The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 00:00 EDT

Welcome to the Dudes Club, a brotherhood supporting men's health and wellness. Established in the Vancouver downtown Eastside in 2010, the Dudes Club is a community-based organization that focuses on indigenous men's health, many of whom are struggling with intergenerational trauma, addiction, poverty, homelessness, and chronic diseases. The aim is to reduce isolation and loneliness, and for the men to regain a sense of pride and purpose in their lives. As a global healthcare company, Novo Nordisk is dedicated to driving change for a healthy world. It's what we've been doing since 1923.

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. Breaking news from the World Aquatic Championships in Singapore,

where Canadian swimming phenom Summer Macintosh has secured the top spot overall in the women's 400 individual medley qualifying heats. The 18-year-old has already won three gold medals from the 400-meter freestyle, 200 individual medley and 200-metre butterfly. She now moves on to the finals, which takes place on Sunday morning. 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. 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. Vincent Jaloso says it's time for Canada Post to go private. The associate professor of economics at George Mason University in Virginia says every time it faces trouble, consumers pay the price. No competition means no incentives to try to cut costs, to innovate, to be efficient. Mariah Battist runs Sunday Lace Creations, an indigenous-owned bead store in Eskasoni,

Nova Scotia. She fears what would happen in communities that rely on PO boxes. First Nations communities aren't able to get their mail from, say, UPS or Pure Later. And so those are the inequities of the people who are affected the most in these kinds of disputes. Sarah Law, CBC News, Thunder Bay, Ontario. 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 Rae, CBC News, Halifax. A man is under arrest after a vehicle went through the front

door of the RCMP headquarters in the Montreal area. Montreal police say the 44-year-old suspect has mental health issues and was possibly in a crisis No one was injured inside the building, but the suspect suffered minor injuries Another man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an arson and extortion scheme and Edmonton homebuilders are the targets Madeline 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. And that is your World is Sour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.