The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/01 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/01 at 20:00 EDT

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I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Fatanka. Batonka. Buffalo. Sure. Buffalo. Fatanka. Some of the breakthrough performance by Canadian actor Graham Green from the 1990 movie Dances with Wolves.

It was moving. Funny, he was up for an Oscar for it. Green has died. His manager has confirmed the trailblazer from the Six Nations Reserve died peacefully in Stratford, Ontario of natural causes, and details of a remembrance celebration will be shared soon. Graham Green was 73 years old. Afghanistan's Taliban government says the scale of devastation in the east of the country is

unimaginable. More than 800 people have been killed by an earthquake that struck Kunar province overnight. Entire villages have been wiped out. Deepmala Mala is with care, a non-profit aid group. She says after decades of one, war, drought, and natural disasters, the country is struggling to respond. 23 million people have already been in dire need of humanitarian assistance, half of the country. So they have been facing one crisis over the other. The roads have been blocked.

Access is very difficult. So our teams are really struggling and walking several hours on difficult paths to be able to meet the survivors. Many of the roads have been destroyed and the only way to reach the affected areas is by helicopter. Officials warned the number of victims is likely to rise dramatically. A wildfire threatening Fort Providence in the Northwest Territories is moving closer to the hamlet. Oneida Taylor has the latest from Hay River. The wildfire, more than 80,000 hectares in size, is now just one kilometer from Fort Providence. Some essential workers have been forced to leave. Only firefighters, RCMP, and a mobile paramedic remain. Mike Westwick is the territory's

fire information officer. Yeah, there still remains a significant amount of danger. You've still got about 10 kilometers of firefront right on the community's doorstep. We've got some work to do before that threat alleviates, but we're going to be taking every opportunity that we have with these more favorable winds today to make a real dent. The Hay River Fire Department is helping territorial firefighters. It is also where evacuees are staying. Most came in by bus on Sunday. Over 400 people have registered at the evacuation center, still unsure of when they will be able to return home. Juanita Taylor, CBC News, Hay River, Northwest Territories. Meanwhile, Nova Scotia's Department of Natural Resources says the Long Lake Fire in Annapolis County is still out of control.

Its intensity has increased due to strong winds, but no new damage has been reported. More than 34,000 public sector workers in B.C. could walk off the job as early as to more Last week, the BC General Employees Union members voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike to back their contract demands. Wages are one of their key issues. The union says it will be moving forward with the job action, but it has not released details. Tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of U.S. imports disappear today. The move was announced by the federal government more than a week ago. Erin Collins has the latest from Washington.

From elbows up to tariffs down, a change in tone for trade negotiations with the U.S. today, an attempt to kickstart stalled talks by dropping most retaliatory tariffs. But despite the shift federally, some provinces remain defiant. Premier Doug Ford says U.S. booze is still banned from Ontario stores. Well, it's still going to be banned until they cut the tariffs, or we make a deal with them. But on Friday, a U.S. federal court put many U.S. tariffs in question, calling them illegal. A ruling White House trade advisor Peter Navarro says will be appealed. The dissent was very, very strong. I think it provides a very clear roadmap to how the Supreme Court can certainly rule in our favor.

Until that ruling is made the U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada and other countries remain in place. Erin Collins, CBC News, Washington. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Thank you.