The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/10 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: February 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/10 at 14:00 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, the world is sour. I'm Tom Harrington. Donald Trump's impending 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports are drawing sharp criticism from some business and political leaders. Quebec's aluminum industry will be hit hard especially. Aluminum is one of the province's biggest exports, generating some 30,000 jobs. Thomas Dagner reports. Speaking to a business crowd near Montreal, Quebec's economy minister Christine Fréchette says

US President Donald Trump is attacking the province's businesses and workers. Premier Francois Legault is calling on the North American free trade agreement to be renegotiated immediately. All of it as Trump's plan for renewed tariffs on US aluminum imports sends shockwaves through Quebec where 90% of Canada's aluminum is produced. Flavio Volpe with the Prime Minister's Council on Canada-U.S. Relations is among officials heading to Washington to highlight how tariffs will hurt Americans too. One of the biggest customers of that aluminum is U.S. defense interests. Already Quebec's aluminum industry is considering ramping up exports to Europe

rather than being so reliant on Canada's southern neighbour. Thomas Daigle, CBC News, Toronto. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is calling for tariffs against Elon Musk's car company. We want to put a hundred percent tariff on Tesla cars. You pick a fight with Canada we're gonna fight back. We're gonna make sure Donald Trump and Elon Musk feel it. So that's our vision. We want to be able to support Canadians, to buy Canadian and we're going to fight back at those that are taking shots at our country. Singh spoke in Windsor, Ontario after meeting with autoworkers to discuss the tariff threat.

The leader of the official opposition is also speaking out. Pier Polyev is in Nunavut promising a conservative government would build a permanent military base in the territory. Hostile powers want our resources, our shipping routes, and to be in striking distance of our continent. Let me be clear, the Canadian Arctic belongs to Canadians and Canadians will take back control of their Arctic waters, Arctic skies, and Arctic land. Poliev says his government would also purchase

four polar icebreakers, two each for the Coast Guard and Navy. Hamas says it will stop releasing Israeli hostages until further notice. The Palestinian militant group is accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire. It claims Palestinians in Gaza were targeted with airstrikes and humanitarian aid was prevented from entering the area. Israel says the announcement to postpone hostage release is prevented from entering the area. Israel says the announcement to postpone hostage release is a violation of the agreement. The defense minister ordered the

country's military to be at the highest level of readiness in Gaza. The ceasefire has largely held over the past three weeks. An intense winter storm is pummeling eastern Newfoundland. Almost 40 cm of snow blacketed St. John's and the surrounding region. Malone Mullen has the details. Ferocious winds spiking at over 100 kmph whipped falling snow into a frenzy Monday morning. Visibility down to just the hand in front of you. A proper blizzard by definition, but one that quickly tapered off schools, courts, and liquor stores remain closed. That's as people in Metro St. John's dig out from the 37 centimeters dumped on them Sunday night. I'm shoveling out my house. Shane Dwyer was trying

to figure out where to put all the snow outside his downtown row house. In typical Newfoundland fashion though, he wasn't shoveling just for himself. An elderly lady that lives here I might as well shoveling out my house and my neighbors. A few houses over Sienna Walsh is waiting impatiently for her dad to dig them out. Hurry up and shovel. Because for a four-year-old the winter's first snow day means snow angels and sleds instead of sore backs. Malone Mullen C, CBC News, St. John's. Literary prankster Tom Robbins has died. The philosopher charmed and enlightened millions of readers

with adventures such as Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and another roadside attraction. Robbins published eight novels and a memoir. He was celebrated for his ability to look fondly at the world with deadpan absurdity. Tom Robbins was 92 years old. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington.

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