The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/27 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/27 at 10:00 EDT

Are Swifties the best music fans? Should kids be on social media? Is the customer really always right? You know there are two sides to every debatable question and we're here to make you laugh while you listen to Canada's top comedians taking on these topics and many more. I'm Steve Patterson, host of The Debaters, and I'm here to make sure our debates don't end in tears or bloodshed or hockey type fights with sweaters over each other's heads. No guarantees though. Find and follow the debaters podcast and never miss an episode. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. We go first to Ottawa.

With royal enthusiasts lining the route, King Charles and Queen Camilla are on their way this hour to the Senate building. That's where Charles will deliver the Liberal government's throne speech. The royal couple arrived in Ottawa yesterday and held private audiences with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Governor General Mary Simon. Once he delivers the address, Charles will lay a memorial wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier before flying back to London. 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 BC and Yukon

taking steps now towards sharing an electricity grid. Amelia John has more. BC Premier David Eby and Yukon Premier Ronj Palay signed the memorandum of understanding for the Yukon-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. Philip Marks, CBC News, London.

Moscow is reporting that Russian troops have taken control of more territory in eastern Ukraine. But at the same time, it's accusing Ukraine of trying to derail pace talks. That's a Kremlin spokesperson saying Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is issuing destructive statements that blame Russia for prolonging the war. Criminal officials are claiming they are actually working on draft terms for a peace accord between the two countries. This has security officials in Kiev say Russia last night launched more than 60 drones into

Ukraine. Once again, the Minnesota Frost are the champions of the PWHL. Minnesota working in Minnesota. And Fry to change hands. Minnesota Fry. He scores. Minnesota Fry back-to-back All-Turk up ticket. In Minnesota that is Liz Shepard scoring the game and series winner in overtime. Gave the Frost a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Charge, and Minnesota takes the best of five final in four games. This was an extremely close series

with all four games going to overtime. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.