The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/06 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/06 at 18:00 EDT

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The debater's 20th anniversary season, comedy, worth arguing about. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilvery. Air Canada flight attendants have overwhelmingly rejected the latest tentative deal with their employer. The union representing the workers says 99% of members voted against it. There will not be a new strike or lockout.

Air Canada and the Canadian Union of public employees agreed in advance that both would keep working. While the wage issues are resolved through mediation, And if necessary, arbitration. More than 10,000 flight attendants went on a three-day strike last month, defying a federal order to return to work. Hundreds of people evacuated from Wattie in the Northwest Territories can head back home today. As Yasmin René reports, officials say a nearby wildfire is no longer threatening the community.

It feels awesome. It feels awesome to be home. Alex Michael Nitziza Jr. is relieved to be back in Wattie. He and hundreds of other residents were forced to evacuate. to Yellowknife more than a week ago because of a raging wildfire. No, it wasn't good. I didn't like it. Wasn't home. Today, they returned by bus, hugging and shaking hands with firefighters and volunteers who stayed behind. Wattie Fire Chief Brian Doakum says Cruz successfully conducted a backburn earlier this week, getting rid of fuel ahead of the fire.

We've been monitoring the river and making sure the fire doesn't jump there. We still have a lot of hot spots along the river. Officials say no structures were lost. The community is gearing up for a feast and drum dance tomorrow to celebrate being back home. Yasmir Renea, CBC News, Wattie, Northwest Territories. Elsewhere in the NWT, hundreds of people forced to flee their homes in Fort Providence on August 31st still don't know when they'll be able to return. Not wildfires burning less than a kilometer from the hamlet. And the community of Jean-Marie River is currently on evacuation alert.

The federal court of appeal has given a full. flock of ostriches a reprieve. Universal ostrich farms in British Columbia was ordered to cull its 400-strong flock in December during an avian flu outbreak. It's been fighting back in the courts ever since, and today it was granted an interim stay. The farm argues the birds are now healthy and wants to take its case to the Supreme Court. British police are again arresting supporters of the protest group Palestine Action. The group was banned by the government in July under UK terrorism legislation, Dominic Volaitis has more. Just minutes after the protest started, police moved in to make arrests.

Organizers say around 1,500 people turned up at London's Parliament Square to show their support for Palestine action. The protest group was banned this summer under British terrorism laws after members broke into a military base and damaged two planes. Last month, more than 500 people were arrested at a similar protest in London, many in their 60s. Other protests in support of Palestine action have been taking place across the UK today, with demos also reported in Belfast and Edinburgh. Dominic Volaitis for CBC News, Bristol, England. The hockey world has lost one of its greats.

Former Montreal-Canadian's goaltender, Ken Dryden, has died after a short battle with cancer. Dryden won six Stanley Cups with the HABs in their 1970s heyday and was one of the goalies on Team Canada during the 1972 Summit Series with the Soviet Union. Soviet teams roosting up. Here's a shot. Block. Another try. The shot goes wide. Dryden retired from hockey early and went on to work as a lawyer and an NHL executive. He then entered politics, becoming an MP and a cabinet minister in the Paul Martin government. Political reporter Steve Paken was a friend. Parliament, Cabinet, the fact that we got our first ever national child care policy because he was the social development minister that got it through.

I mean, look at all the different ways in which this guy contributed to our world. And it's a so much better world than it might otherwise have been because of him. Ken Dryden was 78 years old. And that is your world this hour. Remember, you can get news anytime on our website. CBCNews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. I don't know.