The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/13 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/13 at 02:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. We begin with breaking labor news. The Union representing 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants, says it has just issued a strike notice. The move came after a midnight eastern deadline. Air Canada flight attendants will be in a strike position this Saturday. And tonight the airline responded by issuing a lockout note. notice to the workers. On Tuesday Air Canada said the two sides were at an impasse. Customers whose flights are canceled will be notified and they'll be eligible for a full refund. Now to 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 force the evacuation of a nearby campground. And fire crews in Newfoundland and Labrador are feeling the strain. They're battling several out-of-control wildfires. Peter Cowen has more. People are really scared. Marlene LeShane has her bag packed, ready to leave her home in Upper Island Cove on the

Bavard Peninsula at a moment's notice. The fire is just a five-minute drive away, but she's worried there aren't enough aircraft and crews trying to stop it. Hot dry conditions in most of the province have created a tinderbox. Yesterday afternoon, a new fire popped up in a cemetery in Spaniards Bay, an hour from St. John's. Aircraft had to divert away from other fires to snuff it out, and crews are tired. Help is on the way. Seventy Canadian forces members are arriving to provide relief on the ground, and the Premier John Hogan says they're searching the continent for more air support. There's four high-capacity

helicopters. Two Blackhawks are on route, and should be here Thursday. Those are coming from Utah. That's on top of aircraft already here from Quebec, Northwest Territories, and New Brunswick. Extra resources aren't cheap. The province says it's paying a million dollars a week for one helicopter from Manitoba. Peter Cowan, CBC News, St. John's. China says it will impose harsh new duties on Canadian canola imports starting Thursday. The move could be devastating to Canadian producers. Andre Harp is a canola farmer in Grand Prairie, Alberta.

To put a bluntly, it was total shock. We did not need to hear that. We're busy getting ready to harvest this year's crop, our mines are on other things. We weren't expecting tariffs, especially this huge. China says it will slap a 75.8% duty on Canadian canola. Canada is the world's second largest cranberry producer, and 80% comes from Quebec. But if the province's cranberry production levels continue to grow, it could lead to major strains on some rivers.

As Sarah Kate DeLare explains, a new report warns of potential, consequences. An internal investigation previously kept secret by the Quebec government was obtained by our Radio Canada colleagues under a freedom of information request. The government says new cranberry farm projects could pump their water simultaneously during dry spells. This could mean some rivers would be pumped dry and in other cases, twice the available water would be needed. The president of Quebec's cranberry growers association, Vincent Godin, says it doesn't reflect their farming practices. We withdraw the water when it's available.

He says cranberry farmers are conscious of water use challenges but doesn't believe more production could lead to river dryouts. It's a quesatine a municipality Gervais Pellarine is the president of the Beaconco Watershed consultation group. He says

this increasing demand could also affect a municipality's economy if it can't continue to reliably provide water to farmers and to residents. Sarah Kate Dallard, CBC news, Quebec City. In Kentucky, the search for a missing 10-year-old boy has come to a tragic end. The body of Jaden Spicer was found in a shallow grave. His mother is now under arrest. Trooper Matt Gayhart is with Kentucky State Police. Jayden's mother, Felicia Gross, 33 of Jackson,

was taken into custody and transported to Kentucky River Regional Jail. She is charged with manslaughter in a second degree, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and falsely reporting an incident. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland.