The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/08 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: November 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/08 at 17:00 EST

Oh, hi there. It's me, Gavin Crawford, host of Because News, the show where I gather three panelists and quiz them about the news in front of a live studio audience. This week, we host comedians Miguel Rivas, Emma Hunter, as well as comic book and book book author, Ryan North. I'll find out who really read Mark Carney's new budget and who fell asleep before the ending. Also, we'll try to figure out why traffic lights are getting an extra signal. Join me and my pals as we move on from the Blue Jays and finally talk about anything else. Subscribe to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere that shares podcast for free. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. The actor who plays bubbles on the trailer park boys has been charged with sexual assault.

Mike Smith was charged earlier this month in connection with an incident in 2017 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The allegations have not been proven in court. Smith has been ordered not to communicate with the victim, or, visit their school, workplace, or home. He's scheduled to appear in court on Monday. Today is Indigenous Veterans Day, a moment to honor indigenous people who fought for Canada. The separate day and ceremonies began in the 90s after a group of Mohawk veterans were not allowed to lay a wreath on the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Michelle Song was at a service in Toronto. A traditional song dedicated to those who have fallen and gone unrecognized.

Veterans, families, and current service members came together at Toronto's City Hall to acknowledge the indigenous people who fought and died. Despite facing systemic discrimination and a legacy of residential schools, indigenous men and women still served for Canada. This is his country, our country, to begin with. Grandmother Liz is a band member of the Sipanakiti Indian Reservation in Nova Scotia, and her father served in the Korean War. But upon his return, he was met with racism.

discrimination. When he came back, it was worse because he wasn't recognized. He had no voting rights. He had nothing when he came back. So he had to earn the respect. Liz says it's important for Canadians to recognize what her father and what other indigenous men and women sacrificed and to remember their stories. Michelle Song, CBC News, Toronto. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe will be sticking around. He received more than 80% in a leadership vote at his Saskatchewan Party's convention. Last year, Moe's government won a fifth straight majority. The list of recalls on pistachio products keeps growing as the investigation into a salmonella outbreak continues. Across Canada, more than 110 people have gotten sick so far. April Hexamer is the director

at the Public Health Agency of Canada. She says this recall, recall is a complex one. The source of the outbreak has a long shelf life, or it has a complex distribution system, or or that the source of the outbreak can be used as an ingredient or has been used as an ingredient in products that people have been exposed to. And in this case, this outbreak investigation has all of those factors. For now, Hexamer recommends making sure any pistachios or pistachio products you use are not on the recall list. The U.S. federal government's record-breaking shutdown grinds on today.

From poor Americans not getting food subsidies to travelers trying to get get on flights. Many Americans are feeling the repercussions of their government's shut down. Ira Spitzer has the latest from Washington. Around 1,000 flights have already been canceled today and things are expected to get worse. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ordered a 4% reduction in flights over the weekend, set to gradually increase to 10% by Thursday. The cancellations are intended to relieve the pressure on air traffic controllers and security staff who haven't been paid since mid-October.

These travelers at the Phoenix airport say they can only hope things go smoothly. I'm here about an hour or two earlier than I would normally get to the airport. So, yeah, I'm a little concerned. You have to leave next week, and so we're hopeful that we'll be able to get out again. Senators met on Capitol Hill in a rare Saturday session to try to make progress on ending the shutdown now in day 39. Democrats are demanding expiring health care subsidies be extended before they'll vote to reopen the government.

Iris Betzer for CBC News, Washington. Peace talks between a Pakistan and Afghanistan ended today without agreement. Both sides are blaming the other for the breakdown in negotiations in Istanbul. Tensions have escalated in recent weeks following deadly border skirmishes that left dozens of soldiers and civilians dead. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.