The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/19 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/19 at 04:00 EDT

Art has power to inspire us, to unite us, to give us solace and courage when we need it most, to create important stories, lasting memories, a sense of belonging. Your National Art Center serves as a catalyst and communities across Canada, empowering artists, inspiring audiences, and bringing us closer together. Learn more at nac.c.c.c.a slash create in Canada. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Federal Conservative leader Pierre Pollyev is heading back to Parliament.

Thank you very much to the great people of Battle River Crowfoot. CBC News projects he will win the by-election in Alberta after he lost his seat during April's general election. Last night, Pollyev gave a victory speech. He criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney. and vowed to offer solutions to the problems facing Canada. This fall, as Parliament returns, we will not only oppose out-of-control liberal inflation, crime, immigration, cost of living, and housing prices.

But we will propose real solutions for safe streets, secure borders, a stronger and sovereign country with bigger take-home pay for our people. More than 99% of the votes have been counted, and so far, Polyev has won 80% of the ballots. Independent candidate Bonnie Critchley came in second place. Thousands of Air Canada flight attendants remain on strike. The union representing them says workers plan to stay on the picket lines, defying a federal back-to-work order. Last night, the two sides met with a mediator.

The strike is causing chaos for travelers, with many left stranded or scrambling to find alternate travel plans. Alexander Silberman reports. Some 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants still off the job, showing a sense of resolve on picket lines outside airports across the country. Stranded passengers caught in the middle, with several thousand flights canceled so far. I'm pretty worried about that. Gazi Hawke was waiting in line at Regina International Airport, trying to reschedule his canceled flight. He's desperate to make it to Bangladesh to see his parents who had a medical emergency. For stranded travelers, there are no signs of a resolution anytime soon. Mark Hancock,

president of the union representing flight attendants, says there is no limit to what he's willing to do. And if it means folks like me going to jail, then so be it. The strike, leaving travelers' plans up in the air as planes remain on the ground. Alexander Silverman, CBC News, Regina. U.S. President Donald Trump says a meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia is being arranged. The announcement comes after a face-to-face at the Oval Office Monday between President Zelensky and European leaders.

Ashley Burke has reaction from Zelenskyy. Ukraine's president spoke outside the gates of the White House Monday night describing talks with Donald Trump as warm and meaningful. Volonimir Zelensky says he also had a long discussion with the U.S. president about a map in the Oval Office and push 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 says there shouldn't be any conditions tied to meeting with Russia. Ukraine will never stop on the way to peace and we are ready for any kind of formats, but on the level of leaders. Trump posted on truth social that he spoke to Russia's president on Monday and is already working on setting up a meeting between Zelensky and Vladimir Putin.

Then he wants a trilateral meeting with them both. The Chancellor of Germany says the leaders of Ukraine and Russia are expected to meet in the next two weeks. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Washington. A former prominent RCMP spokesperson turned whistleblower has died at the age of 58 after a battle with cancer. Catherine Galliford went public with sexual misconduct allegations within the police force more than a decade ago. And pulled out an appendage. He wanted to show me his mole because he wanted to know if I thought it was cute.

She filed a lawsuit that was settled in 2016. It led to a wave of more civil suits from other officers that forced a reckoning within RCMP ranks. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm M. Neil Hurlin.