The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/21 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: November 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/21 at 04:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles new data analyzed by cbc marketplace shows about half a million canadians left emergency departments before being seen by a doctor last year the data crunch shows that figure's been climbing in recent years due to long er weights which our team found are also rising er doctors say it's a worrying trend that could mean patients are getting sicker at home market Police co-host Rick Klis Glover reports. It was chaotic. It was loud. Susan Gordon describes the Moncton ER she went to with severe stomach pain in June. She waited for hours until she gave up and went home. Her pain intensified until eventually she collapsed and was rushed back to the ER.

I needed to have surgery and they were doing it immediately. In New Brunswick, 12% of ER patients walked out last year. That's nearly 60,000 people. The national trend is increased. East since 2019, when in most provinces, fewer than 10% of patients left. Dr. Frazier Mackay, with the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, says walkouts are a serious concern. They come back, and now they're that much sicker.

Experts agree chronic understaffing, a lack of family doctors, and hospitals at capacity are causing long ER weights in Canada. Provincial governments tell CBC News they're trying to expand capacity and hire more staff. Chris Glover, CBC News, Moncton. COP 30, the UN climate talks in Brazil, were supposed to wrap up today, but a fair Thursday disrupted the schedule as negotiation seemed at an impasse. Susan Ormiston has been covering the summit. She has this update.

We are down to the wire and the world is watching Belain. U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres made a last-minute appeal for countries to get behind a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels. And the world must pursue a just orderly and equitable transition. transition away from fossil fuels as agreed at COP 28 in Dubai. 82 countries are pushing to take action on moving away from oil, coal and gas, but they make up only 7% of the world's oil production. But large oil-producing countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia,

and large users like China and India, were not on board, nor was Canada, as negotiations stretched into the early hours of Friday morning. Gaps between the countries appear to be widening, a large meeting of all countries. A plenary is planned for Friday, but it's unclear what they'll vote on. Susan Ormiston, CBC News, Toronto. They're called smash and grabs. Brazen jewelry store robberies that happen across the country but are pummeling jewelers in the greater Toronto area the hardest. A fifth estate investigation reveals many of the suspects are young teens recruited by adults to do the dirty work.

Juana Romiliotis reports. You might have seen videos of smashing grabs, swarms of what appear to be young people, smashing jewelry displays and grabbing what they can as fast as they can. The Fifth Estate got rare access with York Regional Police's hold-up unit. A big revelation, many of the suspects are young teenagers who police say often get released on bail and go on to re-offend. We are seeing a lot of youth being recruited by adult offenders.

There's a lot of emotion. This woman told us her 16-year-old son was approached by an adult with a promise of fast money and getting off easy. Her son is accused of being involved in multiple smashing grabs. To protect his identity under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, we're not using her name. The heavy message was that anything that he does before he's 18 doesn't matter. Those dangerous influences are still out there and why she made the tough decision to not bail her son out because she believes he's safer in custody. Youana Rumilyotis, CBC News, Toronto.

The Fifth Estate's investigation, smash-and-grab, airs tonight at 9 on CBC television and jam, or watch it anytime on YouTube. An explosion at a glue factory in Pakistan has killed at least 15 people. Seven people were hurt, a boiler overheated, then erupted, starting a fire. Investigators are looking for the cause. That is for the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.