The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/18 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/18 at 03:00 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 Faye. Thousands are expected to be on hand

this morning for the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV, when he will be officially installed as the new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics. The American Pontiff will hold outdoor mass at St. Peter's Square at 10 a.m. local time. People arriving in Rome this morning appeared excited to take it all in. I'm extremely excited. I think he'll make a wonderful pope. I like how emotional and kind he is. I love his background. I'm extremely happy to be here.

Several world leaders, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, will be on hand for the mass. To Brooklyn, New York. In a video posted to social media, the sound of two masts from a tall ship hitting the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge could be heard before they snapped off. A Mexican Navy tall ship was cruising in the East River as part of a festive visit to New York. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has confirmed that two people were killed and 19 others injured in the collision.

Two were critically injured. The ship carrying a total of 277 people was there as part of a multi-country cruise reportedly lost power as it left port before crashing into the bridge. The Quebec government is stepping up to assist the water crisis in Pavernatuc, Nunavut. The Northern Village's pipeline has been frozen since March. Residents have since struggled with low supply and at times no supply of water, and it's leading to some evacuations at the hospital. Samuel Watt has the latest.

Many residents in the northern Quebec village of Piverna took have been going days, even weeks without water delivery. And Nunavik's acting public health director, Dr. Yassin Chalikov, says the situation has gotten acutely worse in recent days. Now they're evacuating patients south to places like Montreal for care. A hospital or any advanced healthcare institution can't operate without running water for a prolonged period of time. The community has been facing a serious water supply problem after a critical pipe connecting the pump station to the treatment plant froze mid-March, so trucks have to go further out

of town to collect water, slowing delivery. And slushy, snow-clogged roads are hampering those efforts. The villagers also fighting a rise in gastroenteritis and prevention of that often relies on water. The Quebec government is sending planes loaded with bottled water to the community. Samuel Watt, CBC News, Iqaluit. The Winnipeg Jets hope Silver Stanley Cup this season are over. The Jets were beaten 2-1 in overtime by the Dallas Stars in Game 6 of their Western Conference Semi-Final Series in Texas last night. The loss coming just hours after Star Center Mark Shieffley learned of the passing of his father Brad the night before.

Shieffley was warmly consoled by Stars players in the handshake line following the loss and Stars head coach Peter DeBoer, a former head coach of the Kitchener Rangers in Shifely's Ontario hometown, had plenty of praise for the 32-year-old Jets center. Condolences to Mark Shifely and his family. I consider myself a Kitchener guy. His family's from Kitchener. Just courageous, what he did tonight and I'm sure you know his dad would have been really proud of him and what he did and you know

And I'm sure his dad would have wanted him there hats off to him The stars move on to face the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference final now for the song that won the Eurovision Grand Final Saturday. Classically trained JJ of Austria took home the top prize with the tune Wasted Love, Israel's Juval Rafael came second. The competition, set in Basel, Switzerland this year, featured acts from 26 countries and they performed to some 160 million viewers. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Bage.