The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/23 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/23 at 15:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Breaking this hour, we're learning more about the Prime Minister's overseas visit to Europe next week. Mark Carney will be in Germany Tuesday to meet with the German Chancellor, along with business leaders. He is also making stops in Poland to finalize a deal on energy and security, and Latvia for a firsthand look at a Canadian-led NATO military unit. Carney's meetings with allied nations come amid uncertainty over a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. The U.S. President has been trying to broker a truce, but is making little headway so far.

Well, there's fresh reaction today to the Prime Minister's plan to scrap counter tariffs on some American goods. Mark Carney says the measure is a step to resolve its trade war with the U.S. Jonathan O'Hara is an international trade lawyer. He says the retaliation hasn't done much beyond. raising costs for Canadians. I think there's a concern of escalation. This, you know, as I said, this is probably a conciliatory step, and that would maybe be almost completely undermined in President Trump's view if Canada then raised duties on U.S. steel

from 25% up to 50%. Carney says Canada will drop billions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods beginning next month. Counter-leavies will remain for steel, aluminum, and autos. In northern California, a large wildfire is burning in the state's popular wine country. Officials say it is growing and getting more ferocious. Crews are fighting the picket fire both from the skies and on the ground. The blaze is just west of Sacramento, and it has torched about 16 square kilometers of land near Napa Valley and Sonoma County.

Thick black smoke plumes above the region. Several evacuation alerts and orders have been issued. In British Columbia, power could soon return to hundreds of people on Vancouver Island. It was cut two weeks ago because of the Mount Underwood wildfire. Cooler wet weather, though, has helped crews contain the blaze. Officials say electricity could be restored by the end of the day. There are more than 500 wildfires still burning across Canada, many out of control, including the large Kingston fire in Newfoundland.

It has destroyed dozens of homes and buildings. Quebec is changing its tune over its plan to destroy a massive stockpile of expiring U.S. liquor. The booze was banned in March in response to Trump's tariffs. The province's regulator, or S.A.Q, says the alcohol will now be set aside for charity. Natalia Vikesl explains. Ever since the provincial government ordered the SAQ to remove U.S. alcohol from its shelves in response to tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, about $27 million worth has just been sitting in storage.

And now the liquor board has to slowly get rid of some of it because not all products have a long-term shelf life. Products that will soon expire include rosé wines, premixed drinks, and wine coolers. Some ready-to-drink product have cream into it. Eve Mayu was the president of the Great Wine Tasting Club of Montreal. He says pre-mixed alcoholic beverages, may also contain preservatives that don't hold up as well.

It's just going to be okay for six months, 12 months, but after that, it starts to be tricky and dangerous. While these products wait to be donated, the SAQ says it still has much more, including spirits waiting to return to shelves, if given the go-ahead by the provincial government. Natalia Vikesl, CBC News, Montreal. Two Canucks are making a charge at the LPGA's lone Canadian stop.

Come on, come on. Yeah, big stage that Brooke delivers. Brooke Anderson of Smith Falls, Ontario, dropping a birdie on route to a 66 on Friday at the Canadian Women's Open. She is three strokes back of the leader. Keeping pace is 15-year-old Aphrodite Dang. The Calgary Youngster is just five shots back in her first LPGA start. The tournament is being played in Mississauga, and it's on its third day. And that is the world this hour.

For news anytime, visit our website, cbcnews.ca.ca. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.