Here are five stories we are highlighting this morning.
1. Health Canada says a pharmaceutical company has recalled two lots of Seasonale birth control because the packages contain too many placebo pills.
2. Via Rail says its on-time performance fell drastically in the first three months of the year — a drop the Crown corporation blames on speed rules from CNR.
3. Smoke from wildfires that have torched buildings and forced thousands from their homes in Western Canada have drifted as far as Newfoundland and Texas.
4. Ottawa has amped up its criticism of Israel over the 'appalling conditions' in Gaza.
5. After two decades of waking up the nation, CBC News Network veteran Heather Hiscox is retiring and will step down as host of "CBC Morning Live" this fall.
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