The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: November 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 08:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. Bro.C.A. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Clawfay. We begin in the Philippines, where more than a million people have been evacuated, as super typhoon Fung Wong draws closer. Winds wailed as officials' loaded residents on trucks headed to shelters. The edge of the storm hit early Sunday.

Packing winds estimated at 185 kilometers an hour, while heavy rain is flooding rivers and turning many roads into waterways. Feng Wong is expected to make landfall later today or early Monday. The country is under a state of emergency. Many families in Nunavut are anxiously waiting to hear if a federal program called the Inuit Child First Initiative will be reinstated in the federal budget. The program started in 2022, offering monthly food vouchers per child as a respite from the high cost of food. but it abruptly took a halt in March of this year, putting a lot of families back into poverty.

As Juanita Taylor reports, the uncertainty of the program has families and leaders wanting answers. When we would get the funding, I would try to have meat, dairy, vegetables. Taina Ashuna was buying healthy food for her two boys, with a thousand-dollar food voucher she was receiving every month for about half a year. Food high in prices. When our funding would be gone, we'd have either cereal, toast, craft dinner. The Rankin Inlet Mom hopes to once again receive that money from the Inuit Child First Initiative, or ICFI. But it abruptly stopped for no clear reason, even though it's in place until March 26. The Carney government's first budget shows a zero commitment after that.

It's quite concerning that they're asking us to trust them. NDPMP for Nunavut, Lori Idlaut, says, She's been pushing for a commitment for continued ICIFI funding, but hasn't gotten a response. Making us wait when we know that there are immediate needs that need to be met for innate families. Juanita Taylor, CBC News, Yellowknife. Syria's new president, Ahmed al-Shara, has arrived in Washington ahead of Monday's landmark meeting with Donald Trump. His visit comes just days after the U.S. dramatically revoked his status as a global terrorist. Shara is a former Islamic military.

who once had a $10 million American bounty on his head. President Al-Shara is working to reform Syria's image on the world stage after successfully overthrowing the decades-old Assad regime last year. Al-Shara is vowing to lead a moderate democratic government and eradicate ISIS cells in Syria. San Francisco is about to lose a symbolic structure created by a Quebec artist over 50 years ago.

Sculptor Armand Viancor, his fountain, will be be dismantled after a vote was passed by the city's art commission, leaving many, including Vioncourt, outraged. Gabriel Gindy has more. The Veyancourt Fountain, or rather known by its official name, Quebec Libre, was one of the first works of art that ushered in a style that is now known as brutalism. Twisting columns of concrete going in all different types of directions all lead to the center, where the end of each column serves as a spout for gushing water. The city of San Francisco will dismantle the art piece, citing it as an urgent public safety. hazard in the event of an earthquake.

Charles Burnbaum is with the Cultural Landscape Foundation based in Washington, D.C. Burnbaum says it's the city's fault that the fountain is in disrepair. We have a situation where this work of art, imagine for at least 10 years, it has not been properly cared for. In a statement, San Francisco's Parks and Rec Department did not address these claims. It says that it'll store the structure for up to three years. Vian Kuhl says he'd rather bring the fountain back to Canada and have it installed. elsewhere. Gabriel Gindy, CBC News, Montreal. The 112th Great Cup matchup is now set. The host

Saskatchewan Rough Riders got a late touchdown to beat the BC Lions 2421 in the West Division final. While in Hamilton, the Montreal Alouettes got a 45-yard field goal as time expired to beat the Tiger Cats 1960 in the East Final, the Great Cup will be played in Winnipeg next Sunday. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude. Faye.