The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/06 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/06 at 16:00 EDT

It's not just you. News in Canada and around the world is moving at an incredible pace, which is where we come in. I'm Jamie Poisson and I host Frontburner, Canada's most popular daily news podcast. And what we try to do is hit the breaks on a story that you actually want to know more about. So try us out. Follow Front Burner wherever you get your podcast, Front Burner, stories you want to follow five days a week. This hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting virtually with his cabinet to discuss Canada's next steps in the U.S. trade war. His government is defending its current strategy. That's after Ottawa failed to secure a deal with Washington before last week's trade deadline. Catherine Tunney has the latest. Is standing up for Canada the right strategy always?

How you do that? Well, that evolves over time. By the ninth minister of France-Wa-Belip-Champaign is dropping up a quick trip to Mexico. a country widely seen as one of the winners following the August 1st trade deadline after it secured a 90-day reprieve from higher U.S. tariffs. Canada was less successful, raising questions about whether Mexico's decision to not retaliate with its own tariffs won Trump over. In an interview with CBC's power in politics, Champagne defended Ottawa's approach so far, but suggested changes could be coming.

You always need to reassess the strategy to make sure that it serves the best interest of Canada, That echoes comments from Prime Minister Mark Carney Tuesday when he said he's open to dropping some counter tariffs if it will help Canadian industries in the end. Catherine Tunney, CBZ News, Ottawa. Newfoundland and Labrador's Premier John Hogan had a few choice words for people breaking the province's fire ban. Cruz responded to at least three bonfires in St. John's yesterday the day that the ban went into effect. It is nuts. The province is on fire. We only have so many assets. to go around and to have a provincial fire ban in place and the day the ban is in place to have bonfires here in the city, I'm so disappointed and frustrated and angry.

Hogan says the province is looking to raise the fines for illegal fires, which can be as low as $75. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association is highlighting the impact of wildfires on people's health. Researchers focused on the fires that ripped through Hawaii in 2023 and Los Angeles in 2025. Jennifer Yoon reports. Oh my gosh, look at the harbor. It's been two years since wildfires devastated the town of Lahaina and Maui, Hawaii. It was one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history.

And new research suggests, even for those who survived, health effects lingered. A study published today in the medical journal, Jama, says, their lungs were not functioning at full capacity, six to 14 months. after the fires were extinguished. Half of them showed signs of depression. Dr. Courtney Howard isn't surprised. The Yellowknife Emergency Room physician researches wildfire in health. She says this study is the latest in an increasing body of evidence,

showing how wildfires can hurt our health. It gives us the information we need to start to really resolutely look at how we can decrease these deaths now and into the future. Howard and the authors of the study say governments should brace health care systems for other climate-related disasters. Jaddafer Yun, CBC News, Toronto. The U.S. is doubling its tariffs on India. The White House says the hike to 50%

is in response to India's continued purchase of Russian oil, and more tariffs could soon be coming for Russia and its trading partners. The U.S. has threatened to announce a new round of sanctions on Friday if it doesn't see progress on a potential ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine. Kremlin advisor Yuri Ashikov says direct talks in Moscow today were constructive. It's a sentiment echoed by President Donald Trump.

He says great progress was made after his envoy, Steve Whitkoff, met with Russia's Vladimir Putin. An army sergeant shot five soldiers at a base in Georgia after being arrested. Before being arrested, pardon me, parts of Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia were locked. down this morning after reports of an active shooter. The fort is home to thousands of soldiers as well as their families. Officials there say the shooter used his personal handgun and not a military issued weapon. His motivation is still unclear. All five victims are in hospital, in stable condition. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.