The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/20 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/20 at 14:00 EDT

Hey, it's me, Michael Buble. You hear that? That's the sound of the Junos, the biggest party in Canadian music. I'll be there hosting. Sum 41 will be rocking out on stage for the last time, plus a whole lineup of amazing performances. And guess what?

You're all invited. All bring the tux, you bring the snacks. Let's make it a night to remember. Don't miss the Junos, live from Vancouver, March 30th at 8 Eastern on CBC and CBC Jam. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. CBC News has confirmed Prime Minister Mark Carney will dissolve Parliament and call an election this

coming Sunday. We don't know yet what day Canadians will cast their ballots but the campaign period must be at least 37 days long, meaning we could go to the polls as early as April 28th. The Conservative government will bring forward Canada first shovel-ready zones. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev is promising to speed up approvals for projects like mines and LNG plants. He says the government would identify locations, do all environmental assessments, negotiate with any First Nations in the area as required by law, then issue the approvals. We will offer pre-permitting before we even get applications so the permits can be published online with a required checklist of actions that businesses must take to comply in protecting people and the environment. Poliev did not say why the timeline would be shorter if all the same checks

and negotiations are carried out. There are now some answers about that Delta plane that crashed and overturned at Toronto's Pearson Airport last month. All 76 passengers and four crews survived, but 21 people suffered injuries, some serious. Now the Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary findings. The CBC's Nicole Williams with more. The unforgettable moment the plane came crashing down, catching fire, skidding along the runway and flipping over. Ever since, there have been questions swirling about how this could have gone so horribly wrong. Investigators conducted several approaches and landings.

The Transportation Safety Board has now released some initial findings, including that the plane was traveling at a high speed as it was descending, sounding off an alert, and upon landing landing the right landing gear fractured. The TSB says it's still too early to draw any conclusions but one thing the report makes sure to mention the experience of the crew. The TSB says these are complex investigations and generally take about 600 days to complete. Nicole Williams, CBC News, Ottawa. Ontario has seen another sharp increase in measles. Public Health Ontario is reporting 470 cases since an outbreak began in October. That's 120 more in just a week.

Again, the agency says the highly infectious disease spreads among mostly unvaccinated people. Sirens wailed in central Israel for the first time in months after Hamas and Yemen's Houthis launched rockets at the country. The attacks coming as Israeli troops expand their renewed campaign in Gaza. Crystal Gewansing reports. Our air force intercepted one and two landed in open areas. Israeli government spokesperson David Menser says those Hamas rockets were aimed at the

Tel Aviv area. The Houthis also targeted Israel before dawn. The group's spokesperson said Ben-Gurion Airport was the target for a hypersonic ballistic missile. It was shot down before it reached Israeli airspace. In January, I called the ceasefire deal a glimmer of light in the darkness. It feels like the darkness has returned. UK Foreign Minister David Lammy told Parliament,

efforts are underway with French and German officials to send a clear message that there needs to be a return to the ceasefire. Meantime, Israel Defense Forces are issuing new warnings for Gaza residents to move west towards the coast. Several locations, especially those near the border, have been deemed combat zones. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, Jerusalem.

Kirstie Coventry has become the first woman to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee. The 41-year-old is also the first African in the post. Coventry is Zimbabwe's sports minister and two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist. She won the presidency on the first round of voting at the IOC meeting in Olympia, Greece. Coventry replaces outgoing President Thomas Bach on June 23rd. That is Your World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts, updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.