The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 15:00 EST

Episode Date: March 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 15:00 EST

1942, Europe. Soldiers find a boy surviving alone in the woods. They make him a member of Hitler's army. But what no one would know for decades, he was Jewish. Could a story so unbelievable be true? I'm Dan Goldberg. I'm from CBC's Personally, Toy Soldier. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world is our. I'm Tom Harrington. The FBI is adding a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder to its list of 10 most wanted fugitives. Ryan Wedding is facing charges in connection with several murders and transnational drug trafficking. As Thomas Dagler reports, U.S. authorities are also offering a

substantial reward in a decade-old manhunt. The U.S. State Department says it's now offering a reward of up to 10 million dollars for information leading to the arrest of Ryan Wedding. He's accused of orchestrating at least three murders in Ontario while hiding out in Mexico and leading a major criminal network. Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton says Wedding's drug ring used the city as its primary transport hub to move vast quantities of drugs through the U.S. and Canada, including five tons of fentanyl a month. The increase in the reward should make it clear there is nowhere safe for Wedding to Hide. US prosecutors filed a grand jury indictment against Wedding last fall, nearly a decade after the RCMP first started searching for him on separate charges.

The FBI's Akil Davis. Our chances of catching him with the public support remain very high. Thomas Daigle, CBC News, Toronto. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will charge 25% more for electricity shipped to the U.S. The price increase starts Monday. He told CNN the surcharge will stay in place for the duration of Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods. Honestly, it really bothers me. We have to do this. I don't want to do this. I want to send more electricity, more critical minerals, more oil.

That's what we want to do. Ontario provides electricity to one and a half million customers in Minnesota, New York and Michigan. Donald Trump has walked back at least some of his tariffs. Mexico has been given another reprieve. The president says the levies on Mexican goods are paused until April 2nd. But there's no word from the White House on whether Canadian goods will be given the same break. Megafitz Patrick has the latest. President Donald Trump is giving Mexico a break from some of the tariffs he imposed

earlier this week, and there are hints he could do the same for Canada. Trump announced in a social media post that after speaking with Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum, he's giving imports that fall under the U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade deal a one-month reprieve. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick previewed the announcement in an interview on CNBC. That which is part of President Trump's deal with Canada and Mexico are likely to get an exemption from these tariffs now. But so far today, Trump has only announced the exemption for its southern neighbor. The backtracking comes a day after he issued exemptions for the auto sector.

Trump thanked Mexico's leader for her cooperation while writing in a separate post that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has done a quote terrible job for Canada. Megan Fitzpatrick, CBC News, Washington. Federal public health officials are warning cases of measles are on the rise in Canada. The disease was declared eradicated from this country in 1998. Canada has passed 200 annual cases only four times since then. There are now 227 cases just over two months into the year. PHAC says most infections occurred in unvaccinated

or under-vaccinated children. Ottawa has reached a settlement with indigenous survivors of so-called Indian hospitals. Crown Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangari says it's important Canada face up to past actions carried out by the federal government. The federal government operated 33 of these hospitals, originally established as tuberculosis treatment centres. However, they quickly became a tool of segregation.

Many indigenous patients were forced to stay for months or even years, enduring mistreatment, neglect and abuse. The federal government has agreed to pay compensation to individual survivors in the range of $10,000 to $200,000. Ottawa is also earmarking nearly $400 million for a healing fund and research and education about Indian hospitals. The federal court will decide whether to accept this settlement in June. And that is Your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.