The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/15 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/15 at 23:00 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. Premier Wab Kanu declared a state of

emergency in one of Manitoba's largest parks. Nearly 1,000 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 rave 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, with the margin of victory just a single

vote. Vanessa Lee has the details. Block leader Yves-Francois Blanchet 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 Terrebonne 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 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, Milton East, Halton Hill South, which is currently held by the Liberals, and Windsor-Tacumse Lake Shore, which was won by the Tories.

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 Poliev 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 26, King Charles will deliver a throne speech the next day. Two of North America's largest grocery chains are warning shoppers that tariffs are starting

to impact supply and prices. Loblaw executives say their stores are running out of inventory brought in before the trade war. They say that means prices could soon spike as those products are replaced with ones that are being hit with the tariffs. Walmart today delivered a similar message to U.S. customers. Its executives say they plan to raise prices on goods because of higher costs from tariffs and a decline in first quarter profits.

Canadian Tire wants to buy the 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. protection in March, Canadian tires purchase still needs court approval. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.