The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/20 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: November 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/20 at 02:00 EST

This ascent isn't for everyone. You need grit to climb this high this often. You've got to be an underdog that always over-delivers. You've got to be 6,500 hospital staff, 1,000 doctors, all doing so much with so little. You've got to be Scarborough. Defined by our uphill battle and always striving towards new heights. And you can help us keep climbing.

Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. U.S. President Donald Trump has just signed into law a bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. The documents could shed new light into the late sex offender and the case that has attracted speculation and conspiracy theory. Marina Laceda says she was 14 years old when she met Epstein and that he sexually abused her. She says she hopes that. the documents will help her and the other victims heal. Yes, it will help us.

It will help us gain transparency and some sort of justice in our lives of what we did because a lot of us, as traumatized we are and the PTSD that we carry today, is insane. And I don't think we'll ever recover from that with all the therapy. The U.S. Justice Department now has 30 days to release the files. U.S. authorities have laid more charges and up the reward for one of their most wanted fugitives, former Canadian snowboarder Ryan Wedding, this time connecting him to the murder of a federal witness. Jamie Strachan reports. There are new details outlining the vast criminal reach of Ryan Wedding,

the former Olympian-turned international drug dealer. According to authorities on the advice of his Toronto area lawyer, Wedding allegedly ordered the murder of a key witness against him, says Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Islayley. His lawyer told him if you kill this witness, the case would be dismissed. The cocaine lawyer, Deepak Paradkar, was taken into custody in Canada earlier this week. One of seven Canadians allegedly linked to Wedding's international criminal enterprise. The RCMP worked closely with the FBI on this sprawling investigation, says Commissioner Mike Duham.

Some were arrested in the province of Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and we're still looking for one more individual. They are all incarcerated right now. Those arrested are being held pending extradition to the U.S. where they will face federal criminal charges. Jamie Strasson, CBC News, Toronto. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Daniel Smith are moving closer to reaching a deal that could relax the rules

and allow a new pipeline and tankers to transport Alberta oil to the west coast. The previous liberal government essentially slammed the door shut on an oil pipeline to the region. NASA released new images Wednesday of a massive comet that's flying through our solar system. It's called 3-E-A-A-A-A-A-A-Lis, and it's more than one kilometer wide.

It contains an unusual mix of metals with a strange trajectory that had it fly by three planets in perfect alignment. One Harvard astronomer speculated it might be an alien spaceship. On Wednesday, NASA publicly dismissed that theory. Amit Chathria is one of the top bosses

at the American Space Agency. To start with, I'd like to address the rumors right at the beginning. I think it's important that we talk about that. This object is a comet. It looks and behaves like a comet, and all evidence points to it being a comet. The images released show a bright, glowing object in the sky with a typical comet tail.

Canada's oldest company, the Hudson's Bay Company, has auctioned off some of its most valuable pieces of art. 27 paintings were sold, all of them painted by Winston Churchill. The CBC's Michelle Song was at the auction. Congratulations to your bidder, Marie Helen. The oil painting of the City of Marrakesh by Winston Churchill topped the bidding at an auction for some of the Hudson's Bay company's most valuable artwork. All 27 paintings sold above their estimated prices. The now dissolved company started selling these pieces to help pay off its nearly $1 billion debt. But one high profile item is awaiting a court's decision on Friday. The Royal Charter is the document that

founded the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670, allowing HBC the power to act as both a business and a colonial government. Cody Grote is a history professor at Western University. So this one document essentially said indigenous sovereignty or indigenous rights to the land don't exist. Two Canadian billionaire families are proposing a joint bid of $18 million for the document. And they say they will donate it to multiple Canadian museums and put in place a national consultation process including indigenous communities. Michelle Song, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour.

I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.