Frank Remus

Betwixt with Her Love Plasma  10:10 pm

Two Betwixt with Her Love Plasma  10:20 pm 

This morning, Anna showed me the soulmates, and then down to buildings nearby where she was, and then back up to the soulmates, and then down to her river flowing with love. I loved her for showing me that first thing. Anna showed me the mountain and the other side is where I now live –Anna showed me that such a good long time, that I melted for her on the other side. And of course, I went out for my writing, and when I returned, Anna showed me the mountain was with me, with my love on the other side.

And then, Anna showed me downtown with soulmates under the afternoon sky that became dark and heavy laden with rain –soulmates under dark grey skies, soulmates no matter what the weather, soulmates when it became dark. Anna showed me downtown centered by Q, and much later on, she showed me two betwixt -and I loved that, along with the others –and then it began to rain, and what a beautiful spectrum and plasma the scene then became, with the two bright glowing lights. And I love her; I love Anna, my soulmate.  I felt so solid with her all day long. 

On the speaker at Starbucks, early jazz played, with its horns. The place was full but it was quiet –except for the small group of workers from yesterday, engaged in their training or testing of a new manager. They were a loud bunch of talkers. One of them announced, belting that she was a professional baker –she was quite heavyset. Energy was dense in me –I felt immovable, like 2,800 pounds or something –not that I felt overweight, far from it. I’m talking about something else. I was feeling solid with her in my heart. 

Soulmates from the Green Beginning  6:57 am

Crystal Clear Soulmates in Love  7:43 am

And then, their meeting adjourned, with a swift tucking in of the chairs –four briskly and neatly reset. There was no pink in the room, except for the pink bauble necklace a woman wore with the blue top and the black leather jacket, but I didn’t notice that until later. There was nearly nothing happening, until a woman walked in wearing a white T-shirt with a pink logo on it, and small black writing that mentioned killing something. She moved too quickly for me to read it. People’s heads were bowed down, thoughtful, engaged in their work, or with an inward repose.

Look Down There 7:55 am

A woman wearing a pink sweater nearly walked in. She paused outside with her cell phone, but then she decided to go. I woke up early, on time –ready to start my morning. I listened to Bowie’s Heathen -one of my favorite albums.  Then Anna showed me soulmates, and she took me to her river of love flowing, and to the side of the mountain, where I live not far beyond, with buildings at the base of it, from her heart to mine –I was feeling blessed. That conjured my morning, established my space for the day, my center betwixt with her center, her heart in my heart and my mind –a beautiful feeling.

Mood Indigo by Duke Ellington played on the speakers. I have grown a great love for jazz horns, despite many years of them blasting night and day when I was a child. That’s all that my father, a waiter, listened to every chance that he could –to the point of no return. At the time it was part of the hindrance of my relationship with him. He gave no time for much else, except to zone out with his jazz. Now I am discovering why –but we never shared that much of it then. There was a great divide. And so, now I love Duke Ellington, and I feel my late father’s presence imbued.

There was a rather intense unwinding inside me today, which surprised me. Current and aching unblocking, removing and realigning. It’s strange how I could feel it.  The trees in love outside the window were now quite nearly yellow –with beautiful green highlights interspersed. The trees looked full of bananas, that waved slowly in the soft breeze. A gentleness in the air –the sunlight was muted but managed to send some shadows worth casting, and bring some warmth that felt right. The sky was a creamy white, soft and liquid and glowing –a tender overcast morning, with her in my heart, I so craved.

Her Good Flowing River of Love  8:07 am

A woman wearing a pale yellow tan suit sat with her daughter who wore a grey top with tiny black shapes scattered on it, along with her blue jeans, and her very pink and orange sneakers. Roy Harper played on the speakers –an entire album, I think. There was no clear pattern in clothing. And I was so hungry for her. She’s my achiever, my healer; she’s my hero, my leader. She’s my one true love laden anchor I want in this life.  She’s my secure soulmate granting my imagination asylum, Anna Dirksen’s my dream breath of life. She’s my redeeming dream-worker, my saviour.  

She’s my love doctor feeding me clear water laced with her mandala medicine. From her river of love, my soul first aid, when I feel most alone. Anna Dirksen’s my green healer of love, providing my dreams with ladders for my love of ecology and she pictures for me lamps for my imagination and art with her lifeboat to carry it on. I’ve got no reason to flee flying saucers or other spacecraft I have seen or have dreamed. She preserves me with her love remedy so I can survive all of my life-given therapy, with her media spirit pool washing me down by her river of love. Rescuing me with her river love, nursing me down by her river of true love. I love Anna Dirksen, that one special woman that makes me feel warm and in love.

Her Good Flowing River of Love  8:25 am 

Love on the Other Side 10:25 am

On August 28^th, I wrote of my love…I was feeling a certain seriousness that I was not afraid of. It was a good kind of serious. Good energy was flowing through me, as if I was unfolding all my compacted force. It was coming smoother now, back into shape, as I wrote Anna Dirksen’s name, and my worries faded away. A line of women walked in, most of them wearing black, white and grey. And the Motown pop music with its reverberation-laced backing vocals, and subtle flanged electric guitar, was putting me into a trance. And I craved Anna right there and then.

Love on the Other Side 1:15 pm

I craved her presence so much, like a waterfall of love, in the midst of my seriousness, and the mystery above us that wove us into the dream of synchronicity and loving and believing, of blindness and of seeing, of loss and of redeeming. I was missing and wanting her so much. The trees in love across the street had no shine by way of sunlight, but they were still full of sheen and luster from the rainy daylight. It was a sleepy morning. It really was, quite. And the authentic blues music came on –in the dark the spark lights the way without shame. Outside everything moved in slow motion, as if in a silent movie.

Soulmates Amid the Grey  2:00 pm

Soulmate Centered in Peachy Grey 4:00 pm

And Anna is my green healer, my soulmate anchor, and my loving heart leader. Let me be more open to her, may we do deep dreamwork together. May we take in the breath of life. And the singer sang, “Take me to the river.” May we nurse ecology through every emergency, may we kiss deeply and freely through falling water, may we free fleeting flying saucers. May we stop greed from grabbing all green, and encourage healing homeopathy. And the singer sang, “You are the sunshine of my life,” May we provide relief for the last hospital, may we become the ladder lamp knights. May our love flow as safe as our lifeboat, protect us as our lifeguard, our life jacket, our true love lighthouse.

Soulmates in Deep Grey, Q Centered 6:38 pm

And the singer sang, “I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day –I’m talking about my girl.” May our love sooth us like mandala medicine, nurse better money for our love patient operations. May we bathe each other with beautiful flowing Red River in the preserving pool remedy, by the sacred waterfall. May we treasure the teachings of true spiritual figures arriving from spaceships imbued with spirit. May we be as two open to love, together with open hearts beating with ardor. May we salvage the treasure of deep flowing water –our only resource to rescue is love. Anna Dirksen’s my true heroine. I value the strength of her good working within, her reliable world achievements, her risk-taking and her leadership. Her irrefutable healing energy, surging to the depths of my recovering heart. Let me embrace her Yin dynamism, her Yin courage, and her Yin experience that I need and I love.

Black as Her Yin of my Dreams  6:43 pm

And in between the CBC afternoon cartoons, David spoke about a mixture of things, vacations, and personalities. David spoke to 7 women who are on vacation. Where do you go? What do you do? Mexico? France? Brazil? And how much is a flight to the happy kingdom? David also spoke about, personalities, that’s what makes us who we are. What’s yours like? What’s mine like? Personality theory –different types. Joy’s a structured, go-getter, works well with deadlines. David is spontaneous, lazy perhaps, carefree, Morgan Waters is somebody completely different.

David thinks the worst personality trait is jealousy, and then he fumes about the know-it-all type. “Which type you would marry?” David ask Joy. Joy says, “Prince Charming”. David says, Joy may be catty, but David claims he has a quick temper. David mentions passive-aggressive types –those who complement you with a notable tinge of insult. Crabby personalities can change temporarily with an ice cream, David says. The slacker types –Frank and Dale from Chilly Beach.

On Chilly Beach, the episode is called The Souse that Roared. Dale is watching the news at the Puck-Stop. The report is that the Russian space station is falling to earth. But the anchorman explains that the debris should land safely, in the middle of nowhere. Suddenly, all of the lights start flashing in the restaurant. Dale and Frank go to the crash site, to check out the wreckage. Amid the debris, Frank discovers the nuclear power plant. He inspects the cylinder and announces that there’s enough plutonium in it to make an atomic bomb -a bomb that can wipe out an entire city.

Frank says he’s going to hide it, and asks Dale to promise not to tell anyone. But Dale easily tells Jacques, at the Puck-Stop, while showing off the borsht packages he retrieved from the crash site. Dale tells Jacques there’s enough plutonium for an atomic bomb. Just then, the American ambassador to Canada, Katherine Hildebrandt receives a call from the Secretary of Defense. She’s told that a canister of plutonium is in the wreckage. She goes to the crash site, donning a toxic waste protection suit, where she meets Dale. Dale exaggerates or simply lies, telling her that Frank has got the plutonium, and he’s at home in the middle of building a bomb.

She heads for Frank’s shack. Frank is immediately alarmed that Katherine has arrived, wearing the toxic waste suit. He knows that Dale didn’t keep his secret. Katherine orders Frank to hand over the bomb, and no charges will be laid. But Frank says he doesn’t have an atomic bomb, questions her authority, and refuses. Katherine leaves miffed. Meanwhile at the Pentagon, an assistant informs the Secretary of Defense that there are weapons of mass destruction in Chilly Beach. He goes to take snapshots of the place, to gather his evidence. But most of the photographs are merely normal Chilly Beach activity. Satellite images are simply notated in pen with such titles as ‘secret missile silo’ but the photo is merely an outhouse. The Secretary announces that he’ll bomb Canada in retaliation. And then a spy submarine arrives to take more photos.

Back at the Puck-Stop, Dale is watching television. The American newscaster announces that the UN has discovered that Canada has weapons of mass destruction. At the Defense meeting, the Secretary presents the bogus slides as clear evidence that Chilly Beach has these weapons, for example, the outhouse slide notated as a high tech missile silo, proof that Chilly Beach is stockpiling a nuclear arsenal.

The UN delegates get quite upset, as the Secretary announces that there is clearly enough evidence to warrant the total obliteration of Chilly Beach. One of the delegates suggest that more independent proof is required before measures are taken. And so two UN delegates arrive at Chilly Beach by military helicopter, and are greeted by the American ambassador to Canada, Katherine Hildebrandt. They want to clearly determine nuclear weapons are on site.

She arrives at the Puck-Stop with the delegates, informing the patrons that a thorough search will be conducted in Chilly Beach for these weapons. They will be looking absolutely everywhere, for evidence of weapons of mass destruction. The weapons inspector team enter people’s houses, look in bedroom drawers, locker rooms, frisk Chilly Beach citizens, locate stockpiles of bottles of beer, but for some reason, they always manage skip going over to Frank’s place. A polar bear eats one of the delegates, in an attempt to frisk it. The surviving UN delegate returns to the Pentagon to inform the Secretary that no weapons of mass destruction were actually found. The Secretary dismisses the findings, saying that Chilly Beach is hiding them expertly well.

Back at the Puck-Stop, Dale and Frank are watching a special TV news bulletin. A grainy black and white photograph of Frank is broadcast, with an ultimatum. He’s described as an evil warlord, and Frank must hand over his weapons of mass destruction, or face the full force of American military might. The news program calls the operation ‘Countdown to Oblivion’ Frank is given 48 hours to deliver his nuclear weapons. At Frank’s place, Dale tells Frank to simply hand over the bomb, like they asked. But Frank explains that he doesn’t actually have any bomb. Dale then suggests that he build one then, then give it to Jacques, so he can turn the plutonium device into a bomb.

But Frank tells Dale that he’s the only one qualified to build an atomic bomb, thanks to his knowledge of physics. Just then, the American ambassador Katherine arrives at the Puck-Stop to appraise the value of the land, once the Americans have taken it over. She estimates the value to be $1 Million. The restaurant patrons start chanting U.SA! in glee. They all want to become Americanized.

Back at Frank’s place, he is building the bomb’s particle accelerator from scratch. Dale suggests he doesn’t have to build an actual bomb exactly. But Frank says all his colleagues at his Physics club wouldn’t expect anything less than that. Just then, Frank receives a singing telegram. The singer’s message: Join our evil axis, be part of our terror, if you don’t join us, then ‘that’s your error.’

Frank becomes totally stressed out. His hair starts falling out, mostly from the plutonium he’s storing. At the Pentagon, the Secretary of Defense runs down his list of ordinances and weapons he’s ready to use against Chilly Beach. The newscast reports that Chilly Beach now has only three hours before the American war machine is unleashed. The news correspondent informs the anchorman live, that citizens seem euphoric, spending all of their money on credit. Meanwhile, Frank is nearly finished building his homemade atomic bomb.

Dale takes one look at it, and suggests Frank paint something cool and defiant on there to impress the Americans. But Frank says there isn’t enough time, the deadline is less than an hour away. Frank gets ready, and goes to see the American ambassador Katherine, to surrender the weapon. She arrives at his place, but the bomb is gone. She accuses Frank of attempting to take her hostage, and she quickly gulps down a mint, thinking it was a cyanide pill. Katherine then leaves, continuing her warning.

At Dale’s place, he’s got Frank’s atomic weapon on his couch, and he’s ready to give it a nifty paintjob. Fifteen minutes are left before the Americans blow Chilly Beach sky high. Frank runs over to Dale’s place, and interrupts his paintjob. Katherine tells a helicopter pilot that Chilly Beach had their chance and get ready to fly her out of the vicinity. The news broadcast announces there are no more than 15 seconds before a spectacular show of military might is unleashed.

Frank and Dale walk through the streets with his atomic bomb, looking for the American ambassador. American war jets fly in formation, military submarines appear off the coast of Chilly Beach, and hone in on their targets. The anchorman gets ready to make his report. Frank and Dale catch up to Katherine, just about to escape on the military helicopter. They say they’ve got the bomb, and want to hand it over. She shouts, “Hold your fire.”

Back at the Pentagon, the assistant informs the Secretary of Defense, that the Canadians have surrendered. The Secretary is disappointed and still eager to start the war, and fondles the war-starting button. He wants to blow up a few things anyway. On the news, the American broadcaster is disappointed by the anticlimax, and tries to make a story about how well the countdown numbers were read in proper sequence. Frank runs into the Puck-Stop to inform everyone that the American Defense Department have sent him rebuilding money for making the bomb. They sent him a cheque for $86.27 -not much money. But Dale reminds Frank the amount would cover three cases of beer. All of the restaurant patrons enthusiastically chant “U.S.A.!”

On The Simpsons, Homer dreams he’s in the first scene of 2001 A Space Odyssey. But instead of gaining intelligence from touching the monolith, he takes a nap leaning on it. He wakes up at work from a phone call from Lisa to ask him to pick up a saxophone reed for her. She’s about to go on stage at her school talent show, and her reed broke. Homer goes to Moe’s first, and so he finds the music store closed. He begs the owner sitting beside him to open the store for him. He’s lucky he could remember the gauge of reed and the fact it’s for a saxophone. Unfortunately, Homer arrives late, and Lisa has to go on stage, and plays Stormy Weather rather badly –because her reed broke. She plays the tune in tears. Afterwards, Homer treats her to an $80 supply of ice cream –but Lisa has no appetite. She says she forgives him but even Homer can tell that she doesn’t mean it.

He watches home videos of Lisa as a baby and sees that in every scene, that he ignores his little girl. Now Homer is worried he lost his daughter’s love. Marge suggests he spend time with her. He makes a big effort, but he tells Marge he’s afraid he’ll go queer spending so much time with his daughter. He decides to buy her a pony –the most favorite thing that she’s wanted. But Homer has to take a $5,000 loan and he learns that he must pay for the stable, maintenance and Lisa’s riding lessons. Lisa screams in terror at first when she wakes up in the morning with the pony right next to her in bed –like the scene from The Godfather, but of course Lisa loves her pony.

She tells her father that she loves him too. In order to keep up with expenses, Homer takes the night shift at the Kwik-E-Mart while working the plant in the day. But Homer has no time for sleep. And so Homer keeps falling asleep at both jobs and his performance goes down the tubes. Marge tells her daughter that her father must work two jobs for her to keep her dear pony, and that she must decide what to do –keeping a pony is costly. Lisa decides to give her pony up for her father, sadly with tears but she means it. She tells him that she understands, and that he’s her favorite animal of all. And so Homer quits his Kwik-E-Mart job, and gives Lisa a pony ride on his back.

On Frasier, Frasier meets Martin and Niles at the café, he’s so excited to tell them he’s putting on a mystery radio play. He’s going to direct the show. Niles says he can’t direct, and would likely want the lead. The show must be 30 minutes long. At the radio station, Frasier advertises his Nightmare Inn program. Ros asks if there is a leading man yet. Frasier say’s there’s not. She suggests that he should take it, and Gill walks in for a part. There are still a lot of supporting roles to cast. Bulldog offers his friend to take a female part. “Look out, he’s got a gun.”

Frasier agrees, and offers it. Frasier still can’t find a lead, and so he takes it himself. Bulldog, Gill and a professional actor, are at Frasier’s apartment for rehearsal. They’re going to run through the script. Gill is upset about a missing line that Frasier cut out for time. Daphne keeps time, as they read their lines. Bulldog laughs at his name. Frasier keeps stopping the flow, to criticize various things. 32 minutes 40 second. They’re a few minutes overtime.

The professional actor starts to fume at Frasier’s criticism and he quits. Frasier has a new plan, and suddenly thinks about Niles. At the studio, Niles arrives, he hasn’t yet seen the script, and the show is on that night. The sound effect guy shows his wares. Bulldog and his girlfriend arrive. She wants to work on her part, but she only has one line, she’s actually dyslexic. Bulldog is nervous about acting. Ros arrives, back from the dentist, her mouth is completely frozen.

The show is on in 60 seconds. At home, Daphne and Martin listen in. The mystery show begins. Ros ruins lines, with her frozen mouth. She could hardly speak. Bulldog freezes with fear, and so Frasier has to improvise, with the sound effects. Gill begins his lines without flaw, and Niles takes 3 character’s voices at once. But the fourth one he needs to take helium, to create just one more voice. But suddenly the studio 5 telephone rings. Martin finds the plot goofy. Frasier wants to cut Gill’s dying speech, just to save time.

Act 2, Frasier begins. Ros still can’t quite speak. The sound effects man presses the wrong sound. Bulldog’s girlfriend shouts, “Look out! He’s got a nug!.” Gill doesn’t cut his lines. So Frasier pretends he’s shot again, announcing that his head was blown clean off. Gill improvises another character, just so he could continue. But Frasier has him shot too. Gill becomes an ice cream man, and so Frasier shoots him again. By the end of the show Nile’s character is not even German. And his character explains the mystery, while Frasier tries to direct. Niles gets fed up being directed, and pretends to shoot all of the characters. “Hans was a mass murderer. Case is closed.” Frasier says. But they still have 9 minutes left. But nobody wants a post-play discussion.

Soulmates and Q Centered 6:00 pm

On CBC News at Six, Michel Godbout wore a black jacket a grey shirt (that seemed to have a blue or purple tinge to it) and a black tie with diagonal bands of grey, and he begins, “Security at Trudeau Airport –how worried should you be? I’m Michel Godbout. This is CBC News at Six. Tonight: Trudeau Airport. Infiltration by organized crime, security breaches. Airport officials respond. And: Daycare at school. Education officials think midday monitors and after school supervisors need more training.”

The first story, “Good evening. Security at Trudeau Airport has been grabbing the headlines for a few week now –enough to cause some fear and loathing for many travelers. Well, it sure got the attention of the folks in charge of the airport security. They have just held a news conference, and our Dan Halton is there. And Dan, what came out of it?”

Dan Halton, wearing a black jacket, a white shirt with bold black pinstripes, and a pale yellow tie, replies, “Michel, Jacques Duchesneau, the president of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, along with James Cherry, the president of Montreal Airport, essentially explained today what security measures are in place throughout Canada’s airports. They wanted to reassure the public, in the wake of media reports in the last couple of weeks that have exposed some serious gaps in security. You’ll recall, one reporter was able to walk around freely through restricted access areas. And custom agents themselves here said that they worry that the background checks just aren’t thorough, and these flaws could be exploited by organized crime. Now, Jacques Duchesneau said today, ‘Look, is the system perfect? No, but we’re very confident we do a very good job protecting the traveling public. We check 39 million passengers each year, 60 million bags, airport employees,’ And here’s what James Cherry, of the Montreal Airport had to say as well.”

James Cherry, Montreal Airport, explains, “There’s no such thing as a perfect system, and I’ve said this time and time again. People have asked me, am I satisfied with security here? You know, it’s actually a silly question –because you’re never satisfied. You can’t be satisfied because you always gotta be doing more. But are we satisfied that we’re doing everything that’s possible under the circumstances, to minimize the risks that we’re aware of? Yes, I think we are. And I think we’ll continue to do that –we’re gonna continue to improve. And we’re gonna continue to evolve.”

Michel asks, “So Dan, what makes them so confident they sealed up the breaches at the airport?”

Dan Halton replies, “Well, they recognize those mistakes, and they say they’re evaluating the security throughout Canada’s airports. But they’re confident in their system. They went through the entire system, all the organizations at work in assuring public safety. And one of the things they really highlighted was their employee I.D. cards. These are new access cards that are already are in place, that will be fully operational by the end of this year –that essentially have two features: One is a digital imprint scan. Therefore every employee will have his imprint on his card, to access these restricted areas, as well as a digital iris scan -their eye. This enables, according to Jacques Duchesneau and James Cherry, them to assure and monitor at all times, who, which employee is where at the airport –thus assuring safety in protecting the public throughout Canada’s airports. Michel?”

Michel closes, “Yeah, I know, it’ll surely put some travelers at ease. Dan Halton at Trudeau Airport tonight, thanks.” Dan replies, “Thank you.”

The second story, “Well, daycare programs at Quebec’s elementary schools are getting a failing grade. Quebec’s Conseil Supérieur de l’Éducation took a close look at lunch and afterschool programs, and they’ve come away with a strong recommendation: The programs need a major overhaul. Lysanne Louter has that story.”

Lysanne Louter begins, “It’s lunchtime at École la Mosaique in St-Hubert. This elementary school daycare program has 140 kids. Director Dominique Jouval launched the program 20 years ago. She’s seen it grow first hand. Across the province, 200,000 kids are enrolled in similar programs. And since the 1970’s school daycare services have grown considerably. That’s that the Conseil supérieur de l’éducation is really concerned about. They say, the quality of the services has a lot of catching up to do. “

Jean-Pierre Proulx, President, Conseil Supérieur de l’Éducation, explains, “One of the problems we have in the school daycare services is that the educators at work in this institution are not very well formed at school.”

Lysanne Louter reports, “The Council interviewed 8,000 school daycare workers across the province. Their report says that 47% of daycare workers have no high school diploma, 59% have no related training, and 1 out of 3 with diplomas, have ones that aren’t related to their jobs. That has Jouval concerned.”

Dominique Jouval explains, “We are in a school environment. It’s important that the people who work in a school environment can be trained and can complete their training. We are trained to help children to grow up and to get an education. We are not simply there to watch them play.”

Lysanne Louter informs, “The Council makes 25 recommendations. Among them, making a college diploma or university degree mandatory for new hires –and making the overall access to training easier. They also want daycares to play a larger role in educating students. Dominique Jouval says, her daycare is an example of how integration can work.”

Dominique Jouval explains, “We work closely with the teachers, with the teaching staff, with all kinds of trades people. Even the janitor is part of the daycare staff. We are really involved and that’s how it’s all about.”

Lysanne Louter, wearing a black jacket with a wide collard white shirt, closes, “CSN, the union that represents school daycare workers, is happy with the report. They say, they’ve always believed qualification should be higher. Lysanne Louter, CBC News, Montreal.”

The third story, “Well, police are stepping up the hunt for a home invader tonight. Officers from 3 police forces will work on a special task force to look for one man –the one they believe is responsible for 8 home invasions since May. Our Andrew Chang has more on that.”

Andrew Chang begins, “It’s become an obsession. Every morning, Robert Chalabi pours over the day’s headlines.”

Robert Chalabi, Home Invasion Victim, explains, “Because I want to see him arrested. And I will only be more calm when I know he is behind bars.”

Andrew Chang reports, “May 5^th, Chalabi woke up to find a man in his bedroom waving a flashlight and a gun. It was the first of a string of 8 home invasion –all committed by the same man. Montreal police have since combined forces with the Surete du Quebec and the Laval police.”

André Durocher, Task Force Spokesperson, “What it allows us to do is to pull our resources together, and share the cost, share the expertise, share the manpower and the resources, in order to try to solve the crime.”

Andrew Chang informs, “It’s a task force dedicated entirely to catching this man. After months of failed leads, police decided only yesterday to release this surveillance footage of the suspect at an ATM machine –a black, stocky male who speaks English. They hope somebody will recognize the man –but the situation has become increasingly desperate.”

André Durocher, Task Force Spokesperson, continues, “And then as it went on, from the 3^rd one we realized this person that was doing the home invasions was bound sooner or later to get more violent –and this is what effectively happened.”

Andrew Chang reports, “June 18^th, the suspect’s first home invasion, was the first time he resorted to physical violence –he hit the victim over the head with his gun. July 17^th, his 7^th home invasion, he shot the victim twice –once in the arm, and the second time in the back. Then just 3 days later, the suspect broke into another house in Laval. There, he shot and killed the homeowner.”

André Durocher, Task Force Spokesperson adds, “So for sure, he’s probably gonna be active somewhere. I would doubt very much that he becomes an honest citizen tomorrow morning.”

Robert Chalabi, Home Invasion Victim, comments, “I think he’s letting things cool down, let time go, and then… this is an addiction –I don’t know he’s addicted to what.”

Andrew Chang reports, “Since Robert Chalabi’s home was broken into, he says his life will never be the same. When the doorbell rings, he arms the security system, he checks the peephole. And even then, an alarm panic button is always close by -and it will stay that way until the police catch their man. Andrew Chang, CBC News, Montreal.”

Michel adds, “And by the way, Sun Youth says, money from anonymous donors has been pouring in. The reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect for those home invasions started at $5,000 a few months ago, but now it shot up to $25,000.”

The fourth story, “Well, an update now on the Dawson shooting victims. One more has been released from hospital. Another victim remains in critical condition at The Montreal General, but this patient is stable. In all, 11 people were treated at The General. They have, well, 10 have now gone home –one is left in hospital.”

The fifth story, “Well, Quebec’s fight to get more money from Ottawa is stuck in a rut. Prime Minister Harper seems to be backing away from commitments over the fiscal imbalance –and that’s generating more talk about elections. Here’s Rosemary Barton.”

Rosemary Barton begins, “Very quickly, these two became fast friends –Jean Charest and Stephen Harper together. They said they could solve the so-called fiscal imbalance, and so, there were promises, and handshakes, and lots of smiles -until a possible change in plans. ‘I hope to have an agreement by this spring,’ says the Prime Minister. ‘But,’ he adds, ‘I’m ready to keep working past then too,’”

Rosemary Barton reports, “Wait a minute, that’s not the schedule Harper has long promised. In fact, he has always said fiscal imbalance will be dealt with this spring –in the next budget. So, a change in timetable, not a big deal –unless of course, you’re the Premier. Mr. Harper has always said there will be results in the 2007 budget, insists Charest. But asked if he has a guarantee to that effect, Charest says simply, no. Enter the opposition: André Boisclair says the Premier is vague, on how much money he wants and when he wants it.”

André Boisclair, Opposition Leader, comments, “I feel that Mr. Charest is not following a right strategy. Mr. Charest is opening himself some doors for Mr. Harper to turn his back to the commitment he took to Quebec, in front of Quebecers.”

Rosemary Barton, wearing a brown tweed jacket over a white top, closes, “What Boisclair isn’t saying though, is that Charest and Harper are probably talking about all of this at the Francophone Summit -where they both are now, and figuring out how to solve fiscal imbalance –which they know could help them both win reelection. Rosemary Barton, CBC News, Quebec City.”

Michel continues, “A little later, on The Scene, what Megadeath said to Montreal. ‘To those people who are living, this is your song,’ He’s talking about the song Kimveer Gill listened to, before he started shooting at Dawson. Last night, the band and its fans took back the music –we’ll have details later, on CBC News at Six.”

The sixth story, “Some people in the Townships can use their water for washing tonight –but they still can’t drink it. The source (…) is that blue-green algae in Lake Massawippi. The algae are bacteria that can be toxic to humans. And concentrations were so high, people in North Hatley, Hatley Township and Waterville were told to not even touch the water. Now, tests reveal the bacteria levels are more acceptable, so people can wash their hands and do the dishes, but no drinking the water until at least another month. And officials now include Ayers Cliff in that ban. It covers about 5,000 people in different communities.”

And then, the CBC News Weather Centre bells start to ring. Michel begins, “Well, here’s what happens when you let beavers party too much –yeah, their dam burst. It happened in the village of St-Honoré, in Saguenay –a very wet place today. About 100 people were forced out of their homes overnight –many of them found shelter at City Hall. The burst dam put pressure on Lac Larrivée –which rose a metre before being stabilized. Officials don’t think things will get any worse, even with some showers on the way. And to check in on that, Natasha Ramsahai joins us now, from the CBC News Weather Centre. And Natasha, those crazy beavers, huh?”

Natasha Ramsahai, wearing a black skirt, a white shirt and a grey vest with black buttons, and she begins, “I’m telling you… Was that what they were doing –they were partying too hard?” Michel replies, “Uh, something like that –we have it from a good source.” Natasha Ramsahai replies, “Something like that, yeah, I know –crazy beavers. That’s right, that’s right. You know what? There is more rain on the way for that region, all the way back down through southern Quebec –central Quebec as well. Look at this: We’ve thrown the radar on top of the clouds –this is how this stuff has been moving over the last 6 hours –sort of in a south to north fashion. This frontal system is not moving east very quickly, simply because there’s high pressure in the Maritimes, which is acting like a wall, and literally holding back the precipitation over our region. Zooming into the radar that’s focused more on the Montreal, Laval area, you can see most of the showers and precipitation through the day -the heavier rains were well to the west of the city –the darker the green, the more intense the precipitation was. This stuff though is slowly shifting to the east –and that’s why we are looking at some more persistent rains tonight. Okay, so these are some of the afternoon temperature readings. Montreal was actually at 21 this morning, and has been cooling. This cooling trend, by the way, will continue through the overnight, as well as tomorrow morning. So, you can see the cooler air starting to shift in from west to east. 12 degrees overnight, and looking to get down to 10 in the morning, and then back up to 12 or 13 in the afternoon, behind this system. So, we’re looking at some significant cloud cover. By the time late Friday afternoon or early Friday evening rolls in, we’ll probably be looking at a few sunny breaks, just before the sun sets tomorrow. So this sun will be late in the day, 13 as I mentioned –but 10 in the morning, and a west wind at 20 km/h. Then, a very slow steady rise in temperature over the next five days. A little bit of more cloud cover on Saturday afternoon, with some sun in the morning, as another system comes in from Ontario for Sunday –so that’s what we’re looking at –fairly cloudy day with showers. Monday looks great, Tuesday look even better, getting up to 20, thanks to those southwest winds. Michel?”

Michel comments, “You always do it to us –sun on Monday.” Natasha replies, “I know. Who knew?” Michel adds, “But we still like you, thanks.” Natasha replies, “Thanks.”

Michel continues, “Alright coming up next: Pop-ups and headers –you know what we’re talking about. It’s all that advertising on the Internet. Online adds are all the rage from companies with something to sell. Do they work? That’s the question we’ll answer next, on CBC News at Six.” And then, the first commercial break.

Upon returning, Ian Hanomansing appears, wearing a grey jacket, a white shirt and an orange-yellow tie, and he begins, “Tonight on Canada Now: An apology to Maher Arar. The head of the RCMP says, he’s sorry for the Force’s role in Arar’s deportation, but he won’t resign. And gas prices are falling –what’s behind it? Coming up at 6:30, 7:00 in Newfoundland.”

And then, Michel returns, “Anyone who uses a computer a lot comes across a lot of advertising –everything from pop-ups to all kinds of banners. Advertisers recognize a big audience, and are spending more and more money to put ads online. But the question is are they getting the message out there or just annoying people. Some answers now from our newest reporter here at CBC News at Six, Peter Johnson.”

Peter Johnson begins, “Online ads –those uninvited guests in cyberspace that can be really annoying.”

A man comments, “Sometimes you’re just busy, or you’re just focussing, you know, about something you know, and you don’t feel like to be bothering about some publicity or some people who just wanna sell you something.”

Peter Johnson reports, “A new Quebec survey of internet trends shows, most of us ignore online ads or just don’t like them.”

Eric Lacroix, Researcher, explains, “What displeases them, for instance, is pop-ups –when the advertising will get in your face, will prevent you from reading the text that you’re trying to read on the Internet. Really, people hate that.”

Peter Johnson adds, “And the people who really hate them, have ways to get around them.”

A man explains, “I use Firefox, which blocks pop-ups and allows you to control whatever page you’re on.”

Peter Johnson poses, “So is it worth it for advertisers to spend their money online?”

Eric Lacroix, Researcher, explains, “It is, of course, very much worth it. Actually, people will tell you that they’re not influenced neither by TV advertising and stuff like that –and we know it’s worth it to advertise on TV.”

Peter Johnson adds, “Advertisers just have to figure out what people like in web ads, so they don’t block them.”

Eric Lacroix, Researcher, explains. “What works when both the advertising is more discreet, more related to the content that you’re browsing at that time.”

Peter Johnson informs, “That seems to be the trick. The survey found Quebecers are interested in ads when they’re relevant.”

A woman comments, “Well, if I’m searching for something, and a pop-up shows that in the same category, sometimes I click on it just to view if they could be interesting for me or not.”

Peter Johnson informs, “People don’t like it, but online advertising is growing anyway. Advertisers will spend almost a billion dollars on it this year. Peter Johnson, CBC News, Montreal.”

Michel returns, “Alright, after the break, The Scene, with Anna Asimakopulos. Find out what the group Megadeath had to say about the Dawson shootings. That’s coming up next.” And then, the second commercial break.

And then, a live shot of downtown with soulmates, centered by Q.

Upon returning, Michel begins, “On The Scene tonight: When Megadeath performed in Montreal last night, the heavy metal band attracted more that just metal fans. The band had the news media out also, because the Dawson College shooter linked Megadeath with what happened. Two hours before he began shooting, he listened to one of the band’s songs called A Tout Le Monde. Anna Asimakopulos, you’ve been covering the story. And it’s been quite the story, eh?”

Anna Asimakopulos, wearing a very dark mauve top (or it could be black) with an array of white almond shaped patterning tracing the neckline, and sitting in front of the large bridge image, she replies, I know. And this is the kind of publicity that Megadeath never wanted –they had nothing to do with Kimveer Gill. And they learned of what happened in Montreal when they were on their bus, on tour, and they said, ‘Oh, that’s terrible.” They were really upset when they heard about it –just about the shooting at Dawson, because they have a connection with Montreal, they come here a lot, and two of the band members are originally from Montreal. And then, when Dave Mustaine, the bandleader learned that he was being connected to it, by Kimveer Gill, he was horrified. And so, when they played at the Bell Centre last night, he addressed it head on. Now I have to warn you, there is strong language in what he had to say.”

Dave Mustaine, live on stage, speaks, “That son-of-a-bitch tried to bring me into this, and say that A Tout Le Monde had something to do with him. Now what I know, and what I know about you, is that guy was not worthy of being a fan of Megadeath. So, without getting on my soapbox, I just want to say to the people who are living, this is your song –to the people that were hurt, I hope you get well soon. To the people who we’ve lost –you looking down in heaven at that son-of-a-bitch in hell, I hope that he fries for a long time.”

A fan comments, “A very good idea, very appropriate. I loved what he said about the song.”

Another fan comments, “He wanted to make the point that the people here were real fans and have nothing in common with people like the crazy guy who did what he did at Dawson.”

Back in studio, Michel comments, “…You really gotta hand it to the band, I mean, they handled a delicate situation fairly well.”

Anna Asimakopulos replies, “Yes. He addressed it, he talked about it to any reporter that wanted to ask him questions about it, and spoke passionately and eloquently about it last night.”

Michel comments, “Yeah, as we saw right here on the newscast. Okay, so let’s go from heavy metal to the, well, other end of the spectrum really, right? We’re gonna talk violins here?”

Anna Asimakopulos replies, “Well, we’re gonna talk about the McGill Faculty of Music, which last year was renamed The Schulich School of Music, after Seymour Schulich, who donated $20 million to the Faculty last year. And he hasn’t stopped there with his giving. He just set up a scholarship called the Violin D’Or. And this scholarship is going to help promising young musicians, and it’s a generous scholarship -$20,000 to go to one deserving student every year. And this year’s recipient of the Violin D’Or is the violinist Emmanuel Vukovich. And at this point, the Schulich School of Music is considered one of the top ten faculties of music in all of North America –and this scholarship is yet one more way to attract promising young students.”

Michel comments, “Nice cheque, I would say.” Anna Asimakopulos replies, “Yes.” Michel adds, “Doesn’t fit in the pocket very well though. Thanks, Anna.” Anna replies, “You’re welcome, Michel.”

Michel continues, “Well, stay with us. We’re back in a moment with a chance to win tickets to the Massy Lectures, and to nominate your favorite teacher for Montreal Matters. You’re watching CBC News at Six.” And then, the third commercial break.

Upon returning, “As the bumper just said it, we have tickets to give away –this time to the Massey Lectures. The speaker is McGill professor Margaret Somerville. She’s a renowned ethicist and writer. So to enter the contest you can send an email to mtlcomm@cbc.ca. The 10^th email will be the winner. The lecture is on Wednesday, October the 11^th at the Mount Royal Conference Centre. Now, for more on the Massey Lectures, you can visit our website, there’s plenty of info there. The address is www.cbc.ca/montreal. Now, you click on the link marked 2006 Massey Lectures for information and a background look at Margaret Somerville.”

“And, yeah, just one more thing before we leave you tonight. Next week is the start of Montreal Matters. And this year, as we’ve been telling you, we’re focusing on school. Now here’s where you come in. We want to hear about your favorite teacher, or one that’s done wonders, maybe, for your kids. Here’s how to reach us: You can send us an email to newsatsixmontreal@cbc.ca, or call us at 514-597-5626. I’m sure there’s a teacher in your memory there somewhere.”

“And that’s our show for tonight. Ian Hanomansing is up next, with the latest national and international news. I’m Michel Godbout. And 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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