The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/27 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: February 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/27 at 02:00 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 Neil Herland. There's a major development in the search of a Manitoba landfill for the bodies of two indigenous women. The province says potential human remains have been found. major development in the search of a Manitoba landfill for the bodies of two indigenous

women. The province says potential human remains have been found. Ian Fraser reports. A grim discovery in the painstaking search of a Manitoba landfill. We have found what we believe to be somebody's loved one today. The remains of two First Nations women are believed to have been dumped north of Winnipeg. Wednesday's discovery is something the families of Morgan Harris and Mercedes Myron have been waiting for. The women were murdered by a serial killer. A team began sifting through garbage in December, looking for any sign of them.

Manitoba premier Wab Kanu says he'll never forget this day. I think we've always understood that searching a landfill was the right thing to do, but with the disclosure of potential human remains being found today, I think we can also say it was a realistic and a reasonable thing for us to do. The two women disappeared in the spring of 2022. Jeremy Skibitzky was convicted in their deaths and the killings of two other women. Ian Frays, CBC News, Winnipeg. The mother of a young woman accused of stabbing a child

in Halifax says the incident should be a wake-up call for politicians and health officials. Andrea Hancock says her daughter, 19-year-old Elliot Chorney, is mentally ill. Just weeks before the attack, she was taken to hospital by police but was not admitted. I don't want this to ever happen again. And to do that, I need to speak out and I need things to change. Elliot Chorney is charged with attempted murder.

Voters in Ontario will cast ballots Thursday in a provincial election. Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford is hoping for a third straight majority while the new Democrats, Liberals and Greens are hoping to gain ground. Jamie Strashan has more. I want to be Premier forever. Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford may not be Premier forever but according to the polls is heading for an almost unprecedented third straight majority. Ford called an early election telling voters he needed a new mandate to fight against Donald Trump's looming tariff threats. The Liberals, New Democrats and Green Party have struggled to find traction with another ballot box issue. The NDP is focused on affordability. Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie on the province's chronic family doctor shortage. He studied and hauled

away health care. He didn't get it done. Voters also appear to be overlooking an ongoing RCMP investigation into the so-called Green Belt scandal. University of Windsor political science professor Lydia Milgen. He's a really remarkable retail politician because he can make mistakes, he owns up to them. Milgen says she will also be looking at how many Ontarians turn out to vote in the province's first winter election since the 1880s. Jamie Strash in CBC News, Toronto. We're bringing you a special series looking at what some provinces are doing to help Canadians

get better health care. As Heather Gillis reports, doctors in this country say they're drowning in paperwork, time that could be better spent with patients. Come on people, these are grown-ups. A common contagious illness. Doctors like Rita McCracken in Vancouver don't want to write sick notes for that. And if they have a cold, they don't need to bring those germs into my office to get a note so that you can feel better about them not coming to work. The Canadian Medical Association estimates doctors wrote 12.5 million sick notes last year. Ontario and Quebec are making moves to curb them.

Nova Scotia and Manitoba have created task forces to reduce all administrative burdens doctors face. Dr. Steve Major of Newfoundland and Labrador's Medical Association says it's desperately needed. I mean, in the average week, I'm probably spending four to eight hours doing paperwork. An estimated 6.5 million Canadians don't have access to primary care. And doctors say critically examining the paperwork could be one cure for the health care crisis. Heather Gillis, CBC News, St. John's. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Neal Hurland.