The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/16 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/16 at 07:00 EDT

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are now on strike after the airline in the union failed to reach a deal ahead of the deadline the airline estimates that 130,000 customers will be affected each day of the strike philip lee shannock has the latest geoffrey innis 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. CUPY rejected Air Canada's request for binding arbitration, preferring a negotiated settlement.

Philip Lichanak, CBC News, Toronto. U.S. President Donald Trump is back in Washington this morning after a brief summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska, posting on a social media platform, Trump says he doesn't want to ceasefire in Ukraine. He wants a full peace accord. He'll meet Monday in Washington with Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky. Lindsay Duncombe reports. 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. 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, Floomir Zelensky, and European leaders about his plan with Putin, whatever it might be. Lindsay Dankholm, CBC News, Anchorage.

To the Maritimes now, where crews in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are fighting dozens of fires, with some rain in the forecast, but officials say it's likely not enough. Shana Luck has that story. A water bomber soars over a parched field in West Delhousie, Nova Scotia. The area saw a bit of rain late in the week, but with that rain came lightning that could start new fires, says Jim Rutterham of the Department of Natural Resources. And that lightning is now in the ground somewhere waiting to pop up. Another unexpected setback for the firefight.

Late on Friday afternoon, one of the helicopters fighting the wildfire crashed in shallow water. The pilot was conscious and talking to rescuers, but it was an alarming moment for the mission. Meanwhile, in New Brunswick, several fires are still burning out of control. The largest is north of the city of Miramishi. On Friday evening, the province told some people who live in the area to be prepared to leave on short notice. Now, 40 firefighters are arriving from Ontario to help, while 20 Nova Scotian firefighters head home to help their own province. Shane Luck, CBC News, Halifax. Hurricane Aaron has intensified into a category three storm.

According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, Aaron is about 275 kilometers northeast of Anguilla, with maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers an hour. It's not expected to hit land, but strong winds could bring flooding and landslides to nearby islands. Aaron may gain strength into a category four hurricane later today. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fagg.