The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/04 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/04 at 04:00 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 Neal Kumar. We begin in Vancouver where people

are coming together to mourn the victims of a deadly attack at a Filipino street festival one week ago. Eleven people were killed and many more were injured when the driver of an SUV drove into a crowd. Brady Strachan reports. The father and the son holding candles, people in a large crowd pray in unison. Eyes look downward or focus attention on a growing memorial of flowers, photos and ribbons. Scenes like this are unfolding across Vancouver this weekend as people grieve and remember the 11 lives lost and many more injured

during last weekend's Lapu Lapu Street Festival. It's a day-by-day process to heal together. MLA Mabel Elmore, who is of Filipino heritage, says it's important for people to seek support and help one another. It's tough but being together with people has really helped and just sharing those experiences. There will be more opportunities like this for the community to gather on Sunday, including at a gudwara Premier David Eby is expected to attend and later at a vigil in Richmond. Brady Strachan, CBC News, Vancouver.

Newfoundland and Labrador has a new premier designate. Following the surprise resignation of Andrew Fury in February, the province's liberals held a leadership convention on Saturday and St. John's lawyer John Hogan broke through. William Ping reports. It was a tale of two Johns. John Abbott and John Hogan ran to become the next liberal leader in Newfoundland and Labrador. But in the end... With 77.48% of the vote, John Hogan. As the province's new premier designate, Hogan says his children inspire him.

My kids and their entire generation are what drive me to ensure Newfoundland and Labrador lives up to its full potential. Prior to entering politics in 2021, Hogan worked as a lawyer. He's since served as the province's attorney general and been minister of both justice and health. Since Andrew Fury's decision to step down, Hogan had become the favored candidate among his liberal caucus. As for his first order of business as premier, he says it's all about health care.

To fill the gaps that we still see across the province, whether that's ambulance delays, not having a family physician or access to primary care or long waits in emergency rooms. William Ping, CBC News, St. John's. In Romania, voters are heading to the polls today for a redo of last year's presidential election, which was annulled amid accusations of electoral violations and Russian meddling. Eleven candidates are running for the presidency and a May 18th runoff is expected. Polls opened at 7 a.m. local time and will close at 9 p.m. Romanians abroad have been able to vote since Friday.

closed at 9pm, Romanians abroad have been able to vote since Friday. Australia's Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, won re-election in a campaign that had striking similarities to Canada's recent vote, including a comfort-buying victory in a campaign overshadowed by Donald Trump's trade war. Philip Lee Shanuck reports. Australians have chosen optimism and determination. In a victory speech in Sydney, Anthony Albanese didn't mention Donald Trump, but he didn't have to. The US president has been in the headlines almost daily throughout the campaign.

We did not need to beg or borrow or copy from anywhere else. After months of trailing in the polls, Albanese becomes the first Australian Prime Minister to clinch a second consecutive term in more than two decades. I accept full responsibility for that. Although there were some similar policies and messages, Peter Dutton, leader of the Conservative Liberal Party, says his opposition unfairly tied him to Trump. We've been defined by our opponents in this election, which is not the true story of who we are.

Observers see parallels between Dutton and Canada's Conservative leader Pierre Poliev. Both lost despite huge leads before Trump came to power and both lost their own seats. Philip E. Shadock, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your World This Hour. Remember you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.