The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/22 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/22 at 19:00 EDT

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Scanderis. Elections Canada says more than 7 million Canadians voted in the four days of advance polling. That's a 25% increase over the election in 2021 and a record for early voting. With the countdown now on to election day, parties are releasing new ads and trying to cover more ground on the campaign trail. Olivia Stefanovic has more. Are we really going to give these clowns a fourth term? In their latest ads, the conservatives feature two older men talking politics at a golf course

and an endorsement from former Prime Minister Stephen Harper. And my choice, unequivocally, is Pierre Poilier. CBC polls analyst Eric Grenier says it's a sign the Tories are leaning on their base to get out the vote. They have lost some supporters that they had been counting on before this campaign began and these ads might be an attempt to try to get those people back. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev is spending a second day in the Greater Toronto area, where his party's fortunes could be decided, while the NDP plays defence on the west coast,

where nearly half their seats are, and the Liberals campaign in Trois-Rivières, traditionally Bloc Québécois territory. Olivia Estefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. Meanwhile, Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev unveiled his party's platform today just outside Toronto. It promises tax cuts, lower spending, and also a pathway back to a balanced federal budget. It is a plan that will lower taxes and debt by getting rid of bureaucracy, consulting fees, waste and excessive foreign aid to dictators, terrorists and global bureaucracy. It is a plan to build homes by removing taxes and bureaucracy.

It is a plan for safe streets by locking up criminals for a change. The Conservatives are the last major party to release a spending plan just days before the election. The platform includes revenue from expected economic growth. The other parties did not use that in their own accounting. Liberal leader Mark Carney dismissed the Conservative platform as a joke. He says it's based on phantom numbers. Five former members of Canada's World Junior Hockey team

have pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault. They're related to an incident that allegedly took place in London, Ontario in 2018. Dylan Dubay, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formonton all face charges. The players entered their pleas one by one in a packed London courtroom this morning. All 14 jurors are now selected for the trial as well as two alternates. The trial is expected to last eight weeks. The Vatican has announced the funeral mass for the Pope will be held this Saturday. Before then, the public will get a chance to pay their final respects to Pope Francis

as he lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica. Briar Stewart has a story. The Vatican released an image of the Pope lying in a coffin at the Santa Marta guest house. It's there where Pope Francis lived, choosing the relatively simple surroundings instead of the Papal Palace. And it's there where he died early Easter Monday after suffering a stroke and heart failure. Tomorrow the Pope's body will be moved to St. Peter's Basilica, where large crowds have already come for nightly prayers. For the next three days, members of the public will be able to come and pay the respects to the Pope.

The funeral mass is planned for Saturday. Several world leaders are expected to attend including US President Donald Trump. After the funeral the timing of the papal conclave will become clearer. That's when more than 100 cardinals from all over the world will take part in a secretive vote at the Vatican to choose the man who will be the next leader of the Catholic Church. Briar Stewart, CBC News, Rome. Briar Stewart, CBC News, Rome. Emergency vehicles rushed to the scene of a deadly attack in India's Kashmir. Local media say at least 20 people are dead after gunmen shot at tourists near a resort town in the disputed Himalayan territory.

Officials are describing the incident as a terrorist attack. They're blaming militants who oppose New Delhi's rule. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderis.