The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/25 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/25 at 14:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. A London, Ontario judge has declared a mistrial in the case against five former World Junior hockey players accused of sexual assault. The highly unusual move comes shortly after a 14-member jury was chosen to hear the case against the men. Karen Pauls is at court with the details. The jury had just started hearing evidence in this high-profile sexual assault case

when something happened, resulting in the decision to declare a mistrial. The reasons for that are under a publication ban. The jurors are now dismissed. Essentially, you drop the mic, you're done, everyone's gone. Nick Cake is a former Crown attorney in London, Ontario, now a local defense lawyer. He's not a part of this case, but is following it closely.

Cake says the decision is about preserving the integrity of a fair trial. It's not a conspiracy, it's not a cover-up, it's how the justice system works and it is there to ensure that all parties in the justice system can get their day in court but can get their day in court fairly. Selection of a new jury has already begun with hopes a new trial can start on Monday. Karen Pauls, CBC News, London, Ontario. Conservative leader Pierre Polyev says he will launch what he calls 100 days of change if he's the next prime minister. He's promising to cancel

MPs summer holidays so parliament can pass key pieces of legislation. He says it will make life more affordable, stop crime and unleash the economy. Are we really going to let Mark Carney distract from the inflation, crime, rising housing costs that liberals would continue to deliver? No. We have to choose hope over fear. We have to choose change. Poliev is campaigning in Saskatchewan and Alberta, traditionally solid conservative regions.

Polls now suggest some urban ridings in the provinces could swing to the Liberals. Meantime, Liberal leader Mark Carney is campaigning in Vote Rich Ontario today. He's pledging to protect Canadian workers and businesses from the Trump tariffs and to lead the country through profound economic change. The last six Hudson's Bay stores that the company had hoped to save have begun liquidation sales. HBC could not find a buyer, but there is hope the iconic Hudson's Bay stripes may survive. Sophia Harris has more.

Good morning. Shoppers are streaming into the Hudson's Bay store in downtown Toronto looking for deals. What'd you get? I got a towel from the way. The deals won't last much longer. Hudson's Bay is closing six stores previously spared after the castrap company failed to find a buyer for them. All locations are now holding liquidation sales. I feel really sad my mother used to work here. But retail analyst Bruce Winder says there are multiple offers for a segment of the

business, perhaps one which monetizes those iconic Hudson's Bay stripes. I think that there's a little bit of latitude to take that sort of HBC logo and put it on more merchandise. The brand still has a lot of affinity and it has incredible heritage. Final fate of Hudson's Bay should be known soon. Sophia Harris, CBC News, Toronto. The man accused of murdering the CEO of America's largest private health insurer has pleaded

not guilty. Luigi Mangione is federally charged with stalking, gun offenses and murder. The 26-year-old also faces state charges to which he has also pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege Mangione shot and killed Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel in broad daylight last year. Prosecutors have indicated they intend to seek the death penalty. To the Vatican now. Officials pushed together metal barricades closing access to St. Peter's Square. Three days of public viewing of Pope Francis's body are now over. The Vatican says 250,000 mourners have come to pay their respects.

Hundreds of people were turned away disappointed when the viewing area closed. The Pope's casket will now be sealed. Francis will be buried after a funeral mass tomorrow, attended by heads of state, royals, and ordinary mourners. And that is Your World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.