0:08 You're listening to RSJ Radio. 0:14 Good evening and welcome to News Night. I'm Matt Amha. 0:17 And I'm Madonna Dennis. Tonight's top stories, security concerns under Trudeau's Liberals and the result of the Rolling Stone magazine defamation case. But let's start with the topic on everyone's mind tonight the US election, Matt. 0:31 Thanks, Madonna. The race that began 595 days ago with 22 major candidates will be decided today as Americans hit the polls. Though for both Clinton and Trump, the race to 270 electoral votes stands as starkly different. So within the hours to go before the earliest polls close at 7pm, here are your election headlines. The Hispanic turnout is way up this far which Clinton is believed to benefit directly. The all important swing states are up for grabs as well, among them are Florida, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. All of which can expect appearances from both candidates today before polls close with candidates as well expected in Michigan in New Hampshire. Of the swing states, Florida, Nevada, Ohio and Iowa are believed must wins for Trump. If Clinton can pick up even one of them she's all but guaranteed the presidency. With the typically firewalled south up for grabs as well. The African American vote is also way down, something that was predicted by most in Washington considering the surge following President Obama. It's something most have chalked up simply to voter disillusionment. I have Anders Marshall in the studio for more. 1:38 While votes from the African American population is down, it's tough to blame a lack of racial representation from supporters as a reason. Recently, celebrities in the Black community have been getting on fans backs to get out and vote. Jay Z and Beyonce have openly endorsed Hillary Clinton, alongside Barack Obama. Ice Cube and Trademark Fashion tweeted to tell his fans that if he could get his ass up early to vote they could too. Most notably Chicago artists Chance the Rapper herded attendees of his free concert to the nearest polling station through rush hour traffic just to cast their ballots. 2:09 With that said, voter suppression as well remains a concern with policymakers and police working with polling stations across the country to work to prevent it. Doubly so in minority communities, like in the key state of North Carolina, which reports African American vote is already down to 8.5% while the white vote is up to 25%. Now, Anders, have you been hearing about this at all as well? 2:30 Yeah, I have heard about a suppression issues. But I think my guess is these low turnout figures have to do more with a lack of minority representation in this election. Voters have become accustomed to Barack Obama on their TV screens. So it's reasonable to say that relating to, let alone voting for one of Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton is less likely for people of color. 2:49 Absolutely. Now with that said, even after polls close and a winner is finally named one question may still remain. How would the loser accept defeat? If Trump's comments at the last debate are any sort of predictor the election may indeed stretch into the days and weeks after the ballot box is closed. 3:05 I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election. If I win. 3:24 Tonight, there are many places to tune in to the 2016 presidential election, including a big screen TV broadcast at Ryerson Ram in the Rye. But two students at Ryerson really care about the United States election? Natasha Herman has the story. 3:39 I love this country and I believe in our people. 3:41 Go to the polls and vote. We're going to make America great again. 3:45 Today is the day the United States votes for their next president. As their northern neighbors, we wanted to see if Ryerson students have been following the election. First-year journalism student Sara Jabakhanji finds that she is more invested in the election because she needs to follow the news. 4:02 There are two very different candidates and honestly, I'm not a big fan of either one. But obviously I do give a shit enough to like basically, like keep up with it, even though it's America and not Canada. 4:13 She believes that the dramatics surrounding the election keep everyone entertained. 4:18 Like we've been hearing ridiculous things and we've just been hearing them air each other's dirty laundry. 4:23 Sahil Khiller an art student isn't interested in the election. 4:28 No, no, I won't be watching the election tonight. I may flip through I might just kind of swing by say hey, what's happening? Okay, cool, and it's kind of hop back out. But to be honest, I don't have any interest in it. 4:38 Fashion communication student DJ Barisha values the importance of tonight's results. 4:44 We're gonna be reading about this in our kids textbooks and their history textbooks that one blimp in time so let's see what history is going to be made of. It's kind of scary. 4:53 Whether students are excited or scared about the results tonight, they can drown their feelings with alcohol and pub food. The Ram in the Rye is broadcasting the results from 830 to midnight. I'm Natasha Herman for News Night. 5:07 Since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken office, there have been 10,000. incidents of government offices improperly handling classified or secure documents,. Improper handling of a document constitute something as simple as incorrect filing or failing to store documents in a timely manner. The worst offenders are Public Services and Procurement Canada, who reported almost 3000 cases of mishandling documents. It's still unclear if any incidents have directly led to security or privacy breaches. 5:34 Rolling Stone magazine and a writer must play pay 3 million for defaming a university administrator. The magazine published an article in 2014 called A Rape on Campus, but it was discredited after the allegations made by the single source couldn't be proven. The article said the administrator was indifferent to the threat of sexual assault on campus and discouraged the alleged victim from telling the police. The administrator sued the magazine last year and asked for 7.5 million. She claimed personal and professional problems as a result of the article. Jurors sided with the administrator today after a two week trial. 6:13 A Canadian lawsuit was filed yesterday afternoon against Samsung over the Galaxy Note seven smartphone. The phones were recalled last month following reports of overheating batteries that pose fire hazards. The lawsuit was launched by a couple who had to destroy their phones before returning to Canada from vacation. Our team hit the streets of Ryerson campus to see how the story is affecting Samsung users. Brooklyn Neustaeder has the report. 6:43 People love their Samsung smartphones and will not give the brand up. There are no more Note Sevens since the recall but first year RTA student Nika Turaban would be upset if her current Samsung phone caught fire. 6:57 I would probably slightly freak out and then try to return it and get another phone because I wouldn't want to risk having some part of me burn. 7:08 Last month a man's Note Seven started smoking in his pocket. There are worries that the malfunction could harm people. But sociology students Stephanie Manzanelli says she's not worried. 7:21 I wouldn't really think it was that big of a deal because if something did happen, then I could file a lawsuit and get money and redemption for whatever happened. And if it is a good phone, then why not go for it. 7:34 Despite the phone's catching fire, Manzanelli said she would not switch to an iPhone. There is a clear competition between Samsung and Apple products in the smartphone market. For student Hassan Ahmed, Samsung is a better fit than Apple's iPhone. 7:51 As opposed to Apple, Samsung allows you to do much more things with your phone. It's I guess it's much more free with its regulations and capability. 8:00 Samsung controls 44% of the smartphone market and some loyal Samsung users have no intention of switching smartphone brands. 8:13 Because I only really go for Samsungs or iPhones. And I do not like iPhones from my past experience. And I haven't personally had any bad experiences with my Samsung so I would stick with the Samsung. I'm sure they're still working on fixing all the bugs for the Seven so/ 8:28 Yeah, no, not at all. I've been a Samsung user for a very long time and I think I'll stay a Samsung user for much longer. 8:36 Samsung has yet to make an official statement in response to the lawsuit. But it is clear these Samsung users will be sticking with Samsung. This is Brooklyn Neustater for News Night. 8:47 Lab may have been infected by Ebola. The employee was experimenting on an infected pig when he noticed his safety suit was torn. Even though the suits are checked weekly. Health officials are not commenting on the tear. The employee will stay in isolation for 21 days. Health officials report that the risk to the public is considered low. The employee was offered an experimental vaccine. He has not said if he has accepted it or not. 9:16 Mental health experts are urging Ottawa to review all prescription painkillers sold in Canada. The Center for Addictions and Mental Health said that the high dose opioid medications should be pulled from the market. So what exactly are opioids? And how are they responsible for thousands of overdose overdose deaths in Canada? Opioids are a type of narcotic pain medication responsible for an estimated 2000 Canadian deaths by overdose in 2015. The number is on track to be higher for 2016 according to an additional report. The Ontario government announced in July that it would remove high dose opiates from its insurance plan next year. 9:53 A new project could have bosses helping Montrealers exercise at work. The Public Health Agency of Canada is investing close to $900,000 to a fitness fitness project. It will support people in their workplace with tools to eat better and to be more physically active. It's led by Cupsana, a Quebec health organization. Employers can choose different activities in the program based on what their employees need. This includes tracking their goals, personalized diets and motivational tips. The company's progress will be measured annually to see the impact of the project. 10:29 As seasoned streetcar riders know it's best to avoid King Street if you want to get somewhere on time. A report prepared by the city says the 405 King root is the busiest surface routing in the city carrying over 65,000 riders on an average day. Increased foot traffic from new condo developments and Queen streetcars diverted westbound from Spadina to Shaw streets are some of the factors slowing things down. 10:54 The Prince of Norway stopped by Ryerson today. He led a discussion about social innovation inthe SLC. Daniel Marino has more on the story. 11:03 The Prince of Norway traveled roughly 6000 kilometers to speak to students and guests alike at the SLC this afternoon. Why come this far? To speak on a panel about social innovation. Norway might not seem like the most obvious world connection Ryerson but moderator John Paul Boudreau said that Canada and Norway are leaders of social innovation in business. 11:23 But it's actually quite I think, fitting that Norway and cat are coming together here underneath the inspiring blue sky of the social learning center that is designed by Norwegian architect. 11:35 So what does social innovation even mean? Ryerson prides itself on being a forward thinking university. This is an opportunity for the school and the Prince to promote their current projects. The Prince discussed a project that reduces high school dropout rates. 11:49 For me one of the important roles of social innovation in this context is to empower youth, youth so that they can see and realize their own potential find their path. 12:01 Ryerson took the opportunity to promote startups that run from their Digital Media Zone. Their main goal is to use technology to improve the lives of others. One of these projects is led by Tareekh Fansi, it is called Roomy and provides children worldwide with all fine tablets that contain school curriculum for students grades one through 12. Fansi has a gripping reason for why he started the company. 12:22 I started my career as an investment banker in Silicon Valley. I spent a long career on Wall Street until doing this to redeem my soul, I guess. 12:32 The royals head to St. John's tomorrow. For News Night on Daniel Marino. 12:36 It seems a lot of people to stream movies on their phones or laptop. So it's surprising that we learned today that the theaters are still making money. News Night's Bryce Turner talks to movie goers at Cineplex about how they prefer to get their film fix. 12:51 It seems there are a lot of people going to the movies at the Dundas Square Cineplex today. It's these kind of crowds that are helping the company. This summer saw almost 15% increase in revenue for Cineplex. This increase comes despite the popularity of internet streaming services such as Netflix. Ryerson business student, Kelsey Peggedin talks about which viewing method she prefers. 13:17 Mostly Cineplex. I used to work at Cineplex a lot, so I used to get free movies all the time. Now that I no longer work there, it's mostly online because you know, as a poor college kid, I can't afford to go out anymore. 13:28 It's hard to walk into the movie without stopping at the food stand. So Cineplex saw revenue from food sales increased by 4%. That makes sense to Kelsey. 13:41 If I'm coming to the movies, I have to have popcorn and put m&ms in it like it's a tradition. 13:47 Movie goers also prefer the theater for certain films. 13:51 A few times, yeah, mostly depends on the kind of movies that are out. Like for some things like Doctor Strange and Star Wars and whatnot. Like I'm a huge geek, so I love coming to the movies for those kinds of things. 14:02 University graduate Dylan Stewart degrees, saying the manosphere is important for him. 14:09 I mean, I'm really big on like, cult favorite things. So I go to the movies for special releases like Rocky Horror Picture Show, where people do crazy things. So I like the fact that people come and enjoy their favorite thing with other people. 14:24 Attendance did go down slightly, but for now Cineplex theatres are still making money. I'm Bryce Turner report reporting for News Night. 14:37 Safer school zones could be closer than they appear. Premier Kathleen Wynne announced a new photo radar legislation for Ontario this morning. Photo radar is a speed enforcement technology that will take pictures of the license plates of speeding cars in school zones. Tickets will be mailed to speeders and revenue from fines will stay within the municipalities. The legislation is set to be introduced in the next two weeks. Photo radar was previously used in 1994, but was scrapped less than a year later. The difference this time is that it will not be used on highways. The new legislation comes at a time where pedestrian deaths are on the rise. So far there have been 37 pedestrian and cyclist deaths in Toronto this year. 15:24 After 161 submissions of Canadian works this year, Montreal writer has won the giller Prize and $100,000. According to to giller Madeline Thien's novel Do We Have Nothing is the best Canadian novel of the year. It is set in China during and after the Tiananmen Square protests. Thien recently received the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and were shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Thien commemorated this award to her since deceased mother. 15:55 Free tuition for 150,000 students next fall sounds like a good idea. But what about the post secondary graduates that are already carrying debt? We go now to Lisa, the reporter, 16:07 NDP leader Andrea Horvath, voiced concern for grabs at a press conference yesterday with Amad Musawi, the University of Windsor alumni. Grads are taking to social media today after Horvath's conference and asking, what about me? I reached out to the Facebook Bunz community to ask how they're feeling about her concerns. Michael Phil graduated in 2014 with a BA and $22,000 in debt. This is after receiving grants and $1,000 scholarship and the $5,000 loan he's already paid off. He feels torn because he agrees this program is a good thing, but he also wishes he had the same opportunity. Musawi started a petition in March on this issue, but how far back does he want loans to be forgiven? He has yet to respond for comment. 16:55 Well that's it for today's news desk. I'm Matt Amha. 16:59 And I'm Madonna Dennis. Thanks for tuning in. 17:02 Now off to Ammie Parmar with current affairs. 17:20 It's been a busy week in Toronto sports. Maple Leaf centerman nazem Kadri stirred up controversy over the weekend and the Raptors are back in action tomorrow night to tip off a two game road trip. Something you will find in Toronto today is a flood of Harry Potter fans, but not affordable housing. More from eco studio later in the show on their current housing project. Reporter Caleb McLaughlin talks to a worldwide YouTube sensation on his goal of becoming a successful artist. But first we have Sal on sports. 17:48 Thanks, Ammie. We're going to start tonight with the Leafs after their centerman Nazim Khadri stirred up controversy in the NHL after what some people are calling a dirty hit on Vancouver's Daniel Sudin in their Saturday game. I spoke to Stephen Ellis who covers the Leafs for the daily hive on what this hit means for Kahdri and for the league. 18:06 It was very physical game there was a goalie fight a lot of fights in general, but when you get games that are physical like that you're gonna find potentially one or two hits that are a little out there and that happened with Nasim Khadri. Basically blindsiding Daniel Sudin in the head and blindsiding in those cases, you basically you hit the guy in the head from an angle that the player wasn't going. I think it you need to get all head hits no matter what's out of the league. I think you just suspend if there's if they're significant hit to the head, it needs to be something that needs to be suspended because again, concussions are a major issue in every sport. 18:38 As of now the NHL hasn't given Khadri any penalties but the hard hit could be a catalyst for change in a league that has been shrouded with concussion concerns over recent years. Blue Jays fans will be biting their nails this week as Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion have just three days left to decide whether they'll accept a qualifying offer with the Jays. They'll either be taking on a one year deal or they'll head into the open market to try and find a better offer with another team. Encarnacion and Battista were two pivotal players that led the way to the Jays playoff runs in 2015 and 2016 with 64 homers between the two of them last season. The news comes after the Jays hosts the Jays lost MLB League Championship Series to Cleveland three to one. And you can look out for Toronto teams in the next couple of days. The Leafs will be taking on the LA Kings at 7:30 tonight. They lost their last game to Vancouver over the weekend with a final score of six to three. The Toronto Raptors also have an away game in Oklahoma tomorrow night where they'll be trying to pick it up after losing losing to the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. In international sports news there has been some big shake ups in the Motorsports world, after Joerg Sander, technical director for theAudi World Endurance Championship team announced that he'll be the new technical director at the Cyber Formula One team for 2017. Audi pulled out of the racing series this year, but Sander was a key player in the team's decade long dominance in the sport. It's possible that the could give Cyber F1 a major step up next year. The organizing chief of the 2018 Winter Olympics and South Korea says the games will be clean and free of political scandal. The comment comes after the South Korean President Park Chung-Hee allegedly used her relationship with the president to influence the sports community. Here's what the chief had to say. 20:19 Let's start with the articles quoted in the domestic media was exaggeration over distortion. Political organizations and also culture within our organization was not contaminate was not influenced to bias outside factors. 20:40 And that's all for sports tonight. Back to Ammie. 20:43 The Ryerson Rams curling program is heading into its second season. News Night's Bryce Turner talks to men's curler Alex Champ as he heads into the new season. 20:59 My first memory of curling is actually from when I was in elementary school. At the school they sent out a notice saying that there was free curling like try curling before, between September and Christmas. My mom was like, Hey, why don't you go and try this like, sounds like a cool thing that you might like. And I resisted a lot and did not want to do it at all, and she forced me to do it. Here I am still curling 10 years later, so. 21:21 Despite the reluctance start curling has grown on Alex Champ. The Ryerson business student is also a member of the Rams men's curling team, a team that you helped bring back to the school. 21:37 As part of the founding committee, I'm very pleased that it's back. It took a couple of long years of hard work to get it to be where it is now and even to get started. It was difficult getting in contact with people to school and finding the foundation to be able to make it a success. 22:02 I would say the low point was probably when we went to the Brock Invitational event in January. Both teams had kind of rough games we didn't really perform up to our personal expectations, and then kind of had us down a little bit for going into OUAs. But we had a couple solid practices between then the two to three weeks in between, a couple solid practices and confidence boosting at the league games that we were playing. And then high point was OUAs of course with the women's team. What do they miss the playoffs by one game, and then the men's team we miss playoffs by literally one shot. Like we played an extra end against Brock and they made a great shot to win the game. If we won that we were in the playoffs, but that's how it goes. 22:44 Perry Marshall, the Rams curling coach describes Alex's ability as a leader. 22:50 He's just a really positive guy. And a good guy to be around the team. He does not good be a good person to be a leader within the team. And quite frankly, doesn't get fazed by too many things. So he's got a good patient demeanor as well too. So all those things combined just really do make him a strong contributor to our program. 23:16 Audrey Walbank, a member of the woman's curling team describes working with Alex. 23:23 Alex is really fun to be around. He's really nice. And he knows what he's doing. So if you're having any issues, like any ask for advice, he knows what to say. 23:32 Back on campus, Alex talks about his education at Ryerson. 23:38 Well, actually, first of all, I came to school for architecture. Did four months and decided I didn't like it. So then I dropped out and took a semester off and came back for business. It was just something that I figured I could do something with. It's always applicable in almost any job. And actually, I find it interesting. I'm glad that I did what I did. I may have picked a different school but you know what, I'm happy here we got, as you know, we got the curling team started and I'm enjoying my time here. It's It's been nice living downtown. 24:14 But Alex is not just a student curling on the school team. He's also competing professionally this season with Team Rechlist, where he sometimes faces some big name teams. 24:27 We had a tough another tough field at the High Park event here in Toronto, playing the past Olympic gold medalist Brad Jacobs and took him to an extra end. So I mean, I'm happy with that. It's nice to be able to take those big name teams to that extreme like saying, look, we can play with you like we're on the edge of beating you. It's it's great to see that, so it's going well. Still a few kinks to work out but we saw some time before the Ontario play down start. I don't really care who I'm playing like I try not to let that I mean, I don't look at the name and say, Oh my god, we're playing this team next. Like it's not, it's very, it's very mental game so I try not to let it get to me. Obviously, you're still going out on the ice seeing these people you've seen on TV all the time. And it's like, we're actually playing these guys like, how are we gonna win this game? But once you start curling they're just your opponents, it's not, not a big deal at all. 25:28 Honestly, I would like to be playing at a level that I could be at the Brier on a consistent basis similar to Glenn Howard winning the Ontario title numerous times in a row. Olympics are in my dreams, but we will see how it goes. See what happens and I would like to be there one day, but it is a tough road. 25:50 In addition to curling, Alex will still need another career in the future. 25:57 Yeah, so I think I want to have a job that's going to be more flexible, allowing me to continue to curl competitively. Curling competitively takes a lot of time. You have to take a lot of time off work. So being in that position where you can say, look, I'm not going to be here in the office for this many days, but I'm still going to work. Call me if you need me. I think that's what I would like something like that where the managers and owners of the company can trust me and have faith in me to get the job completed. 26:25 In the meantime, Alex is competing at the university and professional levels while his other job is school. I'm Bryce Turner reporting for News Night. 26:39 A group of a group of students and their faculty advisors have teamed up to make urban housing sustainable and affordable. They're working to build and operate an innovative solar powered house. Today, I'm joined with Jamie Fine. He is a project manager for Eco Studio and an engineering student at Ryerson. Can you please explain what Eco Studio is? 26:58 Yeah, Eco Studio is a group of students and faculty from Ryerson, U of T and Seneca. And we're working together to design a netzero home that's going to be used for research, public outreach and to really shows to educate students. 27:15 Okay, I've I saw something about solar box, would you mind explaining that? 27:21 So Eco Studio is the group that we're, that's that's the name of the group, you know, like Apple is Apple, and they make the Mac. So we're Eco Studio and we make the solar block. And the solar block is just the what we're calling, you know, each of the units that are going to be these netzero units that I mentioned before. 27:40 Okay, and what did you find a need for this project? 27:44 Yeah, so what we've what we've identified as being a large problem is that most people in Toronto have to really compromise when it comes to where they want to live. So they're either going to live downtown in a shoebox apartment, or they're going to live in the suburbs and commute for more than an hour each way every day of the week. So we tried to do is identify the critical aspects of a suburban home and condense them and distill them down into what to the solar block design so that you can have it in an urban environment. 28:18 How is Eco Studio able to do this differently? 28:21 Well, most most sustainable design, so most people who are doing sustainable development, netzero development, typically will just take a they'll take a house, a normal suburban home, and put some solar panels on it. And they'll say, there we go, netzero house. But what we've done is we've from from the beginning of our design, in all the subject areas that we're covering in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, architecture, interior design, building Science, I'm sure I'm missing quite a few. We really worked together from the beginning to make sure that we can meet all of our targets at once, as opposed to saying, Okay, do the architectural design, hand that off to a mechanical engineer, now do your part. So we really just use a holistic approach where everyone works together as opposed to having a linear design approach. 29:12 What step are you guys on right now? 29:14 Right now we're doing the detailed design. So we're we're really trying to finalize our numbers. Do you know something like wall construction, so the thing you know what the wall layers are going to be going from the inside house. Maybe being some sort of drywall or other some sort of plaster on the inside, going to the outside where there would be some, you know, maybe wood or solar panels is going to be one of the exterior materials. So we're currently is trying to get all the details finalized. 29:40 So when's the project going to start? 29:42 It's already started. Are you asking when is construction going to start? That's it's a good question. There are two potential targets that we've had one being fall of 2017 and one being spring of 2018. So we are I would say say we're targeting one of those. It'll depend on the construction partner that we end up going with. 30:06 Okay. Well, thank you so much for talking to me today. 30:08 You're welcome. 30:10 It's been five years since what was supposed to be the final Harry Potter film was released. But a new field film, a prequel called Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is coming to theaters next week. The stars of the movie are on Yonge Dundas Square tonight for a special red carpet event. Emma Macintosh reports. 30:29 We also got a hat, a couple shirts in the bags themselves. 30:38 That's Evan Hoyle. He's been at young Dundas Square since 6:30 this morning, even on the red carpet event doesn't start until 5pm. 30:46 And when I got here at 6:30 in the morning, and they found out that I was here that early for an event that doesn't start until 5pm. They just handed me all the swag that they could find. 30:56 Hoyle has been a Harry Potter fan since the first book came out. He and his mom are first in line at every movie premiere and book release. Even though he's now a university grad, he says he's excited to dive back into the magical world he loved as a kid. 31:09 It's it's a Harry Potter event. They've always been fantastic. And I don't mean that as a pun on the name or anything, but they've always been a lot of fun. The energy is great. The Harry Potter fandom is probably one of the most supportive fandoms out there. 31:23 Hoyle is one of a crowd of Harry Potter fans already in line as organizers set up the event. After the last Harry Potter movie was released five years ago, everyone thought the franchise was over. So for fans like Mariah Smith, this is a big deal. 31:37 I remember when I found out about this, back in 2013. I was sitting in my grade 12 class, and I flipped out and I threw my phone in the ground. And then I went running upstairs and told my friends in another classroom about it. 31:51 The original Harry Potter series was aimed at kids, but for the adults who grew up alongside its characters, their relationship with the story continues. 32:00 Just like it was there for me at a time they didn't really have any friends. And it just kind of made me feel good about myself and other people. 32:09 The display in Yonge Dundas Square will stick around until Wednesday night, but Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will premiere next week on November 18. For News Night, this is Emma Mackintosh 32:21 Small town boy becomes a worldwide sensation off of YouTube. And no, it's not Justin Bieber. Kayla McLaughlin talks to Lucas DiPasquali about making a name for himself and creating his own music. 32:42 My name is Lucas Dipasquale. I'm a 21 year old musician from Markham, Ontario. I live in Toronto. I make pop music that's kind of influenced by hip hop, some dance hall, but also other things like soul music, indie rock, a bunch of different stuff. I like to listen to jazz and stuff like that. So I'm making my own kind of style of music and I've been doing that for about two years. 33:06 So what would you say the music influence was when you were growing up in your house? 33:11 Mostly hip hop. My dad listened to classic rock music. My mom really listened to anything that she liked. But I didn't really use it as as, you know, influence. I think it was more what I wanted to listen to and it was all hip hop music. 33:24 Lucas grew up on artists such as Eminem, Jay Z, Young Jeezy and his favorite act OutKast with member Andre 3000. Who is one of Lucas's most well respected rappers as a writer, performer and music maker. 33:39 So would you say that you're more of a rapper or a singer? 33:41 That's what I'm trying to figure out myself and I started singing. I got a record deal by singing some some dancehall music, but it was singing. It was really uh, playing the guitar and singing out the bars and stuff like that. On the other hand I would struggle with being called a rapper. I think people who are into rap music and are you know, hip hop heads or whatever people who are really really into hip hop would would not like to call me a rapper. Would not right away say that I'm a rapper anything like that until they've actually heard me rap. If somebody asked me what I do, I'd say I'm an artist or a music maker or some some vague term. But I'd say that if I was being asked, I'm a singer. 34:16 Though hip hop is the biggest influence on Lucas's music where he's from plays a large role in how people view him as an artist. 34:24 And I have had people say like, well, you're not a rapper. You're not a dancehall artist. You're not any of these things because of where you come from, who you are. But I think, I think it's more if you are credible, if you make that type of credible, credible music and you make good rap music. You make good attempts at making dancehall music you make, you know, whatever, then people are usually accepting. 34:44 In the beginning of his career, he was given the opportunity to travel to Jamaica and perform alongside other dancehall artists at one of the country's largest events, Dream weekend. 34:54 Okay, that was cool. Like, oh, you're the kid with the guitar, the white kid with the guitar singing dancehall music like that. And they loved it. They thought it was cool and they they liked that I did it. 35:02 Lucas's song, We Don't Have to Be The Same talks about growing up in the suburbs and catching a lot of flack in his life for wanting to be different. 35:11 I wasn't born in a city. I was born in actually a town called Markham and it became a city later it got bigger, but it's a suburban area. So I am a I'm a kid from the suburbs. And I think that has a huge impact on my career and it and and how people see me. Because you enjoy certain liberties and things like that when you live in the suburbs and you are not as exposed to a lot of different things that when I moved into the city I saw for the first time. 35:39 He moved to Toronto at 17 years old to attend Ryerson University before becoming a YouTube sensation in his first year. 35:48 I used to live in a student house at Gerrard and Sherbourne and it just wasn't okay. Yeah, like the the area was not okay. It was it was fine. Like for a bunch of young dudes to live in and we're all safe and stuff, but you're around lots of unsavory stuff. And that's okay. Like that's part of life that's that's growing up and stuff like that, but it's had an impact on the music that I write. It's had an impact on how I act. It's had an impact on what I want to do with my life and the things that I kind of want to accomplish. I started seeing all these things and being exposed to different things and just understanding what existed in the world. The suburbs just kind of gives you a little hug and you never really like expose any of that stuff, right? You don't have to deal with any of that stuff. 36:29 He recently traveled to Atlanta and saw the studio The Dungeon where OutKast recorded most of their music. It was one of the most memorable moments of his career. 36:38 I just kind of sat there and I was like, what the heck is happening. You know what is where are we? Like this is how did I get here is one of the is the crazy part of it is like how did I how did I actually end up here? And you know, you always fool yourself into thinking like it wasn't I didn't deserve it. It wasn't enough hard work. It wasn't this wasn't that but that those are the kinds of things you're like I had to do something to see OutKasts studio and like have people want to work with me like near it. 37:10 Lucas is currently signed to Universal Music. He's working on new songs and has some ready to be released. 37:16 I want to do this. I want 10,000 people to know who I am and know my songs and sing with me and want me to sing to them. 37:24 What is your favorite song of your own? 37:27 I have this song called 2009 that's just like a pop song. That's about my girlfriend and I really like it because it's like very genuine. It was the first time I wrote a song and I was like I am not fabricating or dramatizing, romanticizing anything about this content. 37:43 [Live song: guitar and vocal] Though I'm trying to keep my eyes on the television. But every time I look back she's wearing a little grin. I swear she's been staring right above my chin, and I don't think I can go home until I find out why. 38:03 As he continues to develop in his own career, he encourages kids from his hometown with the same dreams to keep making music. For News Night. I'm Kayla McLaughlin. 38:15 [Live song: guitar and vocal] Send me some science. Doesn't it feel like 2009? Doesn't it feel like 2009? I could have sworn it was the last time I felt alive. Doesn't it feel like 2009? 38:42 It's 6:23 Eastern Time polls for the US election have begun to close. This has been Ammie Parmour for News Night. Thanks for listening.