The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/15 at 19:00 EST

Episode Date: November 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/15 at 19:00 EST

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A volunteer trudges through densely packed woods looking for any signs of Lily and Jack Sullivan. We're covering this side of the river. The young siblings were first reported missing from their home in rural Nova Scotia the morning of May 2nd, and they've not been seen since. We need some type of closure. Cheryl Robinson is a close family friend and volunteering in the search. Until we have answers, we have help, basically. The Ontario-based non-profit, please bring me home, led the charge on today's search. The children's grandmother, Belinda Gray, says she's grateful for the outpouring of community support,

but she's becoming even more anxious as the colder months close in. Am I not going to be able to search? I know they're out there. Selina Alders, CBC News, Picto County, Nova Scotia. After more than a century, the Vatican says it will return cultural, items belonging to First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities to Canada. This comes after two years of negotiations led by indigenous groups. The Holy See's pledging to give them to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops so they can be returned.

The items will be flown back to Canada in early December and sent to the Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec to be assessed. From there, the museum will work with indigenous leaders to determine where they should be returned to. A deadly storm is hitting parts of Europe. areas in Portugal and Spain have faced days of extreme weather now, including heavy rains and powerful winds caused by storm Claudia. Three people in Portugal are dead. Dozens have been injured. And today, in Wales, alarms went off as rushing water flooded a street in the city of Monmouth. Torrential rainfall prompted some residents to evacuate their homes overnight. Others had to be rescued by firefighters and police. Severe flood warnings are in place.

in parts of Wales and England. 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, which are covered by different agreements.

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 increase, 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 on those nerves, 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. And 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 change. 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. And that is The World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.