The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/21 at 03:00 EST

Episode Date: February 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/21 at 03:00 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 is once again on top of the hockey world. A star-studded group led by some veterans

and the next generation of Canadian players came together when it mattered most, beating the U.S. in a thrilling game to capture the inaugural Four Nations faceoff tournament. The CBC's Jamie Strashan reports from Boston. In the end, the finals of the Four Nations Cup delivered and who else to end it but Connor McDavid. and who else to end it but Connor McDavid. Connor McDavid scores! Connor McDavid for Canada! The Edmonton Oilers superstar ripped a shot into the top corner just over eight minutes into overtime,

the Canadian bench erupting in jubilation. None of it would have been possible without the overtime heroics of Canadian goaltender Jordan Bennington, who made a series of acrobatic saves to keep the game alive. The championship game was played at a feverish pace adding fuel the political tension that loomed over the final driven by US President Donald Trump who continued his jibes about Canada becoming the 51st state in the hours leading up to puck drop.

The tension carried into the heavily partisan American crowd who showered the Canadian anthem with boos. But Canada had the last laugh, quieting the American crowd and capturing the title at a tournament that far exceeded expectations. Jamie Strash in CBC News, Boston. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is promising retribution against the militant group Hamas. In a release video statement today, Netanyahu vowed revenge for Hamas' failure to release

the body of hostage Shiri Bevis, calling it a cruel and evil violation of the ceasefire agreement. On Thursday, Hamas released the bodies of Bevis's two children, an infant boy and his four-year-old brother, but not hers. A third body released had no connection to any of the hostages. Some encouraging signs for Pope Francis, the Vatican says the Pontiff, who has been hospitalized for a week with double pneumonia, had a good night's sleep and got up this morning and had breakfast.

The Vatican adds that the Pope has no fever, his vital signs are stable, he took communion and was working. An Eastern Ontario man says the province's health care system is working against him. He spent most of the past 16 years in hospital after an accident left him with a brain injury that requires 24-hour support. Matthew Kupfer reports. Kareen Rakowski helps her twin brother put on a sweater in his room at the Renfrew Victoria Hospital.

It's where Ken Rakowski has had to make a home for most of the last 16 years. Kids, have more freedom than I do. A brain injury affects his speech. He feels criminals have more freedom than him. He was first admitted in 2009 after a car crash and spent about a year and a half at Pathways to Independence, a home for people with acquired brain injuries. Then he was injured during a bed transfer and sent to hospital. It's devastating.

Pathways to Independence wouldn't comment on Ken's case, but say staff are all trained in bed transfers and lifts. Ruth Wilcock is the president of the Ontario Brain Injury Association. She says there are others in situations similar to Rukowski's and not enough space for people with acquired brain injury. Government has invested in a few extra beds. Comparatively, the need to what's been invested, there's a huge gap. Matthew Kupfer, CBC News, Renfrew, Ontario. Surgeons in Britain have developed a new technique to save the sight of young children born with

a rare genetic condition that causes blindness. Four children were expected to lose their vision within two to three years. Five years on though, all children have maintained their vision. Professor James Bainbridge is from Moorfields Eye Hospital, which was involved in the treatment. This is a particularly rare condition, but it lends weight, it lends confidence to the idea that this particular form of gene therapy can be effective for other children with more common diseases in the future. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.