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Daniel dances in the studio.

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears glasses, jeans, a gray TVO Kids T-shirt and an unbuttoned denim shirt.

A message bottle floats across the screen.

Daniel says WELCOME TO
TVOK NEWS.
I'M YOUR NEWS ANCHOR, DANIEL,
AND THIS IS WHAT...
DID YOU SEE THAT?
I THINK I JUST SAW A BOTTLE
WITH A MESSAGE INSIDE,
THAT WOULD BE SO COOL,
BECAUSE OUR FIRST STORY
IS ABOUT THE WORLD'S OLDEST
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.

A picture of an old message in a bottle appears on a screen behind him with the caption "Cool message in a bottle."

Daniel says THAT'S RIGHT,
A FAMILY DISCOVERED A BOTTLE
WITH A MESSAGE INSIDE IT
ON A BEACH NORTH OF PERTH,
WHICH IS A CAPITAL
OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
NOW, INSIDE THE BOTTLE,
WAS A ROLLED UP PIECE OF PAPER
WITH THE NAME OF THE SHIP,
THE PAULA,
AND THE DATE,
JUNE 12TH, 1886,
MAKING IT 132 YEARS OLD!
AMAZING!
TURNS OUT THAT WAY BACK THEN,
THERE WERE A SERIES OF
EXPERIMENTS
WHERE THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES
WERE THROWN OVERBOARD
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND CURRENTS,
AND UNDERCOVER...
UNCOVER, SORRY,
MORE EFFECTIVE SHIPPING ROUTES.
NOW RESEARCHERS THINK THAT THIS
BOTTLE PROBABLY WASHED UP
ON THE BEACH ABOUT A YEAR
AFTER IT WAS THROWN OVERBOARD.
IT WAS BURIED IN THE SAND
UNTIL A STORM UNCOVERED IT,
AND IT WAS DISCOVERED.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT THIS WEEKEND,
I'M HEADING TO THE BEACH
TO HUNT FOR TREASURE.
NOW TVO KIDS,
LET'S GET REAL.

Now a picture of a lake appears on the screen with the caption "20 year drinking water dilemma."

Daniel brings a table with a bottle of water, a shampoo and toothbrushes and says IMAGINE YOU HAD TO BOIL ALL THE
WATER YOU USE FOR A SINGLE DAY.
NOW, THIS WOULD MEAN
WATER YOU WOULD USE
TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH,
OR SHOWER WITH,
OR COOK YOUR FOOD WITH,
OR EVEN DRINK.
NOW WHAT IF YOU HAD TO
DO THIS ALL THE TIME,
EVERY DAY,
FOR YEARS?
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
THE COMMUNITY
OF SLATE FALLS HAS TO DO.
NOW, SLATE FALLS IS
A FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITY
ABOUT 500 KILOMETRES
NORTH OF THUNDER BAY.

A map on the screen shows the location of Slate Falls.

Daniel says AND FOR 14 YEARS,
THEY HAVE HAD TO
BOIL THEIR WATER
TO ELIMINATE BACTERIA,
TOXINS, OR CONTAMINATES.
WAIT, HOLD UP,
WHAT?
IN ONTARIO?
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
WELL, SADLY, THERE ARE MANY
COMMUNITIES IN ONTARIO
THAT DO NOT HAVE SAFE WATER
BECAUSE THEY LACK THE FACILITIES
TO CLEAN THE WATER SUPPLY
PROPERLY.
BUT, GOOD NEWS FOR SLATE FALLS:
THEY JUST OPENED A BRAND NEW
FILTRATION PLANT
WHICH WILL CLEAN THE WATER
AND ALLOW RESIDENTS
TO TURN ON THE TAP
AND GET CLEAN DRINKING WATER.

He drinks some water from the bottle and says MM.
DELICIOUS!
NOW, OUR FEATURE STORY,
COMING UP NEXT,
IS AMAZING,
BECAUSE IT FEATURES SOME
AMAZING TINY LITTLE NEW
BABY ANIMALS FROM TORONTO ZOO.
STAY TUNED.

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