World Report - April 28: Monday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: April 28, 2025

Canadians go to the polls in federal election shaped by threats from US President Donald Trump.Filipino communities across Canada come together to support victims of the incident at Vancouver's Lapu-Lapu festival.The trial of five former World Junior hockey players resumes today in London, Ontario.The United Nations' top court holds hearings on whether Israel is breaking international law.

This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Marcia Young. Today is a new day, a day for democracy and a vigil in Vancouver last night. They were there to show their support for the Filipino community. 11 people were killed at the Lapu-Lapu Festival on Saturday night, including one person who has been identified as Kira Salim, a middle school teacher-counselor in New Westminster.

Among those in the crowd for the vigil, Liberal leader Mark Carney and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, there to comfort on the last day of the federal election campaign. Today, Canadians choose their next government. Let's go to Janice McGregor in our Parliamentary Bureau and Janice, take us through the leaders closing pitches. Marcia, this campaign was triggered by an extraordinary series of events in Canadian politics. It ended on a somber note over the weekend after an extraordinary tragedy in Vancouver. The Liberal campaign scaled back, cancelling a pair of big rallies, feeling it wasn't the time.

But in his hunt for enough seats to pull off a majority victory tonight, Mark Carney campaigned right down to the wire across Western Canada, finishing just before midnight local time with his candidates on Vancouver Island. I dream of a Canada that is not the US. We are similar, but we are very, we are very different countries.

Canada is a mosaic, America is a melting pot. Pierre Poliev started his day in solidarity with the Filipino Community Church, but stuck to his planned schedule of rallies and whistle stops, starting in Toronto's 905 belt across central Ontario, and landing in his home riding on the southern edge of Ottawa where his final words were for his supporters in a seat that may not be safe for him this evening. I'm actually in awe you know that with that so many people have put their hope that I can deliver for their future for their lives it means the world to me. Jogmeet Singh flew to Penticton for a low-key event earlier in the day, but he finished

it back in Greater Vancouver at a vigil for those whose lives were lost at the Filipino Festival on Saturday night. And I just want to, again, on behalf of all New Democrats, share our condolences. Our hearts are broken for those that have lost loved ones, those that are injured, those that are in the hospital. And the people that saw this violence are going to be traumatized and are going to need support and care as well. And I just want to acknowledge them as well. Seeing usually campaigns with a lot of energy and joy,

but because he left that festival only minutes before the violence yesterday was really difficult for his team in particular. So now, Janice, it's all in the hands of Canadian voters. That's right. And you know, change campaigns often lead to bigger turnouts. Voters believe big issues are at stake, allegiances shift, people come to the polls who aren't always motivated to turn up.

The advance polls saw record numbers, but that only represents about a quarter of the names on the roll of electors. Most of the ballots are not in the box yet. Today's turnout is going to tell the real tale. Thank you, Janice. You're welcome. Janice McGregor reporting from Ottawa. The man suspected of driving into the Lapo Lapo Festival is 30-year-old Kai G. Adam Lowe.

So far, he's been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder. Authorities in Vancouver say 17 people are still in a hospital, some in critical condition, and across Canada, Filipino communities are coming together to send support to the people most affected. Sam Sampson has more. Oh, thank you. Mavito Lentino's Pop-Up Cafe is a place for connection, and this weekend, it's intentional. I think that this is the time to not isolate yourself. Just hours after the Vancouver incident, the Edmonton entrepreneur opened the space to anyone who needed coffee, comfort and community.

And they've been checking on us, checking on people and how they're feeling. Everyone's just saying that they're okay today and sometimes that's enough. Statistics Canada data suggests 37% of Canada's Filipino population lives in the prairies. After a crowded Sunday mass in Winnipeg, Pastor Junie Josue said this is the worst thing to happen to Canadian Filipinos since he moved to this country 26 years ago. It's sad. I feel like, you know, we're part of the families that are there and the community that are there having this Unspeakable thing happen. It's just throughout No, we were thinking while grieving groups across Canada plan to raise money for those affected in Vancouver

Like the Congress of the Philippines associations of Alberta JR de Lara works with the organization And he's a Filipino language and cultural educator in Edmonton schools. I'm still trying to figure out what to say because my Filipino class is actually first thing in the morning. How do you even explain why such tragedy took place? But I think all I can do is really make sure that they know that as Filipinos we don't back down. A message of strength for those living in a nightmare. Sam Sampson, CBC News, Edmonton. The United Nations top court is holding hearings on whether Israel is breaking international law.

The International Court of Justice is hearing arguments from several countries over the next five days. They say Israel is violating its obligation to the Palestinian people by blocking humanitarian aid. Lauren Kamato is following hearings from The Hague. Both the UN and Palestinian representatives told judges that Israel's actions, both as an occupying power and a UN member, violate international law for making it virtually impossible for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, to deliver life-saving aid to attacking UN personnel to using starvation as a making it virtually impossible for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, to deliver life-saving aid to attacking UN personnel to using starvation as a weapon of war.

Speaking for the Palestinian delegation, lawyer Paul Reichler says that's been illegal at least since the 1946 Nuremberg judgments. Eight decades later, it is Israel that is deliberately starving more than two million Palestinian civilians in Gaza to achieve its purported war ends. This court has ordered Israel to let aid into Gaza before. Its latest blockade of all aid began early last month. Israel says that halting aid weakens Hamas and has accused the UN of weaponizing international

law. But those speaking today told the court that 600,000 Palestinians have no drinking water, that all Gazan bakeries are closed, that life expectancy in Gaza has been halved, and that Israel is obliged to let aid in. The UN General Assembly asked the world court to issue an advisory opinion last year, following two Israeli laws that effectively banned UNRWA from working in Gaza. Some 40 countries, including the U.S., will weigh in on the issue this week. Israel is not in court. Lauren Comito for CBC News, The Hague. The trial of five former World Junior Hockey players resumes today in London, Ontario. A new jury has been chosen as a result of a mistrial declared on Friday. The specifics

of this case revolve around allegations of a sexual assault in 2018. But some say hockey culture itself is on trial. Karen Pauls has more. Right now the hockey world is focused on NHL playoffs. Most Winnipeg Jets fans more concerned about their team's postseason success than the sexual assault trial going on in London, Ontario. I have not been keeping up with that at all. Well, I know that it's happening, but yeah.

Yeah, I'm trying not to think about it right now. But this fan is watching. The trials in London are just kind of the first step in beginning the change of that culture where it's all about protecting each other and instead it's about doing the right things. Others agree there's a bigger conversation about hockey culture and violence in the sport. Christy Alain is the Canadian Research Chair in Physical Culture and Social Life at St. Thomas University in Fredericton. In this case we have put the sport on trial and I think that's actually really important because when we have enough evidence now to suggest that maybe there's something not right about the

ways that these institutions are preparing young men. Julie Lalonde is a victim's rights advocate based in Ottawa. It's a sport like many others that is rife with issues and there seems to be a real defensiveness from the average person to acknowledge that because it seems unpatriotic to be anti-hockey. But it's not about being anti-hockey, right? It's about being anti-violent. Court starts today with the judge's instructions to the jury and then the Crown's opening statements.

It will only sit half a day to give jurors and lawyers a chance to vote in the federal election. Karen Pauls, CBC News, London, Ontario. One final reminder from Toronto's Opera Review. Today is voting day in Canada. We're here to ask you all to vote, no party or rep to promo, just here to say hey, I'm election day. Vote and have your say. No matter where you are or what you're doing tonight,

CBC News is your place to check election results. Listen to our live coverage on CBC Radio or the Listen app. Track what's happening in your writing at cbcnews.ca and watch CBC Television or GEM for up-to-the-minute results and analysis. And that is the latest national and international news from World Report News Anytime. CBCNews.ca. I'm Marcia Young.