The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/08 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/08 at 00:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neal Herland. Black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday. It signals that no pope has been elected in the first vote by cardinals at the Papal Conclave. One hundred and thirty-three cardinals will be electing the next leader of the Catholic Church. The CBC's Juanita Taylor was in Vatican City when the smoke started rising. Well, black smoke billowed out at about 9pm local time at the Vatican and people had been waiting all day for this moment. People were saying that they were feeling curious and intrigued. I've never waited two hours to look at some smoke, but that was worth it.

I just think it's really lovely. I love the sense of community the Church kind of brings together and I can really appreciate that even as someone who's not Catholic. One Vatican observer said that this conclave could prove unpredictable, especially with 133 voting cardinals. Juanita Taylor, CBC News, Vatican. The Mounties are scaling back the search for two missing children in Nova Scotia. After nearly a week looking for six-year-old Lily Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack. Nicola Sagan has the latest from investigators. Down a rainy dirt road in Nova Scotia's rural Pictou County RCMP

announced they're scaling back the ground search and rescue operation for the two young children missing since Friday. Curtis McKinnon is a staff sergeant with the RCMP. He says officers will be searching areas that have already been covered to make sure no clues were missed. And when transitioning from an active search to a scale-back search, the probability of survival is taken into consideration. Searchers have meticulously combed four square kilometers around the children's home in Lansdowne Station, about 20 kilometers from the nearest town.

RCMP initially said they believe the children just wandered off, but are now saying it's being treated as suspicious and the major crimes unit has been involved since Saturday. Investigators say they haven't seen a trace of the kids in the woods except a lone boot print days ago. Nicola Sagan, CBC News, Lansdowne Station, Nova Scotia. Cross-examination continues at a sexual assault trial in London, Ontario. Lawyers for the five former Canadian World Junior hockey players are questioning the complainant about the fateful night. Alicia Song reports. 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 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. The Premier of Yukon is resigning. Range-Pillay says he's also quitting as the territory's Liberal leader. He says after two decades in politics, he's not prepared to endure another election campaign. The work of a Premier or Minister is all-consuming, which means considerable time away from those

that are closest to you. And I didn't understand that at the time, but I get it now. Palais plans to stay on until a new leader is chosen. He's been Premier since 2023. Yukon's next election is set for November. Crews on two sides of the country are battling wildfires. In Newfoundland and Labrador, several are burning, including along Conception Bay North. Police are evacuating parts of the region. In Alberta, hundreds of people have been forced from the village of Boyle, about 150 kilometers north of Edmonton. The Winnipeg Jets are hosting the Dallas Stars tonight in game one of their

second-round playoff series. Right now, Dallas is ahead 3-2 in the third period. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.