Global National: June 26

Newfoundland and Labrador’s commercial cod fishery is partially reopening for the first time since July 1992, when hundreds of coastal communities that long depended on cod lost their economic and cultural heart. Why the moratorium is being lifted, what it means for the province, and how politics may be at play. A home in Winnipeg has exploded, leaving a neighbourhood in shock. The destruction, and what firefighters are saying about the blast. Millions of Americans are dealing with severe weather in the U.S. Midwest, where days of torrential rain have caused catastrophic flooding in at least four states. How conditions are expected to get worse, and how ferocious floodwaters caused a home to collapse in Minnesota. While Calgary is expected to lift its water restrictions soon, nearby First Nations have lived without clean drinking water for years. Heather Yourex-West visits Stoney Nakoda Nations, Alta., where progress has been painfully slow despite promises from the federal government. Plus, some paddlers from across Canada have set off from Oka, Que., to Ottawa on a journey to retrace the steps of an Indigenous hero, Algonquin Grand Chief Constant Pinesi. What the Pinesi Paddle means to those taking part.