The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/21 at 06:00 EST

Episode Date: February 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/21 at 06:00 EST

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From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. First to Boston. That is Connor McDavid scoring the game winner in overtime last night as Canada beats the United States at 3-2 the final score in a thrilling final that all things considered was more than just a hockey game. And that was abundantly clear even before the puck was dropped last night with Canadian singer Chantel Krevetsik performing Oh Canada with the lyrics patriotically reworked.

Kravetsk's management team is confirming that the lyric change was definitely specifically changed. So this morning as Canadian hockey fans bask in the victory, it's worth noting that the two teams on the ice last night for this four nations faceoff tournament for the most part will face off again this time next year at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Meanwhile, a Vancouver Island man

is putting the US tariff tensions aside and is reaching across the border to invite thousands of Americans to visit his community on Vancouver Island. And the invitation shared on TikTok has taken off among Americans as a way to protest President Trump's treatment of Canada. Georgie Smythe has the details. Hey, Americans who support Canadians, I have an idea. What if we pick the day in like a month and a half or so where all of you come up here to Vancouver Island?

Todd Maffin is throwing down the welcome mat for thousands of Americans. Should we do this? To support Canada by signing up to visit his town, Nanaimo, in the spring. The invite and the video went viral down south, provoking shares like this. He says, hey, $1 worth of $1.46 up here, right?

Maffin, who's a business journalist, says the idea was kind of an accident but could have a huge positive impact on the seaside town. We're past 2,000 people now. If 10% of those 2,000 show up, 200 people, it's still going to be, I think, a pretty decent boost to the Mid-Island's economy. The local tourism board has already

got hotel bookings from people as far as Texas and Florida. Canadians and Americans trading travel tips again instead of tariffs for now. Georgie Smythe, CBC News, Vancouver. Delta Airlines is correcting the rumours and innuendo spreading on social media about the pilots of the regional jet that crash-landed in Toronto earlier this week. Officials say contrary to some of the claims that they are reading, the first officer on board was not new to the job, having been hired over a year ago and having been flying since last April. They also say that reports saying she failed training events are false. The company notes that further false claims say that the captain also failed certain training

events. In fact, he was hired in 2007 to train other pilots. There's been a political shakeup in Prince Edward Island. Prince Premier Dennis King yesterday announced he was resigning, and a new premier has been announced. Wayne Thibodeau has the details. It has been difficult. It has been challenging, but it has been announced. Wayne Thibodeau has the details. It has been difficult, it has been challenging,

but it has been the gift of a lifetime. An emotional PEI premier, Dennis King, announcing yesterday he's resigning as premier and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. King says facing U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of tariffs and the threats to the country's sovereignty will require somebody who is all in. They will require the attention every minute of every day for the next four years

and that really helped me determine that it was best for me to hand the baton of leadership. King's education minister Rob Lantz has been named the party's interim leader and the 34th premier of Prince Edward Island, he will take office later today. King led the province through some tough times, including the global pandemic, a virus that almost devastated the PEI potato industry, and in his words, two of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit the province's shores. Wayne Tobito, CBC News, Charlottetown. And that is The World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.