The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/16 at 05:00 EST

Episode Date: November 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/16 at 05:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. borough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. BC Premier David Eby has been given a vote of confidence by his party with delegates at this weekend's provincial NDP convention deciding against a leadership review. And he had a message for neighboring Premier Daniel Smith,

calling her proposal for a pipeline carrying bitumen from Alberta to the BC coastline, a pipe dream. The reality is that that pipeline across the north. is never going to happen, and it is threatening the coalition of support that we have between First Nations and Northern communities and others for tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of investment that are real with real companies that are actually happening. Smith has been optimistic a pipeline would be added to Prime Minister's Mark Carney's list of so-called nation-building projects, and Carney's been hinting it would happen.

It's Great Cup Sunday, and the Saskatchewan Rough Ruff Riders will take on the Montreal Alouettes tonight in the Manitoba Capitol. It's the final day of the CFL. biggest week and biggest party of the year. Gavin Axelrod takes us there. Paul Joscoe and Jimmy Curry are on a mission. Get tickets to the Grey Cup for free or well below face value. We've been coming to Grey Cup since 2008, and we come without tickets, and I have this sign, and we always seem to get tickets.

They're hoping to see the big game between the Saskatchewan Rough Riders and Montreal Alouettes in Winnipeg. Saskatchewan is looking to win its first Great Cup since 2013. Ryder's fan Dan Petrosky wants to see his team win the CFL's biggest prize on the home turf of the rival Winnipeg Blue Bomber. We wanted to come here for the Grey Cup in Winnipeg and we will win in their town. Alouettes fan Matheson Walker hopes his team will win the Grey Cup for the second time in three years. You know the CFL writers, I think they all picked Saskatchewan to win. Just like two years ago they all picked Winnipeg to win and the Alts pulled through. Manitoba, the host province, is also hoping to catch in on the festivision.

Great Cup Week is estimated to bring in $90 million. Gavin Axelrod, CBC News, Winnipeg. Protesters rallied in Tel Aviv to back demands for an official inquiry into what led up to the October 7th attacks by Hamas. Demonstrators' charges rarely Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to be held responsible for security failures. Some even accusing Netanyahu of wanting to handpick the members of any commission of inquiry. This government who has been in power on October 7th and in the years leading to October 7 is preventing any attempt to form such a committee. They don't want to be held accountable and we are here to say we are not having it. Freed hostages were also at the rally, calling on protesters to keep up the pressure to ensure the remains of the three hostages still held by Hamas are returned home.

Japanese authorities have called up the army in hopes of reducing the number of people being mauled by bears. Japan is a big tourist destination, and Canada is among several countries issuing warnings to its travelers. Malone Mullen reports from rural Japan. We haven't got any bear bells, but I think we're allowed enough to scare anyone away. Deirdre Farrell and her pals are here for a hike in the mountains. They're from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, a corner of the world where bears don't exist. But now they're on an island that's full of them. 13 deaths now this year.

That's scary. Yeah, we didn't know all that data, but naity is great. In fact, it's so brimming with bears that Japan has now deployed its self-defense forces to help set traps and carry away carcasses. And police officers are now training with rifles ready for a nationwide call. Over 100 people have been maimed or killed so far this year, attacked in places like garages and supermarkets. Japan is a hot destination right now, with well over half a million Canadians landing on Japanese soil last year.

On Friday, Global Affairs Canada updated its official travel advisory for Japan to warn visitors to stay alert and avoid walking alone in bear country. Malmellon, CBC News, Nico, Japan. And that is the world this hour. Get all the news you need anytime, anywhere. Download the free CBC News app today. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.