Global National: July 23

Thousands of people in Alberta are on the move as a wildfire rages through Jasper National Park, one of Canada’s most treasured and popular parks. Heather Yourex-West explains what complicated the scramble to escape, and what officials are preparing for; and Alissa Thibault reports from Clearwater, B.C., where many evacuees ended up. With multiple high-profile Democrats now endorsing her, U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris is in full campaign mode to win her party’s nomination for the 2024 presidential election. Her first campaign rally, the money pouring in for her, the enthusiasm for her campaign; and how the Republicans are responding to this revamped race for the White House. With Canada’s recent population surge being mostly tied to immigration, the federal government has made some policy changes to try to crack down on how people enter Canada. How those changes haven’t stopped asylum seeker claims from reaching record highs, and why those numbers could grow if former U.S. president Donald Trump returns to the White House. Khaled Hussein, a Canadian citizen and Edmonton gas station worker, has been convicted in London of being a member of a proscribed terrorist organization, the terror group Al-Muhajiroun (or ALM). The deadly terror plots it’s been linked to, and what Hussein told undercover RCMP agents. And the grateful thread: how a Montreal family stitched together 100 years of success in the sewing supply trade.