The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/29 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 29, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/29 at 16:00 EDT

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. borough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Angie Seth. Ontario has signed a deal that paves the road literally to the development of the ring of fire. The remote area in the province's north contains a bounty of natural resources, especially minerals. And as Lisa Singh reports, the $40 million agreement with the Webiquet First Nation is about more than just a road. We look forward to working together. Cornelius Wabas, Chief of Webouquay First Nation,

says he welcomes an official partnership with the province that will speed up the construction of a road to the ring of fire, about 600 kilometers north of Thunder Bay, Ontario. It's a lot of hard work up ahead for us. Both the federal and provincial governments say the mineral-rich area will be a massive boon to the country's economy once developed. Premier Doug Ford. We're in a battle for the first.

future of our province for the future of our country. As part of the deal, the Ontario government will give nearly $40 million to build a community center, rebuild its airport terminal, and buy material needed to build a road leading to the proposed mining site, a first of many steps, as not all first nations in the area are on board. Lisa Sching, CBC News, Toronto. The Ontario Premier is responding to reports regarding some rather undiplomatic behavior from the U.S. Ambassador to Canada. It happened at an event in Ottawa earlier this week.

Witnesses say U.S. ambassador, P.K. Hoxtra, launched into a heated tirade about the anti-terf campaign. Ontario has been running in the United States. And it appears Ontario Trade Representative, David Patterson, took the brunt of the abuse. It has Premier Doug Ford suggesting that the ambassador might want to make a phone call. I'm not telling him.

I'm suggesting that, you know, you get hot-headed one day. call Dave up and say, I apologize, sorry, got a little heated. So, you know, not as simple as that. People get in disagreements. It's unbecoming of an ambassador. I've never heard of this in my entire life. The witnesses to the incident say Hawksdra used the F word and mentioned Premier Ford by name.

CBC News has reached out to the U.S. Embassy, but it has declined to comment. The Bank of Canada lowered interest rates once again this morning. The central bank's key overnight lending rate now sits at two and a quarter percent. Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklam says the trade conflict with the United States has diminished Canada's economic prospects.

Emergency crews in Jamaica are racing to rescue those stranded amid floodwaters and take stock of the damage. Hurricane Melissa carved a destructive path through the island nation yesterday, making landfall as a Category 5 storm. Katie Nicholson has more.

Trees and debris cover the roads in Jamaica's Manchester Parish. where Dahlia Bailey is just starting to pick up the pieces from Melissa. Well, I think it's going to be rough, but we still have to pick up the pieces and move on. The UN resident coordinator for Jamaica, Dennis Zulu, says teams are trying to assess the full extent of the damage and the need. We are obviously looking at a million affected. Because of unprecedented damage to infrastructure, roads, the grid and communications, it's hard to nail down specifics. Some of the areas really remain unreachable in terms of getting resources there.

We have serious challenges in terms of connectivity. In Haiti, Melissa has been blamed for at least 40 deaths. In eastern Cuba, homes were crushed and hundreds of thousands were forced into shelters. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Toronto. The Paris prosecutor says two detained suspects have partially admitted their involvement in the Louvre-Jule heist. Four thieves made away with a hospital. of Royal Jewels worth more than $150 million Canadian. Lorbe Kloz says an Nigerian man was arrested at the Paris airport.

He was about to flee the country. A second suspect is a French citizen with a history of theft arrests. Both have been identified by DNA traces found at the scene of the heist. Two others are still at large, and so far no jewels have been recovered. And that is at the world this hour. For news anytime, visit our website, cbcnews.ca.ca. For CBC News, I'm Angie Seth.