The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/17 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/17 at 02:00 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, the world this hour, I'm Claude Fague. At least eight people have been killed and several others injured following a Russian attack on a Ukrainian civilian bus. Ukrainian officials say the attack occurred in the Sumy region on Saturday. Russia says the attack was on a Ukrainian military staging area. The attack comes just hours after the Ukraine and Russia held their first direct peace talks

in three years. The jury at the sexual assault trial of five former World Junior Hockey players has been discharged. That means the judge alone will determine the outcome of the case. Her decision was informed by a note sent by a juror. It expressed concerns that some defense lawyers reportedly whispered and laughed while appearing to discuss the jury. In response, defense teams cited potential prejudice

that the jurors may have against them could jeopardize a fair trial. Both the Crown and defense have agreed to the change. All five men have pleaded not guilty to the alleged sexual assault in London, Ontario in 2018. Volunteers in rural Nova Scotia say they're resuming their search for two missing children. Our team has been called and PECTO has been called and I believe STRAIT has been called.

I don't know if any other teams have been called at this point. President of Colchester Ground Search and Rescue Kevin McLean says RCMP asked them to get their team back together. Six-year-old Lily Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack have been missing for two weeks, with no clues as to where they went. RCMP scaled back their search last week but are following up on more than 180 tips from the public. McLean says they are working out the details and will begin what is likely a recovery search

Saturday morning. A new federal report says Canada Post is facing an existential crisis and bankruptcy, and it's recommending immediate changes to keep the Crown Corporation afloat. It comes as postal workers are nearing another potential strike. Raffy Boudjikanian has more. It's quite comprehensive. The report warns the publicly funded postal service should phase out letter delivery to individual addresses. The government retained lawyer and labor arbitrator William Kaplan back in December to examine Canada Post's viability.

Kaplan calls the current door-to-door delivery standards impossible. In just a week, the union could go on strike again indeed, or the employer could lock them out, and Canadians and businesses could go on strike again indeed or the employer could lock them out and Canadians and businesses could be where they were right before Christmas. The new federal jobs and families minister, Patty Hajdu, and the new secretary of state for labour, John Zeruccelli held separate meetings with leaders at both the postal service and the union. Hajdu's office says it is encouraging both sides to think of this report as a stepping stone to resume negotiations.

Canada Post is calling the document a frank and straightforward assessment of the challenges it faces, while the Union has made no comment on it. Rafi Boudjikani on CBC News, Ottawa. The credit rating agency Moody's has stripped the United States of its triple-A credit rating, warning investors about rising government debt and a widening budget deficit.

The agency has shifted the U.S. rating down one notch to double-A-one while changing its outlook from negative to stable. To the Stanley Cup Playoffs. playoffs. As seen on CBC and Roger Sportsnet, the Maple Leafs scored twice in the third period to beat the Florida Panthers 2-0, sending the series back to Toronto for a seventh and deciding game on Sunday. Captain Austin Matthews, whose first goal of the series turned out to be the winner, was asked about his team's effort. Gutsy, I mean just a gutsy, gutsy win all around. I thought, you know, we just battled hard all three periods. It took till, you know, midway through the third to break through, but I just thought, you know, all throughout our lineup,

everybody played hard, everybody competed. Joe was great tonight. Big win. Goalie Joseph Wall made 22 saves for his first playoff shutout. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.