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

Episode Date: May 1, 2025

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

1942, Europe. Soldiers find a boy surviving alone in the woods. They make him a member of Hitler's army. But what no one would know for decades, he was Jewish. Could a story so unbelievable be true? I'm Dan Goldberg. I'm from CBC's personally, Toy Soldier. Available now, wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland. The woman who challenged Donald Trump for the White House last year delivered a sharp

critique of the American president. Kamala Harris gave her first major speech last night since losing the election. Instead of an administration working to advance America's highest ideals, we are witnessing the wholesale abandonment of those ideals. Harris also called Trump's tariffs reckless. We're following a shocking story in Kenya.

A member of the Kenyan parliament was shot dead last night by a gunman who escaped on a motorcycle. It happened in the capital Nairobi. Charles Were was a member of the opposition party. Joyce Bensuda is another member of parliament. We want to register our deepest condolences. We want us taken to this. Investigators believe the politician was deliberately targeted. The rate of emergency room visits for mental health in Canadian children and youth has gone down by 30 percent. That's according to new data released today.

The Canadian Institute for Health Information says it suggests a shift in how young people are accessing mental health treatment. But as Allison Northcott reports, experts say there are still gaps. It speaks to certainly what I've experienced as a clinician. Child and youth psychiatrist Dr. Rachel Mitchell at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto says she's seen fewer young people turning to emergency rooms for mental health treatment.

New data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information or CHIHI shows a 30% decrease in the rate of ER visits for mental health disorders by children and youth between 2018 and 2023. But in that same period, more young people in several provinces went to their physician about their mental health and more were prescribed medications for mood and anxiety. Dr. Tracy Viancourt, the Canada research chair in school-based mental health and violence prevention at the University of Ottawa, says it may show better awareness. And it's being treated before it becomes this full-blown crisis.

Still, Vioncourt points out the data doesn't capture those she says suffer in silence, without treatment from a hospital or a physician. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. The jury in a sexual assault trial of five former World Junior Hockey players will continue to hear testimony from a current NHL player this morning, as the Crown continues to build a case against Michael McLeod, Cal Foot, Dylan DuBey, Alex Formonton and Carter Hart. All have pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a woman after a Hockey Canada gala in 2018. Karen Pauls reports. Just hours after his NHL

playoff game, Washington Capitals forward Taylor Radish will resume testifying by video link in the sexual assault trial of his former World Junior teammates. The Crown is asking him about the night that ties them all together and the events leading to allegations of sexual assault, including text messages sent from Michael McCloud inviting some of his teammates for three-way and oral sex with the woman he met earlier at a local bar. The jury has already seen two videos from McCloud's phone where the woman, known as E.M., said she consented

to everything and that she enjoyed it. Radish isn't the only hockey player expected to testify as the Crown prepares the jury to hear from the main witness, the young woman at the centre of these allegations. Karen Pauls, CBC News, London, Ontario. Now to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Last night the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3 to win Game 5 of their first round playoff series. Meantime, the Montreal Canadiens were eliminated from the playoffs by the Washington Capitals

in their game five. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.