The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 04:00 EDT

In Scarborough, there's this fire behind our eyes. A passion in our bellies. It's in the hearts of our neighbors. The eyes of our nurses. And the hands of our doctors. It's what makes Scarborough, Scarborough. In our hospitals, we do more than anyone thought possible. We've less than anyone could imagine.

But it's time to imagine what we can do with more. Join Scarborough Health Network and together, we can turn grit into greatness. Donate at lovescarborough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague. Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a relief package for workers and companies hurt by the ongoing trade war.

In order to support Canadian workers, we will temporarily waive the one week employment insurance waiting period. So in other words, if people are displaced because of the tariff situation, they immediately can receive unemployment insurance. As well as promising to make it easier to receive EI, Carney says the government will allow companies to defer corporate income tax payments and set up new funding bodies to help struggling businesses. All of this ahead of an expected new U.S. tariff that were originally deferred and now set to be announced by Donald Trump on April 2nd and on the eve of a federal election announcement expected to be made tomorrow.

To London. A welcome sound at Heathrow Airport. Airplanes taking off and landing at Europe's busiest airport this morning. The airport confirming that it is back up and running at full capacity. After a fire at a nearby power grid Thursday night cut power to the airport and thousands of nearby homes forcing a complete shutdown. The airport also says priority is being given to flights within Europe to land first. The statue of Edmonton Oilers Great, the Great One Wayne Gretzky, was vandalized with feces on Friday. Two visiting hockey fans told CBC News they wanted to take a picture of the Gretzky statue

and then noticed the face was covered in feces. Lauren Thurston of BC says, quote, thought people had more class. Gretzky has recently drawn the ire of many in Canada for his public support of U.S. President Donald Trump. The statue, first unveiled in 1989, stands outside Rogers Place, the home of the Oilers. Arena staff eventually cleaned off the statue. Canada's oldest retailer has court permission to start liquidating the company's assets, although the Hudson's Bay says it hopes to save six stores. Paula DeHashuk has the latest.

The Bay says the news about its financial troubles has led to a flurry of sales. Shoppers flocking to the retailer to pick up a Bay blanket before stores close. That means the company has enough financial wiggle room to keep six stores open, all of them in the Greater Toronto or Greater Montreal areas. But there's still lots of uncertainty ahead, including for the Bay's roughly 9,000 workers,

many of whom will likely be out of a job. Kevin Grell works for the Bay.com distribution centre in Toronto. I will be 62 in May and my plan was to work till 65 and retire. But it looks like that's not going to happen. The six stores identified by the Bay could still close if a restructuring solution isn't found soon. Paula Duhaczek, CBC News, Calgary. The week-long pause in classes for students differs on where you are in Canada in a lot

of ways. The name, the time, and now something else has changed. The amount of travel Canadians are doing in this time to the US. Sam Sampson reports. It's too bad we just can't go down and enjoy ourselves like we have for the last 36 years. Tony Ranallo walks along a Winnipeg baseball diamond. The season hasn't even started, but politics are putting a damper on his favourite sport. He just cancelled a summertime bus trip with friends to watch the Toronto Blue Jays in Minneapolis.

A decision he made when Trump's 51st state threats started to get real. When someone tells me that they're gonna take us over, it bothered me. Changing travel trends started last month. Statistics Canada reported the number of Canadians driving back from the US in February dropped by 23% compared to the year before. The industry suggests that decline could continue. Travel agencies report clients are dropping U.S. trips in favor for hot spots like Mexico. Air Canada said it would cut down flights in March to destinations like Arizona, Florida, and Las Vegas.

The changes could spark more domestic travel, but some Canadians are choosing to stay grounded. Sam Samson, CBC News, Edmonton. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.