Global National: April 4, 2024 | WCK member Flickinger "died as a hero" in Gaza, family says

In tonight's top story: Jacob Flickinger was one of seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza earlier this week, after the group delivered essential food to starving Palestinians. Israel called the attack a mistake, but John Flickinger, Jacob's father, explains to Global's Felicia Parrillo why he doubts that and what he hopes sharing his son's story will help do. Sylvia Labrecque, Jacob's mother, discusses how she will remember her son. And his partner, Sandy Leclerc, is thinking about what she will tell her 18-month-old son about his father.

In light of Israel's killing of seven World Central Kitchen members in the Gaza Strip, U.S. President Joe Biden is warning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that future support for Israel depends on what it does to end the suffering and protect civilians in Gaza. Jackson Proskow reports on the pressure piling on Netanyahu to address Gaza's dire humanitarian situation.

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) director David Vigneault has testified at the foreign interference inquiry that the agency had intelligence before Canada's 2019 election that China's government attempted to funnel about $250,000 through a network, possibly to interfere in Canadian elections. Global News first reported on this activity in 2022, citing national security sources. As David Akin explains, the commission has received a summary of classified material produced by CSIS that includes many of the details Global News first reported.

While it's officially spring, you wouldn't know it in parts of Ontario and Quebec, where heavy snow is wreaking havoc. Mike Armstrong braved the elements to show you how the severe storm is affecting Montreal, while meteorologist Anthony Farnell looks at what's in the forecast.

An orphaned orca calf has been stuck in a lagoon off the coast of Vancouver Island since the death of its mother nearly two weeks prior. As Neetu Garcha explains, after being unable to coax the killer whale into the open ocean, rescue teams are now considering airlifting it to safety.

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