Global National: April 9

As Easter, Passover and Ramadan coincided together this year, prayers for peace between Israel and Palestinians were nowhere near answered, with tensions remaining high all weekend. Tensions also grew as China’s military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan with a second day of drills around the island. In Canada, Hydro-Quebec says it hopes to reconnect power to the over 100,000 customers left without electricity since last week’s ice storm, but some outages might not be resolved before Tuesday. In Alberta, the province is now just a few weeks away from an election, and the governing United Conservatives are trying to make their case for staying in power by focusing its attention on crime. Finally, baseball is back in Toronto this week, with changes to both the game and new renovations for the Rogers Centre.