The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/06 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/06 at 22:00 EDT

We are gathered here today to celebrate life's big milestones. Do you promise to stand together through home purchases, auto-upgrades, and surprise dents and dings? We do. To embrace life's big moments for any adorable co-drivers down the road. We do. Then with the caring support of Desjardin insurance, I pronounce you covered for home, auto, and flexible life insurance. For life's big milestones, get insurance that's really big on care at Dejardin.com slash care. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles a canadian armed forces member in latvia missing since

tuesday has been found dead warrant officer george hol was deployed on operation reassurance currently canada's largest overseas mission according to a statement from the department of national defense the investigation into his death continues it says there is no increased death to other deployed members the statement says hole was based in edmonton and had served for nearly 20 years. Saskatchewan health officials have declared the building housing self-titled Queen of Canada, Romana Dudulo, and her cult, unfit for human habitation because it's not connected to the local sewer system. Romana Dadulo claims to be the supreme ruler of Canada and that rules don't apply to her or her followers.

She is now spending the weekend in jail awaiting a bail hearing Monday. Christine Sarteshi is a professor at Chatham University that researches and mom. monitors cults. What we see by and large from the group is an amazing ability to rationalize everything that happens to come up with essentially an alternative excuse or reason that allows them to continue to believe in things that go very much against reality. Everyone living in the building has been ordered to leave, but the order only covers the former school building, not any trailers on the property. The Dullo is facing multiple charges and says she'll represent herself at Monday's bail hearing. The union representing RC&P officer,

in Winnipeg is commending the bravery of one of its members who responded to a high-profile stabbing. Police say the suspect fled the community of hollow water in a stolen vehicle, but died after colliding with a police cruiser. Bobby Baker with the RCMP union says that officer went above and beyond by stopping him. Your family's probably sleeping. You head out on the road and you're not too sure what you're going to, but it's unfolding as you're on your way and you realize how horrible this is and you've got a mass casualty incident happening. And he comes right at you. You have to make a decision on what to do, and she didn't, she didn't stray away. She stopped that threat. She's a hero.

Baker wants to see changes to the policing model in rural areas, like our CMP officers staffed around the clock instead of having them on call. Britain is moving to ban energy drink sales to kids in England under age 16, citing health risks and its growing popularity with that age group. Health Canada says its current rules, like warning labels and marketing limits, are enough, even as more Canadian kids. reach for the high caffeine drinks. Elsa Northcott reports. I do like energy drinks.

Outside this Toronto high school, some teens say energy drinks are a regular part of their days. In Canada, anyone of any age can buy energy drinks at grocery stores, convenient stores, or gas stations. But in the UK, some supermarkets have voluntarily stopped selling

highly caffeinated energy drinks to kids. And now UK regulators are considering a full ban for those under 16, citing negative impacts on children's physical and mental health, sleep quality and education. There's been a rapid increase in a number of teenagers who consume energy drinks. Pediatrician Olivier Drin at Montreal's St. Justine Hospital says when kids use caffeine, it can lead to addiction, anxiety, and in some cases, heart problems.

We don't know whether there's a safe level of caffeine. He says Canadian regulations on energy drinks are too lax. Health Canada says it has no plans to update energy drink policies or regulations. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. In Seoul, South Korea's foreign minister says the government is making a, quote, all-out effort to support hundreds of South Korean workers arrested in Georgia. They were working at the site of a Hyundai battery plant that's under construction. Almost 500 workers, mostly South Korean nationals, were detained.

The Department of Homeland Security said this was the largest single-site enforcement operation in its history. South of the border, tonight's powerball lottery draw is for a staggering, 1.8 billion, with a B, dollars. And those are U.S. dollars. The third largest jackpot in Powerball history. The prize has ballooned around 40 after, rather, 40 consecutive draws with no winner. Tonight's draw happens less than an hour from now. That is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.