G20 summit, COP30 reaches a deal, Alberta avoids healthcare worker strike, and more

Summary

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Your World Tonight (CBC)

Episode Date: November 22, 2025
Hosts: Stephanie Skenderas, Susan Bonner
Main Topics: G20 Summit in South Africa, COP30 climate deal, bear attacks in BC, healthcare labour negotiations in Alberta, ER wait times across Canada, Toy Story’s 30th anniversary, and Ticketmaster ticketing issues

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Episode Overview

This episode unpacks the world’s major news stories with a Canadian lens, zeroing in on geopolitics, climate negotiations, domestic health care, public safety, cultural milestones, and consumer issues. The hosts deliver a brisk, in-depth digest focusing on what’s urgent, unresolved, and most debated—anchored by on-the-ground reporting and candid interviews.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. G20 Summit: Peace Plan for Ukraine and Canada’s Trade Focus

[00:40 – 05:25]

• US-Driven Ukraine Peace Plan:

  • A dozen world leaders (UK, France, Germany, Canada) met to discuss a leaked US proposal for peace in Ukraine.
  • The plan mirrors Russian positions and would impose limits on Ukraine’s armed forces, seen as risky for Ukrainian security.
  • Joint statement: The peace plan “requires additional work; borders must not be changed by force.”

• Canada’s Position:

  • Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand emphasized: “To ensure just and lasting peace for Ukraine … to make sure that Ukraine is at the table and that its core interest—its sovereignty, for example, its territorial integrity, for example—are protected.” [03:04]
  • Canada is seeking closer trade with countries beyond the US, whose president is absent from the summit.

• Expert Analysis:

  • Michael Bociurkiw (Eurasia Centre):
    “If any Ukrainian leader were to sign up for even a part of this so-called plan, it would be the end of Ukraine as we know it. Game over for a sovereign Ukraine.” [03:44]
  • Trump's absence noted for allowing different diplomatic dynamics, but he “casts a long shadow” with the peace plan and US set to assume the G20 presidency.

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2. COP30 Climate Conference: Compromises and Disappointments

[05:30 – 09:27]

• Deal After Disagreement:

  • COP30 in Brazil concluded with only a fragile agreement; contentious debate centered on omitting an explicit fossil fuel phase-out.
  • Colombia objected: “The COP of the truth cannot support an outcome that ignores science.” [06:57]
  • Climate Action Network and others express disappointment over lack of a committed fossil fuels roadmap.

• Host Response:

  • Brazilian COP president André Corrêa do Lago: “I… will create two roadmaps: one on halting and reverting deforestation, another to transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly and equitable manner.” [07:25]
  • These are voluntary and not binding.

• Wins & Setbacks:

  • Successes included record indigenous participation and a pledge to triple climate finance for vulnerable countries.
  • Ed Miliband (UK): “More than 190 countries have recommitted to the Paris Agreement… to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees.” [08:13]
  • But the gap between ambition and action remains large, and the episode questions whether consensus is even possible.

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3. Bear Attacks & Wildlife Management in BC

[10:43 – 13:13]

• Grizzly Attack Investigation:

  • Three bears sought after attack on NewHalk Nation school group in Bella Coola (11 people injured).
  • Community leader: “There’s probably 40 to 50 incidents where houses have been broken into … porches where there’s dog food or cat food.” [11:57]

• Calls to Lift Hunting Ban:

  • BC Wildlife Federation: Ban on grizzly hunt (since 2017) lacks “scientific rationale,” claims rise in conflicts.
  • BC Government: No current plans to lift ban.

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4. Public Safety: Prince Rupert Murder-Suicide Investigation

[13:14 – 16:39]

• Background:
  • 2022: Border Services officer used a state-issued weapon (accessed after hours from a poorly secured lockup) to carry out a murder-suicide.
  • Faulty security: Cameras weren’t working, access controls failed, weapon not missed until after the tragedy.
  • Victim’s friend, Jewel Jerstad: “She had made a call in regards to feeling unsafe and was worried that… he had access to weapons.” [15:28]
  • Calls for public transparency and accountability.

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5. Alberta Health-Care Labour Deal: A Strike Narrowly Averted

[16:39 – 19:33]

• Strike Threat:

  • 16,000 Alberta hospital workers nearly struck over pay and staffing.
  • Agreement reached minutes after official start time; Union says deal includes 12–24% wage increase over four years to align wages with other provinces.

• Unresolved Issues:

  • Staffing shortages persist: “We still have a 12% vacancy rate and those are the things that we continue to push for.” – Sandra Azikar, AUPE president [18:57]

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6. ER Wait Times: Systemic Crisis Across Canada

[19:33 – 23:36]

• CBC Marketplace Data:

  • 500,000 Canadians left ERs before being seen in 2024.
  • Case study: Finley Van der Werken, 16, waited over 8 hours with severe symptoms, died after eventually being seen.
    • Hazel (Finley’s mother): “It’s eight hours and 22 minutes that Finley had to suffer.” [20:57]

• Key Factors:

  • Median ER stay increased to 5.5 hours nationally; some stretched past 13 hours.
  • Main culprit: “Boarded patients” prevent inflow and cause ripple delays.
    • Dr. Fraser MacKay: “It’s rare that a shift will go by where… a patient… couldn't handle the wait and left. Now they come back and they’re that much sicker.” [22:35]

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7. Toy Story at 30: Pixar’s Legacy and the State of Animation

[24:46 – 27:29]

• Cultural Impact:

  • Toy Story’s debut in 1995 revolutionized animation with a “visual language… no one had ever seen on the big screen.” – Daniel Gies, animator [25:33]
  • Pixar’s recent struggles: flops like The Good Dinosaur, weak showings for new originals; modest box office for Elio (2025).

• Industry Shifts:

  • Competition from Sony (Spider-Verse) and international/indie animation.
    • “They're embracing stylization … that looks more artistic and painterly versus something that completely reflects real life.” – Petrana Radilovich, Polygon [26:24]

• Pixar’s staying power:

  • Big successes continue (Inside Out 2, Toy Story 5 upcoming), though field is more crowded than ever.

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8. Ticketmaster Fiasco & Olivia Dean Tour

[27:39 – End]

• Issue:

  • Ticketing typo for Olivia Dean’s North American tour led to balcony seats being listed at $753 USD (13x intended price).
  • Tickets sold for hundreds, with many scooped up by bots/scalpers.

• Artist Response:

  • Olivia Dean: “Service is disgusting, resale prices are vile, and [ticketing platforms should] be better.” [28:07]
  • Ticketmaster subsequently capped resale prices at face value.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “As I sometimes say, Ukraine should be at the table, not on the table.”
  — Karina Roman [00:40]
• “Game over for a sovereign Ukraine.”
  — Michael Bociurkiw, Eurasia Centre [03:44]
• “There’s probably 40 to 50 incidents where houses have been broken into….”
  — NewHalk Nation Chief [11:57]
• “The tears have dried up on a day-to-day basis, but the memories are still alive and well. Some people still have a hard time entering the building; the sense of safety has been shook.”
  — Julie Furlano, former colleague of murder victim [14:16]
• “I have 12 years’ experience and I make $8 less an hour than an RN fresh out the gate.”
  — Alberta LPN [17:59]
• “It’s eight hours and 22 minutes that Finley had to suffer.”
  — Hazel Van der Werken [20:57]
• “It was a magic trick.”
  — Daniel Gies, Montreal animator, on early Pixar [25:40]
• “Resale prices are vile, and to be better.”
  — Olivia Dean [28:07]

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• 00:40 – G20 Summit & Ukraine Peace Plan
• 05:30 – COP30 climate deal in Brazil
• 10:43 – BC bear attacks and wildlife management
• 13:14 – Prince Rupert murder-suicide & border services investigation
• 16:39 – Alberta healthcare strike averted
• 19:33 – ER wait times data, Finley Van der Werken case, national trends
• 24:46 – Toy Story’s 30th anniversary, Pixar’s trajectory
• 27:39 – Olivia Dean’s ticketing controversy

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Tone and Style

The episode maintains a brisk, frank, and compassionate tone, weaving expert analysis and personal stories to illuminate policy decisions and their human consequences. The hosts favor directness and a focus on accountability, in trademark CBC fashion.

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Transcript

[Stephanie Skenderas]

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[Announcer]

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[Stephanie Skenderas]

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[Announcer]

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[Karina Roman]

As I sometimes say, Ukraine should be at the table, not on the table.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

What is tabled?

[Announcer]

The U.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

S Plan to end Russia's war on Ukraine at the G20. World leaders, including Mark Carney say it needs more work. And with the US President absent from the summit, Canada aims to boost trade with partners other than its neighbor. This is your world tonight. I'm Stephanie Skenderas. Also on the podcast climate compromises and disappointments. The COP30 conference ends in a deal, barely.

[Expert/Analyst]

And the bears have been breaking into homes and they go on porches where there's dog food or cat food. And that's a huge problem risk for.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Our people, family and community. Members of the bear attack victims in B.C. say bear encounters are increasing and so are the calls to change a ban on hunting them. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in South Africa this weekend meeting with world leaders and delegates at the G20 summit. Carney is hoping to expand Canada's trade ties beyond the United States which is sitting out this summit. But there were also pressing geopolitical issues, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Karina Roman is at the G20 summit in Johannesburg. Karina, Ukraine became the focus for many of the leaders at the G20. Can you tell us about that?

[Karina Roman]

Yeah. A dozen world leaders met here on the margins of the Summit, including the U.K. france, Germany and Canada to discuss how to secure a full, full ceasefire and meaningful peace negotiations in the face of this leaked proposed peace deal by the US which seems very much aligned with what Russia wants. So these leaders adopted a joint statement today that said the following, that the plan does have some necessary elements but requires additional work. And it reiterates, the statement does, that the principle must be kept that borders must not be changed by force. The leaders are also concerned by the proposed limitations on Ukraine's armed forces which they think would leave the country vulnerable to future attack. Here's Foreign affairs Minister Anita Anand. To ensure just and lasting peace for Ukraine, to ensure that the security guarantees are in place and also to make sure that Ukraine is at the table and that its core interest is its sovereignty, for example, its territorial integrity, for example, are protected. But Anand stopped short of Saying whether it's a deal Ukraine should even consider saying it's Ukraine's decision to make.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

So where does that leave Ukraine?

[Karina Roman]

Experts say the risk for Ukraine if it says no to the deal is real. Michael Bosserkiu is a senior fellow with the Eurasia Centre and is a Canadian based in Ukraine.

[Expert/Analyst]

It's a disaster for Ukraine. If any Ukrainian leader were to sign up for even a part of this so called plan, it would be the end of Ukraine as we know it. Game over for a sovereign Ukraine. Mr. Zelenskyy is in a very, very difficult position right now because as he said in his 10 minute address, he either sides with Mr. Trump, Ukraine's most important ally, or he fights for Ukrainian sovereignty integrity. And of course, it's the latter that he's going to choose.

[Karina Roman]

Perhaps a glimmer of hope, however, because Trump was asked today if this deal is a final offer and he said no, is so unpredictable that it's not clear what that means.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Unpredictable and also not at the G20. How did his absence impact the summit overall?

[Karina Roman]

Well, it has been noted, although I'll say quietly by some, that Trump's absence actually gives some countries the space to have the conversations they want with whom they want without worrying about the spectacle of Trump. But even not being here, Trump casts a long shadow because, well, just look, it's Trump's proposed peace deal for Ukraine, Ukraine that had Western nations scrambling to come together today. And his shadow remains right to the very end because the US is set to take on the G20 presidency next. And they offered up instead because of course, they have no one here. They offered up a temporary head of an embassy here for South Africa to sort of symbolically pass the torch to tomorrow. But the South African president has refused, saying instead that he would rather hand it over to an empty chair.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Okay, Karina, thanks so much.

[Karina Roman]

You're welcome.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

CBC's Karina Roman at the G20 summit in Johannesburg.

[Announcer]

In Kyiv.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the first lady lay bundles of wheat in honor of the victims of the Holodomor. The Soviet era famine is estimated to have killed millions of Ukrainians in the winter of 1932-33. It was largely caused by grain confiscations and economic policies imposed by Josef Stalin. More than 30 countries recognized the Holodomor as a genocide, including Canada. The COP30 climate conference in Brazil has concluded with a deal, but only after bitter disagreements over fossil fuels. The end of the summit was delayed as countries wrangled over what would be included in the agreement, leaving some disappointed. Susan Ormiston was at the conference. She's the CBC's senior international climate correspondent and she has the details.

[Expert/Analyst]

We know some of you had greater ambitions for some.

[Susan Ormiston]

After fire, floods and unplanned protests, 12 days of climate talks in Berlin delivered a weak agreement, leaving many countries in revolt.

[Expert/Analyst]

Panama is deeply disappointed.

[Announcer]

You promised a transparent process that is not and is not what we're seeing.

[Susan Ormiston]

Two years after nearly 200 countries pledged to transition away from fossil fuels, how to do that was omitted from this agreement, Colombia raised objections.

[Karina Roman]

The COP of the truth cannot support an outcome that ignores science. There is no mitigation if we cannot discuss transitioning away from fossil fuels.

[Susan Ormiston]

Canada was among the countries who did not support a roadmap on fossil fuels in the final agreement. Disappointing, said the Climate Action Network. And out of step with where the world is heading. Under pressure, the Brazilian president of the climate talks, Andre Correa Delago, promised to lead future work.

[Expert/Analyst]

I, as President of COP30 will therefore create two roadmaps. One on halting and reverting deforestation, another to transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly and equitable manner.

[Susan Ormiston]

But those would be voluntary agreements only for willing countries. There were some wins in Belen. It included thousands of indigenous peoples, the largest ever representation. And countries did commit to at least triple financing for vulnerable countries struggling to adapt to climate change. Important steps, says ed Milband, the UK's senior minister on climate change.

[Expert/Analyst]

More than 190 countries have recommitted to the Paris Agreement, have recommitted to seeking to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees.

[Susan Ormiston]

But Belen also showed that countries current plans fall well short of what's needed to meet the target.

[Expert/Analyst]

So we're not going to hide the fact that we would have preferred to have more, to have more ambition on everything.

[Susan Ormiston]

With the US absent and big economies focused on wars and trade, these negotiations struggled. According to the EU's climate envoy, Volke Hoekstra.

[Expert/Analyst]

The world is what it is, the conference is what it is. And we do think that this unbalance is clearly a step in the right direction.

[Susan Ormiston]

But the end of this COP will raise questions about future ones.

[Announcer]

Brazil almost certainly wanted privately more than this.

[Susan Ormiston]

Is the world too divided with powerful lobbies to come to an agreement? Asks Michael Jacobs, a senior fellow at ODI Global.

[Announcer]

You have to go with the consensus. And they couldn't get a consensus for anything more radical than we have today.

[Susan Ormiston]

The COP of truth, as Brazil called it, unearthed a hard reality. Susan Ormiston CBC News, Toronto.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

The International Committee of the Red Cross is cutting thousands of staff and scaling back where it can provide aid. The Switzerland based organization says it's been hit with a 17% cut to its budget and will lose close to 3,000 jobs. The US has been the organization's top donor but has recently slashed its foreign aid. Canada's recent budget has also made cuts to foreign aid.

[Susan Ormiston]

Still ahead.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Three decades ago, Toy Story told kids, you've got a friend in me. And its studio has tried to keep being their friend all these years. Later, on a big anniversary, we take a look at the rise and rise of Pixar. That's coming up on YOUR WORLD tonight. Conservation officials in British Columbia say they're now looking for multiple grizzly bears in relation to Thursday's attack involving a school group in Bella Coola on BC's Central Coast. That attack sent four people to hospital while several others were injured. Yasmin Ghanaya is in Bella Coola. Yasmin, what's the latest on the search for this bear?

[Yasmin Ghanaya]

More conservation officers arrived in Bella Coola today to help with the survey search and the Conservation Service says based on its investigation so far, two more grizzly bears were seen in the area during the attack. So trapping efforts are now in place to capture all three bears. A police chopper with thermal imaging is helping with search efforts. Officials have not said yet whether the bears will be killed once they're found. This search has been going on since Thursday afternoon when a group from an independent school run by the New Hulk Nation was eating lunch along a trail when the bear attacked them or now suspected multiple bears. And in total, 11 people were injured. Three children and an adult were taken to hospital and are still I spoke to Noel Pootless, the hereditary chief of the Newhalt Nation. He says a different group of bears displaced from their territory came here. He says since then the community has seen an uptick in human bear interactions.

[Expert/Analyst]

There's probably 40 to 50 incidents where houses have been broken into sheds, shops and smoke houses. The bears have been breaking into homes and they go on porches where there's dog food or cat food.

[Yasmin Ghanaya]

The First Nation has set up a bonfire outside the youth center where there's also drumming and traditional singing going on. Chief Putlis hopes his community can begin to heal and once again live in harmony with the bears.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

So after this attack, there have now been called calls for B.C. to lift its ban on hunting grizzly bears. What more can you tell us about that?

[Yasmin Ghanaya]

Yeah, this ban was put in place in 2017 but the B.C. wildlife Federation issued a statement saying that this ban was implemented without any scientific rationale. The organization claims reports of grisly human conflicts have since risen dramatically. Here's more from Executive Director Jesse Zieman.

[Chris Glover]

We have members telling us like we.

[Announcer]

Don'T want to leave our house.

[Chris Glover]

We don't go out of the house without bear spray. We don't go out of the house with our dogs.

[Yasmin Ghanaya]

The B.C. government says it's not considering lifting the hunting ban at this time.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Okay, Yasmin, thank you.

[Yasmin Ghanaya]

You're welcome.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

CBC's Yasmeen Khanea in Bella Kula, B.C. three years ago this week, the small city of Prince Rupert, B.C. was shocked by a public murder suicide. The killer was a Canadian Border Services officer who used his own service weapon. A CBC News investigation reveals how that was able to happen. Betsy Trumpiner reports.

[Betsy Trumpiner]

On a gray November morning in 2022, Patty Forman was walking to work when she was gunned down inside a building with a daycare, school and government offices.

[Announcer]

Julia Ocampo hidden I heard one loud sound and then multiple gunshots.

[Betsy Trumpiner]

The shooter was Foreman's ex fiance Sean Young, a Canada Border Services officer who then killed himself. Now a CBC News investigation has revealed the border guard used his own service weapon, a semiautomatic handgun, as the murder weapon. The crime rocked Prince Rupert. Julie Furlano worked with Patty Forman at BC's Ministry of Children and Families. The tears have dried up on a day to day basis, but the memories are still alive and well. Some people still have a hard time entering the building like just a sense of safety has been shook. Border Services investigated but released no details to the public. Now CBC has reviewed the Border Service Agency's internal report. It shows the killer was able to take the murder weapon from a restricted Border Services lockup in the middle of the night even though he was off duty. The gun lockup was supposed to be secure, but security cameras hadn't worked for months. Young had the gun for six hours before he killed Foreman, then himself. Only then did Border Services realize his service weapon was missing from the lockup. Jewel Jerstad was Foreman's best friend. She said Foreman feared for her safety after ending the relationship with Young.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Then he started stalking her. She had made a call in regards.

[Announcer]

To feeling unsafe and was worried that.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

He had access to weapons.

[Betsy Trumpiner]

Border Services tells CBC that since Foreman's death it's tightened off duty officers access to weapons and trains supervisors to better recognize mental health warning signs. But the the agency says it won't release any information about Young's mental health even now after his death because of the Privacy act. But Ron McDonald says the public deserves answers. He's the retired head of British Columbia's police watchdog, the Independent Investigations Office of B.C.

[Expert/Analyst]

This is a situation where you have an individual who is in the employ of the state who committed a murder, suicide, who used a publicly owned firearm to do it and did that, committed that act in public. We need to know, did they do everything they were supposed to do?

[Betsy Trumpiner]

Three years after Foreman was killed, her friends and family and Prince Rupert are still grieving, still wondering if her death could have been prevented. Betsy Trumpiner, CBC News, Prince George.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

The union for Alberta hospital workers and the province have narrowly avoided a strike. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says it reached a tentative agreement with the province just before its strike deadline, which would have seen 16,000 members, including licensed practical nurses and healthcare aides, walk off the job. Sam Sampson has more.

[Announcer]

Ain't no power like the power of the people. The power of the people won't stop. Say what?

[Sam Sampson]

Hospital workers were prepped and ready. Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees were set to strike at 8:30am local time. The but mere minutes into this picket line, it was over. A tentative agreement had been reached.

[Announcer]

20 minute walk. We rock.

[Sam Sampson]

The union gave strike notice on Wednesday after weeks of failed negotiations with Alberta's government. They continued at the bargaining table ever since. The AUPE says a deal came through one minute before official strike action was set to start.

[Announcer]

I think it comes down to a matter of respect.

[Sam Sampson]

Licensed practical nurse or lpn. Kayla Oliveira was among the crowd of BUN bundled up healthcare workers at one of the Edmonton picket lines. She says she and her colleagues work so hard and finds the pay differences compared to registered nurses or RNs unfair.

[Announcer]

I have 12 years experience and I make $8 less an hour than some an RN fresh out the gate. I think LPNs have been taken advantage of and the scope of practice was increased by Alberta Health Services with no increased pay. I think that there's a message going around in the public that LPNs are asking for equal pay from our ends and that's just not the case. We are. We do carry diplomas, not degrees, and I think we're just looking for fair recognition.

[Sam Sampson]

Wages were the main issue at the bargaining table. In the end, the union says its affected members will receive between a 12 and 24% wage increase over four years. For most, that will include adjustments to match what counterparts in other provinces make and and retroactive pay to April 1st of 2024 but the union says they aren't fully satisfied with the deal beyond wages. Another key negotiating point was short staffing, which it says was not solved with this latest agreement. Sandra Azikar is AUPE president.

[Announcer]

You know this short staffing is not going to go away. We still have a 12% vacancy rate and those are the things that we continue to push for.

[Sam Sampson]

Alberta Premier Daniel Smith acknowledged that during her province wide radio show.

[Announcer]

I'm sure that there'll be some additional type of work that we need to do with all of our units to.

[Chris Glover]

Make sure that they've got the best workplace conditions possible.

[Sam Sampson]

Union members are set to vote on the agreement later this month. In the meantime, a tentative agreement means all scheduled staff go back to work and Albertans should expect a regular level of health care. Sam Sampson, CBC News, Edmonton.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Across Canada, wait times in hospital emergency departments are getting longer. And according to new data analyzed by CBC Marketplace, patients are getting impatient. The data shows in 2024, half a million Canadians walked out of ERS before being seen by a doctor. And as Marketplace host Chris Glover told us, physicians say it's a worrying trend. Chris, in your reporting, you share an example of how long ER waits can have incredibly serious consequences.

[Chris Glover]

Yeah, and it's certainly an extreme example at that. Back in 2024, 16 year old Finley Van der Werken's parents rushed him to an ER in Oakville, Ontario with abdominal pain. He was triaged at level two. Guidelines say a doctor should see a patient like that within 15 minutes. But instead he waited 8 hours and 22 minutes and by then Finley had seps. He went into cardiac arrest. His organs started failing and the 16 year old died in hospital. Here's part of my conversation with his mother, Hazel.

[Announcer]

I had to go up several times to the nurse's desk and ask for them to come and see Finlay. He was having problems breathing and he was in so much pain he was crying out.

[Chris Glover]

8 hours and 22 minutes. What does that length of time mean?

[Announcer]

It's a number I hate now. And it's eight hours of 22 minutes that Finley had to suffer.

[Chris Glover]

Do you think that his death was preventable?

[Karina Roman]

Yes.

[Expert/Analyst]

Yes.

[Chris Glover]

And Steph? The family is now suing the hospital. And in its statement of defense, Halton Healthcare denies negligence. The hospital also tells us since Finley's death, it's added more doctors during periods of high patient volume.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

His story is incredibly tragic. You guys have looked at the national data here and found that deaths in the ER are rare. But these long wait times are hardly an isolated incident. What more did you find?

[Chris Glover]

Well, we uncovered two main problems. First, ER waits are in fact getting longer. Four or five years ago, the median length of stay in an ER in Canada was up to four and a half hours. But by 2024, that number was up to five and a half hours. And the hospital with the longest wait in Canada was a hospital in Montreal at 13 hours and five minutes. The second problem we uncovered is a growing number of people deciding to leave an ER before seeing a doctor. P.E.I. was the province with the highest percentage of ER patients to do it, 14%. That works out to more than 13,000 people. But even Ontario, the province with the lowest share of ER walkouts at 5%. Due to Ontario's relative size and population, that still means nearly 300,000 patients left. ER Dr. Fraser MacKay is with the Canadian association of Emergency Physicians.

[Expert/Analyst]

It's rare that a shift will go by where one of the patients I'll see isn't someone that was there yesterday or the day before and couldn't handle the wait and left. And now they come back and now they're that much sicker.

[Chris Glover]

And so that is, of course, the big fear. Experts say there are many factors causing long ER waits, including chronic understaffing and a lack of family doctors. But the the biggest factor is something called boarded patients. That's a term for ER patients who have been treated and are awaiting a move to another hospital ward. But because that other ward is full, the patient has nowhere to go and it causes a ripple effect where everybody waits. We spent an entire shift with an ER doctor at Toronto Sunnybrook Hospital, and that day, the longest boarded patient was waiting in the emergency department for 36 hours. Now all provinces acknowledge ER wait times are too long and their trying to expand capacity not just at hospitals, but Steph also adding more primary care workers.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Chris, it's an important story. Thanks so much for looking into it.

[Chris Glover]

Thank you.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Chris Glover is a host with CBC Marketplace and you can watch his full investigation called in critical condition on CBC's YouTube page. You're listening to YOUR WORLD TONIGHT from CBC News. And if you want to make sure you never miss one of our episodes, follow us on Spotify, Apple, wherever you get your podcasts, just find the follow button and lock us in. Sorry if this makes you feel old, but Toy story is 30. When Woody buzz and all the other talking toys hit the big screen Back in 1995, it changed Hollyw and it turned Pixar into a household name. Three decades after that first success, there's a question. Can the studio that launched computer animation to infinity and beyond still deliver the goods. MacDaguebre Slessa reports.

[Announcer]

Bus looking Alien Where?

[Expert/Analyst]

Well, I've always loved the fact that Toy Story is about friendship.

[Betsy Trumpiner]

In Toronto, Michael Beth Doly is celebrating Toy Story's 30th birthday. His company is presenting the movie with the live orchestra this weekend.

[Expert/Analyst]

The heart and the characters, Woody, Buzz, the whole gang. It really stands up even 30 years later.

[Betsy Trumpiner]

And Pixar kept stacking the box office wins, accolades and Oscars from Finding Nemo.

[Announcer]

To Up Where Are We?

[Betsy Trumpiner]

And the flick that turned emotions into characters inside out. For a long time, Pixar nailed the story and evolved with technology, says Daniel Gies, an animator in Montreal.

[Expert/Analyst]

You had this visual language that no.

[Chris Glover]

One had ever seen on the big screen before. You had design that no one had ever experienced in animation in a technique.

[Announcer]

It was a magic trick.

[Betsy Trumpiner]

But does Pixar still have the magic? Its first flop was the good dinosaur in 2015. Since then, many of its original stories have struggled and this summer Elio was its worst box Office, opening at 35 million US globally. Its sequels have had some success, but over time Pixar has fallen behind other studios. Says Polygon Entertainment writer Petrana Radilovich.

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The clearest effect of that in American animation is into the spider verse because that really just like redefined, like what.

[Karina Roman]

An animated movie could be.

[Betsy Trumpiner]

Radilovich points to Sony Pictures Animation as a company now pushing animation in bold new directions.

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I think they're embracing not having things look entirely photorealistic. They're embracing this stylization. They are going for like something that looks more artistic and painterly versus something that completely reflects real life.

[Betsy Trumpiner]

Independent and international filmmakers are making waves too. Flo, the Latvian film made for less than 4 million US was an Oscar winner this year.

[Announcer]

Within that art form, there is an emergence of smaller crew production models.

[Betsy Trumpiner]

Alla Gadazic is an animation historian in.

[Announcer]

Vancouver and that have access to cheaper or open access tools and software that.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

Are able to produce feature length, high quality films.

[Announcer]

Let's do this.

[Betsy Trumpiner]

But Pixar still has big wins. Last year Inside Out 2 was its biggest grossing film of all time with about 1.7 billion US. And Bastoli is reminding everyone there's Toy.

[Expert/Analyst]

Story 5 coming out next year, a.

[Betsy Trumpiner]

Blast from the past 30 years on Makta Gebra Sublessa, CBC News, Toronto.

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I kinda wonder where you know I can leave it alone. You're on my mind okay.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

If you're like me Olivia Dean has suddenly popped up all over your world, social media, billboards, the whole bit. She's 26, English, makes Neo soul music with a retro sound kind of similar to fellow Brit school alums like Adele, Amy Winehouse Ray. You may have heard her hit Man I Need.

[Announcer]

Baby.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

She's heading out on a big tour next year. Tickets sold out in minutes. And that's just the beginning of the problems. When Ticketmaster added a second round, some tickets had a typo which made them 1300% more expensive. So a balcony seat at Boston's TD Garden, for example, that was supposed to be 53 US dollars was on sale for 753 and they sold. To fans, to scalpers, to bots. They sold and now some are being resold for even more. Ticketmaster admits to the typo, but Olivia Dean herself is taking aim, calling out Ticketmaster and promoters Live Nation and AEG saying their service is disgusting, that the resale prices are vile, and to be better. After Deen's plea to be nice to her fans, Ticketmaster said it's capping resale price is on its site at face value and hopes other sites follow. And the whole drama is just another chapter in the ticket seller saga and another thing you suddenly know about Olivia Dean. Here's more Man I Need on youn World Tonight. I'm Stephanie Skenderas. Thank you for listening.

[Announcer]

Already gave you the time and the place so don't be shy Just come be the man I need Tell me you got got something to give I want it I kind of like it when you call me. Talk to me talk to me.

[Stephanie Skenderas]

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