The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/28 at 06:00 EST

Episode Date: December 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/28 at 06:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news the world is sour i'm neil kumar fresh office visit in halifax yesterday with prime minister mark carney ukraine's president volonair zelensky will meet with u.s president donald trump today trump is trying to broker and enter the war between russia and ukraine with zelanski making several concessions in his latest proposal the big question is will russia sign on j p tasker reports the attack on kev shows just how important It is that we stand with Ukraine during this difficult time. After getting support from Prime Minister Mark Carney,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is hoping for some from U.S. President Donald Trump today. I hope very important and very constructive meeting with President Trump. He'll pitch his plan to bring an end to the Russian conflict. We need two things, pressure on Russia, and sufficient strong support for Ukraine. That includes a request for security guarantees from the United States and other Western allies. While a Trump-Zelensky deal on that

and what the Ukrainian president calls territorial issues would be a breakthrough. There is no progress when it comes to Putin ending the war. Kurt Volker, Trump's former representative to Ukraine, tells CBC News, there's only peace if Russia agrees and it's not looking good. Putin has made it very clear, including in just the past few days,

that he wants everything. J.P. Tasker, CBC News, Washington. In Edmonton, the death of a man in an emergency room that was allegedly waiting hours for treatment now has Alberta's government ordering a review. Anise Hadari reports. He was gone because I, I was slapping. Prashan, Prashan, wake up, don't, don't, don't. Niharika Sri Kumar was there when her husband Prashant died. She says it was after around eight hours in an ER waiting room. He'd gone to the hospital complaining of chest pains. But the one time in his entire lifetime in Canada, he needed that system, that

treatment that medical care, he was denied. 44-year-old Prashant Shrik Kumar's surviving family says he should have been seen by a doctor far sooner, and they believe he was not triaged properly at Edmonton's Graynons Hospital. CBC News has not confirmed how busy the hospital's ER was that day. It is run by Covenant Health, a Catholic agency within Alberta's health system, who would not comment on specifics due to privacy. On social media, the provincial minister for hospitals said he directed both the provincial health Agency and Covenant Health to review what led up to Shrikomar's death, the chief medical

examiner's office is also investigating. And he's Hidari, CBC News, Edmonton. We are now just under six months away from the FIFA World Cup, and fans that are trying to buy tickets to the Canadian games are already battling eye-popping resale prices. Juliannope explains what you need to know about securing yourself some tickets and why a lack of scalping regulations in Ontario might mean you'll end up paying a lot more for them. We had 15 minutes once we secured the tickets like in our cart. Aidan D'Souza managed to snag tickets to one of Toronto's FIFA games next summer, but it was no easy feat.

Many of the tickets have already ended up on resale sites like Ticketmaster. Some listed as high as $80,000, most not dipping below $2,500. I personally think it's a big issue. Fast Bednar as managing director of the Canadian Shield Institute, a group that studies public policy and brainstorms potential solutions. She says a lack of regulations around scalping in Ontario is to blame. If we're viewing major cultural events and major sporting events as a luxury good that are only available to the highest bidder, then I think that really says something.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government scrapped part of a law in 2019 that capped ticket resale at 50% above the original price. Still, Ford said he wants a review of the regulations. In a statement, Ontario said it's exploring its options. Julian Ope, CBC News, Toronto. Several weather warnings have been issued in most provinces in the Yukon with rain, freezing rain, snow, and extreme cold hammering various parts of the country. An environment Canada winter storm warning says there will be up to 40 centimeters of snow along the west coast of Newfoundland. Heavy snow is also in the forecast for the central and north parts of Ontario and Quebec,

while freezing rain is on the way for the southern portions of those provinces. And that is your world this hour for CBS News. I'm Neil Kumar.