The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/07 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/07 at 21:00 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 this hour. I'm Neil Herland. We begin at the Vatican where the

conclave to elect a new pope is underway. Today, cardinals cast their first ballot to pick the next leader of the Catholic Church, but they fail to elect a pope. The CBC's Margaret Evans reports from Vatican City. Professional pope watchers say the choice of a new pontiff is inevitably a judgment on the legacy of the old. Hendrel Munsterman is the Vatican correspondent for the Dutch daily Netherlands Dagblad.

Pope Francis left to the direction where he wanted the church to go to and the big question is will the cardinals from all over the world continue this? Conservative critics of Pope Francis say he was too liberal, especially on issues including divorce and the blessing of gay couples. Others say he didn't go far enough. By day's end, St. Peter's Square was full of those watching for the results of the Cardinals' first vote, even though few expected a result this early. And when the smoke started to flow from that much-watched chimney, it was black.

Margaret Evans, CBC News, Vatican City. Well a day after his meeting with US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Mark Carney briefed the premiers on what was said and what comes next. Tom Perry has more. I don't think I'd have the restraint that he had yesterday to be very frank. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Mark Carney's encounter with Donald Trump went about as well as it could. No one expected a sign of deal but I'll tell you it was a massive step forward that he went down there and they seemed to be getting along quite well and BC premier David Eby also breathing

a sigh of relief. We were all grateful that the meeting went the way that it did, knowing how some other meetings have gone in that exact same office with other world leaders. But despite that relief, U.S. tariffs remain in place on Canadian steel, aluminum and other products. Carney will sit down with the premiers in Saskatchewan in early June, before meeting face to face again with Trump at the G7 summit in Cananascis, Alberta. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. Bloc Québécois leader Yves-Rançois Blanchet is weighing in on Alberta's separatism. He says Quebec hasn't successfully split from Canada, so he's not the one to ask, but he

still has this advice. The first idea is to define oneself as a nation. Therefore, it requires a culture of their own. And I am not certain that oil and gas qualify to define a culture. But it's theirs to decide. If they want to re-vindicate the right to self-determination, it would never interfere in that. It belongs to them. Some parents in Canada have received disturbing news. Their children's personal information that was stolen in a major school data breach

has not been deleted as promised, despite a ransom being paid. Jamie Strashen reports. In late December, PowerSchool, a data storage platform used by hundreds of school boards in Canada and across North America, suffered a massive massive data breach affecting millions of students. It assured clients, including multiple Canadian school boards, that the data of students and staff hadn't been exposed. It paid a ransom. In exchange for assurances from the hackers, the stolen data would be deleted.

It now turns out that never happened. Predictable says technology analyst, Carmi Levy. It's absolutely clear that the data is being used for subsequent attacks. Now the hackers, still in possession of a massive amount of data, are targeting individual school boards. The Toronto District School Board says it was the target of a ransom demand this week. Toronto Metropolitan University Professor Charles Finlay advises vigilance for those affected but points out it could be months, even years, until the true implications of

this massive breach are known. Jamie Strash in CBC News, Toronto. The Toronto Maple Leafs are hosting the Florida Panthers tonight in Game 2 of their second-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Leafs are ahead 3-2 after the second period. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.