The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/06 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/06 at 00:00 EDT

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especially with no one in sight of the u.s trade war they've seen job losses piling up bit by bit pushing canada's unemployment rate above seven percent unise hidari reports it was a disappointing surprise yes doug porter isn't usually fussed when statistics canada jobs data doesn't match predictions He's chief economist at BMO in Toronto. We were not looking for an even bigger drop in August. That bigger drop? 60,000 part-time jobs and 6,000 full-time jobs in August. Unemployment up to 7.1%.

That's the highest unemployment rate since 2016, if you exclude some COVID-19 years. But that wider scope may not help Canadians looking for work, especially in sectors closely linked to the trade war with the U.S., Transportation, warehousing, manufacturing saw job drops in the tens of thousands. Though Donald Trump's territory isn't immune to employment trouble, new data from the U.S. shows weakened job growth and a four-year unemployment high. Any say Dari, CBC News, Calgary. A draft list leaked to the Globe and Mail shows a bitumen pipeline from Albert at BC's North Coast

is one of the major infrastructure projects being considered for fast-tracked approvals and funding by Ottawa. But as Katie DeRosa reports, B.C.'s Energy Minister maintains the province has other shovel-ready projects that make more sense. Bill class tens and tens and tens and tens and tens and tens of billions of dollars. BC Energy Minister Adrian Dix once again dismissing the idea of a new pipeline

from Alberta to B.C.'s was reacting to a report from the Globe and Mail that a new Bichman pipeline is among 32 major projects being considered by Ottawa for fast-track approvals. CBC News has not seen the draft list, and the Globe report stressed that no final decisions have been made. Dix encouraged Ottawa to focus on real shovel-ready projects, including the North Coast transmission line. That project is on the draft list, as well as a project to dredge the barrage inlet so that oil tankers can carry more barrels from the port of Vancouver. Harrow Yunus is with the BC Business Council. It's good to see BC and Western Canada reflected on the list. Robert Phillips sits on the First Nation Summit political executive.

I would like to make sure that First Nations are a big part of that decision-making process. Katie DeRosa, CBC News, Victoria. Court records in Manitoba show the man accused of killing his sister and stabbing several others was out on bail at the time of the attack. Thursday, RCMP said Tyrone Samard attacked eight people in two homes on Hollow Water First Nation. The 26-year-old suspect fleeing a stolen car, died after crashing into an RC&P cruiser. Records reveal Samarred was facing charges for assault with a weapon in mischief.

Onepeg Court granted his release in June, with conditions including a curfew and an order not to possess weapons. Alberta's Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services is defending changes to the province's COVID vaccine rollout. This fall, most Albertans will have to pay $100 to get their COVID vaccine. It will only be free for a small group of people. including health care workers, immunocompromised people, and seniors in congregate settings. Most pharmacists also won't be able to administer immunizations.

Minister Adriana LaGrein says those decisions were made to prevent waste. The vast amount of wastage that we saw was in pharmacies, particularly when you look at pharmacies that once they tapped into a vial, they had to utilize that within 24 hours. both. They only had one walk-in, and they gave one shot out, then the rest of the bottle was thrown away. Albertans wanting their COVID shot this winter are being encouraged to pre-register before the end of this month. Despite his best efforts, Montreal Felix Oje Alicine went down to defeat at the U.S. Open semi-final Friday night. His opponent, Yannick Singer, is the world's number one ranked tennis player. Senator goes on to play at Carlos Alcaraz, the world's number two, Sunday for the championship.

That is your world this hour. I'm Mike Miles.