The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 06:00 EDT

How did the internet go from this? You could actually find what you were looking for right away, bound to this. I feel like I'm in hell. Spoiler alert, it was not an accident. I'm Cory Doctorow, host of Who Broke the Internet from CBC's Understood. In this four-part series, I'm going to tell you

why the internet sucks now, whose fault it is, and my plan to fix it. Find Who Broke the Internet on whatever terrible app you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. It has now been two weeks since two children in Nova Scotia disappeared from their rural family home. Despite the efforts of the RCMP and volunteer search crews, it appears we are still no closer to learning what has happened to this sister and brother.

Brett Ruskin reports. Six-year-old Lily Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack lived with their mother and stepfather in a small home here in the dense forests of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Far from any major town, in these woods ticks are everywhere and cell service is sparse. Still searchers combed through this area for days. Dogs tried to find a scent, helicopters rumbled overhead, and drones flew through the night looking for any sign of the missing children.

RCMPs say even though the search was scaled back, they still haven't given up. They're speaking with friends, relatives, neighbours, and community members, and they're following up on more than 180 tips from the public. Everyone involved left wondering how these two children can simply vanish. Brett Ruskin, CBC News, Lansdowne Station, Nova Scotia. Even as the Canadian military insists it is getting a handle on its recruiting crisis, CBC News has obtained an internal report that shows a spike in the number of new members leaving the armed forces shortly after completing their initial training. Murray Brewster has more.

There's no point recruiting if you're not retaining people. A statement of the obvious from Canada's top military commander, General Jenny Carey-Nan, as she was questioned recently about efforts to keep people in uniform while the forces deals with a shortage of as many as 14,000 troops. A new internal report obtained by CBC News shows the military and the Defense Department are doing themselves no favors in that category. The evaluation says the highest attrition rates within the military involve its lowest ranks and newest members.

Essentially, people are coming through the door, but many quit in frustration over the inability to get trained. Some are waiting as long as 206 days, but in the meantime are underemployed. Three years ago, DND unveiled a strategy to keep members in uniform. As part of it, a research office was set up to help advise on how best to retain people. It was defunded recently, with no explanation from the department. Murray Brewster, CBC News, Ottawa. Diplomats and business leaders from around the world

are in Ottawa today looking to chart a course through the tariff war launched by the United States. It's known as the B7 Conference. It's a partner event leading up to the G7 Summit next month in Alberta. Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley are both scheduled to speak. Meanwhile, new numbers from Oxford

Economics suggest Ottawa's counter tariffs against the United States in their current form amount to, quote, next to nothing. It's estimating that the six-month exemption Ottawa announced last month on its counter tariffs means that the United States won't be feeling Canada punching back until October at the earliest. Hudson's Bay may be done as a department store, but those iconic multicolored stripes may be coming soon to a Canadian tire near you. Georgie Smythe reports. The iconic HBC stripes could now live on through Canadian Tire, with the company announcing

an agreement to buy the bay's logos, designs, coat of arms and trademarks for $30 million. 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 Smythe, CBC News, Vancouver.