The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/19 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/19 at 07:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings the strike by air canada's 10,000 flight attendance is over the airline and the canadian union of public employees have come to terms on a tentative contract agreement and the flight attendants will be returning to work ahead of a ratification vote brent ruskin has more representatives of the company representatives of the union have been working from 7 p.m. until 4.23 a.m. That's according to an update from QPee officials saying that they have reached a tentative agreement. Now, this deal is still needing that ratification vote, so it will go to the 10,000 flight attendants who have been on strike to get that approval from membership. Air Canada says that there will still be

cancellations in the days ahead, because it is going to take a while to go from zero back up to full resumption of service. So they say that it's going to take between seven and ten days to fully restore Air Canada's nationwide international service. So there still will be cancellations. There still will be disruptions with part of this tentative agreement being that staff return to work to begin the process of bidding planes back in the air. Brett Ruskin, CBC News, Halifax. The leader of the official opposition will have a seat in the House of Commons when Parliament resumes next month. Pierre Polyev won yesterday's by-election in the Alberta riding of Battle River Crowfoot,

with the CBC projecting the leader of the Conservative Party will finish with more than 80% of the vote. Julia Wong reports. Thank you very much to the great people of Battle River Crowfoot. Polyev lost his Ottawa riding in April and chose to run in a riding where conservative MPs have always won with more than 70% of the vote. In his victory speech, He talked about the lessons he learned from residents during the campaign. And they also reminded me that the road to success is never a straight line. Most of all, you should never give up in hard times.

David Stewart, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Calgary, says the results should put to rest questions about Polly's future as conservative leader. With this kind of result, I don't think it has any impact on the leadership review, if anything may be marginally positive. So for now, Pollyov will be heading back to Ottawa with a seat in the House and as leader of the official opposition. Julia Wong, CBC News, Camrose, Alberta. According to the latest update from the federal government, there are more than 700 wildfires burning across the country. Cruise and emergency equipment are being deployed in every province and territory, with 68 of the fires considered to be out of control.

That includes the Kingston Fire on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula. Karen Paul says the latest. All day, people stand on this hill between Victoria and Hearts Content, Newfoundland, watching plumes of smoke and the flare up of flames on the horizon. It's actually tear our hair. Max and Lorraine Warren live just outside the evacuation zone. Very stressful, and we don't know when we've got to leave our home. Water bombers scoop up water and dump it on the Kingston fire.

Newfoundland's largest at nearly 100 square kilometers. 3,000 people are evacuated, about 14,000 more on evacuation notice. Already more than 100 homes have been destroyed. As Newfoundlanders grapple with loss, Nova Scotians are holding their breath. The largest wildfire in the Annapolis Valley growing quickly. Ottawa says it's working on a plan to better respond to immediate threats and later to help communities rebuild. Karen Paul's, CBC News, near Victoria, Newfoundland.

The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to provide Congress with documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation. The chair of the House Oversight Committee says the records will be turned over as a Friday, noting it will take the department time to ensure that the indentification of all the victims will be formally redacted. And that is the world this hour. For news any time, go to our website, CBCNews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.