The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/30 at 23:00 EST

Episode Date: December 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/30 at 23:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. R.C.MP have lifted a dangerous person's warning for a First Nation in Saskatchewan following a string of shootings on Tuesday. One person was killed and three others injured at Big Island Lake Cree Nation near the Alberta border. Police are searching for two people considered armed and dangerous. Alexander Silberman reports. Police say they no longer believe there is an imminent risk to public safety. No arrests have been made after people in the community were told to shelter in place for much of the day. Inspector Ashley St. Germain speaks for the Saskatchewan RCP's major

crimes branch. She says one person was killed and three found injured, but could not provide details on their condition. Officers are as well investigating the scene and interviewing witnesses to determine whether the shooting is random or targeted. Larry Wapistquan identified his son Neil as the person shot and killed early Tuesday morning. And we're about to sleep when my brother called me and told me that my son got shot. Wapist Kwan says the others who were shot were taken to hospital. RCMP say the two suspects are armed with at least one gun and were last seen riding in ATV. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Edmonton.

Toronto is seeing a sharp spike in opioid overdoses over the holidays. Public health officials are warning high levels of contaminants are increasing the danger for drug users. Michelle Allen has more. He slipped through the cracks. After losing her brother, Mike, to an opioid overdose 20 years ago, Julie Epilett says she's concerned there aren't enough resources to help people experiencing addiction over the holidays.

Toronto Public Health reported 122 suspected opioid overdoses in eight days. The highest it's been in two years. While opioid-related deaths in Toronto and across Canada are finally decreasing, the Public Health Agency of Canada says there are signs that non-fatal overdoses are still rising. It definitely tells me that there's some problem with the drug supply. Zoe Dodd is a co-organizer with the Toronto overdose prevention society. She says many opioids in Ontario are cut with high-potency fentanyls and animal tranquilizers like metadomatine.

They can't be reversed with naloxone like opioids can. Dodd says she thinks closing the supervised consumption sites contributed to the rise in overdoses. Some of those calls probably would have been handled in some of the supervised consumption services if they were still around. The province of Ontario did not respond, CBC's request for comment. Michelle Allen, CBC News, Toronto. The U.S. President Donald Trump is revealing details of the first known U.S. attack on Venezuelan soil, a drone strike on a shipping dock last week. Until then, the Trump administration had been hitting boats at sea, saying they're being used to smuggle drugs to the U.S.

Karen Pauls has more. a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs, and that is no longer around. Now, quoting unnamed sources, U.S. media is reporting the CIA was responsible using drones to hit a remote dock on Venezuela's coast. U.S. officials believe it was used by the transnational gang, Trend Aragua, to store narcotics and prepare them for shipment elsewhere by sea. Democratic Senator Chris Coons. Frankly, it's pretty stunning that President Trump would reveal a covert action like this by bragging about it. This is not an appropriate way to handle highly sensitive and classified information.

The U.S. has destroyed dozens of boats suspected of carrying drugs in international waters around Venezuela. At least 100 people have been killed. It has also seized several oil tankers aiming to squeeze Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's main economic lifeline. Experts say a land strike. is a major escalation. Karen Paul's, CBC News, Washington. And finally, it's been another day of protest in Iran over the state of the country's economy. Iranians are upset with worsening inflation and the devaluation of the country's currency. The protest began on Sunday as the Iranian Rial hits a record low against the U.S. dollar.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.