The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/02 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/02 at 18:00 EDT

A lot of news podcasts give you information, the basic facts of a story. What's different about your world tonight is that we actually take you there. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. Margaret Evans, CBC News, Aleppo. Jerusalem. Prince Albert. Susan Ormiston, CBC News in Admiralty Bay, Antarctica. Correspondence around the world where news is happening.

So don't just know, go. I'm Susan Bonner. Host of Your World Tonight from CBC News. Find us wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Stephanie Scandaris. It is imminent that they will run out of water this evening. Mayor of Conception Bay South, Darren Bent, says he is worried. The Newfoundland town has declared a state of emergency due to the loss of its water supply.

Bent says they have found a leak in the water main that feeds the entire town's tanks. So it's directing all businesses to close, effective immediately, to conserve the remaining water for fire-related. emergencies. A mandatory water conservation order is also in effect. Residents must limit water use to emergency needs only. In the Northwest Territories, the fire threatening Fort Providence is still burning out of control. But favorable winds over the past day have stopped it from advancing towards the community for now. Fire information officer Mike Westwick says that gives crews time to prepare for what's to come. We wouldn't expect to see additional advancement towards the

community today. However, tomorrow is going to be a critical day in terms of fire management as wind shift to the north, becoming a concern for the community once again. Westwick says crews are setting up water cannon and sprinklers in the community in case the fire reaches the town. It remains less than a kilometer away. Alberta's government is pausing its order to remove books with explicit sexual content from school libraries. The order comes after a draft list of books to be removed from Edmonton schools was leaked online last week. It contained more than 200 titles, including Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Premier Danielle Smith says the Edmonton School Board was too heavy-handed in crafting its list and that the government is

rewriting the directive to make sure classic books remain on the shelf. A limited job action by public sector workers is now underway in BC. Members of the BC General Employees Union are walking picket lines in Victoria, Surrey, and Prince George. Union President Paul Finch says this initial phase of the job action is meant to limit inconvenience to the general public. For the time being, the over 2,000 members on strike this morning, predominantly those are inward-facing functions. Government will feel it, the general public less so.

Wages are one of the key issues for the union. Finch says the union could escalate its job action if there is no improved offer from the government. Quebec's Premier has testified for three hours at a public inquiry into cost overruns at the Auto Insurance Board. Francois Legoe established the Gallon Commission six months ago. Katis Senei is following the hearings. Francoe Lago, Prime Minister of Quebec.

The saclique fiasco has been embarrassing Francoislego's government for months. Today he was in the hot seat and had to explain what he knew and when. He said basically that he was kept in the dark. He only learned about the huge cost overruns of $500 million of Quebec's auto insurance board's digital transformation that included the cyclic application in February 2025

from the Auditor General's Skathing Report. Should I have known this information earlier? I think so, he said. For Premier League, SAQ is to blame. But he also said his transport ministers in charge over the years should have asked questions. Legault was testifying at the Gallant Commission

has his trying to relaunch his unpopular government. Gatsisone, CBC News, Quebec City. Canadians are shining bright in tennis at the U.S. Open. Gabriela de Browski and her doubles partner, New Zealand's Erin Routliff, won their quarterfinal match, this afternoon in our through to the semis, while 22-year-old Lela Fernandez and her partner, Venus Williams,

are playing their quarter-final match that's due to get underway just about now. In men's singles, Montreal's Felix Oger Aliasim takes on Australia's Alex de Minore in tomorrow's quarter-final. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Thank you.