The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/06 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: November 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/06 at 02:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Canada Supreme Court will announce Thursday whether it will hear a case involving hundreds of ostriches in British Columbia. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is ordering the death of about 300 ostriches. They're supposed to be culled because 69 ostriches died of avian flu. Katie Pesitney's mom is the co-owner of her.

universal ostrich farms. It's been an emotional morning for us. We've been hard at this for almost 11 months and dedicated to the survival of our animals that we have loved for 35 years. The ostrich farm owners have lost lower court rulings and now the Supreme Court is their final chance to save the birds. The fight between the Quebec government and doctors in the province continues. Quebec's Federation of Medical Specialists will be in court Thursday to fight a new law that changes the way they're paid and threaten stiff fines if they use pressure tactics to protest those changes. Allison Northcott reports. In its legal filing, Quebec's Federation of Medical Specialists says the province's new law is draconian and a flagrant violation of several charter rights.

It's asking the court to suspend parts of the law. It changes the way doctors are compensated, tying part of their pay to performance targets, and if they use concerted actions or pressure tactics to protest the law, they could be fined. I submitted my resignation. Dr. Trevor Hennessy has been speaking out about a lack of resources in the Utaway region for years and says the new law has further eroded his trust in the government. The failings of the government are trying to be passed on to the shoulders of the physicians. Earlier this week, the Quebec government said it would suspend two elements of the law for now, affecting how specialists and family medicine clinics are compensated. We're doing that for the Quebecers and also for the doctors. Quebec's Treasury Board President,

and Durantso said the goal was to calm the waters and bring the doctors' federations back to the table. But so far, that hasn't happened. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. U.S. President, Donald Trump, is threatening the government of Nigeria because of the ongoing violence in the country against Christians. If the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the USA will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria. We're going to do things to Nigeria that Nigeria is not.

not going to be happy about and may very well go into that now disgrace country, guns are blazing to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible, horrible atrocities. Concern is growing among American Christians about the plight of Christians in Nigeria. The Nigerian defense chief says the country is facing terrorism, not persecution of Christians. And the government of Nigeria says it would welcome U.S. help in fighting Islamist insurgents as long as the country's territorial integrity is respected. The UPS shipping hub in Louisville, Kentucky is operating again after Tuesday's deadly crash.

A cargo plane exploded in a fireball. At least 12 people are dead and more bodies could be found. Andy Beshear is the governor of Kentucky. This scene is violent. Where the plane hit at best is destroyed. And what you see are mangled. remnants of what was in its path completely burnt and blackened. The path of destruction is nearly one kilometer long.

In the NHL, Alex Ovechkin has reached a new hockey milestone. The captain of the Washington Capitals just scored 900 goals in the National Hockey League, the first NHL player to achieve that milestone. It came tonight during a game against St. Louis, and Ovechkin says his record will continue to grow. Lots of guys on the bench at 900, you know, it's pretty special, but, you know, I'm still playing. Still, lots of games left, so we'll see what's going to happen. Ovechkin beat the all-time scoring record of Wayne Gretzky last April. Gretzky scored a mere 894 goals in his career.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.