The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/25 at 03:00 EST

Episode Date: December 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/25 at 03:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Hurland. Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling on Canadians to sacrifice. His Christmas message coming as the cost of living and the burden on consumers keeps rising. Michelle Allen reports. Scott Ng and Sarah Brown pushed their card of food across the supermarket parking lot after stocking up for the holidays. Yeah, it's definitely a lot more expensive. of this year. In a year-end interview with CBC News, Chief Political Correspondent, Rosemary Barton,

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he recognizes the pressures Canadians are facing, but he says there's no quick fix. First thing we did was to cut taxes. The second thing is to preserve those programs that are essential for Canadians who have the biggest challenges with the cost of living. Valerie Tarasuck is with the University of Toronto's Department of Nutritional Sciences. She says more Canadians are having a tougher time putting food on the table, including those who work full time. We've got a layer of the population right now 25.5% who are food insecure. Those are people who already have made the compromises and now are literally struggling to afford to buy the things that they need. Michelle Allen, CBC News, Toronto. Well, it's bone-chilling cold in parts of the

north in the Yukon temperatures are hovering around minus 40 and this deep freeze has some officials worried about what it could mean for the power grid. Anise Haydari has a more. Certainly rolling blackouts is one possibility, but it is a last resort. Stephanie Kuna is a vice president with Yukon Energy, which generates power in the territory. Her weather warning isn't just about the temperature. Power use broke records on Monday. Because of the extreme cold weather, Yukoners are using between 80 to 90 percent of all of the electricity that is available and that we can supply at a given point in time. Jay Massey is the vice president of ACCO Electric Yukon, which handles power distribution. He says there

are buffers. But the power system there is hitting new peaks. To put it bluntly, the grid needs people to use less power. There's a number of things that people can do to bring down their electrical load and defer non-essential activities till later in the night, off-peak hours. Meteorologists say it's not unusual for there to be a cold snap this time of year in the Yukon, but this one is a little bit colder and it's lasting a little bit longer than usual. And he's hit R. CBC News, Edmonton. Declar a electo as a president constitutional of the

Republic of Honduras. Nasri Asfura will be the next president of Honduras, the right-wing candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump won 40% of the vote. The result ends weeks of uncertainty in the vote count. Asfura released a Christmas message

and victory speech last night. It's time of reconciliation of unity and of peace. He says this is the time for reconciliated. unity and peace. But accusations of election interference persist. Opposition candidate Salvador Nasrata insists the election was fraudulent.

Rescuers in northern BC are describing the survival of a black bear cub as a Christmas miracle. After they suspect it was burned earlier this week, Matt Preprost has a story of survival. I can't even imagine what kind of pain she endured. That's Angelica Langen with the Northern Lights Wildlife Society. She says the young black bear was first found in the middle of a road near Dawson Creek on Saturday, then buried in the snow under a tree the next day.

Langen believes the cub was hibernating in a brush pile when it was set on fire. She doesn't believe that act was deliberate, but she says the bear suffered burns to its feet, face, and back. She burned, she froze, and now it's just a long stretch of healing ahead of her. Langen says the bear is now on antibiotics and painkillers. Its burns are being retreated every few days. She says the quick actions of the volunteers who rescued the bear means it has a very good chance at a full recovery. She didn't take the bandages off,

which is always very encouraging when they're working with us. Langen says if all goes well, the bear could be released back into the wild by June. Matt Prebrost, CBC News, Fort St. John. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.