The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/16 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/16 at 06:00 EDT

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I'm Claude Fagg. A last-minute nudge by the federal jobs minister wasn't enough to get Air Canada and the flight attendants union to hammer out a deal. At just before 1 a.m. Eastern Time, 10,000 workers walked off the job, followed by a lockout by the company. Philip Lee Shanik reports. Jobs minister, Patty Heidu, met the two sides hours before the deadline and called their lack of progress unacceptable.

She urged Coupie flight attendants and Air Canada to return to the bargaining table. While Air Canada requested binding arbitration, Cupy rejected federal intervention and said it wanted a negotiated settlement. Wages and unpaid work, the union says attendance performed prior to takeoff and landing are major issues. The union has called a media conference Saturday morning at a hotel near Pearson Airport in Toronto. Meanwhile, Air Canada says the union's demands are financially unsustainable and is winding down operations across the globe. As a Friday night, 623 flights have been cancelled, impacting more than 100,000 people.

The last time Air Canada flight attendants threatened to strike was in 2011 when the federal government tabled back-to-work legislation. Philip LeShannock, CBC News, Toronto. It was a high-stakes meeting that didn't yield a lot of details. President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have wrapped up their meeting in Alaska, a meeting that was focused on the future of Ukraine. Lisa Jing reports. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not give any specifics about what they achieved, nor did they answer any questions after their almost three-hour meeting. Just that it was extremely productive, according to Trump.

Many points were agreed to. There are just a very few that are left. Some are not. That's significant. One is probably the most significant. That one point, a stop to the war in Ukraine, nothing on potential economic deals nor details about territorial concessions, just that he would call the Ukrainian president and the NATO countries to brief them, a change from the usually talkative president. But speaking on Fox News after the summit, Trump said there could now be that second meeting. Now it's really up to President Zelensky to get it done. and I would also say the European nations, they have to get involved a little bit,

but it's up to President Zelensky. Lisa Singh, CBC News, Washington. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volonimir Zelensky is now set to make a trip to Washington on Monday to visit U.S. President Donald Trump, where they'll discuss bringing the war to an end. Trump conducted a multilateral phone call with European leaders last night following that summit, including Zelensky. Zelensky agreed to meet at the White House. during that call.

Residents of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula are praying for rain as they watch the province's largest wildfire advance up the northern coast. The Kingston fire has already destroyed at least 100 homes and some businesses 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 this hour. Remember for news anytime, you can visit our website at cBCNews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Clawfake. Thank you.