Wildfire prevention; U.S. nixes mRNA funding; 80 years since Hiroshima bombing

Parts of Newfoundland and Labrador are up in flames. Heidi Petracek reports on the wildfire evacuations, and what the province may do to try to prevent new wildfires. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is cancelling funding for mRNA vaccine development programs. Eric Sorensen explains why critics call it a bad day for science. Jackson Proskow reports on the ugly political battle in Texas over redrawing congressional maps. Felicia Parrillo looks at the potential itinerary of a strike at Air Canada, and what travellers need to know. Plus, 80 years after an atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, Japan, Redmond Shannon reports on the rising fears about the potential of nuclear warfare. And there's exciting news about Canadian teen tennis phenom Victoria Mboko at the National Bank Open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices