The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/19 at 12:00 EST

Episode Date: November 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/19 at 12:00 EST

You know that feeling when you reach the end of a really good true crime series? You want to know more, more about the people involved, where the case is now, and what it's like behind the scenes. I get that. I'm Kathleen Goldhar and on my podcast, Crime Story, I speak with the leading storytellers of true crime to dig deeper into the cases we all just can't stop thinking about. Find crime story wherever you get your podcasts. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings u.s authorities are offering a 15 million dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of alleged canadian drug lord ryan wedding wedding a former olympic snowboarder is currently on the fbi's top ten most wanted list

Here's U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. He controls one of the most prolific and violent drug trafficking organizations in this world. He is currently the largest distributor of cocaine in Canada. Earlier this week, the RCMP, say a suspect with alleged ties to Montreal organized crime was arrested in connection to the murder of a key witness in the ongoing investigative. into Ryan Wedding. As for Wedding's location, police believe the 44-year-old is living in Mexico. At some point today, a bill that calls for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files is expected to be on the desk of U.S. President Donald Trump for final approval. The bill cleared

both the House and the Senate yesterday, but as we hear now from Willie Lowry, even with Trump's signature, there's no guarantee we'll be seeing the files anytime soon. There is a caveat to all of this. for the Justice Department to withhold information that pertains to ongoing investigations. President Trump has ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to open investigations into Epstein's connections with several top Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn. That move could give the Justice Department cause for not disclosing some of the documents. Here's Democrat Representative Robert Garcia.

Right now, he's putting this investigation together, and we're very concerned that he's going to use it as an excuse to not release the full file. And several Epstein victims are also pleading with the president to release the documents in full. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. Setting off on yet another foreign trip, Prime Minister Mark Carney is on his way today to Abu Dhabi. As part of his ongoing effort to diversify the Canadian economy, Carney is looking for sovereign wealth fund investment in any number of major project initiatives. From the UAE, Carney will head to South Africa for this weekend's G20 summit.

Nunavut has a new premier. John Main was selected yesterday by his fellow MLAs following last month's territory elections. T.J. Deere reports. Congratulations. Mr. Maine. It's a new era for Nunavut. The seventh premier of the territory will be John Maine. He was chosen by his fellow MLAs in Nunavut's consensus system. In a short emotional speech, entirely in Inuktitut, Maine thanked his fellow MLAs. The first Kalunat, or non-Inuk, to serve as premier, Maine has been an MLA in the Nunavut legislature since 2017.

He will now serve at the head of the territory's seventh government, and it's one that faces a lot of issues, a lack of housing, a suicide crisis, a high cost of living, just to name a few. There's no shortage of issues that need addressing in terms of which ones are going to be at the top of the list. That's a group exercise that we will be going through. Also chosen on Tuesday were the eight members of Maine's cabinet as well as the Speaker of the House. They'll be sworn in on Thursday after a short sitting to confirm their positions. T.J. Deere, CBC News, Akhalui. World Cup history was made last night.

For the first time in their history, Kurosau, our World Cup. With a population of just 156,000 people, the Caribbean Island is the smallest country to ever qualify for the World Cup. They did it after playing Jamaica to a scoreless draw last night, among the other underdogs qualifying yesterday, Scotland, and Haiti. With Canada, the U.S. and Mexico hosting, the 2026 FIFA World Cup gets underway in June. And that is the world this hour. Have you seen news? I'm Joe Cummix.