The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/27 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/27 at 08:00 EDT

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From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. In Ottawa later this morning, there will be great pomp and circumstance as King Charles arrives on Parliament Hill to deliver the speech from the throne. It is a truly royal affair full of symbolism aimed primarily at our neighbours to the south. Janice McGregor reports. Because of who's reading this speech and the global audience that brings, every word is going to be weighed for signals including

whatever personal words King Charles shares off the top before laying out his preview of the Canadian government's agenda. Today's also a bit of a civics lesson, a reminder of what makes Canada's system of constitutional monarchy different. In a way the symbolism is the substance. Canada in a period of transformational change even the throne is the substance. Canada, in a period of transformational change, even the throne is newly designed. Government House Leader Stephen McKinnon was reflecting on that yesterday. Look, it's a singular occasion, an historic occasion, and it honours the very origins of our country. Also listening in the room today, there are going to be several past Prime Ministers as well, a reminder that while elected governments come and go, the continuity that the Crown represents

is part of what makes Canada's democratic institutions so strong. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. One of the topics expected to be included in today's throne speech is the Liberal government's promise to open up trade between the provinces and the territories. And work is already underway on this issue on a number of fronts, including most recently B.C. and Yukon taking steps toward sharing an electricity grid. Amelia, John explains. B.C. Premier David Eby and Yukon Premier Ronj Palay signed the memorandum of understanding

for the Yukon-B.C BC Grid Connect, calling it a generational investment and a way to boost clean energy supply. Yukon's grid is isolated and sometimes relies on diesel, while BC often has a surplus of hydroelectricity, which it sells. Barry Penner is a former BC Environment Minister and now head of the Energy Futures Institute. The idea has been bouncing around for at least two decades, maybe more. You have to ask yourself, why has it not come to fruition? And that's because it faces daunting challenges, a combination of distance and cost. Penner says it could cost well over a billion dollars to connect the BC and Yukon grid.

The two premiers say they'll seek federal support and work with First Nations who may be impacted. Amelia Johns, CBC News, Vancouver. A 53-year-old suspect remains in custody after a minivan was driven into a crowd of people in Liverpool, England, Monday night. The crowd had gathered to celebrate Liverpool's Premier League Championship victory and more than 40 people were injured. As we hear now from Willem Marx, police have made a point of publicly releasing the suspect's nationality and ethnicity.

It's still not clear how or why the vehicle rammed through the crowd, but the incident is not being treated as terrorism related according to Merseyside police. Jenny Sims is the assistant chief constable. Extensive inquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances leading up to the collision and it is vital that people do not speculate or spread misinformation on social media. Misinformation after a stabbing attack last year in the nearby town of Southport led to riots that targeted local mosques, after members of the public incorrectly read on social media that the suspect in that incident was a Muslim asylum seeker. It's something Liverpool's local Member of Parliament, Kim

Johnson, was keen to avoid. I'm really pleased that the police did come out almost immediately to let us know who was the perpetrator of this act. Authorities say more than two dozen people were hospitalized, including several children. For the landmark CBC News, London. Once again, the Minnesota Frost are the champions of the PWHL. Minnesota working in Minnesota. And Fry the champ here, the looks of the play. He scores! Minnesota Fry, back to back,

Walter Cup champion. In Minnesota, that is Liz Shepard's scoring the game and Ceres' winner in overtime. It gave the Frost a 2-1 win over Ottawa. Minnesota takes the championship series best of five in four games. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.