Three.
Russell Williams, a life sentence.
He will be taken directly to Kingston Penitentiary.
25 years or more.
We can maybe now start to get on with our lives.
One final day in court.
Dealing with grief at CFB Trenton.
It's tough to reconcile what we know to what he did.
Healing as the base gets back to normal.
Short-changed or short-loved at the grocery store.
It's where they shrink the product and generally hold the line on price.
The corporate tactics that end up costing you.
And back from a long journey.
But it's nice to be back.
And one night comes home.
CTV News starts now.
All the time that moves through here.
CTV News with Christine Bentley and Ken Shaw.
Good evening. He is gone.
Russell Williams is gone for at least 25 years.
The cross-dressing killer who once barked military orders to his troops in Trenton
will now have a new set of rules to follow in Kingston.
But before being handed a life sentence behind bars,
Williams spoke to the families of his helpless victims.
He apologized and even shed some tears.
And then, for what is perhaps the last time Williams will ever see
the autumn colors of Eastern Ontario,
he left the courthouse in Belleville for his new home down the 401 in Kingston.
CTV's John Musserman is in Belleville tonight.
John, this one-time military man is going to have a new uniform from now on.
Indeed, Ken. Yes, that will be a prison uniform.
And Russell Williams will be wearing it for the next 25 years
and likely many, many years beyond that.
These are the last public images of Russell Williams.
The next 25 years of his life will be spent in a prison cell.
He won't see the light of day.
So as long as he... I don't really care what stipulation he has on him.
As long as he dies in jail, I'm happy.
The end of a legal nightmare for the families,
but the conviction will never ease their pain.
We're just all thankful that it is over
and we can maybe now start to get on with our lives.
The judge called Williams a sick and dangerous man.
At 10.36 this morning, that man stood up in the prisoner's box and apologized.
He was sniveling when he offered his regrets.
Quote, I stand before you, Your Honour, indescribably ashamed.
I've committed despicable crimes
in the process betraying my friends and family and the Canadian forces.
It was good that he said that.
That's all I'm gonna say.
Crown Prosecutor Lee Burgess called Williams one of Canada's worst offenders.
The Crown won't seek dangerous offender status to spare the families more grief.
Besides, it won't change the outcome.
When it comes down the road, whether it's 25 or 45 years down the road,
if he ever applies for parole, this full record is gonna be available to the parole board.
And this record, more than anything, is what will keep him behind bars forever.
Investigators say all the stolen lingerie will be destroyed.
The photos, the computer and the videotape of the murder will be sealed by police.
Williams' pathfinder will be crushed.
Still, detectives say we may never know why he did it.
I have no idea why he killed those two women.
It's one thing to break into a house and to take lingerie,
but those women were killed needlessly.
For the people who live here, now it's time to move on.
The community won't be the same, but it's a very strong community,
and we're gonna work together.
Russell Williams was driven out of town in a police van.
All that remains are the horrific memories he left behind.
And Williams will also be registered as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
He will also have to provide a DNA sample to the police data bank. Ken?
John, let me ask you something.
You've covered hundreds of stories over the years,
and I know for a lot of folks, this story's gonna stand out for many years to come.
I'm wondering about you.
Being there in the courtroom for the last few days and all the rest of it,
was there something this week that you're going to be doing
or was there something this week that you're going to take away from you?
You know, setting the emotions aside for a moment,
was there something that really stands out?
Well, Ken, I think for me and for many people in that courtroom,
it happened on Monday when we first saw that photograph
of Russell Williams wearing that stolen lingerie,
some of it belonging to children as young as 11 years old.
It was almost as if the curtain had been drawn back
and we were really seeing who this man is
and the perversion that escalated into the murder
of these two young, innocent women.
And I think very few people will forget this proud mother
clutching the photo of her daughter walking up these stairs
every morning, four days in a row.
I think it's an impression here that people will never forget, Ken.
And all the emotions associated with it. Thank you, John.
John Mossiman in Belleville.
Well, you know, he was their commanding officer, a military man,
once respected and revered for his talent among the troops.
Today, those same officers at Canadian Forces Base Trenton
promised to strip Colonel Williams of his rank and medals.
Here's CTV's Naomi Parnas.
He was once the commanding officer of this base,
the largest Air Force in Canada.
Today, those who worked with him and answered to him
spoke out about a man many now consider to be nothing more than a monster.
Most of us knew this individual.
And it's tough to reconcile what we know to what he did.
The chief of the air staff, Lieutenant General André Deschamps,
says the Williams case has shaken the military to its core.
Today, it began the process of kicking him out.
Williams, once a rising military star, will be stripped of his medals,
forced to pay back some of his salary, and will be denied benefits.
But some things are out of the military's control.
I also wish to point out that under the Superannuation Act,
there are no grounds to revoke his pension.
Williams will also not have a separate military trial
since he was convicted at a civilian one.
The Canadian Forces have conducted reviews
to see if it could have seen signs of Williams' evil.
But Deschamps says nothing could have predicted the evil Canadians now know.
Deschamps says the trial is over and there's closure.
Now it's time to heal.
This morning, there was a town hall meeting
between members of the military and residents here in Trenton,
where everyone began talking about the issues
they're now trying to deal with.
Counsellors are also being made available for those who need them.
Everyone in the tight-knit military community of Trenton
is struggling to understand how Williams could have led such a double life
and how life will go on.
People will remember this for a long, long time.
I know myself I will remember this for the rest of my life.
We'll carry on from here and support the military
and support the families that have gone through this.
Williams may have shamed the Canadian Forces,
but many here say they won't let one individual
take away from the strong support they have
for the men and women fighting for our country.
Naomi Parnas, CTV News.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited soldiers and sailors
in St. John's, Newfoundland this morning.
Harper said the military is moving quickly
to strip all benefits and honours they can from Russell Williams.
Defence Minister McKay has made clear the forces will undertake
all necessary actions to ensure that all sanctions possible
and all benefits possible that can be withdrawn
will be withdrawn from the former commander.
But this is a terrible and unique case, obviously.
So again, what's next for the former commander
now that he's a convicted killer?
Ottawa is thinking about going to court in an effort to reduce
Williams' military pension.
The Canadian Forces will also try to recover all salary payments
from the date Williams was arrested.
And the former colonel will also be stripped of his medals.
Tom Brown is next. He's at the Toronto Zoo tonight.
Tom, apparently hiding behind some trees,
perhaps trying to escape, I'm not sure.
It's very scary here, Ken.
We're getting ready for boo at the zoo,
as of course Halloween is coming up quickly.
So this weekend coming up and next weekend,
we want everyone to come out and do a little trick or treating
and have some Halloween fun at the Toronto Zoo.
And as you can see, I've got a couple of assistants with me right now.
I've got Glenda and Esmeralda.
Stay with me. Come on over here.
Because when you come, especially 12 and under,
in a costume, two kids per family,
make sure you wear your costume because you'll get in free.
And at the kids' zoo, you can actually go trick or treating.
Let's do it. Trick or treats!
Okay.
You have to tell me what this is.
What is that? What is that? You guys know?
You think so? What do you think?
Okay. We think it's a bat.
Right. Right. So we get a treat?
You do. Sweet!
We get a treat.
And you can do it this weekend, next weekend at the Toronto Zoo.
Boy, we have a little clearing in our sky, but Barry's got snow.
Here's a look at our CTV radar.
We've got streamers coming in off Georgian Bay and Lake Huron.
And we've also got some showers making their way into the city.
But right now we do have a clearing trend.
Basically, Oshawa all the way up to Huntsville.
Let's have a look. Let's advance it
because that low pressure system is now in the St. Lawrence.
It's all wraparound winds.
Northwest winds that were gusting 54 earlier today.
We only had a daytime high of eight degrees.
Let's advance it and have a look at our current temperatures.
And as you can see right now, seven degrees showers in London,
seven showers in Godrich, but it's clearing Port Dover.
It's four degrees in Lindsay, it's five in Coburg,
and it's six in Brighton.
Some showers passing over you.
And right now it is three degrees up in, looks like Georgina,
five under cloudy skies through Oshawa,
and five in Pickering under partly cloudy skies.
Right now in the city, it's currently six.
We do have a few sunny breaks, but tonight we're in for a chilly night.
Cloudy skies, there's still a chance of seeing some rain
and possibly wet flurries as the winds continue out the northwest.
We're going to drop to an overnight low of Zuu.
What do you think polar bears like for Halloween?
We'll have that coming up a little later on from the Toronto Zoo.
Now back to Ken and Chris.
Thanks, Tom. Well, the weather's on everyone's mind
along the South China Coast tonight.
One of the biggest typhoons to threaten the region in years
is getting closer by the hour.
Typhoon Meggie is already wreaking havoc elsewhere in Asia.
It triggered floods and landslides in Taiwan and Japan.
It killed at least 19 people in the Philippines.
Now the storm is projected to make landfall on Saturday east of Hong Kong,
one of the world's most crowded cities.
Fortunately, Meggie is expected to weaken,
perhaps even lose more steam as it moves inland.
Back here at home, just four more days left
before we elect new municipal governments across the province.
And the candidates are keeping busy.
I will guarantee by the second year
I'm going to abolish the land transfer tax.
Rob Ford was at the annual general meeting
for the Toronto Real Estate Board.
He highlighted his intention to get rid of the land transfer tax in Toronto.
Ford is promising to do it in 2012,
a move that doesn't sit well with George Smitherman.
I think that Councillor Ford's back down on this
is demonstration of how difficult that's going to be to achieve.
George Smitherman was also on hand at the same meeting.
When asked whether he would abolish the land transfer tax, he said no.
Adding a freeze on property taxes is more realistic.
And later in the day, Smitherman received an endorsement
from former Green Party leader Jim Harris,
who called Rob Ford the anti-Green candidate.
I'm here to release my complete transportation plan.
Meanwhile, Joe Pantalone unveiled further details
of his transportation plan today.
It includes the elimination of 50 parking spots across the city
and replacing them with 1,000 bicycle spots.
He also plans to add three citizen experts to the TTC board,
hoping for some fresh ideas.
Pantalone also wants an outdoor pedestrian mall on Yonge Street
between Dundas and Queen.
If you are still undecided or have election questions,
visit our website at ctvtoronto.ca
and look for Civic Election Central.
Subway riders, look out before your next trip.
Delays, diversions and even on-time arrivals are all on display.
I think it's really good, yeah.
Well, because it's up to date and the information's all right there.
Information screens are being installed in all 69 subway stations
operated by one-stop media group.
The screens flash continuously updated route information,
giving commuters options even before they pay the fare.
So it's really putting all the tools in your hand
to make your trip as easy as possible.
Subway information screen is going to be in all stations by the end of 2011.
The TTC is paying nothing for the service.
The one-stop media group is selling advertising to cover the costs.
We have an update tonight on the spending in the province's healthcare system.
There is a call for the auditor general to investigate
how every Ontario hospital spends its dollars.
This after revelations hospitals and local health networks
are using tax dollars for consultants, alcohol, trips and lavish meals.
CTV's publicist continues to work on this developing story from Queen's Park.
Bernice Johnson has walked hospital row many times,
experiencing triumph and tragedy inside the renowned facilities.
But the auditor's report made her angry.
It was very disgusting.
She says Ontario has wonderful hospitals, but the wasteful spending is a letdown.
It's very disappointing when they need so much money for research
and with the telethons and yet so much being wasted of the, you know,
good taxpayers' money.
Auditor General Jim McCarter found hospitals and LINS
using taxpayers' money to pay for booze, lavish dinners, luxury hotel rooms,
trips to places like Japan, Singapore and Chicago.
What's more, consultants were being hired for hundreds of thousands of dollars
without competitive bids and without proper documentation.
We don't know which if any of the institutions here on hospital row
were implicated by the auditor because he wouldn't name specific hospitals.
But he did say every one of the 16 hospitals he investigated had spending problems.
That's just the tip of the iceberg.
Can the minister tell Ontarians what was happening
at all the other hospitals across this province?
The premier issued somewhat of a warning,
saying hospital executives are not untouchable.
And the hospital boards have the authority to hire and fire.
And not only that, we've given them new rights now with respect to docking pay.
New rules are now in place that should put a stop to lavish spending
and runaway consultant contracts.
The premier says everyone who works at a hospital or a Linn
needs to be mindful that the money they're spending comes from the taxpayers.
At Queen's Park, I'm Paul Bliss.
Wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for murder.
Now William Mullins Johnson is being compensated for his 12-year ordeal.
He's going to receive $4.25 million.
The announcement was made this morning.
Mullins Johnson was convicted of killing his niece,
but the case was based on flawed evidence from disgraced pathologist
Dr. Charles Smith.
The conviction was overturned in 2007.
Other pathologists determined that Mullins Johnson's niece
died of natural causes.
They are poised to invade the Great Lakes
and threaten a $7 billion a year fishing industry.
Asian carp are moving north.
Big, strong fish that have already crowded out some other species in the U.S.
And they can be dangerous to humans as well.
A number of boaters have been hit by the leaping fish,
suffering broken jaws and concussions.
But efforts to bottle up the carp got a boost today.
Indiana has completed a chain link fence designed to keep them from crossing
into the Great Lakes system via Lake Michigan.
Ottawa is watching closely as well.
It has kicked in $415,000 for a study on the carp's migration.
The feds want to put an end to people jumping the queue to get into Canada.
The Harper government tabled a bill today designed to crack down on human smuggling.
It follows the arrival in August.
500 Sri Lankan Tamils in B.C.
Under the proposed legislation, bogus refugees would be kept behind bars
until they are deported.
And there would also be tougher penalties for smugglers, including jail time.
Legitimate refugees would face a five-year probation period
during which they could not be allowed to travel back home.
Meanwhile, we learned today that some of those migrants who arrived in B.C.
were already rejected as refugees by the U.K.
More trouble tonight for Toyota, the world's number one automaker,
recalling more than one and a half million vehicles.
Almost 29,000 of them are here in Canada.
The recall includes various model years of the Lexus, the Avalon,
and the non-hybrid Highlander.
There's a problem with the brake master cylinder,
which could lead to weaker braking power.
And Honda is recalling an undetermined number of its vehicles
because of the same issue, certain models of the Acura sedan
and Honda Odyssey minivan from 2005 to 2007 are affected.
Like the Toyota vehicles, they could experience weaker braking power
because of brake fluid leaks.
Officials at the National September 11th Memorial in New York City
are looking for an angel.
They want to thank whoever anonymously donated $10,000 in cash.
99 $100 bills and 520s were found stuffed in the donation box.
All of them were crisp and unfolded as though just withdrawn from a bank.
Silahad, have you noticed your shopping basket isn't as heavy as it used to be?
That could be because some of your favorite foods are shrinking in size.
How will your next loaf of bread measure up?
You have to buy not 10 loaves, you have to buy 13 loaves.
From cereal to orange juice, companies are downsizing products
but leaving prices the same.
I'm Pat Foran, the shrinking details just ahead.
Also tonight, look who's back.
Our favorite morning weatherman has returned.
We're going to hear from him one night later in the newscast.
Woof, woof, woof!
Woof, woof, woof!
It is the Halloween Howl.
Welcome, everybody, back to the Toronto Zoo.
I have Heather House, one of the highlights of Boo at the Zoo this weekend
and next weekend has to be the Halloween Howl.
What's that all about?
Halloween Howl is an evening educational program
that's taking place here at the zoo.
It showcases the unique characteristics of our wolves
and includes a full cultural experience as well
where wolf teachings will be learned through traditional stories, songs and drumming.
And as a finale, participants will venture out under the moonlight
and try and come over to our wolves and try and communicate with our pack here.
It's a really fun way for families to learn more about wildlife
and share a wild experience together.
I know this weekend is sold out and next week is close to being sold out
so you better act quickly.
And we've got a full moon in the sky.
Full moon and wolves, what do you get?
Woo woo woo!
Nothing, nothing.
Okay, what do pumpkins like to eat for Halloween?
I'll have that.
Plus, I'll take you to Berry and show you what's happening there.
We are at the Toronto Zoo.
Boo at the Zoo on the CTV News at 6.
What happens if hundreds of New Yorkers get blown to bits?
I know the stakes, Mr. Mayor.
Targets his city.
When is this crap gonna stop?
And his family.
Hey, you stay back!
Keep your hands where I can see them.
Go!
Blue Gloves, tomorrow at 10, 9 Central on CTV.
Watch more full episodes online at ctv.ca.
You see that couple over there?
There's gotta be a 21.3% chance they have a standard life investment.
There's an 83% chance they'll smile when they open it.
Okay, there's a.00006% chance he'll be abducted by aliens.
At least their money's taken care of while he's away.
Ask your licensed advisor what a standard life investment can do for your retirement.
Hyundai introduces the new 274 horsepower Sonata Turbo,
a fuel-efficient four-cylinder with the power of a V6.
Because we think powerful can still be responsible.
The Sonata Turbo.
The early bird deadline of the Princess Margaret Welcome Home sweepstakes
is less than two weeks away.
Get your ticket and you could win Ontario's most valuable early bird prize.
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No one likes to pay more than we should for products,
but what if we told you you could be paying the same for less?
From soup to soap, many manufacturers are shrinking the size of items,
but not the price tags.
Pat Ford has details on Consumer Alert. Pat?
Well, thank you, Ken and Christine.
Consumers don't like it when prices go up, and companies know that.
So many manufacturers would rather shrink the size of a product
and hope that we don't notice.
And when you're looking at...
Jesse Bullock says the last time she bought bread, she noticed a big change.
A loaf of Dempster's Whole Grain Bread was shorter and lighter,
but the price remained the same.
When I picked it up off the store, I said,
see, that's smaller.
So when I come home, I checked with the one that I had at home.
It is 680, and this is 600 grams.
So it's 80, 80 grams less.
Bullock volunteers making sandwiches at her church,
and she says other loaves have also shrunk in size
and slices have gotten thicker.
It means she needs more bread to buy bread.
If you're making sandwiches for 100 people,
you have to buy not 10 loaves, you have to buy 13 loaves.
Another CTV viewer noticed this no-name mustard was 100 milliliters less,
but its price also remained the same.
Shrinking products are not new.
Almost 10 years ago, Anne Sutton called CTV
when she noticed a lot less of her favorite toilet paper.
Here I'm holding three sheets of the old and three sheets of the new,
and there's quite an obvious difference in size.
In the past, it's also been ice cream, orange juice, pet food,
and peanut butter that have been downsized.
It's where they shrink the product and generally hold the line on price.
Consumer Reports has investigated the downsizing of cereal.
This box of Froot Loops has about 15% less.
Not long ago, a jug of Tropicana orange juice was 96 ounces.
Now it's 89.
As for Dempsters, the company says its loaf was downsized
because it was standardizing pan sizes in its bread factory.
Companies also blame downsizing on the rising cost of raw materials and packaging.
It's a trend likely to continue,
so you may want to keep a closer eye on what goes in your shopping carts.
On your side, I'm Pat Foran.
If you have a consumer story idea, email us at alert at ctv.ca.
Now, here's a recap of this hour's top stories.
Double murderer Russell Williams has been sentenced to life in prison
with no chance of parole for 25 years.
He was taken from Belleville Court to Kingston Penitentiary.
Officials at CFP Trenton say they are stripping Williams of his rank
and will make him pay back the salary he earned since his arrest.
Rob Ford and George Smitherman are campaigning
with just four days until the municipal election.
Smitherman attacked Ford,
saying he couldn't abolish the land transfer tax
in the first year of his mandate, as he had promised.
And the NDP is demanding a review of every hospital in Ontario.
That's after yesterday's auditor general's report on wasteful spending.
Premier McGinty suggested hospital boards get tougher on their executives.
What is it, boo at the zoo?
Boo at the zoo.
Boo at the zoo? Give us a boo.
Or give us a howl, a wolf howl.
Well, we'll take a boo over blustery flurries any day.
But, yeah, we've got everything here from our courts, our Arctic wolves,
and the stars, always this time of the year.
You know, year-round, as a matter of fact, the polar bears.
And that water is cold, I can tell you right now.
And polar bears, I think I said before the break, what do pumpkins like to eat?
But in fact, what do polar bears like at Halloween?
And what, we've got Explorer bear, and right above Explorer bear,
we've got a pumpkin for each one of our polar bears.
And it is boo at the zoo this weekend and next weekend.
Of course, the zoo is closed right now.
We're kind of getting the VIP treatment.
Cynthia Shipley joins me right now.
There's so much going on, you have to spread it over two weekends.
And you got a couple parades coming up.
We do. Every day for the event at 12 and 2,
Explorer bear takes the kids on a costumes and critters,
or critters and costumes parade,
where the kids gather at a waterside theatre,
and we do a little parade, and they get a little something at the end of it.
And of course, you can go to the kids' zoo and do trick-or-treating.
We have our Halloween harvest stage,
where we have sing-along storytelling, animal visitors.
It's a great place to come and enjoy Halloween.
Last two weekends of October.
You've done boo in the zoo before.
Lots of kids in costumes.
Tons, tons, and it's adorable.
And grown-ups?
Well, some. Some of the parents do.
So it's a real fun event, and it's a great annual tradition.
So come on out and enjoy us for Boo at the Zoo.
Okay, we're going to feed the polar bears pumpkins in a moment,
but right now, I'm going to get into your weather details,
and it's all brought to you by train furnaces and air conditioning.
And remember, it's hard to stop a train.
Well, let me take you to Barry right now
and show you what they were experiencing 45 to an hour.
Yes, snow. What is that, Cynthia?
It tells me they had some, well, rain mixed with snow earlier today
at the Toronto Zoo.
Now, it snowed for about 45 minutes.
There was no accumulation, but as you can imagine,
it certainly made the drive home a little on the slow side.
Are we ready for this stuff just yet?
And of course, these are lake effect enhanced streamers
coming off Georgian Bay and Lake Huron.
Yeah, a little slow going.
You got to start thinking about those winter tires.
Here's what's going on as we have a look at our satellite radar.
And you can see we do have streamers.
Strong northwest winds are still continuing to flow
across Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, and that's picking up moisture.
The water's still relatively warm,
and that's cold air that's moving across.
As we have a look at our systems map right now,
let me throw a few icons on.
That low that brought in the rain is now continuing to move up to St. Lawrence.
An area of high pressure is passing south of the Great Lakes,
and between the two, we are still going to stay
with a westerly flow for tomorrow,
but that's actually going to clear us out somewhat,
and it's actually going to bring in some milder weather.
As a matter of fact, we're keeping an eye on a Colorado low
that's going to head our way as we get into the weekend,
possibly Sunday into Monday, with rain showers.
So as we look at our forecast radar, there are the streamers.
And of course, here comes that Colorado low.
It's bringing in showers.
It looks like late Saturday into Sunday,
and right now it looks like we could see some rain for election day on Monday.
Tonight, though, look at the chilly temperatures.
010 and sound zero in Toronto, 2 degrees in Hamilton,
4 in Niagara, 4 degrees in Peterborough,
3 down through Windsor and London.
The seven-day forecast looks like this.
11 degrees tomorrow, but look at Saturday, 17.
Sunday, it looks like we're going to see the rain, 17,
continuing into Monday with 5 to 10 millimeters, 18 degrees,
and then unsettled into Tuesday,
a little more sunshine on Wednesday at 15,
and Thursday, more rain, 10 millimeters,
and a daytime high of 13 degrees.
Right now it's cloudy. It's a mere 6.
Eight was our daytime high.
The winds continue on the north-northwest at 24.
The pressure is 100.8. It is rising, and the humidity is 76%.
Okay, so we know it's Halloween,
and what do polar bears like at Halloween?
And we're joined by Linda.
And first of all, the name of the three polar bears?
Anukshuk's the one in the water, Nikita, and Aurora.
Okay, now the water is cool,
but I know Anukshuk loves it.
We hope he does.
Okay, here we go. We've got three pumpkins,
and I think Anukshuk's going to get the first one.
Three, two, one.
Now, will they eat the whole pumpkin?
We hope so.
Look, it's floating. Okay, will the girls go in the water?
Um, well, Nikita probably not.
Here we go. I got one.
Ladies, one, two, three.
Anukshuk might go for that one.
Don't worry, ladies. We got one more.
Here we go, ladies. Three, two, one.
Oop!
Did his mic go in?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He threw his mic in. I can't believe it.
With the pumpkin.
Well, what are we going to do?
Well, we can talk. What's he going to do?
I don't know what he's going to do,
but I'm... Well, now that he can't say anything,
let's say something about that snow that we just saw.
I know. You're a goof.
No, he's talking about the fact he'll jump in after it.
Oh, right. I don't think so.
We'll see if we can talk to him again.
Coming up next, we all know how important our eyesight is.
For children, eyesight can often be the difference
between A's and B's.
Our health reporter, Pauline Chan, says
parents may not want to wait that long.
That's next.
Also tonight, you know what?
It was the homecoming we'd all been waiting for.
Lots of smiles in the CTV newsroom today.
We'll show you why.
Meanwhile, our colleagues here in the National Newsroom
are working on developing stories across the country.
Tonight, more on what Russell Williams said at sentencing
and what the military wants to do
now that a shocking rape and murder trial is over.
Also, it's flu season again,
but something's different this year.
Later on CTV National News.
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I'm responsive at the scene.
Is he on any meds?
Don't know.
The neighbour said his wife's out of town.
I'm responsive at the scene.
Is he on any meds?
Meds are on screen.
Blood thinners.
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At what age should you bring your child in
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Well, experts say much younger than we might realise.
Our health reporter Pauline Chan joins us with some important tips
for parents.
In a recent case from England,
a toddler was diagnosed with a potentially deadly form of eye cancer
through a Facebook photo.
The two-year-old had a particular white-eyed reaction
to the camera flash,
and the mother says if her nurse friend hadn't spotted it,
the cancer could have spread
before the little girl ever had her first routine eye test at school.
It's rare, but serious eye problems do happen in the very young.
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Sarah Slingsby of Mississauga was just accompanying her mom last year
when her mom suggested the optometrist check her eyes too.
He saw something that worried him greatly.
So we took pictures of it,
and he saw something on my eye, on the back of it.
So then we had to go to another place,
and then the other place told us to go to Sick Kids.
This is what Dr. Jo Chan saw.
A tumour known as retinoblastoma, it was in both her eyes.
Sarah's had 13 examinations under anesthesia,
some with cryotherapy and laser treatment.
She's had a port installed in her chest to receive chemotherapy,
and she had two rounds of chemotherapy treatment.
And she's still in treatment.
Her chemotherapy is done,
but we're continuing with laser treatments now.
Looking back, Leslie Philp says signs of the eye tumours were there.
Some of Sarah's photos show the telltale white flash
that helped the diagnosis of another child in England recently.
But she had never thought to take Sarah to an eye doctor before
because she had never complained about her vision,
and the family had no history of eye problems.
I think you really need to take your children to an optometrist
because reading an eye chart from five feet away
in a doctor's office is a little bit different.
Dr. Chan says eye charts test vision,
but eye specialists can look for other problems,
like overall eye health and coordination.
Other things like a lazy eye and turned eye,
eye coordination problems,
can show up on a fairly regular basis.
Infants gradually learn to focus so that by the age of one,
they can make out quite a lot of detail.
And the vision continues to develop for a couple of years.
Dr. Chan says there's a window of opportunity
to correct problems like lazy eye between the ages of three and seven.
If we don't deal with it and try to apply therapy and glasses early on,
there is a risk that the reduced vision in that eye will become permanent.
The Ontario Association of Optometrists recommends parents
take their children for their first eye exam around one year of age,
around three before they begin formal schooling,
and then annually after that.
Even if your child is too young to read,
optometrists can use symbols and colors to check your child's eyes.
They have the tools to look into the eye,
and they try to make things fun and interactive
to get as much information as possible about the child's vision.
With today's Lifetime, I'm Pauline Chan.
You know, we were pretty thrilled at CTV.
This was a homecoming today, a source of joy
and a sense of relief all at the same time.
This was the day that our friend and colleague Anwar Knight
came back to work making his return, our big picture.
Anwar had a spring in his step and a smile you could see across the newsroom,
and that beaming grin was returned at every turn
by co-workers determined to make his transition an easy one.
Oh, boy.
I didn't sleep at all last night, either.
A little nervous, right?
You know, and I had my suits altered because I lost the weight,
so I picked them up yesterday.
So the night before, I had nightmares that it's all gonna be wrong measurements
and I'm gonna be looking like a little kid in daddy's suit.
Let's move that...
Despite his case of the jitters, Anwar is a professional once on air.
It was like he never left.
The experience of conquering Hodgkin's Lephoma
and support from you, our viewers, left a positive mark on Anwar's life.
And you know, they are the most compassionate viewers on Earth.
Really, it has changed my life.
And even the last 24 hours,
I had lots of messages saying,
good luck on your debut again, we promise to watch.
So, yeah, this is as good as it'll get now
in terms of I've lost some down here as well as on top.
Yeah, you're joining me, that's all.
At least on the on-top part.
This is okay because as you guys have shown me over the last five months,
it's what's in the middle that counts.
And it really has made a world of difference through this journey
and I think collectively we've all helped other people, too.
And I think that's the silver lining in all this.
I'm glad to be back.
It was a great day for us.
Down day on the markets, though.
The day's business numbers are next.
And I'm Lance Brown outside the Air Canada Center.
I'll bet Anwar Knight never fed a microphone to a polar bear.
Ha-ha-ha! A Leason Ranger's a preview of sports coming up.
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Hi, I'm Tom Brown. It's Boo at the Zoo this weekend.
You know, yesterday we were 17.
Today we were 8.
It's almost like the weather's going like a yo-yo for dodo.
We're going for a Guinness World Record.
I'll tell you more about that when we come back.
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We're absolutely worth it.
You see that couple over there?
There's gotta be a 21.3% chance they have a standard life investment.
There's an 83% chance they'll smile when they open it.
Okay, there's a.00006% chance he'll be abducted by aliens.
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and our confidence in the recession recovery is slowly eroding.
Michael Hainsworth joins us for the Thursday markets
of the Business News Network. Good evening, Michael.
Ken Christine, good evening.
The last time we were this pessimistic about the economy
it had just emerged from recession.
The NANO's economic mood index is down for the third straight quarter.
The reading was pulled lower again,
thanks in part to the slump in the housing market.
Pollster Nick NANO says the other factor, caution from Ottawa.
Finance Minister Jim Flair, he said last week
he'll be more cautious in his growth forecasts.
And the Bank of Canada kept the key interest rate unchanged at 1%
over fears the U.S. recession recovery is stalling.
Our souring mood is expected to keep corporate Canada
from hiring more workers more quickly out of fear we'll pinch pennies
instead of spending them at the malls.
Strengthen the U.S. dollar today,
pulled the loony lower closing at 97.44 against the greenback.
Here's a look at how many Canadian dollars it takes
to get a single euro, pound or yen.
A richer greenback and a cheaper euro
put pressure on Canada's three key commodities.
And gold and oil stocks kept base-treed in negative territory.
Stateside shares gained ground
despite weakness in the U.S. manufacturing sector.
Profit was up 10% in the last three months
at the world's biggest restaurant chain.
McDonald's credits the $1.4 billion bottom line
to new menu items in the United States
and expanded hours overseas.
Sales rose 4.3% overall,
thanks in part to frappes and fruit smoothies.
The news sent McDonald's shares soaring to a record high.
Ken?
Michael, we have a little extra time tonight.
Weather came up short, so let me ask you about the world's...
Yes.
Please don't feed the polar bears.
Let me ask you about the world's biggest bookseller.
Writing on the Wall?
Yes. Yep.
Writing on the Wall is at Amazon.com.
Shares will start tomorrow's trading session down
by as much as 5%.
This after warning, operating income
in the all-important holiday shopping season
could be half of what Wall Street expects.
Ken, now that's the worst-case scenario.
In an overshadowed word today,
the profit over the summer climbed 16% to $231 million
on a 39% spike in sales.
This thanks in part to a thinner and more feature-packed version
of its e-book reader, The Kindle,
is expected to bring in almost $3 billion in revenue
for the company this year,
excluding all of those, you know,
how to be a broadcaster in public reports.
Yeah, how many copies of that have we got?
We'll only sell one of those books.
All right?
You're gonna need more than one.
Thank you, Michael.
Tata. Have a good night.
Off we go to say good evening to Mr. Brown now,
who's also on location.
Hold on to your mic.
Yeah.
You know, I've seen a lot of pretty hilarious things
on television, but that's got to top it.
I'm sure it's on YouTube tomorrow.
If you missed it earlier...
Okay, I won't mention it again.
Anyway, good evening from outside the Air Canada Center.
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Do you know who James Enquist of Mendota Heights, Minnesota is?
Well, here's a hint.
Motion after Ripon had landed that punch,
and now Ripon...
Yeah, he's a wild fan
and a bit of a wild moment for Vancouver's Rick Ripon,
who has his meeting with the NHL Brass on this tomorrow.
Fans reaching over.
Now, if you're a lawyer in that area...
...to watch the game, not to be part of the game.
Don't you think you're really interested in becoming...
someone who will service that client?
Because he may be a client
because he's considering pressing charges.
Here he is.
He got ejected out of the game.
He ended up sucker punching one of our players in the face.
Kind of got everyone riled up.
One of the refs tried to score him out of the arena.
He ended up kind of scuffling with the ref a little bit.
And when he was making his way down the hall,
I just yelled to him, I said,
way to be a professional.
And he just reacted by grabbing my jersey
and almost dragging me over the railing
that separates down to the corridor.
Well, it's been a wild ride of a different kind
for Leafs fans here outside the Air Canada Centre
and throughout Canada,
where they're finally coming out of the woodwork.
It's the Leafs and Rangers tonight.
Toronto is one of two teams
not to have lost in regulation so far this season.
Nashville is the other.
And one of the stories tonight,
and of course it's the Rangers visiting,
has to be Sean Avery.
He stirred things up a little bit
in the first meeting of these two.
And he apparently is the topic, at least,
going into this second meeting tonight.
You guys are trying to...
There's a little smoke
and you're trying to fan it into a forest fire.
I don't think the players are thinking like that.
But when you do play a number of games
in a short period of time,
there will be added intensity
as you move along, for sure.
You guys are the ones that try to make all that stuff happen.
We know what we have to do as a hockey club,
try to get a win.
We need to win a hockey game
through some of our inconsistency here.
So we're going to focus on ourselves
and see what happens from there.
We're more worried about the New York Rangers
rather than just one player,
but trying to get 2-2 involved with them
because that plays in his favour.
So we're more so worried about the Rangers
and how they come out tonight.
In football, the Argos leave tomorrow for Winnipeg,
where they meet the Blue Bombers this weekend.
It's hard to know which version of your football team will show up.
The team that started the season five and two
or the one that's had sand kicked in its face since,
in the last eight games, they're 2-6.
CTV's Claude Fague has an update.
Last Friday's embarrassment against the Tiger Cats
certainly didn't sit well with Argo players.
That was a good slap in the face last weekend.
And certainly not their emotional head coach, Jim Barker,
who practically lived at the Argos-Arendale practice facility this week,
searching for answers.
We played poorly against Hamilton, very poorly,
and we needed to find out what the issues are.
Frustration that spilled over into practice today
when Chad Owens and Delroy Clark got into a verbal spat during the workouts,
and that prompted Barker to halt practice
and call his entire team in to preach a little bit of respect for one another.
I think it's important that players understand everybody's out here
with a role to play and a job to do, and you have to have respect for that.
Like I told them after practice, I'm glad they're hitting somebody else on Saturday.
I think it trickles down with him being on us all week
and paying attention to detail. Everybody's ready to go.
And a game that would secure the team's first playoff spot
in three seasons with a win in Winnipeg on Saturday.
Two rough years, and it'd be good to get back in there
and have a push for the great cup again.
Covering the Argos in Mississauga, Claude Fay, CTV Sports.
Quickly tonight, the Yankees are in Arlington
after topping the Texas Rangers by a score of 6-2 last night.
They play tomorrow.
Tonight, it's the Phillies sending Roy Halliday to the hill.
Philadelphia has to win to force a sixth game.
Halliday has not beaten the Giants in regular season or playoffs in three tries.
Indy Colts punter Pat McAfee has returned to practice with the NFL club.
That's one day after he got suspended and was found intoxicated.
He didn't talk today, but I guess he talked to the cops yesterday
and told them he was drunk.
He blew.15, which is almost twice the legal limit in Indiana.
Two members of the Executive Committee of FIFA,
the soccer's governing body, have been suspended.
This following allegations that votes were sold
or they tried to sell volts for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
A British newspaper brought this to light, apparently.
Four others have been suspended for a breach of rules.
Several countries are in the running for the World Cup in 2018,
including the United States.
And we had so much fun.
There's the splash, the appropriate splash, given what Mr. Brown,
the other Mr. Brown, did earlier tonight.
If you missed it earlier, and I'm gonna mention it anyway
because I don't think people may know if they didn't tune in,
Tom was throwing pumpkins to polar bears at the zoo today.
He threw one and it splashed and the polar bear got it.
He threw another, it splashed and the polar bear got it.
He threw a third and one of the...
And the polar bear got at least one of them.
I'm not sure whether it was a microphone or the pumpkin,
but I'm sure we'll find out all about it tomorrow.
Or you can look it up on YouTube.
And that's it from outside the Air Canada Center.
Not very nice, Brother Lance.
Hi, everybody. Welcome back to the Toronto Zoo.
And Steve wants everybody to have a green Halloween.
What can we do, Steve?
Absolutely. I got some tips for you.
So, kids, when you're out there this year, trick or treating,
take a bag just like this or even an old pillowcase
as opposed to a plastic bag.
When you're covering your pumpkins,
use the whole pumpkin and roast those seeds.
They're delicious.
And kids, when you're trick or treating,
if you decide to use some candies along the way,
make sure not to litter.
But if you want any other tips, just go to torontozoo.com.
There you go. I've got one anniversary to pass along.
Have a look at this.
This is the way they looked when they got married.
Yes, it was 1950.
And on the right, there they are.
We want to say happy anniversary.
60 years to Bob and Nancy Scriven.
Congratulations.
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Well, you know, Tom, I think that was the first, you know...
This just handed me across a CTV News weatherman.
That man has been suspended from the Toronto Zoo.
No, no, no.
For feeding electronic equipment to the polar bear.
How is the poor polar bear?
The polar bear, you know what, actually, they're gonna go in and get that microphone.
First thing in the morning, the bears have now been retired.
They are having dinner, so there is no harm whatsoever to the bear.
But look what the guys have done.
They have now duct taped my microphone to my hand.
I like it.
And you know what?
As a matter of fact, it was such a highlight of the show.
Before it reaches YouTube, let's take a look at it once more.
No, you too, guys.
There we go.
There we go.
There we go.
Bada bing, bada splash.
Yeah.
Oh, that's why I love you guys.
A secret is a secret. Yeah.
Sorry. Sorry.
Oh, my goodness. Okay, well, listen, quickly.
Also, one of the highlights coming up in early November
is, of course, we have Yo-Yo for the dodo.
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I'm not very good at it, but come on and support us.
Here's a look at your school day forecast.
It'll be a little better tomorrow, but it will be cool.
Zero when the kids walk out the door, six by lunch in 10 degrees
by the time they head home.
Your seven-day forecast at 17 looks good, Saturday and Sunday.
Unsettled for election day, 18 degrees.
And then you can see a little bit of a cooling trend
towards the end of the week.
Ken and Chris from the Toronto Zoo.
Don't forget, it's Boo at the Zoo.
And I'll see you guys later.
Okay. Thanks, Tom.
That's our report this Thursday evening.
For up to the minute breaking news, turn to CP24.
If you're in your car, keep that dial on Radio 1050.
In the meantime, our CTV News team continues to work
on the developing news of the day online.
Visit our website, ctvtoronto.ca.
Also, be sure to join us at 11 tonight for the CTV News with Lloyd Robertson.
Right now, Bill Hutchison's working on our next local newscast at 11.30, Bill.
Thank you, Ken.
Well, just a few days to go before the election.
And tonight is expected to be the final mayoral debate
with all three candidates taking part.
We'll have a wrap-up at 11.30.
Thank you, Bill. Until then, for Christine Splashy and Lance,
for all of us at CTV News, thank you for being with us.
Have a pleasant evening.
Good night.