The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/04 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/04 at 21:00 EDT

Every language is a note in the symphony of our heritage. Together, they create a harmony that cannot be silenced. Discover your voice on the new APTN Languages TV channel. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Khalil Hassan Ali. We begin in Newfoundland where Grand Falls, Windsor, RFCMP are still actively investigating

what is believed to be a targeted incident of shots fired. Residents are no longer required to shelter in place though. No injuries have been reported. Anyone who notices any suspicious activities is asked to call police. An increased police presence remains around the area of Suvla Road. Statistics Canada says the economy lost 33,000 jobs in March. It's the biggest one-month drop-off since the COVID pandemic. The unemployment rate is now up to 6.7%. Days after Donald Trump launched his first large-scale economic attack in an unprecedented international trade war, markets around the world have taken a plunge. Paul Hunter reports on the concern in the U.S. about growing fears of a global recession.

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with fear among shoppers. At a furniture store in Bowie Maryland where most of what they sell is imported, customers worry they'll soon be unable to afford any of it. And it's going to be bad for American people. Enraged by all of it, Trump's political opponents. From the floor of the U.S. Senate, senior Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer. Fruits and vegetables at the grocery store, more expensive. Clothing and shoes, more expensive. Donald Trump has single-handedly started a financial forest fire.

Said Donald Trump on social media, only the weak will fail. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. In just the first two weeks of the federal election campaign, six candidates have been dropped by their parties. Four by the conservatives, two by the liberals. Madeline Cummings has more on the clock, which continues to tick on the party's efforts to find replacements. Edmonton candidate Rod Loyola is no longer running for the Liberals. This

comes after the National Post asked the Liberal campaign about a 2009 video in which Loyola praised the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas. These are movements for national liberation, not terrorists. It's quite unfathomable that I'm being cancelled over a video recorded 16 years ago. Loyola now says he condemns terrorism. Both the Liberals and Conservatives have recently parted ways with candidates. Toronto area Liberal incumbent Paul Chang withdrew his candidacy earlier this week, after suggesting people turn in a Conservative to the Chinese consulate and collect a bounty.

Also this week, the conservatives dropped five candidates. Parties have until 2 p.m. on Monday to nominate candidates. Madeline Cummings, CBC News, Edmonton. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has visited parts of the province, which are still recovering from last weekend's ice storm. More than 100,000 homes and businesses are still without power and as Lisa Shing reports, many residents don't know when they will get it back. I want to apologize to the people that I have not been able to get back to.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford in Orillia, Ontario, after an ice storm caused widespread damage and almost a million people lost power. He said crews are trying their best. They're going around the clock. Last weekend, a freezing rain fell for several days encasing trees in ice and damaging power lines in central and eastern Ontario. On Friday, six days later, tens of thousands of people were still without electricity, including Kate Warren's

family. Because the branches are everywhere. I came in and walked down the sidewalk. Hydro One spokesperson Tiziana Bachega-Rosa says the storm lasted much longer than normal so the damage is compounded. Now another hurdle. They are traversing challenging terrain. There's still no estimate of when power will be fully restored.

Hydro One says crews will be working into the weekend. Lisa Sheng, CBC News, Toronto. That's the World This Hour for CBC News. I'm Khalil Hassan Ali.