The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/16 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: December 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/16 at 14:00 EST

This message is from Wise, the app for international money. With Wise, you can send, spend, and receive in up to 40 currencies with a fair exchange rate and no hidden fees. Download the Wise app or visit wise.com. T's and C's Apply. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Skendaris. Environment Canada is downgrading some weather warnings for parts of British Columbia inundated with floodwaters. But rain continues to batter the region, and police are now confirming a weather-related death of a woman in the Fraser Valley. Liam Britton reports. Darren Clark and his dog walk the trails of Chiluax Island 22 Park daily.

Obviously, we saw a police block it off there, so we didn't know what happened. But on one of those jaunts Monday, something was wrong. We saw about 12 officers there and a tree down, and we were asked to leave the park. He later learned the tragic details. RCMP say a falling tree killed a woman who had two kids with her. It's a pretty depressing kind of feel, I guess you could say. The tree fell after days of flooding and storms in the Fraser Valley. Winds and rains have battered the region,

and floodwaters from swollen U.S. rivers have spilled north, inundating fields and roads. Crews are combing through damage. While water levels are now declining, more rain and powerful winds are in the forecast, and flood warnings linger. Liam Britain's CBC News, Vancouver. Skate Canada will not host national and international level events in Alberta.

The organization blames Alberta's fairness and safety and sport act that came into effect in September. It restricts participation in female-only sports for ages 12 and older, only to athletes whose assigned sex at birth was female. Skate Canada says it cannot host events in the province while maintaining its national standards for safe and inclusive sport. And it stresses Alberta skaters can still take part in Skate Canada programming and competitions. More than two weeks after it started, the most complex fire in Toronto's history is finally out, but residents of the two affected buildings still don't know when they'll be able to go back home. Megan Fitzpatrick reports.

Fires finally out, but fire trucks are still on site in Toronto's Thorncliffe Park neighborhood, and the 408 units evacuated nearly three weeks ago remain empty. 27th, crews were called to the buildings that are joined together, where the particle board in between them was smoldering like a cigar. Fire hoses couldn't get into the minuscule space. We could not see the fire. Chief Jim Jessup says it was an unprecedented type of fire that took innovative techniques to finally extinguish like cameras, helium, garden hoses, and foam. I've had phone calls from fire chiefs from across North America that have never experienced something as complex as this.

Engineers will now assess the building's structural integrity, air quality, plumbing, and electrical systems to determine when it's safe for residents to return. Megan Fitzpatrick, CBC News, Toronto. Israel has denied entry into the occupied West Bank to a delegation of 30 Canadians, including six members of Parliament. The trip was sponsored by a non-profit charity called the Canadian Muslim Vote. Its goal was to meet with displaced Palestinians. Israel says it turned the group away for security. reasons. NDP, MP, Jenny Kwan, is with the delegation. I, for one, rejected that notion that civil societies who's doing humanitarian work on

the ground is a security threat. And I also reject the fact that members of Parliament doing our work also poses somehow a security threat. Israel says the group also arrived without prior coordination. Kwan says the Canadian government had formally notified Israel of the visit. She says, Travel authorizations to enter the West Bank were initially approved, then revoked on the day of arrival. FIFA is slashing prices for some World Cup tickets after an uproar about the cost. Tickets for Canada's opening game on June 12 in Toronto started at $1,300. The soccer body is now introducing lower tier tickets for this year's tournament. They're meant for loyal fans

who have been to previous games. Those tickets are priced at $60 U.S. dollars, and And we'll be given to national federations who will decide who gets them. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Skanderas.