The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/17 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: November 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/17 at 09:00 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 Uncover, is available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour.

I'm Joe Cummings. The future of the liberal minority government will be determined today. MPs are voting on the liberal budget, and because it's a confidence vote, if it doesn't pass, the government could fall. As it stands now, the Liberals don't have the opposition support they need. The Conservatives and the Block Quebec are both voting no, as are the New Democrats and the Green Party's lone MP, Elizabeth May. I'm still talking to ministers and representatives from the Prime Minister's office and others to see what could we do to affect my vote?

Because right now, I'm a no. The Liberals need two opposition votes for the budget to be accepted, or if two MPs abstain from voting, that would clear the way for the budget to pass. This is believed to be the most likely outcome with most parties reluctant to trigger a second general election this year. Canada's inflation rate eased off last month. The latest figures are out this morning from Statistics Canada, and they show it fell to 2.2% down from 2.4 in September. Peter Armstrong has more.

The two main drivers here were gasoline prices and grocery cars. cost. Now, gasoline was down 9.4% year over year in October. In groceries, food prices were still up, but they were up by less than we've grown accustomed to. Food purchased in stores was up 4% in September. Last month, that had slowed all the way down to 3.4%. And if you actually look at groceries month over month instead of year over year, grocery prices actually fell 0.6% in October. That's the largest decline we've seen. September of 2020. Now, these numbers are close to expectations, but economists were predicting that inflation

would cool even more than it did. You can bet the Bank of Canada is watching this closely and is likely to see evidence in these numbers that it doesn't need to cut interest rates any further just yet. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Toronto. U.S. President Donald Trump says his country may be open to discussions with Venezuela, despite alleging that President Nicholas Maduro is the leader of a cartel. Over the weekend, the U.S. built up its military presence in the Caribbean, with Trump now saying the U.S. is in a position to strike targets inside Venezuela.

It allows us to do that, but we haven't said we're going to do that. And we may be discussing, we may be having some discussions with Maduro, and we'll see how that turns out. They would like to talk. The U.S. State Department insists that a cartel is being run by Maduro, which means the Venezuelan president will effectively be designated a terrorist at some point. Municipal and provincial health officials are responding to a tuberculosis outbreak, having been declared in Edmonton's inner city.

Samson has more. Local health officials say there's a tuberculosis outbreak in Edmonton's inner city. It was declared in October when two people were diagnosed with the same strain, suggesting local transmission. A November memo to emergency departments asks frontline workers to test patients who are experiencing homelessness and who have had a cough for more than two weeks. Ryan Cooper is the medical director of Alberta's TB program. He says this outbreak is complex, but he's not concerned about widespread transmission. We usually estimate about 120 hours within the same household to see transmission. And so I think riding on the train or being in the library,

None of those factors, I think, present any risk. Robin Harrison is an adult infectious diseases specialist who treats patients in Edmonton. She says this outbreak is a reminder to boost supports for people experiencing homelessness. Because when we start to see outbreaks in vulnerable areas, it's a sign. There's too much stress out there. The province says health officials are meeting with inner city agencies to provide support. Sam Sampson, CBC News, Edmonton. And that is the world this hour.

Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. The Worldless Hours updated every hour seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.