The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 20:00 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 Wayne Thibodeau. New data from the B.C. Coroner Service sheds light on the deadly drug crisis. It shows that people working in trades, transportation, and heavy equipment operators New data from the BC Coroner Service sheds light on the deadly drug crisis.

It shows that people working in trades, transportation and heavy equipment operators make up 21% of overdosed deaths since 2022. Experts say long hours and tough job demands are risk factors. Construction Foundation of BC spokesperson Trevor Bookin says he experienced some of those challenges firsthand. The last six years working with men specifically in recovery and trying to find recovery and working through significant mental health crisis, these guys are dying to talk about it. They are dying for somebody to hear them and see them and to understand what they're going

through and brush them off and tell them like, we understand. He says mental health conversations on the job site need to be normalized in order to save lives. Staying in BC, the fire service there says the Wesley Ridge fire burning on Vancouver Island, northwest of Nanaimo has burned through 389 hectares and remains out of control. Here's fire information officer Madison Dahl. We have support from the RCMP, the Dashwood Fire Department, the Crooms Fire Department, and additional authorities and fire departments. BC wildfire firefighters, structured defence personnel, heavy equipment,

and aircraft continue 24-hour wildfire operations on the Wesley Ridge wildfire. Overnight operations include two helicopters that have night vision technology. Just under 400 homes are under evacuation orders, with another 240 on evacuation alert. Experts are encouraging Albertans to think twice before cracking open a cold one on a boat this summer. Emma Zhao has more on a provincial pilot program targeting impaired boaters. The program has identified multiple lakes and rivers near Spruce Grove, Camrose and Red Deer as problem areas.

It gives wildlife officers the ability to administer breath tests on boat operators. Since the program started in May, officers have carried out five breathalyzer tests and one person is facing charges. Steven Cross with Alberta Fish and Wildlife says officers were not able to carry out these measures prior to the program. This was just kind of an obvious addition to our duties and responsibilities because it is a significant public safety risk. Director of Public Education with the Life-Saving Society, Madison Lelonde, says almost 50% of boating-related water fatalities in Alberta involve alcohol consumption. Lack of coordination or inability to make decisions on the water could result in serious injury, hospitalization or even death.

She recommends that everyone on board avoid drinking until after they get back on land. Amma Jow, CBC News, Edmonton. Stolen bikes, a sting operation and eventually an apology. A Toronto couple well known in the cycling community is sharing their story, one that began when their prized bikes were stolen from their shop. Naama Weingarten has the details. I just started to cry because it was like my baby. Looking at the giant hole cut up in their fence, Suzanne Carlson couldn't believe it.

Not only was her bike stolen, so was her partners, Noah Rosen. The bikes are worth thousands, both lovingly modified by the couple, who run VeloColor, a shop known for painting high-end bikes. Suzanne's especially carries memories of a recent trek through Kyrgyzstan's mountains, so they weren't letting these bikes go without a chase. Then they saw an ad on Facebook Marketplace. They say Toronto police wouldn't help without proof of that. So they launched a sting operation. With friends' help, they set up a meeting with the seller and hid in an alley until they had a chance to confront the thief.

They say the culprit was a teenager who later apologized and returned the other bike too. There's already been over a thousand bicycle thefts in the city this year, according to police data. Nama Weingarten, CBC News, Toronto. And finally, Lani Anderson, who played a struggling radio station receptionist on the hit TV comedy WKRP in Cincinnati, died today, just before her 80th birthday. Her longtime publicist says Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a prolonged illness.

WKRP in Cincinnati, here from 1978 to 1982. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Wayne Thibodeau in Charlottetown.