The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/02 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/02 at 05:00 EDT

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I'm Neil Hurland. The wildfire burning near Fort Providence Northwest Territories continues to burn one kilometer away from the hamlet. Around 700 people have evacuated their homes, unsure of when they'll return. But as Juanita Taylor reports, work is being done to try to protect their property. These cats are working here.

They're tight lining the fire. Danny Bolio is working to strengthen the firebreak on the outskirts of Fort Providence. He is also the mayor, protecting his community from the raging wildfire. They have hoses laid all over. The wildfire is pushing towards town. Some essential workers were ordered out Monday

a day after residents began to flee to Hay River, 180 kilometers away. Evacuee Ruby Minoza is worried. Am I going to go home? Is my house still going to be standing up when I get home? The wildfire is one of dozens burning in the Northwest Territories. Premier R.J. Simpson wants more federal support. And we can only handle so much.

We only have so much capacity. Simpson says the territory has reached out to the Canadian interagency forest fire center for more crews and aircraft to fight this fire. Juanita Taylor CBC News, Hay River, Northwest Territory. We've got an update now from Afghanistan on the deadly earthquake that hits Sunday night. The Taliban government says the death toll has now risen to 900. Another 3,000 people are injured. Rescue teams are still searching for survivors in the rubble.

A retired Canadian Armed Forces legal officer says Canada has betrayed his former Afghan colleagues. Four years after they submitted applications to be considered to come to Canada under a special program for our country. Afghan nationals who helped the Canadian government and military. But that pathway closed in 2022, and now the veteran is just one of many, calling on Ottawa to turn back the clock. Priscilla Kisanwang has more. It's been nothing short of deplorable and quite honestly shameful. Retired major, Corey Morris says Canada betrayed his 12 Afghan colleagues who worked shoulder

to shoulder with him during his mission. His group includes military prosecutors, security staff, a doctor and a journalist. They're still hiding from the Taliban. He helped his Afghan peers to apply under the special stream. After countless follow-ups and contacting hundreds of MPs, he says there's been zero updates from both immigration and national defense. This July, a federal court judge found gross governmental negligence and failures in that program. National defense did not comment on Moore's former colleagues. In a statement, the Immigration Ministry also declined citing privacy,

but added that Afghans not part of the special measures can apply through regular immigration pathways. Priscilla Kisan Huang, CBC News, Ottawa. Canada's food regulator says it has found cases of grocers mislabeling food as Canadian, but it hasn't issued any fines, which upset some shoppers. Sophia Harris report. Brenda Nichols of Hamilton is a committed member of the Buy-Canadian movement. So she gets upset when she sometimes finds at big grocery stores imported food promoted with Canadian branding, like a red maple leaf. This is deceptive and misleading advertising.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has been flooded with similar complaints about country of origin claims 160 since January. The food regulator has already identified 12 violations between February. in May, all but one of the cases involve national grocery chains. No fines were issued, which also upsets Nichols. The CFIA needs to step up and start levying fines. The CFIA says in all of the cases,

the grocer fix the problem. However, there may be more problems to come. The CFIA is still sifting through its many complaints about country of origin claims for food. Sophia Harris, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world. hour. I'm Neil Hurland.