The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/08 at 18:00 EST

Episode Date: November 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/08 at 18:00 EST

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From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. The actor who plays Bubbles on the Trailer Park Boys is facing sexual assault charges. Mike Smith was charged earlier this month in connections with an incident in 2017 in Dartmouth. Andrew S. Simpson has the story. As Bubbles, Mike Smith is one of the most recognizable stars of the trailer park boys. The series has a worldwide audience and has become what a number. know the Scots' most well-known global exports. The charges against Smith were laid early last month. Court documents didn't list specifics about the alleged incident, but he's been ordered

not to contact the alleged victim or visit their home, work, or school. Their identity is protected by a publication ban, and the allegations have not yet been tested in court. In 2016, Smith was arrested in Los Angeles and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery after an alleged incident at a hotel in Hollywood. The charges were later dropped after Smith and the alleged victim denied the allegations. Smith is due to appear in court on Monday in Halifax. Andrew Samson, CBC News, Halifax. Edmonton Police Constable Renzo Geronimo is facing criminal charges, including sexual assault, forcible confinement, and breach of trust. A police watchdog agency investigated after a woman reported that in 2023, the officer followed her home after an interaction, and she felt she

had no choice but to let him in. The woman's lawyer, James Rayworth, says it's a relief for his client to finally see action, but it took too long. Two years of wondering whether people are going to believe her, two years of wondering whether or not she's going to see this officer again. Two years of just not knowing and dealing with this unresolved has been a tremendous burden for her. She's suffered significant psychological harm because of it. In the intervening time, the complainant filed a lawsuit against the officer. The allegations in her statement of claim have not been proven in court. Geronimo's first court appearance in the criminal case is scheduled for December 10th. The BC Supreme Court has found the operators of a Vancouver safe drug supply advocacy group

guilty of possessing drugs for the purpose of trafficking. But as Tanushi Batnagar reports, the judge did recognize they had good intentions. Justice Catherine Murray's decision reads, there is no question that their intentions were and are good. They want to save lives. Drug user Liberation Front co-founders, Eris Nix and Jeremy Calicum were arrested in a raid in 2023 at Dulles downtown east side office. Murray noted their model was largely exempt from criminal liability.

The decision says Vancouver Coastal Health granted Delfth permission to test, label and package drugs and supervise safe consumption through its Compassion Club. What was not exempt, selling the tested drugs. Nix and Calicum also have a charter challenge before the court, claiming their rights and the rights of users were violated when the club was shut down and they were arrested. Their lawyers say clients would otherwise be at the mercy of a toxic

and deadly illicit drug supply. The conviction is now held until the challenge is heard in court November 24th. Tanjshu Butnagar, CBC News, Vancouver. Today is Indigenous Veterans Day and communities across the country, are honoring their sacrifice. In New Brunswick, at the Sedon-Skicic St. Mary's First Nation, Chief Alan Polchis, says he was proud to honor his ancestors' contribution to protect Canada's freedom. Curge is one of our seven teachings. The soldiers, our veterans that stand with us today took that courage. He took the courage to go and fight for our country, to give us freedom. And today,

we honor that with a sacred fire. Indigenous Veterans Day started after an incident on Remembrance Day in 91, where a group of Mohawk veterans were told they would not be allowed to place a wreath during official ceremonies in Ottawa. The day was created to pay tribute to sacrifices made by indigenous veterans from as early as the war of 1812 and to acknowledge the historical injustices they faced. And that is the world this hour. Remember, for news anytime, visit our.

website, cvcnews.ca. For cvc news, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.