The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/02 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/02 at 11:00 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. Memorial services are underway in the Netherlands, marking the 80th anniversary of the country's liberation from Nazi Germany. And with 21 Canadian War veterans in attendance, one ceremony is underway at the Grossbeek Canadian War Cemetery, the final resting place for more than 2,000 Canadian soldiers. Chris Brown has more. The Canadian veterans who stepped off the bus or who were helped off in wheelchairs

brought big smiles and firm handshakes to Grosbeek. Among them, 101-year-old honorary Lieutenant General Richard Romer. He was a reconnaissance pilot in the skies over the Netherlands in the final crucial months of the war. It's important to me personally because I have been involved in some of the activities that have resulted in the surrender of the German forces in the first place. More than 7,600 Canadians were killed liberating the Netherlands. Many of them are buried here in Grossby. Today veterans and their families and officials from Canada and the Netherlands are paying

tribute and learning more about the soldiers buried here. Online Dutch volunteers have researched and written paragraphs telling each of their stories. Chris Brown, CBC News in Groesbeek. Prime Minister Mark Carney will outline his immediate priorities for his new government later this hour, just four days after Canadians voted the Liberals for a fourth mandate. Carney has promised to move immediately to address, among other things, the ongoing trade tensions with the United States. General Motors has announced it is streamlining operations at its assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario.

Starting this fall, the plant is going from three shifts to two. GM says it's a move aimed at helping to maintain a sustainable manufacturing footprint in Canada. Calling their news coverage biased and partisan, U.S. President Donald Trump is cutting federal funding to NPR and PBS. Richard Madden has more now from Washington. The president accuses these two media outlets of spreading what he calls radical woke propaganda, and he's ordered the government agency in charge of public broadcasting to cut all federal funding to NPR and PBS, and that also includes blocking indirect funding to all its local

radio and TV stations. Congress has already approved a billion dollars for public broadcasting over the next two years, but Trump wants that money returned. NPR had been preparing for this since Trump's election victory, and while the bulk of its funding comes from donations or membership dues, it's set in a statement that federal funding is essential to their work that millions of Americans rely on. But PBS is a bit different. Fifteen percent of its budget comes from federal funding.

It warns these cuts will have a devastating impact on local communities. It's widely expected this executive order will be challenged in court since Congress has already approved the funding. Richard Madden, CBC News, Washington. Prince Harry has lost his fight to have his British security detail reinstated. He lost his right to publicly funded security when he stepped away from the royal family and moved to the United States. And today, the Court of Appeal in Britain recognized that Harry feels badly treated by the new rules, but says his grievance isn't legal grounds to challenge that decision.

Two Canadian hockey 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 a hometown crowd as the Oilers are finishing out the L.A. Kings, four games to two. The Oilers head on now to the second round where they'll be facing the Las Vegas Golden Knights.

And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.