The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/05 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/05 at 01:00 EDT

Scott Payne spent nearly two decades working undercover as a biker, a neo-Nazi, a drug dealer, and a killer. But his last big mission at the FBI was the wildest of all. I have never had to burn baubles. I have never had to burn an American flag. And I damn sure was never with a group of people that stole a goat, sacrificed it in a pagan ritual, and drank its blood. And I did all that in about three days with these guys. Listen to Agent Palehorse, the second season of White Hot Hate, available now. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Claude Fague. Washington capitals forward Alex Ovechkin is now tied with Wayne Gretzky for most goals in NHL history.

The 39-year-old started Friday's game against Chicago with 892 career goals, two back of the record. Ovechkin scored twice in a 5-3 victory. Gretzky, who was in attendance, says he has nothing but admiration for Ovechkin. This is what the game is all about. Alex has been great for the game and great for Washington, great for his own country. It's wonderful. I'm very proud of him. I'm proud of what I accomplished.

And you know what? That's what makes our game so wonderful is the great athletes we have, but more importantly, the good people that they are. Ovechkin can establish a new mark on Sunday when his team goes to play the New York Islanders. Days after US President Donald Trump launched his first large-scale economic attack in an unprecedented international trade war,

countries are scrambling to respond to the United States crippling tariffs. Paul Hunter reports. With US stock markets in an apparent freefall tumbling again in the aftermath of Donald Trump's global tariffs. It's the worst policy mistake in a hundred years. Countless, including Dan Ives, managing director with Wedbush Securities, stand in near disbelief. It's an economic armageddon that was unleashed by Trump,

and the tariff war has begun. Indeed, in China, word that country has hit back at the US big time, with a 34% tariff on all American goods going into China. Meanwhile, other countries are already taking a different tack. Vietnam and Cambodia, for instance, telling the U.S. they're willing to negotiate with Trump to ease the tariffs. The giant European Union, meanwhile, considering its next steps.

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 and two by the liberals. Madeline Cummings reports. 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 that are still recovering from last weekend's ice storm. More than 100,000 homes and businesses are still without power. Lisa Jing reports. 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, 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 can't even walk 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. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.