The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/15 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/15 at 18:00 EDT

Hugh is a rock climber, a white supremacist, a Jewish neo-Nazi, a spam king, a crypto-billionaire, and then someone killed him. It is truly a mystery. It is truly a case of who done it. Dirtbag Climber, the story of the murder and the many lives of Jesse James. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Alberta will soon be adding citizenship information to its driver's licenses. The provincial government says it will be a way to help people better access services

and to combat election fraud. Julia Wong has the story. Alberta will be the first province to implement the addition of Canadian citizenship markers to our driver's licenses and identification cards. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says adding citizenship information onto driver's licenses, will streamline access to provincial services, like applying for student aid and disability benefits. The provincial government says

Albertans will be able to carry fewer pieces of identification. Smith says it will also ensure integrity during elections, since only Canadian citizens can cast a ballot. Citizenship is a requirement to vote, and so it just seems like that is an obvious way of making sure the integrity of our voting system is when people can have confidence in by making sure that it's nice and easy

to be able to prove citizenship if challenged. The changes will come into effect in late 2026. At that point, Albertans will be required to bring proof of citizenship when getting or renewing their license. Julia Wong, CBC News, Edmonton. Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed Pierre Palliyev back to the House of Commons as Parliament resumed in Ottawa.

Palliav thanked Carney for calling a prompt by-election in Alberta that resulted in his return. But he says not much has changed since the last time he was in the House. When I left, there was a liberal prime minister who was making excuses about breaking promises, running massive deficits, costs, crime, chaos, we're all out of control. Whereas today, we have a liberal prime minister breaking promises, making excuses, running massive deficits with costs, crime, and chaos out of control. Carney says investments in major projects and home building will help Canada build the strongest

economy in the G7. The U.S. President is sending the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee. Donald Trump says he wants to establish a task force there as part of his broader initiative to combat crime and violence. I'm signing a presidential memorandum to establish the Memphis Safe Task Force, and it's very important because of the crime that's going on, not only in Memphis, in many cities who are going to take care of all of them, step by step. Trump says it will be modeled after the federal crime crackdown in Washington last month.

The FBI has revealed new evidence in the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. The agency's director says it links suspect Tyler Robinson to the scene of the shooting. Karina Roman has more from Washington. FBI director Cash Patel says investigators have found DNA evidence. Patel told conservative TV show Fox and Friends that a towel was found wrapped around the suspected gun used to shoot Charlie Kirk. As well, a screwdriver was found on the rooftop. The DNA hits from the towel that was wrapped around the firearm and the DNA on the screwdriver are positively processed for the suspect in custody. Patel also revealed suspect Tyler

Robinson had a text message exchange with someone in which the 22-year-old claimed he had an opportunity to take out Kirk and that he was going to do it. Speculation continues about Robinson's motives, with the Trump administration blaming extremist left-wing ideology, and Democrats pointing to Robinson's family being registered Republicans. Robinson remains under special watch in a Utah jail. Karina Roman, CBC News, Washington. A mother accused of abandoning her toddler on an Ontario roadside has been found not criminally responsible. A Quebec judge ruled that the 34-year-old was not in the right mental state at the time. She faced two charges, including child abandonment and criminal negligence

causing bodily harm. The three-year-old daughter was eventually found after a multi-day search. She was alive, but dehydrated. The judge has yet to determine what happens to the mother. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thank you.