The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/23 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/23 at 19:00 EDT

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overseas visit to europe 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 first-hand 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 new traction and reaction today to the Prime Minister's plan to scrap billions of dollars in counterteriffs on some American goods. He says the measure is aimed at kick-starting negotiations on a new trade and security deal with the U.S. Matthew Holmes is with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. He says

the strategy comes with some risks. So we're seeing opposition parties, we're seeing premiers speak up against this move. And so the prime minister here has taken a calculated risk, I think. But what it means is that it lays into a longer-term discussion around Kuzma, our trade deal with the United States. A review of the free trade agreement between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, known as Kuzma, gets underway next year. 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 SAQ, says the alcohol will now be set aside for charity.

Natalia Vyxel 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, pre-mixed drinks, and wine coolers. Some ready-to-drink product have cream into it.

Yves Mayu is 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 going to be okay for six-month, 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 Vikesel, CBC News, Montreal. In northern California, a large wildfire is burning in the state's popular wine country.

Officials say it's 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. And 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 has helped crews contain that blaze. Officials say electricity could be

restored by the end of today. There are more than 500 wildfires still burning across Canada, and many are out of control, including the large Kingston fire in Newfoundland. It's destroyed dozens of homes and buildings. Two Canucks are making a charge at the LPGA's lone Canadian stop, including the pride of Smith Falls, Ontario. Yeah, big stage that Brooke delivers. Henderson is tied at the top of the leaderboard at round three of the CPKC Women's Open. Henderson has more pro wins than any other Canadian golfer,

including this open in 2018. And keeping an impressive pace is 15-year-old Aphrodite Deng. The Calgary Youngster is five shots back in her first LPGA start. The tournament is being played in Mississauga. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.