Global National: April 22

A chemical company in Sarnia, Ontario is temporarily shutting down after residents of the neighbouring First Nation reported getting sick. Levels of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, reached alarming levels in Aamjiwnaang First Nation last week. How the community is still seeking accountability.It is believed more than 100 hostages are still being held in Gaza, more than six months after the surprise Oct. 7 attack on Israel. But for those who know they’re loved ones have been murdered, they are already trying to adapt to their grief. How they are preparing to mark Passover, the Jewish festival of freedom, with sombre hearts. Opening arguments have begun in the criminal trial against former U.S. president Donald Trump, centred around alleged hush money payments made to an adult film star prior to the 2016 presidential election. How the prosecution and defence are making their cases. Plus, solar geoengineering is being touted as an alternative approach to slow global warming — but it is also an unproven technology. Eric Sorensen explains the science, benefits and concerns of this potential solution to the climate crisis.