The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/02 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/02 at 08:00 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. Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to speak to the country later this morning. It will be his first address since his election victory earlier this week. And we're expecting his main focus to be on Canada-U.S. relations. Janice McGregor has more. Mark Carney told the BBC's global audience that he's not going to head to Washington to be a tourist.

He wants a serious discussion and it's going to have to Washington to be a tourist. He wants a serious discussion and it's going to have to be on Canada's terms. Former Conservative leader Aaron O'Toole told As It Happens last night there's an opportunity here for a reset. I agree with Prime Minister Carney that the relationship will take a long time to get back to what it was, but I think this could be the first step in that journey. Carney has spent the last two days taking briefings, making phone calls to other world leaders, but also provincial premiers seeking their priorities for the upcoming talks. In Carney's 25-minute conversation with Quebec's premier yesterday in French, he reassured

Francois Lagault that Quebec's supply-managed agriculture industries, culture, language, water won't be on the table, but he also indicated that this negotiation is going to be handled by the federal government only at this point. Premiers are not going to have a direct seat at the table, at least for now. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. In the days since the election, Carney has spent time speaking to multiple international leaders including Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, European Council President Antonio Costa, and Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres. In the wake of last weekend's street festival tragedy in Vancouver,

today is an official day of mourning in British Columbia. Among other services, a public memorial is scheduled for downtown Vancouver. Eleven people were killed last Saturday night when an SUV was driven into a crowd attending a Filipino festival. Another 20 people were injured. A suspect was taken into custody at the scene and has been charged with eight counts of second degree murder. The BC Wildfire Service says an out of control fire is threatening the city of Fort St. John. No official numbers have been released at this point, but neighborhoods are being evacuated. Meanwhile, to the south, two fires have now merged to form one blaze

that is moving toward a highway southwest of Dawson Creek. This year's spring bear hunt season has now opened in Ontario. And while it's big business for the tourism sector, it's also controversial, with animal advocates saying the spring hunt is unsustainable. And new research is showing that bear populations are declining. And Ayat Singh has more. Black bear population numbers are really a social sort of decision. Scientist Joe Northrup studies bears for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. He says black bear populations in the provinces north near Sudbury and Thunder Bay have declined significantly since 2010.

We want to make sure that there's black bears around for all the different social values and cultural values and ecological values that they provide. But the data showing population declines is only part of the puzzle. Mark Rickman is a wildlife biologist with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. We need to decide how many bears we want in an area as a society to determine whether or not any of those declines are of a concern. The spring bear hunt brings in as much as 50 million dollars for the tourism sector but is divisive because it's when mother bears have young cubs and are vulnerable. The Ontario government said no changes are planned to the hunt this year, but that it

is continuing to monitor the population and will take action if needed. In Ayat Singh, CBC News, Toronto. Two Canadian teams advanced last night to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Two on his birthday for William Nylander and the Leafs headed to round two. That's the Toronto Maple Leafs eliminating the Ottawa Senators in game six of their opening round series. The Leafs move on now to face the Florida Panthers and then there's the Edmonton Oilers. That's the hometown crowd as the Oilers are finishing off the LA Kings

four games to two. The Oilers now head into the second round where they'll be facing the Las Vegas Golden Knights. And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.