The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/17 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/17 at 10:00 EDT

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That's the exact amount of knowledge you need for this show. Stay vaguely informed while in good company. With me. Listen to Because News, available wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. The final day of the G7 Summit in Alberta will go ahead without Donald Trump. The US president left the summit early yesterday and is now back in Washington.

And it has Canadian officials questioning whether Prime Minister Mark Carney was able to make any headway with Trump on a new Canada-US trade agreement. Janice McGregor has more. In front of the cameras yesterday, Trump was very complimentary about this summit. Canadian officials were speaking positively about their bilateral meeting, setting up this new 30-day deadline to reach a deal optimistically, as if it's maybe within reach.

Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador in Washington, who's leading these talks, remained firm yesterday that any deal must end the harm being done to Canada by Trump's tariff policy. But going by the president's comments on Air Force One last night, he has no intention of giving up that hammer,

bragging about $88 billion in government revenue his tariffs have generated, tariffs paid, must remember, by U.S. businesses and consumers. So at cold light of day here, does this 30-day deadline now look instead like potentially a countdown to when the Carney government may have to step up retaliation or risk losing face? Janice McGregor, CBC News, Banff, Alberta.

So the summit continues without the U.S. president and on the agenda today for Prime Minister Mark Carney, along with the scheduled discussions, will be meetings on the sidelines with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Meanwhile, in Kyiv. Meanwhile in Kiev. Ukrainian anti-aircraft batteries firing in the midst of Russia's latest barrage. Ukrainian officials say Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles across the country overnight, most of which were intercepted. However, at least 15 deaths are being reported.

President Zelensky is saying the damage reported in Keeve last night is the worst the capital has seen since the war began. The mother of a missing three-year-old Quebec girl will appear in court today on charges of child abandonment. Rachel Todd's daughter, Claire Bell, was last seen at her home in La Salle on Sunday morning. Her mother later reported her missing about 50 kilometres west of where the girl was last

seen. Lauren McCallum reports. Quebec provincial police will be out in force again today to search for three-year-old Claire Bell. Yesterday, they asked the public to also be on the lookout for a brown, long-haired Chihuahua, but the child's dog was found dead along Highway 30 later that day. Sûreté du Québec Sergeant Jean-Raphael Drolet says officers will be concentrating their search today in the area where the dog was found. He says police are using helicopters, drones,

and police dogs to try to find the little girl. Drolet's police are worried about the girl's well-being. She's only three years old and vulnerable. Claire Bell was wearing a long-sleeved shirt with pink trim and grey pants when she disappeared. They are asking people to contact police if they saw a 2007 grey Ford Escape with a baby on board sticker between La Salle and Coteau-du-Lac on Sunday. Lauren McCallum, CBC News, Montreal. Game six of the Stanley Cup final is set for tonight in Florida with the Panthers one win away from repeating as Stanley Cup champions.

And back here in Canada, fingers are crossed. I prefer the Oilers of course. We need a Canadian team to win. When was the last time that happened? Usually at Flames Man, but I made the switch for the Oilers. We want Canada to win. The Panthers lead Edmonton in this best of seven final, three games to two, and with the Cup in the building, Florida is eager to win it, of course, in front of their fans.

As for the Oilers, a win tonight, and they will force a game seven back in Edmonton Friday night. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.