The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/20 at 22:00 EST

Episode Date: December 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/20 at 22:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. We are half a day away from the official start of winter, and decidedly winter weather is plowing into parts of the prairies. As Sam Samson reports, this weather has been a bit much, even for Canada's most hardened winter cities. You're dealing with wind chills that are in the minus 40 to minus 45 range. Several ski clubs in and around Alberta's capital decided to shut down or change hours this weekend due to the cold. A snap that Environment and Climate Change Canada says is more like a grip. Meteorologist Dan Fulton says this Arctic front from the north isn't going to hit everyone in the prairies the same way.

If you're located, say, in the Crohnest Pass or southwestern Alberta, you're actually not cold at all. You're pretty warm. But conversely, if you're located in northern Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba, that's kind of the hard. part of the cold air. Every major city in the prairies has warming centers for people to take refuge from the cold during the day. And some, like Edmonton, provide overnight rides to emergency shelters. Environment Canada expects the worst of the snow is behind us in the prairies, but it's still going to be freezing. Meteorologists expect this cold to hang on until at least after Christmas. Sam Sampson, CBC News, Edmonton.

In many parts of Atlanta, Canada, workers are trying to restore power after a fierce windstorm. In New Brunswick, more than 51,000 homes and businesses power went down. Another 1,600 in Prince of Rhode Island, and parts of Newfoundland and Labrador are under wind warnings. Juliana Greu has more on the situation in Nova Scotia. Here in Halifax, I can still see the trees shaking in the wind. Gusts surpass the 100 kilometers per hour overnight. And between Friday night and Saturday morning, the highest recorded wind gusts in the region topped the 120 kilometers per hour,

in northeast Nova Scotia. The high winds have knocked down trees and branches into power lines or even broken poles, causing outages across the province. Nova Scotia Power says they have more than 600 people in the field working to resource services. They also say they have hundreds more working behind the scenes to bring power back to customers. The utility also says it will be using a helicopter to patrol power lines in different parts of the province to search for damage. NSB says estimated restoration times will depend on weather conditions and safety for workers. Julian Agriilo, CBC News, Halifax.

Australia's Prime Minister has ordered a review of that country's intelligence and law enforcement agencies. The call from Anthony Albanese calls a week, comes a week after the deadly shooting attack on Bondi Beach in Sydney. It happened on the first night of Hanukkah, and it's being investigated as anti-Semitic terrorism. 15 people were killed with dozens more wounded, 13 of them still in hospital. Sunday is a day of official morning. Police in Welland, Ontario, have a man in custody following a standoff that lasted nearly 24 hours. He's identified as 59-year-old Daniel Tronko. Yesterday, Tronko barricaded himself inside his home after exchanging gunfire with police.

One officer suffered minor injuries and was later released from hospital. Niagara Regional Police Constable Richard Hingley says there were some times. tense moments. We sent remote cameras into the building, into the residence. Every time that we did that, the suspect met those cameras with gunfire, just demonstrating a blatant disregard for public safety and the safety of officers. Hingley says Tronko was injured and sent to hospital. Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has taken over the case. Tronco is charged with attempted murder. Several salad products are being recalled because of possible listeria contamination. The recalled products are branded, inspired go, and include the Greek meze salad,

Dill chickpea salad, and superstice packaged salads, as well as the brand's benton noodle bowl and pickle platter snack packs. Say that five times fast. They were sold in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, in Manitoba, as well as online. That is the world this hour for CBC News. I'm Mike Miles.