The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/25 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/25 at 09:00 EDT

Fisherman John Coppock and his son Craig were hoping that their day on the water would finish with a good haul of cod. Instead, they reeled in way more than they bargained for. They had a net filled with fish and to their horror and surprise, the body of a man. I'm Kathleen Goldthar and this week on Crime Story, a body in the ocean untangles a sea of lies. Find Crime Story wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. With just three days left in the federal election campaign,

the party leaders are out making their final pitch to Canadian voters. And that means it will be a weekend of high-intensity campaigning and swing writings right across the country. Janice McGregor reports. In his final cross-country push this weekend, Pierre Poliev is headlining a fast-paced series of rallies that the Conservatives have named Rallies for Change. The days of liberal arrogance that tell Western Canadians to pay up and shut up, those days are over.

If all goes according to what the liberals are planning, as early as next week, we might be talking about Mark Carney sitting down with Donald Trump to renegotiate their economic and security partnership. We need a strong, positive government because as the president made clear again yesterday in the Oval Office, he is trying to break us. This morning, the Liberal leader is taking that message to Sault Ste. Marie. Jagmeet Singh starts his day in Toronto where he's dropping in on a public service union convention. Singh will be spending the rest of his day where his

handful of incumbents need that help in southwestern Ontario. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. One of Ukraine's most influential politicians is saying it may be time for Ukraine to consider ceding territory to Russia. Vitaly Klitschko is the mayor of Kyiv. It's a very difficult political decision to give up our territory to Russia. It's not a solution. It's not fair. But I guess we never accept the occupation of Russia.

I guess Ukrainian people never accept that. But for the peace, temporary peace, maybe it can be a solution. Klitschko's comments come as the Trump administration says Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is hindering the peace process by refusing to give up territory. Just weeks after the Trump administration cut its funding to the World Food Program. The WFP has announced it will be forced to reduce its operations in Sudan. The country's ongoing civil war has left an estimated 25 million people facing extreme hunger, and tens of thousands of people have died, many while fleeing the fighting. Noah Taylor is with the Norwegian Refugee Council.

The stories we've been hearing are truly horrific. People dying of thirst on the way, people walking the 40-kilometer stretch only to die on arrival. We spoke to a family who told us of a girl who had walked on foot by herself, was repeatedly raped along the journey, and then died of her wounds when she arrived. The WFP says it has been in contact with the Trump administration to quote, urge for continued support. The Civil War in Sudan is now into its third year.

As part of its ongoing bankruptcy and liquidation process, the Hudson's Bay Company is also preparing to carry out an auction. The company has thousands of historic artifacts and pieces of art that it wants to put up on the auction block. But as we hear now from Josh Crabb, not everyone believes those items should be sold off. The artifacts detail the history of the faltering 355-year-old fur trading company turned retailer, a company whose history is tied to exploration and colonization of the country. Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson

says pieces of art and artifacts that remain in HBC's possession shouldn't be given away or sold. She says some could have links or belong to First Nations. When I think about the artifacts or the sacred items that you know are in storage at HBC it needs to be returned to First Nations people. One of the artifacts that could be sold is HBC's founding charter from 1670 but where the company's history ends up is uncertain. We have a spot if it lands here. Kathleen Epp thinks the provincial archives of Manitoba would be an appropriate home for them. The company got an Ontario judge's approval to start preparing for an auction.

HBC has been told to list the items beyond the charter it wants to sell. Josh Crabb, CBC News, Winnipeg. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.