The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/20 at 23:00 EST

Episode Date: November 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/20 at 23:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. borough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. Accused of cutting Ukraine out of a renewed push for peace, American officials insist they consult it with Kiev on a new proposal to end Russia's war. But after hearing about the plan and what Ukraine would be forced to give up, some in the country are skeptical. Brian Stewart, Reier Stewart, rather, reports. There's frustration over reports that Moscow and the

U.S. drew up a 28-point peace proposal. It reportedly calls for Ukraine to give up the Donbass region in the east, where Russia continues to try and claw way more land. And for Ukraine, to cut the size of its military by 40 percent, suggestions Kiev has rejected many times before. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky met with the U.S. Secretary of the Army Thursday afternoon. and says that he soon will be speaking to Donald Trump. He has grown increasingly frustrated with both sides of this war. White House press secretary Caroline Levitt says Ukraine hasn't been excluded

and has been part of the negotiations all along. They've been engaging with both sides, Russia and Ukraine equally. But many Ukrainians say what appears to be on the table now is a non-starter. Breyer Stewart, CBC News, London. An update now on the bear attack near Belakula, BC. Health officials now say four people were taken to hospital, two in critical condition, two in serious condition. Seven others were treated on the scene with minor injuries. Forty said earlier the victims were students, but there's no word yet on their ages. Their nearby Newhawk First Nation says it is devastated for the individuals and families affected by the bear attack. Belakula is approximately 420 kilometers northwest of the. Vancouver. Albert's government has introduced a new bill, the Premier says, protects the freedom of speech of regulated professionals. Daniel Smith calling it Peterson's law after controversial Ontario psychology professor Jordan Peterson. The Ontario regulator sanctioned Peterson for

statements it called demeaning. Michelle Belfontaine is more. Premier Daniel Smith says regulators shouldn't police the words and beliefs of their members when they are off the job. Are regulators still focused on public safety and professional competence, or are some of them overstepping to enforce ideological conformity and to silence public discourse? Nurses and doctors faced sanctions during the COVID-19 pandemic for expressing skepticism about vaccines. The UCP passed a resolution two years ago calling for a law like Bill 13. Laurian Hardcastle is a professor of health law at the University of Calgary. She says this law will make Alberta an outlier among provinces. This will make us quite different in terms of how

we regulate our health professions and other professions. Some regulators contacted by CBC News say they plan to withhold comment on Bill 13 until they've had a chance to review it. Michelle Belfontaine, CBC News, Edmonton. A senator wants sports betting advertisements banned across the country. In 2021, the federal government changed the criminal code. to allow for single-event sports betting. Senator Percy Downe says this allows you to bet on almost anything and has led to a rise in both sports gambling and ads. He calls them harmful, especially for the young.

For young people who look up to these hockey players, that's pretty enticing. And it's a terrible addiction for a number of people. You can't legislate away human weaknesses, but you can legislate away the ability of others to take advantage of them. Down says a full ban would be no advertisements during games or on social media apps, similar to Canada's ban on cigarette ads. Forty other senators have also signed off on Down's letter to the Prime Minister asking for the ban.

A rare Prida Kahlo's self-portrait sold Thursday night for $54.7 million at Southabees in New York, a record for any female artist at an auction. El Sweeno La Cama shows Kalo asleep in a floating bed beneath a skeleton wrapped in dynamite. mate. That is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.