The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/16 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/16 at 03:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. from cbc news the world is sour i'm neil kumar more than ten thousand air canada flight attendants are now on strike after the airline and the union failed to reach a deal ahead of the deadline a work stoppage is now in effect as the airline estimates that one hundred and thirty thousand customers will be affected each day of the strike philip lee shannock has the latest geoffrey ennis got the bad news while in line to check in at the vancouver airport. Got the message on my phone, tried to call, and I just said, we're sorry, our lines are currently down. He was among the more than 100,000 people impacted by the cancellation of hundreds of Air Canada flights as the airline wound down operations ahead of this morning's strike

deadline. Jobs Minister, Patty Heidu, met the two sides and called their lack of progress unacceptable. Wages and unpaid work, the union says attendance performed prior to takeoff and landing are the major issues. Professor David Gray teaches economics at the University of Ottawa. He says this couldn't come at a worse time. We should not have strikes. The Canadian economy yet is in a weakened state. CUPI rejected Air Canada's request for binding arbitration, preferring a negotiated settlement. Philip Lichanak, CBC News, Toronto. The Air Canada labor dispute is also affecting bargaining between Canada Post and its workers. The two sides were supposed to meet on Friday, but the union for the 55,000 employees says talks with the Crown Corporation

have been pushed to Wednesday because federal mediators are tied up with their Canada. Mail carriers rejected an offer earlier this month. Staking points include wages and job security. U.S. President Donald Trump is back in Washington this morning after a brief summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin. The goal was ending Russia's war in Ukraine, but as Lindsay Duncombe reports, some say Putin came out ahead. It's tough to know what U.S. President

Donald Trump got out of his meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Both leaders said progress was made towards peace in Ukraine, but didn't share any details. We didn't get there, but we have a very good chance of getting there. Speaking through an interpreter, Putin seemed pleased. I expect that today's agreements will be the starting point, not only for the solution of the Ukrainian issue, but also will help us bring back business-like and pragmatic relations between Russia and the U.S. I'm just surprised and shocked. Olga Koshelenko is a journalist covering the meeting for Ukrainian TV.

She thinks Putin came out a winner and worries that's bad for Ukraine. It's just another one disappointment. Like, you know, one more disappointment. Trump said he will speak to Ukrainian president, Flodomier Zelensky, and European leaders about his plan with Putin, whatever it might be. Lindsay Dankholm's CBC News, Anchorage. Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula are praying for rain as they watch the province's largest wildfire events up the northern coast. The Kingston fire has already destroyed at least 100 homes, some business and a school.

Karen Paul's reports. Keep us safe. A couple times a day, Betty Clark goes out to her garage to pray. Please, with your holy hand, almighty God, send some rain. Clark and her husband, Joe, lived just minutes from the Kingston fire. Her daughter, also named Betty Clark, is angry. At the North Shore, got no support and no resources. She's referring to a decision by the province last week

to divert water bombers and other resources from here to a fire just outside St. John's. Several suburbs were evacuated and about 14,000 people were on alert. Craig Cody is the director of the wildfire program. Decisions have to be made quickly, calmly, and rationally. They must be grounded in science and based on the fire conditions at the time. There has been some rain in the last day, but not nearly enough to stop the flames heading this way. Karen Paul's CBC News near Burnt Point, Newfoundland.

And that is your world is sour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.