The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/21 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: December 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/21 at 01:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles and we begin with breaking news in south africa police say at least ten people are dead after a mass shooting in beckersdall 40 kilometers southwest of johannisburg ten others are wounded it happened overnight in a tavern investigators say some of the victims were shot at random this is the second mass shooting in the country this month two weeks ago 12 people were killed, including a three-year-old at a hostel near Pretoria. South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world.

And now to Australia, where it's a day of official morning. A service was held Sunday in Sydney's Bondi Beach, seen of last weekend's mass shooting that happened on the first night of Hanukkah. Fifteen people were killed with dozens more wounded. It's being investigated as anti-Semitic terrorism. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has ordered a review of that country's intelligence and law enforcement agencies. We are hours away from the winter solstice and decidedly wintry weather is plowing into parts of the prairies. As Sam Sampson reports, this weather's 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 rain. Several ski clubs in and around Alberta's capital decided to shut down or change hours this weekend due to the 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 heart 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. Across Canada, Saturday, labor unions protested the use of Section 107 of the Canada Labor Code to end labor disruptions. From Canada Post to railways, from Port and Air Canada flight attendants, Uninized workers say use of the code

violates their charter rights. Phil Pley-Shanock has more. Hundreds of unionized workers rallied in Toronto. They say that the federal government's repeated heavy-handed use of Section 107 of the Labor Code is eroding the constitutional rights of unionized workers. Marie Clark Walker is with the Canadian Labor Congress. Collective bargaining is extremely important

and continuously using Section 107 to force people about. to work is wrong. The section is used to end a strike and send the two sides to binding arbitration. Rafael Gomez is head of the Center for Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Toronto. He says using it undermines collective bargaining. When you think the strike threat is not real, you don't treat it as a deadline anymore. The federal liberals say they support free and fair collective bargaining. The Supreme Court is considering constitutional challenges to the use of Section 107, but rulings may be years away.

Philip Lyshaunox, CBC News, Toronto. A Quebec judge has granted bail to Danielle Jolivay. He was convicted of four counts of murder and spent more than 30 years in prison, always insisting he was innocent. Now his case has been examined by a federal panel as a possible miscarriage of justice. Jolli Vay's Dengrand daughter says

this is the best Christmas gift she could receive, but he doesn't see it that way. What gift is there after 33 years there? You should have given me that gift like in the first week when I was saying I'm innocent. They didn't believe me. I even asked to pass the polydraft test. The case is now in the hands of the federal justice minister who may decide to appeal the case or order a new trial. That could take up to five years.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.