The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/04 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/04 at 14:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. The RCMP are investigating a mass stabbing on Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba. One victim and the suspect are dead, and at least six others were taken to a trauma center in Winnipeg. Cameron McIntosh has the latest. RCMP confirmed multiple people were stabbed on Hollow Water First Nation early this morning. One victim is dead, as is the suspect. Police have closed access into the community but say there is no longer a public danger. Police are also at the scene of a car crash near the community that appears to be related.

Police say at least six people were brought to hospital in Winnipeg for treatment, including two by air ambulance. RCMP say they'll have more information later this afternoon. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Winnipeg. The man accused of murdering serial killer Robert Picton intends to plead guilty. Maltin Charray is accused of fatally attacking Picton at a Quebec penitentiary last year. He's facing a first-degree murder charge, and at a court hearing today, his lawyer said he plans to enter a guilty plea. Picton was convicted of six counts of second-degree murder and was suspected of killing dozens more women at his pig farm in British Columbia. Alberta school boards are sending letters to parents of female students to confirm their eligibility for school sports.

They're required to confirm their child. child sex according to new provincial legislation. Colleen Underwood has more. The Calgary Public and Catholic school boards are issuing letters this week to families of female athletes, age 12 to 18, competing in female-only leagues. Parents must confirm their child's sex was female at birth in order to participate. Calgary mom Emily Harleck says despite her 13-year-old's love of wrestling, badminton, and track and field, she can't sign it. It feels really intrusive. And then I really think about my trans family members and my trans friends. And this is just another barrier, another message of you don't belong.

Wally Bearbash has a son in grade 12 at a Calgary high school. He says he agrees with the rules, concerned that transgender athletes have biological advantages. This is one place where you cannot have a complete 100% inclusivity. Families don't need to provide the birth certificate as proof unless an athlete's eligibility is challenged and the board asks for it. Colleen Underwood, CBC News, Calgary. Prime Minister Mark Carney will be flying to China this weekend. Carney's joining a trade delegation headed up by Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe. The delegation is looking to engage Chinese officials on several fronts,

including the tariffs currently imposed on Canadian canola producers. Quebec City will host two major hockey tournaments in the coming years. For the first time, the city has been picked to host the Women's World Hockey Championship in 2027. The city will also co-host the 2029 World Junior Hockey Championship with Tuar Riviel. The historic Lisbon funicular that has been running for nearly 150 years is now out of action. It's being inspected after a derailment yesterday killed at least 16 people and injured many others, including one Canadian. Alison Roberts reports. Portugal's Prime Minister caused the crash one of the greatest tragedies in the nation's recent history.

history. Luis Montenegro is promising swift answers from police and forensic experts, amid pressure to determine the causes of a disaster that killed and injured many foreign nationals as well as Portuguese. The mayor of Lisbon says he has asked the municipal company that runs the finicular to commission an external investigation into the accident as well as its own. Probes by prosecutors and the Transport Safety Authority are underway. But local media are focusing on reports that the cable that linked the two carriages may have detached and backup brakes failed. The Elevador da Gloria, as the 140-year-old funicular is known, was a major attraction

often packed with foreign tourists. Allison Roberts for CBC News, Lisbon. And that is your world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. We update every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.