The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: February 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 02:00 EST

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But it's time to imagine what we can do with more. Join Scarborough Health Network and together, we can turn grit into greatness. Donate at lovescarborough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland. Canada's premiers are calling their trip to Washington a success. It ended with a surprise visit to the White House, where the premiers met with top Trump

staffers. Kate McKenna has more from Washington. Ontario Premier Doug Ford left the White House saying he and the other premiers had positive meetings with two top Trump staffers, Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Blair and Senior Hiring Advisor Sergio Gore. It just shows the relationship that we have and they've said it numerous times, how they respect Canada. But that respect was not on display after the meeting when Blair posted on social media saying he'd take the Premier's comments about not wanting to become the 51st state back to the President, but also that he didn't agree with their position and that the best way to understand what President Trump plans to do is to take what he says at face value.

Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc also met with Trump's pick for Commerce Secretary Howard Letnick. He shared what's being done to boost border security. We spoke about the appointment of our Fentanyl czar who will be in Washington in a few days. Some premiers are staying in Washington to continue holding meetings, trying to flood and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President

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and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the President and the for consumers. Musk is head of the US Department of Government Efficiency. He spoke tonight by video at the World Government Summit in Dubai. The overarching goal here is like it's to lay the foundation for prosperity that will last many decades, you know, maybe centuries and yeah, but it will be forever, nothing's forever. Late Wednesday a US federal judge ruled that the Trump administration could go ahead with a plan to cut the American government workforce. About 75,000 workers have accepted a layoff package.

The former head of Alberta Health Services has filed a $1.7 million wrongful dismissal lawsuit against her former employer and the province. Athana Menzelopoulos claims she was fired because she launched an investigation and forensic audit into various contracts. We're following a developing story in France tonight. Someone threw a grenade at a bar in Grenoble where the 1968 Winter Olympics took place. 12 people were wounded, two of them seriously. We can exclude the attack purely because there is nothing to make us think it's linked to terrorism.

They say it was an act of extreme violence that may be linked to a settling of scores. Police are hunting for the attacker who fled the scene. The Invictus Games are underway in British Columbia, an international sporting competition for wounded, injured and sick soldiers and veterans. Jessica Chung reports. People at the base of Whistler Mountain cheering on Canadian competitors during the last day of winter sport events in this year's Invictus Games. Teresa White-Meyer, a serving Army radio teletype operator from Coquitlam says this experience has been healing. For me it's not so much about the competition. This was awesome. Learning to have that beautiful conversation with the mountain again is just

absolutely heart healing. This year's Games is the first to introduce winter sport events and competitions were held in various locations in Whistler. Scott Moore is the CEO of the Invictus Games 2025. We've had so many instances where people have come to this event who really might not have seen or appreciated the service members and what they've done for all of us. And they leave changed and leave with a new respect. Competitors will now head to Vancouver for the rest of the events, including sitting volleyball, swimming and rowing. Jessica Chung, CBC News, Whistler.

The Four Nations Hockey Tournament opened in Montreal tonight. Marner to work. He's in. Marner! Mitch Marner! In overtime! Mitch Marner scored the winning goal against Sweden, final score 4-3. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Hurland.