The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: November 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 02:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, The Worldless Hour, I'm Mike Miles. In northeast BC, the number of measles cases is continuing to climb, with new numbers showing the virus spreading in workplaces and public spaces in Fort St. John. Matt Prepost has the details. The BC Center for Disease Control reports 29 new confirmed and probable measles infections in northeast BC. Nine of them are currently active. Since an outbreak began in May, The Northeast has recorded around 275 total cases, most clustered in and around Fort St. John.

Exposures in the last two weeks have happened at the hospital, banks, restaurants, grocery stores, and in the city's airport industrial area. Health officials say the virus is spreading quickly through unvaccinated families and believe the true number of infections is likely higher than reported. While vaccination rates in the peace increased over the summer, they slowed down as the school year began. People are still being urged to get their measles shots. As officials predict, the city will continue seeing. five or more new infections a day for the foreseeable future. Matt Preprost, CBC News, Fort St. John. The Philippines are seeing their first impact from super typhoon Feng Wong. Those huge waves whipped up by high winds, 185 kilometers an hour, with gusts up to 2.15.

Nearly a million people so far have fled their homes. The approaching storm also taking out power lines. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared a state of emergency. He's anticipating more widespread damage, with the storm expected to make landfall late Sunday, early Monday. The country's just gone through typhoon Kalamaghi, which killed more than 200 people. The actor who plays Bubbles on Trailer Park Boys is facing sexual assault charges. Mike Smith was charged earlier this month in connection with a 2017 incident in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Andrew Sampson with more. 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 one of Nova Scotia's 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 Sampson, CBC News, Halifax. A Nova Scotia woman has won a racial targeting case and awarded $20,000 in compensation. The province's Human Rights Commission ruled that an employee of a Canadian tire store exhibited racial profiling based on the complainants mixed black and indigenous ancestry. The complainant told the tribunal she felt humiliated and embarrassed when a store employee stopped her and asked for a receipt.

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv gathered for their weekly rally Saturday, demanding Israel to ensure the release of hostages held by Hamas. But there was a second protest, this one, against changes to the country's governing structure. Many of them say under Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel is shifting away from liberal democracy and closer to right-wing theocracy. In Israel, but now the democracy is a kind of a shaky situation. We have a government that try to change our democracy to dictatorship, and we're here to protest. We're here to demonstrate against it. Netanyahu heads a coalition that includes several hardliners. As for governance, in 2023, his government attempted to water down the power of the courts.

That plan got overshadowed by the October 7th attack by Hamas. but legislation aimed at Israel's news media is moving forward in the Knesset. Canadians traveling to Europe are facing new border measures as a group of 29 nations ramp up security. As of now, they'll have to register for short, rather, stays. And starting next year, they'll need to obtain electronic travel authorization in advance. The rules will apply to people requiring visas and those who don't. That is the world this hour for CBC News. Miles.