Thank you, Bruce and Star. That was lovely.
Now for Wednesday, February 14th.
This is CTV News.
Tonight, white or wet,
the two sides of a giant winter storm.
...
Also tonight, senior silenced,
nurses disciplined after taping a pathogen's mouth shut.
...condone the action at all.
It is, in fact, abuse.
And art in dispute.
Lord Maxwell Beaverbrook says it's not about the money.
Let's just get this lie.
That is an absolute untruth.
This is not the family's property.
Live from our Maritime News Center,
this is CTV News.
Here is Steve Murphy.
Good evening, everyone. Very few are likely to love the weather
on this Valentine's Day.
A storm system that's already pummeled Ontario and Quebec
is now bearing down on the Maritimes.
In the north, it will be a lot of snow.
In the south, there will be a lot of rain.
CTV's Monica Verma is in Fredericton,
which is pretty much on the heavy snow line.
Monica?
Steve, here in Fredericton,
the snow started falling around noon,
and it hasn't let up.
Road crews are busy, and many residents say
they're preparing for the worst.
This is just the beginning,
and southwestern New Brunswick is the first to feel
the force of this latest blast of winter.
The storm is currently trekking across the province,
and it's only going to get worse.
By the end, parts of our region
could get up to 30 centimeters of snow.
I got my tractor out and put the snow blower on it
and made sure everything was working right,
and I'm all ready for the storm.
New Brunswick maintenance crews are already out in full force.
It's gonna be a lot of work, a lot of...
a lot of tire guys at the end of it,
but we always seem to get through it pretty good.
CTV meteorologist Peter Coat says wind will be a factor
in all three provinces,
making for some treacherous conditions.
It's where the snow is going to be falling by daybreak,
and the wind is still gonna be blowing,
that we're gonna have near-zero visibilities.
Most of Nova Scotia's southern New Brunswick
and Prince Edward Island will have rain by daybreak
with that strong wind, so it's not that much of a problem.
Parts of Nova Scotia are already getting freezing rain,
and coastal areas could see between 20 to 30 millimeters
of rain by the end.
The storm has already wreaked havoc in Ontario
and the United States,
and that's causing delays and cancellations
at Maritime airports.
As for schools, officials say it's too early to know
if they'll be closed tomorrow.
We are monitoring the weather forecast today,
but the final decision on any school cancellation
is not made until morning,
and at that time, we check, of course, road conditions,
environment, our snow sheds,
and we make the decision at that time.
The snow is expected to continue all night.
Highway crews say they'll be out long after
the snow has stopped falling.
And people living or working along the northern
and eastern coastlines of New Brunswick
are asked to stay on the alert.
The province's Emergency Measures Organization
has issued a storm surge warning for tomorrow
for the Bathurst and Schiller regions.
They say this is caused by a combination of strong winds
and rising sea levels. Steve?
Monica, thanks very much. You're welcome.
In snowy Fredericton, CTV's Monica Verma tonight,
we want to reiterate that most of Nova Scotia,
Prince Edward Island, southern New Brunswick,
will see a turnover to rain,
if in fact it isn't exclusively rain, in Nova Scotia,
and other parts of the southern Maritimes.
Of course, other parts of the country
are also being hammered by this same storm.
Snowy roads have made for terrible driving conditions
in parts of Ontario and Quebec.
The police are reporting a number of minor accidents.
Many schools were closed for the day today,
some areas looking at up to 50 centimeters of snow.
The complete forecast with Peter Cote coming up
in about 25 minutes.
A shocking incident at a Nova Scotian nursing home
has raised some very serious concerns about elder abuse.
Two nurses have been suspended
and other staff are facing disciplinary action
after an elderly woman had her mouth taped shut
at a nursing home in New Glasgow.
Someone then drew a happy face on the tape.
CTV's Dan McIntosh has more.
This is paper medical tape.
It's thin, almost clear,
and it's used to hold bandages on skin
because it's not very sticky.
Two nurses here at the Glen Haven Manor in New Glasgow
found a different use for the tape late last month.
They used it to cover the mouth
of an agitated 85-year-old female resident of the home
and then drew a happy face on it.
The administration just recently found out about the incident.
We don't condone the action at all.
It is, in fact, abuse, a form of abuse,
although in this situation it was not done maliciously.
Both nurses have been suspended
for what the board of directors calls
witless humor and repugnant conduct.
The nurses aren't the only ones facing disciplinary action.
Not only towards those two employees,
but also towards other...
there are other employees that do off the incident
that it wasn't reported right away.
There are more than 200 residents at Glen Haven Manor.
Many of their families are shocked to hear what happened.
You're talking about a person who deserves our respect,
not to be taped up and left in the corner,
not to be able to make a sound.
News of the incident reached Providence House this afternoon.
Health Minister Chris Dantrimont says his department
will be looking into the matter.
Outside of my stomach turning, you know,
this is not something I want to see happen to any of the people
that we have in care,
and it's something that I'll take quite seriously
and continue to look at over the next few days.
The nurses have accepted their suspensions without grievance.
The head of the Nova Scotia Nurses Union
says the incident is disturbing and serious.
Everyone is satisfied that although this incident
ought not to have happened,
it's been dealt with and dealt with most appropriately
by everyone involved.
Meanwhile, Ferguson says the administration
is currently arranging for a refresher course
for all staff and residents
to educate them on the proper way to handle workplace conflict.
Dan McIntosh, CTV News, New Glasgow.
A real-life boy who cried wolf
is now getting an important lesson
about why it's important to tell the truth.
This is the 9-year-old boy who told the police
he was hurt when an armed and masked man
tried to abduct him last week.
The police were in the middle of a major investigation
until this time last night
when the boy admitted he made the whole thing up.
Here is CTV's Elizabeth Chu tonight.
There have been four abduction attempts of children
here in Lake Echo since 2005.
So when a boy said he was almost abducted last week,
fear returned quickly.
If he did make it up,
he better think of what he did
because he put the scare on a lot of people.
I was just worried about, you know,
about the kids around here, really.
Turns out it was made up.
The 9-year-old was in the woods where he isn't allowed,
and that's where he hurt himself.
So he lied about nearly being grabbed by a man
on his way home from school.
If the boy was older, it would have been a crime.
It is a misdemeanor if it's an adult or a young offender,
but as of now, this child can't be charged.
At his school, where kids were reminded
about stranger danger last week,
today they're talking about truthfulness.
They're not really trying to make this young fellow
feel bad in any way,
but they are trying to talk to students
about the importance of being honest.
They're worried about more kids telling tall tales.
This cry wolf, what I'm worried about,
if it should happen the next time,
and heaven forbid it does, if it should happen,
will people react the same way or not
or just pass it off as another hoax?
So, Councillor David Hensby plans to go ahead
with a community meeting tomorrow about improving safety.
He says some in the community are disappointed in the boy.
The child may want to consider making an apology,
but that's up to himself,
and I think that he's probably wearing enough of it now
on his shoulder.
For this boy, the consequences of not telling the truth
are a matter for his parents to handle.
Now, Steve, at that meeting tomorrow night,
Councillor Hensby wants to talk about increasing
the number of volunteers on the Citizens on Patrol program,
the Neighborhood Watch, and a Safe Walk Home program,
and he also wants to talk about improving
the public notification program
in case a predator ever strikes again in that community,
and he wants to be sure that people in the community
do not brush it off as a case of a boy crying wolf.
Steve?
Good story. Thank you very much, Elizabeth.
You're welcome.
CTV's Elizabeth Tue for us tonight from Halifax.
Well, the Governor General was winning over young hearts
on the last day of her visit to Nova Scotia.
Nicole Jean spent the afternoon
with high school students in Dartmouth
after meeting this morning
with municipal politicians in Halifax.
Here's CTV's Chantelle Jones with more on the Vice Regents'
Valentine's Day.
I know we will come through
Nicole Jean kicked off the last day of her official visit
to Nova Scotia with live spiritual music.
In my soul, I know we will come through
The sound of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir
greeted the Governor General as she arrived
at Halifax City Hall for her meeting with Mayor Peter Kelly.
After a quick photo op with regional counselors,
Jean made her way to Dartmouth for an important meeting
with a very important group of people.
It is a great pleasure for me to hear from young people
who believe that citizen engagement is paramount
to the democratic health of our world.
About 1,000 students from 14 different schools
crowded into Prince Andrew High
for the Canada Africa Youth Forum.
Ten youth recently back from a six month internship
in Africa shared their experiences.
It's a very beautiful place full of many wonderful people
and things and places and I think our perceptions
we get through the media aren't really
what the actual reality of Africa is.
Jean, who also spent time in five African countries
last year, spoke of the importance
of sending Canada's youth there.
And your willingness to act are the most powerful tools
we have to alleviate hunger, quench thirst, and share knowledge.
She really hit the nail on the head
with what she was saying about the circle of solidarity
and everybody's responsibility to mutual partnership.
I think that's the term she used where it's not
we're helping them, it's we're helping each other.
Foreign Affairs Minister Peter McKay
reinforced Canada's commitment to the continent.
Canada's future partnerships, whether diplomatic,
security related, developmental, or through the private sector
will recognize African leadership and African ownership.
Jean did not leave without letting the panel know
her impression of their work.
I want to tell you how much I'm proud of you.
And I think that you are probably the best
that there is in Canada.
And with that, Governor General Michael Jean
was whisked away back to Ottawa,
wrapping up her first official visit to Nova Scotia.
And Steve, this may have been Michael Jean's
first official visit to Nova Scotia,
but not her first trip to the Maritime.
She's already been to Prince Edward Island.
The only two provinces or territories
that she hasn't visited yet is New Brunswick and the Yukon.
But officials say she'll likely be doing that
sometime in late spring or early summer.
I can tell you over the last three days,
she's had numerous invitations to return to Nova Scotia.
So we might see her around here again soon.
She actually said she'll be back.
And we'll be waiting. Thank you very much, Chantel.
You're welcome.
CTV Chantel Jones for us tonight from Halifax.
Well, the relationship between New Brunswick
and the state of Maine is getting a lot of attention these days.
Last week, Premier Sean Graham visited the city of Bangor.
And next week, the governor of Maine, John Baldacci,
will be visiting Fredericton and St. John.
And as CTV's Andy Campbell tells us now,
maintaining and growing that relationship
may be key to New Brunswick's future.
I have to report that Governor Baldacci
will be here in our province.
Premier Sean Graham will welcome
Maine Governor John Baldacci next Wednesday.
The two will hold a number of meetings.
And Baldacci will become the first governor
from the neighboring state to address the provincial legislature.
Talks between the two will focus on the development
of an energy hub for eastern North America.
By having increased capacity and increased partnerships,
it benefits New Brunswick because it allows us
to become a player in the major international markets
with the greater clout having the state of Maine on board.
The new Liberal government is hoping to make New Brunswick
a major exporter of electrical power
and seize access to American markets as a key.
The province has already begun construction
of a new transmission line to Maine
and will study the feasibility of building
a second nuclear generator at Pointe-le-Pro.
But opposition conservatives say the government
should be wary of competition from Quebec,
where power generation costs considerably less.
96% of their power is electricity,
is with water in Quebec.
This is the lowest cost of electricity.
Why should we think that we can compete with them
by bringing here coal plant?
They're selling on the same market.
Graham says his government, not even six months old,
has done more to foster relations
between New Brunswick and Maine
than the Tories did in a decade.
The premier says the massaging of that relationship
will continue.
As Governor Baldacci said in the past,
the state of Maine and the province of New Brunswick
have not cooperated at the level that they should have.
And that's why I'm working very hard today
as the premier of New Brunswick
to enhance that relationship.
After his address to the legislature
and meetings with the premier,
the governor will visit St. John,
where he's scheduled to speak to the board of trade.
Andy Campbell, CTV News, Fredericton.
There is a published report that Nova Scotia
Premier Rodney MacDonald and his wife Laurie Ann
have reconciled.
The weekly Inverness Oran is reporting
the couple have settled their marital differences
and are about to give it another try.
MacDonald separated last summer.
Officials in the premier's office say
Mr. MacDonald considers this a private matter
and will not comment on the reconciliation report.
However, the article was recommended to us
by senior political staff,
and a friend of the MacDonald's has confirmed the same
to CTV News.
The often hard-locked town of Canso, Nova Scotia
has been dealt another major blow
with the closing of the area's main wharf.
Whitman's Wharf has been closed by federal officials
who deem it unsafe.
That means lobster fishermen will likely have to tie up
somewhere else when the season begins in May.
There are two troubling cases of animal cruelty
in our news tonight.
What pet owners say are two sadistic attacks on kittens.
In the first case, a kitten was tossed out
a second-story window in Halifax
and remains in need of expensive medical treatment.
Here's CTV's Mark Petroni.
At just five months old,
Noah has had a rough start to life.
Eat your breakfast.
His appetite's fine, but X-rays bear witness
to the cruel treatment he received
at the hands of his former owners.
Amber Mugridge and a friend stepped in
when they heard that Noah had been thrown
out of a second-story window.
Obviously, it's horrible.
I don't understand why anyone would do that
and how they could,
because if you look at him, he's just a baby.
A baby that will either undergo reconstructive surgery,
have a leg amputated, or be put down.
That's pretty much it.
He can't live his life the way he is now.
He's got a broken leg that is obviously a source of pain
and it's not functional,
so that needs to be fixed in some sort of way.
This is Noah's broken or fractured leg here.
What needs to happen is that the area above the joint
needs to be straightened out
and pins need to be placed in there
in order for the leg to heal.
An operation like that could cost as much as $1,400.
Bills are already piling up
and Mugridge does not have enough
to cover the costs of an operation.
As upset as she is about Noah's treatment,
she has yet to reveal the identity of his abusers.
They just kind of laughed about it like it was a joke.
It was something for them to pass the time
and they just found humor in it.
I didn't really ask too many questions.
We just wanted to get the cat and just...
We just told them, like, we want to take the cat
and they were fine with that.
Dr. Chisholm has opened an account with the Scotiabank
for anyone wishing to help cover the cost of Noah's operation.
If he survives, Amber Mugridge is standing by,
hoping to give Noah a safe place to call home.
Mark Petrone, CTV News, Halifax.
And in Cape Breton, two kittens have been found abandoned
in the cold.
The animals were literally thrown over the fence
at the Cape Breton SPCA, sometimes Sunday night.
Their paws and fur were frozen in ice.
Workers warmed them up and patched their paws.
They say the person who did this was probably trying
to avoid paying a voluntary fee of $10 for drop-off.
There's no reason why that should have happened.
We're here six days a week, running from 10 to 430,
so if anyone wants to drop an animal off, they can.
We will not refuse them.
Both of the kittens were adopted early this morning.
Now to a teacher who is being credited
with saving a student's life.
When the young boy started choking on a piece of pizza,
teacher Keith Morrison knew what to do.
The Heinlich maneuver proved a lifesaver.
CTV's Toby Kaufman has more.
It's a fun day at St. Agnes Elementary School.
Keith Morrison's grade two students are putting
the finishing touches on their Valentine's Day projects.
But if it weren't for the teachers' quick actions,
this day may not have been so happy.
That's, I think, it's a little overblown,
to be perfectly honest.
I mean, anybody in that particular situation
would have done the same.
That situation happened while Morrison
was supervising the lunchroom.
He noticed one of his students was choking on a crust of pizza.
He was kind of red, almost blue in the face,
and he had quite a scared look on his face.
That student was Kevin Power.
He says Morrison acted quickly.
He looked behind me and looked like that,
and then again, there, and then...
Came right out.
What makes Morrison's actions even more amazing
is that he doesn't actually have any first aid training.
He says he just knew what to do based on instinct
and what he's seen on TV.
The school's principal didn't hear about the heroics
until days later.
He says Morrison is far too modest.
He did not feel that he should be recognized by any of this
or that he should be...
receive praise from other colleagues in the school.
He simply thought he was doing his job
like he would on any other day.
Kevin himself, by the time I sat him down
and bent over to pick up the pizza dough off the floor
and put it in the garbage, I came back,
and he was engulfed in a conversation with his neighbor.
It didn't seem to bother him at all.
Although he may have seemed unfazed,
Kevin is thankful for his teacher's watchful eye
and quick thinking.
Life saver.
It's credit Morrison may not want, but will have to accept.
Toby Coughlin, CTV News, New Waterford, Nova Scotia.
Now to one of the stories coming up here
in the second half hour on CTV News.
This is Dena Bartolacci in St. John.
On a day when new all-terrain vehicle legislation
has been introduced in New Brunswick,
there are further concerns about drinking and driving
while off-roading.
I'll have details later on CTV News.
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Chrysler is set to cut roughly 13,000 jobs
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In Ottawa, the Harper government has failed in the last-ditch effort to kill a Liberal bill that would require it to respect Canada's Kyoto commitments.
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Beneath the extended ladders of two fire trucks and a giant Canadian flag, thousands of firefighters from across this country and the United States gathered today to honor two of their own who died in the line of duty.
The largest memorial march, officials say, since firefighters gathered in New York City after 9-11.
CTV's Jill Makishan has more.
They came to honor two, Captains Harold Lassard and Tom Nichols, fathers, husbands, heroes.
Firefighters for more than 30 years, the loss profound for the crews who fought beside the men and for those who never knew them.
I feel proudly for the families and to pay my respects.
A tribute from the snowbirds, the missing man formation in honor of the fallen.
On the ground, emergency workers marched five wide.
They've come from as far away as Los Angeles and New York City.
As many as 3,000 emergency workers from across Canada and the United States marching beside Winnipeg firefighters, police and paramedics.
Officials say it's the largest memorial march since 2002 in New York City, the year after 9-11.
57-year-old Captain Nichols and 55-year-old Captain Lassard were among a team of six trapped on the second floor of a burning house.
The men engulfed in a flash over, a 1,000 degree fireball.
The two captains died on the scene. Four others were injured.
One man is still being treated for burns to most of his body.
Harold and Tom led their crews into that fire that night and they did not leave until all their men were out of the building.
A friend of the family said Lassard's son is following in his father's footsteps, soon to become a Calgary firefighter.
Nichols' daughter is expecting her first child, his son's tribute, one of the most moving of the service.
He's fought thousands of fires and has always come home. Part of me is still waiting for him to come home.
This is the first time in more than 60 years Winnipeg firefighters have experienced multiple deaths on duty.
Honorary plaques will be erected at the men's fire halls, a tribute, and those who knew them say, a deserving one.
Jill Makishan, CTV News, Winnipeg.
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Exactly 630 in time for the Maritime's Most Accurate Weather Forecast with meteorologist Peter Cote who's joining us now.
You've called this one pretty well spot on, except you were saying earlier you thought maybe the rain line was going to be a little bit further north than you thought.
Well, that's right. That's what the radar is indicating, possibly some freezing rain.
Now, I know I'm getting reports of freezing rain down in Shake Harbor, down in Cape Sable Island already with the temperature just hovering around zero.
That's going to be changing over to rain shortly, but as far as New Brunswick and the northern areas of Nova Scotia, possibly not as much snow, more freezing rain before the rain.
And just for the record, what is the chance that all of this rain along coastal Nova Scotia will turn to snow?
No, I don't think there's any chance.
No, no chance. So it's a big rainstorm coastal Nova Scotia, pretty well north of Fredericton, right in that diagonal line drawn right across there.
You got it.
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Mrs. Terry Gulliver sent that in. Advocate Harbor Church, minus three tomorrow.
I'm indicating some sunshine. Windy though, possibly some sunny breaks by the afternoon.
After some rain in the morning, overnight tonight, rain lingering in the morning, changing to flurries, maybe some sunny breaks.
The jet stream, we had a little bit of a bubble of warm air over southern Ontario yesterday that's moved into our area, bringing this disturbance into the region.
Take a look at the satellite shot.
We'll all stand to this side of it and you can pretty much pick out a center just around Cape Cod in the last frame.
That'd be about where the center is.
Now that disturbance is going to be tracking to the northeast and then north through central New Brunswick from south to north during the day tomorrow.
So tonight it's a story of the snow and New Brunswick is going to continue, freezing rain, changing rain.
Here's the radar.
Pretty hard to pick out what's underneath that, so we'll go to the longer range radar.
We'll see how this moved into the area during the day.
Northern New Brunswick, it's all snow.
Southern New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, what is now snow or freezing rain, will be changing over to rain through the freezing rain if it is snow.
So the white areas, 20 to 35 centimeters of snow and blowing snow.
The green areas, coastal Nova Scotia all the way from, well, from Cape Sable Island, Shag Harbor, all the way up to the Sydney area, Glace Bay, 20 to 30 millimeters of rain.
In between 5 to 10 centimeters of snow, 5 to 15, followed by the rain through freezing rain.
And even in the areas where we're showing the rainfall, the heavy rainfall warning, even that is going to be starting as snow as we're getting in the greater Halifax area right now.
Current temperatures, there you have it, right at the freezing melting point of zero, but these are going to continue to rise in the overnight hours.
So that's what our weather warnings are for, as well as the wind.
Overnight tonight, it's going to be out of the east to southeast, gusting as high as 90 to 100 kilometers an hour.
By daybreak, minus 7 to plus 6 in New Brunswick, 2 degrees for Cape Breton Island, 4 to 6 degrees for Prince Edward Island and mainland Nova Scotia.
Tomorrow in New Brunswick, there's going to be a lot of blowing snow, that snow around the area, gradual clearing, some sunny breaks, but afternoon temperatures, I should say temperatures by afternoon,
will have fallen to the range of minus 10 to minus 4, fallen to minus 2 in Prince Edward Island.
Keep the weather warning in there for the wind tomorrow, still strong, over 90 kilometers an hour, gusting to eastern areas of Nova Scotia, Inverness County, north of Mabu, gusting to 130 kilometers per hour.
So temperatures are going to be falling below the freezing point by the afternoon, freezing any liquid, any of those large puddles that we're going to have in Nova Scotia, southern New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island,
whereas in northern New Brunswick, that's snow and blowing snow.
There you have the wind for tomorrow. The good news, Steve, is that as the weekend approaches, yes, it'll be turning a bit colder, but generally fair weather.
The temperatures you had up for our currents are among the mildest temperatures we've seen in weeks.
That's right. If you're in breakfast television tomorrow, they'll be higher than that again.
That'll be nice. We'll get the storm tracker later in the program, and Peter will be back here before we conclude at 7 o'clock.
And in the interim, we're going to speak with the current Lord Beaverbrook about why he wants his grandfather's art collection back from the Beaverbrook Gallery in Fredericton.
He says it's not about the money.
Coming up next, all-terrain rules and a look at what's being done about riders who drink and drive.
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Drinking and driving is a serious problem and it's not restricted to cars.
On the very day the New Brunswick government introduced its new age restrictions for altering vehicles,
comes a warning about drinking and driving ATVs.
CTV's Dena Bartolacci has more.
Larry Sovey has been off-roading and snowmobiling for 35 years.
And throughout that time, he's noticed how often alcohol is used by riders.
In various parts of the province, it's a daily occurrence.
It's more or less an underground culture.
Corporal Gilles Blin has spent nearly 2 decades patrolling the province's back roads.
He says fatal crashes never get any easier to deal with.
Going to a house and informing a now widow and seeing children in her residence,
small children, where their dad got killed on a snowmobile,
knowing full well that they were under the influence of alcohol,
it's very sad and it's very tragic.
Blin says some progress has been made in the battle against drinking and driving,
but some off-roaders still aren't getting the message.
In just the last month, two men from New Brunswick were killed in snowmobile crashes.
They were separate incidents, but both involved alcohol.
Just this week, a St. Stephen man pleaded guilty to impaired driving
while operating an all-terrain vehicle.
He wasn't injured, but fined $1,000 and had his license revoked.
I've said right from day one that children under 16 will not be driving adult-sized machines.
Curbing drinking habits isn't the only issue facing all-terrain vehicle users.
The age of drivers has been a point of contention
since two New Brunswick children were killed in four-wheeler accidents last November.
The government promised action and today introduced legislation
regarding the age of ATV drivers.
If passed, children under 16 will not be allowed to ride off-road vehicles,
with exceptions for 14- and 15-year-olds.
The first one is that they will have to take training.
The second one is that they will have to be supervised.
The third one is they will have to be supervised by a person that's had the training.
And the fourth thing is that they will have to drive an appropriate age-sized machine.
Corporal Blinn says the police patrol trails as often as possible,
but it's up to riders to stay safe.
Don't blame the police for not being on the trail. Use common sense.
With awareness and new legislation, Blinn hopes he won't have to bring bad news
to his many families in the future.
Dina Bartolacci, CTV News, Lincoln, New Brunswick.
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Coming up next, Art Dispute, a valuable collection at the Beaverbrook Gallery,
is at the center of an ownership war.
We will speak with the current Lord Beaverbrook about this next.
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The ownership of one of this country's great art collections remains in question,
awaiting the ruling of an arbitration between Fredericton's Beaverbrook Gallery
and the Beaverbrook family through its foundations.
The Canadian and British Beaverbrook Foundations claim their famous namesake loaned,
but did not give the paintings to the gallery, and now they want them back.
The gallery argues it was Lord Beaverbrook's intention that the paintings were gifts to the people of his adopted province.
A decision on the fate of the more than 100 masterpieces is expected within a month.
Joining us tonight from Toronto to discuss this matter is the current Lord Beaverbrook.
Lord Beaverbrook, we're glad to have a few minutes of your time. Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Lord Beaverbrook, how is it, in fact, that there can be any uncertainty
about the ownership of such a valuable art collection?
Well, as far as I'm concerned, there is no uncertainty whatsoever.
The documentary evidence dealing with ownership of these pictures is consistent for the last 45 years
and states unequivocally that the Beaverbrook Foundation owns the collection of pictures in dispute.
And yet, even within your own family, there is some question about this.
There are those members of your family who question that.
What explains that difference of opinion even within the clan Beaverbrook, if I might?
Well, the members of my family, who are quite distant members of my family, I might add,
have never had any business dealings or any knowledge of the Beaverbrook Foundation
or the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation.
So I was very surprised when they wanted to burst into print as to their opinions
without having even bothered to telephone me and ask and query the background to this whole dispute.
You indicate that there is documentary evidence.
Is there in fact a document or documents that expressly set out the terms and conditions of loans of these paintings?
Well, there is every sort of evidence that confirms the Beaverbrook Foundation's ownership.
There's 45 years of confirmations from the Gallery that they hold the pictures to the Beaverbrook Foundation's ownership.
There have been plaques on the front of all the Beaverbrook Foundation's pictures
stating that the Beaverbrook Foundation is the owner.
There have been acknowledgments in catalogues and there have been numerous exhibitions
that have traveled away from the Gallery, whereby the Gallery has asked the Beaverbrook Foundation
for permission for those pictures to travel.
So as far as I'm concerned, there is absolutely no, I have no hesitation in saying that the paper trail is complete.
But what, if anything, do we know about Lord Beaverbrook, your grandfather's intention for these paintings?
Was it in fact his desire that they remain in New Brunswick in perpetuity?
Well, he never stated that.
And we're now into the, with my son, aged 30, we're now into the fifth generation of support for New Brunswick.
And it is not our intention that these pictures should leave New Brunswick.
The intention was to support the Gallery.
Indeed, the new curator, Bernard Riordan, and I were working up a plan for, as he described it, to awaken the sleeping giant.
And that plan involved enabling the Gallery to raise additional, a lot of additional funds
in order to promote itself, in order to organize touring exhibitions, in order to attract incoming exhibitions.
And it was a complete and utter surprise, and a shock, I might say, when the Gallery turned around and said,
well, this is not a plan we want to pursue, because we believe that we own the pictures, not the Beaverbrook Foundation.
Complete surprise, and not supported, I might add, by one single piece of evidence.
But your plan, as I understand it, Lord Beaverbrook, also would include selling some of those paintings, correct?
Well, part of that plan, and of course this plan is now no longer in existence,
was to liquidate one or two pictures so that the Gallery could receive funding for what it wanted to do.
And the pictures that were not essential to the collection.
Also, there was a plan to change around the collection.
It had been static for 45 years, and I think it needed a new theme,
perhaps some upgrading of pictures that were not as good as we'd like them to have been,
by selling one or two other pictures, and then buying others that would enhance the interest,
not only in the Gallery, but also in the Beaverbrook Foundation's own collection of pictures.
But did you not intend to spend some of the proceeds of the sale of these paintings,
the auction of paintings, in fact, on the restoration of your family's property?
Well, let's just get this lie, that is an absolute untruth.
This is not the family's property.
Chirkley Court is owned by the Beaverbrook Foundation, and it is open to the public.
It is a museum, study center, and conference center.
So let's get that absolutely clear from the start.
So there's nothing in this for you and your family?
Absolutely nothing. I want to put that to rest right now.
Absolutely nothing for any individual, whether they be a member of my family or not.
This is all owned by the Beaverbrook Foundation,
which is a major grant-giving charitable institution based in the UK.
Lord Beaverbrook, in the grand scheme of things,
why would you consider it more important to restore Chirkley Court
than to maintain the Beaverbrook collection intact?
Well, there is no question that these items are mutually exclusive.
The majority of Chirkley Court had been done way before this dispute arose,
and it was never dependent on the sale of any pictures.
Lord Beaverbrook, your grandfather had great affection for New Brunswick,
which he adopted as his home, although he was not born there.
I wonder, given all you've been through, how do you feel about the province of New Brunswick,
the people of New Brunswick?
Well, there's five generations of Aitken have been associated with New Brunswick.
I personally have an affection for New Brunswick,
and I know my son, who is now 30, also enjoys New Brunswick.
Let's just say that I'm much saddened that the friends that we thought we had in New Brunswick
have not stood up and said that some of the things that have been stated about us were not correct,
and friendships are something that need to be nurtured, not trampled on.
So I feel sad about it.
Finally, Lord Beaverbrook, if you do not in fact prevail in this arbitration, how do you plan to proceed?
Well, we do plan to prevail in this arbitration, and we believe our case is strong.
We wouldn't have gone into a fight that we didn't have an extremely good case,
and I believe that we shall prevail.
Lord Beaverbrook, we're glad to have a few minutes of your time tonight.
We appreciate you joining us from Toronto. Thank you.
Thank you.
That is the current Lord Beaverbrook.
Lord Maxwell Beaverbrook joining us tonight from CTV in Toronto.
We'll take a break. Back to continue with CTV News in just a moment.
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A new study looks at the complications of cesarean section births
and secondhand smoke and heart disease.
CTV's Joanne Clancy has the lifeline.
A new study finds that planned cesarean section births in Canada
carry a three-fold greater risk of severe complications
than planned vaginal deliveries.
The rate of serious problems arising from either type of birth
is low in this country, but rates of C-sections have soared in Canada.
In 2003, they met up a quarter of all births, up from 5.2 percent in 1960.
Smokers don't just increase their own heart disease risk.
New research contends they're harming the hearts of the people around them.
And they say their results show that even a little exposure to secondhand smoke
can increase heart risk for heart disease 30 percent.
Even some people who say they don't live or work with smokers
often will have traces of nicotine in their blood.
Experts say this is a good reminder to everyone
to limit secondhand smoke exposure whenever possible.
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Doctors recommend shovelers use one of the new crooked shovels,
the ergonomically designed shovels that prevent back injuries.
And they say don't load up your shovel too much.
Take a break every 10 minutes or so.
And if you have a cardiac condition, you really will have to be careful shoveling snow.
It's very heavy work. When it's very cold outside,
it isn't good for people who have heart problems.
So next time you do head out to shovel snow,
remember, without taking precautions, it could be hazardous to your health.
With Health and Medical News, I'm Joanne Clancy for the Lifeline.
Let's check in now with Bruce Fisko about what's coming up on our next Local News at 11.30.
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Tell you, Steve, it's a good night to spend the evening indoors with the one you love,
partly because you do not want to be outside.
A Valentine's Day storm hammering the region as we speak,
and as is often the case, what you get depends on largely where you live.
Snow started in southeast New Brunswick.
Parts of the region could see up to 30 centimeters of the white stuff by the time the sky is clear.
High winds are adding to the misery, blowing all that snow around,
creating blizzard-like conditions.
Other areas will be getting rain, lots of it.
Peter Codes, updated maritime forecast coming your way tonight at 11.30.
Well, a shocking incident in a Nova Scotia nursing home has raised serious concerns about elder abuse tonight.
Two nurses have been suspended,
other staff facing disciplinary action after an elderly woman had her mouth taped shut at a nursing home in New Glasgow.
Someone then drew a happy face on the tape.
Administrators say it was unquestionably a case of abuse, but insist it was not done maliciously.
The health minister says his department will investigate.
A real-life boy who cried wolf now getting a lesson about why it's important to tell the truth.
The nine-year-old told police he was hurt when an armed masked man tried to abduct him last week.
The police were in the middle of a major investigation until yesterday,
when the boy admitted he'd made the whole thing up.
Police point out if the boy were older, he'd probably be facing mischief charges.
Students at the local school were getting lectures, and the dangers of tall tales today,
the boy's parents are said to be dealing with the matter.
Much more news coming up tonight on the Midweek edition of CTV News.
Steve, it's up right after the national. Hope you can join us then.
Bruce, thank you very much.
In just a moment, meteorologist Peter Codes is here with our exclusive storm tracker.
Look at the storm as it bears down on the Maritime Provinces.
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And now to meteorologist Peter Codes with the exclusive CTV Storm Tracker.
And look at the storm that's bearing down on us tonight, Peter.
That's right, Steve. It is bearing down on us.
So it's only going to be getting worse as the night goes on.
Take a look at that Storm Tracker, and you see a lot of precipitation on it in the form of snow in most areas.
Now we're going to do the thing a little bit differently here.
We're going to turn off the Canadian radar so that it shows up much better.
The white or gray area is snow.
And along the pink line, that's where we have some freezing precipitation.
The very light snow and light freezing rain that we have over the mainland of Nova Scotia is really not showing up.
But this weather is going to continue moving in in this direction.
However, the wind overnight tonight is going to be increasing from the east to southeast.
And it is going to be getting very strong as well.
Now down here we have the area of rain just showing up on the radar in the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine area.
But as I say, the wind is going to be increasing from the southeast as the night goes on.
So we have a heavy snowfall warning in effect for the northern areas of New Brunswick.
Heavy rainfall all along coastal Nova Scotia.
And there you have some lot of weather to talk about.
And during the day tomorrow, we can expect those temperatures to fall during the day below zero by daybreak.
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Something interesting for last night, couples from all around the world gathered today at New York's most romantic building to exchange wedding vows high in the sky.
They had to brave icy conditions, but 14 couples came to the Empire State Building to get married in an impromptu white wedding chapel.
Of course, romantic movies like An Affair to Remember and Sleepless in Seattle have helped to recognize the Empire State Building as the best place to say I do on Valentine's Day.
Unfortunately, the weather in the Apple meant that the couples could not venture out into the observation deck to take in the view.
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Coming up tonight, 7 o'clock ETalk here on CTV with Jeopardy at 730, CSI New York at 8 o'clock and then Lost at 9.
The Idol is on here at 10 o'clock with our national broadcast of CTV News at 11, followed by Bruce Frisco and our local news at 1130.
And tomorrow night at 6, Digging Out and Mopping Up, a winter storm with two distinct personalities will leave behind snow and rain.
And we'll take a look at the cleanup tomorrow here on CTV News.
But that is our broadcast for tonight.
So now for my colleagues on both sides of our cameras, I'm Steve Murphy.
We thank you for making our news your news again tonight.
And we'll see you tomorrow night at 6.
Have a good evening.
Be well.
Thanks.