The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/17 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/17 at 16:00 EDT

Other People's Problems was the first podcast to take you inside real-life therapy sessions. I'm Dr. Hilary McBride, and again, we're doing something new. The ketamine really broke down a lot of my barriers. This work has this sort of immediate transformational effect. Therapy Using Psychedelics is the new frontier in mental health. Come along for the trip. Other People's Problems Season 5, available now. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. Nearly two dozen people are dead after a series of storms tour through the U.S. And as searchers go through the wreckage, officials warn they're expecting the death count will rise.

Steve Futterman has this update. Across the Midwest and in parts of the South, they are assessing the damage. We've had a lot of houses destroyed. Those who survived are thankful. Derek Perkins is a pastor in St. Louis. His church suffered significant damage. I'm a resident here in St. Louis. I was born and raised here.

I've never seen anything like this. In Somerset, Kentucky, Marshall Todd was a bit in shock. Roofs are gone, windows are gone, people are outside. Luckily, no injuries. I don't know how we survived. But others are not as fortunate. The death count is rising. In Kentucky alone, more than a dozen people have died.

In Missouri, there was this brief moment of joy. Cheers when a man trapped in the rubble of a collapsed house was rescued. His sister thankful. Blessed. We feel blessed. The National Weather Service says the severe weather is likely to continue into early next week. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. Dozens of wildfires are burning across Canada. One is near the Manitoba community of Lactobani. The province estimates it spans more than 4,000 hectares and nearly 1,000 people have

been evacuated from their homes. Municipal Reef Lauren Schinkel says while progress is being made, the blaze isn't under control. We've got some very serious hot spots within that contained perimeter that still won't allow us to open up the other evacuation routes. There's several of the different areas and Mother Nature's cooperating with a little bit of moisture. We could certainly use more of that. You know, our hearts and souls are all grieving still because of the loss of our two residents

here and our thoughts and prayers are certainly with the family members and the loved ones. Some are questioning whether residents were given enough warning to leave and why the province's emergency notification system wasn't used. Shinkle says there were alerts on social media and people gave warnings door to door. Elections Canada has validated the results in Nunavut and confirmed NEP incumbent Lori Idlout as the winner. The validation was delayed because the final ballot box was stuck at an airline cargo facility by a blizzard. Idlout won the riding by just 41 votes, but that isn't slim enough of a margin to trigger

a judicial recount. The validation doesn't change the seat count in parliament. U.S. President Donald Trump says he'll speak Monday with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts about ending the war in Ukraine. And voice for the two sides met yesterday in Turkey but failed to reach a ceasefire. Zelensky spoke today with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Rome. We admire your commitment to peace as you've demonstrated again this week. Of course we have to make pressure, more pressure on Russia, on Putin,

to make peace as quick as possible. And of course, unconditional ceasefire is very, very important. That's why we need to pressure on him, more pressure, more sanctions. We are thankful to your packages of sanctions. Carney is in Italy to attend tomorrow's inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. Tonight, the Winnipeg Jets will be fighting to keep their Stanley Cup hopes alive. They're trailing the Dallas Stars two games to three in a second round series. Last night the Toronto Maple Leafs staved off elimination with the 2-0 win in game six against the Florida Panthers. Game seven

happens tomorrow night in Toronto. And finally a story to savor. Students at Vancouver Island University's professional baking and pastry arts program are creating a record-breaking Nanaimo bar today. It's set to weigh nearly 500 kilograms, double the previous record held by an Ontario chocolatier. The event is also a fundraiser so the program can replace their decades-old ovens. Kaylee Molfs is one of the students. It's a big thing because we haven't had it for a very, very long time. Our oven is a little bit newer, but even then it's like over 30 years old. But the one upstairs is really, really old. Like much older.

They need to perform well enough for us because they're on their last drinks. Slices are being served up this afternoon at the university's student bakery. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.