CTV National News for Thursday, September 28, 2023

ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> Reporter: 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.

>> Reporter: THE ORGANIZATION YOUR PRIDE ARGUED FOR AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE POLICY THAT REQUIRES PARENTAL CONSENT FOR ANYONE UNDER 16 TO CHANGE THEIR NAME OR GENDER IDEAOLOGY AT SCHOOL. TODAY A JUDGE GRANTED THE INJUNCTION. THE JUSTICE 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 STUDENT’S CHARTER RIGHTS AND FORCE TEACHERS TO OUT STUDENTS TO THEIR PARENTS. >> ULTIMATELY THE DECISION OF WHEN AND HOW TO COME COULD YOU TELL TO ONE’S PARENTS IS A DEEPLY PERSONAL DECISION OF INTENSE IMPORTANCE TO ANY LGBTQ2S+ PERSON.

>> WE WERE DISMAYED WITH WHAT WE SEE AS THE JUDICIAL OVERREACH. >> Reporter: THE SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT IS FIRING BACK. PREMIER SCOTT MOE PROMISING TO USE THE NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE NEXT MONTH TO BYPASS THE COURTS AND FORCE THE POLICY THROUGH. >> THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS OF RE-CONVENING THE LEGISLATURE TO

INTRODUCE AND PASS THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION ON PARENTAL RIGHTS, PROTECTING PARENTAL RIGHTS. >> Reporter: LAST WEEK, THOUSANDS RALLIED ACROSS CANADA AGAINST WHAT THEY CALL GENDER IDEAOLOGY IN SCHOOLS. AND AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK IN ABBOTSFORD, BC, POLICE HAD TO ESCORT TORONTO’S TRUSTEES OUT OFTHE BUILDING. >> Reporter: THE SASKATCHEWAN

GROUP FILED A CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE AGAINST THE SCHOOL POLICY. THAT ARGUMENT WILL BE HEARD IN A COURTROOM IN NOVEMBER. HEATHER. >> Heather: BILL FORTIER FOR US TONIGHT. A FRIEND OF A SIKH ACTIVIST SHOT TO DEATH IN BC SAY POLICE WARNED HIM ABOUT A THREAT TO HIS OWN LIFE CLAIMING OFFICERS ADVISED

HIM TO AVOID GATHERINGS AND MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION, CTV’S KEVIN GALLAGHER REPORTS. >> Reporter: AT THIS SIKH TEMPLE WHEN ACTIVIST HARDEEP SINGH NIJJAR WAS GUNNED DOWN THREE MONTHS AGO, HIS FRIEND SAYS HE’S NOW FACING DEATH THREATS. >> AUGUST 24. >> Reporter: THROUGH A TRANSLATOR HE SAYS HE WAS

SURPRISE WHEN HAD POLICE OFFICER KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR IN LATE AUGUST. THEY SERVED HIM WITH A 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. >> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau: CANADA HAS DECLARED ITS DEEP CONCERNS —

>> Reporter: NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO, PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU ANNOUNCED CANADA SUSPECTS AGENTS OF INDIA WERE LINKED TO NIJJAR’S MURDER. TOUR BELIEVES INDIA IS BEHIND THE THREATS TO HIS LIFE BECAUSE HE WORKED WITH NIJJAR TO ADVOCATE FOR A PART OF INDIA TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT SIKH STATE KNOWN AS KHALISTAN, A MOVEMENT

HE SAYS IS PEACEFUL BUT THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT LINKED TO TERRORISM. >> INDIA IS CONCERNED LEGITIMATELY. WOULD YOU NOT BE CONCERNED IF THEY WERE LIVING IN DELHI AND DOING THIS SITTING IN DELHI TO DISMEMBER CANADA. >> Reporter: 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 EYE LIES ARE RAISING CONCERNS WITH INDIA. >> THE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN WITH US IN SPEAKING TO THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT. >> Reporter: TRUDEAU SAYS HE STATE ANTONY BLINKEN CONFRONTEDF 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 MS 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 THIS COUNTRY THAT THIS HAPPENED?

>> YES, IT WAS VERY EMBARRASSING. >> Heather: THERE ARE SOME NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ON HOW IT HAPPENED. HERE’S CTV’S JUDY TRINH. >> Reporter: TWO STANDING OVATIONS FOR 98-YEAR-OLD YAROSLAV HUNKA, IN HIS PAST AS A VOLUNTEER SOLDIER WITH A NAZI UNIT SURFACED. A CONSERVATIVE MP WANTS A PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE TO PROBE THE SPEAKER’S INVESTIGATE

PROCESS. >> I PROPOSED A STUDY WHEREBY WE TALK TO SEVERAL AGENCIES TO GET TO THE BOTTOM. >> Reporter: ANTHONY ROTA INVITED THE WORLD WAR II VETERAN TO SIT IN HIS GALLERY AFTER RECEIVING A REQUEST FROM HUNKA’S SON. HUNKA EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1954. >> WE KNOW ABOUT Mr. HUNKA

BECAUSE HE WOUND UP BEING LAUDED ON THE FLOOR OF PARLIAMENT IN THIS INCREDIBLY EGREGIOUS SITUATION. HOW MANY MORE ARE THERE? >> Reporter: THE EXACT NUMBER OF NAZI COLLABORATORS IN CANADA IS UNKNOWN. WHEN IT COMES TO RE-OPENING CLASSIFIED HOLOCAUST RECORDS TO FINDS OUT, THE JUSTICE MINISTER IS NON-COMMITTAL. >> WHAT I SUPPORT IS ENSURING

THAT PEOPLE WHO PERPETRATED WAR CRIMES OR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY OR CRIMES LIKE GENOCIDE ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. >> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA RETURNED A $30,000 ENDOWMENT DONATED BY HUNKA’S FAMILY. IT SAYS IT RECOGNIZES AND REGRETS THE UNINTENDED HARM CAUSED. EDMONTON IS ALSO HOME TO MONUMENTS HONOURING THE SS GALICIAN, HUNKA’S UNIT.

JEWISH ADVOCACY GROUPS WANT THEM TORN DOWN. >> THEY WERE PUT UP BY PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS. I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD WATCH WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF DAYS AND REFLECT ON WHAT MESSAGE THAT’S SENDING NOT ONLY TO ALBERTANS AND CANADIANS BUT TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND DO THE RIGHT THING.

>> Reporter: DOCUMENTS ALSO SHOW IN 2007, THE UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CONGRESS RECOGNIZED HUNKA AND 63 OTHERS IN HIS UNIT AND AWARDED THEM MEDALS FORCE 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 SPECTOR OF RUSSIAN GENOCIDE. HEATHER. >> Heather: JUDY TRINH IN OTTAWA. BRITISH COLUMBIA IS REINSTATING MASK REQUIREMENTS IN HEALTH CARE 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 IMMUNE COMPROMISED OR OLDER. >> Dr. HENRY ENCOURAGED UPDATED VACCINES AS ANOTHER LAYER OF PROTECTION AND TODAY HEALTH CANADA APPROVED THE NEW PFIZER VACCINE TARGETING THE

OMICRON XB SUBVARIANT IN CANADA. >> CTV’S ANNIE BERGERON-OLIVER EXPLAINS. >> Reporter: NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO, MAJOR CHRISTIAN HIGHSTON DIED BY SUICIDE WEEKS AFTER MILITARY POLICE LAID SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST HIM. HIS FAMILY REPEATEDLY ALLEGED MILITARY POLICE MADE MISTAKES IN THEIR INVESTIGATION THAT LASTED LESS THAN A WEEK. TODAY, AN INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT

BODY THE MILITARY POLICE COMPLAINTS COMMISSION REVEALED IT’S LOOKING INTO THE CASE. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT 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.

>> Reporter: THE SO-CALLED PUBLIC INTEREST INVESTIGATION WILL REVIEW HOW HIGHSTON’S CASE WAS HANDLE. IT’S LAUNCHED AFTER HIS FAMILY FILED COMPLAINTS LAST YEAR, ALONG 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 A SERGEANT SOUGHT TO ASSIST WITH THE INVESTIGATION WHILE INTOXICATED. >> THAT’S A SERIOUS ALLEGATION THAT NEEDS TO BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED AND IF THE EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT’S IN FACT WHAT TOOK PLACE, IT DOES REQUIRE REMEDIAL ACTION.

>> Reporter: THE LAWYER REPRESENTING THE FAMILY SAYS HIS CLIENTS WANT ANSWERS AND TRANSPARENCY AFTER WHEN THEY SAY ARE YEARS OF MILITARY INVESTIGATIONS SHROUDED IN SECRECY AND DELAY. >> WE’RE LOOKING FOR SUFFICIENTLY ROBUST INVESTIGATION THAT WE CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE FINDING BECAUSE THUS FAR, NOTHING THE MILITARY POLICE HAVE DONE HAS

INSTILLED ANY LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE IN ANY OF THE PROCESSES TAKEN THUS FAR. >> Reporter: THE MILITARY POLICE COMPLAINTS COMMISSION WILL MAKE ITS FINAL REPORT PUBLIC. BUT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NON-BINDING WHICH MEANS THE DEFENCE DEPARTMENT, NOR THE MILITARY ARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF THE SUGGESTED CHANGES. HEATHER. MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH THANKS, ANNIE.

AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO SPRINTED INTO NORTH KOREA ACROSS THE HEAVILY FORTIFIED BORDER TWO MONTHS AGO IS NOW BACK ON U.S. SOIL. 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 IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY LAUNCHED BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS AGAINST JOE BIDEN TOOK PLACE TODAY. >> THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY WILL COME TO ORDER. >> REPUBLICAN LEADERS ACCUSE BIDEN OF BENEFITING FROM IMPROPER BUSINESS DEALS MADE BY HIS SON HUNTER BUT EVEN THEIR OWN WITNESSES ADMIT 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. >> Heather: DEMOCRATS SAY THE INQUIRY IS PURELY POLITICAL. >> THIS IS AN EMBARRASSMENT. >> Heather: AND ONLY MEANT IT

HURT BIDEN AHEAD OF NEXT YEAR’S ELECTION. >> THE SEPARATIST GOVERNMENT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH WILL DISSOLVE ITSELF AFTER A THREE DECADE BID FOR INDEPENDENCE. THE MOVE FOLLOWS THE LIGHTNING OFFENSIVE TO RE-CLAIM FULL CONTROL OF THE TERRITORIES BY AZERBAIJAN. IT’S LED TO THE MAST EXODUS OF ETHNIC IN TRUCKS JUST TO CROSS THE BORDER.

>> Reporter: IN THE ARMENIAN CAPITAL, THIS PERSON HAS BEEN TRYING TO HELP THOSE MAKING THE TREACHEROUS 24 HOUR JOURNEY. >> ARRIVE HUNGRY,RY DISORIENTED. BROKEN. >> Reporter: THE LANDLOCKED REGION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH HAS BEEN DISPUTED FOR DECADES, INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS PART OF AZERBAIJAN BUT — WHO CLAIMED INDEPENDENCE IN 1991. FOLLOWING YEARS OF CONFLICT,

LAST TUESDAY, AZERBAIJAN LAUNCHED A LARGE SCALE 24 HOUR MILITARY OFFENSIVE TRIGGER A MASS MIGRATION OF ARMENIANS FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES. THE PRESIDENT OF THE BREAK AWAY ARMENIAN REGION HAS SINCE SIGNED A DECREE TO DISSOLVE ALL STATE INSTITUTIONS. NAGORNO-KARABAKH WILL CEASE TO EXIST BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. >> HEART BREAK. DEVASTATION.

FRUSTRATION, ANGER. >> Reporter: THIS CANADIAN ARMENIAN HAS BEEN DESPERATELY TRYING TO CAUGHT LOVED ONES CAUGHT IN THE CONFLICT. >> I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE UNACCOUNTED FOR. >> Reporter: FOR HER, THE FALL OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CUTS DEEP. HER FRIEND CHRISTOPHER ARTINE WAS KILLED IN 2020. >> I WISH I COULD SAY HE GAVE

HIS LIFE AND WE KEPT OUR GOVERNMENT. >> Reporter: THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PLEDGED 2.5 MILLION IN HUMANITARIAN ASINCE. MANY SAY IT’S TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. CUTTING OFF FOOD AND AID TO ETHNIC ARMENIANS FOR THE LAST 10 MONTHS. >> MY HOPE IS THAT HUMANITY WILL PREVAIL. HUMANITY WILL WIN BECAUSE THAT’S

THE ONLY HOPE THAT WE HAVE LEFT. >> Reporter: 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? >> Heather: ADRIAN GHOBRIAL IN TORONTO. AFTER THE BREAK, CHARGING AN ELECTRIC FUTURE.

>> CANADA PUT ITSELF ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. >> Heather: THE MASSIVE MULTIBILLION DOLLAR BATTERY PLANT REVING UP QUÉBEC. PLUS, REMEMBERING THE MAGICAL LEGACY OF ACTOR MICHAEL GAMBON. >> Heather: WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE MAJOR BATTERY PLANT IN QUÉBEC WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT LAST NIGHT. A SWEDISH COMPANY IS BEHIND THE

$7 BILLION FACTORY NEAR BILL, ÉL LURED BY THE PROVINCE AND OTTAWA. >> CANADA ANNOUNCED ITS LATEST MULTIBILLION DOLLAR BOOST TO ENERGY TRANSITION. THIS INVITE SOUTH OF MONTRÉAL, THE SIZE OF OVER 300 FOOTBALL FIELDS WILL BE HOME TO A SWEDISH COMPANY NORTHVOLT. IT MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY CELLS AND RUN BY

TWO FORMER TESLA EXECUTIVES VOWING TO BE AMONG THE GREENEST BATTERY MAKENERS THE WORLD. >> WE WERE LOOKING AT ALMOST EVERY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT WE COULDN’T HELP GLANCING AT QUÉBEC. >> Reporter: IN PART, HE SAYS, BECAUSE OF THE PROVINCE’S CLEAN ENERGY HIDE POWER. BUT THERE WAS ALSO THE PROMISE

OF UP TO $2.9 BILLION IN FINANCING FROM QUÉBEC AND $4.4 BILLION FROM OTTAWA. >> CANADA PUT ITSELF ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WITH WHAT UNITED STATES HAS BEEN DOING. >> Reporter: THE PRICE TAG IS MASSIVE. NORTHVOLT IS A YOUNG COMPANY AND OBSERVER SAYS IT HAVE TO PROVE IT CAN RAMP UP PRODUCTION IN

NORTH AMERICA TO EQUIP A MILLION ELECTRIC CARS A YEAR. ACCORDING TO OTTAWA, THE INVESTMENT WILL PAY OFF. >> THIS IS PART OF OUR VISION FOR A STRONGER ECONOMY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. >> Reporter: 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 COVID, WE REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT THE PROXIMITY AND THE RESILIENCY OF OUR SUPPLY CHAIN ARE SUPERIMPORTANT. >> Reporter: IN ITS FIRST PHASE, IT WILL HIRE 3,000 WOKERS AND SPARK 10,000 INDIRECT JOBS. CANADA’S SCIENCE AND INNOVATION MINISTER SHARED HIS FIRST TEXT

WITH NORTHVOLT FROM MAY 2022. >> I THINK WE CAN YOUR PARTNER OF CHOICE TO BUILD THE GREENEST BATTERY IN THE WORLD AND FROM THAT VISION YOU CHOSE QUÉBEC AMONG MORE THAN 70 JURISDICTIONS IN THE WORD. >> Reporter: THE FIRST BATTERY IS EXPECTED TO ROLL OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE IN 2026.

GENEVIEVE BEAUCHMIN, CTV NEWS, MONTRÉAL. >> Heather: COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW… ? YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY ? >> Heather: A ROCKING RED CARPET AS SOME CANADIAN MUSICAL LEGENDS ARE INDUCTED IN THE WALK OF FAME. ? DON’T FORGET ME WHEN I’M GONE >> Heather: CEREMONIES WERE HELD ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY

AHEAD OF THIRD ANNUAL NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION. IT’S DESIGNED TO RECOGNIZE THE CRUEL LEGACY OF THE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM. HERE’S CTV’S DONNA SOUND. >> Reporter: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION STARTS WITH KNOWLEDGE. THE EARLIER IT’S TAUGHT, THE BETTER. IN HALIFAX, 500 STUDENTS PLACED ORANGE FLAGS ON THE SITE OF A

FORMER RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART TO HONOUR 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. >> Reporter: AN ARENA IN OTTAWA WAS ALSO FILLED WITH

ORANGE SHIRTS, WITH THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ALONG WITH SINGER JULLY BLACK. ? OUR NATIVE LAND ? >> Reporter: SHE RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR CHANGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. >> THE LYRIC CHANGE BROUGHT ME HERE. THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN UNREAL. >> Reporter: EDUCATION TAKES A LOT OF MONEY. WASWA ANNOUNCED AIMED AT RAISING

$100 MILLION. >> WE ARE MAKING OUR CONTRIBUTION OF $5 MILLION AND CALLING ON CORPORATE CANADA TO ALSO COME IN AND SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION. >> I’LL BE STANDING HERE. >> Reporter: NORMAN IS A SURVIVOR. HE SPENT EIGHT YEARS AT A 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. >> Reporter: IN REGINA, THEY WALKED 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. >> Heather: ACCLAIMED STAGE AND MOVIE ACTOR MICHAEL GAMBON HAS DIED. >> HARRY POTTER! >> Heather: GUAM MONDAY WAS KNOWN FOR HIS PORTRAYAL AS ALBUS DUMBLEDORE IN THE HARRY POTTER FILM. HE STARTED IN SIX OF THE EIGHT MOVIES AFTER HIS PREDECESSOR RICHARD HARRIS IN 2002.

A FAMILY STATEMENT SAID GAMBON DIED IN HOSPITAL AFTER A BOUT WITH PNEUMONIA. HE WAS 82. >> AFTER THE BREAK, THE LEGENDS OF ROCK. ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THE WALK OF FAME. [ ??? ] [ ??? ] ? SHE DIDN’T HAVE TO LEAVE ME ? >> Heather: THIS WAS A JUAN 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. HERE’S CTV’S JOHN VENNAVALLY-RAO ON THE STAR-STUDDED EVENT. [ ??? ] >> Reporter: FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PLENTY OF LOVE FOR LOVERBOY…

? DON’T FORGET ME WHEN I’M GONE 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 SO EXCITING. YOU GET ALL THESE BANDS TOGETHER IN ONE SPOT. >> Reporter: BANDS WITH HIT SONGS LIKE CHILLIWACK AND ROUGH

TRADE BEING COLLECTIVELY CELEBRATED. >> IT’S GREAT. >> SO MANY GREAT CANADIAN MUSICIANS. WHY NOT HONOUR THEM? >> Reporter: THE ORGANIZERS BEHIND CANADA’S WALK OF FAME DECIDED TO HOLD A MEGAINDUCTION EVENT. 13 INFLUENTIAL HOME-GROWN BANDS HONOURED AT THE SAME TIME. MUSICIAN WHO IS GAVE US THE SOUNDTRACK OF A GENERATION.

? JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME ? >> FROM HALIFAX LEGENDS APRIL WINE… THE FIRST CANADIAN BAND TO SEE ONE OF THEIR VIDEOS PLAYED ON MTV. >> I’M HAPPY WE’RE GETTING THE RECOGNITION FOR THIS COUNTRY, FOR ALL THE BANDS HERE TONIGHT. [ ??? ] >> Reporter: THE NEW WAVE SENSATION PLATINUM BLOND, KNOWN

FOR THEIR BIG HITS AND EVEN BIGGER HAIR AND QUÉBEC’S MICHELLE AGUILAR A. >> 80s, 80s. GREAT TIMES FOR MUSIC. WE WERE ALL YOUNG AND CRAZY. AND NOW WE’RE STILL CRAZY BUT A LITTLE OLDER. ? RAISE A LITTLE HELP ? >> Reporter: MANY OF THE BANDS TAKING TO THE STAGE AT TORONTO’S

MASSEY HALL, OFFERING UP A REAL BLAST FROM THE PAST. >> I’M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. PAUL AND I STARTED IN BAND HAD A 2015 YEARS AGO AND THEY’RE GIVING US THE BIG — KIND OF LIKE A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT THING. I REALLY APPRECIATE T. >> YOU MEAN WE FINALLY MADE IT.

>> FINALLY MADE IT BUDDY. >> GOOD. >> Reporter: A REUNION OF ROCKERS THAT EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE SURE APPRECIATED, TOO. JOHN VENNAVALLY-RAO, CTV NEWS, TORONTO. >> Heather: SOME FAVOURITES OF THE NEWSROOM TONIGHT. THAT IS OUR NEWSCAST FOR THIS THURSDAY. I’M HEATHER BUTTS. FOR OMAR AND ALL OF US AT “CTV

NATIONAL NEWS,” THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT AND WE’LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. [ ??? ] [ ??? ] [ ??? ]

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