The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/16 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: February 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/16 at 02:00 EST

In Scarborough, there's this fire behind our eyes. A passion in our bellies. It's in the hearts of our neighbors. The eyes of our nurses. And the hands of our doctors. It's what makes Scarborough, Scarborough. In our hospitals, we do more than anyone thought possible. We've less than anyone could imagine.

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 Claude Fague. Canada and the US squared off in their highly anticipated showdown

at the Four Nations Faceoff in Montreal Saturday night. As seen on Rogers Sportsnet, the Americans got the go-ahead goal from Dylan Larkin late in the second period as the U.S. went on to beat Canada 3-1, securing top spot in the tournament and an automatic berth in next Thursday night's final. Canada faces off with Finland on Monday and will need a win to advance to the final against the Americans. Here's Captain Sidney Crosby. I thought we competed hard. I mean, you know, like we said all the whole time here, we just got to keep getting better and we got to learn from this one. We don't have a lot of time

to think about it. It's a big one here coming up. We battled hard and we've got to find a way to go get a win. And that game is set for 1 p.m. eastern time on Monday as the tournament shifts to Boston. From coast to coast to coast, Canadians celebrated Flag Day today. It's the 60th anniversary of the raising of the Maple Leaf for the first time. And with a looming trade war, patriotism was on display across the country. Philip Leishanek reports. As a giant Canadian flag is raised at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto,

Shirley Sequeira says she came to send a message. We need to be respected and our flag needs to be respected because it's beautiful. She says threats by US President Donald Trump that Canada should become the 51st state made this Flag Day more important. On February 15th, 1965, the Canadian flag was raised for the first time on Parliament Hill and for many marking it today, it's not just an act of defiance, but pride. Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham says he thinks of the moment his son enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. Seeing his tunic with the maple leaf patch, tears streaming down my face.

Over the years flag days have passed without notice. Now five former prime ministers urged Canadians from coast to coast to come together and fly the flag proudly. Philip Le Chanel CBC News, Toronto. Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev spoke at his party's rally in Ottawa on Saturday afternoon. He took aim at US President Donald Trump and his attacks on Canada. The unjustified threats of tariffs and 51st statehood of Donald Trump have united our people to defend the country we love.

A stampede at a railway station in India's capital Sunday has left multiple people dead. According to reports, 18 people, including 14 women, were killed in the stampede in New Delhi. The stampede was reportedly triggered due to a platform change after some passengers slipped and fell on others while coming down from a footbridge that connects train platforms. Extreme weather made worse by the changing climate is putting added stress on tourism operators in Cape Breton. They say they're losing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Brittany Wenzel reports from Sydney, Nova Scotia. I kid you not, it looked like a bomb was dropped here.

Cathy Graham McKinnon drives slowly around Glengorm Beach Resort in Ingenish. In 2022, post-tropical storm Fiona tore through parts of Cape Breton, and here at Glengorm, there are still signs of the damage. Fiona caused around half a million dollars in damage to the resort. The Cabot Trail is no stranger to destructive weather. Floods in 2021 washed away trails and damaged roads in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Then Fionna came the next year. We're doing our best to mitigate the effects of coastal erosion.

Duggan Kennedy with Parks Canada says work is underway to future-proof the area from climate change. So some of that involved design and construction of buildings and roads and trails. Back at the resort, Graham McKinnon says the effects of climate change are falling more on the shoulders of people like her, and she wants more action from all levels of government. Brittany Wenzel, CBC News, Sydney, Nova Scotia. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.