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

Episode Date: December 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/16 at 16:00 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 Skandaris. The federal government has announced new measures to address one of the most potent drivers of climate pollution. Methane emissions are produced by the oil and gas industry as well as landfills. Environment Minister Julie DeBruzen says the new regulations aim to cut methane emissions by 75% by 2030, but they also offer the industry more flexibility in how to comply.

Companies have two choices. They can follow a clear set of actions to stop intentional venting of emissions and fixed leaks, or they can choose a performance-based pathway that uses continuous monitoring and allows them to design their own solutions. as long as they meet strong performance standards. De Bruzen says the government is also investing nearly $16 million to support methane detection and measurement projects across Canada. Today's announcement is the first time the Karni government

is adding a climate policy instead of removing one. 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. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa has expressed its objections to Israel over the treatment of a Canadian delegation. Israel has denied entry into the occupied West Bank to that 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 electronic travel authorizations to enter the West Bank were initially approved and revoked on the day of arrival. 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 later. Lian Britton, CBC News, Vancouver. FIFA is slashing prices for some World Cup tickets after an uproar about the high 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. These tickets are priced at $60 US and will be given to national federations who will decide who gets them.

And that is the world this hour. For news any time you can visit our website at cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris.