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

Episode Date: May 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/03 at 03:00 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 Kumar. 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. The newly elected Conservative Alberta MP Damien 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. Newfoundland Labrador will find out who will be the next liberal leader and premier today. The party is holding its leadership convention to replace Andrew Furey after his surprise resignation in February. CBC's Heather Gillis reports. The race is between John Hogan and John Abbott. And whichever John wins, he will lead the party to the next general election. Judy Morrow runs the Liberal Election Committee.

She says 14,000 party members have until noon local time to vote. This is a very important race for our party and for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Hogan is the front-runner, a lawyer, who has been the minister of justice and most recently health minister. While Abbott was a former deputy minister in the provincial government, he's also been minister of housing, transportation and infrastructure, also minister of children, seniors and social development. Whoever wins will have some big files to deal with, the high cost of living, the province's record debt at $20 billion, and a new historic hydro deal with Quebec is not finalized.

The province has a fixed election date, meaning the 15th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador must call an election before October. Heather Gillis, CBC News, St. John's. 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 310 Fire immediately.

Catherine Garrett, CBC News, Grand Prairie. In Southern California, two female employees of a technical college have been shot on campus. The shooting took place at Spartan College in Englewood on Friday around 4 p.m. local time. Mayor James Budd says the suspect is believed to be a former employee. One of the victims is now in critical condition. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.