The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/08 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/08 at 13:00 EDT

This message is from Wise, the app for international money. With Wise, you can send, spend, and receive in up to 40 currencies with a fair exchange rate and no hidden fees. Download the Wise app or visit Wise.com. T's and C's Apply. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Skanderas. The federal government is allocating $80 million to businesses in Atlantic Canada as part of its regional tariff response. Initiative. That initiative, now worth a billion dollars, was first announced in March. Its aim is to support small and medium-sized businesses affected by U.S. tariffs. Prime Minister Mark Carney says this funding will maintain the strength of Canada's ocean economy. This region's a giant

in fishing, manufacturing, forestry, IT, energy, shipbuilding, and its overseas trade corridor sitting in St. John's Harbor, connect Canada with the rest of the world. announced a series of measures last week to protect, build, and transform Canada's strategic industries. They include a $5 billion fund to help businesses develop products and fine new markets and help with training for up to 50,000 workers who want to learn new skills. Israeli security services say a deadly attack at a Jerusalem bus stop was carried out by two Palestinians from the West Bank. Attackers opened fire during rush hour, killing six people. Petrusik is at the scene with the latest.

The shooting happened at this busy transportation hub at the north end of Jerusalem. As people were waiting at bus stops toward the end of morning rush hour, two men pulled up in a car. They were carrying automatic weapons and attacked a crowded bus at the curb. More than a dozen were shot. Many were injured severely. Several died on the scene. A soldier and a private citizen killed the attackers. Their bullets and casings are littered on the ground even now. The road here leads from Israel into the occupied West Bank,

where Jewish settlers and Palestinian villagers have clashed over the past two years, even as the war in Gaza has raged. Those tensions are likely to rise either further now. Sasha Kachersake, CBC News, Drew Salome. A Canadian neo-Nazi terror propagandist is headed to Prison. Patrick McDonald was known online as the alias Dark Foreigner. Christy Nees was at the sentencing. 28-year-old Patrick McDonald was sentenced to 10 years in prison today.

The decision comes eight years after McDonald participated in and facilitated terrorist activity and communicated statements that willfully promote hate against Jews and other groups. When he was 20 and 21, McDonald lent his knowledge and video equipment to the production of three racist recruitment videos for the defunct terrorist group, Adam Woffon Division and starred in at least one of them. He also shared dozens of images and memes online, calling for and celebrating violent acts and murder. The judge told court today that McDonald needed a lengthy sentence for his serious crimes, but that he also shows potential for rehabilitation. Until this morning, McDonald had been out on bail living with his parents for two

years. McDonald and the federal crown now have 30 days to decide whether to appeal. Christy Nice, CBC News, Ottawa. The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles. The justices today lifted a restraining order that had barred agents from stopping people solely based on race or language. The Trump administration argued successfully that the order wrongly restricted agents from carrying out their duties in the crackdown on illegal immigration. At least 19 people have been killed in Nepal in mass protests near the country's parliament. Police used rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannon in an attempt to disperse thousands of demonstrators. They're enraged by the government's decision to shut down social media sites.

About two dozen sites are blocked, including Facebook and YouTube. The government says it's part of their efforts to get tech companies to formally register in the country. Platforms that have complied, like TikTok, continue to operate. And that is your world this hour. For news any time, you can visit our website at cBCnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris.