The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/31 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: January 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/31 at 09:00 EST

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Today is the last day the Canadian government has to convince US President Donald Trump to reconsider his February 1st tariff threats. The Team Canada effort involves three federal cabinet ministers lobbying today in Washington to go along with another approach aimed at getting the president's attention. Janice McGregor reports. Knowing that Trump's a TV guy, Canada's prepared action videos to show how it's

beefing up the border. A Fox News reporter was live at the crossing in Coots, Alberta yesterday, profiling the fight to crack down on illegal crossings. But Alberta Premier Daniel Smith has also called on the federal government to appoint a border czar. That's the same title Americans use. It makes it seem like Canada's lacking doesn't have someone in charge. The Trudeau government says it does have a border czar. That's Public Safety Minister David McGinty, who will be meeting with his American counterpart Tom Homan today. On the Quebec stretch of the border, officials were out this week showing off the Black Hawk

helicopter that they've now repurposed to police illegal activity from the skies. Minister McGinty also announced the launch of a new regulatory oversight process for the chemicals used to produce synthetic opioids like fentanyl. One of the issues he's going to be discussing with Homan today, standing up a joint North American strike force that will target organized crime, including the cartels that traffic in fentanyl. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney says he will dump the Trudeau government's carbon

pricing policy if he becomes party leader. In a release issued overnight, Carney says his plan is to replace it with a series of incentives that encourage Canadian consumers to go green. Officials in Washington say the flight data recorders have now been recovered from the wreckage of the American Airlines passenger plane that crashed Wednesday night in the Potomac River. And a preliminary report on the tragic midair collision will be released now in 30 days. Paul Hunter has the latest. Even as divers continue their work in the icy, shallow waters of the Potomac, sifting

through the wreckage of the two aircraft, investigators are already able to begin examining what's been recovered so far, including the cockpit voice recorder and data recorder from the passenger jet, the so-called black boxes. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, which heads the investigation, expects to issue a preliminary report within 30 days. It'll be supported in part by Canada's Transportation Safety Board because though the plane was operated by American Airlines, the Bombardier jetliner was built in Canada in 2004. It's to be reconstructed piece by broken piece in an NTSB hanger once

the recovery is complete to aid investigators in their efforts. Says the NTSB, for now, everything's on the table from mechanical to human error. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. In the wake of the federal government announcing strict limits on international students allowed to study here in Canada, a growing number of community colleges are being forced to drastically cut programs. Deanna Sumac-Johnson has more. Students were shocked. I'm pretty sure the college officials were shocked. Vivian Eke has dreamt of being a 3D animator for years.

So learning her program at Centennial College will be canceled along with 48 others was a shock. For many colleges, federal caps and international student enrollments have necessitated cuts to courses, programs and staff. Colleges were particularly hard hit, especially in Ontario, where analysts say more than 70 percent of Canada's international students reside. St. Lawrence College also announced cuts to more than 50 programs just this week. President Glenn Volbragg says not only students are affected but all those local

workplaces that were counting on St. Lawrence grads as workforce. It will hit our local communities. And as bad as all that sounds, experts say the cuts are nowhere near done as Canada's post-secondary sector contends with a lean new reality. Deanna Sumanac-Johnson, CBC News, Toronto. reality. Deanna Sumanac-Johnson, CBC News, Toronto.