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- 2024
- First episode
About The World This Hour
Catch up on the day's most important news from Canada and around the world in 5 minutes. Updated every hour, 24/7.
- Publisher
- CBC
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Feb 2024
- Latest episode
- 15 Jan 2026
Latest episodes
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15 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT
The latest news in 5 minutes
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The latest news in 5 minutes
Published 15 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The Alberta government has launched a review of the city's water main troubles. B .C.'s pilot project decriminalizing street drugs is coming to an end. Health Minister Josie Osborne says the intention was to make it easier for people with addictions to reach out for help. With ongoing monitoring built in, so we could understand what was working, what wasn't, and where changes were needed. However, the pilot hasn't delivered the results that we hoped for. And after very careful consideration, we are not asking the federal government to renew the exemption. B .C. was the first province in Canada to try decriminalizing drugs, but the experiment proved controversial. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.0 / 5
- 106 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.2 / 5
- 70 ratings
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- 64
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 66
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