The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 07:00 EDT

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. The Supreme Court of Canada will decide today whether to hear a youth-led climate change case being brought forward by an 18-year-old climate activist and seven other young people. They're challenging the Ontario government's reduced emissions targets, saying the lower climate goals jeopardize their human rights. John Northcott reports. We all know about the effects of climate change, higher temperatures, floods, fires, poor air quality.

These young people, with Sophia Mathur lending her name to the case, argue that the actions of the Ontario government effectively violate their charter rights because of the effects that climate change will have on their health. This case is ping-ponged back and forth in Ontario's lower courts with the Ford government choosing to take the case to the Supreme Court for ruling. If it agrees to hear the case it would be the first case in Canada to rule on whether a government is obliged to meet higher emissions targets. The case bears the name of Sophia Mather despite her young age she's been involved in the climate fight for years now. Youth deserve a say in our government's policies and what they do with our future. We've just come through an election where the issue of climate change was notably largely

absent. If the court decides today to deal with this case, it might force governments to put their responsibilities for the planet's future back on the agenda. John Northcott, CBC News, Toronto. The Premier of British Columbia is promising to review provincial legislation that governs the treatment and rights of people with mental illness. It's in response to last weekend's tragedy at a street festival in Vancouver. Eleven people were killed after an SUV was driven into a crowd.

Georgie Smythe has more. We need to be able to force people into care. Modernising 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 has been charged with eight counts of second degree murder. B.C. will hold a day of mourning on Friday to honour the lives lost and changed in this tragedy. Georgie Smythe, CBC News, Vancouver. It's an agreement Ukraine is hoping will help keep the United States on its side in the war against Russia. It's a rare earth minerals deal and it was signed last night. Anna Cunningham

has the details. After months of delay, this deal is finally done. But it is a different deal than the one offered in February when the world witnessed this explosive argument between the US and Ukrainian presidents. I'm not playing cards. I'm wearing a Steven's Mists apron. What's now been signed gives Washington and Kyiv a share in profits from the future sale of Ukraine's mineral and energy reserves. There will be a joint reconstruction investment fund.

Profits will be invested exclusively in Ukraine, which will not be asked to pay back any debt to the US, something President Donald Trump had initially demanded. Ukraine wanted security guarantees, but the only security clause puts the U.S. under no obligation nor does the deal mention weapons. Ukraine's Prime Minister Denis Chmiel says the deal is good, equal and beneficial. Russia sees it differently. Former President Dmitry Medvedev says Trump has finally forced Kiev to pay for U.S. aid. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London.

Hydro-Québec is reporting that more than 5,000 homes and businesses are still without power across the province following Tuesday night's violent rainstorms. Most of the affected customers are in the Laurentians and the Outouay region east of Ottawa. A power outage forced one of Quebec's largest hospitals, Montreal's Mason of Rosemount, to cancel more than two dozen surgeries. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.