The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/06 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: November 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/06 at 14:00 EST

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First responders arrived at the suburban home to find two adults and four children dead. Nicole Williams has more from Ottawa. It ends this horrible, tragic chapter. Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, after the accused in one of the worst killings in the nation's capital, pleaded guilty in court. 20-year-old Fabrio Dezoisa was living with his victims in a suburban townhome when he went on a killing spree. Among the victims, 35-year-old Darshani Ekanaki, her four children who were between seven years and just two months of age, and close family friend, four-year-old Ghamini Amarokon. Danushka Vikramsinga, the father of the family, was the only survivor.

I hope for Danushka and his family, this brings them some closure. Dezoisa has been pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, and one count of attempted murder. The sentences for the first four are automatic, life in prison, with no chance for parole for at least 25 years. Nicole Williams, CBC News, Ottawa. So I'm not a legal scholar, but to me it did seem pretty cut and dry legally. That's University of Saskatchewan virologist Angela Rasmussen, reacting to the news that the Supreme Court will not hear an appeal of a cull order on a B.C. ostrich farm. In December of last year, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the farm's entire flock culled

because of an outbreak of avian flu. The owners have been fighting that order ever since. The Supreme Court decision today means it can be enforced. Rasmussen says she's not surprised. The Health of Animals Act in Canada gives CFIA a full legal authority to manage avian flu outbreaks. scientifically, I also believe that it was the right decision. The farm's owners say the birds may have developed immunity to the virus. Rasmussen says that even if the sick ostriches have recovered and aren't symptomatic anymore,

they can still carry the avian flu virus and infect other birds. At the same time, the Supreme Court has announced it will hear an appeals case in a challenge to Saskatchewan's school pronoun law. The law prevents children under 16 from changing their names or pronouns at school without parental consent. The Saskatchewan government invoked the Charters notwithstanding clause to pass that legislation. A teacher at an Ontario public school has pleaded guilty to a series of sex crimes involving students. Kelly Ann Jennings was the victim's grade eight teacher. Prosecutors are now asking for her to be sent to prison. Thomas Dagla reports. The court in Peterborough,

Ontario heard Kelly Ann Jennings had been drinking when she began sending increasingly explicit pictures and videos to former students on Snapchat. She would then ask the teenage boys to send nude images of themselves, which they did. The 41-year-old teacher pleaded guilty to six counts, including luring and making child pornography.

A dozen other charges, including sexual assault, were stayed at the request of the Crown. Jennings was suspended from her teaching job in Port Hope last year when the allegations first surfaced. The mother of one of the victims described Jennings' actions

as predatory, manipulative, and deeply harmful. Crown prosecutors are asking for a four-year prison sentence, while the defense insists Jennings should instead be given a conditional sentence with no jail time. The judge is expected to hand down a sentence later this month. Thomas Dagg, CBC News, Peterborough, Ontario. And Typhoon Kalmagi has made landfall in Vietnam.

The storm battered the coastline, causing flooding in low-lying areas, and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate. It could significantly disrupt agriculture, including the current harvest in coffee-growing regions. The typhoon struck the Philippines several days ago, killing more than 100 people. Officials there say dozens of people are also still missing. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.

Thank you.