The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/31 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/31 at 11:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fagg thousands of australians are protesting immigration rates across the country australia's federal government is condemning the rallies they say the marchers are spreading hate and are linked to neo-nazis demonstrators however say they have genuine concerns about the impact of immigration on housing and security Phil Mercer is following the story in Sydney. Australia is absolutely worth fighting for and it is worth protecting our people, our heritage and our unique culture. Jesse Stewart is one of the organisers of the March for Australia rallies.

Protesters are demanding an end to what they say is mass immigration. I think we've been overrun by Indians and Muslims. I'm not against migration altogether. I'm just over the fact that we're bringing so many in the same time. They're not conforming to our way of life. The protests were mostly peaceful, but there were several arrests. There were also clashes between pro-migrant groups in Adelaide. Murray-Watt is a senior federal government minister.

He's critical of the anti-immigration protests. The fact that this is being organized and promoted by neo-Nazi groups tells us everything we need to know about the level of hatred and division that these kind of rallies are about. Modern Australia is built on immigration. More than a third of the population was born overseas. The government says it is working to reduce migrant numbers. for CBC News, Sydney.

Indonesia's president is responding to nationwide protests. President Prabuwo Subianto says lawmakers have agreed to reverse some perks they recently granted themselves. For about a week, police have clashed with demonstrators in Jakarta and across the country. The crowds are angry that the members of parliament gave themselves salary increases and housing allowances, even as the country. is facing economic struggles. The protests have resulted in five deaths and dozens of injuries. A threatening wildfire has forced the evacuation of a community in the Northwest Territories.

Residents of Wadi are being moved to Yellowknife about 250 kilometers away. Meanwhile, BC officials are grappling with dozens of new blazes there. The Provincial Fire Service says more than 40 have sparked since Friday. Most were started by lightning-striking tender dry forests. 142 wildfires are now burning across the province up from 68 on Wednesday. Government employees in BC could walk off the job as early as this Tuesday. The BC General Employees Union issued a 72-hour strike notice on Friday for more than 34,000 workers. Among the issues on the bargaining table, better wages, as well as remote work options and fewer non-union managers.

The province's transport minister says essential services will continue even as the union strikes. He says both sides are expected to return to the table this week. On Stewart Lake in the village of Tachi, west of Prince George, the smokehouses are filled with salmon. It's the first time in decades the village has seen this many sock eye returns. As Hannah Peterson reports, the community is celebrating a return of both salmon and culture. We're just excited for the community be able to, you know, have. their smoke houses running and going and flowing. Darren Haskell works for the Klaasthan Nation.

He says in Tachi on the northwest shore of Stewart Lake, sock-eye salmon are coming back to their spawning grounds in full force. And for the first time in decades, the village's smokehouses are filled with hundreds of fish. This is what our ancestors did, and we're still doing it right now. One of the smokehouses belongs to elder Margaret Mattis, who's been busy preparing salmon and sharing traditional ways with her whole family. Last year, her smokehouse saw just 15 fish. This year, over 200 in one week.

Margaret's son, Dawn, says he hopes to pass down the knowledge to his own daughter. You know, my grandparents showed me, and my parents showed me, and now I'm showing my little girl, the same things. Haskell says while the overall mood in the community is one of celebration, they are also deeply honoring the salmon's return. Hannah Peterson, CBC News, Prince George. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Figg.