The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/19 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/19 at 11:00 EDT

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air canada's 10,000 flight attendants have reached a tentative contract agreement with the airline and it means their strike which began over the weekend is now over and air can begin the process of getting its flights back on schedule marian demain reports This news came in just before 5.30 a.m. Eastern time, Cupy confirming that a tentative deal had been now reached with Air Canada. We know both sides met with the mediator at 7 p.m. Eastern last night. Kupi said in a statement posted on social media this morning that they continued talking until just before 4.30 a.m. Eastern. So what does that mean? They say the strike is effectively now over. Of course, this deal still has to be ratified by the members.

They're advising them to go back to work in the meantime, resume those operations, follow all protocols. as they're being told by Air Canada. As it stood just this morning, even before this news broke, Air Canada was saying that the plan was to resume limited operations by 4 p.m. Eastern time. What this now means, it's unclear because it will still take some time to ramp up operations. So it's not clear what this will mean time-wise,

but big news this morning, they are going back to work. Marianne, CBC News, Toronto. The leader of the official opposition will have a seat in the House of Commons when Parliament resumes next month. Pierre Pollyev sailed to an easy victory in yesterday's by-election in the Alberta riding of Battle River Crowfoot. Julia Wong has more. 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 Pollyas' 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. Gaza's health ministry is reporting that three adults in the territory have died from starvation and malnutrition over the past 24 hours. It says it brings the total number of famine fatalities to 266, with nearly half being children. Today, incidentally, a ship carrying emergency food supplies for Gaza is expected to dock in the Israeli port of Ashd

Dodd. 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 after the department redacts the names of all the victims. In the midst of Nova Scotia's ongoing wildfire emergency, an effort is underway to relocate people living in tent encampments in remote wooded areas that are now under threat. Terran Grant has a story. Since August 5th, entering the woods in Nova Scotia is illegal. The aim is to prevent wildfires, but some people are living in the woods and don't want to leave. Matthew Reed is the manager of an outreach team with a Halifax charity, Seoul's Harbor Rescue Mission. The province has exempted them from the woods ban so they can continue going to remote encampments and try to convince people to relocate. We've been able to move a couple people, however again, a lot of people are choosing to stay where they are. The province says about 60 people have relocated, but an estimated 137 are still sheltering in high-risk areas.

The woods ban carries a fine of $25,000. But so far, no one who is homeless has been fined. We're not in a state of emergency as a province. It is discretionary whether or not these fines are levied. Legal aid lawyer Nadia Shivji. She says the province cannot require homeless people to move without providing an alternative. Terran Grant, CBC News, Halifax. And that is the world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.