The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/10 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/10 at 18:00 EDT

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One of the most prominent conservative activists in the U.S. has been killed. Political commentator Charlie Kirk, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot while speaking at a university in Utah. Authorities say the suspect is still at large. Aaron Collins has the latest. Charlie Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University when officials say a single shot was fired at him Wednesday afternoon from an estimated 200 meters away. Unconfirmed video shows the 31-year-old right-wing political activist being hit in the upper body and then falling back off of his chair. His nonprofit organization was dedicated to spreading conservative ideas on high school and university campuses.

And Kirk had been a big supporter of Donald Trump credited with helping him. him win the last presidential election. And it was Trump that broke the news of Kirk's death, posting on social media that the great and even legendary Charlie Kirk is dead. No one understood or had the heart of the youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. Charlie Kirk was 31 years old. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Washington. Two children in the Toronto area are in life-threatening condition and eight other children were heard on a vehicle drove into a child care center. Photos of the scene in the suburb of Richmond Hill

show a completely shattered ground floor window. Officers say the intersection around the center is closed. Prime Minister Mark Carney is setting an ambitious agenda for the fall sitting of Parliament. He's laying out his government's economic and legislative goals at the Liberal Caucus retreat in Edmonton. As Olivia Stefanovic reports, Carney is priming Canadians for some big changes.

These are tough times. We have to make tough choices for a better future. Prime Minister Mark Carney says the scale of change his government is planning won't be easy, but he says it's necessary to ensure Canada isn't reliant on its main trading partner anymore. What's happening in the global economy is not a transition. It's a rupture. Carney says his government is still focused on building a new economic and security relationship with the U.S., but it's also working with other countries to expand markets. And in the fall budget, the Prime Minister promises to cut spending so Canadians can invest more.

Next week, Carney says his government will unveil its plan to double the pace of housing construction over the next decade. And tomorrow, the Prime Minister will announce the first batch of major projects, but the list will not include a new oil pipeline. Olivia Estefanovich, CBC News, Edmonton. Teachers in Alberta are poised to go on strike as early as October 6th. The Alberta Teachers Association say that's their deadline for a negotiated settlement with the province to be reached. Overcrowded classrooms and salary increases are the main sticking points here. ATA president, Jason Schilling, says schools and teachers need proper funding.

Public education is in a crisis, full stop. Whether the government chooses to acknowledge it or not, the reality is undeniable. Students are being shortchanged and our teachers are being pushed to the brink. The province has offered salary increases of 12% over four years. It also pledged to hire 3,000 new teachers. Premier Daniel Smith says a wage increase, higher than what's already on the table, puts that hiring plan at risk. And finally, protesters and police clashed in cities across France today.

Police in Montpellier used water cannons and tear gas, Demonstrators angry about austerity measures, obstructed highways, set fires, and barred access to some buildings and schools. The demonstrations are part of a massive online movement called Block Everything. Demonstrators say defense policies eat up public funds that should be used for hospitals and schools. French authorities deployed about 80,000 security forces throughout the country today. Nearly 300 protesters were arrested across France. And that is your world this hour. news anytime head to our website cbcnews.ca. For cbc news, I'm Kate McGilfrey.