The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/24 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: February 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/24 at 20:00 EST

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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 is our. I'm Tom Harrington. The French president says there is good reason to reengage with Russia.

Emmanuel Macron met with US President Donald Trump at the White House today. Macron says the new administration provides a new context for talks, but adds any peace deal between Russia and Ukraine needs to include security guarantees. My strong point was to say, let's try to get something first which can be assessed, checked and verified. And let's be sure that we build sufficient guarantees on the short run, and this is where we are ready to be engaged. The U.S. and Ukraine are talking about signing a deal for Ukraine's rare earth minerals.

Macron says that could be key to securing Ukrainian sovereignty. Pope Francis is still critically ill as he battles double pneumonia, but the Vatican says the pontiff's condition has improved slightly. He resumes some work activities today. Doctors say the slight kidney problem detected yesterday is no longer a concern. But the 88-year-old is still receiving supplemental oxygen and doctors say his prognosis remains uncertain. This is his 11th night in hospital, the longest stay of his nearly 12-year papacy.

The suspect in a stabbing of a six-year-old boy in Halifax has made a court appearance. The 19-year-old woman is charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace. Police say the victim and the suspect did not know each other. Kayla Hounsell has the latest. It's a very, very tragic incident. Constable Martin Cromwell with the Halifax Regional Police says officers were called to a main thoroughfare in downtown Halifax Sunday afternoon. They found the child suffering from multiple stab wounds. He remains in hospital.

Police say the child's parents were instrumental in ensuring the suspect remained at the scene. 19-year-old Elliott Chorney appeared in court today staring at the floor. She consented to remaining in custody until she enters her plea next month. Police say she had a knife. They also say they do not believe she knows the child. However, we are asking anyone who was in the area that may have witnessed the incident, anyone with video, to come forward and contact police. Court documents show Chorney is also facing an assault charge related to an incident last month.

The documents also state she is of no fixed address. Police won't say whether she is unhoused. Kayla Hounsell, CBC News, Halifax. Ontario's progressive conservatives have released their platform just two days before the provincial election. It includes $40 billion in new spending. $5 billion is set aside to support industries and workers in case of U.S. tariffs. The PCs are promising to find a family doctor for two million people in the province and say they can do it in four years. And to get rid of

minimum pricing for hard alcohol. Both the Liberals and NDP released their plans last Friday. Tech giant Alphabet says it is going to update its popular Google Maps tool. The announcement coming after a weekend of swirming questions from Canadians about how the app refers to provincial parks. As Liam Britton reports, many were worried they'd received the Gulf of Mexico treatment. Now we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico

to the Gulf of America. Donald Trump made good on that promise, and Google Maps reflects it for U.S. users. But this weekend, social media was abuzz with Canadians wondering if something similar had happened here. Asking in at least hundreds of posts, why is Google Maps now categorizing many provincial parks as state parks? How can this possibly be true? Kiki Grabowski of Campbell River says she wrote to Google and BC Parks to register her concerns.

Those parks belong to Canada. They are not state parks. A Google spokesperson told CBC, quote, the vast majority of these parks have had their existing labels for several years. We're actively working to update labels for parks in Canada to avoid confusion. The spokesperson didn't specify what will change, but it's clear with heightened tensions between Canada and the U.S., Canadians care about the state of provincial parks. Liam Britton, CBC News, Vancouver. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.