Your World Tonight - Trump renames Lake Ontario, Nepal search, Clancy trial closing arguments, and more

Episode Date: August 27, 2026

President Donald Trump says Lake Ontario will now be known as Lake America in the U.S.. The move adds insult to the injury of extra tariffs.And: Rescue teams search for hundreds of missing people — including more than two dozen Canadians — along the Nepal-Tibet border. A torrent of water and mud ripped through several communities yesterday.Also: Jurors have begun deliberating in the trial of a Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her three children in 2023. The case has put severe post-partum mental illness in the spotlight.Plus: Cash bail rules in Ontario challenged, Quebec election kicks off, and more.

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I'm Salima Shivji, also on the podcast. Definitely, there are many people missing, and some of them might be buried inside there. Some of them, we don't know. I cannot explain. Buried after a catastrophic wall of mud and water, wiped away entire communities in Nepal and Tibet. Crews are rushing to find the missing and the dead before more floods sweep down the mountain. Insult added to injury. U.S. President Donald Trump says he has unilaterally renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America. As relations between Canada and the U.S. deteriorate, both sides are blaming each other for the breakdown in trade talks.

Kate McKenna has the latest. We filed all the necessary papers, documents, everything else. We've notified all of the various people that we have to notify. U.S. President Donald Trump's latest dig aimed at Canada came today, as he saw, in executive order, renaming one of the great lakes connecting both countries. We're going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately to Lake America. Trump has the power to rename what landmarks are called in the United States, as he did with the Gulf of Mexico last year. But other countries, including Canada, aren't obligated to follow suit.

In a statement, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the name Lake Ontario derives from a Wendat word, which means the lake is beautiful, the lake is big. And the name predated. both Canada and the United States. He says Canadians know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario, then, now and always. Meanwhile, Trump is doubling down on provoking Canada. Well, they haven't treated it as well. The Canadian officials have treated us very badly.

They're nasty people. Both sides blame each other for trade talks breaking down. With Canadians saying the U.S. introduced last-minute demands that forced them to walk away. Today, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik claimed it was Canada who asked for a lower tariff rate for trucks Friday afternoon. These were things they put in

in order to make it end. You know, when someone doesn't want the deal, they make up and say, oh, I'll do the deal with you only if you wear green. And you're like, but I'm wearing, I'm not wearing greens. Oh, sorry, it's not going to work out. It was nonsense. The U.S. has said repeatedly. It wants to see Canadian automakers shudder

and reopen south of the border. Trump is now threatening raising tariffs on autos to 50% from 25% on January. January 1st. So we're going to be doing tariffs on their cars that are coming at a substantial level because we want to make the cars here. Industry Minister Melanie Jolie says she's speaking with CEOs of Honda, Ford, and Toyota regularly. We always knew that in the context of the trade negotiation, the auto sector would be an important element of our negotiation. Flavio Volpe is the president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association. He says the two countries are so integrated,

targeting Canadian automakers will only hurt U.S. jobs. Their objective may be to improve the U.S. position, but they are shooting at their own team. For now, there is no obvious route back to the negotiating table. The Canadian government has announced counter tariffs and support for workers and businesses, signaling this could be a long fight. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. As rescuers desperately search for survivors on the Nepal-Tibet border, they're also finding more bodies.

Hundreds are dead and more than a thousand missing, including Canadians, after violent floods swept away entire communities. Now, swollen lakes and a forecast of more rain have sparked fears. There may be more to come. Sasha Petrissik has more. Helicopters and rescuers struggle to reach the valleys of Nepal's Himalaya mountains, remote and rugged,

and now reshaped by a wall of, of ice, mud, and water that blasted through yesterday. David Fisher is with the International Red Cross. The logistics challenge here is really enormous. In terms of digging out people's lives out of all of that mud is going to be incredible. Among the hundreds who are unaccounted for among trekkers, pilgrims, and local villagers are some 30 missing Canadians. Twelve of these were on a spiritual retreat with the Eisha Foundation that focuses on yoga.

says the group's Leslie Crespi. Everybody here is in shock. We are just mobilizing ourselves as fast as we can, but it's devastating news. It's very, very hard to believe. This was incredibly unexpected. Rescuers have started working their way through the demolished villages following the same trails that pilgrims take

from Kathmandu to Tibet in China. Yashoda Kadka is a doctor with a Nepalese search team. Definitely there are many people missing and some of them might be buried inside there. We don't know. Delivering food and aid is also a top priority. The United Nations is mobilizing supplies and humanitarian teams. Help has started arriving from all over the world,

with leaders like British Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledging support. And we will be there for Nepal in its hour of need. Ottawa says Canada is also actively involved. Meanwhile, on the ground, Nepal and Nepal and China are bracing for more. Satellite images of the Himalayas show water continuing to flow and back up in mountain valleys and high altitude lakes, potentially sweeping through once again. Sasha Petrosic, CBC News, Toronto. Coming right up, plans for counter-tariffs on seafood imports Scrant. Why people who work in

that industry in Canada say it's a big relief. Plus, new cash bail rule. in Ontario are challenged in court. And later, we'll have this story. Quebec's provincial election campaign is officially underway. All five main party leaders are already criss-crossing the province, and one big, unexpected issue is already looming large over the tight race. It seems that handling the economy on certain times could be the ballot-pot questions. I'm Alexander Silberman in Montreal, later on Your World Tonight,

how the U.S. trade war is shaping Quebec's. fall election. Returning to trade and tariffs now, Ottawa has backed off on imposing counter tariffs on American seafood, reversing course just two days after the move was first announced. The seafood industry in Atlantic, Canada lobbied the government hard, arguing the industry is highly interconnected with the United States. Sabrina Fabian explains.

At fish processing plants across the maritimes this time of year, employees are busy packaging lobster so it can be. sold to market. It's work that keeps folks employed during the off season when lobster boats are tied up to the wharves. But that work was at risk when the federal government announced counter tariffs on seafood

imported from the U.S. To be completely honest, we're somewhat blindsided by the announcement that we saw come up. Chris Vascado of the Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance reacting to the news. Two days later, a different story. Just absolute relief at the fact that we've been able to

stave this off and Nathechah, with the lobster processors association, is among those breathing a little easier today, now that Canada is doing a 180 and dropping the counter tariffs. This industry is incredibly interdependent. There's a two-way flow of lobster across the border back and forth, different times a year, finished product, live product. Factories in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI rely on seafood, especially lobster, imported from Maine in order to stay open, longer.

It's then sold back to the U.S. and other markets, a process worth millions of dollars that's been going on for decades. Up until now, the seafood industry on both sides of the border has been kept out of the trade war, which is why the 25% counter-tariffs announced on Tuesday came as such a surprise, says Joanne Lozier, executive director of New Brunswick crab processors. All the fisheries organizations,

certainly on the east goes, but all over the country, expressed strongly their shock, their surprise, their worry, and made sure that their elected officials knew what impacts it would have immediately. The feedback was heard loud and clear. In a tweet late Wednesday night, the federal government said it had reversed its decision based on feedback. A message reiterated by the finance minister, Francois Philippe Champagne, today. Well, it's sent a message to Canadians that we listen.

But while the counter tariffs on seafood have been reversed, the government is replacing them with new measures, hitting several products including wood charcoal and copper wire. Larry Herman of the C.D. Howe Institute says counter tariffs are the right call, and minor adjustments are not a surprise. The government, I think, is sensitive to the concerns of Canadians, and so my sense is that there will be some recalibration.

But he says don't expect the government to make many more revisions. Sabrina Fabian, CBC News, Halifax. Businesses in Alberta are bracing as the realities of the U.S. trade war bear down on them. They're worried about losing customers and multi-million dollar offers and are unsure if they'll even stay afloat long enough to make use of promised government support. Brian Labby reports. At this office interior manufacturing company in Calgary, a wood panel goes into a machine and comes out with a wood-grained finish,

product likely destined for the U.S. 90% of our customers are in the States. Jordan Smedd is in charge of operations at Falkbilt. He says U.S. tariffs and proposed Canadian counterteriffs will impact his business. These big jobs that we have in the pipeline, they may or may not come to fruition. Now with this going on, it could cost us projects. Smed says they were on track for $110 million in revenues this year. An economic success story now shrouded in uncertainty.

at Good Morning Honey, west of Edmonton, more of the same. The uncertainty gives you anxiety for sure. You can't avoid that. Richard Osirot is the co-owner. The company ships around 36,000 kilograms of honey to the U.S. every year. While Osirot says his American clients account for only a tenth of his business, he says the trade dispute between Canada and the U.S. couldn't have come at a worse time.

We spend all summer and all spring getting ready to this point, And now when we're getting ready to market it, we're slapped with this barrier of one of our major buyers of Canadian honey. Despite the anxiety and uncertainty, only 5% of Alberta exports are expected to be impacted by the new tariffs. That's according to Charles St. Arnaud, the chief economist with service credit union. But he says for those businesses, it will hurt. They will seek lower sales, and that might end up with them having to reduce their headcounts and generate layers. What is happening between Canada and the United States right now is tragic. Premier Daniel Smith has been critical of retaliatory tariffs and strongly rejects any proposal to tax or curtail energy exports to the U.S.

She says her government will consider additional support for impacted businesses on top of what the federal government has announced. Alberta will also work directly with small and medium-sized businesses and industry to understand the pressures they face and whether additional provincial measures are needed as well. Back at Falkbilt, Jordan Smed isn't sure what the future holds for him and his 500 employees. We don't know what two months down the road, six months looks like. We don't know if layoffs are going to be required. We obviously want to avoid that, but it's just uncertain right now. A common theme for anyone trying to plan their next move in an unprecedented and unpredictable trade war. Brian Labby, CBC News, Calgary.

Toronto police are investigating a suspect at arson outside the home of a liberal MP. Two vehicles in front of Salma Zahid's house caught fire today and were destroyed. Zahid says there was no damage to the house and everyone is safe. Zahid represents Scarborough Center Dawn Valley East. She's been an MP since 2015 and currently chairs the Standing Committee on Science and Research. She's also the vice chair of the Canada-China Legislative Association. Ontario's new cash bail rules are facing a court challenge just days after they took effect. Civil liberties groups argue the province overstepped its authority and made freedom

before trial dependent on a person's ability to pay. The CBC's Colin Butler was at the Ontario Superior Court and joins me now in studio. So Colin, walk us through this. Exactly what changes did the Ontario government make to bail? Well, until this week, bail in Ontario didn't necessarily mean handing over money. It could be a promise to pay, but you only had to pay if you broke the conditions of your release. now wants the money up front and requires a cash deposit within 48 hours. The province says that it'll make bail more meaningful and keep dangerous offenders behind bars, but lawyers challenging it argued two people who pose the same risk, they get different outcomes simply because one can afford to pay.

Hillary Dudding is a member of the Criminal Lawyers Association. It's one of the groups filing this challenge. What we're worried about is that people who are otherwise releasable are going to be stuck in jail, unable to access bail because people simply can't hive off that kind of money or obtain it within two days. And that's a real issue when we look at how overcrowded our jails are. And Ontario's jails are overcrowded. There's been figures that have been reported by CBC that say about 80% of them are. It also puts Ontario out of step with the rest of Canada as the only province that actually requires this.

It's not just lawyers pushing back. days after the bail system came into effect, an Ontario Superior Court judge refused to follow it, and an accused person was released without a cash payment. All right. And what have provincial officials said about why they made these changes? Well, it didn't happen in a vacuum. Premier Doug Ford has been critical of Canada's bail system for years,

especially when violent offenders are released and offend again. And there is some evidence behind that. Between 2017 and 2021, violent offenders breaching bail conditions in Ontario rose by a third. Ford has repeatedly demanded Ottawa tighten the criminal code. The federal government has made bail harder to get in cases of serious violent crime and for repeat and violent offenders. But Ford has gone further. If an accused person is to be released on bail, he wants them to put up the cash.

And you were in court today. What came out of it? Well, we won't know today. The judge says he'll rule next week on whether to suspend Ontario. The state over whether Ontario had the power to do this in the first place, that's going to be sorted out at a later time. The CBC's Colin Butler. Thanks for this. Thank you.

An investigation into an air Canada crash that killed two pilots in March alleges two air traffic controllers left work early that night. The airliner collided with a fire truck on the tarmac at La Guardia. Early findings suggest a chain of failures, including miscommunication. in both the tower and on the runway. U.S. media is reporting the Federal Aviation Administration is planning to fire the two flight controllers who allegedly clocked out early. Ratko Mladic, the convicted Bosnian serve war criminal, is dead.

The 84-year-old was serving a life sentence at a U.N. prison in the Hague. Mladic was a general in the Bosnian war between 1992 and 1995. He masterminded a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Bosnia's Muslim population. 8,000 boys and men were killed in Srebrenica. It is considered Europe's worst atrocity since the Second World War. Mladic was found guilty by a UN tribunal in 2017.

He was in and out of hospital in recent years because of health issues. Jurors have begun deliberating in the Massachusetts trial of Lindsay Clancy, the 36-year-old mother accused of murdering her three children in 2023. The five-week trial concluded today with closing arguments. As Catherine Tunney reports, the case has put severe postpartum mental illness in the spotlight. And a warning, this story contains details that may be disturbing to some listeners. This is what they had. This is their family.

Depend's attorney Kevin Reddington shows the jury two photos. One, Lindsay Clancy, smiling with her young family. The next, she sprawled out in a hospital bed. How does this turn into this? How? Because of the damn medicine and the lousy medical care that she got. The Clancy trial has captivated America and put a spotlight on maternal mental health. Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, but doesn't deny that she killed her kids.

Cora 5, Dawson 3, and Callan 8 months. before jumping out a window, paralyzing herself. The defense argues Clancy should not be held criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, a rare disorder marked by delusions and a break with reality. Ruddington ardently argued this was a woman who sought help and was failed. This young lady did nothing wrong in her life. She was a nurse, a daughter, a wife,

and a darn good mother. In her closing remarks, Jennifer Sprague argued America's health care system is not on trial here, that Clancy knew right from wrong and the killings were deliberate. She left them, discarded on the basement floor, like broken toys,

because she was done playing the game. Sprague says doctors who saw Clancy did not note any signs of psychosis. The high-profile trial has attracted Clancy's support. reporters to rally outside the courthouse. Donning pink shirts with phrases like, she needed help. We asked for help and ask for help and ask for help.

And many times we're dismissed. Researchers hope the trial sparks conversations around resources for new moms. For those extremely rare cases of psychosis, but also postpartum depression, a far more common condition. Dr. Jarius Tandon studies maternal depression at Northwestern University. I do hope that regardless of how this all plays out, instead of further sort of pointing the finger at individuals who are suffering from postpartum mental health issues, rather it's going to open up the conversation to, again, what more can we do to better identify who really need services and supports and really putting in place the resources and the supports that they do need? If convicted, Clancy faces life in prison. If Durst find Clancy not criminally responsible, she could serve time in a psychiatric facility.

Catherine Tunney, CBC News, Washington. The organization that governs soccer in Europe is preparing a criminal complaint against FIFA's president. UEFA accuses Johnny Infantino of pushing a scheme to sell stakes in FIFA competitions to private investors for his personal gain. Infantino dropped the plan following backlash from soccer authorities. UEFA is asking two U.S. courts for documents involving Infantino and his financial dealing. It says any evidence will be used in legal proceedings in Switzerland. The Montreal-born man, best known as the voice of Optimus Prime, has died. Peter Cullen was 85.

Megatron must be stopped, no matter the cost. For more than 40 years, Cullen was beloved by fans for his role as the leader of the Autobots in the Transformers franchise. He said the performance was inspired by his brother Larry, a U.S. Marine. Cullen voiced many other characters throughout his career, including Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh's forlorn Powell. He died Wednesday in his Los Angeles home. In a statement, his family asked fans to honor Cullen's legacy by remembering to be strong enough to be gentle. Quebec's provincial election campaign is now officially underway. All five leaders of the main political parties are hitting the campaign trail.

The economy and the trade war are top issues, and as Alexander Slymouth, Wilberman reports it's shaping up to be a tight three-way race. Coalition Avenues Quebec leader, Kristen Frischett, walking out of the lieutenant governor's office and on to the campaign trail, officially launching Quebec's fall provincial election. And not only do I want to protect our economy, I want to transform it. Frichette, calling the U.S. trade war an attack against Quebec, making tariffs in the economy, a top issue at her first campaign stop.

President Trump is my principal. opponent. He's the one who's disturbing, completely disturbing, our trade links with the United States. The race is shaping up to be incredibly close. The separatist Partsique Quebecois is still leading in the polls, but the governing CAQ and liberals are gaining its support and closing the gap. PQ leader Paul Saint-Pierre Plamandandau, also confronting the trade war,

now promising to wait until U.S. President Donald Trump is out of the White House. before holding a referendum on independence. We need a solid team given what's going on in the United States. Liberal leader Charmiliol, trying to position his party as the best option. We're the only federalist party in that campaign. We truly believe in a strong Quebec within a strong Canada, and I think it's in tune with what Quebecers are looking for. Also on the campaign trail, Quebec Salidar is battling to hold on to urban seats

in Montreal and Quebec City, and the Conservative Party of Quebec is targeting. suburban and rural ridings around the provincial capital. It's unprecedented. Philippe J. Fulnier is a polling analyst and founder of the website QC125. He says support is fragmented between regions, with five parties likely to win seats for the first time since the 1970s. And many Quebecers are still on the fence.

44% of voters say they are uncertain, according to a recent Leje poll. And that's almost half the electorate, so it's huge. you know, Quebec voters have not been renowned over the last decades as being fateful to a party or another. Sometimes we've seen waves. Fulteney says Quebec elections of the 90s and early 2000s were historically an ideological clash of federalists against sovereignists. But the separatism debate has now been reduced to a more minor issue. Support for independence hovers around 30% in recent polls. It seems that the handling the economy on certain times could be the ballot box question.

André Le Courte is a political science professor at the University of Ottawa. He says the focus of the campaign shifted almost overnight. A huge turn of events and huge bit of luck, I guess, for the Premier. Healthcare, housing, and the cost of living are also top of mind for voters. Quebecers head to the polls on October 5th. Alexander Silverman, CBC News, Montreal. And finally, that's the sound of fine. athletes sprinting down a 100-meter track at a stadium in South Korea, with music urging them on.

All of them are women aged 85 years and older. The first to cross the finish line is Aileen Bergen of London, Ontario. I was out front and it was weird. I couldn't hear anybody else. I looked ahead and I thought, I hope I'm going in the right direction. She was. The 85-year-old clinched gold in the event at the World Senior Games this week. Her 87-year-old husband Harold, who himself competed in Shotput, was there cheering her on.

We were both screaming because the second-place woman from Columbia, she was so close behind. And I said, oh, my gosh, let's hope she can hang it to the end. And she did. Aileen says she only just got into running four years ago at the suggestion of her retired phys ed teacher husband. And she's been at it ever since. It wasn't on my agenda ever to be here doing this 10 years ago. It wasn't part of my future.

And it's turned out so well that all I can say is that we're leading charmed lives, being able to do this. Harold says keeping active has really helped the couple as they grow older. I like to look forward rather than back. And the program we're in here now is it keeps us setting goals for about every six months. And if we can achieve a goal at the six-month period, then we look forward again. Aileen Bergen's advice to others is to maintain an active lifestyle as they get older to the extent that they can. I encourage them to try to do whatever they can, to look for new ideas, and new activities because it's important.

Thanks for being with us. This has been your will tonight for Thursday, August 27th. I'm Salima Shivji. Have a good night. For more CBC podcasts, go to cBC.ca slash podcasts.