The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/14 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/14 at 00:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Hurland. Flight attendants with Canada's largest airline have given strike notice, and Air Canada is responding with the threat of a lockout. The two sides appear far apart in negotiations as the potential for a major travel disruption get closer. Rafi Bucanian has more. We deserve to be paid like everyone else. Wesley Lassoski is the president of the Air Canada component for the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

I don't think our response to say, hey, this is what we require is unreasonable. I think it's unreasonable that Air Canada thinks that's all that their crews are currently worth. Air Canada's response to issue a lockout of its flight attendants. Air Canada maintains there's a huge gap between its employees' demands and what it is able to offer. The union's also been looking for a general wage increase after a 10-year collective agreement. The air carrier says in a statement it had put a 38% global wage increase over four years on the table. As for the federal government, Jobs Minister Patty Heidu said she has met with negotiators from both sides and federal mediators remain available. But that was before talks went south and her office has not indicated what it intends to do next.

Rafi Buccan, Yon-CBC News, Arwa. In downtown St. John's, police are investigating a series of arsins as Nicholas. Segan reports, the news comes as out-of-control wildfires continue to burn across Newfoundland and Labrador. The investigation into those fires, we do believe they are suspicious in nature, and we suspect that one person is responsible. Constable James Cattigan says the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is investigating at least five suspicious brush fires set overnight in downtown St. John's. This comes as the province continues to grapple without-of-control fires, including one, just kilometers from St. John's. As this continues to get worse over the last few days,

it's very clear that all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians' level of anxiety continues to rise. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier John Hogan issued new evacuation orders yesterday, and close to 20,000 people are under evacuation alerts. The province's largest fire, the Kingston fire, continues to grow, keeping more than 3,000 people from their homes and destroying houses. As for the forecast, no rain until Friday at the earliest. Nicholas Sagan, CBC News, Halifax. And on Vancouver Island, crews are struggling to contain a large wildfire burning near Port Al-Burney,

which is just west of Nanaimo. It's grown to 20 square kilometers, forced widespread evacuations, and triggered states of emergency in three communities. One of those is the HUE at First Nation. John Jack is the chief. It's grown very quickly, and that's very much. very concerning both for its impact directly, but also the smoke that's happening, and that's quite significant in the Albany Valley and surrounding area.

And finally, U.S. President Donald Trump says his upcoming summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin could set the stage for a second meeting, one where Ukraine's president can take direct part in peace talks. As Lisa Singh reports, European leaders Wednesday voiced their concern around Ukraine's future being decided without its involvement. I would rate it at 10, you know, very, very friendly. U.S. President Donald Trump speaking about a call with European leaders focused on Ukraine's future. He says if all goes smooth on Friday, there could very well be a trilateral meeting that would include both Russia and Ukraine.

The second meeting, which will be more productive than the first, because the first is I'm going to find out where we are and what we're doing. Trump appears to support Ukrainian President Philotemir's Lenthal. He's biggest demand. We hope that the central topic will be that ceasefire, immediate ceasefire. These talks coming amid growing concerns in Kiev and among European allies, Trump could try and broker a peace deal at the cost of territorial concessions. On Wednesday, EU leaders made clear only Zelensky can negotiate Ukraine's territory.

Lisa Scheng, CBC News, Washington. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland.