The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/19 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/19 at 10:00 EDT

When they predict we'll fall, we rise to the challenge. When they say we're not a country, we stand on guard. This land taught us to be brave and caring, to protect our values, to leave no one behind. Canada is on the line, and it's time to vote as though our country depends on it, because like never before, it does. I'm Jonathan Pedneau, co-leader of the Green Party of Canada.

This election, each vote makes a difference. Authorized by the Registeredleader of the Green Party of Canada, this election, each vote, makes a difference. Authorized by the Registered Agent of the Green Party of Canada. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague. On this Easter weekend, before Canada's crucial vote, and as Canadians stand in long lines at advance polls, Liberal leader Mark Carney is in Whitby, Ontario, east of Toronto this morning, where he has unveiled his party's platform. Carney says his

party's plan will build a new Canadian economy. Conservative leader Pierre Paulyev is spending his day in Richmond, BC, while Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet is holding a press conference in the city of Magog. New democrat leader Dagmit Singh is back in his Burnaby Central riding today, where he's expected to outline his party's platform. Several buildings in the Ukrainian culture heritage village east of Edmonton were destroyed or damaged yesterday in a wildfire near Elk Island National Park. Oh no, it's the village. An eyewitness account of the fire, which prompted an evacuation alert for nearby residents,

but has since been canceled. Officials say the wildfire is now contained and Highway 16 has reopened in both directions after being closed for several hours. The RCMP said the cause of the fire is still under investigation. Delegations from Iran and the U.S. began a second day of round of talks about Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program. They began last week in Oman and continued today in Rome. Similar to last week, the talks were expected to be indirect through Omani officials. Anna Cunningham has the latest. The US is concerned about

just how far Iran has got with enriching uranium. This week, chief of the UN's nuclear watchdog Raphael Grossi told French newspaper Le Monde that Iran was not far from possessing a nuclear bomb. In the White House, that is raising red flags for President Donald Trump. I'm for stopping Iran very simply from having a nuclear weapon. They can't have a nuclear weapon. Trump has previously threatened to attack Iran if a deal is not done. A week ago, the two sides described initial, indirect talks in Amman as constructive. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Arachi and Trump's special envoy Steve Wickhoff are now in Rome.

They are expected to relay messages from separate rooms via the Omani negotiators. Arachi says reaching an agreement is possible as long as Washington is realistic. If the US requests a complete dismantling of Iran's nuclear program, these talks may prove short-lived. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. The Easter season is bittersweet this year for some chocolate shops. That's thanks to high cacao prices and the high cost of ingredients all along the supply

chain that have been impacted by US President Donald Trump's trade war. Karen Pauls explains. Staff at Mordens of Winnipeg are packing up boxes of Russian mints and wrapping chocolate bunnies. Fred Morden is the owner. A lot of people are ignoring those prices and it's the quality that brings everyone back. Food industry experts say the price of cacao,

the raw ingredient in chocolate, is about four times higher than in 2022 because of bad weather and a virus in West Africa. U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war is also raising the price of some ingredients and packaging. Easter products, they've gone up by about 25 to 50 per cent. Sylvain Charlebois, senior director of Agri-Food Analytics at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He says companies selling Easter chocolate will use more ingredients like marshmallows and...

There's the infamous shrink-flation strategy, their bunny or egg is smaller for the same price. Karen Pauls, CBC News, Winnipeg. Team Canada is hoping to punch its ticket to gold at the Women's World Hockey Championships in the Czech Republic. Today Canada's women will face off against Finland in semifinal play. The US and Czechia are in the other semifinal. The winners move on to the gold medal game which will be played tomorrow. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Claude Pig.