The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/07 at 23:00 EST

Episode Date: March 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/07 at 23:00 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 Claude Fague. Manitoba RCMP have confirmed that the remains found last week in a landfill near Winnipeg

belonged to Morgan Harris. In an online post, Harris's daughter described hearing the news as quote, bittersweet moment. Harris is one of four women murdered by serial killer Jeremy Skibitsky in 2022. Another victim Mercedes Myron is believed to have been taken to the same landfill. Friday night, police said a second set of remains were recovered there, but as of yet are unidentified. Hudson's Bay, Canada's oldest company, has filed for creditor protection. The iconic Canadian company has been in business since the late 1600s, but says tariff threats and dwindling sales are forcing it to restructure. The CBC's Anish Hidari reports.

It literally used to own much of the land that makes up this country. Today, a little bit less. More than 80 locations still remain though for the Bay, though it has seen rough waters in recent years, closing some stores in both major cities like Edmonton and in suburban locations. The Bay pulled out of redeveloping a major location in Vancouver and it has seen multiple rounds of layoffs. There have even been reports of stores in poor repair,

escalators broken in multiple locations. Right now, a large Bay store in Calgary has both the elevator and the down escalator broken. So to leave the menswear department, you have to take the fire exit outside. So to many, the news that the Bay is seeking creditor protection isn't a surprise. Older department stores have a rough go in the modern Canadian landscape. Think about Sears Canada, which notably went through a similar process of creditor protection years ago. While Sears

initially said it had hoped to emerge from creditor protection, it didn't. And he said REC, CBC News, Calgary. U.S. President Donald Trump is taking aim at two contentious trade targets, lumber and dairy. He's threatening a triple-digit tariff. Marina von Stackelberg reports. Canada has been ripping us off for years. Donald Trump threatening a 250% retaliatory tariff on Canadian lumber and dairy. 250% nobody ever talks about that. That's not gonna happen anymore.

After dealing with on and off again threats all week Ottawa unveiled its plan to help Canadian businesses weather the uncertainty. International Trade Minister Mary Ing. This is a really really important and very practical package because we know that this is what businesses have asked for. It seems to be the case that things are going to get worse. Garant Harvey is an employment relations expert at Western University. That is likely to be further measures needed whether this is going to be enough to deal with a situation that we're facing now time will tell. Harvey says it's hard to know what Canada should do to support its economy when Trump's actions are so hard to gauge.

Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa. Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the Canada-U.S. battle over tariffs has damaged the two countries' relationship. While I am quite sure that we will continue to trade and work with our American neighbors, it has become very clear that we can no longer rely as heavily on the Americans as we have in the past. We will never trust the United States

in the same way that we have for the past number of decades. Wilkinson's comment came during a stop in North Vancouver to announce construction of a new icebreaker. Meanwhile, China has imposed new tariffs on Canadian agricultural and food products in response to Canadian import levies on Chinese electric vehicles along with steel and aluminum products. The Chinese tariffs will include 100% levies on Canadian rapeseed oil, oil cakes and peas, and 25 percent on pork and aquatic products. The tariffs are set to take effect March the 20th. Buffy St. Marie is losing her Juno Awards and her place in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences,

or CARIS, says St. Marie was not eligible. She recently confirmed that she's an American citizen, not Canadian. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague. [♪upbeat music playing -♪"]