The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/15 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: November 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/15 at 02:00 EST

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It's urging victims to speak up if they're threatened. Rennie Lucas has more. In an email to its membership, the Society says some of its members were given an ultimatum, pay a substantial amount of money, or face serious physical violence. The Fraser Valley's South Asian business community has been menaced by threats like this since 2023, leading the BC RCMP to beef up its extortion task force with additional resources. Police say they're not able to confirm whether there are any active investigations where a lawyer is the victim, as reports aren't categorized by occupation. Police encourage anyone

receiving extortion threats to not pay any money and to report the incident immediately. Renee Lucas, CBC News, Vancouver. Mark Kearney's liberal government is facing a crucial budget test Monday. The PM has been trying to sell his plan as the best path for Canada's future. But now he's being told by his own fiscal watchdog, that path may be longer and pricier than he's predicting. Rafi Bucci Canyon has more. In a new report, the parliamentary budget officer is questioning the math, saying Ottawa is unlikely to stay on its deficit targets and attacking the document for blurring the lines between capital and operations spending. Everything costs too much. Canadians can't afford to live.

Conservative leader Pierre Palliev renewed his attacks on Carney and the Liberals, though asked how his caucus would vote, said this. 100% of our MPs opposed the costly Carney credit card budget. Facing a confidence vote in a minority parliament, the Liberals could be in the familiar territory of looking for support from the Bloch-Chebecois or the NDP. So far, the bloc has said it will vote against the budget, while the NDP, reduced to seven seats in this spring election, has not made up its mind yet.

Rafi Buccan, on TVC News, Arwa. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled against making changes to impaired driving tests. The cases involved two New Brunswick men convicted of drunk driving. They questioned who can administer the breathalyzer tests and the quality of the evidence they produce. The top court dismissed both appeals. Russia launched a massive drone and missile strike on Ukraine's capital Kiev, early Friday, killing at least six people and woozing dozens of others. The strikes hitting energy facilities, apartment buildings, and the embassy of

Azerbaijan. UN spokesperson DeStefanne Du Jarek calls the widespread nature of the strikes unacceptable. Attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure violate international humanitarian law and must end immediately. The Secretary General reiterates his call for a full, immediate and unconditional ceasefire. President Vladimir Zelensky says Russian forces used 430 drones and 18 missiles, making Friday's attack one of the biggest on the Capitol so far. U.S. President Donald Trump says he's going ahead and suing the BBC. You'll sue them for anywhere between a billion

and $5 billion, probably sometime next week. Trump's speaking on Air Force one Friday night. It's over the way the program Panorama edited his speech from just before the January 6th the riot at the U.S. Capitol. The BBC apologized, but said Trump's demand for financial compensation wasn't justified. Well, it's a fairy tale wedding that went off without a hitch, but not the kind of ferry you might be thinking of. Jordan and Leslie Fox both work on the northern expedition. The BC ferry's vessel travels between Prince Rupert and Port Hardy. They met on the vessel two years ago and fell in love. This week, they got married on board the ship while it was docked. The couple says it was supposed to be a small ceremony, but as it turned out, it was all our family,

our Ferry family. Yeah, our B.C. Ferry's family. So we had almost 70 crew on board and almost all 70 people that we work with were there. It was pretty overwhelming with a lot of joy because I wasn't expecting not many people to be there. The couple's B.C. Ferry's family will soon be growing. They're expecting their first child in May. That is the world this hour for CBC News. News. I'm Mike Miles.