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Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, has made history as the first American-born pope and new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Redmond Shannon was at Vatican City when white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel, signalling a new pope had been selected. He reports on the historic moment, Leo XIV’s first speech and the reaction.

The female complainant in the high-profile world junior sexual assault trial says she is “saying my truth” as she faces questions over her choice of words. Seán O’Shea has the story.

Measles was declared eliminated in Canada back in 1998, but since October 2024, more than 1,800 cases of the disease have been confirmed in the country. Heather Yourex-West explains how that number is expected to soar in the coming weeks and explores the criticism being levelled at governments and public health officials.

It’s been 80 years since Canadian troops helped liberate the Netherlands from Nazi occupation during the Second World War. Mike Armstrong goes to the Dutch town of Groesbeek, where he speaks with a B.C. man about how he discovered a piece of his ancestry inside a local church.

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