The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/13 at 06:00 EST

Episode Date: December 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/13 at 06:00 EST

This ascent isn't for everyone. You need grit to climb this high this often. You've got to be an underdog that always over-delivers. You've got to be 6,500 hospital staff, 1,000 doctors, all doing so much with so little. You've got to be Scarborough. Defined by our uphill battle and always striving towards new heights. And you can help us keep climbing.

Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fagg high-speed rail is closer to rolling into canada with the federal government announcing a network with the first leg set to connect ottawa to montreal Liam Baker has the details. I'd probably be more keen on going because it's a lot easier. Thane Tremaine is one of many Ottawa locals saying it's about time there is a faster way to get between Ottawa and Montreal. And although construction on the high speed rail isn't slated to start until 2029, local business leaders are praising its potential to attract more companies and customers to Canada's capital. Sonia Shori is the president of Invest Ottawa, a local economic development agency.

It's a more sustainable way to travel. those who make values-based decisions, it's going to support that particular goal as well. Local environmental advocates so far like what they see, partially because it takes cars off the road. The Ottawa-Montreal line is part of a planned broader Toronto to Quebec City Corridor, and with trains traveling at 300 kilometers per hour, could cut travel times in half. Public consultations on the precise route are expected to begin in January. Liam Baker, CBC News, Ottawa. Floodwaters are receding in BC's Fraser Valley.

The region was deluged this week by an atmospheric river. 450 properties are evacuated, the majority of them in Abbotsford. Another 1,700 are under evacuation alert. Mayor Spencer Coyne is the mayor of Princeton east of Abbotsford. He's encouraged the town's two main rivers are subsiding, but he's also worried about the coming days. There's another system coming, and that system is supposed to be almost as big, gets not bigger. And that should hit us about Monday. Floods are also receding south of the border

in Washington State, which was hit by the same atmospheric river. But authorities there warned that the water will remain high for days and that there is still danger from potential levee failures or mudslides. RCMPs say a bus carrying a junior hockey team slid off an icy highway in northern Alberta injuring several people. Two teens were taken the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while others were treated at the scene. Police say the bus hit a patch of black ice just south of Athabasca amid extreme cold and poor road conditions. Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado says it's time for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to go. She says his regime is in its final days, and the best way for him to leave is through negotiations.

As for U.S. intervention, I will welcome more and more pressure. So Maduro understands that he has to go, that his time is over. We had an election. Regime change was already mandated by our 70% of the population. And what we need is support to enforce that decision. India's largest airline, Indigo, is emerging from what authorities are calling one of the worst operational breakdowns in the country's aviation history. It controls 60% of India airs travel market.

The crisis stranded high. hundreds of thousands of passengers and triggered unprecedented regulatory intervention. Ishengurg reports from New Delhi. Thousands of passengers stranded at Indian airports, demanding clarity on their flights. On December 3rd, Indigo began canceling services on mass. The airlines grabbed more than 4,000 domestic flights in just nine days. It says cruise shortages were triggered. by new pilot duty time regulations, which increased mandatory weekly rest from 36 to 48 hours.

Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu blames the airline for being unprepared for the rules that were announced months ago. No airline, however large, will be permitted to cause such hardship to passengers. Officials say the industry needs more competition, but critics question whether regulatory oversight can keep pace with India's rapidly expanding skies. says it has processed millions of dollars in refunds to affected passengers. Ishaan Gerg for CBC News, New Delhi. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Faye.