The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/26 at 10:00 EST

Episode Date: November 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/26 at 10:00 EST

You may have heard of the sex cult nexium and the famous actress who went to prison for her involvement, Alison Mack. But she's never told her side of the story, until now. People assume that I'm like this pervert. My name is Natalie Robamed, and in my new podcast, I talked to Alison to try to understand how she went from TV actor to cult member and what she thinks of it all now. How do you feel about having been involved in bringing sexual trauma at other people? I mean, I don't even know how to answer that question. Alison, after nexium from CBC's Uncover, is available now, wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour.

I'm Joe Cummings. We're expecting Prime Minister Mark Carney to introduce a new round of measures today to help the Canadian steel and lumber industries. This has the devastating U.S. tariffs remain in effect with no end in sight. Janice McGregor has more. The Prime Minister actually foreshadowed this announcement in question period yesterday. There are sectors, the auto sector, the steel sector, the lumber sector, the aluminum sector, that are under pressure. There will be announcements this week to further support.

Now, arguably the most sensitive one on his list there is steel. Canadian producers have been saying for months that they still don't have the help they need. And it's not clear that today's announcement is going to deliver everything they've asked for. but it is going to slap new tariffs on steel imports from countries that don't have preferential trade agreements in place with Canada. Today's announcement is expected to start subsidizing the cost of rail transportation to remove the price incentives to use offshore steel. A government source also told our colleagues at Reggio Canada that today's news is going to include help for both workers and businesses in other affected sectors like lumber. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Incidentally, close to 25,000 Canadians work in the steel sector. In the forestry and logging industry, it's 37,000.

Now to the diplomatic efforts underway to end the war in Ukraine. We're having good talks. We started with Russia. We're having some talks with Russia. Ukraine is doing well. I think they're pretty happy about it. I'd like to see it end. We won't know for a little while, but we'll make it progress. And his U.S. President Donald Trump on Air Force One last night, he says U.S. Special Special envoy Steve Whitkoff will be in Moscow next week to discuss the American peace proposal with the Kremlin. Trump says the proposal involves land concessions both ways. But while the details of the amended agreement have not been released, the original plan called for Ukraine to surrender a vast

area of territory to Russia and to significantly cut its military capability. In Toronto and Vancouver today, a number of suspects accused of having ties to fugitive Ryan Wedding are making court appearances. They were arrested last week as part of an FBI investigation into the former athletes' alleged drug smuggling empire. Thomas Degle had more. Ryan Wedding to the line. 23 years after Ryan Wedding flew down the slopes as a Team Canada Olympic snowboarder, he's accused of laundering the proceeds of his billion-dollar criminal enterprise by leveraging associates in BC, Ontario, England, and Italy suspected of buying up properties and

luxury goods on Wedding's behalf. U.S. Treasury Undersecretary John Hurley. Wedding operates through a complex web of individuals and companies to launder his drug proceeds, using everything from front businesses to luxury cars to cryptocurrency. Among those appearing in court Roland Sokolowski, a Toronto jeweler who U.S. authorities say acted as Wedding's bookkeeper. Court documents reviewed by CBC News suggest Sokolovsky sent at least $375 million U.S. in cryptocurrency to virtual wallets linked to wedding. Wedding himself remains on the run, with U.S. authorities offering a $15 million reward

for information leading to his arrest. Thomas Dagg, CBC News, Toronto. Bidding gets underway today on a treasure trove of personal items from one of Canada's most celebrated singer-songwriters. If you could read my mind, love, what a tale my thoughts could tell. The Gordon Lightfoot estate is putting a wide range of items up for sale, everything from set lists and awards to instruments, his record collection, and rare photographs. There's also a handwritten note sent to Lightfoot from Bob Dylan. The auction is being held in Toronto, but bids are being accepted online.

A similar auction this time last year saw one of Lightfoot's guitars go for $350,000. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummix.