The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/24 at 22:00 EST

Episode Date: January 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/24 at 22:00 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.

The jury in a coroner's inquest in BC has ruled the 2018 death of a woman with Down syndrome as a homicide. Florence Gerard weighed only 50 pounds when she died of starvation in the home of her caretaker. Lindsay Duncombe reports on what the juries recommended. The 13 recommendations come after a week and a half of testimony, revealing a system in what one witness described as crisis mode, a crisis that contributed to the tragic death of 54-year-old Florence Girard.

The jury says family members of people in care should be compensated to care for them at home if they want to. It also called for a living wage for caretakers and a new case management system to ensure people are getting the care they need. Florence Girard had been living with Astra Dahl at the time of her death, part of a program funded by the Crown Corporation, Community Living BC. Dahl was convicted in 2022 of failing to provide the necessities of life for Gerard. Community Living BC has an annual budget of $1.6 billion, which it uses to support 29,000 eligible people.

About 4,200 of those people live in a home share arrangement. Lindsay Duncombe, CBC News, Vancouver. U.S. President Donald Trump is in Los Angeles to survey the destruction caused by the wildfires. I don't think you can realize how rough it is, how devastating it is until you see it. I didn't realize, I mean, I saw a lot of bad things on television, but the extent of it, the size of it, we flew over it in a helicopter, we flew to a few of the areas and it is devastation. It's incredible. It's really an incineration. Trump also said he stands behind California 100 percent, adding he's looking at waiving tariffs on construction materials needed to rebuild. Trump has threatened to hold back

federal aid unless the state changes its water policy. Mayors of cities and towns along the Canada-U.S. border are forming a new partnership. The Border Mayors Alliance is aimed at safeguarding communities and bringing a municipal perspective to an international discussion. It follows months of terror threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. Windsor, Ontario Mayor Drew Dilkens will chair the group. We expect that at the federal level, that there will be diplomatic talks at the federal level

between Washington and Ottawa. We know the premiers are working their angles with governors, rightfully so, because many of the states in the US call Canada the number one customer of the goods produced here. And we want to link arms with our mayors on the other side because their communities have just as much to lose as ours. Trump has said he would impose a 25% tariff on goods imported into the U.S. from Canada. Political officials, observers rather, say Alberta Premier Daniel Smith is taking a risky

approach to dealing with the economic threats from Trump. Janet French explains. Historically, Canada has been very, very bad. It's very unfair to us on trade. Donald Trump today continued to dismiss America's longstanding trade relationship with Canada. The U.S. president says America doesn't need Canadian oil, vehicles, lumber or crops, and big tariffs are coming. Premier Danielle Smith called for diplomacy.

Unlike other Canadian leaders, Smith says talks of retaliation need to stop. Calgary pollster Janet Brown says the premier has had to pivot. I think a lot of Canadians, maybe even particularly our premier Danielle Smith, thought she was going to have a really cooperative partner in Donald Trump when he came to power. National Observer columnist Max Fawcett says Smith is walking a dangerous line with Trump. If he doesn't exempt oil and gas, she is going to look not just un-Canadian, but foolish. She's going to look ineffective. Janet French, CBC News, Edmonton.

The U.S. Senate has voted this past hour on the controversial nomination of Pete Haig-Seth as defense secretary. The outcome? A 50-50 deadlock. Vice President J.D. Vance broke the tie minutes ago. Hicks-Seth as a former soldier and Fox News host, who's faced multiple accusations of sexual misconduct and on-the-job intoxication. At least three Republicans broke ranks and voted against Hicks-Seth's confirmation. That is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.