The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2026/01/02 at 03:00 EST

Episode Date: January 2, 2026

The World This Hour for 2026/01/02 at 03:00 EST

This ascent isn't for everyone. You need grit to climb this high this often. You've got to be an underdog that always over-delivers. You've got to be 6,500 hospital staff, 1,000 doctors, all doing so much with so little. You've got to be Scarborough. Defined by our uphill battle and always striving towards new heights. And you can help us keep climbing.

Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. Bro.C.A. From CBC News, the world is our. I'm Wayne Tibado. About 40 people are dead and 115 injured, many seriously, after a fire at a crowded bar in the Swiss Alps, New Year's Eve. The cause of the blaze, which was initially reported as an explosion, remains unclear.

Authorities say it appeared to be an accident after the, rather than an attack. Here's an eyewitness speaking through a translator. Some friends came. They called me, so I drove over. I arrived, and from there, everyone was burned. Everyone was screaming. Everyone was shouting. They'd been moved from the constellation to bar 1900, and it was crazy.

It was like a horror movie. For real, it was a horror movie. I've never seen anything like it in my life. Switzerland has begun five days of mourning. Authorities say many of the victims, were young and from many countries. Global Affairs Canada says it's not aware of any Canadians among those killed or hurt in the fire. The sounds of fireworks in Amsterdam, fire destroyed large parts of a historic church there,

and local media reports say there is suspicion the church may have been hit by fireworks. It ripped through the popular 19th century church shortly after midnight local time, Flames spread quickly, causing extensive damage. An official cause of the fire is still under investigation. While no more soft drinks, candy or any processed products where sugar is the main ingredient for Americans who receive government help paying for groceries, at least 18 states, are defining some unhealthy foods as ineligible for people to buy under the so-called SNAP program. It's part of the Trump administrations make America healthy again.

Initiative Karen Pauls has more. Nearly one and a half million people using food stamps in Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, and West Virginia are already seeing these changes at the grocery store. Mitch Rube is responsible for the SNAP program in Indiana. It's called the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. Sugary drinks and candy are not nutritional. This is part of a push by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to remove unhealthy food from the $100 billion federal program that serves 42 million Americans.

His goal is to reduce chronic diseases like obesity and diabetes linked to sweetened drinks and processed foods. Research is mixed on whether restricting SNAP purchases will actually improve diet quality and health. Meanwhile, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to extend a deadline defining who is eligible for SNAP. after a group of Democratic-led states challenged new immigration-related restrictions. Karen Paul's, CBC News, Washington. In BC, a snowmobiler has died in an avalanche in the northern interior. Avalanche Canada reports three snowmobilers

were riding in a mountainous area near Tumblr Ridge on Tuesday. It says the slide was triggered by a snowmobile at the base of the slope. No one else was injured. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm... Wayne Tibido.