Your World Tonight - A tragic accident in BC casts a shadow over Canada’s solemn day.

Episode Date: September 30, 2026

Events across Canada mark the Day for Truth and Reconciliation, but in B.C., the solemn day is marred by a tragic accident.Also: Israeli officials say passengers and crew of a FlyDubai flight foiled a co-pilot's attempt to crash the aircraft, after he stabbed the pilot and sent the jet plunging nearly 14,000 feet.And: The American CEO of the company that owns Stelco defends the decision to idle a Hamilton steel plant.Plus: Six years for manslaughter for a Nova Scotia man who killed his ailing wife, Russia’s drones target Ukrainian grain exports, Fort McMurray’s big hopes for a new pipeline, and testosterone treatments for menopause -- yay or nay?

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This is a CBC podcast. Yes, we have come a long way, but there still is a very long way to go. Was I satisfied when the government said sorry? No, I wasn't. We know the work of reconciliation is far, far from finished. Across this country, communities mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, commemorating those affected by Canada's residential school system with music, prayer and reflection.

But an event on BC's Tawasin First Nation ends when a vehicle fatally strikes pedestrians outside a local mall. This is your world tonight. It's Wednesday, September 30th, just before 6 p.m. Eastern. I'm Salima Shivji, also on the podcast. The plane is like crashed down.

15,000 feet in one minute. A terrifying plunge for those on board a Dubai airliner headed for Tel Aviv. Witnesses say one of the two pilots stabbed the other before some passengers wrestled him to the floor. A tragedy has cast a heavy shadow over the commemorations marking the 6th annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Two people were killed and two others injured after a vehicle struck pedestrians outside the Tuasun Mills Mall in British Columbia. Police confirmed that the crash was an accident, unrelated to a nearby commemoration walk. We will have more on that developing story soon. But first we go to Rafi Bucci

Canyon in Ottawa, who reports from a gathering on Parliament Hill, where residential school survivors shared their stories. You'd get a strap. Panaste Pesendewatch recalls what would happen if he tried speaking his native Algonquin to any of his siblings while they were at residential school. You get soap, much at your mouth, because you're not supposed to talk to it. It's He was only five years old when he, his brothers and sisters were taken from Kittaghan Zibi near Ottawa on a three-day journey by train to St. Mary's on Ontario's border with Manitoba. He endured there for four years. His stay only ending because the building got the capacity. We weren't taught how to be parents. We weren't taught what love was how to hug and all that.

Jackie Bouvier says she tried getting around the language restriction. Girls and I used to go in a corner in the playground and speak our language. Bouvier was a resident of the Boval Residential School in northern Saskatchewan for four years. We'd get into trouble because they kind of knew. Bouvier's two baby sisters did not survive their ordeal, buried on the school's old grounds in unmarked graves. Canada's last residential school shut its doors in 1997, but survivors like Bouvier are now faced with something more than an erasure of their native languages.

In a video released online on Sunday, a group of men belonging to the white nationalist second son's group appeared wearing masks in Kamloops BC near the Tecemlupp's Teshamek First Nation, which five years ago shook the country when it announced that it found potentially 215 unmarked children's graves. The group unfurled the banner which read God bones. It's appalling. It hurts. And this is not the end of this, I believe. It's going to continue. Survivors fighting the denialism with commemorative events like this one on Parliament Hill, where every year a red memorial cloth bearing the names of children who never returned home to their parents seems to get longer. Now stretching to 60 meters fully unfurled with more than 4,000 names inscribed on the banner. Today's ceremony calls on us to hear your story.

Speaking at a different event in Edmonton, Prime Minister Mark Carney did not directly allude to the BC incident but underscored the reality of the schools and highlighted governments are not yet done fulfilling the calls to action the Truth and Reconciliation Commission laid out now more than a decade ago. Only 15 of those 94 are fully completed. Rafi Buccan, Yon, CBC News, Ottawa. Now to the Tawasin First Nation, where four pedestrians were hit by a vehicle. near where a truth and reconciliation march was taking place. Two of them have died.

Police say the driver may have experienced a medical emergency just before the collision. The CBC's Georgie Smyth has more from the scene. Police and Delta have been expanding their investigation outside to Austin Mills, a shopping center and outlet mall. Items are scattered across the sidewalk in front of one of the entrances, things like shoes, clothing, bags and medical equipment like gloves and first aid kits. And now part of the scene here. But most notably are the two white police tents set up within a few metres of each other.

It's not far from wear a black truck with a business logo that has since been covered up with a silver blanket and a small trailer being towed behind it are stopped on the sidewalk against a wall outside a Boston pizza restaurant. A few metres back, a lamp post has been snapped under the ground. We've seen small groups of grieving people huddled near the scene consoling each other, some of them wearing orange shirts for Truth and Reconciliation Day. There was a community walk that came through this area this morning, about the same time as this incident took place. But police have said that the two events are not related,

though the proximity is frightening for people who did take part, like Carmen Tonadio. I was participating in the walk for truth and reconciliation for the Tuasan Indian band when we were told to stop and that there was a threat in the area. Police have so far said there is no ongoing risk to the public. Georgie Smythe, CBC News, Delta BC. The word on the lips of many people in Israel tonight is miracle.

A miracle that some 170 passengers on a jet bound for Tel Aviv did not crash after one of the pilots attacked the other and sent the Boeing 737 into a steep plunge. The passengers and crew who intervened are being hailed as heroes for taking quick action to prevent a disaster. We get the details now from the CBC's Crystal Gumbens. Manzang. Between the screams and cries, some of the roughly 170 passengers on board of flight from the UAE beg for someone to explain what's going on. The jet had lurched downward and was plummeting fast, plunging more than 5,000 meters in roughly 90 seconds. Passengers soon learned a struggle broke out in the cockpit. We're here in the middle of an aircraft hygiene.

Jacking says a passenger in a video recorded in the middle of the chaos. He called for anyone who's watching to help. What became clear was that 90 minutes away from Tel Aviv, one of the pilots had stabbed the other. Despite his wounds, he managed to send out an emergency distress call and according to those on the plane was able to unlock the cockpit door. Crew members and passengers made their way in, dragging both men in uniform out, subduing the attacker. Their bloodied bodies seemed splaid in the aisle and video shared on social media and verified by CBC. Passengers say they had tied up the attacker using headphone cables. Two pilots happened to be among the passengers. They quickly leveled the plane and landed it in northern Saudi Arabia. Waiting at the airport in Tel Aviv, Yasmin Abu Qasie.

Shocked by the details her daughter was sending, but grateful she was saying. safe. She said it's crazy, crazy time. It's very hard to explain what happened there, but it was big stress. Benjamin Netanyahu in the middle of a contentious election campaign, one that could bring the end to Israel's longest serving prime minister, met one of the passengers at the airport who helped secure the plane. Earlier, Netanyahu gathered his security team to review the incident. Israel and Saudi Arabia initially scrambled fighter jets when news of the incident first broke out. He warned the public not to think the danger is over. I've instructed the security service to prepare for additional potential threats, said Netanyahu.

According to Defense Minister Israel, Katz, the rogue pilot intended to crash the plane, killing everyone on board. While few details have been released about the man, Katz described his actions as a jihadist terror attack. Israeli officials say the pilot has been arrested and remains in Saudi Arabia. Tragedy averted passengers return to cheers and music and the arms of family members relieved to have them back on the ground and home safe. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. Coming right up, a Nova Scotia man is sent to prison for killing his alien wife. Why both his lawyer and the Crown say it was an act of compassion.

passion. Plus, the Prime Minister heads to Fort McMurray tomorrow, where he's expected to green light another pipeline project, what that could mean for a city already booming amid soaring oil prices. Later, we'll have this story. From hot flashes to insomnia, menopause can be a rough ride for many women. Could an unexpected type of hormone therapy be the fix? Women deserve to have testosterone options that are formulated and dosed specifically for them. There's growing buzz about testosterone, but some scientists are urging caution. I'm health reporter Lauren Pelley and I'll have that story coming up on your world tonight. A Nova Scotia man has been sentenced to six years in prison for killing his wife in what he says was an act of compassion. Kayla Hounsel unpacks this complicated

case for us. We do want to warn you the story includes disturbing details and references to suicide. What is your emergency? Yes, I'd like to record a death. A death? It is the day after Douglas Smith killed his wife, a crime of compassion he says he committed to ease her suffering. It's May 1st, 2022, and Smith is in the parking lot of his local RCMP detachment, calling 911. My wife died, and I was false.

Okay, what happened there? She was in distress, and I used her distress. The court provided the first. The recording to CBC News. According to an agreed statement of facts, Smith killed his wife, 72-year-old Iris Dodd, at their home in the hamlet of Kingsport, Nova Scotia. One night, Dodd abruptly said she wanted to end her life and made her husband of 33 years promised to help her, the documents say. She had suffered a stroke, had to use a wheelchair, was losing her vision and experienced daily pain. The couple didn't have a lot of money,

and they were about to be evicted from their home the next day. This was an individual who was motivated by compassion. Defense lawyer Ken Greer represented Smith. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in April days before he was set to stand trial for second-degree murder. On Tuesday, he was sentenced to six years in prison. They liked each other and they spent a lot of time together. And I think in their isolation, they just, they didn't see the options that they could have had. According to the court documents, the two had agreed Smith would help his wife take pills.

But as Smith lay in bed that night, he got to thinking, worried that might cause further suffering. So the documents say he used a pillow to smother her. This was a very unique case. Crown Attorney Daniel Rydout acknowledged the difficult circumstances, but said Smith still broke the law. It's inescapable that involved the death of an intimate partner. And it is a scourge on society. I think a lot of things can be true. Christina Feifield is a trauma counselor who specializes in gender-based violence.

She says, though this case is extreme, it raises broader systemic issues. It brings up a lot about how the systems are failing to meet people's basic needs. And when people's basic needs are not being met, how that can escalate. Both Crown and defense agreed to Smith's punishment, delivered nearly four and a half years after that difficult day. when he called 911. We will have somebody come out and see her right away, okay? His lawyer says intellectually Smith understands why he's going to prison, but emotionally it's difficult for him to comprehend,

given the love he had for his wife. Kayla Hounsel, CBC News, Halifax. Russia launched a new massive attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure today, just as colder weather sets in. Russian drones and missiles killed at least seven people, including a child. Moscow is also taking aim at Ukraine's critical exports, where it strikes disrupting Black Sea ports and shipping routes. Breyer Stewart has more from Odessa. Along a wind-swept promenade near the port of Odessa, Ukrainians braved the wind to spend time along the Black Sea, because at least for now, this is a quiet day.

I tried to come to the sea as rarely as possible because of the drones, said Irene Dimitrova, who was sitting in. on a beach a few meters from the turbulent waves. Over the past few months, attacks on ports and ships have intensified so much that security analysts now say the threat to commercial shipping is the greatest it's been since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Here we destroyed this sea drone. Mikola Luper shows us a video of a Russian drone that he came across while on patrol on the Black Sea.

Luper commands a Ukrainian patrol ship, that is, when he and his crew can actually get out on the water. We are trying to find some windows between Russians' attacks to patrol, to search for mines and some explosive materials. Sometimes do you get all ready to go out in the boat and then you just have to turn around? All the time. Sometimes we go out to the sea and then we have to come back because jet drone is already in. the sky. Russia claims it only strikes military targets, but its attacks are choking Ukrainian exports, including grain. Over the summer, Ukraine has stepped up its attacks too on Russian ports and ships connected to Moscow's shadow fleet. All of it has made shipping in the sea riskier and it spark concerns because together, Russia and Ukraine account for about one quarter of all of the world's

weed exports. The farmers, they can't export. They can't sell their. Dmitro Baranov is the president of the Ukrainian Ports Association. He says what's happening in the Black Sea should get the same kind of attention as what's been going on in the Strait of Hormuz. And everybody feels the lack of fuel. And here, believe me, very soon, October-November latest, everybody will feel in our region, feel the shortage of the food. diplomatic efforts to secure the sea have so far failed.

And despite this calm afternoon, security experts warn it's unlikely that the dangerous conditions will ease any time soon. Breyer Stewart, CBC News, Odessa. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham says his government believes Iran had a hand in a suspected plot against a military airbase. The airbase in Fairford is used by American bombers to launch strikes on Iran. Five British men in their 20s were arrested Sunday after reports of suspicious fans converging outside the base. Burnham did not provide details about why the UK thinks Iran was involved. Iran has strongly denied any involvement. A war of words is developing between the government of Canada and one of the continent's biggest producers of steel. Cleveland Cliffs is the American parent company of Stelco, which announced this week it's idling hundreds of workers in Hamilton.

Prime Minister Mark Carney calls that decision a betrayal. But business correspondent Peter Armstrong found out the CEO of Cleveland Cliffs is pushing back on that. So Peter, CBC News spoke to him today. What is he saying? So at the heart of this is a disagreement over what the steel industry's biggest problem truly is. Some, I think many in this country, would say it's terrorists. But Lorenzo Consolvis, the CEO of Cleveland Cliffs that owns Stelco, it says that the real problem is that Canada still allows too much

foreign steel into the country? We do not have a market for galvanized steel that can accommodate stelco do fesco and the avalanche of imports. That is so dear to Prime Minister Carney and Minister Melanie

Julie. There's no mathematical room for all this tonnage. That's what matter. Is that fair to say, though? I think most people listening would assume tariffs are the problem. I mean, Canada makes a lot of steel, but it does import. a lot of steel as well. A few years ago, only about half of the steel in this country was produced here.

Today, that's gone up to about 60%. And just this morning, the G20 under U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer announced a whole new framework that says it's going to bolster that even further. So if more steel is being produced here, why is Cleveland Cliffs and Stelco making this decision now? Well, that is where things get interesting. You heard Gonzalez claim earlier that there's not enough orders to go around between Stelco to Fasco and all the imports. He went on, though, to tell there are no orders coming in at all for galvanized steel in Canada. But one source inside Stelco has told CBC News, the company has customers wanting to place those orders.

And an industry insider also tells CBC News that Canada steel industry at large continues to get orders of that specific flat-rolled galvanized steel. And is that why the Canadian government seems so frustrated by all of this? I mean, it's part of it. But remember, Cleveland Cliffs under Lorenzo Gonzalez, they bought Stelco back in 2024 for 3.4.4. billion dollars. And when that deal was approved by the federal government, the company made

commitments to keep certain employment levels. So here's what Prime Minister Mark Carney said on that yesterday. The company made representations and has legal obligations for employment. We intend to use all powers that we have and pursue them to the full extent of the law. Carney went on to say that the real problem in his mind is tariffs and that Gonzalez applauded President Trump putting tariffs on Canadian steel. And how did Gonsalves respond to that? Well, he said he hasn't heard from Ottawa. If they're going to take this to court,

he's willing and ready to defend his position. Okay, the CBC's Peter Armstrong. Thanks for this. You bet. Mark Carney will travel to Fort McMurray, heart of the oil sands tomorrow. The Prime Minister is expected to announce Ottawa is putting a new oil pipeline to the West Coast on a fast track to approval.

The hope is that it will boost Canada's exports to new markets. Spark and economic boom in northern Alberta and help blunt talk of separatism. As Kyle Bax reports, Fort Mac is already profiting from the buzz. If the sun is shining, this roofing crew is working. With nail guns and roofing hammers, they replace shingles atop a two-story house. Business is thriving here and throughout Fort McMurray. The community, synonymous with meteoric oil booms and crippling busts, is now eyeing another potential wave of economic good fortune. This time, We're slowly getting a boom.

Will Gilbert owns Gilbert Roofing. I see ourselves a double, if not triple, maybe. He's not alone, with many businesses looking to hire. Some construction crews have seen a three-fold increase in work. Fort McMurray is filled with excitement and anticipation, says Diane D'Souza, head of the local Chamber of Commerce. It's organized chaos. They have to turn away work.

High oil prices and record oil sands production are helping business. But the new West Coast oil pipes, line being developed by Alberta is expected to be declared by Ottawa to be in the national interest, which will fast track it for approval. The project would require several years to build. Still, the impact is already being felt. This is my new listing. I'm going to create a new folder. Real estate prices are climbing, says Realtor Paige Sear as the population grows. The real estate in Fort McMurray has been really energetic this year. There's been a lot of positive news, and I think we're seeing some good confidence in our economy again.

In the past, when an oil boom hit, Fort McMurray wasn't ready, caught flat-footed. There were too few houses, roads and schools as a gold rush-type atmosphere brought workers from across Canada. It's different now, says municipal counselor Kyle Vandy Cashin, after several years of major construction projects. We've had time to think that this could come, this will come, we need to be ready for it. Fort McMurray hosts an oil sands trade show every summer. This year, attended was up, attracting more than 200 companies, the highest number in a decade. Even here, though, some trepidation. I'm hoping when this move happens, we have the manpower. We don't need to put people through such extreme workloads that they put in in the past. Years ago, there were some big

oil sands producers, all building at once, causing a frenzy and sending construction prices soaring. These days, consolidation has left fewer companies. Only four major players. Only four major players. so there is less competition for labor, equipment, and supplies. An oil sands boom now could look different from the past. Kyle Bax, CBC News, Fort McMurray. Testosterone, the primary male sex hormone, is being touted as a new fix for a very female issue. Hormone replacement therapies are seeing a resurgence to treat life-altering menopause symptoms, like hot flashes and insomnia.

But the use of testosterone by women remains controversial. As health reporter Lauren Peli reports, scientists say more research is needed to prove it actually works. How do you know when to start testosterone? Someone responded, libido wasn't even a cancer. Swipe through social media and you'll find doctors and patients claiming that women should take testosterone to combat the symptoms of menopause. U.S. regulators are now calling for more research. For decades, women have told us that they were not being heard.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a panel event in mid-S.-September to start discussion. on where testosterone fits into menopausal hormone therapy. Right now, it's not an approved treatment in the U.S. or here in Canada. But some doctors want that to change, like endocrinologist Dr. Dorothy Fink. Women deserve to have testosterone options that are formulated and dosed specifically for them. Usually, menopausal hormone therapy means estrogen treatments, or combined estrogen and progesterone, which can come in the form of pills or patches or even vaginal creams. The new conversation around testosterone is happening as more women across North America

are turning back to hormone therapy after years of declines, all to manage symptoms like hot flashes or severe fatigue. In the past, a lot of the fear around hormone therapy was really not based in evidence, and now a lot of the salesmanship of hormone therapy is also not based in evidence. Gynecologist Dr. Marie Christakis is with Mountedius. Sinai Hospital in Toronto. She's among those urging caution around buzzy menopause treatments. Longtime women's health researcher Dr. Jeryl-Pryor agrees. I don't think there's a physiological, logical reason for menopausal women to take testosterone.

Because inside the body. The ovary continues to make testosterone after it no longer makes very much estrogen. U.S. regulators are calling on drug makers to conduct more women-specific studies, and they're asking for public feedback into mid-October. But Pryor warns that women already taking testosterone off-label should be aware of unwanted side effects. And with testosterone, there's a very fine line between, you know, starting to get hair where you don't want it and oily skin and having to wash your hair every two days or something. Scientists tend to agree there's no one-size-fits-all menopause treatment, given the range of symptoms and impacts different women experience.

There needs to be very clear reason for taking hormone therapy in menopause. And it'll take time to know if testosterone should be part of those options. Lauren Pelley, CBC News, Toronto. And finally, A powwow held yesterday in Thunder Bay, Ontario, at the city's all-Indigenous High School, to mark today's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The event described by one student as a form of healing.

Some of those taking part came dressed in full regalia, ceremonial clothing and headpieces handmade by the wearers or commission from artisans. But not everyone can afford these works of art. And that is where Tisha Duncan comes in. The Wobanong Regalia Collective is kind of like a regalia library. I travel to different communities in northwestern Ontario to offer free regalia borrowing.

I call them rentals, but it's more so borrowing because we don't really ask for any money. Duncan was inspired by a similar lending project in Oregon. She discovered online. So she went to work looking for items to build her library. I shared my vision online on Facebook, and I did a call out for community donations. And a lot of people responded very positively,

and immediately there were a lot of community members who had regalia to donate. maybe their kids have grown out of it or they just have more at home. So far, Duncan has about 40 full outfits. She also provides accessories like jingle bells for dancing. Knowing from experience that a lack of regalia keeps indigenous youth from taking part in meaningful ceremonies, Duncan feels her service is filling a void in communities where she says young people are often struggling. I've had like a few mainly like youth come up and say that it really really,

really helped them and that they got a lot of healing in and that they would love to like continue to dance and like maybe make their own regalia. I also bring indigenous youth with me wherever I go. Thanks for being with us. This has been your world tonight for Wednesday, September 30th. I'm Selima Shivji. Good night. For more CBC podcasts, go to cbc.ca.ca slash podcasts.