The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/23 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/23 at 11:00 EDT

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. borough.ca. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. There is bombshell news today from the National Basketball Association. Portland head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat Guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection to a federal investigation into sports betting and illegal gambling. Billups is a former Toronto Raptor and a member of the Hall of,

of Fame. He's accused of being involved in rigged poker games linked to organized crime. The charges against Rozier are connected to illegal betting on NBA games. Joseph Nosella is a U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. My message to the defendants who've been rounded up today is this. Your winning streak has ended. Your luck has run out. Violating the law is a losing proposition, and you can bet on that. In total, more than 30 other arrests were made today as part of the FBI investigation.

Ottawa and Ontario are setting aside $3 billion to build four small modular reactors. An investment that will extend Canada's world leadership in clean energy. We are an energy superpower and we are only getting stronger. That's Prime Minister Mark Carney making the announcement on the investment today alongside Ontario Premier Doug Ford. They were in Darlington. Carney says each of the small four nuclear reactors will be able to power 300,000 homes. And he says the Darlington Nuclear Project will create thousands of jobs. The reactors are among the first batch of nation-building projects to be fast-tracked by the federal government. The fall sitting of the Alberta legislature gets underway today with the government saying its top priority is to get

the province's 50,000 striking teachers back in the classroom. Aaron Collins, reports. You should fully expect that there'll be legislation in the week of October 27th. Danielle Smith isn't mincing words. Alberta's premier plans to force teachers back to work next week. Without kids returning to the classroom, that would constitute irreparable harm. Negotiations between the province and teachers have stalled. The government has offered a 12% raise over four years and a promise to hire 3,000 more educators. Not enough to address overcrowded classrooms, according to the teachers union. of public education in this province has declined shockingly.

Opposition leader Nahed Nenchi says his party will oppose back-to-work legislation. It certainly is not a fair deal for the teachers. It's not a fair deal for the students. It doesn't solve the problem. The teacher's strike began on October 6th. Nearly 750,000 Alberta kids have been out of the classroom since then. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Calgary. It's part of the ongoing Ukrainian war.

effort, both Europe and the United States today are announcing they're hitting Russia with a new round of sanctions. The American sanctions target specifically the Russian oil industry. History was made today at the Vatican. For the first time in five centuries, a pope and a British monarch bowed their heads together in prayer. Megan Williams has more. In the hushed splendor of the Sistine Chapel, a scene unfolded that just decades ago was unimaginable. King Charles, head of the Church of England and Pope Leo, bowing their heads in prayer, side by side. God, our Father, you have created the heavens and the earth. Religious affairs commentator Catherine Pepinster says the encounter highlights decades of efforts to bridge the gap

between the Anglican and Catholic churches. Divisions that began when King Henry the 8th broke away from the Catholic Church some 500 years ago. The thing that it shows is that there is an attempt attempt to bring Christians together. Today's encounter at the Vatican, that included Queen Camilla, was supposed to have taken place in April with Pope Francis, but postponed due to his hospitalization and then death. Megan Williams, CBC News, the Vatican. And that is the world this hour.

For news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummix. Thank you.