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• Measles in Alberta, Hudson's Bay in dire straits, Coalition for Ukrainian security, and more

  Alberta is the latest province with an outbreak of measles, with the highly contagious virus now detected in Calgary. You'll hear how doctors are trying to keep the public informed before the upcoming travel season. Also: More than nine thousand Canadians are at risk of losing their jobs if Hudson's Bay cannot secure financing to keep itself afloat. Without it, the company could begin the process of liquidating as early as next week. And: Britain's Prime Minister is rallying Western allies to push for peace in Ukraine. Canada is part of the so-called "Coalition of the Willing" to fill a gap left by the U-S, which has signaled it may no longer provide security guarantees to Kyiv.Plus: Newfoundland and Labrador bets on tourism, robots in Japanese classrooms, and more

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• Canada’s new PM, Hudson’s Bay $1 billion in debt, Churchill portrait trial, and more

  Mark Carney is Canada’s new prime minister. He and his cabinet were sworn in this morning. The cabinet is smaller than the previous government’s. Carney says his main focus will be relations with the United States. And one of his first acts: taking aim at the carbon tax. There is already pushback though – from those who say his cabinet doesn’t represent the whole country.G7 Foreign ministers show solidarity with Canada, in the face of Donald Trump’s annexation threat.And: It dates back to 1670, and now Hudson’s Bay Company’s days might be numbered. Court documents show the retail giant is nearly a billion dollars in debt.Also: An art heist… unravelled thanks to a piece of tape, a storage locker, and a CBC reporter’s off-duty picture taking. The perpetrator has now pleaded guilty, and the iconic photo of Winston Churchill has been restored to the lobby of the Château Laurier. But there are still lingering questions.Plus: Canada’s sovereignty at the G7 finance ministers conference, the aftermath of protests in Bangladesh, and more.

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• Trudeau’s last day, Canada’s tariff fight, ceasefire uncertainty, and more

  Mark Carney will be sworn in as prime minister tomorrow in Ottawa. So will his cabinet – which will be slimmed down from the 37 ministers current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has. We’ll have the details of what we know so far… who’s in, who’s out, and when the next election might be called. Spoiler alert: expect it soon.And: Federal Finance Minister Dominic Leblanc and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are in Washington meeting with the commerce secretary, as Canada tries to get some concessions on the tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Other premiers are designing their own plans for how to combat tariffs, and they aren’t only worried about ones from the U.S. – Chinese tariffs on some Canadian goods come into effect next week.Also: Ceasefire or no? The messages coming out of Russia are mixed, at best. Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is open to a ceasefire, but has laid out a long list of things that should be on the table.Plus: Ontario measles cases jump more than 100 per cent in two weeks, small businesses navigate tariffs and countertariffs, and more.

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• Canada retaliates, steel town reacts to U.S. tariffs, waiting for Putin, and more

  Ottawa is putting reciprocal tariffs on U.S. goods after another 25 per cent tariff came into effect on steel and aluminum. Prime minister-designate Mark Carney says he is waiting until he is sworn in before speaking to U.S. president Donald Trump.People in Ontario’s steel town, Hamilton, say they are worried about their jobs. And the effect will trickle down to the whole local economy. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the tariffs will stay in place until the country’s manufacturing catches up.Also: The Bank of Canada cuts its trend-setting rate by a quarter of a percentage point. It also signalled an economic slowdown has started — spurred in part by the uncertainty brought on by tariff chaos.And: The world is waiting to hear what Russian President Vladimir Putin will say about a proposed ceasefire in Ukraine. Trump says it’s a good deal; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed on. But it will fall apart if Putin rejects it.Plus: Demonstrators in New York City support a Palestinian activist arrested for on-campus demonstrations at Columbia University, the Canadian Navy's top commander is in Antarctica, and more.

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• Tariff whiplash, Ontario suspends energy surcharge, Ukraine and the U.S. discuss ceasefire deal, and more

  The U.S. president threatened a 50% tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum only to walk it back hours later, causing industry confusion on both sides of the border. Donald Trump had said he doubled the levy, set to take effect overnight, in retaliation for Ontario’s surcharge on energy exports.Also: Ukraine backs a U.S. proposal for a 30-day truce with Russia. Officials from Kyiv and Washington are in Saudi Arabia to discuss a plan to end the 3-year war. The possible deal still needs to be presented to Russia for approval.And: Canadian snowbirds get caught in the net of Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, as new White House rules force non-permanent residents to register with the U.S. government or face penalties.Plus: Steel and aluminum industries brace for impact, Duterte is arrested in the Philippines and now on way to the Hague, melting glaciers and more.

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