The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/04 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/04 at 15:00 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, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. We begin in Pictou County, Nova Scotia with a search for two young siblings. Six-year-old Lily and her four-year-old brother Jack

have been missing since Friday morning. Authorities say fog, black flies, and heat exhaustion have made the search challenging. Linda Ward reports. These two children haven't been seen since about 10 o'clock Friday morning. Still no sign of six-year-old Lily Sullivan or four-year-old Jack Sullivan.

Lily is described as having shoulder-length light brown hair with bangs. She was possibly wearing a pink sweater, pink pants, and pink boots. And four-year-old Jack wearing blue dinosaur boots. The RCMP say it appears that they walked away from a home about 20 kilometres southwest of New Glasgow. No evidence that they were abducted so we haven't had an amber alert for these two children and this has been an immense search effort. About a hundred searchers, search and rescue teams coming in from all across the province. We've got two helicopters and a drone over the area tracking dogs on the ground, looking for any scent of the children.

This is a densely wooded area. Linda Ward, CBC News, Toronto. A pair of Alberta oil and gas companies have been ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in penalties for two workplace fatalities. Greg Podolsky and Darcy Schwint were killed in November 2022 while they were welding on top of a tank near Smith, Alberta. Tamarack Valley Energy and Peace Pipe Fitting each pleaded guilty to one count of violating Alberta's workplace safety legislation. Podolsky's mother, Charlene Nahamco, says she accepts that her son is gone, but not how it happened. It's time for us to put, actually

put that behind us and move forward with Greg's legacy and help with the safety and push with the safety and the education. It was a long two and a half years and it should never take this long. Most of the money the companies were ordered to pay will go towards safety initiatives and programming for families affected by workplace injuries. Vladimir Putin gave an interview in a state television program marking the Russian president's quarter century leading Russia. At one point he was asked about the risk of nuclear escalation in the ongoing invasion

of Ukraine. Putin blamed Ukraine, saying it tried to provoke Russia, that there had been no need to use nuclear weapons and he hopes they will not be required. He also said Russia has the strength and means to bring the war to a logical conclusion. Meanwhile, at least 11 people, including two children, were injured in a Russian drone strike on Kyiv overnight as a three-year-old conflict drags on. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Dutch Liberation when thousands of Canadian soldiers fought and died to help free the Netherlands from Nazi control. A ceremony

was held earlier today. Surviving Canadian veterans were among those honoring the more than 1,300 Canadians who died. Chris Brown has more. 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 honor 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 colours, 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. incredible stamina given their advanced ages. Most move around in wheelchairs. Chris Brown, CBC News, Holton. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.