The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/27 at 15:00 EST

Episode Date: February 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/27 at 15:00 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 is sour. I'm Tom Harrington. Public safety minister David McGinty is in Washington today promoting efforts by Canada to fight fentanyl trafficking. His visit occurring as US President Donald Trump is doubling down on his threats to impose sweeping tariffs next week Cameron McIntosh has the latest we can control what we can control outside the White House public safety minister David McGinty insisting Canada is making its border more secure the evidence is

irrefutable the progress is being made US President Donald Trump has tied a 25% tariff threat on almost all Canadian imports to border security, claiming fentanyl from Canada is killing thousands of Americans. About 1% of US fentanyl moves through Canada. Along with the heads of the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency, McGinty is meeting with Trump administration officials, highlighting recent seizures, including a month-long RCMP initiative that led to more than 500 arrests. Any tests that was put on this country on Canada in terms of showing progress and meeting standards for the border, I believe those have been met.

Before McGinty even got to the White House, Trump posted the March 4th tariffs will go ahead unless Canada can demonstrate it as, quote, stopped or seriously limited the flow of fentanyl. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Washington. It's a good thing that we found the remains. It's also very, very hard. Jordan Myron is the cousin of Mercedes Myron. She and Morgan Harris were murdered by a serial killer back in 2022.

Police believe their bodies ended up in a Winnipeg landfill. Yesterday, searchers found potential human remains. Melissa Robinson is Morgan Harris' cousin. I was thinking back to when we were all told no, when the Winnipeg police told us no, you know, when the government, Heather Stephenson told us no, you know, that couldn't be done, and that it

wouldn't be done to hell with all you guys because it got done. It could take two weeks to identify the remains. Manitoba is the first province to opt in to the federal government's National Pharmacare Program, but whether the deal will be honoured may depend on who wins the next federal election. David Thurton reports. David Thurton, Federal Health Minister, Canada What is special about Manitoba is the extraordinary work that the Manitoba government has done. Federal Health Minister Mark Holland announcing Canada's first pharmacare deal, a four-year

agreement with the Manitoban government worth more than $200 million. The province already covers birth control control but Ottawa is funding diabetes meds and devices along with hormone replacement therapy for women in menopause. Uzoma Asiguera is Manitoba's health minister. Make sure that menopause drugs are available for women and those who need it in our province. A measure that's at risk as a federal election looms. It's up to the conservatives. Now they will literally be taking medicine from people's hands.

Manitoban residents won't receive coverage for the majority of these free meds until June, leaving it up to a future government to follow through. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Self-described misogynist and accused human trafficker Andrew Tate has landed in Florida, along with his brother Tristan. The pair arrived on a private jet after Romanian prosecutors lifted their travel ban. This is a democratic society. It's supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, as my brother and I are.

Tate called accusations against him lies and smears. The podcasters and social media influencers are still under investigation in Romania for human trafficking, sex with a minor, and money laundering. They are British citizens and outspoken supporters of Donald Trump. Their release comes after months of diplomatic pressure from the White House. Turkey's jailed Kurdish leader has called on his Kurdistan Workers' Party members to lay down their arms. Abdullah Ocalan says the party, also known as PKK, should dissolve. Forty thousand lives have been lost during its decades-long fight with Ankara for an independent Kurdish state.

The PKK is deemed a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies. Ocalan's appeal could have far-reaching implications for Northern Iraq, where the party is based, but also for neighboring Syria. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.