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