The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/01 at 14:00 EDT

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Find commotion wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Scanderis. Ontario is seeing a spike of 223 cases of measles in the past week alone and health officials say the true numbers are likely worse. The case counts we have isn't under reporting. Dr. Nin Tran is with Southwestern Public Health which is seeing the bulk of the cases in the province. He says full vaccination is the most effective way to prevent further spread. Since the start of this year, Ontario has reported more than 1200

cases of the virus. The vast majority of our cases are those who aren't up to date on the immunization and the risk of acquiring measles and acquiring any complications is dramatically lower than those who are up to date on and have two doses of measles containing vaccine. Ottawa is now investigating its first confirmed case since 2019, and in Alberta, officials are reporting 170 cases since the outbreak began in March. Quebec is expected to announce a complete ban on cell phones and other electronic devices in schools. It's a key recommendation from a committee that looked at the impact of screen time on

young people. The province says screens are too often the trigger for bullying and violence during class hours. With this move, Quebec is going further than any other jurisdiction in Canada. Most provinces currently ban cell phones in classrooms, but not from schools. GoFundMe has pulled down a page that claimed to be collecting donations for the family of a woman killed in the Vancouver car ramming attack. The company says the fundraiser constituted misuse of the site. As Liam Britton

reports, police are urging vigilance for donation fraud. Chilliwack retailer Raquel Narraway, a member of the Filipino community, was looking at fundraisers for those killed Saturday, but one caught her eye. There's something, like, wrong about it? The alleged victim and fundraiser beneficiaries didn't seem connected to the community. The story doesn't add up. Narrawe reported the page and posted about the victim in a Filipino Facebook group with over 20,000 members.

Nobody recognized her. GoFundMe has now shut it down, saying it's refunded all donations, totaling over 50 grand, and the organizer is banned from the site, adding it has, quote, zero tolerance for the misuse of our platform and takes swift action against those who seek to take advantage of the generosity of our community. Tanya Vizentine with Vancouver Police urges donors to be vigilant. We are just asking people to be aware, be mindful that fraud could happen. Liam Britton, CBC News, Vancouver. The sexual assault trial of five former World Junior Hockey players is not sitting today.

The judge says one of the jurors is ill. The jury was set to hear more testimony from Washington capitals forward Taylor Radish. He's not one of the five accused, but he played on Team Canada with them at the time of the alleged sexual assault. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the minerals deal signed with the U.S. last night is equal and fair, and he hopes the agreement will soon be approved by the country's parliament. 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. Right now you don't play 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 U.S. 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 U.S. aid. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. force Keefe to pay for US aid. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderis.