The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/06 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/06 at 00:00 EDT

Do you ever finish a true crime series and wish that you could know more? It happens to me all the time. And that's what's driving my interviews on Crime Story. Each week I'm lucky enough to sit down with the best storytellers and really dig into what it takes to tell those stories. And this month our riches run deep. We have Keith Morrison, Amanda Knox, and Bone Valley's Gilbert King. I'm Kathleen Goltar. Find Crime Story wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Herland. Canada's new Democrats have a new interim leader tonight.

The party has named veteran MP Don Davies as the replacement for Jagmeet Singh. Singh led the NDP to its worst showing ever and resigned on election night. David Thurton reports. Don Davies is a well-known political name in British Columbia. Now he's the NDP's national interim leader. The Vancouver MP was one of the party's key negotiators helping to push the Liberals to roll out a national dental care program and a framework to deliver pharmacare. Now

Davies leads the NDP when the party is at its lowest point, having lost most of their seats and official party status. The last time the party had an interim leader was during another grim period, when Jack Layton stepped aside to battle cancer in 2011. Nicole Turmel stepped in. The party then was Canada's official opposition. Now it's down to seven MPs. But in this minority parliament,

New Democrats hold a balance of power. It's unclear how long Davies will be in the temporary role. Details for how NDP members will select the party's next leader have not been released. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Mark Carney has arrived in Washington for Tuesday's critical meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. Ahead of his arrival, the new prime minister was predicting some difficult but constructive talks at the White House. The CBC's Tom Perry reports from Washington. Mark Carney was offered a modest welcome as he touched down, the prime minister greeted

by Canada's ambassador to the U.S. and two American officials. Before being whisked away in a motorcade, Carney will meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, with Trump setting the bar low. I don't know if he's coming to see me. I'm not sure what he wants to see me about, but I guess he wants to make a deal. Everybody does.

They all want to make a deal because we have something that they all want. Carney has also tamped down expectations around getting U.S. tariffs lifted on Canadian aluminum, steel, and autos. There's also the matter of Trump's constant goading around Canada becoming America's 51st state, something Carney says will never happen. Tom Perry, CBC News, Washington.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is laying out what she describes as the province's path forward. Following the recent federal election and the new liberal government, as Josh McClain reports, Smith says the province must protect itself from Ottawa's economic intrusions. Alberta didn't start this fight, but rest assured we will finish it. In a speech this afternoon, Smith outlined her requirements for a deal with Ottawa, among them an end to federal interference in natural resource development and the same per capita federal transfers as Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia.

I am convinced it will not only make Alberta and Canada an infinitely stronger and more prosperous country, but will eliminate the doubts a growing number of Albertans feel about the future of Alberta in Canada. Smith said she sees a path forward for Alberta within Canada, but emphasized that many Albertans do not, which is a tool the province can use in its negotiations with the feds, according to political scientist John Sierowski. I think the Premier is probably very happy that there is significant separatist discontent or separatist aspiration in Alberta.

Smith is appointing a special negotiating team to pursue a deal with the federal government. Josh McLean, CBC News, Calgary. We're following a developing story in Sudan tonight. A series of explosions have gone off in the city of Port Sudan. During the ongoing civil war in the country, Port Sudan has become home to the country's main airport, army headquarters, and a seaport. And finally, Toronto hockey fans are cheering tonight.

And this one will go into the books as a 5-4. Maple Leaf win in game one. The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Florida Panthers in their opening match of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, final score 5-4. They're the only Canadian team playing tonight. The Edmonton Oilers play Las Vegas on Tuesday night. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.