The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/01 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/01 at 16:00 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 kate mcgilfrey alberta's announcing its first major steps towards proposing a new oil pipeline

premier daniel smith says the province will submit a formal application to ottawa's major projects office by next spring and her government will back up the proposal with fourteen million dollars if approved the pipeline would run to the northwest coast of british columbia Major investment is what grows our economy, creates jobs, prosperity, and enhances our standard of living. And without question, a new oil pipeline to the northwest B.C. coast would have the greatest economic benefit of any new nation-building project. Smith says consultation with indigenous communities is vital to the process. It is very scary to think that we have machine gun fire in LaValle. Christopher Skeet is the member of Quebec's National Assembly for the LaVal riding of St. Roe. He says shots rang out near a Starbucks in the city this morning.

Police say one person was killed and two others injured in a crime that bears the hallmarks of organized crime. Three sources have confirmed to Radio Canada. The deceased is Haram Lombos Theologu. The 40-year-old was a major organized crime figure in Quebec. Ontario's Auditor General says there's unfairness in how the province picked applications for a $2.5 billion federal fund. She says her office found that many projects were funded, despite being a poor match for the program, while projects that were better fits were overlooked. Megan Fitzpatrick has the story.

The Ontario government has dedicated more than a billion dollars to the Skills Development Funds training stream. Companies, unions, or other organizations that apply are evaluated by Ministry of Labor staff and are ranked. Then the minister's office chooses who gets the money and how much. A new Auditor General's report says 54% of the... applications approved by the minister's office were ranked as poor, low or medium, according to the program criteria. Those recipients got about $742 million. Meanwhile, more than 600 applications that were ranked high were not chosen. Auditor General Shelley Spence says it's the government's prerogative how they want to run a fund like this, but... We found that the Ministry of Labor,

immigration, training, and skills development's processes for the selection of applications was not fair, or accountable. Spence says taxpayers would have gotten better value for money if more of the higher-ranked projects were picked. Megan Fitzpatrick, CBC News, Toronto. The world's leading chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall has died. The Jane Goodall Institute says she died of natural causes while traveling on a speaking tour in the U.S. The British scientist also championed environmental and human rights and advocated for the protection of the natural world. Goodall was 91 years old. And a frantic search and rescue operation is underway right now in the Philippines after a deadly earthquake. At least 69 people were killed and dozens were injured on a 6.9 magnitude quake rocked Cebu province.

Officials there have now declared a state of calamity. Mandy Sham reports. Sorrow and desperation in Bogo, the city closest to the epicenter of the quake. With each passing hour, rescuers retrieve more bodies from collapsed buildings. buildings. Thousands of residents are camped out on the streets. Resident Marco Chea says he's anxious because there are still tremors, so many that he's lost count. The National Bureau monitoring seismic activity has recorded roughly 900 aftershocks since Tuesday's earthquake. More except, Mary E. Ram is a reporter at Cebu Daily News. She tells

CBC heavy rains are complicating relief efforts. It's just a double whammy for the victims right now. And it's really, really heartbreaking to go there. Officials have set up mobile kitchens and tent hospitals to meet the urgent need as Sibu prepares for yet another long and weary night. Mandy Sham, CBC News, Toronto. And that is The World This Hour. You can listen to us anytime on your voice-activated devices like Amazon Echo or Google Home. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.

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