The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/02 at 15:00 EST

Episode Date: December 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/02 at 15:00 EST

Hi there, Steve Patterson here, host of the debaters, the show where Canada's funniest comedians compete for your laughter. This week's episode is right on cue, is pool superior to darts? Two sharpshooting debaters are taking this one on, so listen wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. The Assembly of First Nations is demanding the cancellation of the pipeline agreement between Ottawa and Alberta. It comes as Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to. to address the Chiefs this afternoon during the AFN's annual meeting in Ottawa. Marina von Stackleberg has the details.

We will declare that this resolution has been accepted and approved by consensus. So thank you. Assembly of First Nations chiefs unanimously passing an emergency resolution, demanding the new pipeline deal between Canada and Alberta be withdrawn. The memorandum signed last week in Calgary lays the political path, for a new pipeline to carry oil from Alberta to the BC coast. The AFN resolution backs the BC Coastal First Nations that strongly oppose that plan and expresses full support for the federal ban on oil tanker traffic in northern BC waters.

National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nipanak. The truth is that Canada can create all the MOUs, project offices, advisory groups that they want, but chiefs are united. The resolution also urges Canada, Alberta and B.C. to recognize the climate emergency. Marina von Stackleberg, CBC News, Ottawa. Alberta has unveiled its plan to fight Ottawa's firearms buyback program. An order paper filed by the province's justice minister says Alberta will use all legal means possible

to push back against implementation. That includes refusing to provide prosecution and policing resources to enforce the federal laws. The Alberta government says Ottawa's gun policies are unconstitutional. and infringe on the rights of law-abiding Albertans. Edmonton Police Service says it'll run a test project that involves using artificial intelligence in officers' body cameras. The goal is to improve facial recognition and help officers in the field. Mirali Anshan has more.

EPS says it's partnering with Arizona-based Axon Enterprise to test the company's facial recognition body cameras. Starting tomorrow, up to 50 police officers will begin using the cameras on their shifts for the rest of the month. Acting Superintendent Kurt Martin says officers will activate the technology in situations with a higher risk of danger. In total, there are 6,341 unique individuals who have a flag or caution. Some of the examples of these flags are cautions are violent or assaultive, armed and dangerous,

weapons, escape risk, and high risk offender. And Lee Cook with Axon says, while there will be a margin of error, a human officer will review the results. the risk of misidentification is low. The Edmonton Police Commission and the Chiefs Committee will review the results before deciding on its future use in 2006. Murnali Unchin, CBC News, Edmonton. Russia's president is now meeting with U.S. envoy Steve Whitkoff to discuss a draft peace

plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. It remains unclear how differences in Russia and Ukraine's demands will be reconciled. Territory is the main sticking point, with both Ukraine and Europe insisting, Moscow must not be rewarded for its aggression. Vladimir Putin is accusing European allies of sabotaging the U.S.-led peace efforts. Putin says Russia won't fight with Europe but is ready to do so at any moment. The president added, Europe's demands for the end of the war, including strong security guarantees for Ukraine, are not acceptable.

Two frontrunners in the presidential election in Honduras are locked in a virtual tie. The election has been the target of extraordinary interference by the U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to cut all aid to the Central American country if the National Party candidate, Nasrius Fura, is not elected. Trump even pardoned the former president, Orlando Hernandez, who belonged to the same right-wing party. Hernandez has been serving a 45-year sentence in a U.S. prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.

Honduran election officials are now verifying votes by hand. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris.