The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/08 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/08 at 23:00 EDT

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So come and enjoy a wide variety of games. And remember, when you play, local charities win. See how we play. Visit charitablegaming.ca. Please play responsibly. Charitable gaming, community good. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Hurland. The Federal Government is announcing new details about how it plans to help Canadian businesses

withstand the impact of a global trade war. It comes after the Prime Minister unveiled a suite of new programs last week for industries hit hard by U.S. and Chinese tariffs. Tom Perry has more. This isn't just a phase. to transition. It's a rupture. Prime Minister Mark Carney in St. John's Newfoundland, promising help for Canadian business. Carney last week unveiled a series of measures for industries hit by tariffs, including a billion dollar fund to help small and medium-sized firms adapt and

seek new markets. Carney says $80 million from that fund will go to businesses in Atlantic Canada. We'll fund small and medium-sized businesses across the region help them, not just to invest, not just to endure, but to thrive. The fund is just one part of the government's overall pledge, industry minister Melanie Jolie, was in Sherbrook, Quebec, promising help for the aluminum sector. Canada's aluminum exports face a 50% U.S. tariff. Jolie says the industry could receive hundreds of millions of dollars in support. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. The government of Alberta is rewriting its controversial book ban following widespread criticism. The revision significantly narrows the scope of the order. Josh McLean reports. The new order only restricts visual depictions of

explicit sexual activity, unlike the one issued in July that also included written text. Demetrios Nicolides is Alberta's education minister. Making that change really helps to crystallize and clarify which material we have concern with and which material we don't have concern with. The previous order stirred up controversy after Edmonton's public school board released a list of 200 books it said would be removed, including classic and well-known titles like Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Inran's Atlas Shrugged. The revised version still has its critics. Wing Lee is with support our students, Alberta. If the government doesn't want children to engage in what they deem as harmful, then have people help them. Higher teacher librarians. Schools have until

January 5th to implement the changes. Josh McLean, CBC News, Calgary. The Mounties in British Columbia have announced charges related to an escape from prison three years ago. The convicted killer, Rabi al-Kalil, was awaiting a separate murder trial when he broke out of a detention center in July 2022. Charges have been approved against three men who had allegedly assisted in the escape of Robbie Al-Kalil. Sergeant Tammy Lobb says the men are charged with prison breach and conspiracy. One of the men was also charged in an unrelated case of conspiring to commit murder in

Kamloops. Police say Al Khalil remains at large. The 38-year-old has an extensive criminal record and was a member of Canada's Most Wanted list after the escape. Police say they cannot confirm recent reports that he has been arrested in Qatar. The government of Nepal has lifted a ban on social media platforms after violent street protests killed at least 19 people and injured more than 100. Jamie Strassan reports. In Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, protesters pack streets and squares, pelting military vehicles with rocks, in return, water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets, and in some case, live ammunition. There are people dying in the street. There's not enough ambulances. The hospitals are running out of resources. The government does not care about us. They do not care if people

die. We are the movement. We are the movement. Some protesters were able to force. forced their way into the parliament building, a government ban on more than two dozen social media platforms, including Facebook, X, and YouTube, has queued widespread violence across the country. Officials say they only blocked platforms that failed to register with authorities, TikTok and others that registered, remained online. In an attempt to clear the streets,

authorities have put a curfew in place for many parts of the country. Jamie Strash and CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.