The World This Hour for 2025/08/11 at 02:00 EDT
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00:26Certain conditions apply.from cbc news the world is sour i'm neil kumar newfoundland and labrador is under wildfire emergencyas there are four out-of-control wildfires in the province and one that is now containedthe kinks and fires are the most serious and growing rapidly heather gillis has the latesteven with three other out-of-control fires burning four water bombers the province's entire fleetare dousing water on the Kingston Fire's northern edge,trying to prevent further spread.An additional two from Quebec arrived this weekend to help,
01:06but better coordination at the federal level is needed,says the head of Canada's association of fire chiefs.An office within the federal government to help coordinateand oversee resources across Canada.The days where we used to say that they were unpreventableor unpredictable or that the fire seasons were unprecedented,we can no longer say that anymore.Officials have heftily increased fines for breaking the fire ban to $50,000 to $150,000 plus possible jail time.
01:35Crews say that it could take days longer to contain these fires.Heather Gillis, CBC News, St. John's.Australia plans to recognize a Palestinian state joining a growing list of Western governmentsas Israel has become more isolated due to the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.According to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, his government would recognize a Palestinian stateat the United Nations General Assembly in New York next month.The announcement from Australia follows similar ones in recent weeksby Britain, France, and Canada.
02:06Canadians and Americans gathered at the border this weekendfor a handshake across the 49th parallel.The event taking place at the International Peace Gardenthat stretches between Manitoba and North Dakota.The non-profit CEO, David Chapman, says,the idea for the exchange was sparked by mounting tradeand political tensions.He says the celebration was powerful.
02:25See hundreds of Americans and Canadians lining the border channel and showing that the cross-border cooperation that we've celebrated and enjoyed for hundreds of years will continue.The nonprofit event is dedicated to commemorating the longstanding peace between the U.S. and Canada.A Regina couple has developed an app to support people on the road to addiction recovery.It's called Alchemist One, offering a library of content from guided meditations to personal stories from people inactive recovery. The app was created by CEO Adam Geiger with CEO and partner Chelsea Galloway,both of whom have faced addiction themselves. Geiger, who has dealt with a gambling addiction,says the app can be a valuable part of the recovery process. What happens when you exchange relapsewith just that five minutes of mindful reflection, you can really change everything because as we know
03:19when relapse happens, it can be long-lasting and pretty destructive. So yeah, we really just wanted tobuild something that was that daily companion that lives in your pocket. Alchemist 1 already has agrowing community of close to 6,000 downloads. With marijuana in Canada becoming more and morepotent, experts are warning about the risk of psychosis that comes with using the drug. An articlepublished today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal aims to raise awareness amonghealth care practitioners about who is at risk and how to treat it. Alison Northcott reports.In the Canadian Medical Association Journal, psychiatrist Nicholas Fabiano from the University ofOttawa and his co-authors point out cannabis has become five times more potent over the last
04:00two decades with higher concentrations of the psychoactive component, THC.With that jump, and when we know that the associations with THC concentration and onset ofpsychosis or even schizophrenia is higher, it's pretty alarming.Fabiano says a recent Ontario study suggested those who've ended up in the ER from cannabisuse face higher risks of developing schizophrenia. He says physicians and the general public needto know who is at risk and how to manage that.Gibran Kolkar, an associate professor at Western University, says those most at risk ofdeveloping problems are people with a history of mental disorders and young men.
04:36The earlier the exposure to cannabis, the earlier the exposure to higher potency levels ofcannabis, the greater the risk.Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal.And that is your world this hour for CBC News.I'm Neil Kumar.Thank you.
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