Television news program hosted by Knowlton Nash who introduces the day's news items:~Referendum. Prime Minister Trudeau and Quebec leader Claude Ryan discuss the federalist strategy to work for a "no" vote in the referendum campaign in Quebec. Shots of the two leaders meeting at the Prime Minister's residence in Ottawa and their statements after the two hour meeting.~Iran Hostages. Three American clergymen will leave for Iran to conduct Easter services for the fifty Americans still held hostage in the U.S. embassy in Teheran. Shot of the trio at a press conference.~Italy. In Italy, Premier Francesco Cossiga, leader of the Christian Democratic Party, is re-elected with a majority government which includes a coalition with Italy's three other other parties. Shot of Premier Cossiga in Rome.~South Africa. Black guerrillas raid a police station near Johannesburg using rocket-propelled grenades and Soviet-made rifles. Shot of the attacked station in a white residential suburb of Johannesburg.~Cossette Trudel. Jacques Cossette Trudel walks out of a Montreal jail after being granted a special holiday pass.~Insecticide. Dow Chemicals withdraws its insecticide product, Dursban 44, from Canada after unexpected effects on cattle have repeatedly occured. Sequence on cattle farm in Rivers, Manitoba where cows have died from this chemical treatment and comments by the farmer involved.~Bear. Renewed hope for the recovery of a polar bear at Assiniboine Zoo in Winnipeg. Shot of a bear receiving soap scrubbing from zoo attendants and comments by staff veterinarian Dr. Ken Mould.~Mount St. Helens. A state of emergency is declared in Vancouver, Washington as more steam and ashes explode from Mount St. Helens volcano.~Boston. Seven thousand evacuees return to their homes near Boston after a chemical spill has been recovered from a railyard collision.~Civil Servant. Former civil servant Garth Brewer of Woodstock, New Brunswick is fired a second time for violating the Public Service Employment Act in actively campaigning for the NDP party. Brewer is interviewed at his home and Dave Henley, who published Brewer's campaign letters in the Woodstock "Bugle", is shown.~Supertankers. Two supertankers sink off coast of Africa killing seven people.~Chad. The bitter civil war in the central African nation of Chad intensifies as more than eight hundred die in the two week old war, and Egypt, Libya, and France get involved. Report includes fighting scenes in streets of Chad's capital, N'Djamena; archival photos of the two opponent rebel leaders, Hissene Habre and Goukouni Oueddei; and rural scenes including shots of women carrying jugs of water and men sitting in front of a dried mud house.~Bogota. In Bogota, Colombia leftist guerrillas occupying the Dominican Republic embassy release two more non-diplomatic hostages. Still held are twenty-three people in demand for ransom and the release of political prisoners.~Law of the Sea. They latest effort to reach a final draft treaty on the "Law of the Sea" fails as the current round of talks ends in New York in deadlock.~Special Report - Storm At Sea. This report examines the accomplishments of the "Law of the Sea" talks since they began a decade ago, the remaining conflicts, and Canada's position in the treaty. Includes sequences on ships in east-coast harbors; sea-bed mining operations; a smelting plant in Manitoba; the United Nations' assembly tabled for the "Law of the Sea" conference; comments by Alan Beesley, Canadian negotiator at the the United Nations, and Elliot Richardson, U.S. Chief negotiator at the U.N.~Across Canada. Brief local reports on Canada with film clips including: in St. John's, Newfoundland, Good Friday is marked by a demonstration of four-hundred people protesting against abortion in Canada with shot of protestors marching in front of the general hospital; in Montreal, the police search for a stolen car worth one-hundred-thousand dollars designed by the Montreal University's engineering department; three-hundred baby lambs are born on an Alberta farm, north of Calgary; shot of three week old baby lambs; and in Vancouver, the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan is ordered to return to the United States with shot of KKK leader, David Duke. A report examines the changes in the art of weather forecasting since the introduction of weather satellites. Includes a sequence on the techonological advancement in Canada's weather service. Comments are made by Charlie Taffart, now retired from the Environment Canada, and computer programmer John Bottari.~Good Friday. A report on Good Friday religious observances around the world: in Dachau, West Germany, gypsies hold a hunger strike in protest against repression; in Fuzhou, China, Protestant Church members attend Good Friday service; in Rome, Pope John Paul carries a wooden cross up Palatine Hill, and thousands of pilgrims watch the procession leading past the ancient Roman colosseum. <20mn>