The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/18 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/18 at 00:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. from cbc news the world is sour i'm neil kumar there is more frustration and uncertainty for air canada pastures as striking workers are still off the job after defying a back-to-work order the airline now says that it plans to restart operations by monday evening philip lee shannock has the latest rallying outside airports across the country striking flight attendants making their case loudly They were ordered back to work by the federal government, but they are defying that order, calling it unconstitutional. The union's national president making his position on the federal order clear.

To legislate us back to work 12 hours after we started, I'm sorry, snowstorms have shut down Air Canada for longer than we were allowed to strike. Air Canada had planned to resume operations Sunday. Those plans are now on hold until Monday evening at the earliest. This union representative says they'd rather be flying. I love my job. I love my passengers. I think if my passengers know when I get on board, that's where I'm meant to be. And that's where all my flight attendants want to be today.

Philip Lyshanock, CBC News, Toronto. Federal by-elections rarely garner national tension. But the one in Alberta on Monday is. voters will decide if conservative leader Pierre Poliyev gets to return to the House of Commons. But as Emily Fitzpatrick tells us, this by-election is unlike any before. It all started in June when a by-election was called in the rural Alberta riding of Battle River Crowfoot. The winner, Conservative Damien Currick, who handedly won his seat in the April general election, stepped down so conservative leader Pierre Polyev could run.

The odds are in Polyev's favor, but political scientist Lori Williams says not only does he have to win, it needs to be a clean sweep. He's got to win decisively. Nobody has won this riding by less than 70%. In the last election, it was almost 83%. He definitely needs to be closer to 83 if he's going to avoid questions about his leadership. Some locals like grain farmer Humphrey Bannock wonder how Pollyev's lack of connection to the area will affect them. Say that we're going to be on a pedestal and our issues are going to be held at a much higher level. I'm torn by it. Emily Fitzpatrick.

Network, CBC News, Edmonton. Ukraine's president is now in Washington for what could be a pivotal meeting with the U.S. president on Monday. Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Whitkoff, says the Russian president agreed to allow the U.S. and other countries to provide Ukraine with security guarantees. Putin has said that a red flag is NATO admission. Assuming that the Ukrainians could agree to that, we were able to win the following concession, that the United States could offer Article 5. protection. NATO's Article 5 states an attack on any NATO member is considered an attack on all NATO members. Residents in Quebec's Lackmagantik area say a promised railway project has been stalled for far too long. 47 people died when a runaway train derailed and smashed into

the downtown core and exploded back in 2013. However, plans for the new rail line have been stuck for the past two years. Shudi Lee reports. where outrage, says Robert Belfleur, a spokesperson for a citizens' rail safety group, different levels of government committed to fund a rail bypass to send trains around Lackmagantics downtown. That was seven years ago. What seems to be holding up construction is an incomplete authorization request by the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway to the CTA, Canadian Transportation Agency. Bellefleur says it's a running joke.

The rail company made the initial request for authorization for, years ago, but the CTA said information was missing. The railway points the finger at Transport Canada. It says it's waiting on outstanding requirements to complete its request. In a statement to Radio Canada, Transport Canada didn't provide details on those requirements. It says the federal government is working with the rail company to start construction as soon as possible while respecting regulatory approvals. Shue Yili, CBC News, Montreal. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.