The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 09:00 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, 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. It's being brought by an 18-year-old Ontario climate activist and seven other young people. John Northcott reports. We all know about the effects of climate change, higher temperatures, floods, fires, poor air quality. Now 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 Mathur. 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 British Columbia is promising to review how the province governs the treatment and the rights of people with mental illness. It's in response to last weekend's tragedy in Vancouver. Eleven people were killed after an SUV was driven into a street festival. 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 has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder. B.C. will hold a day of mourning on Friday to honor the lives lost and changed in this tragedy. Georgie Smyth, CBC News, Vancouver. It's an agreement Ukraine hopes 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 reports.

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. We're not playing cards. And where are you playing cards? 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 US under no obligation nor does the deal mention weapons. Ukraine's Prime Minister Denis Shmihan 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 US aid. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. The season is over for the Montreal Canadiens. They're going crazy in downtown Washington. Montreal Canadiens. They're going crazy in downtown Washington.

That's the final call in Washington last night as the Canadians were being finished off by the Capitals in round one of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Washington defeated Montreal in five games, sending the Canadians into the offseason. As for the other Canadian teams, Winnipeg beat St. Louis last night 5-3, so the Jets lead that best of seven three games to two. Tonight, Toronto is in Ottawa with the Senators facing elimination, and the Oilers are at home tonight as well. They need a win to finish off the LA Kings. And that is The World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings.