The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/14 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: December 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/14 at 01:00 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 is our. I'm Wayne Tibado. Police in Providence, Rhode Island are looking for the suspected shooter, who opened fire in the engineering building at Brown University, killing at least two students. The Brown community's heart is breaking, and Providence's heart is breaking along with it. We're a week and a half away from Christmas. That's Providence, Mayor Brett Smiley. Another nine people were wounded, the campus remains under a shelter-in-place order,

and students are trying to sort out the situation amid the confusion. There's been such a weird track of misinformation, and we don't know what's reliable to look at. We've been just relying on social media right now and texts from friends and word of mouth. Students in nearby labs hid under desks and turned off lights after receiving an alert about the shooting, As many as 400 officers have been deployed, the shooter is described as a male dressed in black. Police say they've been getting tips and they've released a video hoping to get more. U.S. President Donald Trump is vowing serious retaliation against ISIS after two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in central Syria.

The Pentagon says alone ISIS gunmen ambushed a military patrol. Syrian officials confirmed the gunman was killed and was a member of the country's security forces, who they say had an extremist ideology, ISIS has not claimed responsibility for the attack. In Quebec, family physicians are considering the terms of a new deal. Between their federation and the province, the agreement could axe controversial elements in Bill 2, a law that so angered doctors that many threatened to leave the province and practice elsewhere. Jody Applewaith has more. I think it's a good deal for us, for the government, but mainly for the patients. Dr. Melanie Lacasse is a family physician in Gatno.

She's pleased with the agreement in principle reached between the Federation representing Quebec's family doctors and the province. It'll delay the implementation of Bill 2 and if it's approved, lead to several changes to the contentious law, including scrapping penalties for doctors who don't meet performance targets and reducing requirements that would increase patient load. Finally, some relief and hope. Dr. Emmanuel Bertin has considered leaving the Uduay for Ontario. She's among hundreds of doctors who'd applied for a license to practice in the province. But the tentative deal has changed her mind. Yet some wonder if the reforms to Bill 2 will come too late.

Jean Pigeant is with the group SOS Udouye. We lost 41 family doctors. Thousands of patients lost their family doctors. Family physicians have until next Friday to vote on the deal. Jody Applewaith, CBC News, Ottawa. The BC government has filed a lawsuit against a vaping company for what it calls an epidemic of youth addiction. The province says it wants to hold Jewel accountable and to recover public health costs.

Jonna Bailon has more. B.C.'s Attorney General said in a statement Friday morning that Jewel engaged in deceptive marketing aimed at young people. Nikki Sharma also said the company's development of highly addictive nicotine salts, product design, and youth-friendly flavors caused many youth and non-smokers to become addicted to nicotine. But that's something the vaping company denied. In a statement to CBC News, a spokesperson for Jewel said since launching in Canada in 2018,

the company has followed or exceeded all regulatory requirements, including flavor restrictions and marketing. It also said it denies any allegations otherwise and it continues to prevent underage use of its products, although it didn't specify how. Sharma said the civil claim is the first under a new law passed early this month, called the Vaping Product Damages and Healthcare Cost Recovery Act. She also said it won't be the last. John Abiland, CBC News, Vancouver. The Toronto Zoo says it has put down a popular male line after months of veterinary care.

Fin Tan was a 13-year-old majestic male white line. The zoo says a post-mortem exam will be conducted. Finan came to the zoo in 2012 alongside two female lines and was described as being vocal, affectionate, and having a larger-than-life personality. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Wayne Tibido in Charlottetown.