The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/19 at 15:00 EST

Episode Date: December 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/19 at 15:00 EST

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from cbc news the world this hour i'm kate mcgilfrey three charonot men are facing nearly 80 charges with police alleging they made two separate attempts to kidnap jewish women off of the street the rcmp's investigation also yielded more charges for one of them who police say was giving money to isis rcmp assistant commissioner matt pegs these charges include terrorist financing participation in the activities of a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity, and conspiracy to commit murder. This case demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that those who threaten the safety of communities in Canada will be held accountable. The Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs says it's urging authorities to take decisive measures to prevent the spread of extremism.

A by-law dispute over a fence has escalated into an armed standoff in Welland, Ontario. A police officer was shot and sent to hospital, but her injuries are not life-threatening. Here's constable Richard Hingley. In this case, it's a fencing issue around what appears to be an old church that may be converted into a residence. Shortly after our officers arrived, they were met with gunfire from a mail inside that building. Police say the suspect has been contained inside the building, but they've ordered a lockdown for the surrounding area. Residents are told to stay indoors and away from their windows. A new report says hundreds of allegations of misconduct by the Canada Border Services Agency were

found to have merit. Most warranted reprimands, but four people were fired and another 14 voluntarily left their jobs. Catherine Tunney has the details. Interfiring in immigration processing, associating with a known drug trafficker, sexual harassment. Just some of the 259 founded cases of misconduct involving Canada Border Services Agency employees. The new numbers were included in a first of its kind report published by the CBSA this week, covering the 24-25 fiscal year. Any incident is one too many. Christine DeRoshae is vice president of the CBSA's recourse standards and program integrity branch. She stressed the number of misbehaving border officers is a small percentage of its 17,000 member workforce.

The fact that it's in such a low proportion of our population, I want Canadians to have confidence in the work we do. She was not able to give any more details about the specific cases, citing privacy, reasons. The new numbers are from internal investigations. The federal government's long-promise watchdog for public complaints about the CBSA is still not up and running. Catherine, Taney, CBC News, Ottawa. With only a few days left a shop before the holidays, gift cards tend to be a popular last-minute choice, but as Anise Hedari explains, they can also be an easy target for scammers. This is happening nationally through every province, these types of scams. Constable Adam Kimber, with the Hamilton Police Service says there's an easy way for a thief to use the gift card you buy at the store

without having the card. It can be as simple as putting a sticker on top of a gift card while it's on the shopping rack before anyone buys it. So when the customer purchased, say, a $20 gift card, the $20 does not go on the card that they're getting. It actually goes on the card that the person already possesses. And the problem is... Retail analyst Bruce Winder says preventing this can cost businesses. So if you add packaging to a gift card, it does cost money. And if you do keep them behind the counter, It does require labor dollars to get them behind the counter, and it also may discourage people from buying them. Police say consumers should make sure gift cards don't have stickers on top.

And if something happens, make sure you keep the receipt, call both the businesses involved, and the police. And he said R.A. CBC News, Calgary. And the U.S. Department of Justice will not meet the deadline to release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Some 300 gigabytes of data will be made public by midnight tonight. but Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News that several hundred thousand more documents will come out in the next few weeks. Blanche says the Justice Department needs more time to redact identifying details of victims.

A highly anticipated Epstein release is coming after months of delays and a near unanimous vote in Congress. That's the world this hour. For news anytime, head to our website. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.