The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2026/01/02 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: January 2, 2026

The World This Hour for 2026/01/02 at 04:00 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 this hour. I'm Wayne Tibur. A snowmobiler is dead after being buried by an avalanche in the Rocky Mountains in northeastern BC on Thursday. With more snow expected in some regions, Avalanche Canada is sharing some its safety advice to those venturing into the backcountry terrain. Chivani Joshi reports. Avalanche Canada says the slide near Tumblr Ridge was triggered from the base of the slope. Three snowmobilers were riding the bull moose area. One person from the group was caught and buried in the avalanche. Avalanche Canada forecaster Martina Halleck said earlier this week, the north rocky saw stormy and windy conditions. We have a persistent week layer that formed in

mid-December and now there's quite a bit of snow that's built up on top of that that rain crest. With all of the new snow, the wind, some of the warming, in some areas that persistent weeklayer has been getting overloaded. She's also warning those venturing into avalanche terrain to check the most up-to-date bulletins for region-specific conditions. The northern half has been quite stormy lately, so we will see some elevated hazard in those areas. Almost 80% of all Canadian avalanche fatalities over the past 10 years have been in B.C. Shavani Joshi, CBC News, Vancouver.

A day after officials first asked Calgarians to reduce the their water use in the wake of Tuesday's catastrophic water main break. The city says it is not seeing any real reduction in usage. Typically, the city has about 600 million liters of water stored underground on a daily basis. That dropped to 459 million liters after the break. Officials say progress has been made to get the main fixed, but a boil water advisory remains in effect for parts of the city. New York's new mayor, Zoran, Mandani, is promised.

to restore trust, to work for all. He says his administration will govern expansively and additionally. At a news conference, the mayor announced three executive orders aimed at protecting renters and building new housing. Just a few hours ago, I celebrated with tens of thousands of New Yorkers. Many of them left our ceremony to return to houses and apartments that do not feel like homes, where bad landlords do not make repairs, where rents constantly rise, where roaches crawl in the hallways and heat in the chill of winter comes rarely. Today, on the first day of this new administration, we will not wait to deliver action. Mamdani is a Democrat he was sworn in at a decommissioned subway station below City Hall just after midnight, placing his hand on a Quran as he took his oath

as the city's first Muslim mayor. Authorities in Iran say at least seven people were killed in Thursday's anti-government protests, the fifth day of demonstrations against rising prices, and the plummeting value of the currency. Thirty people accused of public disturbances in Western Toronto have been arrested. Meanwhile, Venezuela's president Nicholas Maduro has said he is open to cooperation with the U.S. on issues of drug trafficking, oil sanctions, and migration. In a prerecorded interview on state television, he said he was happy to hold the Trump administration whenever they want it. Thank you.