The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/27 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/27 at 17:00 EDT

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Stephanie Skanderas. Police in Montreal say they've arrested a 33-year-old woman after a newborn baby was found early this morning and died. Alison Northcott reports. When it comes to the newborn that has been abandoned at the bus stop... Longay Police, south of Montreal,

received a 911 call around 6.30 Monday morning, reporting a baby found in a bus shelter. The infant was taken to hospital and died. Police spokesperson Jacqueline Pierre says a 33-year-old woman has now been arrested. She was taken into care by the investigators, and now all we worry about is really a state of mind when it comes to psychological or physical impacts on what just happened. Police say the woman is in hospital and would not confirm whether or not she is the baby's mother. They say she could face charges of infanticide.

This comes just weeks after a newborn was found on the doorstep of a residence also in Langay. That baby survived, and police are still investigating and looking for a person of interest. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. A superior court judge has rejected the Block Quebec request for a new federal election in a Montreal area riding. Terban was won by the Liberals in April by a single vote. The block challenged the result after one block voter had her ballot returned to her because of a postal code mistake. The judge ruled the administrative error was not fraudulent or intentional and did not impact. the integrity of the election. The block says it's disappointed by the decision and will take

time to decide on the next steps. Doug Ford says the anti-tariff ad that aired south of the border achieved its goal beyond his wildest dreams. The Ontario Premier insists the commercial started a conversation in the U.S. that wasn't happening there before. Ford says the ad had over a billion views and was shared around the world. It also provoked the fury of Donald Trump, who broke trade talks and ordered tariffs on Canada raised by 10%. You know why President Trump's so upset right now because it was effective. It was working. It woke up the whole country. There isn't probably, unless you're living underneath a rock down there,

probably there isn't one American that hasn't viewed it on social media or on television. Ford says Prime Minister Mark Carney saw the commercial before it was released. Both Carney and Trump took part in an economic summit in Asia but did not meet face-to-face. Trump says he has no plans to meet with the PM. A tax credit for personal support workers will be part of next week's budget. The tax credit will be in place for the next five years. Personal support workers will be able to claim 5% of their eligible earnings up to $1,100. It'll be available in provinces that don't have an agreement with Ottawa to increase wages for PSWs.

The budget will also boost a program that helps unions fund apprenticeships and purchase training equipment. Jamaica is bracing for Hurricane Melissa. The storm quickly grew to Category 5 over the weekend and is expected to make landfall tomorrow. As Nicole Mordalero tells us, Melissa's ferocity is fueled by climate change. Powerful winds and high waves are battering Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa makes its way across the Caribbean Ocean. Enrico Coke, a store owner in Flagaman, Jamaica, is preparing for the worst.

We'll need help as soon as possible. It's especially water. The storm has already killed four people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Meteorologists are keeping a close eye on the hurricane after it experienced what scientists call a rapid intensification, which is in part fueled by warmer ocean temperatures. Shell Winkley is a meteorologist with Climate Central. We know that those water temperatures are made anywhere from 500 to 700 times more likely

to be that warm at this time of the year, in this part of Caribbean, due to the excess heat that we as humans have put into the atmosphere. And due to climate change, this type of hurricane is happening more often. Nicole Mortillero, CBC News, Toronto. And that is the world this hour. For news any time, you can visit our website at cBCNews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Skendaris. Thank you.