The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/15 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/15 at 05:00 EDT

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Benefit together with Chambers Plan. Learn more at hellochambers.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Hurland. Tony, Wacom will be the next premier of Newfoundland and Labrador. Last night, voters in the province elected a progressive conservative majority government with 21 seats. And if you didn't vote PC, that's okay too, because we're also going to work hard for you. because it doesn't matter to me if you are blue or red or orange. At the end of the day, all of us are Newfoundlanders and Labradorians first.

Liberal leader John Hogan was trying to win his first election and retain power for the liberals who formed government for nearly a decade in Newfoundland and Labrador. People of Newfoundland and Labrador have spoken, and we will always respect their choice. And in the coming days, I'll meet with the lieutenant governor and Mr. Wakeham to ensure, a smooth government transition. Now, we all know that this is not the outcome we'd hope for. NDP leader Jim Dinn won his riding, but failed to grow his party seat count. Our job now is to continue the fight we started in this election, to build on the successes of this election, to continue building a better world for all people who call this place home.

With the results of this election, seven Canadian provinces will have conservative governments. Ukraine has yet to receive the more than two dozen refurbished light-armored vehicles that Canada promised the country more than two years ago. The vehicles remain stuck in bureaucratic and corporate limbo. The restoration project was thought to be worth up to $250 million. As Murray Brewster reports, the project is no longer listed on a federal export registry and officials refuse to explain why. In late 2023, the Defense Department delivered 25 of its decommissioned

labs to Armitac survivability near London, with the promise of refurbishing them for donation to Ukraine. Two years later, no rebuilt labs, and it appears no more contract. The deal is no longer listed on the Canadian Commercial Corporation's quarterly disclosure report. Both the corporation and D&D refused to say what the status of the contract might be. It makes no sense. James Bazan is the conservative defense critic who is puzzled by the controversy. It flies in the face of the promises that have been made by the Liberals to support Ukraine. It flies in the face, Mark Carney's promise to use the defense industry to rebuild and strengthen Canada's economy.

This deal is covered by a federal non-disclosure agreement, which partly explains the commercial corporation and D&D's refusal to discuss it. Bottom line, though, Ukraine is still waiting. Murray Brewster, CBC News, Ottawa. CBC News is bringing new details to light in a small, murder that gripped a community and the country. In the summer of 2023, Sharif Rahman died following an altercation outside his Ontario restaurant. Police remained tight-lipped for a year

until announcing they had arrested and charged three men in Scotland. The CBC's Jonathan Gatehouse has more. Richard Thomas stands by a memorial tree in Owen Sound, fondly remembering Sharif Raman. The restaurant owner was killed in the summer of 23 as he tried to stop three men from dining and dashing on a $150 bill. This is a story that touched people all over Canada. It was a big mystery for the small southwestern Ontario City, with police saying nothing about the case until more than a year later.

We can now state that three individuals, all citizens of the United Kingdom, have been arrested and charged with criminal code offenses. Robert Evans is charged with manslaughter, while his father and uncle have been charged as accessories after the fact. CBC News gained exclusive access to Scottish court records. The files show Evans and his father entered Canada on falsified UK passports. Police alleged that Evans threw the punch that killed Rahman. A full extradition hearing is expected to begin next week,

that any Canadian trial may still be months away. Jonathan Gatehouse, CBC News, Owen Sound, Ontario. And you can learn more about this investigation by going to our website, cbcnews.ca. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.