The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/07/25 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: July 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/07/25 at 12:00 EDT

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The owners of the Red Chris Mine in northern BC are celebrating the successful rescue of three mine workers trapped for more than 60 hours. Bernard Wessels is the head of health and safety for Newmont Corporation, the mine's parent company. What the response has shown is that safety protocols work. Incredible that Kaven, Darren and Jesse did exactly what they were trying to do, and because of that, they stayed safe for more than 60 hours until we could bring them to surface and home.

The rescued workers are all reported to be in good health. The company says remote-controlled equipment was used to clear a wall of debris that was the height of a two-story building. U.S. President Donald Trump says it's possible the United States will not reach an negotiated trade agreement with Canada. Speaking this morning to reporters on the White House lawn, Trump says his administration quote hasn't had a lot of luck with Canada. And he's suggesting that without a deal, the U.S. will implement a unilateral tariff rate. Trump is on his way to Scotland for what's being called a four-day working holiday.

The leaders of Britain, France, and Germany have scheduled an emergency call on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. It comes as differences are emerging among the three countries on what steps are needed to force an end to the Israel-Hamas war. Britain and Germany support a two-state solution in principle, but France now is saying it is ready to formally recognize a Palestinian state. Close to 500 asylum seekers staying in federally funded hotels will soon be forced to find another place to live. Ottawa has been paying for the hotels since 2017, when the country's shelter system first showed signs of being overwhelmed.

And now, as of September, the government says that funding will come to an end. Michelle Allen has the story. The shelter systems have consistently been full. Adoma Patterson is with United Way Greater Toronto, which has studied the experiences of asylum seekers. She says after hotel funding ends, many will struggle to find more sustainable, transitional or affordable housing. Immigration, refugees and Citizenship Canada says housing them in hotels was always intended to be a temporary measure. It's spent over $1.1 billion on hotel

rooms and meals for asylum seekers since 2020. Well this just sounds very alarming. The government's sort of going to very quickly presumably step back from this. Christopher Worswick is an economist with expertise in immigration. He says he's concerned this may push the expenses on to provinces and municipalities who may not have the capital or capacity for a smooth transition. The temporary hotel funding ends September 30th. Michelle Allen, CBC News, Toronto.

It's a trend that appears to be gaining ground among parents on social media sites. It's called feral summer or wild summer. It's essentially a move toward less structured days for children on summer vacation. Deanna Sumanek-Johnson has more. The kids are super happy. Amil Niazi, the Toronto mother of three who writes her parenting column for online magazine The Cut, won't be shuttling her kids from one camp to another this summer. We get outside in the mornings, we have a little down time in the afternoon,

and then in the evenings we're usually back out on the street. The reasons behind the trend known as wild summer or feral summer, nostalgia for simpler freewheeling childhoods but also money. Camps have got more expensive. Financial expert Melissa Leong says that for many families with two working parents or single parent families, expensive though they may be camps are necessary for child care. Time, this community support, those things are not free. The Canadian Camping Association said that overall their

provincial member organizations report steady enrollment and that unstructured play of feral summer is also integral to many camp experiences. Deanna Sumanac-Johnson, CBC News, Toronto. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. ...