More than 155,000 federal employees walked off the job after the Canadian government and Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) failed to reach a deal, with more than 250 picket lines set up across the country. Touria Izri looks at how one of the largest public sector worker strikes in Canadian history will cause disruptions and delays for a range of services.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces a political headache with the PSAC strike, as there's significant pressure to reach a deal before important Canadian services are significantly disrupted. David Akin explains the politics of the walk-off and the chances of back to work legislation being in the cards for the Trudeau government.

Just when Saskatchewan residents thought spring had arrived, winter came roaring back, closing highways across the southeastern parts of the province. But the people of the Prairies know how to take this weather in stride, even in late April. Mike Drolet looks at the impacts the surprise storms are having in Regina, as residents do the "Shovel Shuffle."

Plus, the death toll from a fire at a Beijing hospital rose to 29 on Wednesday according to local authorities, in what has been described as one of the city's deadliest fires in at least two decades.

And, researchers Michelle Taylor and Stuart Banks, two scientists based near Ecuador's Galápagos Islands, unexpectedly came across a pristine, previously unknown coral reef believed to be several thousand years old. Mike Armstrong speaks with the pair of researchers about their discovery and how it could be vital to help understand the impact of the climate crisis.

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