World Report - July 16: Wednesday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: July 16, 2025

First Nations Chiefs arrive in Ottawa to talk to Prime Minister Mark Carney about Bill C-5. 9 First Nations in Ontario have filed an application to strike down Federal and Ontario "major projects" legislation.At least 20 people have been killed at an aid distribution site in Gaza. The Chance Harbour fire in Newfoundland has grown and is destroying a community of summer cabins. Sotheby's auctioning off the largest piece of Mars on Planet Earth. 

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This is a CBC Podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Marcia Young. Prime Minister Marconi's major projects legislation may be be law but the controversy is far from over and First Nations leaders are arriving in Ottawa to talk to him. The federal government is hosting a summit tomorrow on C5. Carney says it will help strengthen the Canadian economy in the face of US tariffs but as David Thurton reports First Nations chiefs worry it will trample their rights. This is the first time in over a decade that the Prime Minister will be hosting a meeting

with all First Nations chiefs across the country. Valerie Gideon, the top public servant in Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, underscoring the importance of Thursday's summit with Mark Kearney. Gideon spoke recently to the Assembly of First Nations about the summit's purpose. To have this discussion with respect to issues of critical importance on the implementation of the Act. The Act she's talking about is C5, a controversial federal law that enables Ottawa to fast-track energy and transportation infrastructure deemed to be in the

national interest, approving pipelines and ports upfront before an environmental assessment and indigenous consultation is complete. It's necessary, Carney says, to shield the economy against Donald Trump's tariffs, but some First Nations leaders are opposed. The layout of the meeting is not very conducive of any type of dialogue between the Chiefs and Canada. ...Treaty of Alberta Grand Chief Trevor Mercury with his concerns about how the summit will unfold. Going to be the Chief sitting there and listening to Prime Minister Carney roll out his plans, which is not acceptable. Ahead of the meeting, nine First Nations in Ontario launched a constitutional court challenge

of C-5 and the provincial law, Bill 5, in the Ontario Superior Court, saying both threatened their ways of life. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. As David mentioned, nine First Nations in Ontario have filed an application to strike down both the federal and Ontario versions of this bill. We just heard from their lawyer, Kate Kempton. The general public should be alarmed by this. These laws were purportedly brought in to address the threats from south of the border.

And yet, they are structured in ways that we become what we say we're threatened by. We become a place of not caring about human rights, environmental protections. She says the First Nations she represents agree decision-making on economic development should be streamlined, but the rights of First Nations should not be overridden to compensate for bureaucratic inertia. At least 20 Palestinians have died at a US-Israeli-run aid distribution site. It happened in the southern Gaza city of Hanunis. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is blaming what it calls armed agitators for causing

a stampede in the crowd. It is the first time the GHF is confirming deaths at one of its aid locations. The UN has rejected the foundation calling its system unworkable and unethical. The CBC's Anna Cunningham reports. Rushed into Gaza's Nasser Hospital, those who reportedly suffocated at what is being described as a stampede at an aid distribution site, the bodies of the dead returned to waiting relatives. CBC News is unable to verify exactly what happened at the food aid point in Khan Younes, run by the privately managed Israel

US Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. In a statement the GHF says 19 victims were trampled and one was stabbed. The GHF says 19 victims were trampled and one was stabbed. The GHF says, quote, we have credible reason to believe that elements within the crowd armed and affiliated with Hamas deliberately fomented the unrest. Eyewitnesses claim Israeli forces opened fire on the crowd. The Israel Defense Forces have not commented. The work also claims the main gate to the centre was closed. They fired sound bombs at us and sprayed us with pepper sprays, says Abdullah Alian. He says people were suffocating and as the gates were opened people started to climb on top of each

other. I swear this aid is a trap, not aid, says Alian. The United Nations says it has documented at least 875 deaths at aid locations and convoys in Gaza over the past six weeks. Most of those killed were near or en route to GHF aid distribution sites. The GHF maintains that Hamas is responsible for firing at civilians. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. Syrian security forces stopped vehicles at a checkpoint in the southern city of Sweda. For a third day in a row, Israel is striking areas where government forces are clashing with local Druze fighters. Israel's military launched a rare airstrike

on Syria's capital Damascus today. Officials say they're stepping up attacks on Syria's Islamist-led authorities to protect the Druze minority. There are also reports an Israeli airstrike hit next to the presidential palace in Damascus. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is asking Druze citizens in Israel not to cross the border into Syria. He warns given the situation they could be kidnapped or killed. Fire crews in Newfoundland and Labrador are hoping for favorable conditions today. They will tackle the largest of seven wildfires burning across the province. The Chance Harbor fire on the Bonavista Peninsula is out of control. It has grown to more than 1,200 hectares and it is destroying a community of summer cabins.

The CBC's Peter Cowan has more. For the last two days, Ryan Pitts has been out on the water. When fire first threatened the cabins that dot the coast of Bonavista Bay, he rushed out in his boat to make sure everyone left. But now as flames consume the cabins, dot the coast of Bonavista Bay, he rushed out in his boat to make sure everyone left. But now, as flames consume the cabins, he can only watch. You're just heartbroken. You're broken. He's been hanging out at cabins here since he was a boy,

so it was hard to be there with one of the cabin owners watching it all burn down. And he just said, 25 years of hard work and fun and good times, you're just watching it burn. Now, the thing you can do. In one cove with 21 cabins, only two were left. Most people don't have insurance. His aunt and uncle's cabins are nothing but ash.

A place that's meant relaxation and good times, now filled with heartbreak. And even for those whose cabins remain, they're still worried. There's definitely no one out of the woods down there yet. There's still a lot of smoke, a lot of fire. And we had a little touch of rain, but it was only a small shower. Definitely not enough.

So I don't think there's any cabins safe down there yet, unfortunately. Fire officials are worried as well. Mark Lawler says the forecast calls for hot, windy weather. We could expect some increased fire behavior. I don't think we're looking at extreme fire behaviour but again that could change with the next forecast. Winds today are expected to change. Officials say it will blow smoke and flames towards nearby communities, increasing the chances that it's not just cabins but people's homes

that are at risk. Peter Cowan, CBC News, St. John's. Operations are back to normal at Vancouver International Airport. Several flights had to be diverted or delayed. A small passenger plane was allegedly hijacked. It happened at around 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon local time. As Pinky Wong reports, one person is now in custody. To see a small plane in that area was really unusual. And the fact that he was doing quite

a radical turn at low altitude. Paul Heaney was driving toward Vancouver International Airport when he says he noticed something peculiar. Social media video circulating online shows a small passenger plane landing on the tarmac Tuesday afternoon. Vancouver Airport Authority says a security incident prompted a temporary ground stop for arriving aircraft for 39 minutes. People were just more annoyed because we were already delayed.

Matthew Brasol was flying from Vancouver to Calgary. The pilot came on. He came on and said, oh, there's no airspace, the airspace has been closed because of a ultralight plane that is not communicating with the tower." The airport authority says nine inbound planes were diverted. Flights are now operating normally. RCMP say they received a report that a small passenger aircraft had been hijacked from the Victoria area

and was heading towards Vancouver International Airport. Police say the aircraft landed safely and the suspect, who was the sole occupant, was arrested. The investigation is ongoing. Pinky Wong, CBC News, Vancouver. Sotheby's in New York is auctioning off the largest piece of Mars on planet Earth, a 54-pound chunk of Martian surface found in the Sahara Desert in northwest Africa. That Martian rock had a journey of over 225 million

kilometers. Cassandra Hatten is Sotheby's vice chair of science and natural history. This isn't just a miraculous find but a massive data set that can help us unlock the secrets of our neighbor the red planet. That is David Bowie's 1973 song, Is There Life on Mars? Sotheby's estimates the rare space rock could sell today for more than 5 million Canadian dollars. That is World Report. I'm Marcia Young. It's on the Mary Cass tortured brow.