN
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: OF COURSE, ROSIE.
WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON
THOSE WILDFIRES THAT ARE BURNING
IN CALIFORNIA TODAY.
>> WELCOME TO MY HOME IN MALIBU.
>> Andrew: THE DANGER IS FAR
FROM OVER.
FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL
STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN THREE
DEVASTATING FIRES BECAUSE HOT,
DRY WINDS RETURNED TO THE
ROONLION TODAY.
AT LEAST 31 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED.
MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE NOW
REPORTED MISSING.
AND THOUSANDS OF HOMES ARE
DESTROYED.
MOST IN A UP TO CALLED PARADISE,
OBLIBERATED BY FIRE.
AND WHERE AS KIM BRUNHUBER
REPORTS, RESIDENTS HAD ARE
HARROWING JOURNEY TO SAFETY.
>> Reporter: JUST IMAGINE FIRE
ON EITHER SIDES OF THE ROAD, AND
FLAMES LICKING THE UNDERCARRIAGE
OF YOUR CAR AND THEN YOUR CAR
DIES.
>> WE WERE JUST SITTING THERE
AND WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE
GOING TO DIE.
IF WE WOULD HAVE WAITED FIVE
MORE
MINUTES WE WOULDN'T BE HERE
TODAY.
>> Reporter: LINING THE ROADS
TODAY A GHOSTLY CARAVAN OF CARS
ABANDONED BY THOSE STUCK IN
GRIDLOCK.
IT WAS FASTER TO RUN.
160 KILOMETRES NORTH OF
SACRAMENTO MORE THAN 6,000 HOMES
GONE.
FIRE DEVOURED NEIGHBOURHOODS IN
MINUTES.
THE QUAINT TOWN OF PARADISE
REDUCED TO ASH AND RUBBLE.
>> THERE AIN'T NOTHING TO GO
BACK TO AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
BACK TO AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
BASICALLY HOMELESS RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: NOW A FRENZIED
DESPERATE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING
AND A SLOW METICULOUS SEARCH FOR
THE DEAD.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TWO MORE
FIRES, SMALLER, LESS DEADLY BUT
GROWING FAST.
GROWING FAST.
A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE
ORDERED TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES
AND WHOLE TOWNS SUDDENLY
EMPTIED.
>> IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE, IT'S
JUST MASSIVE LOSS IN SUCH A
SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
>> Reporter: TYLER STAYED TO
FIGHT3
>> Reporter: TYLER STAYED TO
FIGHT THE RAPIDLY APPROACHING
FIRE FROM HIS ROOFTOP.
HIS HOME SURVIVED AND OTHERS DID
NOT.
>> WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE READY
AND WE HOSED EVERYTHING DOWN BUT
WHEN IT CAME OVER THIS RIDGE
RIGHT HERE BEHIND US IT WAS A
HUNDRED FOOT WALL OF FLAMES.
>> Reporter: IN THIS WEALTHY
ENCLAVE OF MALIBU A BEACH IS A
MENAGERIE FOR ANIMALS THAT
OWNERS LEFT BEHIND.
A MANSION POOL A FILL-UP STATION
FOR WATER BOMBERS.
THE HOT, DRY SANTA ANA WINDS
SHOW NO SIGN OF LETTING UP.
>> WE ARE EXPECTING SIMILAR FIRE
BEHAVIOUR AND WINDS TOMORROW.
>> Reporter: FROM SOME WHO
LOST EVERYTHING A PROMISE THAT
THEY WILL BE BACK.
>> GOT TO BE STRONG, YOU KNOW.
WE REBUILD AND THIS IS WHERE WE
LIVE.
>> Reporter: A FIREFIGHTER
RESCUES AN AMERICAN FLAG,
CAREFUL TO NOT LET IT HIT THE
GROUND, DRAPES IT CAREFULLY
OVER A MAILBOX FOR THOSE WHO
WILL RETURN.
KIM BRUNHUBER, CBC NEWS, LOS
ANGELES.
>> Andrew: NOW SOME IN
CALIFORNIA ARE ACCUSING THE U.S.
PRESIDENT OF ADDING INSULT TO
THEIR INJURY AFTER HE TWEETED
ABOUT THE FIRES.
DONALD TRUMP SEEMED TO BLAME
STATE OFFICIALS FOR THE
DEVASTATION AND ISSUED A THREAT.
PAUL HUNTER HAS THAT STORY.
>> Reporter: TRUTH IS THERE'S
LONG BEEN A DEBATE IN CALIFORNIA
OVER FORESTRY MANAGEMENT, BUT
EXPERTS INSIST THAT THERE'S NO
SINGLE CAUSE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING
THERE RIGHT NOW.
RATHER, IT'S A MIX OF THINGS,
INCLUDING THAT, BUT ALSO CLIMATE
CHANGE, DRY WEATHER, HIGH WINDS,
AND URBAN GROWTH.
ADDING, MOST OF CALIFORNIA'S
FORESTS ARE MANAGED BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANYWAY.
AND YET TWEETED THE PRESIDENT
SATURDAY, "THERE IS NO REASON
FOR THESE MASSIVE, DEADLY AND
COSTLY FOREST FIRES IN
CALIFORNIA EXCEPT THAT FOREST
MANAGEMENT IS SO POOR."
THREATENING TO CUT BILLIONS IN
FEDERAL MONEY TO CALIFORNIA
UNLESS AS HE PUT IT, "THEY
REMEDY NOW."
OR AS HE TWEETED TODAY, "GET
SMART."
ALL OF THIS WHILE CALIFORNIANS
WATCH THE FLAMES GROW.
>> THIS LATE IN THE FIRE SEASON
TO HAVE THIS KIND OF
DEVASTATION, IT JUST TAKES YOUR
BREATH AWAY.
>> Reporter: ADAM SCHIFF, THE
DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER FOR L.A.
COUNTY, TODAY SLAMMED TRUMP FOR
THREATENING TO PULL FEDERAL
MONEY AND SUGGESTING THAT IT'S
POLITICAL PAYBACK FOR A STATE
THAT BROADLY REJECTS TRUMP'S
POLICY.
>> IT GOES TO SHOW HOW LITTLE HE
UNDERSTANDS THE JOB THAT HE HAS
THATHOOD BE PUNITIVE AT A
TIME OF LIKE THIS, RATHER THAN
COMING TO THE DEFENCE OF PEOPLE
FACING THE WORST DISASTER OF
THEIR LIVES.
HE IS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO WOULD
VOTE FOR HIM, AND THE REST HE
COULD CARE LESS.
>> Reporter: IN A RARE SIGN OF
PARTISAN CONSENSUS, EVEN A KEY
REPUBLICAN TODAY URGED TRUMP TO
EASE UP.
>> NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO TALK
ABOUT CUTTING OFF MONEY, WITH
ALL DUE RESPECT, WE NEED TO HELP
OUR FRIENDS IN CALIFORNIA IF
THEY NEED HELP.
>> Reporter: TRUMP CRITIC KATY
PERRY CALLED THE PRESIDENT'S
COMMENTS "HEARTLESS."
EVEN FIREFIGHTERS PUSHED BACK.
THE HEAD OF THE STATE'S LARGEST
FIREFIGHTER GROUP CALLED TRUMP
"AN IDIOT" AND LABELLING HIS
TWEET ILL-INFORMED AND SHAMEFUL,
ADDING "NOW IS THE TIME FOR
SUPPORT AND NOT RECRIMINATION
AND BLAME."
PAUL HUNTER, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Andrew: NEW REVELATIONS
TONIGHT ABOUT THE MURDER OF A
CANADIAN MAN IN THE PHILIPPINES.
BARRY GAMMON WAS SHOT TO DEATH
THIS PAST JUNE.
"A FIFTH ESTATE" INVESTIGATION
REVEALED THAT
HE WAS KILLED AFTER A DISPUTE
WITH CHURCH MEMBERS IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO AS IT'S
CALLED HAS MILLIONS OF
FOLLOWERS AROUND THE WORLD,
INCLUDING CANADA.
BOB McKEOWN INVESTIGATED THE
CHURCH, ITS CONNECTIONS TO
CANADA, AND ALLEGATIONS THAT ITS
MEMBERS IN THE PHILIPPINES ARE
TIED TO FINANCIAL
IRREGULARITIES, KIDNAPPING AND
MURDER.
>> Reporter: LUZIE GAMMON IS
SEARCHING FOR THE MAN WHO KILLED
HER HUSBAND.
>> SO, LUZIE, WE TRIED TO GET AS
MANY PICTURES AS WE CAN...
>> Reporter: UNTIL RECENTLY
SHE AND HER CANADIAN SPOUSE
BARRY LIVED IN THE PHILIPPINES.
THEY HAD BUILT THEIR DREAM HOME
AND HAD A SON.
IT WAS A PEACEFUL LIFE UNTIL A
CHURCH WENT UP NEXT DOOR CALLED
IGLESIA NI CRISTO, KNOWN AS
I.N.C.
THAT'S WHEN AN ESCALATING
DISPUTE BEGAN
ABOUT CONSTRUCTION AND TRAFFIC
NOISE 24/7.
>> OUR SON IS AWAKE.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE PEACE
IN THAT?
>> YOU'RE ON MY [BLEEP]
PROPERTY.
>> Reporter: BARRY RECORDED
THIS CONFRONTATION WITH AN
I.N.C. MEMBER ON HIS PHONE.
>> [indiscernible]
>> Reporter: THEN LAST JUNE
ANOTHER MAN APPEARED WITH A GUN.
>> THIS GUY CAME IN AND JUST
SHOOTING AND JUST KEEP ON
SHOOTING AND SHOOTING.
>> Reporter: BARRY GAMMON DIED
OF HIS WOUNDS THAT NIGHT.
BASED IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH
OVER 80 CONGREGATIONS IN CANADA,
THE CHURCH HAS MILLIONS OF
FOLLOWERS WORLDWIDE AND
INCREASINGLY ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
MEMBERS OF FINANCIAL
IMPROPRIETY, KIDNAPPING, MURDER.
NO ONE KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN
LOWELL MENORCA, A PROMINENT
I.N.C. MINISTER,
UNTIL HE WAS ACCUSED OF LEAKING
CHURCH SECRETS.
>> THEY FRISKED ME, HANDCUFFED
ME AND PUT A JACKET OVER MY HEAD
AND DRAGGED ME OUT OF THE
COMPOUND.
>> Reporter: EVENTUALLY
MENORCA FLED TO VANCOUVER AND
GIVEN REFUGE PROTECTION.
CANADIAN AUTHORITIES SAID THAT
THE CHURCH HAD THE MEANS AND THE
MOTIVATION TO KILL HIM.
TODAY HE'S HELPING LUZIE GAMMON
AND HER 7-YEAR-OLD SON J.J. TO
SETTLE IN
CANADA TOO AND TO FIND HER
HUSBAND'S KILLER.
>> I WANTED TO ASK YOU, LUZIE,
ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE THIS IS
THE GUY WHO SHOT BARRY?
>> YES, I'M 100% SURE IT'S HIM.
I KNOW IT'S HIM AND I CAN FEEL
IN MY HEART THAT IT'S HIM.
>> ME TOO.
>> YOU TOO?
>> UM-HMM.
>> ARE YOU SURE THAT IT'S HIM?
>> UM-HMM.
>> YOU SAW HIM?
>> Reporter: THE MAN THAT
LUZIE IDENTIFIED HAS I.N.C.
CONNECTIONS AND THE LOCAL POLICE
SAY THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN
TRIGGERED WITH HIS DISPUTE WITH
MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH.
I.N.C. ITSELF DENIES INVOLVEMENT
IN THAT MURDER OR VIOLENCE OF
ANY KIND.
>> I PROMISED MY HUSBAND THAT I
WILL NOT STOP UNTIL I FIND
JUSTICE FOR HIM.
>> Reporter: NOW IN B.C.,
LUZIE GAMMON HAS GONE TO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HOPING THAT
CANADA CAN SPUR PHILIPPINE
POLICE TO FIND AND HOLD
ACCOUNTABLE THE MAN WHO SHE SAYS
KILLED HER HUSBAND.
BOB McKEOWN, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Andrew: CBC NEWS HAS BEEN
IN TOUCH WITH GLOBAL AFFAIRS
CANADA AND THEY SAY THEY'RE IN
CONTACT WITH THE LOCAL
AUTHORITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES
TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ABOUT THE MURDER OF BARRY
GAMMON.
>>> HERE'S A LOOK AT OTHER
STORIES THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING
TONIGHT ON "THE NATIONAL"...
>>> SOME OF THE 82 CANADIANS WHO
SURVIVED A CRASH LANDING AT AN
AIRPORT
IN GUYANA ARE BACK IN CANADA AND
TELLING THEIR STORIES.
>> PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING AND
THEY'RE CURSING AND THEY'RE
PRAYING AND THEY'RE LIKE THERE'S
SO MUCH CHAOS GOING ON AND IT
WOULDN'T END.
THESE ARE THE BIG CONCRETE
SPIKES THAT BROKE THE WHEELS
OFF.
>> Andrew: THE AIRLINE, FLY
JAMAICA, SAID TODAY THAT IT'S
TOO
EARLY TO COMMENT ON THE CAUSE OF
THE CRASH.
THEY'RE STILL WORKING TO GET
MANY OF THE 120 PASSENGERS HOME.
>> TIME LET ME HAIL AND CLIMB,
GOLDEN IN THE HEYDAY OF HIS
EYES.
>> Andrew: CANADIAN ACTOR
DOUGLAS RAIN DIED TODAY.
HE WAS A VETERAN OF
THE STRATFORD FESTIVAL AND EARLY
CANADIAN TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS
BUT HE MADE PERHAPS HIS BIGGEST
MARK ON POP CULTURE AS THE VOICE
OF HOWELL THE COMPUTER IN THE
LANDMARK FILM "2001: SPACE
ODYSSEY."
>> YOU DON'T MIND TALKING ABOUT
IT, DO YOU, DAVE?
>> Andrew: DOUGLAS RAIN WAS 90
YEARS OLD.
>> Rosemary: WE HAVE A LOT
MORE AHEAD FOR YOU TONIGHT ON
THIS REMEMBRANCE DAY... WE'LL
TAKE YOU TO AN
ABANDONED ISLAND IN
NEWFOUNDLAND, ONCE HOME TO A
THRIVING COMMUNITY UNTIL THE
FIRST WORLD WAR.
DAVID COMMON IS THERE AS A MAN
WHO GREW UP ON THE ISLAND
RETURNS HOME.
>>> AND DECADES AFTER SHE WORKED
AS A WAR PLANE ELECTRICIAN, A
91-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN COMES FACE-TO-FACE A PLANE
THAT SHE HELPED TO BUILD.
HER MOMENT IS OUR "MOMENT OF THE
DAY."
>> Andrew: IT'S A GREAT STORY.
FIRST THOUGH, A "GO PUBLIC"
INVESTIGATION.
A BANK CUSTOMER HAS
A HUNCH THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG
WITH HER ACCOUNT AND SHE WINDS
UP FIGHTING FOR YEARS TO GET A
COPY OF HER OWN RECORD.
>> AT THIS POINT IT'S REALLY NOT
ABOUT THE MONEY, IT'S ABOUT WHAT
THEY'VE DONE, HOW THEY'VE DONE
IT, AND HOW THEY WOULD HAVE
ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH IT HAD I
NOT BEEN SO STUBBORN.
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>> Andrew: A WOMAN WHO SPENT
TWO YEARS BATTLING HER BANK FOR
HER OWN FINANCIAL RECORDS IS
GOING PUBLIC TONIGHT, DEFYING A
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT TO
SHED LIGHT ON WHAT SHE SAYS IS A
SECRETIVE SYSTEM THAT IS STACKED
AGAINST THE CUSTOMER.
SHE TOLD HER STORY TO ROSA
MARCHITELLI.
>> SO THIS IS SOME OF MY
FILES...
>> Reporter: ALL OF THAT
PAPERWORK IS THE RESULT OF TWO
YEARS OF FIGHTING CIBC FOR HER
OWN ACCOUNT RECORD, A RECORD
THAT RHONDA MCMILLAN BELIEVED
THAT WOULD CONFIRM UNAUTHORIZED
ACTIVITY ON HER ACCOUNT.
>> I'M PRETTY PERSISTENT BUT I
WAS GETTING WORN DOWN.
>> Reporter: AFTER FILING A
COMPLAINT WITH THE BANK'S
OMBUDSMAN SHE FINALLY GOT
THE DOCUMENT, BUT HAD TO SIGN A
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT,
PROMISING NOT TO TELL ANYONE
ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THE DOCUMENT
REVEALED OR THE INVESTIGATION.
SHE CONTACTED "GO PUBLIC" ANYWAY
AFTER SEEING THAT BANK SLIP AND
BELIEVING THAT IT SHOWS CIBC
EMPLOYEES MADE UNAUTHORIZED
TRANSACTIONS, MOVING MONEY
AROUND AND REOPENING AN ACCOUNT
THAT SHE'D CLOSED.
YOU FIGHT TO GET YOUR OWN BANK
DOCUMENT FOR TWO YEARS AND
THERE'S A SIGNATURE THAT YOU
DON'T RECOGNIZE ON THAT BANK
DOCUMENT.
AND THE BANK SAYS WE'LL GIVE YOU
SOME COMPENSATION AND GIVE YOU
SOME MONEY BUT YOU CAN'T TELL
ANYONE ABOUT THIS.
>> THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME
BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IT'S
REALLY NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, IT'S
ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE, HOW
THEY'VE DONE IT, AND HOW THEY
WOULD HAVE ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH
IT HAD I NOT BEEN SO STUBBORN.
>> Reporter: SHE'LL LIKELY
NEVER KNOW WHY IT HAPPENED,
AFTER WAITING SO LONG TO GET
THAT BANK
RECORD SHE SAYS THAT THE BANK
TOLD HER THAT TOO MUCH TIME HAD
PASSED TO GET ANSWERS.
>> CONSUMERS ARE GETTING THROWN
UNDER THE BUS HERE.
>> Reporter: THIS CONSUMER
ADVOCATE IS CALLING FOR ONE
INDEPENDENT COMPLAINT RESOLUTION
SERVICE
ALL BANKS HAVE TO USE.
RIGHT NOW BIG BANKS HAVE THEIR
OWN AND THEY GET TO
PICK-AND-CHOOSE WHICH TWO OF THE
NATIONAL ONES THEY WANT TO
INVESTIGATE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS.
>> WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE
ESSENTIALLY BANKS GET TO CHOOSE
THEIR
REFEREE AND THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY
CHOOSING NOW THE REFEREE THAT
INVESTIGATES FEWER COMPLAINTS,
THAT FINDS FEWER OF THOSE
COMPLAINTS IN FAVOUR OF
CUSTOMERS.
>> Reporter: THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT RECENTLY PROPOSED
LEGISLATION IT SAYS THAT WILL
MAKE THE BANKING COMPLAINT
SYSTEM MORE TRANSPARENT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN FOR ONE
RESOLUTION SERVICE.
>> I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED.
MAYBE IT'S HAPPENED, YOU KNOW,
TO OTHER PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: CIBC DOESN'T
RESPOND TO "GO PUBLIC" IN
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS BUT IN A
WRITTEN STATEMENT IT SAYS IT
STRONGLY DISPUTES
THE NATURE OF THE ALLEGATIONS.
ROSA MARCHITELLI, CBC NEWS,
CALGARY.
>> Rosemary: I'LL BE BACK
RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK WITH MORE
FROM THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL.
I SAT DOWN RECENTLY WITH THIS
YEAR'S SILVER CROSS MOTHER WHO
SPOKE ABOUT HER SON WHO DIED
FROM SUICIDE AFTER RETURNING
HOME AND HOW HIS TIME IN
AFGHANISTAN CHANGED HIM FOREVER.
>> I WAS ASSURED THAT BECAUSE HE
WAS SO YOUNG, AND THIS WAS HIS
FIRST DEPLOYMENT, THAT WHAT HE
WAS EXPERIENCING WAS NORMAL.
IT WASN'T NORMAL TO ME AS HIS
MOM WHO KNEW HIM.
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>> Rosemary: THAT WAS ANITA
CENERINI, THIS YEAR'S SILVER
CROSS MOTHER, LAYING A WREATH AT
THE REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY IN
OTTAWA.
FOR 98 YEARS THE CROSS WAS
PRESENTED TO MOTHERS FOR
SOLDIERS KILLED IN ACTIVE DUTY
BUT
THIS YEAR MARKED THE FIRST TIME
THAT IT WAS GIVEN ON BEHALF OF A
SOLDIER WHO DIED FROM SUICIDE
AFTER RETURNING HOME.
PRIVATE THOMAS WELCH TOOK HIS
OWN LIFE ON MAY 8, 2004, AT THE
AGE OF 22.
HE WAS DEEMED THE FIRST VETERAN
OF THE AFGHANISTAN MISSION TO
DIE BY SUICIDE BUT HE WAS
CERTAINLY NOT THE LAST.
I VISITED ANITA CENERINI AT HER
HOME IN WINNIPEG TO TALK ABOUT
THOMAS, WHAT HE MEANS TO HER,
AND WHAT HE WENT THROUGH.
SO WHEN THEY ASKED TO YOU BECOME
THE SILVER CROSS MOTHER, WHY DID
YOU AGREE?
>> BECAUSE OF THE SEASON THAT
WE'RE IN IN THIS COUNTRY AT A
NATIONAL LEVEL, THE AWARENESS TO
MENTAL HEALTH, THE AWARENESS OF
MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND WITHIN THE MILITARY, THE
AWARENESS OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND
OPERATIONAL STRESS INJURIES, THE
NUMBER OF SOLDIERS WHO HAVE COME
HOME FROM AFGHANISTAN THAT HAVE
TAKEN THEIR OWN LIFE.
>> Rosemary: TELL ME WHAT
THOMAS WAS LIKE?
>> HE WAS A VERY LOVING
INDIVIDUAL.
HE HAD A HUGE HEART.
>> Rosemary: WHEN YOU SAY HE
HAD A HUGE HEART HOW DID THAT
MANIFEST ITSELF?
>> HE LOVED EASILY AND HE WAS
VERY COMPASSIONATE AND CARING TO
PEOPLE AND THEIR SITUATIONS.
HE WAS PROTECTIVE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT HE LOVED, ESPECIALLY THE
WOMEN THAT HE LOVED.
HE TOOK HIS SISTER TO HER PROM.
>> Rosemary: OH, REALLY?
>> HE ESCORTED HER IN HIS FORMAL
UNIFORM.
UM-HMM.
HE LOVED BEING IN NATURE.
IT WOULDN'T BE BEYOND THOMAS TO
SAY CAN WE GO TO THE WATERFALL
TODAY, MOM?
AND WE'D ALL GO AND HE WOULD
JUST -- WE'D ALL WANDER OFF AND
SIT ON OUR OWN SPECIAL LITTLE
ROCK.
>> Rosemary: SO WHY DID HE
DECIDE TO JOIN THE MILITARY?
BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT'S IN YOUR FAMILY, IT'S NOT
SOMETHING THAT YOU PASSED ON TO
HIM.
WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?
>> THOMAS DECIDED THAT HE'D JOIN
THE MILITARY AND HE WOULD DO THE
THREE YEARS AND THEN HE WOULD
LEAVE AND HE WOULD HAVE SOME
EXPERIENCE, A FOUNDATION THAT HE
THEN COULD WORK TOWARDS BECOMING
A POLICE OFFICER.
AND THAT'S HOW IT STARTED.
>> Rosemary: WAS THERE
SOMETHING AROUND 9/11 TOO?
>> YEAH.
SO HE SIGNED UP IN THE END OF
AUGUST 2001.
AND SEPTEMBER 11th WE WERE IN
THE LIVING ROOM, THOMAS, JACOB
AND I, AND WE SAW THE NEWS
FOOTAGE ON TELEVISION.
AND WE WERE BOTH SHOCKED AND
HORRIFIED AND I STARTED TO TALK
RIGHT AWAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT
THIS WOULD MEAN.
AND THOMAS SAID THAT HE WAS
PRETTY SURE THAT HE WOULD HAVE
TO GO TO WAR.
AND I SAID, THOMAS, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO STAY IN THE MILITARY,
YOU CAN LEAVE.
AND I WAS CRYING.
JUST THE THOUGHT OF HIM GOING.
AND HE CAME AND HE SAT BESIDE ME
AND I HAD JACOB IN MY ARMS AND
HE PUT HIS ARMS AROUND ME AND HE
SAID WELL, MOM, THEY NEED ME NOW
MORE THAN EVER.
>> Rosemary: WHEN HE WAS OVER
THERE DID YOU REALIZE
IMMEDIATELY THAT HE WASN'T DOING
WELL?
>> HE CAME HOME IN OCTOBER FOR
HIS FIRST -- FOR HIS LEAVE.
AND IT WAS THEN THAT I NOTICED.
>> Rosemary: WHAT DID YOU
NOTICE?
>> HE WASN'T SLEEPING.
AND HE WAS AGITATED.
AND HE -- UNCHARACTERISTICALLY
DIDN'T WANT TO BE HOME.
WHEN HE WENT BACK HE BEGAN TO
DETERIORATE IN MY EYES BECAUSE
HE WAS CALLING ME AT HOME.
AND ONE OF THE NOTABLE THINGS
WERE CHRISTMASTIME BECAUSE I WAS
SENDING CARE PACKAGES EVERY
WEEK, BUT HE WAS ADAMANT THAT WE
SEND NOTHING AT CHRISTMAS.
AND THAT REALLY CONCERNED ME
ENOUGH THAT AT THE BASE WHERE I
WAS DROPPING OFF THE CARE
PACKAGES I ACTUALLY ASKED TO
SPEAK TO SOMEONE.
I WAS ASSURED THAT BECAUSE HE
WAS SO YOUNG AND THIS WAS HIS
FIRST DEPLOYMENT THAT WHAT HE
WAS EXPERIENCING WAS NORMAL AND
HOW HE WAS REACTING WAS NORMAL.
AND IT WASN'T NORMAL TO ME AS
HIS MOM WHO KNEW HIM.
>> Rosemary: WHEN HE CAME BACK
DID YOU SEE HIM RIGHT AWAY, DID
YOU TALK TO HIM?
>> WELL, HE WAS SOMETIMES CRYING
IN THE PHONE CALLS AND SOMETIMES
ANGRY.
AND I ENCOURAGED HIM TO GET
HELP.
AND HE SAID THAT THERE WAS NO
HELP AVAILABLE TO HIM.
>> Rosemary: IT TOOK A LONG
TIME FOR THEM TO GIVE YOU ANY
ANSWERS, RIGHT?
IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR THE
ANSWERS AND FOR THEM TO
RECOGNIZE WHY IT HAD HAPPENED?
>> YEAH, YEAH, IT DID.
I BELIEVED THAT THOMAS SUFFERED
WHILE HE WAS IN AFGHANISTAN, AND
HE CAME HOME AND HE DIDN'T
RECEIVE THE HELP THAT HE NEEDED.
I KNEW THAT, I BELIEVED IT, IT
WAS THE TRUTH THAT I KNEW IN MY
HEART AND SOMEHOW I JUST KNEW
THAT ONE DAY THAT THE TRUTH
WOULD COME OUT.
>> Rosemary: THOMAS' ASHES ARE
STILL HERE AND IT'S BEEN 13
YEARS, 14 YEARS?
>> 14 YEARS.
>> Rosemary: 14 YEARS SINCE
HIS DEATH.
AND YOU'VE HELD ON TO THEM AND
NOW THAT THERE IS -- CLOSURE IS
A WEIRD WORD BUT THERE'S A
CONCLUSION TO THAT PART OF THE
STORY, CAN YOU LET THEM GO?
CAN YOU BURY THE ASHES?
>> YEAH.
EVERYTHING IS A PROCESS.
YEAH, WELL, THERE WERE PRACTICAL
REASONS WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE
THOMAS' ASHES BURIED RIGHT AWAY.
BUT THE OTHER REASON WAS I WAS
DETERMINED -- I WAS ALWAYS
DETERMINED FROM THE BEGINNING
THAT -- AND BELIEVED -- THAT
THOMAS' DEATH WOULD BE
CLASSIFIED AS BEING ATTRIBUTABLE
TO SERVICE.
AND TO LAY HIM TO REST IN A
PLACE THAT NOT JUST HONOURED WHO
HE WAS AS A PERSON, BUT TO HAVE
HIS ASHES REST IN A PLACE THAT
FINALLY GIVE HIM HONOUR, THE
HONOUR THAT HE DESERVED.
>> Rosemary: WHEN YOU'RE
SITTING THERE ON REMEMBRANCE DAY
IN THE COLD IN FRONT OF THE
CENOTAPH WHAT WILL YOU BE
THINKING?
>> I'M HONOURED TO -- TO
REPRESENT OTHER MOTHERS WHO HAVE
LOST A SON OR DAUGHTER IN THE
SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY BUT I
ALSO THINK ABOUT THE SOLDIERS
WHO HAVE THEIR BOOTS ON THE
GROUND RIGHT NOW.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HONOUR THEM.
SINCE THOMAS' DEATH I ALSO
ESPECIALLY THINK OF THE SOLDIERS
WHO HAVE COME HOME WITH WOUNDS
THAT WE CAN'T SEE, THAT THEY
DEAL WITH EVERY DAY.
>> Rosemary: HE'D BE PROUD OF
YOU.
>> I HOPE SO.
>> Rosemary: PRIVATE THOMAS
WELCH'S DEATH BY SUICIDE IS FAR
FROM AN ISOLATED CASE.
SINCE 2010, 130 CANADIAN
SOLDIERS AND VETERANS HAVE
KILLED THEMSELVES.
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT YOUNG
MALE FORMER SOLDIERS ARE 242%
MORE LIKELY TO TAKE THEIR OWN
LIVES THAN THE GENERAL
POPULATION AND LAST YEAR THE
LIBERAL GOVERNMENT RELEASED A
SUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGY
INVOLVING BOTH VETERANS AFFAIRS
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL
DEFENCE TO TRY AND REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF SUICIDES.
WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT HOW PARTS OF
EUROPE WERE CHANGED FOREVER BY
WAR BUT UP NEXT WE'RE GOING TO
SHOW YOU HOW A SMALL COMMUNITY
HERE IN CANADA WAS DESTROYED IN
THE WAKE OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
AND WE'LL MAKE THE JOURNEY BACK
TO NEWFOUNDLAND, THE ISLAND WITH
A MAN WHO GREW UP THERE.
>> Reporter: THOSE BOARDS
THERE?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: THAT'S THE
CHURCH?
>> IT BLEW DOWN.
>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LIVING
MUSEUM.
THE MORE YOU READ ABOUT IT YOU
CAN ALMOST SEE THE LIFE THAT WAS
HERE.
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>> AND I KNOW IF I ONLY BE TRUE
TO THIS GLORIOUS QUEST THAT MY
HEART WILL LIE PEACEFUL AND CALM
WHEN I AM LAID TO MY REST.
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>> AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL
REMEMBER THEM.
>> Rosemary: THAT WAS HOW
PEOPLE ACROSS CANADA HONOURED
REMEMBRANCE DAY TODAY, BUT ONE
MAN CHOSE TO MARK THE OCCASION
IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
HIS HOMETOWN IN NEWFOUNDLAND HAS
ALL BUT DISAPPEARED, ABANDONED
BY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE
BECAUSE OF A SINGLE EVENT IN THE
FIRST WORLD WAR.
DAVID COMMON WAS WITH HIM AS HE
RETURNED TO THE PLACE THAT HE
GREW UP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DECADES.
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>> Reporter: THIS IS A JOURNEY
BACK IN TIME.
>> TO SAY IT'S HARD TO FIND NOW
BECAUSE IT'S GROWN IN.
>> Reporter: BACK A CENTURY
WHEN LIVES AND LANDSCAPES WOULD
BE FOREVER CHANGED BY WAR.
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HOW ONE BATTLE WOULD DESTROY A
COMMUNITY OF 140, THOUSANDS OF
KILOMETRES FROM THE FRONT.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT... THE
PALM TREES HAVE GROWN UP.
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: HOW CONFLICT
WOULD ERASE THE TOWN OF THREE
ARMS AND FORCE FAMILIES AWAY.
>> WE'RE HOME AGAIN.
>> Reporter: IT'S A STRUGGLE
FOR ERIC MOORE TO RETURN TO
THREE ARMS.
HIS WAS THE LAST FAMILY TO LEAVE
THE ISLAND AND ONE OF JUST A
HANDFUL STILL ALIVE WHO EVER
LIVED HERE.
>> IT'S HARD IN A WAY WHEN YOU
SEE IT NOW AND WHEN IT WAS
ALIVE.
THIS PLACE IS
DEAD NOW.
>> Reporter: THE FATE OF THE
COMMUNITY WAS SEALED IN 1916 BY
THE DEATH OF THIS MAN... A YOUNG
LIEUTENANT OF THE FIRST WORLD
WAR.
WORD OF STEPHEN NORRIS' DEATH
CRASHED INTO THREE ARMS LIKE A
GIANT WAVE.
THEN CAME A DISPATCH ALL THE WAY
FROM FRANCE TO HIS PARENTS
SAYING THAT HE WAS KILLED
INSTANTANEOUSLY BY A BIG SHELL
JUST AS HE WAS TRYING TO RESCUE
ANOTHER MAN WHO HAD BEEN BURIED
BY ANOTHER SHELL.
HIS COMMANDING OFFICER SAY TO
HIS MOTHER AND FATHER THEIR SON
WAS A MOST PROMISING OFFICER AND
I DEEPLY REGRET OF HIS LOSS.
YOU NEVER KNEW OF HIM?
>> OH, GOD, NO.
>> Reporter: BUT YOU KNEW OF
THE FAMILY?
>> WELL, YES, I KNEW
MRS. NORRIS.
>> Reporter: THE NORRIS FAMILY
OWNED ALL OF THE BUSINESSES IN
THREE ARMS -- A
FISH PLANT AND A STORE AND
SEVERAL SCHOONERS.
DEVASTATED BY LOSING HIS SON AND
WITH HIS OTHER CHILDREN NOT
INTERESTED IN TAKING OVER,
NORRIS' FATHER WOULD SHUT IT ALL
DOWN WITHIN A FEW YEARS.
WITH THE LOSS OF THE NORRIS
FAMILY --
>> OH, THAT WAS THE END OF IT,
YOU HAD TO GO SOMEPLACE ELSE
THEN AND THERE WAS NO POINT IN
ANYBODY COMING HERE,
NOTHING TO GET, YOU KNOW.
>> Reporter: HOMES WOULD BE
ABANDONED, ALL THAT REMAINS ARE
FOUNDATIONS, REMNANTS OF A
SHATTERED COMMUNITY.
>> IT BREAKS YOUR HEART IF YOU
THINK ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: AN ECHO OF THE
EFFECTS ACROSS NEWFOUNDLAND AND
CANADA.
>> I LIKE TO THINK OF HOW THINGS
WERE AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE
HERE BEFORE ME AND JUST HOW
THEIR LIVES WERE DIFFERENT FROM
OURS.
I'D LOVE TO JUST STEP BACK IN
TIME AND
JUST WALK THROUGH THESE FIELDS
WITH THEM.
>> Reporter: NANCY BURGESS IS
TRYING TO KEEP THE HISTORY OF
THREE ARMS ALIVE.
NOW ERIC MOORE'S NEIGHBOUR,
SHE'S HERE TO ENSURE HIS
MEMORIES ARE NOT LOST.
THOSE BOARDS THERE?
THAT'S THE CHURCH?
>> IT BLEW DOWN.
>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LIVING
MUSEUM.
THE MORE YOU READ ABOUT IT YOU
CAN ALMOST SEE THE LIFE THAT WAS
HERE.
ESPECIALLY GOING THROUGH WITH
YOU GUYS AND YOU WERE STUDYING
THE LAND MORE AND I CAN SEE THE
HOUSE THAT WAS THERE AND YOU
THINK, OKAY, THE LITTLE KIDS
THAT RAN IN AND OUT OF THAT DOOR
A HUNDRED TIMES OR THE CHURCH,
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WALKED
THROUGH THERE.
WE ONLY HAVE STORIES TO TELL US
NOW.
>> Reporter: BUT FOR NANCY
THERE'S EVEN MORE OF A
CONNECTION.
THIS IS A BIG HILL.
HER OWN HUSBAND SERVED RECENTLY
IN CANADA'S ARMY AND SO HER
FAMILY ALSO CARRIES THE WOUNDS
OF WAR.
>> I CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE, I
CAN SEE THE CHANGE IN HIM AND IT
JUST CARRIES ON THROUGH THE
YEARS.
SO I CAN SEE THE EFFECTS AS HE
GETS OLDER.
>> Reporter: BUT THAT KIND OF
CHANGE ALSO WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
TO FAMILIES A CENTURY AGO.
>> OF COURSE, AND IT'S STILL WAR
AND PEOPLE GETTING HURT AND
PEOPLE'S SONS AND DAUGHTERS NOT
COMING HOME AND THEIR LIFE
CHANGES AND IT CONTINUES ON
DOWN.
>> Reporter: AND IN SOME CASES
COMMUNITIES --
>> COMMUNITIES DISAPPEAR, LIFE
AS YOU KNOW IT -- GONE.
>> THIS PLACE...
>> Reporter: THIS IS LIKELY A
FINAL FAREWELL TO THREE ARMS FOR
ERIC.
AGE HAS MADE THE JOURNEY A
CHALLENGE.
PULLING HIMSELF BACK IN THE
BOAT, LEAVING THE HOME TAKEN
FROM HIM BY WAR... HE WEPT ON
THE BOAT RIDE OUT.
THANKFUL FOR ONE LAST LOOK.
DAVID COMMON, CBC NEWS, THREE
ARMS, NEWFOUNDLAND.
>> Rosemary: AN INCREDIBLE
PIECE OF OUR HISTORY THAT DAVID
BROUGHT US THERE.
>>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH OUR
"MOMENT OF THE DAY."
TONIGHT IS A REUNION OF SORTS AS
A WOMAN WHO WORKED AS AN
ELECTRICIAN DURING THE SECOND
WORLD WAR TAKES A TRIP DOWN
MEMORY LANE.
>> Andrew: FIRST THOUGH AS WE
GO TO BREAK A PREVIEW OF A NEW
PODCAST
THAT IAN IS WORKING ON.
WE'LL HAVE SPECIAL COVERAGE
RIGHT HERE ON "THE NATIONAL"
TOMORROW NIGHT.
TAKE A LOOK...
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>> CB-21, HOW DO YOU READ?
CB-21, VANCOUVER, DO YOU READ?
>> MAYDAY, MAYDAY.
MAYDAY.
>> THREE STACATTO CRIES OF
MAYDAY AND AN
EYEWITNESS REPORT OF A MID-AIR
EXPLOSION IS ALL THAT IS KNOWN
THIS MORNING OF THE BRITISH
COLUMBIA AIR DISASTER WHICH
YESTERDAY CLAIMED 52 LIVES.
>> WE WERE TOLD NOTHING.
>> THEY KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED
BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHY.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE A PLANE JUST
FALL STRAIGHT FROM THE SKY.
>> Ian: 59 MINUTES AFTER IT TOOK
OFF AN EXPLOSION ON BOARD.
>> POLICE HAD FOUR SUSPECTS, BUT
NO ONE CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY
AND NO CHARGES HAVE EVER BEEN
LAID.
>> IT'S REMARKABLE TO ME THAT A
HUMAN BEING COULD DECIDE TO BLOW
UP A PLANE FULL OF STRANGERS.
SO MANY LIVES WERE IMPACTED BY
THIS.
A LITTLE GIRL HAD A KNAPSACK ON
HER BACK WITH A DOLL AND A
LITTLE BOY WAS DRESSED IN A
KNITTED SUIT.
>> MY MOM WAS ON THAT PLANE.
>> NOBODY TOLD US THAT HE'D BEEN
KILLED.
>> THE FAMILIES WERE REALLY KIND
OF LEFT IN THE DARK AFTER ALL OF
THIS HAPPENED.
>> WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT THE
FOUR ALLEGED PERSONS THAT COULD
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.
>> WE HAVE A VERY GOOD IDEA WHO
THE RESPONSIBLE PERSON WAS.
>> ONE OF THE CLEANERS OF THE
AIRCRAFT SAW SOMEONE GETTING ON.
>> WHOEVER IT IS OR WAS TO THIS
DAY HAS GONE UNDETECTED.
>> I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED AND IT MAKES ME
EXTRAORDINARILY ANGRY BUT IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN A BIG SECRET.
>> THIS WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
THIS WAS PURE MURDER.
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>> Rosemary: MARY MARTEN HELD
THE LIVES OF SECOND WORLD WAR
PILOTS IN HER HAND.
AT JUST 16 SHE GOT A JOB AT A
DEVAVELIN
PLANT IN TORONTO, HER JOB WAS TO
FINISH THE WIRING IN THE
MOSQUITO BOMBER.
NOW 75 YEARS LATER, MARTEN HAS
BEEN REUNITED WITH THE BOMBER.
HER SON BROUGHT HER TO THE
ALBERTA AVIATION MUSEUM IN
EDMONTON TO CHECK OUT THE PLANE
AND HER REACTION TO IT IS OUR
"MOMENT OF THE DAY."
>> OH, MY GOODNESS, THIS IS
SOMETHING ELSE.
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
I USED TO SIT IN THAT THING ALL
THE TIME WHEN I GOT MY WORK
DONE.
I WAS ALWAYS GOOD WITH MY HANDS.
AND I ENJOYED THE WORK.
THEY DECIDED TO LET EVERYBODY
THAT WAS WORKING ON THESE PLANES
TO SEE HOW THEY WORK.
AND THEY
SAID THAT EVERYBODY COME OUT,
AND THE WHOLE PLANT CAME OUT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND THEN THEY SAID JUST HANG
AROUND, HANG AROUND.
AND WE DID.
AND THE MOSQUITO BOMBER, THEY
SHOWED US THE POWER.
MY GOODNESS!
AND THE ROAR OF THE MOTOR IT WAS
UNBELIEVABLE.
OH, WE KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING
THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT, YOU HAD
TO DO GOOD WORK.
YOU MUST DO A GOOD JOB BECAUSE
THE PILOTS ARE DEPENDING ON YOU.
IT WAS A VERY -- WELL, YOU
THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE DOING
SOMETHING TO HELP THE WAR
EFFORT.
FANTASTIC.
FANTASTIC!
IT BRINGS BACK A LOT OF
MEMORIES.
>> Rosemary: I LOVE MARY,
LET'S START THERE.
BUT SHE ALSO REPRESENTS SOME OF
THE CANADIAN WOMEN THAT WHEN THE
MEN WENT OFF TO WAR THEY HAD TO
SORT OF PICK UP SOME OF THE WORK
IN FACTORIES AND DO SOME OF THE
MANUFACTURING OF THE EQUIPMENT
AND THE BOMBERS THAT WERE
NEEDED, MORE THAN A MILLION
CANADIAN WOMEN DID THAT DURING
THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
THAT'S ASTONISHING TOO.
>> Andrew: YEAH, ASTONISHING
AND IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT IT'S
SAD THOUGH TO THINK THAT THERE
WILL COME A TIME WHEN WE NO
LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO THESE
SORTS OF FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF
THE WAR AND WHAT IT MEANT TO BE
PART OF THAT EFFORT.
BUT I SUPPOSE THAT ALL THE MORE
REASON TO REALLY TAKE THESE
MOMENTS, REMEMBRANCE DAY OR NOT
AND TAKE THE TIME TO REFLECT AND
TO APPRECIATE.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR THIS
NOVEMBER 11th.
GOODNIGHT.
>> Rosemary: GOODNIGHT.
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