The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/28 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: November 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/28 at 01:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. borough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. It could be at the start of a new relationship for Alberta and Ottawa. Great day for Alberta. It's a great day for Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney right before signing a memorandum of understanding with the province

Thursday, it offers Ottawa's political support for the construction of a pipeline from Alberta's oil patch to BC's north coast. The MOU gives Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental laws, including the suspension of a proposed oil and gas emissions cap. Not long after that deal was signed, former Environment Minister Stephen Gilboe announced he's resigning from the federal cabinet, calling the new pipeline agreement and the special exemptions that go with it, quote, a serious mistake. David Thurton reports. Stephen Gilboe has announced what has long been rumored.

Canada's former Environment and Climate Change Minister is resigning from cabinet, although he will remain as a liberal MP. In a statement, Gilbo said he can no longer serve in cabinet now that Prime Minister Mark Carney signed in accord with Alberta that could clear the path for a bitumen pipeline to Asian markets. Gilbo says a pipeline would have a major environmental impact crossing the Great Bear Rainforest and contributing to a significant increase in climate pollution

and will move Canada further away from its greenhouse gas reduction targets. Meanwhile, this reaction from the governing United Conservative Party. We have a new pipeline coming here to Alberta, and we just learned that Steve Ingebo has resigned from the federal cabinet. So good news all around, Mr. Speaker. MLAs chaired the news in the Alberta legislature. David Thornton, CBC News, Ottawa. A former grade 8 teacher in Ontario has been sentenced the four years in prison for sex crimes against students. Kellyanne Jennings pleaded guilty earlier this month after admitting dissent.

ending explicit images to teenage boys. Thomas Dagla has more. Officers in Coortha, Lakes, Ontario immediately took Kellyanne Jennings into custody and ushered her out of the courtroom, just moments after a judge handed her a four-year sentence, saying the impact of having a child perform sexual acts on camera for the gratification of an adult is severe. Jennings admitted she used Snapchat to send nude pictures and videos of herself to three of her former students in 2023 when the boys were 14 or 15 years old. She then demanded they sent her

explicit images and two of the victims agreed. The 41-year-old was suspended at first, then fired earlier this month from her teaching job in Port Hope east of Toronto after pleading guilty to six charges, including invitation to sexual touching. One victim's mother said the emotional scars of this abuse will follow my son for the rest of his life. Thomas Daggle, CBC News, Toronto. Canada's financial intelligence agency is warning of increasing cases of sexual extortion of children for money. It says this type of online blackmail involves threats to distribute sexual images or videos of a victim if they don't send the perpetrators more pictures or cash. The acts are often linked to organized crime. U.S. President Donald Trump says one of the National Guard members shot Wednesday in Washington is dead.

Sarah Bextram of West Virginia, magnificent person. person, outstanding in every way. She's just passed away. She was savagely attacked. She's dead. Trump says the other victim is fighting for his life in hospital. An Afghan national Ramanula Lackenwal is accused of attacking them. Lakanwal had previously worked alongside U.S. intelligence during the Afghanistan war. He entered the U.S. under a program for Afghans who assisted American troops. Authorities say the motive isn't yet clear. In an angry social media Post late Thursday night, Trump announced the U.S. will be permanently pausing migration from third world countries, cut off migrants receiving federal supports, and vowing to terminate all migrant entries during Joe Biden's presidency, calling them illegal.

Trump claiming what he called the refugee burden was responsible for America's social dysfunction. That is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.