The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/08 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: March 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/08 at 20:00 EST

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Julianne Hazelwood. We begin in Winnipeg. I made a commitment to these families that we were going to do something for them and we've delivered on it. Manitoba Premier Wab Kanu has been meeting with the families of four indigenous women killed by serial killer. Human remains were found in a landfill near Winnipeg and now are identified as Morgan Harris, one of the victims.

Her family and the other families pushed for years to get the authorities to agree to search for their loved ones. When Premier Wab Kanu was elected last year, he ordered the search. This is what we wanted. This is what we set out to do, was to bring home Morgan Harris and Mercedes Myron. 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. And I hope it helps to bring closure and healing. Canoe says he hopes the identification process on a second set of human remains will be complete in the next couple of weeks.

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.

The search continues for the three male suspects. Two had handguns and a third was armed with an assault rifle. The U.S. is not the only country threatening to put tariffs on Canadian goods. China announced today it will impose tariffs worth $3.6 billion on some agricultural and seafood products. As Olivia Stefanovich reports, it's expected to hurt Canadian farmers. Well, to say that people are anxious would be an understatement.

If farmers didn't already have enough to worry about, the head of the Canola Council of Canada says his industry is taking another major hit. China is placing a 100% levy on Canola, a move that Chris Davison says will be hard to absorb while producers are also grappling with US tariffs. Those two markets together represent over 75% of Canadian global canola trade. The move comes after Canada placed a 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, a decision the federal government took last fall

following similar action by the European Union and the Biden administration in the US. Along with canola, China is placing a 25 percent levy on Canadian pork and some seafood imports, along with another 100 percent tariff on pulses. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. In eastern Ukraine, a building is engulfed in flames after Russian missile and drone attacks overnight. Local officials say at least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded, including five children. They also say the attack in the Donetsk region hit several residential buildings and a shopping center.

In Northeastern Ukraine, another three civilians were killed in a drone attack. The Vatican says Pope Francis is responding well to treatment for double pneumonia, showing what they called gradual slight improvement. But the 88-year-old's prognosis is still listed as guarded. The pontiff entered a Rome hospital just over three weeks ago with breathing difficulties. Some small Canadian businesses are getting a boost from

anti-American sentiment. Gloria Van Wart owns Glorified by Society, a candle and fragrance company in Greeley, Ontario. She says she's seen a 20% spike in candle sales since Trump started talking about Canada becoming a 51st state. Since I've made my company so based on local providers, I don't see any problem with the foreseeable future or the tariffs, because we're just doubling down and we're getting busier and busier, which is great.

She credits the sales boost to the Buy Canadian movement. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.