The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/07 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/07 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. At the Vatican, the process of selecting a new pope is underway behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel. Earlier today, cardinals took an oath of silence, part of the centuries-old ritual. 133 cardinals will debate candidates to head the Catholic Church and hold a series of votes.

The dean of the College of Cardinals appealed to them, asking they put aside their own interests and select a pope to unify the church. Allies are now on the chimney above the chapel that will herald the result of the first vote. WestJet is canceling nine routes to the US at least temporarily. They include flights from Western Canada to destinations like Chicago, Orlando, Atlanta, and others. The company says the decision was taken because of a drop in Canada-U.S. travel. WestJet also says it has also seen an increase in demand for domestic travel, specifically between Eastern and Western Canada. It says it recently introduced three new domestic routes in response, as well as

two routes between Canada and Europe. Cross- continues at a sexual assault trial in London, Ontario. Lawyers for the five former Canadian World Junior Hockey players are questioning the compliant about the fateful night and her relationships. Alicia Song has the latest. No more silence, no more fear. Justice for survivors here. Carter Hart was the first of the five accused hockey players to walk into the courthouse, again walking by a group of EM supporters with signs saying that they stand with the complainant, who is facing cross-examination for the third day in a row, this time from former Philadelphia Flyers goalie Carter Hart's attorney Megan Savard.

She was drilling down on inconsistencies in the statements EM initially gave police and the statement she gave to Hockey Canada in 2022, questioning the credibility of her testimony. Savard also asked her about her boyfriend at the time. EM says she considered the initial sexual encounter with McLeod as cheating, but she insists what allegedly happened in the hotel room later with the other men wasn't consensual. Ali Chyasson, CBC News, London, Ontario. RCMP say they're scaling back the search for two missing children in northeastern Nova Scotia after six days.

Staff Sergeant Curtis McKinnon. The active search efforts to locate Lily and Jack will be scaled back. And when transitioning from an active search to a scaled back search, the probability of survival is taken into consideration. I want to assure you that our missing persons investigation continues. We're not packing up and we're not giving up. And it won't end until we know where Lily and Jack are and can bring them home. RCMP say searchers have covered more than four square kilometers. McKinnon says they're circling back to places they've already searched to make sure no clues were missed. Six-year-old Lily Sullivan

and her four-year-old brother Jack were last seen Friday. They're believed to have wandered away from their house in Pictou County. Wildfire season is underway in Alberta. Hundreds of people have been told to leave their homes as fires burn nearby, and several other communities are under evacuation alerts. Julia Wong has the latest. We're approaching about 175 people working on the emergency scene. Sturgeon County Fire Chief Chad Moore says crews are working tirelessly as wildfire burns near the town of Redwater, about 70 kilometres northeast of Edmonton. We do expect that we will see some significant fire activity and crews will be working to

contain it to within the boundary of the forested area. Residents in some parts of the county have been ordered to leave as the wildfire approaches 2,000 hectares in size. Mayor Elena Natu has just one ask. We need rain and the wind to stop. Meanwhile, north of there, the village of Boyle, with a population of roughly 800, has also been evacuated. Wildfire is burning one and a half kilometers south of that community and it's moving north. Twenty-six wildfires are burning in Alberta right now and the season is only just beginning.

Julia Wong, CBC News, Edmonton. An update to our top story. Black smoke is now seen out of the Sistine Chapel chimney indicating no pope was elected on the conclave's first ballot. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.