The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 04:00 EDT

In this acclaimed new production of Anna Karenina, the National Ballet of Canada asks, what is fair in love and society? Renowned choreographer Christian Spook adapts Tolstoy's epic novel to dance in a spectacular work, complete with lush costumes, cinematic projections, and a glorious curated score, featuring the music of Rachmaninoff. On stage June 13th to 21st tickets on sale now at

national.ballet.ca From CBC News the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland Former US Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech last night in San Francisco her first major talk since losing the Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech last night in San Francisco, her first major talk since losing the 2024 U.S. presidential vote, and she took aim at the Trump White House. We are living in a moment when the checks and balances upon which we have historically relied have begun to buckle.

Harris also criticized Trump's tariffs. She says they're clearly inviting recession. Harris was born in California but spent her high school years in Montreal. Canada's Conservative Party was unable to beat Mark Carney and the Liberals in the federal election despite a generational high in the party's vote share. As Nicole Williams reports, some conservative supporters say it's because the party has become far too divisive. His antagonists just bothered me. I said I can't

vote for him. For nearly every single election over the last 70 years, 92-year-old Carol Howes has voted conservative. That is, until now. If he remains head of the party, I don't think I could ever vote for him. I just don't like his style of politics. She's part of a group that has been faithful to the party but are now feeling alienated from it, suggesting leader Pierre Poliev's tactics and rhetoric became too negative or too right-wing to support. Laurie Turnbull is a professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax. She says politically-centered voters that used to find a home with the conservatives might feel forced to vote liberal but aren't necessarily happy about it. That crowd might have a hard time feeling comfortable voting liberal given everything.

Nicole Williams, CBC News, Ottawa. A politician in Kenya was shot dead last night in the capital Nairobi. Charles Wary was a member of parliament who sat in the opposition benches. Jeanette Mohammed is a fellow MP. We were with him today in parliament as she said the whole afternoon and he left I think barely 30 minutes before he met his death. So we would like to ask the police to investigate this matter thoroughly and share with Kenyans as fast as possible what happened to our colleague. Two suspects were on a motorcycle.

One of them got off the bike and approached the politician at a red light, then fired several shots. Police believe it was a targeted shooting. The Premier of British Columbia has promised to review legislation that governs the treatment and rights of people with mental illness. It's in response to the Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy in Vancouver, where 11 people were killed after a man who was under mental health supervision allegedly slammed an SUV into the crowd. Georgie Smythe has more.

We need to be able to force people into care. Modernizing the Mental Health Act was on the government's to-do list, says Premier David Eby, but he says it can't wait any longer. It's a commitment to ensure an act that was introduced and passed in the 90s is meeting the moment. Police confirmed the accused, Kaiji Adam Lowe, had a significant history of non-criminal encounters with law enforcement regarding his mental health. But in this instance, Vancouver Coastal Health, which monitored his mental health, tells CBC News Lowe was following an established treatment plan

and was not considered a public safety risk. It also says involuntary treatment wouldn't have been warranted because of his compliance with treatment. He's been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder. BC will hold a day of mourning on Friday to honor the lives lost and changed in this tragedy. Georgie Smyth, CBC News, Vancouver. Now to the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Washington Capitals eliminated the Montreal Canadiens last night in game five of their first round series. Final score 4-1. Meantime the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3. In their game five last night, Win when a peg leads that series 3-2

and is one game away from moving on to round two. And that is your World This Hour. I'm Neal Herland.