The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/11 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/11 at 17:00 EDT

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The debater's 20th anniversary season, comedy, worth arguing about. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his first list of big nation-building projects today that Ottawa will fast track for approvals. The projects are aimed at boosting the Canadian economy as it grapples with the Trump trade war.

Olivia Stefanovic has details. We used to build big things in this country. It's time to get back at it. Prime Minister Mark Carney, promising to boost the slowing Canadian economy with five major infrastructure and energy projects across the country. We will build with Canadian steel, Canadian lumber, Canadian aluminum. Kearney's initial list includes the second phase of LNG Canada

in northern British Columbia, a new nuclear project in southern Ontario, a copper and zinc mine in east central Saskatchewan, along with the expansions to the port of Montreal, and the existing Red Criss Copper Mine in northwest B.C. The projects are already quite advanced and have gone through Indigenous consultation. Carney says these projects will require federal dollars to spur private investment, but isn't yet saying how much. Carney says a second set of projects will be announced by the Grey Cup in mid-November.

Olivia Stavanovitch, CBC News, Edmonton. The man accused in a deadly crash at a daycare center north of Toronto. has been released on bail. An 18-month-old child was killed when the suspect in his 70s drove his car into the building in Richmond Hill. The second child is in critical condition in hospital. Five more children and three staff members were also injured. The man's facing one charge of dangerous driving causing death and two counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. His bail conditions include an order that he not drive any motor vehicles. Calgary police have charged a man for tunneling into the apartment above his. They allege he broke through his

own ceiling to gain access to the home of his upstairs neighbor. Anne-Marie Tricky has details. On September 5th, police in Calgary responded to reports of a break and enter. The victim in question had been away from her residence. She returned to discover a large hole in her floor, despite the door being locked. She says she was experiencing ongoing issues with a downstairs neighbor, which had intensified in recent weeks. Investigators believed that neighbor had broken into his ceiling and created a large hole between his suite and his upstairs neighbor's residence. Police have taken 46-year-old Ben Edward Mays into custody. Mays has been charged with one count of break and enter with intent to commit criminal

harassment, one count of mischief to property over $5,000 and two counts of disobeying a court order. Inspector Keith Hurley of Calgary Police has called this incident a deeply disturbing violation of personal space. Mays is set to appear in court Friday. Anne-Marie Tricky, CBC News, Calgary. is a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty, and an inspiration to millions and millions of people. U.S. President Donald Trump says he is posthumously awarding a presidential medal of freedom to conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The high-profile commentator and close Trump ally was fatally shot while speaking at the university in Utah yesterday. A manhunt for the

suspect is still underway. Bo Mason is commissioner of Utah's department of public safety. Suspect blended in well with a college institution. That individual appears to be of college age. We are confident in our abilities to track that individual. Authorities have recovered a high-powered rifle in a wooded area where they believe the suspect fled. The FBI's also released photos of a person of interest and announced a $100,000 award for information leading to the killer's arrest. And Belarus has freed 52 political prisoners. In exchange, the U.S. announced it was lifting some sanctions on the country's national airline. Belarus is a close ally of Russia. It has been repeatedly slapsed with Western sanctions for cracking down on human rights and for supporting Moscow's war on Ukraine.

Over the past year, it has freed some of the hundreds of political prisoners held in its jails in order to mend ties with the West. And that is your world this hour. For news anytime, head to our website, cBCNews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilvery.