The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/28 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: December 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/28 at 02:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. borough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Mike Miles. Prime Minister Mark Kearney met with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in Halifax Saturday, ending with a promise of more financial help for the war-torn country. Two and a half billion dollars worth of economic assistance that helps unlock financing from the IMF, from the World Bank, from the European Bank for reconstruction and development to begin this process of rebuilding.

Zelensky reiterated his view. Russia was dragging its feet on ending the war and thank Canada for its support. We need to stop this war in any way, and we need two things, pressure on Russia and sufficient strong support for Ukraine. Solonsky's made his Canadian stop. Now he's on his way to the U.S. where Sunday he will meet with Donald Trump and try and make inroads on a peace deal to end the war. The Alberta government has ordered a review after a 44-year-old man, died while waiting in an Edmonton emergency room. The man was experiencing chest pain when he went to see a doctor at Grey Nuns Community Hospital.

He allegedly waited nearly eight hours, then died. Hospital's ministers, Matt Jones, says he's ordered a review into the circumstances. Alberta's chief medical examiner has also begun an independent investigation. It's Election Day in Myanmar. This is the first one since the military service. seized power nearly five years ago. Critics are calling it a sham, arguing it's meant to give legitimacy to military rule. The military is supervising the vote. It comes amidst a civil war raging in much of the country. The Olympic torch is making its way through central Italy

in the lead-up to the winter games. After being lit last month in ancient Libya in Greece, The torch was brought through the central Italian town of Sermoneta Saturday. The relay will pass through all 110 Italian provinces in the buildup to the 2026 Olympic Games, which are being held in Milan and in the Italian Mountain Resort in the Dolomites, beginning in February. Annette Dion is being remembered for her work as a champion of children's rights. The last surviving Dionne Quintuplet died Christmas Eve. Michelle Allen has more.

And that was her priority to see. see that any kind of abuse doesn't happen to children. Ed Valenti says Annette Dion was an ardent advocate for children's rights. He's on the board of the Dionne Quince Museum in North Bay, Ontario. And we've kind of trying to take on that motto and go with it. And hopefully that will be, we'll be able to educate a lot more people going forward. Millions of tourists came to see Dion and our four sisters at Quintland. They were the first quintuplets to survive past infancy. The Ontario government took them from their parents and put them on public display in 1935. In a 2023 interview, Dion said every child deserves to have a normal life free from exploitation.

You put more love in the children's life and to do everything they can to help them. Annette Dion was 91. Michelle Allen. CBC News, Toronto. A Gatno, Quebec man, spent Christmas Day raising money for chair on just one wheel. Jacob Flansbury rode 100 kilometers by unicycle through the Ottawa Gatno area. He ended up raising nearly $3,000, the money going to Telijune, a youth help line. Flansbury says he hopes his endeavor helped anyone struggling with loneliness over to the holidays. A lot of people are lonely.

We celebrate family. We celebrate groups, whatever. These people sometimes are in dark places and doing this by myself. I mean, riding a unicycle in the snow just brings a smile to anybody on their face. So the goal is to share this and hopefully get some people out of that misery place. In August, the helpline said it would have to cut some of its programs due to funding issues. And that is the world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts.

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