The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 19:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Wayne Thibodeau. New light is being shed on who is dying in the toxic drug crisis. Data from the B.C. Coroner's Service reveals which occupations face the highest risk. It turns out workers in the trades are among those most impacted. Michelle Morton reports. Those employed in trades, transport and equipment operation account for 21 percent of deaths on average between 2022 and last year, according to new data from the Coroner's Service. Lindsay Richardson is the Canada Research Chair in Social Inclusion and Health Equity.

She says there could be several occupational drivers of substance use. Sometimes the work environment is isolated or inhospitable, and it's often really physically demanding work. With the Construction Foundation of B.C., Trevor Botkin says he experienced some of those challenges himself. I just started drowning and my mental health shifted, my drug use shifted. After seeking treatment in 2019, Botkin now provides supports for those working in the industry and says mental health conversations on the job site need to be normalized to save lives. Michelle Morton, CBC News, Vancouver.

Canada U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he expects Prime Minister Mark Kearney and U.S. President Donald Trump will speak in the next few days. LeBlanc appeared on a CBS News program this morning saying he thinks the two countries can reach a deal to strike down newly imposed tariffs. We think the economies of both countries are strengthened when we do things together. The trading relationship between Canada and the United States is unlike other partners. One description which I thought was very apt, we don't sell things to each other as much as we build things together and that's why it's it's difficult in this relationship when so much is integrated, but we remain

very optimistic. The 35% levy that took effect Friday is only on Canadian goods not covered by the KUSMA trade agreement, but does apply to significant industries including steel, aluminum, automotive and softwood lumber. The union representing 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants is holding a strike vote that will close on Tuesday. The two sides have been in contract talks since the start of the year. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says its top priority is boosting compensation

for flight attendants. It might seem pleasant to have a cold beer while you're out at the lake or on a river, in a boat, but in the boat and be aware of the surroundings. All the same reasons why you shouldn't be impaired in a regular motor vehicle on a highway. Albert is cracking down on impaired boating with a new program that allows wildlife officers to give breathalyzer tests to boaters. The program runs until September 1st. So far one person is facing facing criminal charges stemming from an incident in May.

A couple of Toronto cyclists got their stolen bikes back with a sting operation. Susan Carlson and Noah Rosen's custom bikes were taken from their Toronto shop after thieves broke through a fence. They tracked down the thief through an online ad and set up a fake meeting to recover the bikes, which succeeded but police did not take part in the sting, saying there wasn't proof it was the same bike. Alessan Carlson now shares. 100% still report it.

You can do it online. And biggest takeaway is record your serial number because that's what ended up happening with the cop. He was like, if you have a serial number, then all of these physical attributes that could be changed don't matter. And then the other thing is, any time you change something on your bike, take a picture of it. Police say more than a thousand bikes have been stolen in Toronto at so far this year. And that is The World Is Sour.

For CBC News, I'm Wayne Thibodeaux in Charlottetown.