The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/13 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/13 at 00:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Air Canada says it has reached an impasse with a union that represents its flight attendants. Around 10,000 flight attendants could be going on strike as early as Saturday if both sides don't reach a deal by this hour. Nisha Patel has more. We are still at the table. Air Canada's Vice President Gristoff Annabelle says contract talks between

the airline and the union representing its flight attendants are going down to the wire. We've offered an increase of more than 38% on global compensation, and that's been turned down by the union. So time is running short. Earlier Air Canada proposed involving a third-party arbitrator to resolve the labor dispute. The union says Air Canada's latest offer doesn't keep up with inflation and still leaves flight attendants with working hours that are unpaid. Wesley Lysoski is a spokesperson for the union and says they've gone back to the airline with a new proposal. So bargain, come to the table, reply to proposals, expedite that if you're down to the crunch. I don't think we need the government to interfere.

If both sides don't come to an agreement by Tuesday midnight, more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants could walk off the job as early as Saturday. Nisha Patel, CBC News, Toronto. Canada's canola farmers are bracing for steep losses after China announced a new duty on seeds. The move follows an investigation into whether Canada was undercutting China's own producers. As Alexander Silberman reports, farmers say it could be devastating. We're caught in the middle of a trade war that we neither wanted or started or have any influence on. Saskatchewan farmer Bill Probilski says a new duty from China is a devastating blow to his canola crop. China is

hitting seed imports with a preliminary tariff of over 75%. A new escalation. A new escalation, in a year-long trade dispute. Some producers are going to be forced to sell their canola and likely selling it at a loss. In March, China imposed 100% tariffs on Canadian canola oil and meal, a response to Canada's duties on electric vehicles, aluminum, and steel.

Now all three canola products, meal, seed, and oil are facing tariffs. China is the largest market for canola seed, valued at $4 billion in annual exports. With harvest just weeks away, producers say Canada will have to act fast. Alexander Silverman, CBC News, Regina. Newfoundland and Labrador has issued a state of emergency for parts of the province as four wildfires burn out of control.

More than 20,000 people living on the outskirts of St. John's have been told to prepare to evacuate their homes. And a fire just south of Port Albany on Vancouver Island is raging out of control, growing to 14 square kilometers in size. Katie DeRosa reports. Since Monday night, Port Albany residents have watched the thick, dark wildfire smoke eclips their community. Mike Morash describes what he saw from his backyard. We watch it go from like a small mushroom to a massive mushroom over the course of like 10 minutes. Like this thing is just going out of control.

The Mount Underwood fire is burning out of control. rapidly expanding to nearly 14 square kilometers. It's closed the road between Port Albany and Bamfield on Vancouver Islands west coast, cut power to Bamfield and the village of Anacla. It's also forced the evacuation of the China Creek campground. Julia Karanchi is a fire information officer with the BC Wildfire Service. The fire behavior we are seeing on this fire is extreme, driven by strong winds, extremely dry conditions. So far, the fire has not threatened any homes in Port Albany.

acknowledge the anxiety that comes with a fire like this. But Mayor Shari Minions says residents are on high alert. Katie DeRosa, CBC News, Victoria. The U.S. President Donald Trump's attempt to crack down on crime in Washington is now underway. Hundreds of U.S. National Guard members are now in the U.S. Capitol, and they've made some arrests. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.