The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/05 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/05 at 12:00 EDT

When Eric and Lyle Menendez murdered their parents in 1989, most people assumed they did it for the money. But over the course of their trials, the Menendez brothers told a very different story. Now, after spending most of their lives behind bars, new developments in the case could lead to the brothers getting out. This week on Crime Story, I speak with Robert Rand, the journalist who's covered this story longer than anyone else. Find Crime Story wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Faye.

The federal campaign trail is heating up as the candidates make their pitches to Canadians. Today, Liberal leader Mark Carney was in Oakville, Ontario. He's pushing a plan to help skilled trades workers across the country. To directly support apprentices, we will create an apprenticeship grant of up to $8,000 for registered apprentices. This removes a key financial barrier for those who want to enter the trades. Carney says skilled trades are crucial to building Canada's economy, especially given U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

And right now, the country simply doesn't have enough. Meanwhile, NDP leader Jack Midsingh is in Newfoundland, where he's unveiling more of the party's health platform. He says an NDP government would address the shortage of health care workers by creating 1,000 more residency positions for foreign-trained doctors living in Canada. Singh is also promising to train more physicians to work in under-service parts of the country. What we're laying out is a pathway towards hiring more physicians. We're talking about the specific problem that we're up against, which we hear from everybody, which is a lack of health care workers. We need more

nurses, we need more health care workers, and we need more physicians, and we're giving a plan to address one piece of that. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev is campaigning in Osoyuz in British Columbia today. Medical recruiters in Canada say there has been a surge in interest by American doctors considering a move to Canada. It comes after Donald Trump's election in November. Nova Scotia Health recruiting says there are 27 American doctors in serious negotiations to move. And Manitoba's health minister says the province's recruiters are talking with a dozen American physicians and nearly 50 nurses. As US tariffs begin rolling out around the world,

global economies are preparing their responses. US President Donald Trump has implemented tariffs of 10% on all imported goods. The CBC's Anna Cunningham reports. From midnight Eastern time, seaports, airports, and customs warehouses in the US were ready for the new US tariffs. The baseline 10% tariff will impact everything from electronics to clothing.

The move, the US administration says, is designed to address trade imbalances and boost US manufacturing. All US ports were informed that there was to be no grace period for cargos moving on the water at midnight. Britain, Australia, Colombia, Argentina, Egypt and Saudi Arabia were the first countries to be hit by these new US tariffs. Global stock markets have been shaken by the move, recording their worst week since the global pandemic in 2020. Starting next Wednesday, about 60 countries will face additional steeper tariffs. Leaders from the UK, Italy and Australia held calls this morning agreeing that an all-out

trade war would be extremely damaging. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. As of this morning, there are still more than 100,000 customers in Ontario without power. Premier Doug Ford says Hydro One crews are working with teams from across Canada to restore the power. Officials say those efforts are expected to last through the week and even longer in some rural areas. After 30 years the Great One finally has some company atop his many NHL records courtesy of the Great Eight. Aleksandrovich can score two goals last night tying Wayne Gretzky for most goals some company atop his many NHL records, courtesy of the grade 8.

Alexander Ovechkin scored two goals last night, tying Wayne Gretzky for most goals scored in league history at 894 as the Capitals beat the Blackhawks 5-3 in DC. The 39-year-old Ovechkin told Monumental Sports that this monumental achievement is one for his books. I'm sure like everybody enjoy this moment because it's something special. Doing home, you know, in front of fans, family, friends and obviously Wayne's here as well so it's a huge honor. It's a historical moment and you know yeah it's great. Ovechkin will shoot to score the Newgold's record tomorrow when the Capitals face off with the Islanders in New York.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fahy.