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

Episode Date: February 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/16 at 16:00 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 this hour, I'm Julianne Hasele Wood. The snow keeps hammering parts of Ontario and Quebec. Environment Canada says winter storm conditions are expected to continue rapidly deteriorating. And to the west, much of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and parts of northwestern Ontario are under an extreme cold warning. Qobin Oduro tells us how the storm is hitting Montreal. There's a blizzard warning for Montreal. Environment Canada says it will be in place until Monday morning. The city is starting to clear roads with its snowplows and parking restrictions are in effect. It's also advising people not to go out on Sunday

and even to work from home on Monday. At Montreal Trudeau Airport, about 140 flights are cancelled. This is the second snowstorm the city is being hit with this week. City of Montreal spokesperson Philippe Sabaren says clearing the snow won't be as easy as past years. It's one of the biggest challenges the city is facing with two huge snowstorms in a row. As Montreal continues its snow clearing, it's not the end of this weather for the rest of Canada. The storm is pushing into Atlantic Canada and weather warnings are in full effect there. Quibino Duro, CBC News, Montreal.

In the U.S. at least eight people were killed in Kentucky after heavy rains triggered dangerous flooding overnight. Ten million people from Ohio to Mississippi are under flood warnings, and hundreds of thousands are without electricity. Mark Carney is the perceived frontrunner in the race to become the next liberal leader and prime minister. And today he spoke with CBC News' Rosemary Barton. She gives us a rundown of some of what he's planning to do if he wins.

We talked a lot about what he would do with the consumer carbon tax, which is to get rid of it and instead use a carbon credit market that would have industrial polluters pay more and that would be then handed back to Canadians. He talked about a middle-class tax cut that he has yet to announce that would be broad-based for Canadians right across the country. He talked about how we would be prepared to run a deficit in government as long as the money that would be used for that could be pumped back into the economy to try and get some growth going inside Canada. But he also talked about Donald Trump. I have negotiated a number of

situations in the past. I know how to manage crises. It is not a good idea to insert yourself in the middle of a negotiation, give conflicting signals to your... Other candidates are doing that. It's not a good idea to do that. Full stop. He has been reticent to get too detailed in terms of what he would do if he were prime

minister to respond to the tariffs because he wants to leave that to the government in place. Rosemary Barton reporting from Ottawa. Tomorrow is the deadline for Liberal leadership candidates to pay the final installment of their entry fee, the last $125,000. Mark Carney, Karina Gould, Chrystia Freeland and Frank Baylis say they have paid. And Ruby Dalla says she will make the final installment on Monday. The Munich Security Conference wrapped up today with European leaders noting a growing gulf between them and the US. On the first day of the gathering US Vice President JD Vance didn't focus on the Russian invasion in Ukraine and

Trump's efforts to reach an agreement to end the fighting, instead using his time to scold Europe for its hate speech laws and for letting too many migrants and refugees in their countries. Conference Chair Christoph Hoytzken. This conference started as a transatlantic conference. After the speech of Vice President Vance on Friday, we have to fear that our common value base is not that common anymore. I'm very grateful to all those European politicians that spoke out and reaffirmed the values and principles that they are defending.

No one did this better than President Zelensky." After U.S. officials suggested European leaders would not be invited to attend talks on Ukraine, France said it would invite them to an emergency meeting focused on the issue. The Vatican says Pope Francis' health is continuing to improve. The 88-year-old was hospitalized two days ago with a respiratory illness. Today, he apologized for missing a mass at St. Peter's Basilica and thanked people for their prayers. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.