The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/21 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: November 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/21 at 01:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. Bro.C.a. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Mike Miles. An update now on the bear attack near Belakula, BC. It happened during a visit by elementary school kids Thursday afternoon. A parent on the scene says teachers fought off the attacking bear with one taking the brunt of the bear's blows. That teacher was one of the victims airlifted at the hospital. Overall, two people are in critical condition, two in serious condition, while seven others were treated on the scene with minor injuries. The nearby Newhawk First Nation says it is devastated for the victims and their families. Belakula is approximately 420 kilometers northwest of Vancouver. Alberta's

premier says BC's proposal to increase oil capacity on an existing pipeline isn't enough for Alberta. Daniel Smith remains determined to get a new pipeline constructed, even as BC officials and First nations argue that's just a pipe dream. Aaron Collins explains. I would like to see expansions in all direction. Alberta's Premier likes all the pipelines. Daniel Smith clear an expansion of the existing Trans Mountain Line, which runs from Edmonton to Burnaby, isn't enough to get a deal done with the federal government. Smith pushing forward with her province's own pipeline plans. The federal government says it's open to the idea of another line to the BC Coast but would need that province, and First Nations on board.

BC's Environment Minister Adrian Dix okay with expanding Trans Mountain, but not convinced a new line makes sense. Clearly, you're talking about getting rid of a tanker ban that BC passionately believes is important to that economy. Scrapping that tanker ban, something many First Nations in the area oppose. Marilyn Slet is the head of BC's coastal First Nations. You know, they have not taken the time to meet with their communities. We hear about these discussions.

through the media. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Calgary. Environmental groups at the Global Climate Summit in Brazil have called out Canada for increasing investment in fossil fuel energy. With less than two days left, the UN Secretary General is urging the countries at COP 30 to agree on environmental measures.

Antonio Guterres says communities on the front lines of climate change need help to adapt. It is the difference between rebuilding and being swept away, between replanting and starving, between staying on ancestral lands, or losing it forever. Canada's recent rollbacks of key climate policies and announcements of new resource projects has led one climate research organization to downgrade Canada's environmental plan to highly insufficient. A growing number of Canadians are worried about putting food on the table. The latest Canadian food sentiment index survey found rising prices,

in the grocery store are now the top affordability concern. Philip Lee Schenock reports. It'll be gone within the hour. Christine Nautagar is a Dartmouth community fridge volunteer. She says the free milk and eggs in the outdoor fridge need restocking at least three times a day. People are really struggling. Affordability just continues to be a major issue for a lot of people.

The Canadian Food Sentiment Index measures perceptions around food affordability. The Dalhousie University survey found four and five say food is their main spending concern. Lead author Sylvain Charlebois is head of the Agrafoods Analytics Lab. He says food even outranks housing and transportation. I actually thought that shelter would be much closer, to be honest, because shelter has been an issue and it is a fundamental need. The survey found that one in four Canadians say they are food insecure

and cannot afford basic healthy food. That's up from one and five. in the spring. Philip Lichanox, CBC News, Toronto. So-called lost Canadians now have a path back to citizenship. In 2009, the federal government changed existing rules, blocking Canadians born abroad from passing down citizenship if their child was born outside the country. A judge ruled that unconstitutional. The new law allows citizenship to be passed down to children born or adopted abroad beyond the first generation. But parents must have spent a total of three years in Canada before the birth or adoption.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.