The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/21 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/21 at 07:00 EDT

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Kate McKenna reports. It's about getting things done. Prime Minister Mark Carney says a key topic will be removing inter-provincial trade barriers. We want the skilled workers to be able, if they so decide, to immediately go to another part of Canada and work there without any red tape or hassle. This has become a hot issue since Donald Trump's

tariff threats. The federal government says making it easier to work, run businesses and trade between provinces could meaningfully strengthen the Canadian economy, making it more resilient no matter what the president does. We are very excited to open up an Atlantic Canada free trade zone. New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt wrote to the other Atlantic Premiers yesterday, calling on them to join her and open up trade between the four provinces. It's the latest push on a file set to be discussed by all the Premiers, as Canada's closest trading partner, the U.S., has become a lot less dependable.

Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. A fire at an electrical substation in London has led to the closure of Heathrow Airport. We're looking at a rather unprecedented event Many many many of the aircraft that are landing in either are the largest aircraft in the world so that Complicates things for airlines where you have multiple a380s landing within the first hour that Heathrow opens What is Ian Petschnick with the Global Airline Tracker Flight Radar 24. Thousands of flights are affected with passengers being diverted to Gatwick, Charles de Gaulle in Paris, and Ireland's Shannon Airport.

One airline analyst is calling the disruption, quote, a contained version of 9-11. The fire knocked out power to Heathrow and to thousands of homes and businesses across West London. The airport is hoping to resume operations by midnight local time. As Israel resumes its military campaign in Gaza, Hamas today is reporting that it fired multiple rockets toward Tel Aviv. That says the global community watches on with mounting concern. Here's UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

I renew my appeal for respect of the ceasefire, for unimpeded humanitarian access to all areas of Gaza, and for the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages. Health officials in Gaza say since Tuesday of this week, close to 600 people have been killed in the territory, with more than 1,000 injured. A new study has found nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia's atmospheric river disaster in November of 2021 originated in areas that had been logged or burned by wildfire. Large swaths of roads and bridges were washed away, cutting off coastal B.C. from

the rest of the country. At one point, 18,000 people were forced to leave their homes in the southwestern portion of the province. Now to northern Saskatchewan, where cutting-edge robotic technology is being used and what many believe is the future of health care for isolated Canadian communities. Alexander Zilberman explains. So if you want to sit there and get comfy. In Saskatchewan's far north, on the border with the Northwest Territories, Daniel Powder is getting an ultrasound,

a screening that typically requires a flight south. But today, he can stay right in his community of Stony Rapids. The ultrasound machine is robotic, controlled by a specialist who is 800 kilometres away in Saskatoon. Technology is going the wrong way. Dr. Ivar Mendez leads the virtual health hub. It's using technology to let doctors remotely access isolated communities for everything from x-rays to wound care.

I really believe that technology can narrow this gap of inequity in the delivery of health care. The hope is that the model will soon be replicated in rural and remote communities across Canada. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan. Silverman, CBC News, Stoney Rapids, Saskatchewan. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.