The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/24 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/24 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 Julianne Hazelwood. Liberal leader Mark Carney is under attack from other party leaders. They're questioning his trustworthiness after a report from Radio Canada. It says US President Donald Trump did talk about making Canada the 51st state in his March phone call with Carney. Alexander Silverman has more. Yes or no. Did Mr. Trump bring up the 51st state in his call with you? I said that he did. Liberal leader Mark Carney was challenged on his account of his March 28th call with US President Donald Trump. Initially, he said Canada's sovereignty was respected.

Today, Carney said he stands behind those comments, but admits Trump talked about a 51st state. The essence of the discussion was exactly what I said. He treated us with respect as a sovereign nation. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is questioning if Carney can be trusted. I'm worried that if Mark Carney's not being straight up with us, he's not going to be straight up with us in the negotiations. And Bloc Québécois leader Yves-Rançois Blanchet calls Carney's initial comments a stunt. And if that is not true, what else is not true?

As Donald Trump continues to cast a shadow over the election. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Ottawa. Concordia and McGill universities have won a partial legal victory in the fight over Quebec's tuition hike for out-of-province students. A court decision calls a 33% tuition increase and French language requirements unreasonable. The judge gave the province nine months to revise the fee structure. Concordia president Graham Carr says he's relieved. And I think this is an opportunity for universities, including ours, but other universities in

Quebec, hopefully to sit down with the government and hit the reset button. The tuition hike was part of the province's measures to protect the French language. The judge did leave the international student fee increases unchanged. The Calgary company at the centre of an E. coli outbreak has pleaded guilty. Hundreds of children at daycare centres across the city became ill in 2023. Megan Grant has the latest. Today was supposed to be day one of a two-day trial. Instead, lawyers arrived at the Calgary courthouse, having struck a plea. The deal, the company, Fueling Mines, pleaded guilty to operating without a food services business license.

In exchange, all charges will be dropped against the corporation's two directors. In September 2023, an E. coli outbreak was declared in Calgary. More than 440 cases were identified. Dozens of kids were hospitalized. The city said it traced the outbreak back to Fueling Minds, a catering company that supplied food to daycares. Lawyers asked the judge to impose a $10,000 fine. We'll be back in court in May for a sentencing decision.

That's when the remaining charges against the two directors will be dropped. A proposed class-action lawsuit also remains before the courts. Megan Grant, CBC News, Calgary. Donald Trump is publicly voicing his displeasure with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The rare criticism follows a deadly Russian attack in Kiev. Twelve people were killed and dozens more injured. Manny Sham has the latest. We're in the midst of talking peace and missiles were fired and I was not happy with it. Not necessary and badly timed, says the US president, criticizing Russia's deadliest attack on Kiev in nearly a year. We're putting a lot of pressure on Russia.

The rebuke comes a day after Donald Trump lashed out at Ukraine, accusing its president of blocking peace negotiations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky refused to recognize Crimea as Russian, as one of the reported conditions for a U.S.-proposed ceasefire deal. Moscow annexed the territory illegally in 2014. Trump says both sides have to be serious about peace talks or the U.S. could soon be bowing out. So we have a deadline and after that we have a

we're gonna have a very much different attitude. When asked if the White House would consider fresh sanctions against Russia Trump said he'd rather answer this time next week. Mandy Sham, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Chileanne Hazelwood.