The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/13 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: December 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/13 at 09:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Faye. The federal health minister says she's keeping an eye out to see if some provinces are going too far in embracing private health care. In an interview with CBC Radio's The House, Marjorie Michel said she's also concerned about the impact U.S. public health decisions

are having here in Canada. Host of the House, Catherine Cullen, has more. We are trying to keep everybody under the Canada health tent. Federal health minister Marjorie Michelle says she doesn't believe there's room for more private health care in Canada, though she emphasizes her desire to work with provinces. Last month, Alberta announced plans to let doctors work in the public and private pay for access system simultaneously, a first in Canada. Michelle says federal lawyers are still examining Alberta's legislation, which hasn't become law yet.

Another subject on the minister's mind is the U.S. Health Administration's approach to vaccines. Recently, a U.S. panel recommended rolling back hepatitis B vaccines for all healthy newborns. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. has regularly contradicted scientific consensus. Could that also cause damage here in Canada? I think he will make the damage if we are buying what they are saying. Do you think Canadians are buying what he's saying? Some. Michelle says she's working with organizations on the ground to help get more Canadians

vaccinated. Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. Flood waters are receding in BC's Fraser Valley. The region was deluge this week by an atmospheric river. 460 properties are evacuated, the majority of them in Abbotsford. Another 1,700 are under evacuation alert. Spencer Coyne is mayor of Princeton, east of Abbotsford, and is encouraged by the town's two main rivers that have been 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, it's not bigger, and that should hit us about Monday.

Now, floods are also receding south of the border in Washington State, which was hit by the same atmospheric river. A stadium in India erupted into chaos during a visit by soccer superstar Leonel Messi. Messi kicked off the first leg of his goat India tour in Kolkata today. It was supposed to be a chance for fans to get a good glimpse of the legend, but overcrowding left many disappointed and angry. Dominic Volaitis reports. Crowds lying the streets of India's Kolkata this morning, many hoping to catch a glimpse of soccer legend Lionel Messi,

whose three-day tour of India kicked off today. I used to watch Messi. I love him so much. But the jubilant atmosphere soon turned sour when the Argentina and into Miami forward visited the city's Salt Lake Stadium. Fans who paid more than a hundred dollars for a ticket complained that Messi's brief 20-minute tour of the ground

was obscured by a large group of VIPs, officials and security. Many even ripped up seats and threw them onto the pitch in disgust. Everyone was very furious. It was a total scam. With the main organiser of the stadium tour reportedly arrested, officials say disappointed fans. will have their tickets refunded and that those responsible will be punished. Dominic Velisers for CBC News, Bristol, England. A major shake-up for Vancouver's NHL franchise.

The team has traded its captain, Quinn Hughes, to the Minnesota Wild for three players and a first-round draft pick. The 26-year-old Hughes was the Canucks first-round pick, seventh overall, in the 2018 NHL entry draft, amassing 432 points in 459 career games. He also won the... Norris Trophy in 2024, awarded to the league's top defensemen. But with the team struggling in Hughes's current contract set to expire next season, trade rumors began. The new Canucks include 20-year-old defenseman Zev Bouaym, 24-year-old center Marco Rossi, and 22-year-old

prospect Liam Ogrent. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Faye. Thank you.