Soulmates, The Columns, The Moon, and Her River of Love

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Her Seven Lights of Love  6:43 pm

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A Soulmate Moon  8:11 pm

This morning, I woke up late.  Anna my love showed me soulmate centered with space between that and the mountain, towards where I live. And then, Anna showed me the two betwixt with others, and the sky was so very blue in the morning.  I love her. Anna showed me 8 square corner with the trees around it with the early morning traffic and lights. The light pole centered me.  And after a time, I went out for my writing. And when I returned, Anna showed me her garden of love, otherwise known as Parc Viger.

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You Hit Me Where I Love  7:00 am

Anna showed me the columns by her river of love –and I was centered by two –and that was beautiful. I lingered there for a while, until Anna showed me more to include the Biosphere, with the surrounding trees and the casino nearby and the mountain in the far distance. And I love her. The scene became more and more blue, and when it became dark, there were 7 lights glowing through the near black indigo. And that was truly special. Afterwards, Anna showed me downtown. And much later, downtown with soulmates and the moon passing over –and that took my breath away. I love Anna Dirksen.

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Betwixt With It All  7:57 am

High energy morning at Starbucks and I felt just as good. The place was crowded, but there wasn’t an ounce of pink I could find at first –except for the woman in the corner with a white sports sweater with a tab of pink on the collar. There was much grey with black and white –various shades of grey, along with black with white pinstripes, and grey with white pinstripes, and black with grey and with white. Everybody was talking animatedly, and with a pleasant relaxedness. People looked comfortable and with smiles in their eyes. The energy was good, and I was in peace. I felt great comfort in me. 

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Bikes by the Eight Space  9:00 am

I awoke at 5 o’clock as usual. I remember turning off the alarm, but then, I opened my eyes and it was 7:07. I leapt out of bed to find Anna showing me soulmate by the mountain, and the hospital beyond where I now live.  And I lingered with her there.  I was upset with myself, naturally, that I had missed what had come before that. Yes, I scolded myself. I won’t let that happen tomorrow. And then, Anna showed me the two lovers betwixt in the distance including the rest, with the blue sky in the distance. And then she showed me the block of eight, centered by the light pole, with the green growth of her love around it. And I love her.

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Eight Space with Car Star  9:34 am

Behind me, an actress was talking to her associate about her auditions and home music making in her basement, “All I need is a good microphone,” A woman walked in wearing a pink shirt under a grey hooded sweater with something light green. Yes, I was feeling great, no tension in me, but space for relatedness –no hard wiring for struggle. I was relaxed straight through to personality. But of course, I managed to chide myself for going unconscious this morning. And so, I held on to the image of Anna with me on the mountain –craving her ever more closer, more present, for I was in love. 

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Green Light  10:25 am

My brain was quite clear. And then two women walked in –one wore a pale pink turtleneck sweater. Her friend wore a jean jacket. Another woman came in wearing a white sweatshirt type of thing with pink segments on it –she wore black sweat pants and appeared to have been stopping from jogging. Wild jazz played in the background.  And my heart wanted to make plans with Anna, my love –to bake a fresh loaf of bread with her, to embrace and kiss her at marriage ceremony, to share green harvest gift, to have a dreamwork baby.

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Her Green Garden of Love  12:51 pm

To make something real something tangible with her, something substantial and ripe with her, to realize potential with her, to perform possible plans naturally; to manifest inward making with her, to fulfill final harvest with her. To execute essential experience with her, to determine definite earnings with her, to consummate complete commitments with her, to carry out building and caring with her, breakthrough to awarding autonomy with her, to attain authentic accomplishments with her. Because I love Anna Dirksen, and I need her more real in my life.

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Columns by Her River of Love  2:00 pm

And then, two women came in –one wore a vivid pink sweater, her friend wore a black top with white sweater, and black slacks with a fine white line down the legs –she carried a yellow shoulder bag. The sky was quite clearly blue –perhaps the faintest dispersed veil of cloud, but nothing substantial. The sky was effectively clean. Sunlight was free to stream. Shadows were free to pretend. The trees in love free to extend. It was a beautiful morning. A gentle breeze lingered lightly. All was so clear and direct, with an unmitigated realistic presence. The trees in love were decorated with an even distribution of green and of yellow –no imbalance was between the two. And I love Anna Dirksen.

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Columns, Boat, and Her River of Love  2:32 pm

And then, two women came in –one woman wore a long and thick pink scarf, just like the one I’ve seen worn on the CBC News at Six. Out on the terrace three people were sitting along with a little black and white barking dog. One woman wore tri-coloured pink socks along with orange and green shoes –what a combination. A man came in wearing a beige suede jacket over a dark pink maroon zippered sweater. And then, the woman with her long pink scarf sat nearby me with her girlfriend that wore a dark mauve top. The woman with her pink scarf also wore a vivid pink short sleeved shirt.

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Biosphere, Columns, and Her River of Love 3:46 pm

The two women discussed jobs in sales and one woman’s boyfriend’s psychosomatic symptoms that occurred in the midst of a job interview –but thank goodness he did get the job. And one woman’s friend was acceptance at Harvard to study environmental science. The women spoke about their graduation,  and work that involves music, radio and technology. And a woman came in wearing two shades of quite vivid pink. Her sweat pants were light grey, while she wore a salmon pink zippered sweater hooded, along with a bubble gum vivid pink vest. She carried a Self Magazine, and her shoulder bag was quite vivid yellow.  She sat down and ate her muffin. 

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It Glows Yellow, by Her River of Love  5:51 pm

There was a group of four people present, they seemed to be Starbucks management. They were tasting and testing flavors –they had the box of scent samples and they divided a small piece of cake into four for them to eat. An elaborate taste testing.  I found my watch yesterday, in a jacket I never wear. I operate by internal clock mainly, but now I keep looking at this one. I try very hard to coordinate my sense of time with CBC Channel 6, just so I can align myself with the precise time images come for me to capture -because I love Anna Dirksen. I want to slow burn with her with good timing.

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Blue as Her River of Love  6:11 pm

Out on the roof, the air was clear, it was calm. There was not tension at all. The breeze blew through my hair, it rustled the trees thoroughly. A well-rounded gusting of wind, and no harm was done. The sunlight was very mild, but the heat made good contact with my skin underneath my clothing and shoes. The sky was a luminous blue, with faint clouds at high altitude –thin and transparent but present with shadows unmistakably blue. Such a fine veil of light cloud covered the entire sky too –the finest degree of opaque, as translucent as it could be. Blue sky was high up above it, speckled clouds moved from the west to the east with slow and deliberate ease.

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Her Deep Blue River of Love 6:25 pm

And I was in love with her more -more than ever before. Peace pervaded down to my core. I felt like a wide open door, sensitive to the finest vibrations, with no clutter behind the corner. I felt better beyond what was happening. This fall day’s beauty certainly helped me to bridge the link between the inside and outside domains. Both sides of me were with Anna, my surface and depth wanted to be with her. My heart beat the rhythm of love, and rhymes flowed and streamed for her like the sun. My flow of outpouring love for Anna shone from her magic black potency, taking me in like a swimmer in love with the gift of her undulating current and tide. My heart for her was open wide, I love Anna Dirksen.

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For Such A Long Time Now  6:55 pm

And on the CBC News at Six, her long black wavy hair was there, and the shaft of light like a veil became prominent at the end of the broadcast, closing my night’s work with those two in my vision will make me dream about her.

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Her Long Black Wavy Hair  6:43 pm

And on July 20th, dreamcard Growth, I wrote of my love…And I thought about Anna Dirksen, my love. In a world among all the animals, would we have a baby together? May I have a solid love bank account. And the singer sang, “I love you baby, I want you to be my girl” and I pondered to my heart: would we have a boy? May we have children together –fresh from the soul cornucopia above. And on TV, may there be true CBC love. May we spend quiet love time in the country. And a woman came in with a pink purse that had yellow and black circular patterns. And may we grow Eco-friendly crops. May we live well down on love farm. May we hold hands and kiss in love field. Would she grow her fingernails long? Would I bite mine to the nub? May we make love in the garden love. Would we have a cute baby girl? May we rest in long leaves of green grass. May we hold each other close in the deep sacred grove. Would she let her dark wavy hair grow long? May she let her beautiful hair hang down on me.

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Soulmate Moon  8:11 pm

May we make love in the deepest of jungles. May we make love in the greenest meadows. Would we need 20 boxes of nails? May we make love in our orgy for two. Would we keep a pet pig in the house? May we keep numerous thriving houseplants. May we enjoy safe pregnancy for the child. May we make love like rabbits in the grove. Would we keep a herd of white sheep? May we keep clean and white teeth. May we discover the most sacred heart’s treasure. May we make love in the trees, swaying with them together. May we save tropical forests with ardor. May our passion find cure for all tumors. May we thrive like the world’s vast vegetation. May we grow love grapes full on the vine. May we make love by moonlit waves. May we stay forever young together. I would long for fullness and fertility, with Anna and me in true love. And then, The Supremes sang, “Baby Love” And I longed for Anna even more. The blue sky was filtering down, through the grey and white overcast cloud.  I love her, there is no doubt.

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Soulmate Moon  8:20 pm

Between the CBC afternoon cartoons, David spoke about the best country we ever lived in –Canada. The most spectacular things Canada has to offer –as long as it’s in a four-block radius from where he’s standing. Fishermen enjoying a Canadian lake, fishing for catfish “Come and enjoy our waters,” And then I saw some Morgan Waters. The waters are calm, rivers and lakes waiting for enjoyment. Or how about the Rogers Centre sky dome in Toronto? Canadian indigenous creatures like pigeons, and the CN Tower. Authentic Canadian cuisine -the hotdog? Ridiculous stereotypes? What else?

On Chilly Beach, the episode is called Tower of Babble. Michel and Abby are measuring the depth of snow, for her private anthropological report. But Michel falls into a deep hole hidden in the snow. Just then, Jacques arrives and greets Abby with a fond hello. Abby observes that people at Chilly Beach are characteristically friendly with each other. And writes this in her report. She considers this to be an outstanding Canadian characteristic. For example, scenes on the street: Dale tells a woman that she’s dropped her handkerchief in the snow. A bandit steals the purse from an old lady waiting at the bus stop.

But when she screams for help, he politely gives it to her, and apologizes. And then, two Hockey players punch each other out at the rink, but quickly apologize and tell each other which way they would like to be punched out better. Suddenly the Constable arrives in front of Abby and inserts a pole into the snow, with a sign saying that she is missing. Abby takes one look at this picture of herself, and asks the Constable what’s going on.

He leads her back to her mother, the American ambassador to Canada, along with Michel. Her mother says, she was worried sick because Abby was gone for the past two hours. Abby’s mother sends her to her room. Suddenly, Abby looks out of her bedroom window, to see something coming. She runs outside, to greet her mother, who is overseeing a major delivery –a huge cell-phone tower. The old man in charge of the cell-phone tower says these phones are incredibly reliable. They hardly ever explode anymore. He gives Abby one. Back at the Puck-Stop, Frank says, he’s now got a cell-phone.

Dale begins to struggle with him for it, claiming that he’s doing it wrong. And then Jacques. Abby comes in to find the three men hitting each other, to compete for ownership of the cell-phone. She had just been writing in her anthropological agenda that for Canadians, politeness is a simple necessity. But she takes one look at these men fighting over a cell-phone and begins to scratch her head. Soon, the old cell-phone agent is giving away cell-phones to all of the citizens of Chilly Beach.

Abby approaches him and says, she’s afraid the cell-phones might have a negative impact on the culture of the place. The old man has a hearing problem. He thinks Abby said he’s got a vulture on his shoulder. He notices Abby making a report. He admits that not many calls are made on the cell-phones, at present. But Abby had accidentally dropped her report. Not knowing, she walks away. The old man thinks it would be good use for market research.

Meanwhile, Dale and Frank are playing a mean game of Hockey together. Dale is making one power play after another. Frank is exerting himself in nets. But he’s feeling physically uncomfortable, and removes the cell-phone lodged in his jersey. Suddenly he gets a call. It’s a woman on the other end, saying that her house is on fire. But it’s actually the old cell-phone man, making a prank. Frank runs to the woman’s house, which isn’t on fire after all. But he saves her nonetheless, including her baby. A crowd of people come and cheer Frank on for being such a hero.

The old cell-phone agent strives to convince everyone that she was saved thanks to the fact that Frank had a cell-phone. Everyone now starts wanting to use their cell-phone, and starts talking on it, animatedly. Abby notices there are heavy vibrations emitting from the cell-phone tower. The vibrations reverberate across the country, across Canada, across the ocean, and into the deep jungle, where there is a hive of bees. The cell-phone vibrations make the Queen bee and her hive very angry.

Michel phones Abby on her cell phone, for a visit. Abby asks him why doesn’t he show up and ring the doorbell instead. Abby tells her mother Katherine, that she’s going to see Michel, but her mother is too busy negotiating a hair dye shipment on a cell-phone to pay attention. Just then, a bee begins buzzing around Katherine’s head. She swats it. The newspaper’s headlines declare, “Killer Bees Headed North?”.

On her way to meet Michel, Abby notices Jacques making a food delivery. But he’s too busy to talk with her, because he’s talking on his cell-phone. The old lady talking on her cell-phone inadvertently trips the robber to the ground, talking on his cell-phone. Abby observes that cell-phones are ruining the place. Meanwhile, the Constable is collecting people’s regular phones in a trolley, to dump them into the ocean. The old cell-phone agent now has Frank working for him, demonstrating cell-phone operation, at his outdoor cell-phone store.

Frank comments that he feels uncomfortable selling people something they don’t need. The cell-phone agent, with his hearing problem, mistakenly overhears Frank saying he’s greedy. At the Puck-Stop, Michel is busy cooking a pot of stew for Jacques, getting instructions from him on the cell-phone. Michel’s cell-phone falls into the pot. Abby arrives, and asks Michel why he’s cooking for Jacques, since he’s not a cook. She complains that everybody no longer talks to each other in person anymore. Just then, Dale arrives and asks if there’s anything to eat.

Abby is surprised that Dale isn’t on a cell-phone. He says, he’s gone past those things. Abby calls Dale smart. Suddenly, a swarm of killer bees makes its way toward Chilly Beach. Meanwhile, Abby, Michel, and Dale break into the old cell-phone agent’s trailer. She finds her research material. He’s been using it as a strategy, to boost his cell-phone sales. Just nearby, there’s a blackboard with a diagram, of the cell-phone agent’s plan to trick Frank into saving the woman from her house fire. Turns out, the agent made a prank call, just to boost credibility for cell-phone use. Abby wants to inform Frank.

Back at the Puck-Stop, Dale and Abby tell Frank the truth about the real story behind his heroic saving of the lady in the supposed fire. Frank asks, “So I’m not really a hero?” Dale says, “No, and you probably never will be.” Just then, Michel accidentally sits on the Puck-Stop’s TV remote, accidentally turning on the TV. There’s a report on the killer bees, heading north, towards Chilly Beach.

The map shows, that the bee’s arrival is imminent. Abby, Michel and Dale try to get everybody’s attention, shouting, “We’re being attacked by killer bees.” She tries to explain that the cell-phone transmitter tower is causing the swarm to come to Chilly Beach. The cell-phone agent doesn’t understand, because of his hearing problem, “Lacks some abilities?” Abby says, “You have to stop the transmitter!”

So Michel writes it out for him. “Killer bees, stop using phones.” But the agent resists the notion, saying that he finds it the most outrageous idea he’s ever heard. Abby realizes that the tower needs to be powered down, to stop the swarm, immediately. She has Dale stand beneath the cell-phone tower, covered in a metal suit. High voltage electricity starts forking down at him, striking Dale repeatedly. She wants the current to interfere with the signal, explaining that the human body is a good conductor of electricity. The current makes everybody’s cell phone howl with feedback.

All the people from Chilly Beach with their cell-phones arrive, to see why their cell-phone won’t work. Abby warns them all to put their cell-phone down. The swarm of killer bees are coming closer. She warns the cell-phone agent that the killer bees are descending right away. Killer bees close in on the cell-phone tower and head straight for Dale, in his magnetized metal jacket. He runs for his life, and the swarm chases after him, into the distance. Abby asks Frank to do something. The killer bees chase Dale all around.

So Frank announces to the crowd that he’s not really a hero after all, it was a trick. Cell-phones don’t help anyone really. He had lied to people about out. Frank says, he doesn’t want a cell-phone anymore. He’d rather speak to people face to face. With the cell-phone tower no longer transmitting anymore signals, the swarm of killer bees fly away, heading to Toronto, with its cell-phone towers. The cell-phone agent asks for all his cell-phones back. The crowd hurl them at him, burying him in the pile.

Things are now back to normal. Typical Canadian politeness has returned to Chilly Beach. The robber regains his politeness, with the old lady waiting with her purse, at the bus stop. The burly Hockey players beating each other up at the rink, politely do so. Michel and Abby approach Dale and Frank afterward, at the rink. Abby has a loaded knapsack. They open up the sack, and dump its contents onto the ice. It’s a humongous pile of cell-phones. Just then, Dale slapshots each of them into Frank’s net, for practice.

On The Simpsons, Bart is disappointed once again after Krusty the Clown cancels dinner with him and his family for the fifth time in a row. He sends Krusty an angry note. Krusty’s executive assistant orders the clown to go to dinner that very night –and so Krusty goes. Krusty does the honours of saying grace at the dinner table, and so he recites in Hebrew –Lisa realizes that Krusty is Jewish. Krusty breaks down and cries –something about his father. Marge asks him to explain the situation. Turns out Krusty’s father is a Rabbi, and he disowned his son in his youth when he chose a career as a clown. He thought that a clown was beneath contempt. He wanted him to follow in his footsteps. Krusty hasn’t seen his father in 25 years -the family is saddened by this.

The next day, Bart and Lisa watch the Krusty the Clown show on TV –Krusty gets very weepy over an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon –waxing nostalgic and moved by the father and son portrayal. Bart and Lisa decide to step in. With the help of Reverend Lovejoy, they track down Krusty’s father, the Rabbi. However, the man is quite firm in his conviction to disown his son, Krusty the Clown. Bart and Lisa appeal to his love of knowledge, and challenge him with arguments based on the Torah, but the Rabbi would have none of it –he refutes Bart’s every argument. Finally, Bart reads him a quote from Sammy Davis Jr. from his autobiography that praises the Jews’ covenant and their perseverance through the trials of history –Sammy Davis had converted to Judaism.

Krusty’s father, the Rabbi is deeply moved, and reconsiders his notion that a ‘mere’ entertainer could be religious -and have such high regard for the Jews and their strong faith. And so he thinks that perhaps he was too hard and closed minded for judging his son for wanting a career as an entertainer and clown. So he reunites with his son, and Krusty brings his father out on his show, and declares that he loves him so much. The audience is moved by this display between father and son on TV.

On Frasier, Frasier bids a fond farewell to the radio station’s chef, with a number of bad puns. Frasier and Ros get ready to go to Leo’s farewell party, but Frasier wants to pass. He starts venting on the value of hugging, as a way of saying goodbye. Ros says that hugging is healthy, physical contact on a daily basis is best. All of the staff members hug Leo, and so Frasier reluctantly relents. The next day, Niles and Frasier are at the café and Frasier complement’s Niles’ necktie. Niles tells him that Maris gave it to him as a gift. He explains that he believes they will reconcile.

A courier delivers a notice to Niles, it’s a certificate of divorce. Niles is rather surprised. He desperately wants to make a phone call, and tell her he wants to come back. Frasier reminds Niles he was miserable, not a loss but an opportunity to grow. Back at the apartment, Martin arrives, while Daphne was ready to leave with a large box. Martin complains about meeting his old pals, who taunt him for being retired. Martin asks what was in the box. He opens the box, and finds all his old stuff.

Daphne tells him it’s a bunch of junk, but Martin’s quite upset. The doorbell rings and Frasier answers, it’s his brother Niles. Everyone tries to be pleasant and Martin suggests he get a good divorce lawyer, and pick up his prize possessions quickly. While rummaging through the box, Frasier finds his father’s old diary. It’s a diary about Frasier and Niles, written by Martin. Martin’s notes go thorough great detail, about their eating and grooming, and social habits. Frasier reads Martin’s appraisal about his reluctance to give and take hugs.

Niles is also quite upset, to learn that he always had problems with women, he said he went groveling back to Maris. She hasn’t responded yet. Niles thinks he still has time to get the letter back, and so the brother’s go to her home. They enter the house with his keys, and quietly sneak in. Niles picks up his unopened letter, but there’s two Doberman pincers at the door. They try to make it through the front door, but the guard dogs follow them each way. They don’t know how to get out. Niles tries to feed the dogs meatballs, laced with Maris’ sleep medication. The dogs begin to eat them.

Frasier notices a strange painting, of Maris with a really big tree. Niles was completely painted out of their couple portrait. Niles begins to vent about his spinelessness, every example of gifts he gave her, to apologize for things he never did wrong. The dogs begin to get drowsy. Niles continues to fume. He wished he had acted differently, and wished he stood up for himself. Niles decides to sign the divorce papers, as an act of assertion. He’s still rather upset, and the two brothers leave.

Back at the apartment, Martin describes the benefits of his junk wares. He tries to convince Daphne, not to throw them out. Frasier and Niles return, and they tell everyone that Niles signed the papers. Frasier suggests a family dinner. And Niles admits he is free, but in the midst of it he has a stress attack. Frasier reads his father’s diary that describes Nile’s behavior But as they read on, they soon discover that Niles and Frasier were pet lab rats. Fraise realizes that he ends his marriage based on the case history of a spineless rat. Niles goes through a stress attack, and locks himself in the bathroom, exploding a can of shaving cream, all over his body. It was Martin’s hot and foamy dispenser. Then Niles receives a phone call from Maris, the divorce papers were a bluff She wants to go through marriage counseling instead.

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Her River of Love  5:57 pm

On CBC News at Six, Michel Godbout wore a black jacket with wide grey pinstripes, a light yellow shirt and a burnt orange tie. He begins, “Quebec farmers say, keep spinach on your grocery list. I’m Michel Godbout, this is CBC News at Six. Tonight: Eat up. ‘Quebec brand spinach is safe,’ But growers suffer after E-coli is found in American bagged spinach. And: It’s been one year. How’s the Governor General doing?”

The first story, “Good evening. Well, if you’re just about to sit down at the dinner table, many Quebec farmers hope you have some of their spinach on your table –they want your business back. They’re hurting since E-coli was found in bags of spinach in the U.S. And they say, Quebec spinach is safe. More now, from our Lysanne Lauter.”

Lysanne Lauter begins, “At Atwater Market, people are buying a lot of things –but spinach isn’t one of them.”

A woman comments, “I just don’t buy it right now.”

A man comments, “I quite often buy spinach. In the last two weeks I haven’t bought any, because of that little scare.”

Lysanne Lauter reports, “That little scare is what some American media are calling an outbreak of E-coli. In the last couple of weeks, dozens of people have become sick –all because they ate spinach contaminated with E-coli bacteria. At least one death is being blamed on the outbreak.”

A woman comments, “Even though it’s okay here, I just… I don’t know –better safe than sorry.”

Lysanne Lauter informs, “This fear is hurting Quebec’s spinach producers. They say their spinach is safe.”

‘We’ve been suffering quite a bit,’

Lysanne Lauter continues, “Anthony Fantin works for VegPro, a Quebec company that specializes in growing leafy vegetables. 90% of their product usually goes to the States.”

Anthony Fantin, Sales Director, VegPro, explains, “Quebec-grown spinach, not only under my brains, but Quebec brand spinach is safe to eat, and it’s always been safe to eat.”

Lysanne Lauter reports, “VegPro regularly tests for E-coli. Still, two weeks ago, they decided to take spinach out of their spring mix –and they added this sticker. Quebec Agriculture Minister Yvon Vallières -”

Yvon Vallières, Quebec Agriculture Minister, explains, “It’s because of the consumers. I say, ‘Let’s buy Quebec’. There are lots of very tasty Quebec products and good quality. So let’s buy Quebec. Then we’re not taking any chances. Not that we shouldn’t buy out of province products. But if we can support our own producers we should.”

Anthony Fantin, Sales Director, VegPro, explains, “All the profits are in the ground right now. So, we need to see people buying and eating spinach again.”

Lysanne Lauter adds, “Yet some consumers insist they’d rather wait before buying again.”

A man continues, “Spinach, it’s just the word right now. Until it’s all cleared up, I don’t get it.”

A woman continues, “So, I’ll wait a couple of months till things settle down.”

Lysanne Lauter closes, “But that may be too late. There is less than a month left in the growing season, and producers need to see change soon –or it may mean their season is already over. Lysanne Lauter, CBC News, Montreal.”

The second story, “People who live near Lake Massawippi are worried tonight about what’s in their drinking water. The lake is choked with blue-green algae. The lake looks blue and inviting, but you can’t drink the water. Health officials say, don’t even touch it. People in Hatley, North Hatley, and Waterville, have been scrambling to find drinking water since last Friday. But they should soon have test results, and chances are the news will be good, if test results from Hovey Manor are any indication. The hotel tested its own filtered water, and it scored 370% higher than accepted norms.”

“By the way, if you have any concerns about the water in your area, you can visit our website. The address is www.cbc.ca/montreal. Click on the story about Lake Massawippi –there’s a link to an indepth article about water, and what it takes to treat the water before you can actually drink it.”

The third story, “A 15-year-old from Hudson pleaded guilty today to uttering death threats to students at his school. A judge also denied him bail, so he’ll remain in detention until his sentencing hearing. Andrew Chang was there when the ruling came down, and he joins me now. Andrew, how did all of this unfold today in court?”

Andrew Chang, wearing a black jacket with a dark blue shirt, replies, “Well, Michel, one of the first things the judge pointed out today, was that the 15-year-old boy had no previous criminal conviction –this of course went in his favour. But she also said, she had to take into account the seriousness of the threat and the context in which it was made. You’ll recall, days after the Dawson shooting, this boy posted online that ‘This will happen at Hudson High School Sr., and when it does, I can’t wait to die or help in the process,’ “

Michel comments, “Okay, that was a quote from his website, Andrew. Now, with that, what else did the judge take into consideration today?”

Andrew Chang replies, “Well, the mother’s testimony. She said last week, her son has something of a violent nature and a problem respecting authority. And on top of that, the judge felt the parents themselves weren’t fit enough as parents to enforce any kind of bail conditions anyways. So, the judge said that there was little stopping the boy from committing another infraction while out on bail. So he’ll remain in a detention centre until November 23rd –his sentencing hearing.”

Michel comments, “Okay now, Andrew, his parents were in court today for the hearing. Did they say anything to you?”

Andrew Chang replies, “No. Since the beginning of the trial, they haven’t so much as said a word to the media about their son. After last week’s hearing, the mother actually ran away from the cameras. And today, the mother and father simply got into their car and sped off. The Crown and defense lawyers have also refused to speak on camera. But I did manage to speak with the defense briefly this morning. She told me that the 15-year-old has opened quite a bit in the past few week, and that he’s talking much more –and that she sees a real change in him. But along with his guilty plea, while he admits to writing the threats online, he still insists that he didn’t mean them.”

Michel closes, “Okay, Andrew Chang, thanks a lot.” Andrew replies, “You’re welcome.”

Michel continues, “A little later –secrets of le Cirque. Anna Asimakopulos goes way up, for a behind-the-scenes look at The Cirque du Soleil –that’s later, on The Scene.”

The fourth story, “Gildan is cutting jobs. The T-shirt maker is going to close its plant in Valleyfield and layoff workers at its knitting factory in Montreal. About 200 people will lose their jobs –the workers got the news today. The company’s moving its factories to Honduras and the Dominican Republic. It says, the job cuts are necessary to keep the company globally competitive. Gildan will continue to employ 600 people here in Montreal, but the Valleyfield plant will close by the end of the year. Gildan is also closing its Canadian distribution center in Montreal at the end of October.”

The fifth story, “Well, looks like some changes might be coming to the Ritz-Carlton. Our colleagues at Radio-Canada are reporting that part of the hotel will be turned into luxury apartments. The owners are refusing to confirm that tonight. The Ritz was built in 1912. For years it has been the place to stay for the rich and the famous.”

The sixth story, “Well, we’re hearing that a downtown movie theatre is gonna reopen. Cinéma du Parc closed back in August. The current owners say, a deal to sell the theatre is almost done. They say, it’ll be ready to make an announcement next week –so of course, we’ll keep you posted on that one.”

And then, the CBC News Weather Centre bells start to ring. Michel begins, “If you were downtown enjoying the sunshine today, you may have seen this guy –or maybe this character. Each one –not a bird, not a plane, but a celebrity. They’re all Quebec stars trying raise money for disabled children. They chose to repel down the 26-story CIBC building. Their goal: $150,000, to help send disabled children to cam -nice gesture. And today’s temperatures got pretty close to summer camp levels, a matter of factly. Natasha Ramsahai’s at the CBC News Weather Centre. And I guess, Natasha, it would be wishful thinking on my part to hope for more temperatures like today’s, I guess?”

Natasha Ramsahai, wearing black slacks, a black jacket, a white top with a black neckline, and a wide black belt, and she begins, “Ah, I might, I might, just might be able to squeeze in one more day for you…but… ” Michel comments, “We’d love you for it.” Natasha Ramsahai replies, “Well, but it’ll be raining –so, 20 but rain? Yeah, no, no? Hmm.” Michel comments, “I can deal with rain, yeah.” Natasha Ramsahai continues, “Okay, good, well, you’re gonna have to –a whole lot of it, actually. We’re going to talk about significant amounts of rain, once you get back –especially through Ottawa and Gatineau. Today, glorious sunshine –all of the cloud remained to the north and west of Montreal. Throw on some radar and you can see Val D’Or back through Timmins, Ontario. We’re seeing the heaviest amounts of rain –you can there on the radar, picking up these little bits of yellow –the yellow indicates, again, more intense pockets of precipitation. But once you got right around Saguenay, right down to the Saint Lawrence river, it was sunny. It was a beautiful, beautiful gorgeous day, above seasonal in temperature. 21 degrees in Montreal, 20 even in Quebec City –again, with that sunshine, you got up into the 20’s. Okay, tonight now, what’s going to happen is, we’re going to have a little bit of increase in cloud –especially around the Montreal area, 14 degrees. Where the skies will remain a little bit clearer, it’ll go down a couple more degrees -so, about 10 as an overnight low in Quebec City. Then comes our rain system. In advance of the system we are looking at a good southerly warm push. So that will keep us at 20 degrees once again, for tomorrow. Notice the front itself doesn’t pass through Montreal until tomorrow night. So that’s why we’re gonna be on the warm side of the front –the cold air’s back here, the warm stuff is over here. How much rain are we talking about, once the rain does kick in late tomorrow afternoon? The heaviest amounts, again, will remain to the west of Montreal, 30 to 50 mm –there’s even a special weather statement out for the Laurentians, and back through the Ottawa Valley for this rain, which again, is expected to be 30 to 50 mm. Montreal tomorrow, yeah, maybe 5 to 10 mm, but more once we get into tomorrow night –heavy at times by Friday morning. There’s your 20. Dropping to 14 on Friday, the cool weather remains with us on Saturday. But I do think you’ll get a nice little peek of sunshine on Saturday morning when you wake –go to do your groceries, you’ll be fine -and then, more scattered showers on Sunday. Michel? Complicated forecast, but again, that rain shouldn’t start tomorrow until later in the afternoon, not in the morning.” Michel comments, “Complicated –but that’s why we turn to you. Thanks.” Natasha replies, “You’re welcome.”

Michel continues, “Alright, coming up next –a year of Michaelle Jean as Governor General. People said lots of positive things when she was installed. See what they’re saying now –that’s next.” And then, the first commercial break.

Upon returning, Ian Hanomansing appears, wearing a black jacket, a white shirt and a grey and black diagonally banded tie, and he begins, “Tonight on Canada Now: A close call, as Canadian troops survive a suicide bomber’s attack in Kandahar. And new numbers on Canada’s population –is political power shifting westward. Coming up at 6:30, 7:00 in Newfoundland.”

Michel returns, “When word got out last year that Michaelle Jean was going to become Governor General, it created a huge buzz in Quebec, and also in this building. But, you know, not all of that buzz was good. From the start, there were questions about Jean’s political views. And over the past 12 months, she’s made headlines for saying things a Governor General wouldn’t usually say. Dan Halton looks back on Jean’s year.”

Dan Halton begins, “Michaelle Jean began the year on a controversial note. As she began her job as Canada’s 27th Governor General, she faced questions about her loyalty to Canada, after it was revealed her husband supported Quebec separatists. Jean, however, called upon Canadians to move beyond Canada’s two solitudes. She made it clear, she wasn’t afraid to speak her mind –even about politics. Michaelle Jean quickly charmed English Canada. A former journalist, Jean was born in Haiti. She’s the first person of Caribbean descent to serve as Governor General, only the third woman, and the second immigrant. Outspoken, active, Jean is a source of pride for Montreal’s Haitian community, says radio host, Jean (…) Pierre.”

The radio host explains, “The constitution doesn’t say the Governor General is just supposed to be pretty and silent. Michaelle Jean plays a role promoting Canadian unity, says what she thinks, and brings a more humane quality to the role of Governor General.”

Dan Halton reports, “A year into her tenure, editorialist André Pratte, gives Michaelle Jean a B to B+ for her performance.”

André Pratte, Editor-in-Chief, La Presse, explains, “She shows that she has a lot of talent for communicating passion and her love for Canada. Communicating with people, also. I watched her when our fallen soldiers came back, and the emotion she put, the comfort she gave to the families –and this is, I think, a person that will be loved by many Canadians.”

Dan Halton informs, “Still, Jean has managed to offend –at least, here in Quebec. She upset nationalists when she joked about Parti Quebecois leader, André Boisclair’s cocaine use while a cabinet minister. Even her sister criticized her for speaking out of term. And in an interview last week, Michaelle Jean angered Quebecers again. This time, she said Quebecers are disconnected from the rest of the country, have turned their backs, and that’s hurt Canadian unity. Jean spoke about that in an interview with CBC News.”

Michaelle Jean, Governor General, explains, “What was in the papers was different to what I experienced in Quebec.”

Susan Ormiston asks, “So, what’s at play there, do you think? Is it political forces?”

Michaelle Jean replies, “I think so.”

André Pratte, Editor-in-Chief, La Presse, explains, “In a way, what Michaelle said was criticizing Quebecers for not being open enough towards English Canada –and this is new. And maybe it’s a little beyond what she should do, but I sort of like it. I think that makes a Governor General more exciting, more useful, in a way.”

Dan Halton closes, “So, in Quebec, Michaelle Jean ends her first year as Governor General much the same way she started –in hot water. Dan Halton, CBC News, Montreal.”

Watch the full interview with Governor General Michaelle Jean tonight on The National. 9 pm on CBC Newsworld

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Michel continues, “Well, things may be looking up for Jean Charest. A CROP poll published in La Presse today, shows the Liberals are essentially neck and neck with the Parti Quebecois. Rosemary Barton is in Montreal tonight, and she’s here to talk to us about that. Now, Rosemary, what’s up with the poll?”

Rosemary Barton, wearing a dark grape or maroon long sleeved top with what appears to be pale yellow and much darker beads, and sitting in front of the large bridge image, replies, “Well, Michel, it’s a significant improvement in Liberal fortunes, and also a real trend upward for Jean Charest. We’ve seen that now, in the past couple of polls. So, if we look at the numbers, the poll was done between September 14th and 24th. The Liberals have 37 points, as does the Parti Quebecois. But what’s interesting here is that the Liberals have jumped 5 points since the last CROP poll, about a month back. The PQ has stayed the same, and the ADQ trails way behind, with just 12 points. Now, this is after dividing up a large number of undecided voters -which isn’t surprising, because there’s no election in the offing right now. And there’s also a fairly large margin of error here, plus or minus 3% -which could mean the parties are tied or not. But it’s certainly something that the Liberals will be happy to see. They’ll also be happy to see that the satisfaction rate has improved just a little bit as well.”

Michel comments, “Okay, a 5-point jump. Does that mean there’s an election looming?”

Rosemary Barton replies, “Probably not –and there’s a few reasons why. First of all, if you look at the way the Liberal vote is divided, most of the seats are on the island of Montreal. So that means, for the Liberals to win a majority government, they usually have to be 5 points ahead, which they aren’t yet –so that’s one reason. The other reason is that while this is a trend upward, it’s important to look at when this was done –when this poll was done. It was done just after a summer of spending millions of dollars in the regions, and also, after the Dawson shooting. And strangely enough, when something like that happens, this usually creates a certain degree of sympathy towards the leader of the province. I mean, most people thought the premier performed pretty well during that time –so that probably has helped him. The third reason there won’t be an election though, Michel, is that the premier is going on vacation, after the Summit de la Francophonie, where he is this week. And a man on vacation is not likely a man who’s gonna call an election.”

Michel comments, “Right. So, (…) what about the Parti Quebecois in all this? How are they shaping up?”

Rosemary Barton replies, “Well, support is stable –so that’s probably a good thing. Because after André Boisclair won, you’ll remember that the support seemed to seemed to be going down, since January. And now, it seems to have stabilized a little bit –so that’s good news for him. Although, you would expect to see a little bit more from the leader, with this kind of momentum and excitement around him –and we’re not seeing that. The other thing that we’ll have to watch very closely, over the next coming weeks, is when the National Assembly resumes, and André Boisclair is in the House, and having perform on a daily basis whether or not he’ll be able to maintain the support. Because we’ve seen that in moments of pressure and stress, sometimes he doesn’t perform his best. So, we’ll have to see what happens in the next polls.”

Michel closes, “Alright, that’ll be interesting to see, and you’re gonna be there to tell us all about it. “

Rosemary Barton replies, “Yes, I will.” Michel adds, “Rosemary Barton, thanks a lot.” Rosemary replies, “Thank you.”

Michel continues, “And Anna Asimakopulos joins me now, with a look at what’s coming up on The Scene tonight. Anna?”

Anna Asimakopulos, wearing a faded jean jacket over a red T-shirt, and standing outside of The Bell Centre, replies, “Michel, Megadeath is in town. This is the band that Kimveer Gill was listening to before he went to Dawson College and shot students and staff there. I caught up with the band earlier today. I’ll let you know more about that later, on CBC News at Six.”

And then, a live shot of a ship in the harbour in my soulmate’s river of love –and then, the second commercial break.

Upon returning, “On The Scene tonight, the band Megadeath is in town –not exactly something we’d rush out and cover for you. But Megadeath’s name came up recently –tied to the Dawson College shooting. The gunman, Kimveer Gill, listened to one of the band’s songs A Tout Le Monde, before he went to Dawson and started shooting people. Anna Asimakopulos joins us now from the Bell Centre, where the concert is happening. Anna, how are things shaping up?”

Anna Asimakopulos replies, “Well, Michel, the band was looking forward to coming to Montreal –Montreal’s a city they play often. And they were looking forward to talking about their new album as well. And you know, they have a long history with Montreal –a couple of the band members are from here. And during the Ice Storm of 1998, they pitched in and helped out. Instead, bandleader David Mustaine has been talking about what happened at Dawson College. And I asked him how it felt to come to this city after that.”

Dave Mustaine, Megadeath, explains, “I was so angry that this guy would use my song –it’s such a beautiful song, that we have such a great time when we sing here in Montreal, because of the French dialect -that he would try and turn that beautiful song into something ugly and nasty. And people have asked me, am I gonna play the song tonight –and absolutely I’m playing it, because that song, it’s for the living. It’s in memory of those who lost their lives, and it’s a gift to the people who are in the process of healing. And I’m not gonna let that guy take anything away from me, or from the people of Montreal –I can’t do that. He’s not gonna control us from the grave. And as far as what the song means, it’s so silly –I had a dream. My mom died when I was young, and I had a dream that she came back to me, and she said, ‘Hey, I love you.’ –that’s it. That’s the whole song.”

Back live, Anna Asimakopulos continues, “And Michel, that was Dave Mustaine from Megadeath, talking about what happened at Dawson College and his song A Tout Le Monde. And now, the band is performing tonight at the Bell Centre, and we just learned that they are going to play this song as an encore, and that Dave Mustaine will address what happened at Dawson College.”

Michel comments, “Alright, well Anna, you had a pretty busy day today. Along with interviewing Dave Mustaine from Megadeath, you also made a visit to the Cirque du Soleil headquarters.”

Anna Asimakopulos replies, “That’s right. I got to do something I’ve never done before –and you’ll see it shortly in my piece that follows, because Lyn Heward, who is the former president of creative content for the Cirque du Soleil has written a book about what it is that makes the Cirque so successful. And she gave us a look at the Cirque du Soleil from a very different point of view.”

Anna Asimakopulos begins, “They make it look so easy –and yet, each physical feat, each production, right down to the costume design, involves risk. And taking a risk is what Lyn Heward asked journalists to do today. She got us to step onto their technical grid –kind of a giant trampoline made of elastic cables.”

Lyn Heward, Former President of Creative Content, Cirque du Soleil, explains, “I wanted you to feel that you were risking something, I wanted you to feel a little bit of adrenaline flowing –especially when somebody jumped up and down on it. And then I wanted you to realize how far 60 ft to the ground is –‘cause that’s what we ask our artists to do everyday.”

Anna Asimakopulos reports, “Balancing creativity and innovation is tricky. And yet, it’s something that Cirque du Soleil has managed, with 13 different shows around the world, and more in the works. Heward says, the key is to keep taking creative risks.”

Lyn Heward, Former President of Creative Content, Cirque du Soleil, explains, “We don’t allow ourselves to repeat ourselves within our shows. In other words, we don’t just take a show and clone it –we start from the beginning. And in order to start from the beginning, we need new stimulation. And that stimulation comes through your senses –through your sight, through your ears, what you see around the world, and the experiences that you live.”

Back live, Anna Asimakopulos informs, “And Michel, I don’t know if you could see that, but I am afraid of heights. –and so, that’s pretty scary for me. I really did feel like I took a bit of a risk.”

Michel comments, “I noticed you were hanging onto that bar pretty white-knuckled, yeah, indeed.”

Anna Asimakopulos replies, “Yes. Yes, I did. About half the journalists were fine –walked out, bounced up and down. And the rest of us sort of climbed to the poles and gingerly moved around.”

Michel comments, “Well, Anna, thanks for putting your life on the line, I guess we could say, for that…”

Anna Asimakopulos adds, “You know but, like everything else that the Cirque du Soleil does, it’s a calculated risk, with lots of safety measures in place.”

Michel closes, “Alright, Anna, thanks a lot.” Anna replies, “You’re welcome, Michel.”

Michel continues, “Well, we’re back in a moment with a hard night for a hot rookie. And your chance to nominate a teacher for Montreal Matters –so stay with us.” And then, the third commercial break.

Upon returning, “Well, Guillaume Latendresse continues to command attention in the hockey pre-season. But you know, last night he probably would have rather have been out of the spotlight. Less than 2 minutes into the game, the rookie was ejected. He took the major penalty for boarding a Tampa Bay player –right there. Latendresse is still trying to earn a spot on the regular roster. The team went on to win in overtime, 4 – 3, with that goal.”

“Just one more thing before we leave you tonight –Next week is the start of Montreal Matters. And this year, we’re focusing on School. Now, we’d like to profile some of the best teachers in Montreal –and that’s where you come in. Tell us about the teacher who made a difference in your life, or your children’s lives. Send us an email, newsatsixmontreal@cbc.ca, or give us a ring at 514-597-5626.”

“That’s our show for tonight. Ian Hanomansing is up next with Canada Now. I’m Michel Godbout. For the entire CBC News at Six crew, thanks for spending your time with us. We’re back tomorrow at 6:00.”

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