The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/03 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/03 at 01:00 EDT

In this acclaimed new production of Anna Karenina, the National Ballet of Canada asks, what is fair in love and society? Renowned choreographer Christian Spook adapts Tolstoy's epic novel to dance in a spectacular work complete with lush costumes, cinematic projections, and a glorious curated score, featuring the music of Rachmaninoff. On stage June 13th to 21st, tickets on sale now at national.ballet.ca sponsored by IG private wealth management. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kubar. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Mark Carney

has unveiled an ambitious agenda that includes dealing with US President Donald Trump and the tariffs and keeping liberal promises such as a tax cut. But as Evan Dyer tells us, he also seemed willing to tackle some of the problems that conservatives were focusing on. Canadians also sent a clear message that their cost of living must come down and their communities need to be safe. Affordability and crime were conservative issues in this election, more than liberal ones. But today, Mark Carney seemed to say that conservative voters' concerns had registered with him.

Carney pledged to stiffen penalties for criminals. Including making bail harder to get for those charged with stealing cars, with home invasion, human trafficking and smuggling. The PM repeated his promise to build more houses, but he also promised to reduce the number of non-Canadians in the country putting pressure on the housing supply. We will return our immigration to sustainable levels by capping the total number of temporary workers and international students at less than 5% of Canada's population by the end of 2027. And he also promised his government would be a catalyst of major nation-building projects and not, as he put it, an impediment. Evan Dyer, CBC News, Ottawa.

Meanwhile, Conservative leader Pierre Poliev is a step closer to returning to the House of Commons. Newly elected Conservative Alberta MP Damian Couric says he will step down so that Poliev can run in his riding in a by-election. Couric won Battle River Crowfoot with nearly 82 percent of the vote. The conservative leader says he accepted Couric's offer with humility and appreciation. In BC, a provincial court judge has ordered a psychiatric assessment of the man accused in the Lapu Lapu Day car attack to determine if he is fit to stand trial. Chad Posen has more from Vancouver. Kaiji Adam Lo appeared virtually from where he's being held.

He's wearing an orange red jumpsuit looking down with his hair disheveled. Court appearance comes six days after 11 people were killed when they were run over at a Filipino-Canadian festival in Vancouver. The accused, Lo, facing eight counts of second-degree murder, was originally scheduled for a court appearance at the end of the month. That was changed because his lawyer, Mark Schwartz, asked the court for an assessment

of his client to determine if he is fit to stand trial. That was granted. It will be done from an in-custody facility with mental health professionals. All other details of evidence presented at today's appearance are covered by a publication ban. The judge on the case, Reginald Harris, says the ban is needed to protect the fairness of a future trial. Lowe's next day in court is currently scheduled to be May 30th.

Chad Pauwson, CBC News, Vancouver. Warm and dry weather is in the forecast for northern Alberta this weekend, and it has prompted wildfire officials to prepare for what could be a busy stretch. Warm and dry weather is in the forecast for northern Alberta this weekend and it has prompted wildfire officials to prepare for what could be a busy stretch. The CBC's Catherine Garrett has more. Alberta wildfire officials are urging caution as we head into the weekend, saying the wildfire risk for the north is moderate to very high. Unceasingly warm dry weather is in the forecast this weekend along with high winds.

That's causing an abundance of dead and dry grass, which can ignite easily. As of Friday, there are close to 20 wildfires burning in Alberta, including mutual aid. Many towns and counties have issued fire restrictions, including both the city and county of Grand Prairie, Edson and Leduc County, south of Edmonton. Others have gone to an all-out ban, including Birch Hills County, Fairview Region, Athabasca and other communities in central Alberta. And a reminder, wildfire officials are urging anyone spending time outdoors to exercise caution as fires can start quickly and spread easily, especially with the current forecast. Anyone who sees a wildfire is asked to report it to 310th Fire immediately. Catherine Garrett, CBC News, Grand Prairie.

NPR, the main public broadcaster in the U.S., is vowing to fight President Trump after he ordered a cut to all of its federal funding. Trump signed an executive order ending all federal funding for both NPR and PBS. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.