The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/13 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/13 at 04:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Air Canada passengers may be stuck this weekend. The Union, representing more than 10,000 flight attendants, says its members will go on strike Saturday morning. Anise Hadari reports. Cupid, the Union representing Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flight attendants has told the company they plan to walk.

out Saturday morning. The goal here is not to issue strike notice and sit around for 72 hours. Wesley Lissoski is the president of QP's Air Canada component. He says Air Canada didn't come to the table with additional money after the last offers and counter offers were rejected. We also need to bargain a collective agreement. Air Canada said it is offering to now pay, at least partly, for hours worked before and after flights. In the days leading up to this strike notice, the union said the offers didn't keep up with inflation. As for Air Canada passengers who are worried they won't have a flight to catch, they could be moved to another airline. Because a labor dispute is considered outside of the airline's control, Air Canada probably won't have to

compensate passengers for the inconvenience or other costs. Any Cedare, CBC News, Calgary. Fire crews in Newfoundland and Labrador are feeling the strain. They're battling several out-of-control wildfires. Peter Cowan has more. are really scared. Marlene LeShane has her bag packed, ready to leave her home in Upper Island Cove on the Bayford 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 tinder box. 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. And in British Columbia, wildfire just south of port. Alburni on Vancouver Island is raging out of control, growing to 14 square kilometers. 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 strain 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 quaintopin. Gervé Pellarine is the president of the Beaconco Watershed Consortation 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 Dallair, CBC News, Quebec. City. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.