The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/12 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/12 at 21:00 EDT

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I'm Neil Hurland. More than 20,000 people in Newfoundland and Labrador are under evacuation alerts. Several fires are burning out of control across the province. As Nicola Segan reports, officials are urging people to be ready to leave home at a moment's notice. This is not a normal situation, and we can't treat this as anywhere near normal. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier John Hogan appealing directly to the tens of thousands of people who may soon be forced from their homes by raging wildfires. Four fires burn out of control in the province.

Two are especially threatening. The Kingston fire on the Beta Verde Peninsula, around 100 kilometers from St. John's, has grown to more than 60 square kilometers. And the new Paddy's Pawn fire erupting Monday in a densely populated area just kilometers from St. John's. Us sitting up here can only imagine the stress and the situation people are in in terms of being evacuated, waiting for evacuation, or being evacuated, having lost your homes. Hogan says a local state of emergency is being expanded in parts of the capital city

as firefighters try to hold the wildfire back. Nicholas Sagan, CBC News, Halifax. And in British Columbia, wildfire just south of Port Albany on Vancouver Island is raging out of control, growing to. 14 square kilometers. It's closed the main road to Bamfield, cut power to the West Coast community, and forced the evacuation of a nearby campground. Air Canada says it has reached an impasse with a union that represents its flight attendants. Kupi is asking for higher wages and flight attendants paid hours to include their work before and after a plane is in the air.

The airline says the two sides are still far apart. Around 10,000 flight attendants could be going on strike as early as Saturday. China is slapping a 75.8% tax on all imports of Canadian canola seed. The temporary duty kicks in on Thursday. The Chinese government says its preliminary investigation determined canola from Canada was being sold below fair value. New numbers suggest the federal government has a long way to go to reach its housing targets. Prime Minister Mark Carney's liberals came into office with a promise to build half a million

homes and lift the country out of a housing crisis, but it's off to a slow start. Kate McKenna has more. We have solved a housing crisis before. In our past, we can solve the housing crisis now. Housing was a key issue for the Mark Carney Liberals during the federal election campaign, as costs have soared, leaving young Canadians priced out. But instead of more housing stock on the horizon, new Statistics Canada data shows the value of new residential building permits issued last quarter dropped double digits, indicating less interest

from developers in building homes. Housing researcher Mike Moffitt says it all comes down to the math. We've reached a point at which the costs are so high relative to prices is just no longer economically viable to build most forms of housing. These figures come one day after Ontario reported that it is not on track to meet its housing target of 1.5 million homes built by 2031. Even after changing the way they count to include things like dorm rooms and long-term care beds. Housing Minister Gregor Robertson was not available for an interview. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. Palestinian medics say an Israeli attack on Gaza City has killed at least 11 people. The bombardment comes as the leader of Hamas heads to Cairo for a fresh round of talks to discuss a U.S.-backed

ceasefire plan. Today, Israel's Prime Minister reiterated a deal must include the disarming of Hamas and the release of Israeli hostages. Benjamin Netanyahu also accused Hamas of lying about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Now, if we had a starvation policy, no one in Gaza would have survived after two years of war. But our policy has been the exact opposite. Our goal is not to occupy Gaza.

Our goal is to free Gaza, free it from Hamas terrorists. In a joint statement today, 24 nations, including Canada, said a crisis of famine has reached unimaginable levels. They're urging Israel to allow more aid into the territory. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland.