The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/02 at 06:00 EST

Episode Date: December 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/02 at 06:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. borough.ca. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Less than a week after signing a memorandum of understanding on pipelines and energy with Alberta, Prime Minister Mark Carney appears today before the Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa. And among those in attendance, are First Nation chiefs from BC who are prepared to take action against any pipeline proposed for the province's northwest coast.

Olivia Stavanovich has more. It's a slap in the face of British Columbians. To many First Nations, we're very concerned. This isn't the issue Terry Tiji was hoping the annual Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa would start on. But the regional chief of British Columbia says the Assembly of First Nations has no other choice. Now that Ottawa is working with Alberta to greenlight new oil pipelines to the West. coast. Well, certainly I think there's a lot of mistrust here. TG says BC chiefs are preparing to push back through an emergency resolution. It calls on the AFN to support upholding the oil tanker ban

along BC's northern coast, a moratorium that Ottawa is willing to lift temporarily to get Alberta's oil to Asian markets. To get approval, Prime Minister Mark Carney says there must be full partnership, equity ownership, and economic benefits for First Nations. Olivia Estefanovich, CBC News, Ottawa. Elections Alberta has verified a petition that's designed to put the issue of Alberta separatism to rest. And it means the next step now is for the petition to go to the Alberta legislature. Julia Wong reports.

Well, I was joyous. Thomas Lukasik says he never had any doubt his citizen initiative would be successful. In response to rising separatist sentiment in Alberta, he and a team of volunteers collected signatures for a petition, asking this question, do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada? Elections Alberta has now verified the petition. It will soon head to the legislature.

And have all the elected members of legislature vote on it. Now, I have no doubt that it would pass, and that would be the end of this discussion about separation. The petition signed by roughly one in seven voters Is a reminder to the province, the majority do not want to leave Canada. Alberta's Justice Minister, Mickey Amory, tells CBC News, caucus and cabinet will now discuss how to move forward, options that could include a possible referendum.

Julia Wong, CBC News, Edmonton. U.S. Special Envoy, Steve Whitkoff, is in Moscow today for talks on a Ukrainian peace deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Whitkoff's visit follows weekend talks in Florida with Ukrainian officials, which the White House is calling realistic and optimistic. However, the European Union defense ministers meeting yesterday in Brussels say they are concerned the United States is pushing Ukraine to make concessions that will ultimately reward Russia for starting the war.

First steps are being taken toward the renaming of Great Slave Lake. The enormous body of water in the Northwest Territories is roughly the size of Belgium, but its name carries a hurtful connotation for the Dene people. Sarah St. Pierre has more. We really want to change the name because the name Great Slave Lake, it doesn't sit well with our traditional name. Dilo Chief Fred Sangris of the Yellowknives in the First Nation is working with neighboring nations to come up with a new name for Great Slave Lake by next year. One option being considered is from the Yellowknife area. The name Tucho is what we used to call, the Big Lake.

It's one of many contenders. The NWT Legislative Assembly received a formal renaming request in 2022, the Yellowknives Denny First Nation and the Daninukoi First Nation will set up a working group with input from elders. They hope to choose a new name by their next General Assembly. If approved, it will begin a journey through various levels of government. And if there is agreement, Great Slave Lake could be replaced with a new name on future maps. Sarah St. Pierre, CBC News, Yellowknife. And that is the world this hour.

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