The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/28 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 29, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/28 at 23:00 EDT

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when a u.s duty exemption on orders worth less than eight hundred dollars disappears now people shipping goods to the u.s will have to pay a flat duty of between eighty dollars and two hundred dollars paula duacek has more i mean it's a big wrench to throw into things a meet takar owns brampton based clothing brand house of blanks It makes t-shirts, hoodies, and sweatpants popular with U.S. customers. You know, over 50% of our business goes there. Takar says the end of the trade exemption means he expects to pay new brokerage fees to get his products into the U.S. Even if it's $50, there's a nearly $20 fee.

I'm sure we'll lose customers. Up till now, companies could send up to $800 worth of goods into the U.S. duty-free. That exemption ends Friday. John Boscarial, co-head of international trade at the last. law firm McCarthy Taitro says the end of Diminimus is a big deal. It hits mom and pop shops disproportionately. Yeah, so this one is right now knitting a t-shirt. As for a meet to car with House of Blanks,

he says the plan will likely involve a renewed focus on the Canadian consumer. Paula Duhatchek, CBC News, Brampton, Ontario. An update now on Wednesday's deadly school shooting in Minneapolis. Officials are going through hundreds of pages of the shooter's notes, trying to find a motive. Two children were killed and five others are. are still recovering in hospital. Acting U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson suggests the shooter was motivated by other school shootings.

More than anything, the shooter wanted to kill children, defenseless children. The shooter was obsessed with the idea of killing children. The shooter saw the attack as a way to target our most vulnerable among us while they were at their most vulnerable at school and at church. The shooter is not being monitored by the FBI or other authorities, they were able to acquire the rifle, shotgun, and pistol used in the attack. Air quality warnings are in place tonight for parts of Nova Scotia as the Long Lake Fire continues to burn.

Jennifer Yun has more. Lise Mezonneuve, the head of the Future of Sport Commission, reported widespread abuse and maltreatment of athletes and too much focus on elite levels. The report also highlighted a lack of leadership and inconsistent complaint mechanisms from one sporting organization to another and within different levels.

This commission was created following several parliamentary hearings and news reports of alleged emotional, physical and sexual abuse in sport, including in hockey and gymnastics. I was an elite gymnast. Amelia Klein has openly spoken about her time as an athlete, how she suffered both physical and emotional abuse by her coaches. It was validating to hear the recognition that this is a widespread problem. This is not just a few bad apples. The commission has made a number of key recommendations to the federal government. They include putting together an independent sports entity that would oversee all disciplines at all levels from toddlers to professional athletes.

Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Montreal. They may be wearing helmets, knee pads, and other protective equipment, but a federal commission says Canadian athletes are still vulnerable to abuse and maltreatment. Sarah Levitt has more. Michael Greenstone studies air pollution at the University of Chicago and co-authored the new study. Climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, is causing the air pollution in North America, says Greenstone, because it sparks more intense and frequent wildfire seasons. It's a reversal of decades of progress in cleaning up the air across Canada. We had an air pollution problem and we had a climate problem, and it was easiest to think of them as separate and distinct problems.

They're much more closely intertwined. The study looked at air quality across the world. In North America, it focused on the impact of the 2023 wildfire season in Canada. More than half of the Canadian population was exposed to air polluted beyond national standards. Governments can and should clean up the air by fighting climate change, say researchers, by urgently phasing down the use of fossil fuels and lowering emissions. Jennifer Yun, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.