The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/08 at 05:00 EST

Episode Date: November 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/08 at 05:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbic news the world this hour i'm mike miles saskatchewan's governing party is hoping to regain support in the province's major cities a convention this weekend will focus on winning back urban voters who largely backed the nDP as alexander silberman reports the party could face an uphill battle the saskatchewan party's election victory last fall clouded by a steep loss in urban support Premier Scott Moe addressing the shift in his victory speech. We must do better.

Doing better and regaining support in Regina and Saskatoon, the focus of the party's convention. Ken Shevoldeoff is the only MLA to win a seat in the two cities. Political analysts say Moe's leadership has turned to a focus on socially conservative issues. He aligns himself much more vocally with the right of his party. Tom McIntosh is a political scientist at the University of Regina. He says the party needs to focus on issues like housing, urban poverty, and addiction. They need to solidify that support.

The Saskatchewan Party says it's demonstrating working for the cities, with plans for new schools and urgent care centers. But whether or not that approach resonates will have to be tested at the ballot box. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Regina. Three people have been expelled from Canada in a probe being carried out by the BC Extortion Task Force. includes members of the Canada and Border Services Agency, the RCMP, and several police departments, including gang squad officers. 78 other foreign nationals are being investigated in connection to several shootings and extortions

that have terrorized BC communities, in some cases, targeting South Asian businesses. In Ukraine, officials say a Russian drone strike killed at least one person in an apartment building in Nipro. At least 11 others were reportedly injured. Six of them were taken to hospital. The blast started ablaze and destroyed several apartments. More casualties are expected. Two couriers are grounding their fleets in MH-11 cargo planes after this week's deadly crash in Louisville, Kentucky. UPS and FedEx are calling it a precautionary move recommended by the manufacturer.

A UPS MH-11 went down in flames Tuesday less than a minute after takeoff. At least 14 people are reported killed. The plane had recently undergone several weeks of maintenance. Today is Indigenous Veterans Day, first officially recognized in Manitoba back in 1994. But just this week, the province passed legislation enshrining it into law. As Karen Paul's reports, some veterans see it as a sign of reconciliation. Indigenous Veterans Day started after an incident on Remembrance Day in 1991. A group of Mohawk veterans were told they couldn't place a wreath during official ceremonies in Ottawa.

It was another four years before indigenous veterans were allowed to participate. That's a big part of the day for me as to honoring that unique history. Justin Woodcock served in the Army and Navy for eight years. He's now the Veterans Program Coordinator for the Southern Chiefs Organization in Manitoba. A lot of First Nation veterans signed up at a higher rate to fight for the idea of democracy overseas and freedom without being able to enjoy those same privileges when they returned home to Canada.

Last month, the Canadian Armed Forces apologized for racial discrimination and harassment faced by past and current members. We failed you. Woodcock says that, and Banatobah's move to enshrine Indigenous Veterans Day in Law is a big step forward. Karen Paul's, CBC News, Winnipeg. PEI politicians are hung up at gaps in cell phone service.

A new report says nearly 7,000 homes have no reception indoors from any operator, and more than 2,000 can't even get coverage outside. Liberal MLA Robert Henderson says it's time to fix that. This day and age, in Prince of Rhode Island, we should be able to have a reasonable cell phone coverage for the majority of Prince Edward Islanders, and we just don't have that now at all. The report also says there's no coverage on more than 2,000 kilometers of PEI roads,

A couple of million dollars has been set aside to try and improve service. That is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.