The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/27 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/27 at 04:00 EDT...

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Starting point is 00:00:26 Certain conditions apply. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. U.S. President Donald Trump will chair a meeting today at the White House on the war in Gaza. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Whitkoff tells Fox News that the U.S. has a plan to rebuild Gaza after the war ends. It's a very comprehensive plan we're putting together on the next day that I think many people are going to be, they're going to see. how robust it is and how well-meaning it is. But so far, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have not been able to reach a new ceasefire
Starting point is 00:01:09 deal. Hamas says it will accept the latest proposal, which would release some of the remaining Israeli hostages being held in Gaza. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now says he will only accept a deal that releases all the hostages. Prime Minister Mark Carney is wrapping up his European trip today, he'll meet with Canadian Armed Forces personnel in Riga, Latvia, before returning to Ottawa. Now to Manitoba. Come on, we can make some more noise for Colvin. Let's go.
Starting point is 00:01:40 Let's rock this place. That's Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party leader Abbey Khan, celebrating a provincial by-election win last night in the riding of Spruce Woods west of Winnipeg. Colleen Robbins will be the newest member of the Manitoba legendary. legislature. Tonight I stand before you filled with gratitude and humility. This victory is not mine alone. It belongs to all of us. Robbins beat the NDP candidate by 70 votes in a tight race that saw Premier Wab Canoe make big promises to local voters, but in the end the riding stayed conservative. A Cree community in Saskatchewan is pushing to become the newest first nation in Canada.
Starting point is 00:02:24 The Peter Chapman band was forced by the federal government to merge into a larger nation more than a century ago. As Alexander Silberman reports, there's renewed hope now for official recognition. This was just the canola field a year half ago. In the heart of central Saskatchewan, Adam Whitehead is giving a tour of his busy community of Peter Chapman First Nation,
Starting point is 00:02:48 with dozens of buildings, quickly rising next to fields of wheat. So is the government that we are serious. Whitehead, a band counselor, says the construction boom is part of a renewed push to become an independent First Nation band. The federal government forced it to merge with two others in the early 1900s and still considers Peter Chapman part of James Smith Creenation. Historically, we were supposed to be a first nation on our own. Chief Robert Head says regaining recognition will allow for funding agreements with Ottawa on health care, housing and education. The federal government says it's currently engaged in a process with the three communities
Starting point is 00:03:28 to consider the split. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Peter Chapman, First Nation. And finally, tens of thousands of people have now signed a petition to save the Quebecois version of The Simpsons. For decades, it's been dubbed for a French Canadian audience. Sarah Levitt explains. It's the same faces and adventures with a twist, Quebec's version. of the Simpsons uses local references. Like there, about a Montreal area shopping center.
Starting point is 00:04:02 But that dubbing may not be coming back. The work used to be done by chorus entertainment, but it didn't renew its broadcasting rights. Instead, it'll be up to Disney Plus, and it appears that's not happening. Disney didn't reply to requests for comment. Joshua Pia Soto has launched a petition to save Les Simpsons saying it's about preserving Quebec.
Starting point is 00:04:24 culture, a sentiment that Terry Dubet agrees with. It's an American show, which is really, really Quebec. For the past eight years, Dubet has played the Quebec version of Homer. The hope is Disney listens to the outcry, or else for the first time in 36 years, Les Simpsons won't be available in Francaque, Quebec. Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Montreal. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.
Starting point is 00:04:54 Thank you.

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