The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/13 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: November 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/13 at 17:00 EST

Kids these days, people say we have so much more. Smartphones, video games, treats, and busy schedules. But more isn't always better. Because kids these days, we also have more health challenges than ever before. More mental health issues. More need for life-saving surgeries. And more complex needs. Chio has a plan to transform pediatric care for kids like me.

Join us. Because kids these days, we need you more than ever. Donate at GeoFoundation.com. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled the second list of nation-building infrastructure projects that his government is submitting for fast-tracked approval. Carney says the projects will help make Canada an energy superpower.

Rafi Bucci Canyon has more. There are strategies that will make our country more independent. Prime Minister Mark Carney on the latest batch of projects, He's referred to the major project's office, the federal body that's in charge of checking whether they can move forward into implementation. There are seven in total, including the Sisson Mine Project in New Brunswick and the Slism's Likified Natural Gas Project in British Columbia. LNG is an essential fuel for the energy transition. Still not on the list, an oil pipeline for Alberta, something that province has been requesting for years. Carney says it's a work in.

progress. Those discussions are going well. The government says the projects sent to the office since September would be worth $116 billion to the Canadian economy if they receive final approval. Rafi Bucanion, CBC News, Ottawa. A new U.S. study suggests ultra-processed food is tied to an increased risk of early onset colorectal cancer. That means shelf-stable and preserved goods like mass-produced bread, breakfast cereal, and instant soups. Nearly 30,000 women participated in this study. It found that those who ate the most ultra-processed foods had a higher risk of developing a polyp linked to colorectal cancer.

Scientists say the findings link food to rising rates of cancer in young adults in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. The Quebec government is trying to diffuse tensions with the province's doctors. It's offering them concessions in order to open up talks on Bill 2, a controversial new law that links physician pay with performance targets. Alison Northcott has the latest. We heard a lot that was bothering them. Quebec's health minister Christian Dubet says the government has heard doctors' concerns about a new law that changes the way they're paid.

Dubai says the government is extending an olive branch, committing not to apply one controversial part of the law involving surveillance measures to monitor doctors' attendance and services. It just shows that we are listening to what the doctors are saying, and we put that as a proof that say, please come back. on the table. But Dr. Michael Kalin, who runs a family medicine clinic in Montreal, says the minister should scrap the law altogether. If not, he says clinics like his could close. What he fails to recognize is that he's already passed the law. So what are we negotiating?

We want to sit down with him. But he needs to remove the law. The Federation of Medical Specialists of Quebec also says the law must be suspended before they'll resume talks. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. The BBC is apologizing. to U.S. President Donald Trump, his lawyers demanded an apology and financial compensation for an edit of Trump's speech made on January 6, 2021, just before the attack on the Capitol building. The broadcaster has agreed to never air the offending episode of the Panorama program again, but it rejected the demand for compensation, saying there's no basis for a defamation

claim. And a 36-year-old man was arrested in Hamilton, Ontario, after he stole a city bus and proceeded to pick up and drop off passengers and even collect fares. Police say they managed to stop the vehicle about 15 minutes after it was taken. Constable Trevor McKenna says the man's actions were dangerous, but he admits the fake driver did a great job maneuvering the large articulated vehicle. He did, yeah, so we were surprised. He actually didn't follow the scheduled route, but he was making the scheduled stop. So he would come across a bus stop and he would open the doors and let people on and off,

as funny as that sounds. At some point, the man even denied boarding to someone with an expired transit pass. Police say no one was hurt and there were no dings on the bus. The man of no fixed address is now facing a number of charges. That is your world this hour. For news anytime, head to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.