
And, a high-profile criminal trial is underway in London, Ont., where five members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team have pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room after the team's championship win. Jeff Semple reports on the trial's opening day, the evidence set to be presented and why the alleged victim could face multiple rounds of intense cross-examination.
Over in Vatican City, the funeral of Pope Francis will be held on April 26, with world leaders, royals, Catholics and other members of the public gathering at St. Peter's Square. Redmond Shannon looks at when and where people can pay their respects to Francis beforehand, and what the Vatican is revealing about the pontiff's final hours and circumstances surrounding his death.
Plus, throughout his papacy, Pope Francis showed compassion for people who previously suffered under the Catholic Church's shadow. Heather Yourex-West travels to Maskwacis, Alta., to see how the pontiff is being celebrated for his historic apology to Canada's residential school survivors.
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