The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/27 at 03:00 EST

Episode Date: February 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/27 at 03:00 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. The Manitoba government says potential human remains have been found at the Prairie Green landfill

north of Winnipeg. A search for the bodies of Morgan Harris and Mercedes Myron officially started in December. There are two of the four indigenous women murdered by serial killer Jeremy Skibitzky. Wab Kanu is the Premier of Manitoba. As a province, I think it's really really important for us to reflect on what this says about Manitobans, that we are a province that when somebody goes missing, we go looking. And I think we've always understood that searching the 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 federal and Manitoba 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 federal and Manitoba governments pledged $20 million each for the search. The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it's ready to negotiate for the next phase of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Last night, Hamas handed over the remains of four dead Israeli hostages. It's not clear how they were killed. In exchange Israel released 602 Palestinian prisoners, including militants who are serving life sentences for deadly attacks against Israelis. In recent weeks, close to 300 migrants of different nationalities have been deported from the United States and sent to Panama. It's part of a deal signed between the two countries. While some have now been sent back to their country of origin, others have been moved to the Darien Jungle region. Melissa Kent reports from Panama City.

Men, women and children are loaded onto two buses outside the Decapolis Hotel in the heart of Panama City. It's not clear where they're being taken. These are the last of the nearly 300 migrants from Asia, the Middle East and Africa deported by the US on military planes to Panama and locked inside this hotel for almost two weeks. Panama says they're here as part of an agreement with the U.S. We haven't said they are deprived of their liberties, says Fran Cabrego, Panama's public security minister.

They are in our custody for their protection. He also says they're free to return to their country of origin. But those unwilling or unable to go back have been sent to a remote facility in the Darien jungle region along Panama's border with Colombia. They'll be held there until another country is willing to take them in. Melissa Kent for CBC News, Panama City. The federal government is formally apologizing for its role in relocating Inuit in the 1930s and into the 1940s. The first relocation of Inuit was done to strengthen Canada's sovereignty. Juanita Taylor is an Arctic Bay Nunavut where

the apology is happening. Lysha Qavavalk and his wife Taqunnak look closely at 80-year-old photos for the first time of Inuit around the time when Lysha's father was put on a ship from King Ait, formerly Cape Dorset, and dropped off at Dundas Harbour, 1200 kilometres away. The Hudson's Bay Company, with the federal government's approval, recruited Lysha's father and 52 other Inuit from King Ait, Pangnaktok and Pond Inlet in 1932. They were sent to Dundas Harbour to hunt, trap and trade. They were promised to come home in two years.

But that didn't happen. Survivors say they suffered lasting impacts of loss from their land, animals and families. That's why the Dundas Harbour Relocation Society has been fighting to get this apology. The Federal Minister of Crown Indigenous relations will be delivering the apology this afternoon at a public event. Juanita Taylor, CBC News, Arctic Bay, Nunavut. Voters in Ontario head to the polls today for a provincial election. Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford is trying to win a third-majority government.

He's facing Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Cromie and NDP leader Marit Stiles. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.