Global National: June 18, 2023

In Dauphin, Man., there is immense pain in the small city of roughly 8,500 people on Sunday, a community shattered by loss after a fatal highway collision earlier this week. As the identities of those killed in a Manitoba highway collision slowly surface, police investigate how the crash happened. As WestJet will be absorbing Sunwing aircraft into its existing fleet over the next two years, what does this mean for Canadians? Despite very chilly relations between China and the U.S. these days, both countries are calling the start of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s Beijing two-day visit “candid and constructive.” Several German museums are returning family heirlooms — stolen from Jewish families during the Second World War — to the descendants of their rightful owners. And finally, those attending the Manitoba’s Professional Truck Driving Championships this weekend spoke about their memories and hopes for the future of the Trans-Canada Highway.