The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/22 at 18:00 EST

Episode Date: February 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/22 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 is our, I'm Karen Hauerlach. Roman Catholics around the world are praying for their Pope this hour. The Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition in hospital in Rome. He was admitted just over a week ago with a lung infection and the Vatican says he's taken a turn for the worse. Megan Williams has the latest. The Vatican statement was alarming.

As we know, the Pope has double pneumonia and doctors said yesterday that he was not out of the woods. They pneumonia and doctors said yesterday that he was not out of the woods. They did say, however, that he was not about to die, but that the danger was that his infection that is in his lungs, the double pneumonia that he's suffering from, that some of those germs could travel to other organs. We don't know if that has happened yet, but what they are saying is that he had a prolonged respiratory crisis this morning.

He couldn't breathe and so they had to give him, you know, what they called sort of a high flow oxygen therapy. He's had a blood transfusion. He has anemia. What doctors are looking for right now is whether or not Pope Francis is going to be responding again to this treatment. It's pretty clear that he's going to be in the hospital for the long haul if he's able to make it through these next critical hours. That's the CBC's Megan Williams in Rome. And now to an Israeli army base.

Screaming and crying with joy, Omar Wenkert reunites with his parents after about 500 days in Hamas captivity. Wenkert was one of six hostages released today. Israel was to free over 600 Palestinian prisoners in return, but that's been delayed. Israel has yet to say why. Today is the final release of living hostages under phase one of the ceasefire deal. More exchanges hinge on whether the two sides can agree on phase two. Here at home, many Canadians are

protesting against American tariff and sovereignty threats by canceling their US trips. About a million Canadians travel to the US every winter. Campbell McNurott has more. Aside from during the pandemic, Bob Blumer has traveled to Florida every March for 20 years. The retiree from Coburg, Ontario loves the tradition. So why did he cancel this year? Basically just frustration and listening to Trump and all his rhetoric. It's just, I thought there's no way I can go down and spend any money in the US. Blumer's not the only one.

Florida Realtors say Canadians are selling property in record numbers. Down in Hollywood, Florida, Canadian Richard Clavet owns a group of motels catering to Quebecers. He says some guests have cancelled, and others are reluctant to book for next year. I've seen a customer dropping a thousand dollar deposit to choose to go to Cuba instead. Trump's threats have come at the end of snowbird season, meaning their full impact on Canadian travel to the US won't be felt until next fall. Some industry watchers expect alternative vacation spots to see a boost in

popularity. Bob Blumer, for one, says he's off to the Dominican Republic next month. Campbell McDermott, CBC News, Ottawa. Health authorities in B.C. are confirming a second case of measles, prompting public health officials to urge people to check their immunization records ahead of the busy spring travel season. Dr. Brian Conway is medical director at the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Center. He says measles is a viral infection that's extremely contagious and can be very serious. In a small number of cases there can be complications involving mainly the lungs and the brain can have seizures.

In about 0.2% cases, 2 per thousand, it can even be fatal. The Provincial Health Services Authority says so far 44 cases of measles have been detected in Canada this year, mostly in people who are not vaccinated. A measles outbreak in rural West Texas is now up to 90 cases, nearly all of them children and teens. More than two dozen cases are in kids under the age of four. At least 16 people have been hospitalized. Almost all of those with measles were not vaccinated.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Karen Howerlach.