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00:00marketing at its best.
00:01You literally feel as a Swifty, you're one of her besties.
00:05The fans love it.
00:06They want to be close to her.
00:07They want to be a part of her.
00:08And I think experiential marketing is where it's at.
00:12And Taylor's leaning hard into that.
00:15By releasing something like an album to theaters,
00:18she not only is able to control the product,
00:20but also still invite her fans in to hear directly from her.
00:25The screening is expected to top North American box offices.
00:29And for a fortnight, there we were.
00:33Still, experts say the strategy would be tough
00:36for most other artists to replicate.
00:38She's also unique in her particular ability to sell
00:42and command eyeballs and mobilize her fan base.
00:47And could Swift's strategy of being everywhere all the time
00:51actually be too much?
00:52I think the people that love Taylor probably
00:55just can't get enough.
00:56It was awesome.
00:56We knew it would be.
00:57Best time.
00:58And that seems to be true, at least for these fans.
01:01Jennifer LaGrassa, CBC News, Windsor, Ontario.
01:05Fans across the country are rallying behind the Jays
01:09with their playoff journey now just hours away.
01:12It's an unbelievable honor to play for a country.
01:15The incredible run that's earned them this marquee matchup.
01:19Could we be on the cusp of a ceasefire in Gaza?
01:24Hamas knows that this is their only option.
01:28Netanyahu knows that this is his only option.
01:32How Hamas' latest move might impact the war.
01:38Accusations of widespread abuse at a former military-style private school.
01:43I wish I could go back in time and just say run.
01:49Toronto Blue Jays fans are buzzing as the team gets set for their high-profile series against the New York Yankees.
02:06Jamie Strashan now on how their unexpected run is energizing the city and the country.
02:12And the Yankees have completed step one.
02:15They bring on the big bad Yankees who finished just behind the Toronto Blue Jays in the standings
02:20but are still favored in this series.
02:23We know them well, played them 13 times during the season and we own that series which is why we're division champs.
02:29Guerrero to Lauer and they've done it!
02:33Excitement around this team is through the roof.
02:35Nearly two and a half million people in Canada watched the Jays' pennant clinching game.
02:40Fans from across the country already showing off fresh merch.
02:44It's Canada's team. It's the pride that we take.
02:46I think in the way the world is right now, there's no better time for Canada to have a team to bring the country together.
02:53There's even support from south of the border.
02:56No, a Red Sox fan, fan, throw and throw.
02:59Why the Blue Jays have them?
03:00Well, I want to see the Blue Jays beat them damn Yankees, that's for sure.
03:03The Jays' clubhouse has taken note.
03:06It's an unbelievable honor to play for a country and I think this team more than any other team I've been around
03:12has kind of leaned into that a little bit and they understand how many people are watching them every night.
03:23George Springer has left the yard.
03:26This season's success was unexpected.
03:29Oddsmakers predicted the team would win around 75 games.
03:33They won 94, propelled by a collection of improbable storylines.
03:38You could feel it in spring training, how they kind of had the mentality of they didn't care what anyone else thought of us.
03:44George Springer, written off by many at age 36, has been the team's MVP.
03:49Players with minimal big league experience like Addison Barger, Ernie Clement and Nathan Lucas became key contributors.
03:56There's that real sense of unity and a real sense of their friends as well as teammates.
04:01And I think over the course of a 162-game season, that really pays off.
04:05Now the real test begins.
04:08First pitch of the Divisional Series is set for Saturday in Toronto.
04:12Jamie Strachan, CBC News, Toronto.
04:16Now it's time to dig deeper into the stories shaping our world.
04:19Hamas agrees to parts of Trump's Gaza peace plan, including the release of Israeli hostages.
04:27This is a big day. We'll see how it all turns out.
04:31The sticking points that may prove insurmountable. We'll have more on that, but first.
04:38I was just terrorized.
04:39Former students of a now shuttered private school share allegations of horror and abuse that spanned decades.
04:47I wish I could go back in time and just say, run.
04:52They fought to be heard and now they're demanding more oversight.
04:58Samantha Beattie met a group of former students facing their trauma and determined to protect more kids.
05:07Academy, for the left, left wheel.
05:09It was Canada's only military style private boarding school.
05:14Attention!
05:15Robert Land Academy promised discipline and academic rigor for boys struggling at home or at school.
05:23I'm like, oh my God, I can be a soldier? Sign me up.
05:26After almost 50 years in operation, Robert Land shut down last June amid a wave of lawsuits alleging
05:34physical and emotional abuse.
05:36Every day at Robert Land was the worst day of my life.
05:38I was just terrorized. I just wanted someone to protect me.
05:42Now some former students are calling for greater oversight of private schools.
05:46If we don't see accountability, then the perpetrators disperse into society and they pop up at other places.
05:54The men of Robert Land want their voices heard to prevent what they say happened behind these doors from ever happening again.
06:02At this antique store just outside Victoria, owner Andrew English is flooded by memories of his time at Robert Land Academy.
06:13Right, turn.
06:15One, two, one.
06:17Seen here in the CBC Fifth Estate documentary from 1981.
06:21Fire to the left, right wheel, quick march.
06:25English was among the first students to attend the school in Ontario's Niagara region.
06:30I stand here because I didn't want to work at school.
06:34They told me I wasn't smart enough to go into an ordinary class.
06:39But life at Robert Land was not what English had thought it would be,
06:42and he's still haunted by what he didn't say nearly 45 years ago.
06:47It took me three years to adjust, and to say to myself, wake up, you know, you're at Robert Land,
06:54and you're going to try, and I've been trying, and I think I'm going to make it.
06:59I wish I could go back in time and just say, run.
07:05Run to the film crew, tell them what's going on, and plead with them to take you with them.
07:13Yes, sir!
07:16English says the students were pressured to put up a good front for the CBC crew.
07:23Pick it up, pay your debt, let's go.
07:25The truth was much darker.
07:27Physical punishment, a regular occurrence.
07:30You would hear the canoe paddle come through the air,
07:34and they would smash you from the lower buttocks down to the back of your knees,
07:39and you were told not to move or else your tailbone could be broken.
07:4311-year-old English lived in fear day and night.
07:46After one year at the school, he says he tried to end his life.
07:52I didn't want to live.
07:58Who would?
08:02English is one of 120 former students filing claims against Robert Land Academy,
08:08alleging physical and verbal abuse, primarily from the late 1970s through the early 2000s.
08:15Robert Land Academy did not respond to CBC News' request for comment on the historical allegations.
08:22Robert Land Academy provides students with a transformative, fulfilling experience.
08:28Promotional videos encouraging healthy habits and academic success sold parents on paying tens of
08:34thousands of dollars in tuition.
08:36The military model can be quite effective at addressing the needs of certain students.
08:41Despite its military appearance, the Department of National Defense told CBC News the Canadian
08:47Armed Forces did not oversee operations at the school. But they did run a cadet program here.
08:53After the abuse allegations surfaced last year, it was canceled.
09:00So do you remember this at all?
09:01Vaguely, but definitely now that I see the buildings, yes.
09:06In 1999, Noah Nisnik was 14 years old when his mom decided Robert Land would be a good fit for him.
09:13You would come in and they shaved your head, kind of stripped you down, gave you sort of a new set of clothes.
09:21That first day, Nisnik says the students were forced to march for hours on end.
09:27He injured his leg and the next morning couldn't get out of bed.
09:31One of the instructors flipped me out of the bed, so I landed on my legs. And another one of the
09:36instructors kicked me in the other leg and said, well, if your legs aren't broken before, they are now.
09:45Not only were Nisnik's legs broken, but he waited hours for medical care.
09:51The staff member who flipped the bed, Vincent Giovannini, did not respond to our request for comment.
09:58He was charged in November 1999 and pled guilty to assault.
10:02The next year, he was given an absolute discharge and stayed on at the school for years after.
10:08How do you feel about that, that he was able to just continue on?
10:11I think it's a travesty. I think like it's, it speaks to the fact that there's a lack of
10:16oversight over academic institutions where youth are, are owed a duty of care.
10:24Ontario is one of the few provinces that do not require private school staff to pass rigorous
10:29background checks. Unlike in public schools, that means staff with criminal convictions
10:34could potentially work with students. We reached out to over 40 private schools, but few responded.
10:41Of those that did, they say they do checks, even though they're not mandated to.
10:46Hey Evan. Hey buddy, how you doing? Good to see your face. It's good to see your face.
10:51In Vancouver, twin brothers Jarrett and Evan Holmes are on a mission to connect former students
10:57and dig into the school's past. What's the absolute latest with the academy?
11:02The latest is more like now we move on to press conference that we're going to have.
11:06They say they found at least four staff members with criminal convictions who worked at Robert Land.
11:13And now they're working with an Ontario MPP to introduce a private members bill that would
11:17require background checks. It would be really nice to see a higher body
11:24take some ownership of this and accountability for this.
11:27At 14 years old, Jarrett and Evan had undiagnosed ADHD when they started at Robert Land.
11:36Both men have launched lawsuits against the school.
11:40The trajectory of my life was altered forever by going to Robert Land Academy.
11:45They argued that they would fix us, which is absurd, as if you can even be broken as a child
11:52in need of fixing the shadows cast over my entire life.
11:59Evan remembers his first day there like it was yesterday.
12:03It was like a flash like happened as like a fist of some kind hit the back of my neck and my face hit
12:11the linoleum like that, like so fast. I just was suddenly on the gymnasium floor and it was like a
12:20huge man was like on me and I'm like shaking. I'm like trying not to cry, but the tears are like
12:26rushing to my eyes and I'm realizing I've just been assaulted by like a grown man.
12:34So softly I sing my song, should the darkness lift and the rains move on.
12:40Lifelong musicians, the men left Robert Land in 2000.
12:44They've both lived on the streets. Evan still does and says his substance use
12:51is a result of his time at the school.
12:56They want no child to experience what they did.
13:00I'm going to use every resource at my disposal in order to make sure that
13:05the advocacy is relentless and the mission is completed.
13:09Robert Land Academy has filed a statement of defense denying Evan's allegations.
13:18It says if any abuse, exploitation or assaults did happen, it was not the school's fault.
13:26Robert Land filed for bankruptcy this summer and its property is for sale.
13:33Former students like Andrew English are waiting to see how their claims will be handled.
13:39In the meantime, he plans to be in Ontario for the upcoming private member's bill announcement.
13:44What's done is done. What's happened has happened. The damage is done.
13:48I'm never going to be repaired, but maybe we can prevent something worse from happening.
13:55That's what I'd like to see.
13:58It's the first of many steps he sees in righting a wrong that shattered so many lives.
14:03Samantha, this private member's bill is expected to be tabled in Toronto soon.
14:12What more can you tell us?
14:14A group of former students have joined with MPP Chandra Pazma, who's introducing it at Queen's Park.
14:20But it still needs to go through a number of steps and votes before it would become law.
14:25And before Ontario would begin mandating private school staff pass what are called vulnerable sector checks.
14:32The former students I spoke to say it is an important first step and one they hope all parties will support.
14:40All right, Samantha, thank you for this.
14:42Hamas has agreed to parts of Trump's peace plan as world leaders push to end an almost two-year war in Gaza.
14:52And we're very close to achieving that.
14:55We'll break down Hamas' response and request for further talks next.
15:00Hamas says yes to some aspects of Trump's 20-point Gaza plan but wants to negotiate on others.
15:19Hamas has actually made rather a smart move by saying yes and or yes but.
15:24So could this be the first step to an agreement?
15:28Let's break down what happens now.
15:31Janice Stein is the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
15:36Janice, how big a step forward is it for Hamas to agree to parts of Trump's plan,
15:42including giving up power in Gaza and releasing the remaining hostages?
15:48It is a big step forward, Christine.
15:51Not that there is not a long way to go here.
15:54But the fact that both sides have accepted a different version of the plan but have accepted the plan at the same time is a big step forward.
16:06Janice, the U.S. plan demands Hamas disarm.
16:10Hamas doesn't seem willing to do that until Israeli troops pull out of Gaza.
16:15What do you think? Is that a major stumbling block?
16:18It is. But again, let's focus for a minute on what they seem to have agreed on.
16:24Trump is asking Israel to stop firing immediately and Hamas has agreed to release the hostages.
16:33Those are critical first steps.
16:36They have not agreed to disarm until there is a full withdrawal.
16:40That is correct. That's down the road.
16:42But what they've agreed on is significant.
16:45And Janice, we are hearing from Trump.
16:48Trump responded on social media saying,
16:51Based on the statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting peace.
16:56Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza so that we can get the hostages out safely and quickly.
17:04How much weight does Trump have? And how do you think Israel will respond?
17:09He's got a great deal of weight right now. Hamas knows this is their only option.
17:18The Arab world and beyond are united in putting pressure on Hamas.
17:24And Netanyahu knows that this is his only option. And he put his thumb on the scale.
17:32We have to hope that he keeps that pressure up.
17:35Janice, you do sound hopeful.
17:37A ceasefire is, I think, the critical first step here.
17:47Again, that's not to underestimate the difficulties.
17:50But stopping the fighting is a must to make any additional progress.
17:56Are there any signals that you'll be looking for at this point to make sure the plan is on track?
18:02Yes, I will be watching carefully.
18:07The negotiations about the timing of the release of all hostages.
18:12Critical was the release of all.
18:16This is not going to be phased.
18:17If that process begins, along with discussions about the other terms, that will be a critical indicator.
18:27All right, well, we'll be watching too.
18:29Janice, thank you very much for making time for us.
18:32Janice Stein is founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
18:36Thanks, Janice.
18:38You're so welcome.
18:40The U.S. has carried out another strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela today, alleging it was being used to traffic drugs.
18:48It was part of a series of strikes in recent weeks.
18:51The Trump administration said the U.S. was engaged in armed conflict with cartels.
18:57Eli Glasner has been tracking military movement in the region.
19:00Here's a look at a story he's working on right now.
19:03They're the enemies of all humanity led by Nicolas Maduro.
19:10Last summer, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro claimed a third-term electoral victory,
19:17one many countries, including Canada, refused to recognize.
19:20This has been a year of unprecedented repression.
19:25But September 2nd, in the middle of a U.S. Space Command press conference, marked a dramatic escalation.
19:32We just literally shot out a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat.
19:37What we saw on September 2nd was a remarkable change in the way that force is used in countering drug smuggling and narcotics at sea.
19:47You can catch Eli's full story in the coming days right here on The National.
19:54Coming up next, covering TLC in front of TLC.
19:59I was at the right place, at the right time, doing what I love to do.
20:04How they ended up on the same stage in our moment.
20:07This is the moment band members of TLC crashed a performance by Tish Period,
20:22a singer from St. Louis, Missouri, who was covering their song, Waterfalls.
20:26The duo was driving by a bar where Tish was performing.
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