The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/31 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: December 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/31 at 16:00 EST

Welcome to Lilith Fair! In the late 90s, a groundbreaking all-female music festival emerged, led by Canadian artist Sarah McLaughlin. Promoter said, you can't put two women on the same bill. People won't come. And it put a huge fire under my butt to prove them wrong. Representation for women in rock music wasn't there. And worse, you're being pitted against each other.

Lilith became a free train. Catch the documentary that chronicles a pivotal moment in music culture. Watch Lilith Fair, building a mystery. For free on CBC Gem. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Tarnjit Parmar. As Canadians continue to grapple with high grocery bills, a new set of rules takes effect tomorrow. Canada's grocery code of conduct is meant to reduce friction between big grocery chains and companies that supply them. But as Colin Butler reports, some experts say it won't lower prices at the checkout.

Canadians have been watching the numbers climb at the checkout. for years. Starting January 1st, Canada's new grocery code of conduct takes effect, but it won't touch the price on the screen. It will likely improve choice in the grocery store. Mike von Massau is a food economist at the University of Guelph. Because there'll be less risk on the part of a supplier. The code rewrites the rules behind the counter. It targets surprise fees and fines by retailers that suppliers say drives up costs. The goal is predictability. In a system, dominated by a handful of chains. Gary Sands speaks for the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers.

Particularly in a myriad of communities in Canada where it's rural, remote, indigenous communities, getting supply is a food security issue. Supporters say fewer hidden costs could bring stability to the supply chain over time. For now, though, the change is in the rules, not the sticker price. Colin Butler, CBC News, London, Ontario. The City of Calgary is considering the complete replacement

of a major water main that broke last night and flooded a neighborhood. About 60% of the city's water flows through this main. Another catastrophic break happened on the exact same road in June 2024. Mayor Jeremy Farquess says the city has been monitoring that pipe since last year's incident, and crews are working around the clock to fix that break. Our council is taking bold action to ensure that our city administration is held accountable, but that we're also funding the needed improvements, as well as better improving the governance model.

The pipes are one question, but also the people in the organization need to be improved. Water restrictions and a boil water advisory is an effect for parts of Calgary. The squad of 25 men competing for Canada at the Milan Cortina Olympics has been revealed by Hockey Canada. NHL players haven't been at the Olympics since Sochi in 2014. The team is scheduled to play its first match against the Czech Republic on February 12th. Hockey Canada, general manager Doug Armstrong, says they didn't build the squad to beat any one particular. particular country. Our goal was and is to build a team that can compete with anyone to be the best we can be. That's our goal is just to be the best we can be and let the chips forward

they may and we're excited about this group that can hopefully compete against any nation that will be at the Olympics. Canada's men's hockey team has won gold three times at the Olympics. Two of the players who won gold in 2014 and in 2010 are still with the squad. That is Captain Sidney Crosby and defenseman Drew Dowdy. This is now a human safety issue, not just the power audits. Pima Chikamak, Cree Nation Chief David Monias, says he's unhappy with the way the Manitoba government is handling his community's days-long power outage. A snapped power line left the reserve without electricity late Sunday amid freezing temperatures, and Manitoba Hydro has not managed to fix the problem yet.

Monias says he has asked the province and the Red Cross for generators and more portable heaters, but has not gotten them yet. We shouldn't have to back Manitoba or to Manadova Hydro because they're in our partners in Northern Flood Agreement. They have a Crown Corporation that's supposed to benefit to our nation and it's not helping. Monias warns the nation's water tanks are also frozen, meaning even if electricity is restored, the community will not have immediate access to running water. And Global Affairs Canada is confirming seven Canadians are among those injured in a train crash in Peru. It was a head-on collision near the country's most popular tourist attraction, Machu Picchu. A train driver died and at least 30 people on board were hurt.

Global Affairs says it is offering its sympathies and working with local officials. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Taranjit Parmar. Thank you.