The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/15 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/15 at 14:00 EDT

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Reaction is coming hard and fast to news that carmaker, Stalantis, plans to move part of its Canadian production to the U.S. The automaker plans to invest $13 billion south of the border and will shift the making of the Jeep Compass from Brampton, Ontario to Illinois. I am sick and tired of sitting and rolling over. we need to fight back. Folks, we are an economic powerhouse. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that will be his message to Prime Minister Mark Carney when they meet tomorrow. Stalantis insists it is committed to its Canadian operations, but about 3,000 laid-off employees remain

unclear about their future. Clara Pesika reports. We need our governments fighting with us. We need to be using the leverage that we have as a country to make sure that we're keeping our industrial economy intact. Uniform President Lana Payne is issuing a battle cry to save auto worker jobs after Stalantis announced production of the Jeep Compass would be heading south of the border. It's another blow for Brampton auto workers. Stalantis had already paused the modernization and retooling of its Brampton plant earlier this year because of U.S. tariffs. Payne says the Brampton plant is now ground zero for the country's industrial economy under threat.

The city's Mayor Patrick Brown didn't mince words. I think automakers are watching Brampton right now to see if Canada will take this lying down. if we'll simply accept our auto sector to be decimated without any retaliation. A spokesperson for Stalantis says the company continues to invest in Canada, pointing to plans to follow through with a promise to add a third shift to the Windsor Assembly plant. Clara Paseka, CBC News, Toronto. A Canadian man in Scotland has been sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for killing his girlfriend in a stabbing and drowning attack.

41-year-old Aaron Pearson and 24-year-old Claire Levecq traveled from Alberta, to Scotland two years ago. He stabbed her dozens of times in a hot tub in the remote Shetland Islands. The Scottish court heard evidence of a phone call in which Pearson tells the operator he killed Lavec. Her cousin, Hope Ingram,

thanks the jury for today's conviction. Because of this, we were able to get justice for Claire and hopefully start a new path and helping other victims suffering from domestic violence. Murder convictions in the UK come with an automatic life.

sentence. Pearson will serve 25 years before he is eligible for parole. Dozens of villages in Alaska are in recovery mode after major flooding devastated their communities last weekend. Officials say one person died and two remain missing in the hardest hit areas. Wanting to Taylor has more. Emergency crews are assessing the damage from major flooding in western Alaska. Forty-nine remote communities were in an unexpected path from the remnants of Typhoon Halong Sunday night. Floodwaters rose about six feet, lifting homes from their foundations and sweeping them away with residents inside. Many climbed to their rooftops waiting to get rescued by helicopter.

Tristan Karo lives in Kipak, an Inupiat village of about 600 people. He watched his uncle's house float by. I told him that they'll only be safe as long as they stay inside the house. They were yelling and screaming inside and I was in shock. Another hard-hit village, Quigling Gok, is where one woman died and two men are men. missing. Alaska state troopers have now called off the search. People left without shelter are getting evacuated to Bethel, Alaska. Juanita Taylor, CBC News, Yellowknife. A 48-hour ceasefire is now in effect between Afghanistan and Pakistan. For days, the two neighbors have exchanged

blows with at least 15 civilians killed and dozens wounded in border clashes. Pakistan is accusing Afghanistan's Taliban of harboring members of a militant group that is attacking its territory. The Taliban denies that and blames Pakistan for the recent flare-up in violence. And that is your world this hour. Remember, you can listen to our podcast anytime. We update every hour seven days a week. And for news any time, you can visit our website at cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Thank you.