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Your World Tonight

Your World Tonight

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Summary

Wrap your day with the world’s biggest stories. We set the bar on the daily news catch-up, going deeper on news stories that speak to the moment.

An evening news podcast updated seven days a week, from CBC News. Sort out what's real, what's relevant and what’s truly new, from a Canadian perspective.

Context, analysis and surprise — all in about 25 minutes.

Copyright © CBC 2026
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Episodes
  • Hantavirus cruise, Nova Scotia's digital health record system, Elton John honoured in Toronto, and more
    May 9 2026

    In less than 24 hours, passengers aboard the cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak will finally be back on terra firma. But their confinement has yet to end as health officials race to contain further spread of the respiratory virus. You'll hear how health officials are preparing, and how the four Canadians still onboard will be brought home.


    Also: Nova Scotia is rolling out a new digital health records system this weekend. The goal is to give all providers treating a patient access to the same information. But for weeks, critics have called for the launch to be delayed. They the system has already led to patient harms in one Halifax hospital.


    And: Elton John is being celebrated tonight in Toronto with an award that bears the name of another legendary pianist. John will receive The Glen Gould Prize tonight - for both his long music career and his humanitarian activism.


    Plus: Political turmoil for the U.K. Labour party, Job losses for Indians working in the Persian Gulf, and more.

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    29 mins
  • Student data hack, major concern on major projects, UFO files, and more
    May 8 2026

    Thousands of schools around the world have been hit by a cyber attack. Student data — including names, email addresses, ID numbers, and messages — may all have been compromised.


    And: Environmental groups are warning about Ottawa’s latest plan to cut the red tape and get natural resource projects moving more quickly.


    Also: The Pentagon releases files on UFOs, also known as UAPs. There are no clear photos of little green men or flying saucers, but there is a somewhat mysterious picture taken from the surface of the moon during the Apollo 17 mission.


    Plus: A CBC News exclusive interview with a top executive at Live Nation, Canada’s newest sports team — The Toronto Tempo — make their debut in the WNBA, the concerns around flavoured vapes, and more.

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    28 mins
  • Tracking hantavirus, HIV public health emergency, Franklin expedition remains identified, and more
    May 7 2026

    Public health officials around the world are working to trace passengers of a cruise ship where hantavirus was detected. Three people in Canada are isolating. Two of them were on the cruise ship before the outbreak was identified.


    And: Manitoba declares the spread of HIV a public health emergency. The province has some of the highest HIV rates in Canada.


    Also: After years of searching, testing, and academic debate… a team of researchers from the University of Waterloo say they have definitively identified the remains of four sailors belonging to the doomed Franklin Expedition.


    Plus: Bell work from home legal battle, natural resource expedited approvals, former Alberta Premier wants to know how his personal info was allegedly leaked and showcased at a meeting for separatists, and more.

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    27 mins
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