The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/08 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: March 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/08 at 17:00 EST

What does a mummified Egyptian child, the Parthenon marbles of Greece and an Irish giant all have in common? They are all stuff the British stole. Maybe. Join me, Mark Fennell, as I travel around the globe uncovering the shocking stories of how some, let's call them ill-gotten, artifacts made it to faraway institutions. Spoiler, it was probably the British. Don't miss a brand new season of Stuff the British Style. Watch it free on CBC Gem. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. Manitoba's premier is praising the families of women slain by a serial killer

for doggedly fighting to have a landfill near Winnipeg searched for their loved ones. This week remains were found and identified as one of the victims. Brett LeKeevis has more. RCMP announced Friday that remains found at the Prairie Green landfill north of Winnipeg belonged to 39-year-old Morgan Harris. Her remains were found three months after excavation started as part of a search for Harris and 26-year-old Mercedes Myron.

Serial killer Jeremy Skibitzky murdered Harris, Myron, and two other First Nations women in Winnipeg in 2022. Their families pushed for two years to search the landfill after the Winnipeg police service and Manitoba's former PC government opted not to do so. Manitoba Premier Wab Kanu said he hopes the discovery of Harris' remains brings closure to her family. For the Harris family, we can now say that the thing that we didn't know whether or not we would be able to accomplish, we knew that we were going to try. We can now say that we've been able to deliver on that attempt.

Another set of human remains found at the landfill has yet to be identified. Bartley Kivas, CBC News, Winnipeg. Toronto police are investigating a mass shooting in the city's East End. It happened inside a busy pub late last night. Police say three men walked in and opened fire. Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow shares more details. I can confirm that 12 people have been injured and taken to hospital, including six with serious gunshot wounds. My thoughts are with the victims and their families.

Police say the injuries of the six people hit by gunfire are not life threatening. Six other people were injured as they scrambled for cover. The search is on for the three male suspects. Two had handguns and a third was armed with an assault rifle. The United States isn't the only country that wants to impose tariffs on Canadian goods. China announced a raft of tariffs today on Canadian agriculture and seafood products. Olivia Stefanovic has more details. If US tariffs weren't enough, Canada is now grappling with $3.6 billion worth of counter tariffs from China. Retaliation for a 100% levy, Ottawa slapped on Chinese electric vehicles last fall. Canada made the decision following the same move by the Biden administration in the US and the European

Union. Beijing is responding with a 100% tariff of its own, targeting Canadian pea and rapeseed oil imports, along with a 25% levy on Canadian pork and some seafood imports. By striking now, China is warning Canada to resist pressure from south of the border to raise tariffs on more Chinese goods. Something U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing for as he continues to up the ante on Canada. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. The Canadian Society of Physician Recruitment says doctors are leaving the U.S., citing

the actions of the Trump administration as the reason, and recruiters are happy to help them set up in Canada. Operations manager Carly Cox says doctors leaving the US is not a new phenomenon but it has greatly increased over the last few months. It's important to note that physicians are people too. They ultimately are going to practice where they feel their family and themselves can thrive. So if that's Canada, fantastic. We welcome you. Recent policy changes have also made it easier for international doctors to obtain a Canadian license. In Madrid, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to commemorate International Women's Day

and voiced concerns about far-right policies they believe are undermining human rights. They pointed at US President Donald Trump, Argentina's president and Russia's Vladimir Putin as a source of global repression and called for continued vigilance and action to protect equality. And that's your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.