The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/15 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: December 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/15 at 20:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Skanderas. Police in major Canadian cities, including Montreal and Toronto, are stepping up patrols at synagogues. Jewish communities here are shaken following a mass shooting in Sydney, Australia yesterday. At least 15 people were killed and around 40 are in hospital after gunmen targeted a Hanukkah celebration on the beach. In Toronto, Rabbi Levi Gansberg says people need to know they will.

be safe. People are fearful. They're looking for direction. And to be honest, we look to our leaders. We're asking them to take more into account to try to enforce more law and order. When we don't allow for more law and order to be enforced, things get out of control. Australia police shot and killed one of the suspected gunmen at the scene while his 24-year-old son was taken to hospital in critical condition. Australia's prime minister says the suspects were motivated by extremist ideology. The son of film director Rob Reiner is now in police custody on suspicion of murder. Local media say Reiner and his wife Michelle were found with stab wounds in an apparent homicide. Steve Futterman has the latest from Los Angeles.

The day after Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle, were found dead in their home. Authorities announced the arrest of the couple's 32-year-old son Nick, L.A. Police Chief Jim McDonald. We have our robbery homicide division handling the investigation. They worked throughout the night on this case and were able to take into custody. Nick Reiner, he was subsequently booked for murder and is being held on $4 million bail. Nick Reiner has faced mental health challenges in the past. He has spoken openly about his struggles with substance abuse. The case will now be presented to the LA County District Attorney who's expected to bring formal murder charges.

Today, here at the Reiner home, some associates and friends showed up. We saw a number of moving scenes as those who knew the acclaimed Hollywood director embraced and in some cases shed tears. Steve Feuderman, CBC News, Los Angeles. Public health officials in this country say three children have died from flu complications in the Ottawa area over the last two weeks. They were between the ages of five and nine. Officials say there is a rapid and significant rise in influenza type A across Ontario. The Ottawa Children's Hospital, Chio, says there have been 300 positive cases in the first 10 days of December, compared to only 11 during the same period last year.

The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is launching a review of the province's memorandum of understanding with Hydro-Cabec. This comes after the Premier said he had doubts about the deal signed by his predecessor. Mark Quinn reports. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier, Tony Wakeham, says the committee is expected to give its recommendation by the end of April. Wakeham said its findings will be made public and a referendum will be held on any final deal. Once the deal is finalized, once we're ready to sign a deal, we will bring it back to the people at that time. Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador's previous liberal government signed an MOU to develop more hydroelectricity from Labrador's Churchill River a year ago. Now the

provincial opposition party is pressuring Wakeham's progressive conservative government to get a deal done quickly as a Quebec election is scheduled for the fall of 2026 and the government could change there. The party Quebec was called the MOU humiliating. Liberal energy critic Fred Hutton says the province could miss out on more than $200 billion. The party that says this is a bad deal for Quebec is going to be in power and we won't get this deal and this will be a missed opportunity. Wakeham says he's not concerned about the April date or the Quebec election. Mark Quinn,

CBC News, St. John's. The latest inflation figures are out for the month of November. They show the national inflation rate did not change last month, standing at 2.2%. But Statistics Canada says food prices are on the rise, up by 4.7% last month. That is the biggest one-month jump we've seen in two years. And the spike in 2023 came as the economy was still recovering from the worst of the pandemic. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris.

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