The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/27 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: February 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/27 at 14:00 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 this hour. I'm Tom Harrington. It's been an emotional time for the families of two murdered First Nations women. Potential human remains were found in a landfill near Winnipeg yesterday. The discovery comes after a long battle to have the site searched. Karen Pauls has more. They didn't deserve to sit in that landfill for as long as they did. Jordan Myron's sister is one of the First Nations women murdered by a serial killer

in 2022. It's believed the bodies of Mercedes Myron and Morgan Harris ended up in a dump just outside of Winnipeg. Crews began sifting through the landfill in December and yesterday, potential human remains were discovered. So if people would have just listened to us and realized that they are there, this could have happened a lot sooner. And that's what really angers me.

This search has been controversial. The previous Conservative government lost the last provincial election in part because it vowed not to search the landfill. That couldn't be done. And that it wouldn't be done. Melissa Robinson is Morgan Harris' cousin. What the hell with all you guys? Because it got done.

It could take two weeks to confirm if these are human remains and if so, whose remains they are. Karen Pauls, CBC News, Winnipeg. The Crown Indigenous Relations Minister is apologizing today to Inuit families for a decades-old government operation. In the 1930s and 40s, the Dundas Harbour relocations were part of Canada's strategy to maintain a national security presence in the Arctic, but it led to dozens of Inuit families being separated from their ancestral lands. Manitoba has become the first province to sign on to the federal government's universal pharmacare initiative. Legislation for the program passed in October, but it's up to each province to negotiate how it will administer the system.

Federal Health Minister Mark Holland. And people will say and say it rightfully, you're not moving fast enough. You're not doing enough. And I agree with you. But the only way the world has changed is one step at a time, a conveyor belt of progress. The agreement will see the federal government pay Manitoba more than $200 million over four years. The money will cover a wide range of contraceptive and diabetes medications. The Public Safety Minister says Canada has done a lot to tighten security along the border with the U.S. The evidence is irrefutable. Progress is being made. David McGinty is in Washington with the new National Fentanyl Czar. They are presenting Canada's efforts to combat cross-border drug smuggling.

McGinty says he's convinced the progress made thus far should satisfy the U.S. administration. As part of the Team Canada group that's responsible for dealing with the border and the fentanyl crisis, we do know that we're making enormous progress. We do know that we're communicating to different folks here in the administration and they are telling us that's enormous progress. Donald Trump has threatened tariffs on Canada and Mexico, unless the two countries crack down on fentanyl smuggling. Official data shows the vast majority of the drugs intercepted in the US come from Mexico. Self-described misogynist Andrew Tait and his brother are now in the US.

Romanian prosecutors lifted a travel ban on the controversial influencers earlier today. They are still facing criminal charges in Romania, including rape and the trafficking of minors. Dominic Velaitis reports. Did Donald Trump help get you the travel ban lifted? Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan arrived at Fort Lauderdale in Florida on board a private jet. This is a democratic society.

It's supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, as my brother and I are. The controversial internet influencers were able to leave Romania after prosecutors there lifted a two-year travel ban on the pair. The brothers, who deny any wrongdoing, were first arrested in Romania in December of 2022. They are accused of forming an organised criminal group, human trafficking and money laundering. The Tate's constraints were reportedly eased after the Trump administration lobbied their Romanian counterparts. Romanian prosecutors insist the case against them hasn't been dropped and that they're expected to return at the end of next month.

Dominic Vleiters for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.