The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/22 at 05:00 EST

Episode Date: February 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/22 at 05:00 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, to Israel. The family of one of the Israeli hostages due to be released today sings and cheers. The militant group Hamas is in the process of turning over a total of six living hostages

today. The first two, a 40-year-old man and 39-year-old man, were turned over earlier today in Gaza. They were then taken to the border where they were flown back to Israel. In return, hundreds of Palestinian detainees and prisoners will be released by Israel today. Today will also mark the second last exchange in the first phase of the negotiated ceasefire deal between the two sides. A total of 33 Israeli hostages will be released as part of that deal. No injuries or structural issues reported after a 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck B.C.'s

Sunshine Coast yesterday. It shook homes and was widely felt from Vancouver Island to Metro Vancouver. As Mira Baines reports, the earthquake has prompted questions over the Canadian Earthquake Warning System. People along the coast near the epicentre close to Seychelt, roughly 50 kilometres north of Vancouver, experienced the earthquake more intensely. The biggest earthquake I've ever been in is 7.1

and this one actually felt stronger. I don't know if it's because we were closer or... The earthquake hit just before 1.30 in the afternoon. The vibrations felt along the coast and Metro Vancouver. It lasted about 10 seconds. Seismologist Tymee Mulder with Earthquake Canada says quakes of this strength, estimated at 4.7, happen offshore more so than inland. Certainly a significant event. People feel it widely. It's still just below the

threshold or at which we might expect damage if you're within 10 to 20 kilometres of the epicenter. There was an emergency alert but not everyone who felt it received an emergency alert text on their phones. Natural Resources Canada says they are sent out where strong shaking that could cause harm is expected. Mira Bains, CBC News, Vancouver. With Donald Trump's threatened tariffs looming over Canada, questions are emerging about their potential impact on the housing crisis. The CEO of Canada's largest homebuilder sat down with CBC Radio's The House to talk about

what's next. More now from host Catherine Cullen. We're here in the kitchen. Right away we know that appliances are one of the items that's being considered for counter tariffs. Brad Carr is giving a townhouse tariff tour. The CEO of Mattamy Homes Canada is pointing out items that could go up in price if Canada finds itself in a trade war with the United States. From fridges and dishwashers to windows and steel,

Carr says Canadian pushback against Trump's tariffs could push housing prices up. So the trick will be to try and find places to keep costs down as much as possible. Federal Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine Smith says the government is trying to be thoughtful about building the list of products it would slap retaliatory tariffs on to try to avoid driving up prices. I'm alive to the concern. The government's alive to the concern. But he says there's no question that overall when it comes to Trump's tariff threats, Canada has to respond with force.

Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. And you can hear more this morning on the House after the nine o'clock edition of World Report. To Washington. If confirmed, I commit to provide the president and the secretary of defense my military advice. That is Air Force General C.Q. Brown, the now former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Brown was fired by President Donald Trump Friday.

He was just the second black general to serve as chairman. In a post on his social media page, Trump said he was nominating retired Air Force Lieutenant General Dan Raisen Cain to replace Brown. Trump also fired two other senior officers. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had called out Brown in the past for his leadership, and in a book that he had written questioned whether Brown was given the job because he was black. Cain is white. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.