The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/04 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/04 at 09:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Faye. We begin in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, a community clinging on to hope. It's where a search continues today for two missing children. Six-year-old Lily Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack haven't been seen since leaving their home on Friday morning. It's in a dense, wooded area. Corporal Sarah Rice is with the RCMP. I would say that obviously any children would have challenges, especially this terrain, right?

It's challenging enough for the people that we have on the ground here. So I can imagine the children would definitely, you know, our priority is their safety and getting them returned home. Helicopters and a drone have been brought in to help with the search. At this point, police believe the children wandered off and say there is no evidence that they were abducted. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Dutch Liberation. In 1945, thousands of Canadians fought and died to help free the Netherlands from the

Nazi regime. A ceremony was held earlier today at the Holton Canadian War Cemetery. Canadian veterans along with other Commonwealth and Dutch veterans were on hand as they honored the over 1,400 buried Canadians at the site. The CBC's Chris Brown reports. I'm at the Holton Canadian War Cemetery where more than 1,400 Commonwealth soldiers, mostly Canadians are buried. Soldiers were killed in the final months of the Second World War in the battles to liberate the Netherlands from Nazi Germany.

This has been a weekend to commemorate and remember on the 80th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi forces here to Canada's First Army. A large delegation has come from Canada including pipe bands, the Governor General, Indigenous leaders, but the guests of honour are about 20 Canadian war vets, the youngest 96, the oldest 105. 5,000 people have gathered here at this remembrance service. Nearby towns are draped in blue and red and white of the Dutch colors with also Canadian flags flying nearby. The veterans here have shown incredible stamina given their advanced ages. Most move around in wheelchairs. Chris Brown, CBC News, Holton.

Romania is taking another run at electing a new president. The last attempt six months ago failed, annulled in the midst of a scandal and allegations of Russian interference. Today's outcome is being closely watched across Europe and in Washington. As Dominic Velaitis reports, it could influence Russia's war on Ukraine. The polls in Romania are now open in the first round of this crucial election. Fifty-eight-year-old Necolai Surescu was among those casting their votes. I hope the Romanian use their mind.

The elections being rerun after November's initial vote was annulled following allegations of Russian interference in favour of the frontrunner, Karline Gheorgheczku. He was subsequently banned from standing again. Also casting his vote today was Gheorghe's heir apparent and the front runner in the opinion polls George Simeon. The 38 year old Euroskeptic is an admirer of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement and opposes military aid to Ukraine. My only objective is to put Romanians first. If no candidate emerges with 50% or more of today's vote, a runoff will be held later this month, the final result of which will be watched closely in capitals around the

world. Dominic Vilaitis for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. To the Stanley Cup playoffs, it'll be do or die for the Winnipeg Jets when they face off against the St. Louis Blues in Game 7 tonight in Winnipeg. Jets forward and Halifax native Morgan Barron says the team is looking forward to the challenge. You know these game sevens are kind of the moments you you grow up watching on tv and dreaming about playing in them so yeah we're all really excited about it and I think it's a good opportunity for us. The Jets played game six without their top center Mark Shieffley. He

skated yesterday and will be a game time decision. The winner will move on to face the Dallas Stars who beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 last night in their seventh and deciding game. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.