The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/04 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/04 at 23:00 EDT

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raid in saskatchewan the woman calling herself the queen of canada and the owner of a so-called conspiracy compound are now facing charges rcmps say romana didulo and ricky mans were among 16 people arrested wednesday in richmond they were released but didulo and mans were re-arrested thursday police allege, rather, the pair breached a condition the two not contact each other, they're also charged with intimidation. Manitoba RCMP are recounting dramatic details of a mass stabbing on the Hollow Water First Nation. It began early Thursday. By the time it was over, two people were dead, seven others injured. Superintendent Rob Lassen. In total, eight community members ranging in age from 18 to 60 years of age had sustained injuries during this incident.

We can confirm, sadly, that an 18-year-old female has died a result of these injuries. That 18-year-old woman was the sister of the suspect, 26-year-old Tyrone Samard. He fled in a stolen vehicle and ended up in a collision with an RCMP cruiser and died at the scene. The police officer suffered critical injuries but is expected to recover. Lassen says a thorough investigation is underway. Portugal observed a day of morning Thursday after Wednesday's deadly treasurer. ram derailment in a historic Lisbon neighborhood. Officials say there's a high possibility, two of the 16 people killed are Canadian.

Another Canadian may be among the more than 20 injured. Chris Brown has the latest from Lisbon. This is one of the greatest human tragedies in our recent history, said Prime Minister Luis Montenegro. Authorities haven't confirmed anything definitive yet, but it appears the thick cable that ran under the tracks and controlled the rail car speed snapped. British tourist James Nolan saw it happen. It was coming down the hill. Something was wrong with the cable. It lost control, didn't have any breaking ability. The Gloria elevator, as it's called here, opened 140 years ago. It's very old technology,

but authority said it was consistently maintained and extremely reliable. Lisbon's mayor, Carlos Modash, says there will be three days of morning, and the other two fornicular railways in the city will be closed until there are answers about this accident. Chris Brown, CBC News, Lisbon. Mark Carney's cabinet has wrapped its second day of meetings at a cabinet retreat in Toronto. Industry Minister, Melin Julie, says the federal government is focused on the economy by protecting existing jobs and creating new ones with new projects. We need to invest in housing, and we will be coming up with a list of major projects in the coming

weeks. We're investing more in defense. Well, we've increased the salaries and the benefits of our Canadian Armed Forces as well. We need to make sure that we're building back capacity, industrial capacity, in Canada. Those investments are coming at a price. Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is warning of tough choices ahead. He says the government's full budget will contain austerity measures as well as spending. At Benton Bookshop say customers are looking for books that were going to be banned from public schools. The Alberta government is rewriting a new order that prevents schools from putting explicit books on library and classroom shelves. That hold happened after Edmonton Public Schools told teachers to remove more than 200 titles they said fell under the rules.

The list included classic novels and coming-of-age stories. Eugenie Dubay is a retired teacher who went book shopping Thursday. I don't think we should ever be banning books. I think the teachers in the school, the librarians, if we actually had teacher librarians, in the school are well aware of what is appropriate for children and at what age it's appropriate. I taught for 35 years. I never saw these books in an elementary school. Debe says she owns several of the titles on the list and says she will share them with her children. That is your world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.