The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/25 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/25 at 15:00 EDT

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A fast-growing wildfire in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County region has more than doubled in size since yesterday. Officials say the Long Lake fire has damaged a number of homes in the area, and residents are waiting anxiously to find out if their homes have been affected. Nicholas Sagan has the latest. I'm going to try to find a place to stay. I'm living in my truck right now. Donald was evacuated from his home Sunday night as the fast-moving long lake wildfire pushed

hundreds more people to flee. Officials expanded the evacuation areas twice in the Annapolis County region, nearly 200 kilometers from Halifax. Around 1,000 people are now under mandatory evacuation orders. The province now confirming a number of homes have been damaged, but saying it's too early to know how many. Donald isn't sure if his property is safe. I'd hate to lose all our belongings, our house, our garage, our burn, all our equipment, stuff we've worked so hard to have. Provincial officials estimate the Long Lake fire has grown to nearly 78 square kilometers in size as air and ground crews struggle to push it back. Nicholas Sagan, CBC News, Halifax. Meantime, New Brunswick is removing its restrictions on the use of Crown land.

Premier Susan Holt says it was made possible because of cooler temperatures and efforts of firefighting teams and emergency responders. But Holt says the province-wide burn ban remains in place. The fight to save hundreds of BC ostriches from a government-ordered cull is gaining attention south of the border. The farm has just lost its legal bid to block the cull. Now, TV personality turned U.S. health official Dr. Mehmet Oz says he wants to save the birds to save the birds to stop.

study them. Georgie Smyth has the story. It's actually a slaughter of 400 animals. Dr. Mehmet Oz in a virtual press conference with billionaire John Katsimatidis claims the ostriches that live on a farm in BC's Kootenies region could hold value to the scientific community. We have the opportunity perhaps to bring them to the United States. We like to explore those options. The Canadian food inspection agency ordered the cull after two dead ostriches tested positive for H5N1 avian flu in December. Later on, dozens more died from the contagious viral infection that mainly affects birds but can sometimes infect other animals and humans. The Federal Court of Appeal recently rejected the farm's attempt at blocking the cull order,

but Katie Patsini, whose mother owns the farm, says they're fighting on. We have had no illness and no deaths on our farms for 223 days. They are thriving. They say they're preparing to take the case to the Supreme Court of Canada. Georgie Smyth, CBC News, Vancouver. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to end cashless bail. The White House is calling the practice a catch-and-release policy, and one Trump claims led to a surge in violent crime.

That was when the big crime in this country started. And somebody kills somebody, they go in, don't worry about it, no cash. Come back in a couple of months. We'll give you a trial. You never see the person again. And, I mean, they kill people and they get out. We're ending it. directive will first take effect in D.C. He insists the recent federalization of law enforcement

gives him the authority to do that. Trump is also threatening to withhold federal money from jurisdictions that have cashless bail. Just days after he was released from custody, Kilmar Abrago Garcia is behind bars again. Garcia is the U.S. resident who'd been wrongly deported to his native El Salvador. He was then returned to the U.S. and released while he awaits a trial on human smuggling charges. This morning he was arrested again when he came for a check-in with an ICE office in Maryland. Homeland Security Secretary, Christy Noam, says Garcia is being processed for deportation again, this time likely to Uganda. The proceedings are temporarily on hold as Garcia's lawyers challenge the order.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Thank you.