The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 00:00 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. Hudson's Bay may be done as a department store but those famous multicolored stripes may be coming soon to a Canadian Tire store near you. Georgie Smythe now with the $30 million deal to preserve some of the iconic Canadian brand. The iconic HBC stripes could now live on through Canadian Tire, with the company announcing an agreement to buy the bays' logos, of arms and trademarks for 30 million dollars There's quite a bit of treasure there that can be used in the future by Canadian Tire in a statement president and CEO of Canadian Tire said this choice feels as strategic as it feels patriotic

It builds on our generational connection to life in Canada and it fits our new True North strategy. The deal comes after Canada's oldest company filed for creditor protection in March. It had been looking for buyers for parts of its business as it liquidated all 80 of its stores across the country. A court still needs to approve the deal which wouldn't close until later this year. It's not known if money raised from the agreement will flow to workers fighting for severance pay. Georgie Smyth, CBC News, Vancouver. Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum today about building on the Canada-United States-Mexico agreement. The Prime Minister's office says the two leaders

discussed trade and the importance of strengthening their respective economies against future shocks. While hope is fading for a breakthrough in Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks getting underway in Turkey, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says he won't meet with the Russian delegation because Vladimir Putin isn't part of it. Briar Stewart reports. Do you have a message for Vladimir Putin? I'm here. As Ukraine's president arrived at the airport in Ankara, Turkey, he wanted to show that

he was ready for peace talks. But Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, was a no-show for the talks he suggested over the weekend. How are you? Good. Volensky met with Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but said he had no intention of going to Istanbul for talks because Russia was disrespecting the process. But even before Ukraine's team arrived in Istanbul, U.S. President Donald Trump, who's

continuing his tour of the Middle East, said the talks were floundering because he wasn't there. Nothing's going to happen until Putin and I get together, OK? U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who's in Turkey, said he wasn't optimistic anything would be achieved in Istanbul. In order for there to be a breakthrough, he said Trump and Putin will have to meet. Briar Stewart, CBC News, London.

Meanwhile, police in London have charged a Ukrainian man in connection with fires at two properties and a car linked to the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Roman Lavrinovich, who's 21, faces three counts of arson. No one was hurt in the incidents. It's a small Ontario town that for many Canadians is known for a massive public health crisis. It's been 25 years since Walkerton's drinking water was contaminated with E. coli and there are still important lessons being learned. Lisa Shing reports. At home anytime Trudy Fraser drinks water it's filtered from her fridge dispenser. For

the last two decades she hasn't trusted what comes out of the tap. But you lose that trust when you see people have passed away. In May of 2000, a heavy rainstorm washed Kalmanur carrying a deadly strain of E. coli from a farm field into a nearby well in Walkerton, about three hours north of Toronto. Improper chlorination, a lack of training and checks and balances due to budget cuts caused the bacteria to quickly taint the town's water supply. Seven people died, including a toddler. More than 2,000 were sick, about half the town.

Many are still living with the consequences. Gastrointestinal illnesses like IBS, others have permanent liver damage. Lisa Sheng, CBC News, Walkerton, Ontario. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fege.