The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/02 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/02 at 01:00 EDT

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and many are still missing chris brown reports the quake hit in kunar province near the border with pakistan overnight reducing entire villages to dried mud brick rubble as people slept. Many of the homes in the area were built on the side of mountains, some almost on top of each other, and fell easily. So even a relatively moderate quake like this one caused maximum damage. The remoteness of the area meant helicopters were the only way to get survivors to hospital in Jalalabad 20 kilometers away. The Taliban, a regime internationally shunned for its horrible

treatment of women and for human rights abuses, put out a plea for help, and UN agencies did their best to respond. The widespread fear is that as rescue teams penetrate deeper into the disaster area, they'll find more people trapped or buried in their homes, and the number of victims will increase likely dramatically. Chris Brown, CBC News, London. The town of Hay River in the Northwest Territories is known as the hub of the north. Tonight, it's a gathering place. for hundreds of people try to escape the threat of wildfires. One of the worst blazes is on the doorstep of Fort Providence, a community southwest of Yellowknife,

and evacuees worry it's just a matter of time before the flames reach their homes. Juanita Taylor has reaction from residents. Ruby Minosa tears up as she eats breakfast at the evacuation center in Hay River Northwest Territories with her young granddaughter. She can't help but worry about her. her son, who stayed behind in Fort Providence,

about 180 kilometres away by road, to help fight the wildfire over 80,000 hectares in size. I was thinking, am I going to go home? Is my house still going to be standing up when I get home? On Sunday, fire officials said there was a possibility it would reach people's homes that night. After an evacuation order was issued, forcing the hamlet of about 700 people to flee the area.

But it hasn't. The fire is now just. just a kilometer away. Back in Fort Providence, only first responders and firefighters remain in the hamlet, working around the clock fighting a fire that isn't showing any signs of slowing down. Juanita Taylor's CBC News, Hay River, Northwest Territories. As of Labor Day, most of Canada's counter-tariffs on U.S. goods are gone. In August, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods would be lifted September 1, arguing they were blocking progress on talks with Washington. Retaliatory tariffs on non-Kuzma compliant goods and on

sectors such as steel and aluminum remain in place. More than 34,000 public sector workers in BC could walk off the job Tuesday. Last week, the BC General Employees Union voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike. Wages are one of their key issues. The union says it will take job action, but it hasn't release details. Union members of the public sector workers include government admin staff, firefighters, and social workers. Tributes are pouring in tonight for the Canadian actor Graham Green. His breakthrough Hollywood role came in the 1990 hit movie Dances with Wolves. His friend and fellow indigenous actor Tom Jackson says Green broke barriers. Back then it was a very difficult time, A lot of First Nation parts that were played by non-First Nation actors.

Graham broke around and he did it. So, well, let me just say this. Graham was the best theater actor that I have ever known. Green was born on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario. He died Monday at the age of 73 from Natural Causes in Stratford, Ontario. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland.