The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/15 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/15 at 13:00 EDT

Other People's Problems was the first podcast to take you inside real-life therapy sessions. I'm Dr. Hilary McBride, and again, we're doing something new. The ketamine really broke down a lot of my barriers. This work has this sort of immediate transformational effect. Therapy Using Psychedelics is the new frontier in mental health. Come along for the trip. Other People's Problems Season 5, available now. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Manitoba is declaring a state

of emergency around a provincial park in response to the province's worsening wildfire situation. Officials say the Lakduwani fire is threatening the area around Whiteshell Provincial Park. Nearly 1,000 people have been evacuated and two people confirmed dead in the Lakduwani fire. Premier Wabkanu says the deaths have shifted the officials' approach for the long weekend. The news of this loss of life changes what was an emergency into a tragedy. The RCMP say it will take days to confirm the identities of the deceased. Meanwhile, all flags at the provincial legislature are at half mast. Officials report that they have 80 wildfires to

date, well above the average for this time of year. There are 21 active fires across the province. Bloc Québécois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is calling for a do-over in the Montreal area riding of Terrebonne. Not another recount, but a whole new election. The situation is quite clear. The judge has established that the Bloc Québécois would have lost the riding by one vote. The vote appeared in the hands of a citizen. In that situation, the law requires the election to be done all over again. Elections Canada gave the riding to a liberal candidate after a recount

showed she won by one vote. But the agency admits an error resulted in at least one ballot for the Bloc Québécois not being counted. Blanchet says the party will be bringing this challenge before a judge to decide. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev is demanding the Liberal government produce a full budget now instead of an economic statement this fall. Poliev says he's disappointed by that and says it will have consequences for Prime Minister Mark Carney. He'll send a bad signal to investors and ratings agencies and a lot of people will wonder what the Liberal government is hiding about our finances.

Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the government's plan to deliver a middle-class tax cut is to deliver a middle-class tax cut, then the throne speech to outline the government's actions. It will be followed by the economic statement this fall. Home sales fell by almost 10% in April compared with the same month last year. That's according to the Canadian Real Estate Association. New listings fell 1% month over month. CREA says uncertainty created by the tariff threats is keeping buyers on the sidelines. The average sale price of a home was also lower by nearly 4%.

A teammate of the accused is back testifying at the trial of five former World Junior hockey team members in London, Ontario. All five have pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in connection with an incident involving a woman known as EM in 2018. Ellie Scheisen has the latest from the court. Assistant Crown Attorney Heather Donkers had former World Junior hockey player Tyler Steenburgen read through text messages from a 2018 hockey team group chat. The conversation involved the players who were allegedly inside Michael McLeod's hotel room with EM on June 19th 2018. Hockey Canada

notified the players that they were looking into the incident. In an excerpt from the conversation between the players, Dylan Dubay, the captain of the hockey team, says, quote, There are no criminal charges. It's Hockey Canada code of conduct. And they're investigating on what happened that night. So it won't happen again. Player Jake Bean, who was not charged, asks, Could we get in trouble for it or no? And Dube responds, I don't think so. His co accused Michael McLeod says, We all need to say the same thing if we get interviewed. Can't have different stories or can't make anything up. Steenburgen testified yesterday that he remembers EM asking the players to have sex with her. Brett Howden, another hockey

player who was never charged, texted in the group chat, Nobody forced her to do anything. Ali Chasson, CBC News, London, Ontario. And that is your World This Hour. For news anytime you can visit our website at cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.