The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/14 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/14 at 09:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Nudududdin Khorane. Rain is the only hope to stop an out-of-control wildfire, according to a New Brunswick official. Minister of Natural Resources, John Heron, says the fire burning near Miramishie is still growing. The descriptor of it being beyond control,

I think I've used those very words myself. It's a massive challenge for us. The best we can do at the moment is be able to steer the trajectory of fire. There is some relief in sight. Rain is forecast to start this morning and continue throughout the day. Meanwhile in British Columbia, fire crews are working to protect the city of Port Albany. A drought on Vancouver Island is testing firefighters in new ways. John Northcott has more. Officials are using the words unusual and aggressive to describe the fire on the outskirts of Port Albany. The city, population 22,000, has residents of its southern neighborhoods under evacuation alert. Winds have shifted

and in 24 hours it grew from 1,400 hectares to over 2,000. But for the 64 firefighting crews on the ground, the big challenge is the dry conditions, prompted by a drought that started as far back as May. Here's fire information officer, Carly de Rozier. It would take a significant amount of rain over a longer period to really penetrate the ground, to extinguish the fire that is going to be burning deep in the ground,

which is common when we see wildfires burning, in areas that are impacted by drought. What they really need is not only rain, but a steady, sustained rain that will penetrate the ground and really get at the fires still active underground. John Northcott, CBC News, Toronto. The House of Commons and Canada's cybersecurity agency are investigating a data breach.

CBC News obtained an internal email telling parliamentary staff a malicious actor gained access to a database. It contained information used to manage computers and mobile devices. The data includes employees' names, job titles, and office locations. For two years, countries have been trying to come up with a treaty to end plastic pollution. But with less than 24 hours left in the talks, there are still deep divisions. Jennifer Yoon reports. Microplastics have been found all throughout the human body.

Scientists like Dr. Chris Carlston are only just starting to find out exactly what it's doing to our health. I don't think there's any question that these are having effects on our body, immunologically. We create over 400 million tons of new plastic every year, and that number is on track to triple in the coming decades. Canada is among the countries that have gathered in Geneva. They're supposed to come up with a legally binding treaty that would end plastic pollution. Aaron Silsby is part of the Canadian delegation. Well, we have done much work. We have a long way to go. About 100 countries want to put a cap on new plastic production, but others oppose that. Talks are to wrap up today. All 175 countries gathered need to agree to the treaty. If they managed to get it done,

it would be the first ever legally binding treaty on plastic pollution. Jennifer Yun, CBC News, Toronto. As tropical storm Aaron intensifies into a hurricane, many in the U.S. are bracing for the potential impacts of cuts to public agencies that study and forecast dangerous storms. Katie Nicholson reports. This is just horrific. Veteran broadcast meteorologist John Morales broke down on air as Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified off the Florida coast last October. This year, something else is upsetting him. We're down 560 people in the U.S. National Weather Service. The Trump administration cut hundreds of jobs from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its National Weather Service.

Last week, the administration greenlit hiring 450 people at the Weather Service, but it's unlikely they'll be in place in time for peak hurricane season. Hundreds of research jobs are still axed. Morales worries the cuts could impact how many hurricane hunter flights fly into the storms and collect data. NOAA also shares information with Canada during hurricane season. Environment and climate change, Canada says

it has contingencies it can work with. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Miami. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Nuderdin Korane. Thank you.