The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/27 at 06:00 EST

Episode Date: February 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/27 at 06:00 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, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. It is election day today in Ontario. Well, I just want to win. I don't look at the numbers. I just want to win.

I don't look at the numbers, I just want to win. I want to win a majority. It is time you had a government that truly respected you the way you deserve to be respected and treated. They didn't get it done, did they? No. We will get it done for the people across Ontario. People are struggling to get by, and Ontario Greens are listening.

From the last month on the campaign trail, the four party leaders, progressive conservative Doug Ford, New Democrat Merritt Stiles, liberal Bonnie Crombie, and the Green Party's Mike Schreiner. Ford called this snap election with more than a year and a half left in his mandate, and the candidates have been forced to battle heavy snow and plunging temperatures in what was the province's first winter campaign

since the 1880s. Now on voting day, there are concerns that slushy and icy conditions in many parts of the province may make it difficult for people with disabilities to cast their ballot. In Manitoba, forensic work is now underway to determine whether the remains found in a Winnipeg area landfill belong to two murdered Indigenous women. Premier Wab Kanu confirmed the discovery last night. We have found what we believe to be somebody's loved one today. Search crews have been deployed to the landfill looking for the remains of Morgan Harris and Mercedes Moran. Both First Nations women were murdered by a serial killer in 2022.

And the federal and provincial governments each committed $20 million to search the site, which Canoe says was the right decision. 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. Gnu says the forensic identification process could take weeks.

One of the issues being examined as Canada's health care crisis continues are official doctor sick notes. And as part of a special CBC series on health care, Heather Gillis is hearing from doctors who say paperwork like writing sick notes. And as part of a special CBC series on health care, Heather Gillis is hearing from doctors who say paperwork like writing sick notes is keeping them from their 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 an average week, I'm probably spending 48 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. Two-time Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman has died. And tragically, he was found dead yesterday at home with his wife and family dog. Steve Futterman has more.

Officials in Santa Fe are giving just the basic facts right now that Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog were all found dead yesterday afternoon. No specific cause of death has been given, but the sheriff's department says there does not appear to be any foul play. The deaths are being investigated. Gene Hackman appeared in numerous films throughout his illustrious career, including The French Connection in 1971, Bonnie and Clyde in 1967. He was also the high school basketball coach in the much acclaimed film Hoosiers in 1986. He also gained

fame for his portrayal of Lex Luthor in the first two Superman films starring Christopher Reeve. In 2008, Hackman confirmed that he had retired from acting. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.