Friday's top stories in 10 minutes

Canada's inflation rate dipped in March to 2.3%. Japanese news outlet reports Honda considering moving some of its production out of Canada after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 25 per cent auto tariff. Canada Votes 2025: Tariffs and international trade are the top priority for some Alberta farmers. On second anniversary of Sudan's civil war, Sudanese-Canadians want Ottawa to do more. More permanent residents tell CBC News about being stranded abroad. Swedish livestream airs wildly popular spring moose migration.

Housing a key issue for voters in Nunavut. Election promise round up: Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says he will give judges the power to sentence mass murderers to consecutive prison sentences. Liberal leader Mark Carney introduces a "made-in-Canda" defence procurement strategy. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh unveils national strategy to tackle the nursing shortage. Global markets are on the uptick, despite the ongoing confusion over US tariffs.Incumbent Conservative President Daniel Noboa declares victory in Ecuador election, seen as a test of his war-on-drugs. Peruvian author and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa dies at 89.Hungarian lawmakers prepare to vote on a constitutional amendment that would restrict the rights of 2SLGBTQ+ communities. New guidelines released for how to manage obesity for children and adolescents in Canada. 

Rosemary Barton looks at the campaign as it passes the halfway point, and what to expect in this week's debates.Ukraine's emergency service says at least 34 people are dead after a Russian missile strike on a northern city.Israel attacks the last operating hospital in Gaza City.Officials in the Dominican Republic say a woman rescued from the rubble of a roof collapse has died, bringing death toll to 226.China's president is looking to deepen his country's ties with some Southeast Asian nations in face of US tariffs.For the first time in over 20 years, a Canadian is in contention to win the Masters. 

China takes its complaint about US tariffs to World Trade Organization.The Trump Administration is exempting smartphones and computers from the punishing tariffs facing China.High level talks between Iran and the United States have concluded in Oman. US tariffs fuel calls for new Canadian pipeline.Voters in Gabon are heading to the polls for the first time since 2023.Canada shuts out Switzerland, 4-0, in Group A play at the women's ice hockey world championships in Czech Republic.Big Wreck named Canadian ambassadors to Record Store Day.

More than 100 mayors and municipal leaders push to get the environment back on the election agenda.  Prime Minister Mark Carney convenes cabinet committee to discuss Donald Trump's tariffs. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promises his government will not pass any laws to restrict abortion. China raises its counter measures on the US. Asian stock markets slide further growing fears of China-US trade war. US Supreme Court rules unanimously against the Trump Administration on controversial immigration file. US diplomatic envoy arrives in Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin A closer look at the push for global carbon tax on international shipping.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says Mark Carney is not the right person to enter trade talks with the United States.  Liberal and NDP leaders campaign in the same Saskatoon riding.  U.S.-Russian dual citizen and ballerina Ksenia Karelina released in prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington.  Ukraine's president accused Russia of recruiting more than 150 Chinese nationals online to join its war effort.  Death toll on Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse rises to at least 218.  UPEI artist-in-residence quits over controversial painting about US politics. 

China ups tariffs on U.S. imports to 84%, starting at midnight.Canada's retaliatory 25% tariff on US-made vehicles that do not comply with new NAFTA rules goes into effect. Israeli airstrike kills at least 29 Palestinians in Gaza City. Some Muslim and Arab-Canadian voters want to hear more from Canada's leaders on the war in Gaza. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pitches a new tough on crime law. Longtime Ottawa resident stranded in the United Kingdom after her wallet and permanent residency card were stolen.

North American markets looking up on opening, after a chaotic Monday. Thousands of Conservative supporters show up to Pierre Poilievre rally, featuring former prime minister Stephen Harper. Liberal leader Mark Carney says Canada is fighting US tariffs on every front. High-level indirect talks between the US and Iran expected this weekend. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his troops have captured 2 Chinese fighters working with Russia in eastern Ukraine.At least 18 people are dead after the roof of a nightclub collapsed in the Dominican Republic.2SLGBTQ+ people in Nova Scotia say they feel unsafe after sex shop and bookstore repeatedly vandalized. 

A volitile day on the global stock market, following US President's Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plan. European Union trade ministers meet to discuss how the 27-country block will respond to new tariffs. Palestinian medics say 1 reporter killed, 9 more injured in Israeli strike on media tent in Khan Younis.Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney make very different pitched to voters in British Columbia.NDP leader Jagmeet Singh meets with laid off Hudson's Bay workers.Some customers accuse PC Optimum of unfair practices.

We're approaching the halfway mark of the federal election campaign.NDP leader Jagmeet Singh announces affordable housing plan.One man is under arrest after an hours-long lockdown on Parliament Hill.Ukraine says at least one person is dead after overnight drone and missile strikes in Kyiv.Pope Francis makes his first public appearance since being discharged from hospital two weeks ago.Some of President Donald Trump's new policies have some Canadian sports teams choosing to stay put. Baseball bat makers are seeing a surge in the sport's latest craze - the torpedo bat. Canadian scientist, Dr. Daniel Drucker, wins 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for role in discovering hormone used in Ozempic.