The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/26 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/26 at 15:00 EDT

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you'll know just how healthy they are. Visit Spexsavers.cavers.cai to book your next eye exam. Eye exams provided by independent optometrists. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Stephanie Skanderas. Health officials in London, Ontario, are warning that a Legionella outbreak, they believed, was over, has come back in full force. As Colin Butler reports, there are more cases, more hospitalizations, and a surprising source. Investigators say Safina Foods, one of Canada's largest meat processors,

is at the center of the Legionaire's disease outbreak in London. The Middlesex London Health Unit announced 25 new cases just weeks after declaring the outbreak over on August 6th. Legionnaires is a severe form of pneumonia that brings fever, chills, and shortness of breath. This year alone, the outbreak has been linked to serious pneumonia in at least 94 people and four deaths. Associate Medical Officer of Health Dr. Joanne Kieran says the toll is serious. Most of the people who have been identified as cases have been hospitalized, unfortunately. Most of those infected recover, but the bacteria can drift on the air for up to six kilometers, making it hard to trace. Health officials stress the disease isn't spread by eating or drinking and that food from Safina is safe.

Colin Butler, CBC News, London, Ontario. Canada Post is reporting its largest quarterly loss ever. The corporation lost more than $400 million in the second quarter. Parcel revenues and volumes fell by more than a third due to labor uncertainty. Canada Post continues to operate without a collective agreement with its largest union. Cup W has been telling its members to refuse to work overtime since May. The wildfire in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County is still out of control and is estimated to cover 80 square kilometers.

Some 1,000 people have been forced to evacuate. Officials are now in the process of notifying evacuees whose properties have been damaged. Jason Burton is one of them. is damaged. I'm not sure which one. But at the same time, I'm glad that we're all safe and the host is still standing as of today. More than 150 firefighters from Nova Scotia and Ontario are battling the fire. Canada is extending its military presence in Latvia for another three years. It's part of NATO's mission of deterrence against Russian aggression. Prime Minister

Mark Carney made the announcement on his European tour at a stop in Riga. Rafi Bougiccanian has more. This nation understands how precious freedom is and how precarious freedom can be. Prime Minister Mark Carney visiting his Latvian counterpart Evika Silenia in Riga as he announced as Ottawa's recommitment to Operation Reassurance. It's Canada's largest current contribution to the NATO alliance. Some 2,000 Canadian troops are stationed in Latvia meant to deter Russian aggression. They've been there since 2017 and will now remain for at least another three years. The move comes months after Canada and other NATO countries have pledged to increase military spending to meet 5% of their GDP

and tentative talks for peace between Russia and Ukraine brokered by the U.S. Talks which Canada has said cannot lead to Ukraine abandoning any of its territory. Rafi Bucan, Yon-CBC News, Ottawa. Protesters blocked a main road in Tel Aviv as part of what they call a nationwide day of disruption. They are calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to strike an agreement with Hamas, free the hostages and end the war. Hamas has agreed to a proposal to a 60-day ceasefire in return for the release of around half of the 50 remaining hostages. The Israeli government insists there will be no more piecemeal deal.

Meantime, Israel's military has released initial findings into yesterday's double attack on a Gaza hospital that killed 20 people, including five journalists. A UN spokesperson says it raises questions about the targeting of media workers. Israel's report says the strike was aimed at a surveillance camera used by Hamas to watch Israeli soldiers. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Skendera. Yes.