The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/03 at 22:00 EDT

Book club on Monday. Gym on Tuesday. Ugh! Date night on Wednesday. Out on the town on Thursday! Woo! Quiet night in on Friday. It's good to have a routine. And it's good for your eyes too.

Because with regular comprehensive eye exams at Specsavers, you'll know just how healthy they are. Visit Specsavers.ca to book your next eye exam. Eye exams provided by independent optometrists. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland. The minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade Dominic LeBlanc says he expects Prime Minister Mark Carney 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 Kuzma trade deal but tariffs do 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. Officials on Vancouver Island are hoping a change of weather will help them fight an out-of-control wildfire. The fire northwest of Nanaimo forced evacuation orders for hundreds of properties. The BC Wildfire Service says it's focused on keeping people safe and protecting homes and critical infrastructure.

Mira Bains reports. Cloudy skies and cooler temperatures near the Wesley Ridge fire burning on the north shore of Cameron Lake seem like signs of hope, but strong winds remain a big worry. We are in a period of drought here on the island. Madison Dahl is a fire information officer with the Coastal Fire Centre and says no rain is expected until midweek. But winds are difficult to predict.

Winds will strengthen through the day with peak gusting expected in the early evening hours. Dozens of firefighters and structural protection specialists as well as seven helicopters, are helping put out the fire. Nearly 400 properties, mostly homes, are under evacuation order, with residents required to leave immediately. The fire has grown to an estimated size of almost four square kilometres, but smoke is making it hard for officials to get a clear handle on how big it is.

The fire is suspected to have been caused by human activity. Miura Beans, CBC News, Vancouver. In Gaza, officials from the Hamas-run Health Ministry say another six people have died of starvation in the past 24 hours. Meantime video of starving Israeli hostages is worrying family members. Philip LeShhanok reports. Following international outrage over widespread starvation and deaths from malnutrition, Israel said it would pause military activity in some areas to allow more aid into Gaza.

But humanitarian organizations say the amount of aid that's entered the enclave is not enough. And Hamas says restricting aid to Gaza is harming the remaining hostages. On Friday, Hamas released a propaganda video showing hostage, Avietar David. He appears in a tunnel looking emaciated, saying he eats what his captors eat.

His brother, Eli David, joined other families in condemning the hostage videos, saying it's part of a propaganda campaign by Hamas. The Hamas men are eating. They have plenty of food, they have plenty of water, and they are starving their own people and the hostages. Philip LeShannok, CBC News, Toronto. The former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Hillary Weston, is dead. In a statement, her son, businessman Galen Weston Jr. says his mother was devoted

to her family and believed in the importance of community and service. Weston was a philanthropist and she also worked in the fashion industry as a business leader and model. Hillary Weston was 83 years old. And finally, Lonnie Anderson, who played a struggling radio station receptionist on the hit TV show WKRP in Cincinnati died today, just days before her 80th birthday. And that is your World This Hour. I'm Neal Herland.