The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/17 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/17 at 17:00 EDT

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Two hours from now, the four major party leaders will square off in an English language debate in Montreal. It's an opportunity to make their pitch to Canadians. Tom Perry tees it up now. Bonjour, comment ça va? Enchanté, nice to meet you. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh out and about at a farmers market in Montreal, making nice with voters after going after all three of his rivals

in last night's French language debate, arguing his party will protect Canadian workers. There was plenty of to-ing and fro-ing between the leaders, with Liberal Mark Carney facing attacks from all sides. Good day, sir. Good day. Yes, sir. Carney paid a visit to a classic Montreal smoked meat restaurant today.

His goal tonight will be to not get sliced and diced by Singh and the two other contenders on stage, Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev and Bloc Québécois leader Yves-Francois Blanchette, all of whom will be looking to make their mark in this final showdown of the campaign. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. Ontario's Premier says he's going to streamline mining permits and speed up resource development, including in the so-called Ring of Fire. Doug Ford says the move will help protect the economy from Donald Trump's tariffs and create new jobs in Northern Ontario's mineral-rich region. We have the critical minerals the world wants. We're going to get them out of the ground

by Ontarians. We're going to refine them right here in Ontario by Ontarians. And then we're going to ship them around the world. The new bill gets rid of several environmental assessments, and many First Nations say they're concerned about plans to mine their traditional land without their consent. Premier Ford says the goal is to cut red tape, not avoid meaningful consultations with First Nations. Ontario has added another 109 confirmed and probable cases of measles to its tally. The growth over the last week brings the total number of cases in the outbreak to 925.

Ontario Public Health says the continuing spread is mainly due to transmission among people who haven't been immunized. Alberta is also reporting an increase in measles with 83 cases confirmed. Meanwhile, Quebec may report its outbreak over if no new cases are reported by Saturday. Needless to say, we have multiple crime scenes. Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revel says a shooting at Florida State University left two people dead. At least five others are wounded. The shooter is believed to be a student and is receiving medical attention.

Walter McNeil is the sheriff of Leon County. He says the shooter is the son of a deputy sheriff. Unfortunately, her son had access to one of her weapons and that was one of the weapons that was found at the scene. And we will continue that investigation into how that weapon was used and what other weapons perhaps he may have had access to. The scene at the university is still under investigation. In this very galaxy far, far away lies a planet that scientists say has a remarkable chemical signature, one that could be made by living organisms. Science reporter Anand Ram has more.

This moment in history of science will be viewed as a paradigm shift. Niku Madhusudan isn't shy about what his latest research could mean. He's with the University of Cambridge and suggests new data from a planet more than 120 light years away carries signs of life. We have found signs of biosignature molecules, both of which are produced uniquely by life here on Earth. The planet K2-18b is thought to be an ocean world. The smelly signal detected is dimethyl sulfide produced here on Earth by cabbage and marine algae. I understand that publics are necessarily excited.

But scientists urge caution. Yanchen Wu studies the makeup of exoplanets at the University of Toronto. Once the signal is confirmed, we have to figure out whether it's made by life exclusively. Confirmed or not, Wu expects more discoveries like this as the James Webb Space Telescope uncovers endless worlds that we never knew existed. Anand Ram, CBC News, Toronto. And that's your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.