The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/21 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: November 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/21 at 20:00 EST

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I'm Kate McGilvery. A group of British Columbia teachers are being praised as heroes after they fought to protect a group of elementary school students from a grizzly attack. The bear attacked the group in Bella Cula yesterday when they stopped for lunch on a trail. Four people were hospitalized. Teachers repelled the bear using pepper spray and a bear banger. Meanwhile, conservation officers in BC are still out looking for the animal. Inspector Kevin Van Dam is with BC Conservation Officer Service.

Eight conservation officers have been deployed to the site with the focus on finding out what happened, as well as capturing the offending bear. We are investigating the site, collecting physical evidence and evidence that could be used for forensic needs. Capture mitigation techniques have been set. Van Damme says the situation is still dangerous and people should avoid the area.

Of the four people sent to hospital, three were children, two of whom have, have critical injuries. In Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky's options are narrowing. He says Kiev is facing a difficult choice that would mean either losing its key partner or its dignity. U.S. President Donald Trump has presented Ukraine with its draft plan to end the war with Russia, and he's indicated he expects an answer by Thursday.

That plan includes concessions that Ukraine had previously ruled out, exceeding large areas of its eastern region to Russia and downsizing its military. World leaders will be discussing that U.S. peace proposal at the G20 summit in South Africa. Prime Minister Mark Carney is among the heads of state who arrived in Johannesburg today, but he's going with an agenda of his own with plans to court new investment and trade agreements for Canada. Karina Roman has more. Prime Minister Mark Carney has one-on-one meetings scheduled with the leaders of France, Norway, the EU, Germany, the UK, and India, as well as several informal pull-asides with other leaders,

all part of Carney's effort to sell Canada to the world and minimize our reliance on the U.S. And perhaps that will be easier at this G20 because President Donald Trump is boycotting the summit over widely disputed allegations that South Africa is persecuting white farmers. Roland Paris is a professor of international affairs at the University of Ottawa. And if part of the goal for Mark Carney at this summit is to have meetings with key countries that Canada is trying to deepen its trade partnerships with, then Trump's absence may actually create some space for that. Over the last two days, Carney secured more than $90 billion investment from the United Arab Emirates

and now hopes to build on that success at the G20. Karina Roman, CBC News, Johannesburg. After more than two years of negotiations, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it has reached an agreement in principle with Canada Post. That means both sides have agreed to the main points of a deal, but still need to work out the exact language before it can go to membership for a vote. It also means the unions rotating postal strikes are now over.

The United Nations says more food is getting into Gaza, but still not enough to satisfy the massive need there. World Food Program spokesperson Martin Penner says hundreds of thousands of people still urgently need help. are coming back to life. Food is there, but prices are still out of reach for most people. So many people still rely on food aid, food parcels, bread from bakeries, hot meals, kitchens. Since the ceasefire went into effect a month ago, the World Food Program says it has brought 40,000 tons of food into Gaza.

Congratulations, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you. I appreciate. U.S. President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zoran Mandani after their first official meeting in the White House. Trump called it a great meeting. He said that despite their different views, the two have much in common, and he's confident Mamdani can do a good job. This is a big departure from past rhetoric.

Trump had previously called Mamdani a communist and threatened to pull federal funding from New York City if he became mayor. That is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.