The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/01 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/01 at 05:00 EDT

The spirit of innovation is deeply ingrained in Canada, and Google is helping Canadians innovate in ways both big and small, from mapping accessible spaces so the disabled community can explore with confidence, to unlocking billions in domestic tourism revenue. Thousands of Canadian companies are innovating with Google AI. Innovation is Canada's story. Let's tell it together. Find out more at g.co slash Canadian Innovation. from cbc news the world this hour i'm neil hurland the u.s government is shut down this morning

after senators fail to pass a spending bill in washington john thune leads the republican party in the u.s senate he blames rival democrats this is unnecessary avoidable and um just so on called for and so i hope that we can find him find a path about About 750,000 U.S. government workers could be off the job, but essential services will continue to operate. The last U.S. government shutdown happens during the first Trump administration. The city of Portland, Oregon, will soon see the presence of the U.S. National Guard after U.S. President Donald Trump called in and called it a war-ravaged city. But as Julia Wong reports, residents say the reality on the ground is quite different.

For months, protesters have been outside an immigration and customs enforcement facility in Portland. Now, U.S. President Donald Trump is deploying troops to protect those facilities from what he says are domestic terrorists. The president, calling the city war-ravaged. Resident Catherine Nestor spoke to CBC News along the waterfront. How do you feel that the National Guard is coming to Portland? I feel really bad about it. It's not needed. It's very scary as a citizen to have military deployed against.

us domestically. Gloria Warner lives near the immigration facility and calls the protesters irritating. She supports the National Guard's impending arrival. I hope they bring their water cannons with them. The city and state have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration hoping to halt the deployment. Boots on the ground are expected later this week. Julia Wong, CBC News, Portland. The federal government is prioritizing several major projects across the country as part of its national building infrastructure plan. None of the five announced are in the north, but a second list with projects that may require more time

does include an Arctic Economic and Security Corridor. David Common reports from Nunavut on what that might include. The Canadian Air Force surveillance plane passes over the snow-cap mountain expanse of western Nunavut. Beneath the untapped terrain below lie the critical and rare earth minerals the world now craves. Getting it out of the ground and on to global customers is the challenge. Nunavut's outgoing Premier PJ Akirok is eager to see talk of developing land and port infrastructure. It is the investment Kickstarter he believes the region urgently needs.

We could really build our own economies using our own resources right in our backyard, but it requires investments in infrastructure. Some of that is about power. Nunevut's electricity comes from diesel generators. Its internet, unlike most Canadians, comes by satellite. New generating models and internet fiber would be a game changer. Akia Gook wants to make sure the North isn't an afterthought. David Kahnman, CBC News, Akkadowit. Cookie lovers, be warned, a new online scam is gaining popularity,

and as Yasmin Rania reports, it involves the famous Girl Guide cookies. They don't seem to have access to any cookies. They are not associated with our organization. Diamond Isinger, spokesperson for BC Girl Guides, says scammers have baked up a fresh way to steal money. We are obviously concerned about seeing examples like this. Post from Facebook community groups in BC and Ontario show people who claim their children are selling the cookies. They ask for e-transfers up front, but don't deliver the tasty treats. Hello.

Would you like to buy a box of Girl Guide cookies? Cookies are the Girl Guides of Canada's main fundraising tool, helping raise money for programs, activities, and camp fees. Scammers online today will do anything for a dishonest dollar. Cyber security expert David Shipley says there are ways you can protect yourself. First, pay after delivery. So make arrangements, get the cookies dropped off by the parents and then, once you physically have the goods, do the payment then and there. Yasim Manea, CBC News, Vancouver.

And that is your world this hour. Thank you.