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lift the evacuation order this weekend. >> It a very short time frame from what the expert are telling us, but we've been doing an awful lot of work to get ready behind the scenes. >> Heather: more than 4,700 evacuees from fort nelson and nearby fort nelson first nations have been out of their homes for about two weeks now. The B.C. wild fire service in it latest update says crews are working on the edges of the parker lake fire. It now burned more than 123 square kilometers and is still listed as uncontained. >>> A hearing is set for today for the truck driver who caused the humboldt broncos crash. Singh sidhu pleaded guilty to dangerous driving in that 2018 crash. 16 players and staff with the humboldt broncos were killed and 13 others injured. He drove through a stop sign and crashed into the team's bus at a rural highway intersection. He he was sentenced to 8 years in prison, granted parole in 2022. His lawyer says the hearing will last only a few minute today. The order that would strip sidhu's permanent residence status and deport him to india is inevitable. But he he can ask to remain in canada on humanitarian grounds. And his lawyers say a final decision on that request could take months, even years. >>> The federal government is looking to push through new citizenship rules in the next month. It's a change for foreign-born canadians and any of their children who were also born outside the country. As raffy boudjikanian reports, the children would have the rights to canadian citizenship restored. >> Reporter: right now catherine burton's sons can enjoy this view, but there's a lot in canada out of reach. >> There is only one path for canadian citizenship. Therefore, my boys could not receive canadian citizenship. >> Reporter: she could not pass on hers to them as they and they are both born in the U.S. >> It is not a citizenship of convenience. For us it a fundamental acceptance into a country can. >> Reporter: in 2009 former prime minister stephen harper changed immigration law to crack down on so-called canadians of convenience. Facing pressure after ottawa paid $85 million to extract canadian citizens from lebanon during a war three years earlier between israel and hezbollah. >> This isn't, again, a free for all. This is truly about a technical fix to a bill that should have been done a while ago. >> Reporter: but instead it's been a long time come ing. The government fought a legal battle against reversing the move. Only dropping that after a court order hahs december found the law to contravene the charter. >> We want citizenship to be fair, accessible with clear and transparent rules. Not everyone is entitled to it, but for those who are, it needs to be fair. >> Reporter: marc miller is proposing foreign-born children of canadian parents who have spent three accumulative years in this country would become canadian citizens. Unclear for now how many people would be impacted. But the bill does have the ndp support. >> I've talked to family members where their children are deemed stateless, lost in the system because of this unjust, punitive, unconstitutional law. >> Reporter: conservatives have only said thaerm studying the bill. The clock is ticking. Ontario's superior court says the government has to fix the law in less than a month. Raffy boudjikanian, cbc news, ottawa. >> Heather: a canadian delegation is in france this weekend to bring home the remains of an unknown soldier in the royal newfoundland register m. An unknown soldier who died in the first world war where newfoundlanders fought valiantly as part of -- this was preconfederation and they were fighting as part of their own country. Today we're going to be covering a reception at the beaumont hamel newfoundland memorial and then the soldier's remains are going to be flown to canada. Heather gillis is in beaumont hamel to bring us the latest ahead he of the ceremony today. >> Reporter: this is where all the action is going to happen tomorrow on saturday. Here at newfoundland park. What's going to happen is that the french are going to bring the unknown soldier into the park where he'll be transferred to the hand of soldiers from newfoundland and labrador who represent all brancheses of the military. Now, why is this significant? It's the second time in canadian history that an unknown soldier is being repatriated. In 2000 a soldier from vimy rimming was repatriated to ottawa, but the royal canadian legion newfoundland and labrador command didn't feel that that

soldier represented the unique sacrifices of newfoundland and labrador. Until 1949 during both world wars newfoundland was its own dominion empire. So many men right here on this soil is safer ground for newfoundland and labrador. It going to be a somber with dignitaries dignitaries. Seamus o'reagan used to be the minister of veteran affairs. The transfer ceremony here is expected to take about an hour. Then the soldier will be loaded on to an airplane and flown back to newfoundland. There will be a ceremony once he reaches the newfoundland and labrador soil once more for the first time in more than a hundred years. He'll be driven past places that he likely once went. Pleasantville where they trained and then finally past St. John's harbour where the men departed for the war. Finally, the unknown soldier will lie in state in newfoundland and labrador from june 28th right up until july 1st. Memorial day. When the province commemorates all the lives lost here at the beaumont hamel and those lost in the great war. Heather gillis, cbc news, beaumont-hamel, france. >> Heather: thank you. Just to let you know, july 1st is very special in newfoundland. The first half of the day is memorial day dedicated to the war dead. And this is a very, very significant moment for newfoundlanders, this return of this unknown soldier. We'll be there broadcasting on the 1st of july for this ceremony, the arrival, the lying in state, the arrival on memorial day, and the rededication of the national war memorial in St. John's as well. So just want to give you a first indication of that. We'll be on the air with you the morning of july 1st. Heather will be part of our broadcast team as well and we look forward to joining you then here on cbc morning live. >> Announcer: Breaking news that shapes your world. With localCBC Radio Onelive to connect us closer to home. It's news you can trust, delivered when you want, where you want, on theCBC Newsapp. Download for free. Looking for a natural health product to reduce your joint pain. Try Genacol® Pain Relief. This clinically proven joint care formula contains AminoLock® Collagen and Eggshell Membrane These two ingredients help reduce joint pain associated with osteoarthritis. Thanks to Genacol® Pain Relief, you can start to feel results in just 5 days! Add Canada's #1 Selling Joint Care Supplement to your daily routine and feel the difference! Genacol® Makes me feel so good! ( ) That's a dq Chicken Strip Basket! Oh look at those tasty dq chicken strips. And fries! Plus all the dips! Oh let's order one, right now! Dq. Happy Tastes Good. There's so much pressure these days. Work doesn't seem to stop. And parenting never does. So when my time comes, I want to make things as stress free as possible for my family. Welcome to Seniors Choice. How can I help? I'd like to get a quote please. If you're a Canadian Resident aged 50-80, you can choose the right amount of coverage for you and your family up to $250,000. Okay. You can choose to apply over the phone now in just minutes. With no medicals or blood tests, just a few health and lifestyle questions. It's that easy? Depending on the coverage you choose, it would be as little as $14.88 a month. That's just 49 cents a day. That's cheaper than I thought and this coverage could save my family from having to pay for my funeral when the time comes. There might even be some left over as a gift for them. I'll go ahead. Seniors Choice are the #1 Direct Choice for Canadians Over 50. To get a free, no obligation quote, call one of our trusted insurance advisors today at 1-844-848-8154 or visit seniorschoice.ca. It's Leon's Storewide Super Sale! Save up to 50% on furniture. Save up to 50% on mattresses. Plus, get an l2 washer and dryer set for only $998 including a 2 year warranty! Ends Wednesday! A new arrival alarms the brotherhood of muscle. Muscular features signal power and performance. Attributes they've never seen in this build. ( ) Behold a new breed. Ready to swarm, ready to sting, ready to electrify. ( ) The defiant power packed hybrid electric Dodge Hornet r/t. Performance electrified.

Hi, I'm Mae Martinand I cannot tell youhow stoked I am to get a bunch of selfies with celebs at theCanadian Screen Awards. [beep] I mean, I can't tell you how excited I am to host the awards. That is the main and most important thing. >> Heather: this is a scene this morning. Tornados rip through region. Trees uprouted. Homes and buildings torn down. More than 500 homes and businesses have been destroyed and about 30 people were injured. The mayor has signed a disaster declaration to try to secure state funds for recovery. No timeline though. There's a task force to connect people with resources in our available so this is a very, very active tornado season so far. And now we're also concerned about what sounds like a very active hurricane. Weather scientists are sounding alarms over the new predictions that this upcoming atlantic hurricane season could be the worst ever. Some people are still rebuilding from past hurricanes and they already need to start preparing for what may be in store. Here's our international climate correspondent susan orems ton. >> When the hurricane flooded florida last august an otis snuck up in october. It was bad. But this year the forecast is it worse. Sfl this season is looking to be an extraordinary one in a number of ways. All the elements in place for an explosive storm season. El nino giving way to opposing climate pattern la nina. Usually linked with more is he he veer storms. A lack of strong upper winds that can help weaken a hurricane. And the big one, ocean. In parts of the atlantic temperatures are mimicking august already. >> The level of heat contained in the ocean right now is pretty much unprecedented. >> Reporter: they predict 17 to 25 unnamed storms. 8 to 13 hurricanes and 4 to 7 major ones. Up as well. >> The forecast is the highest noaa has ever issued for the may outlook. >> Reporter: typically canada sees about 35% of the southern severe storms. Models can't predict this far out where they'll land. Lee hit nova scotia and new brunswick last fall after feeding on southern atlantic waters. Another worrisome pattern, fast-moving hurricanes. Otis in mexico, went from a tropical storm to a killer overnight. >> We see water temperatures this warm, you're looking at intensity and you're looking at the rate of intenseification as well. >> Reporter: noaa names hurricanes. Remember fiona? It's picked 21 names this year, and that may not be enough. >> Heather: that is our international climate correspondent susan ormiston, and we'll talk more with chris about this a little bit more, what he's seeing in the hurricane forecast. We've fot one from canada yesterday and from the united states. So we'll see what he's watching for in the season to come. News out of gildan active wear t board of directors and ceo have now stepped down the make way for an entirely new team. This is in response to months of protest by the company's shareholders. And scott has the latest developments. >> Scott: yeah, this leaves a whole new blank slate. The entire empty c suite if you will for a vote scheduled for tuesday. This allows a new vote to come in. Clearly the current board and the ceo tested the winds of the shareholders. They vacated clear for the co-found and are former ceo glen shawnedry to resume this post. On tuesday after that vote. So let's take a look at the statement by gildan active wear coming out late yesterday. The scene we've been seeing the last few month. The shareholders made their views clear as we approach the annual meeting. That's tuesday. That the ongoing directest or the outgoing directors believe it was in the best interest of gildan shareholders for them to resign and not stand for reelection, allowing the new board to be seated. Now, the back story is a complete upheaval of the company. Last year the owner and co-founder was ousted by the board. They said he had no credible long-term strategy, he was rarely in the office. He was too distracted to have meetings with senior staff. And the board also wanted to put the company up for sale. That led to a war of words between the former ceo and

activist shareholder browning west stepped up. They disagreed. They wanted a clean slate. They wanted a former ceo and co-founder reinstated. And so hence that's what we're seeing here. With the c suite having vacated at all directors, seeing the vote tuesday, it looks like they're going to follow and revote in the co-found and are former ceo. >> Heather: okay , let's watching what's happening with shares across the market today. A big drop in prices yesterday. What was behind that? >> Scott: yeah, a lot of worry about the U.S. federal resefb that they're not going to lower rates anytime soon, so the market don't like that. We saw the dow jones down. The tsx down over the prospect of higher rates for longer. Let's look this morning. A little bit of a bounce back. First oil flirting with lows we haven't seen since january. The loonie as well is up a little bit but that's flirting with lows we haven't seen since the end of last yearem let get to the markets. A bit of a bounce back and we're seeing some reprieve of stocks as well. Google, meta to the up side and the s&p, the dow looking to be bouncing back if that big day yesterday. >> Heather: thank you, scott. >> Scott: thank you. >> It been a struggle. And I can't run, I'll walk. If I can't walk, I'll crawl. >> Heather: fwifs awe sense of the emotion cap which you wered in the new documentary called "i am celine dion". And that's our first look at the trailer. The documentary talks about her struggle with stiff person syndrome, that life-altering illness, rarest of illnesses. The lengths she continues the go to continue performing. She says the if I ammem is a way to spread awareness about stiff persons syndrome, but also to document her illness and how she's dealt with it. It's directed by irene taylor, oscar nominated film director. It comes out on prime on june 25th. And this, again, will give you another flavour on cbc morning live. >> When a girl loves her shoes, she always makes them fit. From 6 to 10 give it to me. Financial goals. Fidelity knows we've all got them. Maybe you want to own a home, or never own a home. Maybe you want to travel. Or have a kid. Or travel with your kid. Yours could be retiring early. Or never retiring at all. At Fidelity, we know everyone has different goals. But the one thing we share? We all want to get to them sooner. ( ) Ram Power Days are here.The power to choose fromthe most awarded truck brand over the last five years. Like Ram Classic.As versatile as it is capable. Ram 1500, voted bestlarge pickup in Canada. Or Ram Heavy Dutywith a no-charge Cummins. And you don't pay for 90 days. The power is yours.The time is now. Get 20% off msrp on Ram Classic for up to $14,200 in discounts. Plus get 4.99% financing. [dramatic] >> Does public transit really need more police officers? So this is it. >> Welcome to the Greenbelt. [missles fire] >> It is now believed the Titan was destroyed. >> It makes sense that they get a larger share. Or does it? >> All of this just [indiscernible]. >> Yes. >> What do we know? How is that even possible? Well, with a little bit of help, I think we can explain it. >> Announcer:About That with Andrew Chang. Watch free onCBC Gem. >> Heather: trying to get the old band back together for a documentary about the brat pack. If you're from that era, you know it's been almost four decades since the breakfast club and they were '80s icons. Some are still a-listers. Others you barely see anymore, either movies or television. So it a new documentary coming up on disney plus in canada. That will take you back and looking forward to that. A couple good document skwaerps coming out, chris, that we were just highlighting. You remember St. Elmo's fire? >> Chris: I do. And the breakfast club. >> Heather: as do i. Listen, we were just talking. Susan ormiston did a piece on the hurricane forecast. Noaa and the hurricane centre both with their forecast yesterday. It does not look good for the season ahead. What do you make of it? >> Chris: no, heather. It could be a lethal one, two pufrmg. Tough warm sea is your falls temperatures. Remember hurricanes need that warm ocean water. That's the fuel.

and you have likely la nina developing. And when you have la nina, that means the upper level winds tend to be calm. So that doesn't rip apart the circulation. Almost like a perfect storm of ingredient brewing. Of course it only takes one as we know. And by the way, here's a look at the names. Heather's name is not on this list. Mine is on this list here, but hopefully it not a damaging storm. Here's a look at areas along the east coast. The U.S. into atlantic canada. 4% chance of a hurricane hitting normals. About 21%. That's above normal. 42% chance of a hurricane land fall by the way. Major hurricane land fall at that. And really a better chance through the islands and I mean, there the infrastructure just would get completely devastated once you start getting the category 3, 4 or a 5 hurricane. So we'll have to watch that. There's no guarantees, of course , they'll make land fall in any one of those places, but certainly this is the year to be particularly vigilant if you have property down there, friends and family. East coast getting some rain showers. Newfoundland will be a little more steadier rain. Risk of thunderstorms. Scattered in nature. New brunswick. Tornado watches in place here. Actually hitting the ground. So that's good news. That I know he of. And then the steady rain across newfoundland for the next couple of days. Much cooler temperatures. Now, you will cool down tomorrow in the mayor times. So mid-20s today. More like low 20s tomorrow. Ottawa and montreal around 20 degrees. Toronto, hamilton, niagara, lots of sunshine. Mid-20s tomorrow. Some scattered isolated thunderstormsening although the eastern shores of superior and southward. And then into southern manitoba, there's that heavy rain. And it going to be with you all day long. Even potentially a bit of wet snow in the higher elevations in the western areas of the province, accompany canned by gusty north winds. So it going to be a cold, raw kind of day. From alberta into B.C. there is a risk of showers and thunderstorms for you too. >> Andrew Chang: May is Asian Heritage Month. Join us in celebrating the many contributions that Asian Canadians make to Canada. Okay, and root beer to drink? No. [gasping] What? He didn't get root beer? I'm getting frozen root beer. Oh! Try frozen a&w root beer with sweet cream. ( ) Milestones aren't for looking back— They remind us to keep moving forward. Introducing Mazda's largest 2-Row suv. With hybrid power... ...and spacious versatility. Made for more meaningful journeys. The first-ever Mazda cx-70. Available as a Mild Hybrid Inline 6 Turbo or as a Plug-In Hybrid. ( ) [Ambient Sounds] [Ambient Sounds] [Ambient Sounds] [Clapping] [Silence] This is her why. What's yours? Discover the science behind managing weight at truthaboutweight.ca. Woman: My grandson can choose to be anything he wants to be. Which reminds me: I've got a few choices to make of my own. Welcome to Seniors Choice. How can I help? Hi, I'd like a quick quote, please. If you're a Canadian Resident aged 50-80, you can choose the right amount of coverage for you and your family up to $250,000. That kind of money would help a lot. You can choose to apply over the phone now in just minutes, with no medicals or blood tests, just a few health and lifestyle questions. Wow. That easy? Depending on the coverage you choose, it would be as little as $14.88 a month. That's just 49 cents a day. That's less than I thought. And that money could help my family cover my funeral costs, support my husband's retirement planning or even pay off the loans. I'll do it. Seniors Choice are the #1 Direct Choice for Canadians over 50. To get a free, no-obligation quote, call one of our trusted insurance advisors today at 1-844-834-2722. Or visit seniorschoice.ca. jazz music

>> Heather: good morning, it is friday, may the, they I'm heather hiscox. This morning we are counting town to a critical court decision to a war on faas. The international court of justice releases its judgment on a cease-fire request. That's in just two hours' time. The court could order israel to halt its incursion into gaza but there are doubts israel will respect the court's ruling. Is this the end for rob lobster's canadian operations? The change U.S. bankruptcy is threatening to shut down restaurants here too. >> One of my favourites spots to eat, actually. Hopefully they can restructure everything and keep her going. >> We will look at how potential new owners could snap up the canadian franchises, and how unlimited shrimp may have done in the seafood chain. >>> Observe the road again, the latest installment of the high octane mad max saga roars into theatres today. Eli's here this hour with his review of furiosa. Also, the oilers win one of the ages in the nhl within conference final. Reaction to the double ot victory over the dallas stars coming up, plus. >> Good morning, london drugs confirms some of the data stolen in a cyber attack on a system last month has been leaked. The files may contain employee information. >> For morning. Heavy rain for southern manitoba continues through the day and possibly some wet snow in pockets overwhelm. And we'll have your weekend outlook in your national forecast. >> Thank you, chris. >> We're going to begin this hour from the hague as we await a ruling in two hours' time from the international court of justice, a ruling that could order israel to halt its offensive in gaza's southern-most city of rafah, potentially even order israel to withdraw from gaza at large. At 9 A.M. evenings the judges on the icj will rule on an urgent plea brought forward by south africa. The ruling that could add to a growing international push for a cease-fire between israel and hamas. We have new video from rafah into us today. The deserted streets in one of the city's main refugee camps. Hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians continue to free. The icj which is the top court for the united nations has already found israel's military operations pose a quote real and imminent risk to the palestinian people. And back in january, the judges ordered israel to do all it can to prevent death, destruction, and any acts of genocide in gaza. Again, you will remember back in january the court stopped short of calling for a cease-fire cessation of operations. Any icj ruling that comes today will be binding, but the court cannot enforce it and israel has already indicated it will disregard any ruling against its military operations. That could further isolate israel from the international community. So there is very much at play, and 59 stake in this nine eastern ruling. Julia chapman is in our london bureau to look ahead to it, julia? >> What south africa is hoping is that the court will rule in its favour and order a cease-fire, order israeli troops to withdraw from rafah and allow unfettered access into the area for investigators, aid workers and journalists. It has been putting forward arguments that the invasion, the offensive in rafah has made it very difficult to get aid into gaza, it has crippled a medical system already on its knees and displays hundreds of thousands of people and it does say that there is a real risk to the palestinian people from this offensive. And in its defence, israel has pointed out that this was a war that it didn't start, it says the rafah operation is essential to rooting out hamas and it insists that it has taken strenuous care to avoid safelyian deaths as it carries out this offensive. It's gone as far as saying, accusing south africa of working with hamas, of working towards its benefit, and it has pointed out that any kind of cease-fire order from this court would only be binding for israel as a U.N. member because of course hamas is not a state. So as you say, it could be legally binding for israel, but it will be very difficult to enforcement if this ruling does go in south africa's favour, it will add to international pressure on israel to allow more humanitarian access and to traps withdraw from gaza all together. >> You know, it's interesting reading israeli media reports this morning, the expectation seems to be that the icj will rule against israel in some form and so then what will the response be.

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