The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: November 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 01:00 EST

This ascent isn't for everyone. You need grit to climb this high this often. You've got to be an underdog that always over-delivers. You've got to be 6,500 hospital staff, 1,000 doctors, all doing so much with so little. You've got to be Scarborough. Defined by our uphill battle and always striving towards new heights. And you can help us keep climbing.

Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Mike Miles. British Columbia's 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

2003 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. Knicks 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. The Smith government in Alberta is facing

more labor unrest, rather, and this time it's from nursing staff. The Alberta Union of Provincial employee says more than 11,000 members voted 98% in favor of a strike. They voted overwhelmingly in favor of strike action because they are fed up with stagnant wages and unsafe working conditions that hurts workers, patients, and Alberta's public health care system. The union says talks with Alberta Health Services and provincial health care agencies broke down in April and says a strike notice could come as soon as November 17th if there isn't a deal. bargaining is set to resume Thursday. Saturday was Indigenous Veterans Day,

and communities across the country honored their sacrifice. In New Brunswick, at the Sittanzic St. Mary's First Nation, Chief Alan Pulchie 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 kind of. to give us freedom. And today we honor that with a sacred fire. Indigenous Veterans Day started

after an incident on Remembrance Day, 1991, where a group of Mohawk veterans were told they would not be allowed to place a wreath during official ceremonies in Ottawa. U.S. President Donald Trump is making it clear. He is unlikely to compromise with Democrats on their health care demands as the federal government shutdown shows little sign of letting up. Airline passengers continue to face one of the biggest disruptions with over 1,400 flights canceled Saturday, all as the busiest travel holiday of the year looms. Chris Reyes with that. By the time I got to Dallas, there were no flights to Orlando. Crystal Whitaker is just one of many U.S. travelers who are still in limbo. The FAA started with a 4% reduction of flights on Friday at 40 of the busiest airports in the U.S.,

including Atlanta, New York, and Los Angeles. agents and air traffic controllers are on the federal payroll. And with the U.S. government shut down, many of them have been working without pay. Some just don't show up and others are stretched to the limit. Dan McCabe is with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. They feel desperate, hopeless, and there just appears to be no end in sight. By next week, cuts could increase to 10% of flight capacity across the U.S. So far, international flights are exempt. About 400 flights travel between the U.S. and Canada daily. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York. Saskatchewan will take on Montreal for the CFL's Grey Cup. The Rough Riders

etched out the BC lines 2421 in the Western Final, while the Yellowettes tamed the Hamilton Tiger Cat 1611 in the Eastern Final. Winnipeg will host the 112th Grey Cup next Sunday. That is, the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.