The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/01 at 19:00 EST

Episode Date: March 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/01 at 19:00 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 Peter Dock. Ukrainians overseas and across Canada are reacting to that tense meeting at the Oval Office. Many are worried and hope allies such as Canada will maintain their support. CBC reporter Filip Lyashenok has more.

Maria Yanchenko, owner of Myrusa's Kitchen in Toronto, says she watched in disbelief at what happened in the Oval Office. They drew him there to make a fool out of him. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance to discuss a pivotal minerals deal and strengthen US-Ukraine relations. Yanchenko says what happened was the opposite. With Trump and Vance calling Zelensky disrespectful while she says they insulted him and his country. Queen's University Energy and Environmental policy professor Warren Mabee.

He says while Trump may claim Zelensky has a bad bargaining position the US needs critical minerals and rare earth metals from Ukraine. US companies are not likely to go in and start doing billions of dollars worth of development unless the area is secure. Philipply Shannock, CBC News, Toronto. Israel says it will adopt a ceasefire proposal from American Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff that would last through Ramadan and pass over until mid-April. It calls for half the hostages dead or alive to be released on the first day.

There is no word on whether Hamas will adopt this. Two buses have crashed in Bolivia, leaving multiple people dead. According to local authorities, the collision happened early this morning. At least 33 people were killed and several others injured. One of the buses was headed to a local festival. Alberta's industry and businesses have had nearly 30 days to think about American President Donald Trump's tariff threat. Even so, experts say that the mixed messaging from the Trump administration is creating uncertainty.

Charles St. Arnaud is the chief economist for Alberta Central, which serves credit unions in the province. It might be the new reality that we'll have constant rolling threat of tariffs, which in some ways when you start thinking about it, probably accomplish some of its agenda without necessarily having to impose higher costs on US consumers. It's still not clear whether Trump will impose 25% tariffs on most Canadian imports next Tuesday. A search and rescue group in British Columbia's interior

is adding its voice to calls to avoid the backcountry this weekend. Avalanche Canada issued a special public warning assessing the risk in many parts of that province at considerable or even extreme. CBC reporter Tom Poppeck has more. The conditions are increasingly dangerous. Martianing baits with Castle Search and Rescue

says the past week of warming weather is creating a dramatically unstable snowpack, but also those back country conditions so hard to resist. That's what gets people into trouble. It might be that last run of the day or it might be that very tempting terrain. He says vigilance, preparation and information are key. Skiers and sledders need to look around

and also up the slope. Any terrain steeper than 30 degrees poses a potential risk. Avalanche training and equipment is essential not just to identify risk but to survive a slide. And go online to get the most recent, most local avalanche assessments since snow conditions can change slope to slope and even with sun exposure. It's perfectly possible to have a good time even though the conditions are higher than normal. Still, Kansas little star crews are on alert and ready even out training on Sunday.

We'll be available for people if they do get into trouble. Tom Poppock, CBC News, Colona. And the last surviving member of the punk rock group New York Dolls has died. David Johansson was the frontman for the glam and proto-punk band in the 1970s. He also enjoyed success as his alter ego, Buster Poindexter in the 80s with this smash hit. Feeling hot, hot, hot. Feeling hot, hot, hot. Oh, Lord. Hot, hot, hot became a sensation in clubs and at functions. Johansson's death comes less than a month after revealing he had stage four cancer and a brain tumor.

He was 75. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Peter Dock.