In tonight's top story: In Sudan, where conflict has broken out, there's a scramble to get Canadians out. On Sunday, the Canadian government suspended all operations in Sudan as the situation in Khartoum grows more desperate by the day. Nearly 1,600 Canadians have been told to shelter in place, but as Mike Drolet reports, getting them out is almost impossible.
In Canada, Alberta's energy regulator is investigating another incident at an oil sands tailing pond site. Dozens of dead birds and other small animals have been found at a wastewater pool operated by Suncor. The incident follows a series of leaks and spills from the toxic sites. As Heather Yourex-West reports, advocates say it highlights a need for change.
The Quebec government is backtracking on a major campaign promise. In last year's election, Premier François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec party pledged to build a highway tunnel under the St-Lawrence River. It was supposed to connect Quebec City to Lévis. But that project is now being scaled back, and some of the politicians who promised the project are taking heat. Mike Armstrong has that story.
A shortage of dental assistants across Canada may cause a backlog in oral health care and could impact dentists’ capacity to take on new patients, experts warn. Katherine Ward joins us with more.
Plus, China's recent show of force in the seas and skies around Taiwan has ended, but tensions remain high between the superpower and the island territory. It was in this atmosphere that a delegation of Canadian MPs visited Taiwan earlier this month, meeting with the president and other top officials. During that visit, Global's Jeff Semple sat down with Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joseph Wu, who discussed the looming threat of invasion by China and how to contend with foreign interference.
And spaces designated for students from marginalized backgrounds are spreading across Canadian universities, as officials say they are a necessary and overdue response to decades of racism on campus. Toronto Metropolitan University officially opened a space late last month for students who self-identify as Black. Farah Nasser reports.
