The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/24 at 03:00 EST

Episode Date: January 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/24 at 03:00 EST

What does a mummified Egyptian child, the Parthenon marbles of Greece and an Irish giant all have in common? They are all stuff the British stole. Maybe. Join me, Mark Fennell, as I travel around the globe uncovering the shocking stories of how some, let's call them ill-gotten, artifacts made it to faraway institutions. Spoiler, it was probably the British. Don't miss a brand new season of Stuff the British Style. Watch it free on CBC Gem. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles.

We begin with breaking news. Storm Aon is making its way across Ireland and Britain this morning. Western Ireland's been hit with record winds with gusts of 183 kilometres an hour recorded at Macehead, breaking the previous record set during Hurricane Debbie in September 1961. More than half a million customers have lost power so far, and extreme weather warnings are in place for Ireland, Northern Ireland, and parts of Scotland, with millions of people being told to stay home.

Flights and ferries are being cancelled as are schools and garbage collection, while some supermarket chains have closed stores. In this country, those vying to replace Justin Trudeau are in the final days of being able to sign up members to vote for them. People can register until Monday with the Liberal Party of Canada to elect the new leader and the country's next Prime Minister. It comes as the deadline passed yesterday for candidates to officially enter the race. Morenoff on Stackelberg, that's more.

Seen as a front-runner, Mark Carney is flanked by a crowd of Liberals in downtown Ottawa. He's racked up the most endorsements so far from dozens of MPs. That includes 10 cabinet ministers. Carney has no experience in politics, but says his background in finance and as the Bank of Canada governor has prepared him. I've had many jobs where I've came in at the top. A huge emphasis is going to be reviving the party. Likely his biggest opponent, former finance minister Krista Freeland. She promises to create a new leadership review process.

Liberal party grassroots members and caucus need to have the greater say in what we do and how we do it. Seven candidates say they've submitted paperwork to run for leader. It could take more than a week before they're approved. The vote happens March 9th. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa. Police in Saskatoon are trying to better respond to intimate partner violence. The service is creating a specialized team following what it describes as a troubling increase in calls.

Saskatchewan has the highest provincial rate of police-reported incidents in the country, and as Alexander Silberman reports, advocates say more resources are needed. The phone is ringing a lot. Krista Barron says she's receiving a growing number of calls from women fleeing domestic violence. She runs Sophia House, which provides transitional housing to women and children. All 39 of its units are full. Saskatchewan is continuing to see a growing rate of police reported intimate partner violence

with 710 victims per 100,000 people in 2023. Advocates say the largely rural province can make getting help difficult. That's an issue police in Saskatoon are hoping to reduce with a new dedicated team. Cameron McBride is chief of the Saskatoon Police Service. We might see numbers rise simply because people feel more comfortable, more able to report that. The program focuses on prevention by staying in touch with people at risk, but also potential offenders. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Regina.

The directors of a documentary about a residential school in B.C. say they're grateful to be nominated for an Oscar. Emily Cassie and Julian Brave Noisecat are the team behind Sugarcane, which investigates abuse and missing children at St. Joseph's Mission in Williams Lake. Cassie said they wanted to go beyond sit-down interviews to help tell the story. For two and a half years, we lived in community on and off and shot 160 days and witnessed these kind of large emotional journeys of our protagonist survivors who are reckoning with these you know long buried secrets and painful memories.

All of this year's Oscars nominees for best feature documentary are set outside the U.S. The winners will be announced March 2nd in Los Angeles. That is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.