The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/14 at 00:00 EST

Episode Date: November 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/14 at 00:00 EST

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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 mike miles the union representing around 34,000 bc government workers says they've ratified a new collective agreement bc journal employees union members were on strike for eight weeks earlier this fall chad posson has this update the vote on the new deal officially ends the labor dispute after striking for eight weeks earlier this fall workers returned to work in late october Mediation finally produced a tentative deal between the two sides. It will have BCGEU workers receive a 3% general wage increase per year over the next four years.

The agreement is halfway between what the union was asking for and what the province was offering prior to mediation. Now it's official with a union vote. The BCGEU says 79% of its members participated in the vote over the new deal, and 89% of those voters agreed to ratify it. The labor dispute affected everything from liquor distribution to wildfire fighting. Chad Posson, CBC News, Vancouver. Quebec is offering doctors concessions in a bid to get their support for a controversial bill. Physicians are up debt set after the Lago government unilaterally passed a new law linking their pay to performance targets.

Thursday, the health minister announced the province will not implement a part of Bill 2 that allows them to inspect workplaces to make sure the law is being followed. Treasury Board President, President, rather, Frantzano, says the government is flexible and open to negotiations. We invite the federations to come back at the table. We hear their concerns. We've been showing that we've been listening. We know there are still some concerns that they have. We'll discuss with them. A growing number of doctors say they're so upset with Bill 2. They're considering leaving Quebec and practicing in another province. Sudan's in desperate need, with aid agencies warning millions of people in the African country are facing starvation, and a worsening civil war is making it more difficult to deliver supplies. Margaret Evans explains.

Nearly three weeks after the paramilitary rapid support forces captured the city it had besieged for more than a year, a news blackout remains in place in Elfasher. The UN estimates 90,000 people have fled. many more are believed still trapped. We are all like trying to negotiate this access. Miriam LaRouci of Medcins Sans Frontier is in Tawila, a town about 60 kilometres west of Elfasher, now overwhelmed with the weary and the wounded.

People who indeed have her torture guns, a lot of my nutrition cases. The RSF now controls much of the Darfur region in western Sudan. It's battle against the Sudanese Armed Forces. is already moving east. Both sides in the war have been accused of atrocities, and an estimated 21 million people are now living in acute food insecurity. Margaret Evans, CBC News, London. The head of the United Nations Environment Programme wants to stage an intervention over what she calls the world's addiction to fossil fuels. Anger Anderson spoke on the sidelines of the COP 30 climate summit in Brazil. It's because of our emissions. So a conversation around emissions is what

we need to do. And it is urgent. Having it on this formal agenda or in another way, it is critical that we do not lose sight of the fact that the whole story has to end with a reduction and a phase-out transitioning away from fossil fuels. A report this week by Climate Action Tracker says while the rate of fossil fuel emissions has been backing off, the world's still on its way to what it calls a catastrophic temperature rise of 2.6 degrees above pre-industrial. levels. The opening of the new Canadian consulate in Greenland has been postponed because of bad weather. The two allies have been seeking closer ties amid turbulent relations with U.S. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anita was due to unveil the new diplomatic office, but the

visits now been scrapped and there's no new date scheduled. That is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.