The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/15 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/15 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 Claude Fague. Manitoba continues to battle several

out of control fires threatening areas across the province. Premier Wab Kanu declared a state of emergency one of its largest parks. Nearly a thousand people have been forced to evacuate and one community is grappling with the loss of two members. Rosanna Hempel has the latest. Of course I'm worried. I mean we just lost a friend. The community of Lactobani northeast of Winnipeg is in shock while mourning two of their own. Sue and Rich Noel have been identified as the couple who died. Manitoba RCMP say they were trapped by an out-of-control wildfire outside town.

Eric Macalas says he knew them. She was a lovely lady. A lot of people are very sad about it. Officials say crews are making progress on the Lactobani fire, but it's still out of control. Lawrence Schenkel is Reeve of the rural municipality of Lactobani. It's heart wrenching. We lost 28 dwellings in that area, you know,

and then it goes without saying the loss of life in that area, it just, you know, you can't really describe it in words. Several other out of control wildfires continue to burn in southeastern Manitoba near the Ontario border. Rosanna Hempel, CBC News, Winnipeg. In one Quebec writing, there are calls for voters to go back to the polls after mail-in ballots that weren't counted have just turned up.

And the margin of victory was just a single vote. Vanessa Leigh has the details. Block leader Yves-Francois Blanchette announced plans to challenge that result because of a mistake that led to at least one mail-in ballot not being counted. We have to bring this situation in front of a judge. Elections Canada has declared the result in Tarbonne final, even though the agency admitted there was a misprint on a mail-in ballot envelope. As a result, the marked ballot was returned to the sender.

That voter is Emmanuel Bosset. I voted for the Bloc Québécois. Maybe it's the vote that could have changed the outcome, she says, adding a new election is the right thing to do. In the hotly contested writing, many voters say a new election is necessary for the sake of democracy, despite the cost, which Elections Canada pegs at around 1.7 million dollars. Vanessa Lee, CBC News, Terrebonne, Quebec.

There are three other recounts that could alter the final tally in the House of Commons. One is in the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Terra Nova, the peninsulas, where the Liberals won by 12 votes over the Conservatives. The others are in Ontario. Meanwhile, the Conservative leader is challenging the Carney government to table a federal budget sooner than later. The liberals say they're planning on a fall economic statement before years end. Pierre-Paul Liev calls that a mistake.

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. If he does indeed have a plan, then he would introduce a budget so that Canadians know exactly what the finances are. Parliament resumes May 26th. King Charles will deliver a throne speech the next day. Hope is fading for a breakthrough in Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks getting underway in Turkey. Russian President Vladimir Putin was a no-show.

Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky criticized Putin for sending a low-level delegation and says he won't meet with them because Russia is disrespecting the process. The priority is to be here today. That's why I'm here and that's why I'm underlining it again and again, the high level, the high level of representatives of our group. U.S. President Donald Trump says no deal will be made until he sits down for talks with Putin himself. Canadian Tire wants to buy Hudson's Bay.

The deal is worth $30 million and includes the bay name and its brands, as well as trademark colored stripes. The bay put its assets up for sale after filing for credit or protection in March. Canadian Tire's purchase still needs court approval. Bay put its assets up for sale after filing for creditor protection in March, Canadian Tire's purchase still needs court approval. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Paig.