The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/02 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/02 at 21:00 EDT

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It also takes the strength and determination of the communities around us, whether it's through disease awareness, fighting stigmas and loneliness, education, or empowering people to become more active. Novo Nordisk is supporting local changemakers because it takes more than medicine to live a healthy life. Leave your armor at the door. Watch this paid content on CBC Gem. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. Now that the union representing postal workers has rejected Canada Post's final contract offer,

many people are wondering what will happen next. Postal delivery is expected to continue for the time being. At the heart of the dispute is the long-term future of this country's mail service. CBC's Sarah Law reports. Small businesses are one of the last reliable and profitable customers for the corporation and they're leaving in droves. Dan Kelly is president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. The organization says the union's vote is bad news for everyone.

And if there's another postal strike, two out of three businesses may stop using the Crown Corporation forever. Marvin Ryder predicts Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers will seek binding arbitration through a neutral third party. Jim Gallant, a negotiator with the union, says arbitration is not the desired outcome. He says all parties agree that the best deals are reached at the table. Give this to a third party, after all these other things that have happened, it's just going to be another big mess. Canada Post reported $841 million in losses before taxes last year.

It says letter mail has declined by 60 percent over the last two decades. Sarah Law, CBC News, Thunder Bay, Ontario. An aggressive wildfire on Vancouver Island has burned down railway trestles and is threatening homes. British Columbia firefighters say more lightning could cause more challenges over the holiday weekend. Akshay Kulkarni has more. Fire conditions throughout the day yesterday proved to be challenging, requiring extensive

aircraft operations. A stark update from the BC Wildfire Service. Fire Information Officer Kristi Howes is talking about the Wesley Ridge wildfire, where just under 200 properties northwest of Nanaimo are under evacuation orders, and several disused railway trestles were destroyed. Some fire suppression equipment was damaged last night. That said, workers and staff were tactically withdrawn from that area safely. There have been over 48,000 lightning strikes in BC since Thursday,

and the number of wildfires doubled in the span of a day. Carly de Rosier with the Wildfire Service is urging caution during the long weekend. Areas where there's no measurable precipitation are at the highest risk for new wildfires. DeRosier said anyone camping this weekend should take precautions. Akshay Kulkarni, CBC News, Vancouver. In London, clashes broke out between protesters andprotesters outside a hotel where asylum seekers are staying. Police arrested nine people while keeping the rival groups apart. Anti-migrant demonstrators called for deportations while anti-racism protesters rallied to welcome the would-be refugees.

Similar protests have swept through dozens of British cities this week. On Friday, an American federal appeals court upheld a temporary restraining order. It stops the Trump administration from authorizing indiscriminate immigration stops without probable cause. Steve Futterman has more from Los Angeles. The decision by a three-judge appeals court panel upholds a lower court ruling that said many of the detainments appear to be focused on Latinos and were based on race, the way people look, the language they speak, and the jobs they were

performing. Many officials here have complained about the way the arrests have taken place, including LA Mayor Karen Bass. People are walking down the street, a car will pull up, no license plate, men will jump out completely completely mask, pull guns on whoever it is and take them away. In their ruling, the three judges expressed concern that the arrests are taking place without reasonable suspicion. A lawyer for the Trump administration argued that they were based on what he called individualized assessments.

The Trump administration could now ask for the entire circuit court to review the case or try to take it to the U.S. Supreme Court. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar. you