The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/18 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/18 at 21:00 EDT

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I'm Neil Hurland. We begin in Alberta where voters are casting ballots in a federal by-election in the riding of Battle River Crowfoot. Conservative leader Pierre Pollyev is trying to win a seat to get back into Parliament after losing his longtime Ottawa riding during April's election. Josh McLean reports. Campaign signs dot the roadside in camera. Alberta. Familiar colors for voters here, deja vu, as they head to the ballot box for the second time in months. This time, though, there's a new name enshrined in conservative blue.

Thanks for coming out. Really appreciate you guys coming out. Pierre Pollyev, fresh off a painful defeat in his Ottawa riding, where he was MP for more than two decades, hoping for a do-over here in Battle River Crowfoot. It's a safe bet. The riding has long been a conservative stronghold. Damien Kirk won it for the with more than 82% of the vote in April, before stepping down weeks later, triggering a by-election, and creating a path for Pahliav back to the House of Commons.

These are local issues that require national leadership, and it would be a privilege to provide. Since then, the conservative leader has been campaigning hard in the riding, emphasizing his formative years spent in Alberta and talking up the benefits of having a party leader as your MP. Polls closed tonight at 8.30 p.m. local time. Josh McLean, CBC News, Calgary.

We're following a major development in the Warren, Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump says a meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia is being arranged. This follows a face-to-face at the Oval Office today between President Zelensky and European leaders. Ashley Burke reports from Washington on Zelensky's reaction. Ukraine's president spoke just outside the gates of the White House tonight after talks wrapped up. Volodymyr Zelensky says he had a long discussion with Donald Trump over a map in the Oval Office and pushed back over how much territory it showed Russia had captured in Ukraine. Trump has repeatedly brought up the idea of Ukraine and Russia swapping land to end the war.

But Zelensky also said he had a warm and meaningful conversation with Trump and that there shouldn't be any conditions tied to a meeting with Russia. I said always so Ukraine will never stop on the way to peace and we are ready for any kind of form us, but on the level of leaders. spoke to Vladimir Putin today for a call that the Kremlin says lasted 40 minutes. Trump writing on truth social that he's already working on setting up a meeting between Zelensky and Putin. Then all three of them sitting down together. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Washington. Canada's jobs minister, Patty Heidu, says the federal government will be investigating allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector.

It's a key complaint of 10,000 air Canada flight attendants who have been on strike. in Saturday, defying a back-to-work order from Ottawa. It's deeply concerning because, in fact, the Labor Code has protections for federally regulated workers and, in fact, prohibits unpaid work. And if there are loopholes that employers are using to get around the Canada Labor Code, we have to know and we have to close them. And as the strike drags on, the flight cancellations keep piling up. By air Canada's count half a million passengers have been impacted.

Mike Crawley reports. Inside the nearly empty Terminal 1 at Toronto's Pearson Airport, information screens list dozens of Air Canada flights has cancelled. The service has been disgraceful. Stephen Phillips was due to fly back home from London on Monday, says the airline emailed him, offering a refund of about $700. Online this morning, look for tickets to Montreal. I got quoted over £7,000.

That's roughly $14,000 Canadian dollars. Under Canada's air passenger protection rules, Customers traveling from an airport in this country are not eligible for compensation if the flight is cancelled for a reason outside the airline's control. That includes a labor dispute. Air Canada's official message to passengers, the airline will attempt to rebook them, including on other carriers. However, it warns seat availability is limited and says the chances it can find other flights quickly are low. Mike Crowley, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.