The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/15 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: November 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/15 at 17:00 EST

You may have heard of the sex cult nexium and the famous actress who went to prison for her involvement, Alison Mack. But she's never told her side of the story, until now. People assume that I'm like this pervert. My name is Natalie Robamed, and in my new podcast, I talked to Alison to try to understand how she went from TV actor to cult member and what she thinks of it all now. How do you feel about having been involved in bringing sexual trauma at other people? I mean, I don't even know how to answer that question. Alison, after nexium from CBC's on cover, is available now, wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour.

I'm Kate McGilfrey. After more than a century, the Vatican says it will return cultural items belonging to First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities to Canada. It comes after two years of negotiations led by indigenous groups. Now, the Holy See is pledging to give the items to the Canadian Conference of Catholic bishops, so they can be returned. A historic day. Joyce Napier is the Canadian ambassador to the Holy See,

the central governing body of the Catholic Church. She says Ottawa has also been pushing for this agreement for years. That this is something that was important to the government because it was important to our indigenous communities. The items will be flown back to Canada on December 6th and sent to the Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec, where their condition will be assessed. From there, the museum will work with,

indigenous leaders to determine where they should be returned. From coffee to tropical fruits, U.S. President Donald Trump is rolling back tariffs on more than 200 food imports. His goal is to lower prices and soothe U.S. consumer frustration. The decision doesn't affect Canadian goods. Tricia Kindleman has more details. The exemptions impact goods from Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala, and El Salvador, many of which have seen double-digit year-over-year price increases. It covers more than 200 items ranging from oranges to cocoa. President Donald Trump says their goods not produced in America.

For the most part, the foods will we cut back a little bit of those airs, like tomatoes and bananas and things. We don't make them in this country. So there's no protection of our industries or our food products. Consumers have remained frustrated over high grocery prices, which economists say is in part fueled by import duties. and prices could rise further next year as companies start passing on the full cost of tariffs. These exemptions won praise from many industry groups, while others expressed disappointment their products were excluded. Tricia Kindleman, CBC News, Toronto. The British-Columbian government is now limiting when your employer can ask you for a sick note.

As long as a worker is away for five days or less, bosses can't ask unless it happens more than twice in a year. Labor Minister Jennifer Whiteside says family doctors are happy about this. Really heard overwhelmingly from physicians and from the medical community was that this is a real time wasteer for them, to have to tie up an entire appointment time, to not necessarily even be able to make a clinical intervention. Eliminating mandatory sick notes was a key election promise from Premier David Eby. Montreal's bus and metro system is running normally this weekend. A system-wide strike was narrowly avoided last night. after the transit agency reached a tentative agreement with the bus and metro operators' union.

And finally, Canadian women's soccer is having its moment in the limelight. The Northern Super League just finished its first championship game in Toronto, where the Vancouver Rise triumphed against Toronto AFC. And as Mandy Sham tells us, Ottawa just announced even more funding for the women's game. This is everything we believe in in Canada. Minister Evan Solomon heads federal economic development in southern Ontario, He says Canada is committing more than $5 million to support the future of the Northern Super League, money for upgrades to infrastructure, such as training facilities and mid-sized venues.

Solomon says when women take the field, the returns go far beyond the stadium. This was not hard because this is betting on Canada. This is building Canada. This is building a league. And building role models, he says. Toronto soccer coach Ashley Meehan agrees. It's showing the youth of today. that they could be doing this in the future.

The league had a stellar showing in its first year and is looking to add a seventh team in 2027. The historic season final, now passing the ball to a new generation that's ready to run with it. Mandy Sham, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.

Thank you.