The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/17 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: November 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/17 at 13:00 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 Stephanie Scandaris.

The Carney government faces a serious test as parliamentarians prepare for a final vote on the budget tonight. If they fail to get it enough votes, the government falls. That means Canadians would likely be heading to another election. Liberal MP, Charles Sousa, says he hopes it doesn't come to that. I don't think Canadians want that and we're ready but it's not our choice we're looking to move forward

stronger Canada is what we're looking for The success of the vote likely hinges on the NDP the Liberals need several votes in favor or in abstention for the budget to pass the Conservatives and the Block Quebecois have declared their opposition Canada's inflation rates slowed down somewhat last month statistics Canada says

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 costs. 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 since 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. Police in the greater Toronto area say they have arrested two people in connection with a series of disturbing crimes. More than 300 thefts were committed at cemeteries in the region. As Angie Seth reports, most of them took place in broad daylight. In some cases, they posed as grieving

family members in order to tour the premises before committing these crimes. Chief Roger Wilkie with Halton Regional Police says a 45-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman are now facing dozens of charges stemming from thefts at mausoleums and cemeteries dating back to September. Eight locations in the greater Toronto area were targeted. Items stolen include jewelry, bronze and copper plates, bronze statues, two medals from Pan Am Games and in some cases earns. Some of the stolen property was sold, melted down, or discarded. We also discovered the accused had dumped the ashes of loved ones. Police say they will be cataloging the stolen items

in hopes of returning them to loved ones to give them closure. And as the investigation continues, police are also working to identify more victims saying there could be more suspects involved. Angie Seth, CBC News, Oakville, Ontario. A U.S. judge found evidence of government misconduct in the prosecution of former FBI director James Comey. The judge says the Justice Department,

engaged in a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps in securing the indictment. Comey is one of several perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump being prosecuted by the DOJ. Comey's case is being handled by a Trump ally without prior experience who was appointed to the job just days earlier. The CFL has a new Grey Cup champion. The Saskatchewan Ruff riders. The Saskatchewan Rough Riders won this year's Grey Cup game before a sellout crowd in Winnipeg last night. The riders beat the Montreal Alouettes 25 to 17 with Saskatchewan quarterback Trevor Harris named the game's MVP.

For the Rider franchise, it is their fifth Grey Cup title. As for the victory parade, well, it's set for tomorrow in downtown Regina. And that is the world this hour. For news anytime, you can visit our website at cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris.