April 6, 2022 | The 2022 federal budget will include billions of dollars to ease housing affordability. Shanghai’s COVID-19 lockdown tests the limits of its residents. Plus, the push for healthy schools lunches that some say goes too far.

00:00 The National for April 6, 2022
01:00 Federal Budget 2022: Housing, defence
04:30 Canada approves Bay du Nord oil project
05:34 Concern with rising COVID-19 cases
07:51 Shanghai lockdown frustrates residents
10:10 No signs of Russia backing off in Ukraine
10:44 Concerns for Mariupol, Ukraine
13:29 New U.S. sanctions against Russia
15:43 The crowded Conservative leadership race
18:14 Some Kinder chocolates recalled
18:33 Avian flu cases put farmers on edge
21:34 Remembering the Humboldt bus crash victims
21:55 Montreal strip mall towing policy frustrates drivers
24:13 B.C. proposes new school food guidelines
26:54 Ukraine's trains carry hope and trauma
35:23 Academics harassed for criticizing Hindu nationalism
39:55 Canadian conductor Boris Brott killed
40:30 Ed Sheeran slams copyright lawsuits
42:46 CBC secures Olympic coverage through 2032
43:22 The Moment: N.S. Jeopardy! champ

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