The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/02 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/02 at 22:00 EDT

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When debts got you, you've got us. Give Credit Counseling Society a call today. Visit NoMoreDets.org. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has rejected what Canada Post calls its final offer. This leaves both sides considering their options. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has rejected what Canada Post calls its final offer. This leaves both sides considering their options.

Meanwhile, the idea of privatizing mail and parcel delivery is resurfacing, along with concerns about how rural and Indigenous communities would be served by for-profit companies. Sarah Law reports. The country's largest association of small and medium-sized businesses is calling on Ottawa to extend the current collective bargaining agreement. Because if there's another postal strike, it says two out of every three businesses may decide to walk away from Canada Post forever. Marvin Rider is an associate professor at McMaster's DeGroote School of Business. He says that while Canada Post could issue a lockout, it may not be in its favour. It would upset a lot of Canadians at a time given Donald Trump, what have you,

they're already feeling upset. Ryder predicts both sides will seek binding arbitration, where a neutral third party would choose between each party's last best offer. If that happens, he says a deal may be reached in the next few weeks. In the meantime, with a drastic decline in letter mail and red ink rising fast, he says the Crown Corporation must do things differently. Sarah Law, CBC News, Thunder Bay, Ontario. In Seoul, protesters gathered to denounce the American trade war. President Donald Trump imposed a 15 percent tariff on goods imported from South Korea.

That's down from an earlier threat of 25 percent, but it will still hurt the country's economy. In its deal with Trump, South Korea agreed to invest $350 billion in American projects and bought $100 billion in American energy. The South Korean government says it would end months of uncertainty. Another man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an arson and extortion scheme and Edmonton homebuilders are the targets. Madeleine Smith was in the courtroom. 20-year-old Manav here admitted he was part of the criminal conspiracy targeting successful

South Asian developers. Starting in 2023, homebuilders started getting violent threats and demands for money. When they didn't pay, their properties were torched. Heer admitted to setting some of the fires, as well as participating in an attack on a private security guard watching over the homes, shooting out the rear window of the guard's car with an airsoft gun. According to an agreed statement of facts read in court, police found extensive evidence of Heer's involvement on his cell phone after he was arrested, including group chats discussing

arson plans and lists of addresses owned by developers targeted in the extortion scheme. Heer is the second person to plead guilty in the case after several people were arrested last summer. A sentencing date for his case will be set later. Madeline Smith, CBC News, Edmonton. Northern Nova Scotia is the latest area to grapple with a measles outbreak and one child has required hospitalization. Officials say the cases are still limited to a single community, and the risk of wider spread remains low. Carolyn Ray reports.

There are now 44 cases in northern Nova Scotia, including the child, who is being treated at the IWK in Halifax. Public Health says the family called in advance of going to the hospital, so arrangements were made to ensure no one was exposed when they were brought in. In a release it doesn't give the age of the child. Public Health only says they're in stable condition. This is the first hospitalization from the cluster in northern Nova Scotia. Public Health won't say exactly where the cases are located. They're in a limited community and it says patients are working closely with officials.

In previous updates to the media, it said the majority of these patients are young and unvaccinated. Public Health says vaccinations will protect the vast majority of the province. It continues to encourage people born after 1970 to make sure they have a booster shot. Carolyn Ray, CBC News, Halifax. And that is your World is Sour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.