The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 05:00 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. Unionized workers at Canada Post have voted against the Crown Corporation's latest contract offer. As Philipp Lee Shanuck reports, this comes after more than a year and a half of talks. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says the overwhelming vote to reject the latest

offer sends a clear message. This was a vote of non-confidence of the executive board of Canada Post. They're not in touch with the workers. This analyst says a likely scenario is that the two sides will seek binding arbitration to break this impact. This is a necessary step, but it is not a sufficient step. The union says the best way to ensure labour peace and stability for customers is a negotiated contract ratified by its members. Canada Post says business as usual is not sustainable and it's evaluating its next steps.

Philip LeChanock, CBC News, Toronto. In Russia, more than 120 firefighters have been working to extinguish a fire at an oil depot in the city of Sochi that was sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack. Russia's Civil Aviation Authority says flights were halted at the city's airport to ensure air safety. Health Canada issued a recall notice for B-Shick and Shacure model baby nest beds due to a number of safety risks that include fall, strangulation and entrapment hazards. The department says that 11 brand baby co-sleeping bed and luggage middle beds do not meet the regulations.

Consumers are advised to stop using the recall products immediately. Nova Scotia health officials say that one child has been sent to hospital due to measles. The child is currently in stable condition. The province is now reporting 44 cases in the northern zone. Across Canada, there are more than 4,000 cases. New light is being shed on the toxic drug crisis in BC after the province's coroner released data showing the occupations of those who died over a three-year span. One of the industries seeing the largest numbers of Drake Fidelity is the trades. Michelle Morton has more. There can be broader awareness of the sort of occupational inequities that we see in overdose fatalities. Lindsay Richardson is the Canada Research chair in social inclusion and health equity. She says there could be several occupational drivers of substance use.

New data from the BC Coroner Service shows those employed in trades, transport and equipment operation account for 21 percent of deaths on average between 2022 and last year. It's often really physically demanding work with high rates of work related pain and injury. With the construction foundation of BC, Trevor Botkin says he experienced some of those challenges firsthand. What was simply blowing off steam became this place I was drowning and I didn't know how to ask for help. Botkin now provides supports for those working in the industry. They are dying for somebody to hear them and see them and to understand what they're going

through. Shaul Morton, CBC News, Vancouver. In Calgary, a woman has lost more than $300,000 in what is to be described as an increasingly common form of fraud. Terry Trimbath reports. Shauna Nelson has been living at the Unison at Kirby Center's abuse shelter for six months. The 63-year-old says she's a victim of a romance scam

and lost her life savings. $380,000. It started five years ago. Nelson says he told her his name was Gilbert and they developed a romantic connection never meeting. He said he worked for the US government and that they're not allowed to show their face. By 2023, Nelson sold her house and moved into a motel with the intention of joining Gilbert

in the States. I wanted to find true love and that's what I thought I found. As alarming as her story is, Larry Matheson, the head of the Kirby Center, says it's not unusual. Financial abuse is a common, a very high incidence of our cases have that. Nelson reported it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. The Centre says seniors lost $23 million to romance scams last year. Terry Trombath, CBC News, Calgary. And that is your World is Sour.

For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.