The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/17 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: February 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/17 at 20:00 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 Stephanie Scanderis. 80 people on board a Delta commuter flight survived a plane crash this afternoon

at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The jet flipped over while landing, the wings getting ripped off. At least 15 people were hurt, three of them airlifted to hospital in serious condition. Deborah Flint heads the Greater Toronto Airport's authority. We are very grateful that there was no loss of life and relatively minor injuries. We are very focused on the care and the concern and the passengers and the crew, some of whom have already been reunified with their friends and their families. Others, we have in a comfortable place right here at the airport in an environment where

they're getting a lot of care and support. Investigators from Canada and the U.S. are looking into the crash. There were wind gusts of 65 kilometers an hour at the time. 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 Svirata, says the cleanup efforts could take up to three weeks. Plowing snow on a one-, one kilometer local residential road takes approximately five to ten 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 ten 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% of all the snow we're usually getting in the winter. Montreal spokesperson Philippe Sabarin is asking people to avoid all non-essential travel. 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. This group in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington also expressed anger at congressional lawmakers asking them to stand up to Musk. 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 a hundred thousand 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. The Pope's doctors say his infection is more complex than first thought. Francis has been in hospital since Friday, first admitted for bronchitis. Megan Williams has this update. This evening in Rome, the Vatican said in a statement that the Pope does not have a fever and that he's in stable condition. In an earlier update on his health today, the

Vatican said the Pope was facing quote, a complex clinical situation, which it described as a poly microbial infection of the Pope's respiratory tract, which experts say could be pneumonia. Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said the 88 year old Catholic leader isn't good spirits, though Italians and tourists today express concern. We lit a candle for him yesterday in church before we travelled to Rome. I hope that he's getting really good care. We wish him a quick recovery so he can get back to leading the church.

Knee problems have limited Francis' mobility and he's gained weight and suffered a couple of falls in recent months. In the Vatican message tonight, the Pope said he was deeply moved by the many messages and prayers of support that he's received. Megan Williams, CBC News, Rome. And a quick note that Canada has officially advanced to the Four Nations Faceoff Championship game. Canada won 5-3 over Finland and now advanced to play the US

in the final in Boston on Thursday. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderis.