The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/17 at 18:00 EST

Episode Date: February 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/17 at 18:00 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 Stephanie Scanderis. A plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport has left 15 people hurt. A Delta Airlines passenger jet arriving from Minneapolis flipped over on the runway. Two adults and a child were taken to hospital in serious condition. Nobody has died. 76 passengers and four crew were on board. John Lundquist had a friend on the Delta flight. He was watching it come in.

The plane was upside down. It was on its top end, the wings were missing and there was, I don't know if it was smoke coming out or what but yeah it was like a blizzard too. Flights in and out of Pearson were on hold, they've resumed this past hour. The Transportation Safety Board is sending a team to the crash site and a pair of intense winter storms has buried much of southern Ontario and Quebec in snow. In Toronto, the Director of Transportation Operations and Maintenance, Vincent Sfarazza, says the cleanup efforts could take up to three weeks. Plowing snow on a one-kil kilometer local residential road takes approximately five

to 10 minutes. And that's a vehicle traveling at about 15 kilometers an hour. Snow removal on that same kilometer of road can take up to 10 hours. Quebec is also digging out after its second major snowstorm in just a few days, and snow removal operations are struggling to keep up. In less than five days, almost 40 percent of all the snow we're usually getting in the winter. Montreal spokesperson Philippe Sabarin says nearly 50 percent of the sidewalks are still buried.

He's asking people to use public transit when they can and to avoid all non-essential travel. The Ukrainian president is dismissing planned talks between the US and Russia aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky says Kiev should be involved in any discussions about its future. His comments come as the US Secretary of State arrives in Saudi Arabia. Marco Rubio is there for these high-stakes talks between the US and Russian officials. The US Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg says no one will impose a peace deal on Ukraine. And

it's President's Day in the US and four weeks since Donald Trump took office, protesters descended on DC angry over the actions of Trump and Elon Musk. Steve Futterman reports. No one voted for Elon Musk. This group in front of the US Capitol in Washington also expressed anger at congressional lawmakers asking them to stand up to Musk. Hey Congress, grow a spine. They say Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency do not have the authority to fire government employees or essentially eliminate government departments.

Eight years ago, when Donald Trump was first elected, similar protests took place. With one big difference. In 2017, some of the gatherings drew more than 100,000 people. These are not drawing anything close to that. Some are suggesting after years of protests, those opposed to Trump are simply emotionally exhausted. And the Trump administration, which pays attention to things like this, is well aware of the lower numbers.

Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. Today is the deadline for liberal leadership hopefuls to pay their final installment of the entry fee. Each candidate must pay $125,000 to stay in the race. The high cost to run is criticized by some as a barrier for grassroots contenders, and it has forced at least one candidate to drop out of the race. CBC News has confirmed all five remaining candidates have raised the money they need. And Canada has officially advanced to the Four Nations Face-Off Championship Game. Canada won 5-3 over Finland in a game that was nearly a shutout until the final minutes.

This was a must-win game for the Canadians who now advanced to play the U.S. in the championship game in Boston on Thursday. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderis.