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>>> Ao talking about westjet's proposal for cheaper airfare. Are you willing to bring in no carry-on? We'll talk more about that. Also talking about canada's inflation rate trending downward. What could this mean? Could we see more of it? We'll talk about all of that and more coming up on cbc news network. Top stories are next. >> Andrew Chang: May is Asian Heritage Month. Join us in celebrating the many contribuons that a Canadians make to Canada. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Loving the uncommon is a wonderful thing we have in common. ( ) There's a new Tims run in town with new Flatbread Pizza. Served hot out of the oven and freshly prepared in Chicken Parmesan, Pepperoni, Simply Cheese, and Bacon Everything. Try Tims new Flatbread Pizza. It's time for Tims Let's go for a skate, and a little chat. Because retirement today is not what it used to be. The good news is we're living longer and more active lives, but planning for that longevitycan come with some challenges. Thankfully as a Canadian homeowner aged 55 and better, you have options. The chip Program allows you to access the value of your home without selling it. So you can live retirement on your terms. If you're 55 or older call now for your free no obligation chip Reverse Mortgage Guide. With chip you get up to 55% of your home's value in tax free cash take only what you need in a lump sum or over time with no monthly mortgage payments required. Call (number on screen) Maybe it's time for you to consider chip too! Call now for your free no obligation guide. Call (number on screen) or visit chip dot ca. Call chip today and live retirement your way. Inez, you're using Head & Shoulders, right? Only when I see flakes. You should use it every wash! Otherwise , the flakes will come back! He's right you know. Is that Tiny Troy? There's no itchiness, dryness or flakes down here! I love Tiny Troy. Make Every Wash Count. >> Marianne: hi. Good morning. I'm marianne dimain. You're watching cbc news network. The university of toronto has issued a trespass notice to a pro-palestinian encampment on its grounds. An encampment was set up there more than threeeeks ago, and both the university and protesters continue to negotiate ution. The cbc's albert delitala is on the story for us this morning. Albert, what happens next? >> Reporter: marianne, officials with u. Of t. Say the protesters have until 8:00 A.M. on monday, otherwise they could face a five-year suspension or even expulsion from the university. And this follows about three weeks of encampment there at the university. And that encampment set up in solidarity with other pro-palestinian calendars across north america, call -- encampments across north america.protesters rejected the latest offer from u. Of t. In the offer, the university said it would not end partnerships with israeli institutions, as was demanded. But it did invite students to attend the board of governors' meeting next month to present their demands it offered to make working group in increasing transparency of investments, another key demand of the protesters. They hadntil 4 to accept that, but they didn't. They rejected it. They tught it was an ultimatum they said. It offered them a process that already exists. They said they wantommitments instead of what was offered. Here's one protester with where she sees this going next. >> We expect plan to leave any time soon. And I also want to come back to the reason this they issued this notice. They put out their first offer to us yesterday. Of an ultimatum. But re framing as the final offer. U. Of t. Knows how to bargain. They bargained with unions op campus all the te.the first written offer cannot be the final offer. And so we are currently preparing our counteroffer and hopefully we're able to discuss that at the 5:00 P.M. meeting on

sunday. >> Reporter: a representative with hellontario, advocates for jewish students, spoke with cbc news last night. He didn't answer whether he wanted to see police go in. He said the encampment needs to end. >> Ultimately what we want is we want peace. We want co-existence and we want to be able to study and learn and live and work on a campus with everybody. And unfortunately these unlawful occupations have brought intimidation and hatred to campus. It's time leaders across the country and our government leaders and well-meaning canadians stand up and say enough. >> Reporter: meanwhile, at McMASTER university in hamilton, west of toronto, u can see some of the scenes there of that protest that's been going on for about three weeks. Those tents set to come down today, after angreementas reached between theniversity and those demonstrators. The commitments from the university there include a framework for human rights considerations and international agreements and also an annl disclosure of all direct investments that they make. >> Marianne: albert, there are also some developments out of montreal. What's happening there? >> Reporter: yeah. The université du québec. That university filed an injunction to clear an encampment that's been going on there for just over a week. They say there are safety concerns. They want to see those tents not set up within 3 metres of campus buildings. They claim they've been obstructing access to the property, also engaging in vandalism. Many of those claims denied by the protesters. The judge yesterday in court said that safety is the key concern. So we're waiting to hear what he ultimately rules in that case. >> Marianne: thanks for this, albert. That's the cbc's albert delitala in the newsroom this morning. Israel must, quote, continue fighting despite an order to halt military operations in rafah. He spoke with U.S. secretary of state antony blinken on the phone following the ruling. Key talking points are cease-fire plans and the need for humanitarian assistance. Journalist irris makler is following reaction and from the world court's ruling and gives us the latest. >> Reporter: at the moment no change in the plans. We see that from the action on the ground. Fightingcontinuing, too, hand-to-hand inside western rafah. So that's one reality. The other reality is the far-right members of this government saying there will not be any calls. They're not in the war cobb. They do not necessarily represent the prime minister. But the prime minister is known to believe in a continuation of this war as well. I have heard some legal interpretation suggesting that this is not actually an order to halt the fighting in rafah, so much to halt the fighting in order to provide evidence to the court that there's sufficient provision being made for the civilians who moved out of the city. And there is a suggestion that perhaps that can be dealt with separately and that evidence brought to the court. I did hear the judge who was rooting out the judgment yesterday saying it's an uh-uh forceable judgment, of course. They could send in inspectors within four weeks to see if the orders were being followed. All of that leads you back to the reality, which is that what is likely to follow was an order that isn't made, is a central motion in the united nations security council. And for that the U.S. -- israel needs U.S. support and the U.S. veto for an operation which the U.S. has long opposed. >> Marianne: let's talk more about humanitarian aid, because that's, of course, very important to get the tarian aid in have been going on for quite some time. The I.C.J. called for israel to allow the aid into gaza. What's the latest on that? >> Reporter: we have seen a breakthrough of sorts. Also as a result of pressure from washington. We have seen -- the big problem I guess is the closure of the rafah border crossing. That began on the 6th of may when israel moved its forces into rafah. There's a dispute between rafah -- between egypt and israel. What we heard now is there is an agreement that that aid can go in by the nearest border crossing inside israel. That's a huge advance, because for these 19 days, those trucks have been piling up on the egyptian side of the border. And so this would make a difference. >> Marianne: that's journalist irris makler in jerusalem.

>>> Hundreds are feared dead after a landslide in the southwestern pacific nation of papua new guinea. Aid workers have been struggling to reach the region since the landslide struck on thursday. >> At this stage with such large amount of debris, I think, you know, it's obviously they're looking at the worst-case scenario. We've got large amounts of teams from the provincial authorities, as well as national government authorities doing assessments, carrying out analysis on what exactly is required, as we then look at responding. >> Reporter: the landslide blocked highway access, making helicopters the only way to reach the area. Local media reports that more than 1,100 homes were buried or damaged. >>> India's marathon six-week national election is in its second to last phase. A constituencies are voting today, including seven in delhi. Reporterrish ishan garg has the latest from the capital, as voters are facing a heat wave. >> Reporter: heat is affecting the turnout to certain degree. I'm outside one polling booth. You can see behind me, not a long queue of people, because it's smack in the middle of the afternoon. This is usually when people do not want to come out and start voting. Most people prefer to do that earlier in the morning on later in the evening, when the temperatures are a bit more comfortable. It's about 44 degrees right now. And it feels just painful to be here at this moment. And, you know, that gives you a sense of how it must be for the voters as well. I'm in delhi. A lot of these facilities are not available. But we've seen in many parts of the country that the election commission has organized mist fans, coolers, dessert coolers to ensure that more and more people are coming out to vote and to exercise their democratic right to vote. >> Marianne: prime minister modi and his parent have been -- his party have been accused of being engaged in divisive rhetoric. Talk to us about how that impacted the election? >> Reporter: well, prime ministerarendraodi's comments and opposition parties said he made the elections very polarized, in the sense there's been an increasing rhetoric against the minority communities. The force has defended itself saying that the prime minister is not actually attacking the minority communities. He's only quoting what the party has said. For example, one of the statements that the prime minister made, which caught a lot of backlash, when he referred to india's muslim population as infiltrators. Later on the prime minister was not using his own words, but he was quoting somebody else. So now these type of comments have led the opposition parties to say that indian elections have become increasingly polarized. Some analysts say these sort of statements actually rile up the voter base and ensure that they're coming out in large in thes in his favour. It's probably one of the reasons, along with the massive developmental agenda that prime minister modi's party has, it's one of the reasons why he may be cruising to a third term this time around. >> Marianne: that's ishan garg on india's general election.

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>>> Meanwhile, officials have declared a state of emergency in a community in northeastern saskatchewan. Many people there are unable to leave, due to weather conditions. The only road in and out of cumberland house village is impassable due to heavy rains. The road is the only access route for transporting food, foul and emergency services. The mayor of cumberland has reported shortages of essentials such as milk, bread, baby formula and prescription medications. Community leaders are urging both provincial and federal governments to take immediate action. >>> The long-anticipated repatriation of an unknown soldier, who served in the royal newfoundland regiment during the first world war, is now under way. Today a party of canadian armed forces, alongside premier andrew fewerie, attend -- andrew furey attended a ceremony in france. Heather gillis has more on the unknown soldier's journey ahead. >> Reporter: the unknown soldier is back in the hands of the fellow regiment and the canadian military. He was transferred at a ceremony here at bamlanivimab in perhaps. An important site for the regiment, because this is where they suffered cost-effective loss -- catastrophic losses on july 1st, 1916. The unknown soldier is going to the airport under a police escort, where there will be a ceremony again loading him into an airplane. Once he's back on newfoundland soil, there will be another ceremony where he'll be back on newfoundland ground for the first time in over 100 years. He'll be taken past places he once visited. Pleasantville where the regiment trained where fellow members of the regiment will stand guard and pay respects to the soldier as he drives by. Then later next month, the unknown soldier will lie in state at the province's legislature before his full military funeral on memorial day. That's july 1st, where then he'll be put in the tomb with labradorite remembered permanently. Heather gillis, cbc news, beaumont-hamel, france. >> Marianne: new canadian research is showing that early treatments for people with chronic respiratory issues can have big benefits. Advantages for both patients and for lessening the stress on an overburdened health care system. Dr. Saman tabasinejad sam -- samir gun ta explains why early treatment isn't happening already. >> Interview: the patient level a lot of people are not seeking care. They're accepting their symptoms, accommodating to their symptoms, you know, copd for example, is a disease of older people. A lot of people get short of breath. They chalk it up to age. I ask my patients are you short of breath, no, not at all. How many flights of stairs can you climb? I don't climb stairs. People accommodate. They change their behaviour to avoid the symptoms, rather than seeking out help. And then the people who do seek out help, they won't always get the test. The test is not readily available. So the health system has its own limitat in terms of wait times for the test, accessibility in term parts of the country. And then ultimately also access to specialty care. A lot of people for us to replicate this in the real world in our health system. A lot of piece we need to adjust and tinker with. >> Marianne: that's dr. Samir gun ta. -- gun gupta. Fly to europe to see taylor swift? If you've got the money, it will be much cheaper than seeing her here in canada. We'll tell you why and whether anything can be done about it. You're watching cbc news network. [rock] go hard go wild Woman: And the crowd goes wild! you fear the blood the sweat the tears We fight the best we can. Man: We build our own legacy. Arena announcer: She scores! There's a new Tims run in town with new Flatbread Pizza. Served hot out of the oven and freshly prepared in Chicken Parmesan, Pepperoni, Simply Cheese, and Bacon Everything. Try Tims new Flatbread Pizza. It's time for Tims Let's go for a skate, and a little chat. Because retirement today is not what it used to be. The good news is we're living longer and more active lives, but planning for that longevitycan come with some challenges. Thankfully as a Canadian homeowner aged 55 and better, you have options. The chip Program allows you to access the value of your home without selling it. So you can live retirement on your terms. If you're 55 or older call now for your free no obligation chip Reverse Mortgage Guide.

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>>> The nhl stanley cup playoffs continue tonight in the lone star state. Edmonton stole a game in the western final opener on thursday night. >> It's over! 32 seconds in and redirected. >> Marianne: overtime started. The oilers penalty killers have been crucial in the playoffs. Successfully shutting down 19 consecutive power plays. Edmonton goaltender stuart skinner has three-straight wins since returning to the crease in game six of the second round. Game two happens tonight in dallas. >>> All right. Now it's time for your weekend forecast with rachel schoutsen from the weather network. Fans may need the umbrellas if they're out celebrating over the course of the next few days. >> Rachel: you got it. As I'm looking at edmonton, you're on the cusp there of the thunderstorm potential. Today we essentially have the process ato cross the -- across the B.C. and alberta border. Showers likely into saturday in calgary and edmonton. We're looking at a big system that's bringing a thunderstorm risk right across ontario. We've already seen some of the thunderstorms this morning close to lake erie. You can see some of the flashes of lightning, sort of the ugly skies. We have rain moving through cottage country. We're going to look essentially at the potential for rain all day long. But it's not going to rain all day long. It's one of those tricky summertime kind of forecasts. You can see this is a snapshot of around noon. Spotty showers in and around the g.t.a., some embedded thunderstorms. Wet through cottage country. If you make the drive up the 400, the 115 is, 28 likely to get wet as we go into the afternoon and evening. Kingston to ottawa gets into those showers 3 to 5:00 P.M. and you can see even in behind it, pop-up thunderstorms. It's a forecast we'll continue to monitor today. Showers into québec this evening. >> Marianne: all right. Thanks so much, rachel. Thousands of canadians swifties are flying across the pond to catch the pop store on the tour. As initial initial -- nisha patel explains, it may be cheaper than seeing the concert here. >> Reporter: after selling pout stadiums across the continent, fans can't get enough of taylor swift. >> It was like one of the most amazing nights of my life. It was incredible. >> Reporter: brian kingston saw the pop star perform in detroit last year. He'll hop on a plane to london. >> It was much cheaper than even what I paid for face value in the U.S. >> Reporter: it's still big bucks, but for swifties who can afford it, the cost of a flight, hotel and show in a european city may be a better deal than hometown tickets. On ticket reseller stubhub, the cheapest seat for the toronto show in november is listed at more than $2,800. Compare that to stockholm this weekend, $83. Why are prices for european shows so much cheaper? >> Demand in the country is not as strong. However, other artists maybe she's not you know number one. >> Reporter: there are differences in the secondary ticket market. In north america, someone can resell for as much as they'd like. While in all of these european countries, tickets are only supposed to be resold to someone else at face value. >> It's had a really positive effect. You see far fewer listings of tickets being resold for a profit, because the law is quite straightforward. >> Reporter: julia roley has been to three taylor swift concerts and disappointmented when tickets to canadian shows sold out instantly. >> It's super frustrating. It was especially really frustrating when the concert tickets first dropped and then immediately, you know, there was people selling them for thousands of dollars marked up. >> Reporter: she decided to shake it off and saved up to see taylor swift in france. >> When we were able to get the tickets for 250 canadian dollars, we were super excited. I don't think we looked at where the seats were. >> Reporter: ready to make memories she says are priceless. Nisha patel, cbc news, toronto. >> Marianne: taking a look at toronto this hour. Just a reminder. Your weekend business panel is coming up at later this morning. And our panel will have more on the high cost of concert tickets and what's needed to lower them. That's right after your top stories at 10:00 A.M. eastern. First, though... >> Marianne: it's hard to believe that watching him. But mick jagger turns 81 year and still moves like jagger. Here he is in new jersey, where they're playing this weekend. They're still touring 60 years after the first album. You're watching cbc news network. Top stories are next.

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