The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/17 at 19:00 EST

Episode Date: December 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/17 at 19:00 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 this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. A huge winter storm is bringing snow and freezing air to the prairies and portions of northern Ontario. There are dangerous travel conditions in Saskatchewan, and in Alberta, flights were temporarily stopped in Calgary, but have now resumed. And the high winds and blizzards have police warning Alberta residents to stay off the roads.

Josh McLean has more. Drivers slowly make their way through a snowy Calgary intersection in treacherous whiteout conditions. Their cars buffeted by the wind, that frigid, blustery weather, blanketing a large swath of Alberta, dumping just five centimeters of snow, but more significantly bringing wind gusts up to 80 kilometers an hour. That's prompting yellow weather advisories from Environment Canada throughout the province, causing crashes and closing roadways, RCMP telling people not to travel, and reporting as many as 100 vehicles stuck on the highway just north of Calgary.

And in southwestern Alberta, the winds are expected to be especially bad. Environment Canada has an orange wind warning in place. Gus in that part of the province could reach up to 130 kilometers an hour. The agency is warning of possible power outages and overturned vehicles. Josh McLean, CBC News, Calgary. The leader of Quebec's Liberal Party, Pablo Rodriguez, told members of his caucus today that he is going to resign. That's according to Radio Canada sources.

The former federal MP and Trudeau cabinet minister took over party leadership in June. In recent weeks, his party has been in turmoil over claims of illegal campaign donations. Rodriguez has said he knows nothing about the alleged scheme. He ordered an internal investigation and plans to make a public statement tomorrow. The search continues for the person responsible for a mass shooting at Brown University last Saturday. He will be caught. and it's just a matter of time before we catch them. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Nerona praised the investigation so far.

Authorities continued to ask for the public to help identify a man caught in several surveillance stills. Two people were killed, nine others wounded when the gunmen opened fire in a lecture hall on Saturday. A voluntary study session was underway as students prepared for their final exams. An American fugitive who spent more than two decades hiding out in Toronto will not fight extradition to the U.S. A CBC News investigation earlier this year revealed that Patrick Lutz Jr. has been living a double life in the city. Thomas Dagler first broke this story and brings us this update. A lawyer for Patrick Lutz Jr. told in Ontario court the longtime fugitive will be waiving his right to an extradition hearing. The move all but guarantees the 52-year-old will finally be sent to Florida

to face manslaughter charges. On Christmas Day 1998 in Orlando, his truck slammed into a vehicle carrying two teenagers, killing both on impact. Ralph Cordero lost his step-sister Nancy Lopez and says his family never gave up hope that Lutz would be found. The motivator was to ensure that this guy does not die before we get our hand on him. A CBC News investigation found Lutz fled to Toronto and lived in the open with a U.S. warrant out for his arrest, hosting trivia nights at a local bar and making a living as a self-styled psychic.

If convicted on two counts of DUI manslaughter in Florida, Lutz faces up to 30 years in prison. Thomas Dagg, CBC News, Toronto. And Warner Brothers Discovery is telling its shareholders to reject a hostile takeover bid from Paramount Skydance. Earlier this month, Warner Brothers struck a deal worth $72 billion U.S. to sell Netflix its film and streaming businesses. Paramount threw a wrench into that takeover by launching a competing $108 billion bid. Now, the Warner Brothers Board says the offer from Paramount poses numerous risk and says Netflix offers better long-term value to shareholders. Regardless of who takes over the legacy media company, its merger is expected to trigger regulatory concerns. And that is your world this hour.

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