The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/26 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/26 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, the world this hour. I'm Claude Faye. Pope Francis has been taken to his final resting place

for his burial. Thousands of people turned out at St. Peter's Square to take in the Pontiff's outdoor mass this morning, along with dozens of dignitaries who paid their respects inside the Vatican. Thousands more lined the streets of Rome to get one last look at the Pontiff as the procession passed. The CBC's Briar Stewart is in Rome.

I can tell you there are still thousands of people here waiting, even though the procession is done, the Pope Mobile has left, and the Pope's casket is inside where it will eventually be buried later this evening. Now people started lining up to get a spot here in the early hours this morning, 7, 8 o'clock, and there are people from all over the world here. I mean, Rome is a busy city at any time of the year. It's a destination for tourists and pilgrims alike.

But you have people, thousands, who flew in just to be here for this. There are things we've been hearing all week from people that they appreciated the Pope's simplicity, his humbleness and his compassion for others. And in terms of his choice of this basilica, it's one of Rome's four major basilicas, and it's a place that the Pope had come to often. He would come and pray before and after every journey.

And by choosing to be buried here, he's the first Pope in more than a century to be buried outside of the ancient Vatican walls. The CBC's Briar Stuart in Rome. Meanwhile, dozens of world leaders, as mentioned, attended the Pope's funeral, and at least two used the occasion to discuss other issues. Vladimir Zelensky and Donald Trump met in Rome to talk about Russia's war on Ukraine. The White House calls the encounter very productive. The meeting comes as the U.S. president claims Moscow and Kiev are very close to a ceasefire

deal. Trump's envoy, Stephen Witkoff, and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Moscow yesterday. In other news, Quebec's electoral landscape appears to have swung dramatically since US President Trump returned to office. And with its 78 out of 343 seats in the House of Commons, how does the province vote, how the province votes rather could be pivotal to the overall result.

As the campaign nears its close, Covino-Oduro went out to hear what some voters had to say. In Longay on Montreal's South Shore this week, several residents said cost of living was among their top election concerns. I'm a student, so everything is really expensive. It's about the cost of life was among their top election concerns. I'm a student so everything is really expensive. It's about the cost of life, that's all that matters. Blaque-Québécois supporter Robert Lozon says his election issues have not changed.

He says it's all about the economy and the place of Quebec in Canada. On her way to the shopping mall with her newborn, Evelyne Gauvin said support for families and the environment were her two most important issues. She says party leaders have done a good job pitching their ideas in such a short period of time. They have covered a lot of subjects. Sebastien Dallaire with L'Ager Marketing says at the beginning of the campaign, U.S. President Donald Trump was a central piece of the puzzle. Canadians were both angry and fearful about what had happened with the United States.

Typically, the campaign starts more rational, with number, with policies, becomes more emotional, and now it feels almost reversed. Cubino Duro, CBC News, Montreal. Quebec and also Ontario are often the key regions, but don't count out the West, says David Coletto, a pollster and CEO of Abacus Data. He told Catherine Cullen of the CBC's The House that BC is one of the most interesting stories in this election. You've got dynamics at play that we didn't expect to see where you've got liberals campaigning on

Vancouver Island, you've got the NDP trying to hold off and a province where it has its most number of seats, where its leader is at risk of losing his seat in Mr. Singh. If the liberals don't win their majority in Quebec or enough in Quebec to lock in the majority, then BC could be the place that that either happens or not. And for the NDP, party status. And you can hear the full interview this morning on The House right after the nine o'clock edition of World Report 930 in Newfoundland.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.