Your World Tonight - Could free sunscreen reduce skin cancer, Jota dead in crash, West Bank reshaping, and more

Episode Date: July 3, 2025

Skin cancer is on the rise in Canada. The vast majority of cases are connected to sun exposure. One of the best protections – staying out of the sun or using sunscreen. But experts say teens and young adults are exposing themselves more to the sun, with less UV protection. So, how to turn back that trend?And: The death of a soccer star. Liverpool FC striker Diogo Jota has died in a car accident in Spain. Police say the 28-year-old Jota - and his 26-year-old brother - were killed when their car left the road and burst into flames.Also: It’s been six months since Israel’s army all but emptied the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The people who lived there haven’t even been allowed to return to collect their belongings. There are similar operations underway in other towns and cities. CBC’s senior international correspondent Margaret Evans with a special report on the changing shape of the West Bank.Plus: So-called “pot hunting” at an archeological dig in Saskatchewan is forcing researchers to increase security, Canada’s trade surplus goes up slightly, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill passes, and more.

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With the summer sun shining, young Canadians living in the moment and risking lifelong health problems. Cases of skin cancer are on the rise as doctors warn a new generation of sunseekers about what else could be on the horizon. Welcome to Your World Tonight. I'm Julianne Hazelwood. It's Thursday, July 3rd, coming up on 6pm Eastern. Also on the podcast. He's putting in for Diogo Jota! Yes!

I couldn't believe it. I absolutely couldn't believe it. I didn't want to believe it at all. On the field, his moves were mesmerizing. For fans, his death devastating. Portuguese and Liverpool soccer star Diogo Jota killed in a car crash at the height of his career, leaving family and the soccer world in shock. In a country that endures long, cold and dark winters, many people want to make the most

of Canada's brief summer sunshine. But new data suggests not enough are protecting themselves. More young people are being diagnosed with skin cancer. And there's a new push to boost awareness of the risks. The CBC's Alison Northcott has more. Popping in to remind you guys to get your skin checked. Kelly Johnston was first diagnosed with skin cancer at 24, then three years ago with the most dangerous form, melanoma.

Now the content creator in Owensound, Ontario encourages others to protect themselves. It definitely wakes you up when you get a scare like this. So your protection and what you do with the Sun or how to avoid the Sun is just so much more important. A recent study looking at what Canadian adults do for sun protection found that more than half never or only occasionally used sunscreen. Young adults 18 to 29 had higher odds than those 70 and up of taking risks like spending more time in the sun, using tanning beds and getting sunburns. Our messaging in terms of engaging in appropriate sun protection habits are just not penetrating into the minds of Canadians.

The study's author, Dr. Ivan Litvinov, is an associate professor of dermatology at McGill University in Montreal. He says some changes could help, like making sunscreen tax-free or free so more people can afford it. In Toronto, some parks and golf courses have free dispensers. Melanomas you don't get them in the 60s. You get them by burning your skin as adolescents and young adults. Melanoma cases across the country increased an estimated 17% between 2023 and 2024 according to Melanoma Canada.

It's one of the most common forms of cancer in people 15 to 49. Recently we've seen more granular data on head and neck melanoma specifically showing increases in the young adult population. Dr. Mark Kirchhoff, president of the Canadian Dermatology Association, says there could be a few reasons for those increases. People may be using less sunscreen. We know men in particular are using less sunscreen. There may be an influence of social media and sort of a backlash against sunscreen use.

Certainly tanning is still popular. He says more people need to be aware of the risks. I do think that we probably can do a better job informing people online and through social media because this is the new platform by which young adults in particular are getting their information. On this Toronto beach as people enjoy the hot summer sun some lather on sunscreen but others like 18 year old Melissa Pietri prefer to go without. No I don't usually put on sunscreen. I just lie right down and tan.

She knows about the risks of developing skin cancer but isn't worrying about that now. Sometimes I prefer to just get that tan in the moment. I'll worry about that later. Dermatologists say people really should try to prevent future problems by using sunscreen and protective clothing and say even having a tan is a sign your skin is damaged. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. He was a soccer star with the world at his feet playing for one of the biggest clubs and his national team.

Portuguese forward Diogo Jota was coming off a major championship, and less than two weeks ago he got married. It was all cut tragically short in a car crash this morning. Jamie Strachan has more on what happened and the tributes pouring in from around the world. and the tributes pouring in from around the world. In front of Enfield Stadium, home to the Liverpool Football Club since 1892, a growing pile of flowers left by devastated fans. It's like unless you're part of the footballer family, people probably won't get it both. It's like you knew them. 28-year-old Liverpool star Diogo Jota was a fan favorite.

The Portuguese star, along with his brother Andres Silva, were killed after a single car crash in Spain involving their Lamborghini. I was laying in bed and I got a call from my mum and she said Jota had died. I was like, what? I was so shocked. I sprung out of bed immediately and I couldn't believe it. I absolutely couldn't believe it. I absolutely couldn't believe it. I didn't want to believe it at all. Spanish authorities are investigating what caused the crash, which happened around midnight local time. Jota played 182 games for Liverpool since joining the club in 2020.

He was also a key member of the Portuguese national team. His teammate Cristiano Ronaldo wrote, It doesn't make sense. We were just together with the national team. You had just gotten married. Jota was married just 11 days ago and leaves behind three young children. In Liverpool, the Reds are an integral part of the city's identity. Mayor Steve Rothrom says, nobody more so than Jota. He's one of the fan's favour. Mayor Steve Rothrom says nobody more so than Jota. Jota's death is being felt around the soccer world, especially in Toronto, home to one of the largest Liverpool

supporters clubs outside of England. Azaz Sheikh is a proud member. I mean if you've seen Ted Lasso like when one of the characters says football is life it really is. Liverpool's slogan and anthem is, you'll never walk alone. Especially true today, she says. It's almost like the string that binds the fabric of the different eras together because we've had these super glorious eras, these baron runs with tragedy involved, so you'll never walk alone. It's that constant in the middle that kind of keeps us going on the down days like today. O'er the land of the free Jamie Strash in CBC News, Toronto.

Coming right up, what new trade numbers tell us about the impact US tariffs are having on Canada's economy. And the drama in Washington as Congress passes what Donald Trump named his big beautiful bill. Also, the battle in Saskatchewan to keep rare Indigenous artifacts out of the impact US tariffs are having on Canada's economy. Exports to the US are down. Shipments to other countries are up. But the picture in the latest Statistics Canada report is not clear cut. Let's bring in the CBC's Peter Armstrong to help explain. Peter, what did these numbers tell us?

Well, the trade wars are pretty terrible, right? More broadly speaking, they tell us how hard it is to adjust course, right? Canadian exporters shipped something like $61 billion worth of goods around the world last month alone. If you go by the average from last year, 76% of that used to go to the US and not surprisingly that percentage fell sharply in May we're looking at only 68% of our goods were sold to American customers. But Canada's shipments to countries other than the US were up as well how much does that help does that one offset the other? It does

but just not entirely right and it's important to dig into the details of why exports to other countries than the United States. That rose like 5.7%. That's a new record high. But in this case, it was driven by gold exports to the UK, which isn't exactly the most sustainable export you're going to see on the ledger. Right, right. And all the economists keep saying these numbers, they're particularly volatile.

So how much does that cloud the bigger picture? You have to remember that this whole year has been pretty wild, right? Businesses on both sides of the border, they knew these tariffs were coming. So we saw that surge in exports in both February and March as they tried to get ahead of paying that new tariff. So if some company bought a few months worth of equipment or parts, it would take a while to work through all that stockpile, right? Exactly. So like that surge at the beginning of the year has led to this drop off that we see in April and May. And if you look at the first five months of the year instead of the each individual month, the trade numbers are a lot flatter because you're taking out some of those peaks and valleys. And what can that flatter picture tell us about what's coming next? Yeah, it's interesting because I think it's that things didn't really improve in May, but really importantly,

they didn't get worse either. And think back to April and to May, we were at the peak of the threat to Canada's economy, the highest tariffs applied to the most products. Here's BMO senior economist Shelley Koschuk on how even these very volatile numbers have a decent silver lining. Next month we'll get another report. It could swing wildly in one direction or another. And even these numbers could get revised quite significantly. That's just the nature of this trade data.

But I think it does kind of point to this broader theme that we're starting to see here is that we're likely past peak uncertainty on the trade front at least when it comes to Canada. And remember Julianne that since then we've carved out vast exemptions for Kuzma compliant products. Steel and aluminum tariffs on the other hand have doubled back in June so we've kind of got that one step forward and at the very least one step back. Peter, thanks very much for this. You bet. The CBC's Peter Armstrong in June. So we've kind of got that one step forward and at the very least, one step back. Peter, thanks very much for this.

You bet. The CBC's Peter Armstrong in Toronto. The US House of Representatives has passed President Donald Trump's signature domestic legislation package. It's a sweeping bill that extends tax cuts, boosts military investments and slashes social spending. And its passage came despite fierce Democrat opposition and infighting within Trump's own party. Katie Simpson has more from Washington. The yeas are 218, the nays are 214. The motion is adopted.

And with this vote, everyday life in America is poised to change. Excited Republicans cheered as the big beautiful bill was officially approved by Congress. The party overcoming bitter infighting to secure enough votes. Only two Republicans defected. Not enough to stop Donald Trump's signature sweeping legislative package. I believed in this vision. I believed in the group. I believe in America. I believe we have a great nation.

House Speaker Mike Johnson sounded relieved saying Republicans had to act fast while they have control of the House, the Senate and the White House. And as he sat down to sign the bill, Republicans let loose. Blasting a Trump election rally song, they danced and celebrated their win. The president seemed excited too as he spoke with reporters before boarding Air Force One. We're sort of celebrating like the biggest bill of its kind ever signed and it's gonna make this country into a rocket ship. The bill covers most of Trump's election promises, including extended and expanded tax cuts for

households and corporations, massive investments in the military and immigration enforcement operations. The Congressional Budget Office estimates it will add trillions of dollars to the national debt. It also includes cuts and changes to social programs with warnings up to 17 million Americans could lose their health insurance. A hell no yesterday, a hell no today, and will continue to be a hell no on this effort to hurt the American people. Democrats tried what they could to delay the vote in the hopes of convincing enough Republicans to join them,

an effort led by Hakeem Jeffries, the party's house leader. On behalf of every single American, I'm on this House floor after 6 a.m. and I'm planning to take my sweet time. Jeffries delivered the longest House speech in American history. For 8 hours and 45 minutes, he laid out his party's arguments against the big, beautiful bill. Ultimately, the tactic did not work. And if anything, the marathon speech seemed to anger some Republicans, including Congressman Jason Smith.

What we just heard can be defined in one word. A bunch of hogwash is what we've heard for eight hours on that side of the building. Trump will sign the bill at the White House tomorrow, and he's being credited with helping get it across the finish line. He spoke with hesitant Republicans, a mix of threats and flattery. He promised to cut deals with some to address their policy concerns in the future, using the tools at his disposal. This is a legacy-defining moment for Trump and Republicans, who demonstrated again they can get things done. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington.

They are ancient indigenous artifacts, undisturbed for centuries, being ripped out of the ground by looters. Archaeologists in Saskatchewan are trying to protect an excavation site from thieves. They say are jeopardizing their work and robbing a community of its history. Alexander Silberman reports. history. Alexander Silberman reports. On the banks of the North Saskatchewan River, historian Dave Rondo is combing through thousands of years of indigenous history in the soil, revealing tools and cultural objects. It gives us a working evolution of the people that have occupied this territory.

Rondo is working closely with a team of archaeologists from the University of Saskatchewan and University of Calgary to collect and test samples from the rare site. It's believed to be one of the oldest of its kind in the province, but amid the clues to the past there are visible signs of damage from shovels. Looters are digging up the riverbank. You're stealing from the future is what you're doing by pilfering this site.

Rondo says as news has spread of discoveries at the site, so-called pot hunters or amateur treasure seekers have started turning up. The damage they're causing is threatening to upend the dig. This is a window for us, an opportunity and a window for us to peer back thousands of years and write the story right from the onset of habitation for our territory. The Cree name for the site, Aswanonic, means a place to cross. A wealth of evidence shows it was an important spot for bison migration and home to long-term indigenous settlement. A piece of charcoal tested in a lab

suggests people lived here nearly 11,000 years ago. It's a very important site, you know, one of the oldest sites that we have in Saskatchewan. Glenn Stewart is an archaeologist and professor at the University of Saskatchewan. He says if people keep digging on their own, historical context could be lost. Because you want to know what is the relationship amongst the different artifacts that we find at a site. If something's pot hunted, then you just have a pile of stuff sitting on the floor. Indigenous leaders and researchers are now fighting to preserve the site. They've taken funding away from scientific testing to add cameras and a motion detector. In Saskatchewan it's illegal to excavate or collect archaeological artifacts

without a permit. Sonya Ermaan is an educator from nearby Sturgeon Lake First Nation and a member of the site committee. She wants to see the province help protect the location. We're connected to the land so those stories that our elders share with us, it's important. It's a part of our identity. The group leading the research is now in talks with the provincial government. They hope securing a heritage site designation will help stop damage as the work to uncover the stories the land holds is just beginning. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Regina. Multiple airports grounded flights this morning in response to bomb threats.

Airports in Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver were affected. RCMP in Winnipeg say there was a phone call claiming a bomb was in the control tower, but nothing suspicious was found. Air traffic control agency NAV Canada said in a statement that all employees were safe and operations returned to normal within a few hours. In the Middle East, while the bombardment of Gaza rages on, a different kind of war is being waged in the occupied West Bank. There, the Israeli soldiers are carrying out

incursions into areas they say harbour terrorists. One is Jenin and people there believe the Israeli army has come to stay. The CBC's senior international correspondent Margaret Evans reports. The sound of an evisceration. The Israeli military at work in the Janine refugee camp. The giant mechanical excavators scraping out the camps innards leaving behind great puffs of smoke like dragons. The Israeli military or IDF says it's destroying Palestinian terrorist networks and infrastructure that have burrowed into the camp's narrow streets over many decades. But residents say there are no more militants left. Dr. Wissam Bakker runs the Jenin governmental hospital just outside the camp, battle scarred by proximity and hemmed in by the IDF's month-long presence.

It's difficult for the cars, for the people to walk. Also there is a danger around us. The snipers was near the hospital and the roof. He says Israeli soldiers have accused his staff and visitors of trying to photograph what's happening inside the camp. They're planning to destroy many houses and to open a street to facilitate for them in the future in any movement in any military operation. Israeli incursions into Jenin have long been a regular feature, known for many years as a stronghold for armed Palestinian resistance.

In the past soldiers left. This time the army seems here to stay. Israeli troops entered the camp in January and this is what the Defense Minister Israel Katz said at the time. The Jenin refugee camp will not return to what it was. The IDF forces will remain in the camp, he said, to make sure that terrorism does not return. Since then, the army has blocked off all entrances to the camp. Try to catch a glimpse inside and you risk getting shot at. That's what happened in May when a delegation of foreign diplomats paused near one, then had to flee what the IDF called warning shots. No one is allowed in, not even the people who've been displaced to pick up

their belongings, an estimated 30,000 people according to the UN. There are similar operations underway in other refugee camps. Leading many Palestinians to fear, Israel is preparing to officially annex the West Bank. Critics say the occupation's imprint is deepening with hundreds of new barriers or checkpoints now stretching across the occupied territories. Students don't reach their classrooms.

Doctors don't reach the hospitals to give treatments to patients. Dr. Delal Erekat teaches international diplomacy in Ramallah. So this policy of segregation, of suffocation of upper side is documented in 2025. Especially new, the arrival of iron barricades painted bright orange or yellow like in the village of Sinjil where residents say they've been penned in they want to choke us says this resident they've taken authority on all the lands Sinjil's lands are all gone in a statement to CBC News, the IDF said the structures across the West Bank were placed to safeguard civilians from terrorist attacks while maintaining the freedom of movement for local residents. That's exactly what the Palestinians say they don't have, especially

with increased attacks by hardline Israeli settlers emboldened by Israel's right-wing nationalist government. The barrier in Sinjil has been closed for six months now, and Janine now has them too. Ominous clouds for the future, according to Dr. Bakker. This radical government in Israel, they focus on the West Bank, and we are afraid that we are the next story, the next plan. For many, the story already begun. Margaret Evans, CBC News, in the occupied territories. We end tonight with a special moment in baseball and a rare milestone the sport may never see

again. One-two pitch. Strike three called! There it is! He got him with a slider! History at Dodger Stadium! Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw reaching strikeout number 3,000 last night against the Chicago White Sox. He's just the 20th pitcher in the history of the major leagues to strike out that many batters. The former MVP All-Star and World Series champion celebrated with his family and thanked his teammates

after the game. Hey, man! Hey! 3,000! I love you. I love you too, Bubba. This was such a special night all the way around. It really was.

Individual awards are great, but if you don't have anybody to celebrate with, it doesn't matter. So just a lot of gratefulness on this end for sure. For decades in baseball, 3,000 strikeouts has been considered a mark of excellence. But at age 37, Kershaw is from a generation of players aging out of an evolving game. Pitchers are throwing harder than ever, but they're hurting their arms more than ever. So teams are managing the physical stress by using pitchers less. It means they can maintain higher speeds and stay healthy, but it also makes it more difficult

for pitchers to rack up the number of batters needed to reach the milestones that have always defined pitching greatness. Thanks for being with us. This has been Your World Tonight for Thursday, July 3rd. I'm Julianne Hazelwood. Take care. For more CBC podcasts, go to cbc.ca slash podcasts.