The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/07 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/07 at 05:00 EDT...

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Starting point is 00:00:26 Certain conditions apply. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles prime minister mark carney is offering his condolences to the family and friends of a canadian armed forces member warrant officer george hole was found dead saturday in latvia he was deployed on operation reassurance currently canada's largest overseas mission his deaths under investigation national defense officials say there is no increased threat to other deployed members hole was based in edmonton and it served for nearly 20 years. Since a fatal plane crash earlier this summer in Ottawa,
Starting point is 00:01:04 the Transportation Safety Board has been searching for parts of the plane. One turned up in a front yard. It was given to police, then, not seen again. The CBC's David Fraser has more. On a quiet street in Ottawa, Mary Dalemore and Craig Parfet were enjoying an end of July night. Living near the Ottawa River and between two airports, they're used to hearing planes overhead,
Starting point is 00:01:26 but then something sounded all. We heard it sputtering. That plane, a small recreational aircraft, crashed about 10 kilometers from their home, killing the pilot and injuring two others. Two days later, I saw this very shiny piping material. That's not something I put there. Craig came into the house with this pipe in his hand. Holy Mac.
Starting point is 00:01:47 Parfet grew up around engines, and they figured the part a camshaft must have come from the downed plane. They took pictures called the police, who took the part away in an evidence bag. In mid-August, the Transportation Safety Board put out alerts looking for missing pieces of the engine. The TSP wants to take apart the plane in hopes of finding out what caused the engine to fail. The investigation is expected to be done by next March. David Fraser, CBC News, Ottawa. Air Canada flight attendants have overwhelmingly rejected their latest tentative deal with their employer. Their union says 99% of members voted against it, but there will not be a new strike,
Starting point is 00:02:26 With both sides agreeing in advance, there would be no labor disruptions. Air Canada and the Canadian Union of public employees had also agreed that if the deal wasn't ratified, wage issues would go to mediation and then to arbitration if needed. More than 10,000 flight attendants went on a three-day strike last month, defying a federal order to return to work. In Chicago, the threat of stepped-up immigration raids has led to cancellations or postponance of events marking Mexican Immigration Day. That prospect sent thousands into the street Saturday to protest Donald Trump.
Starting point is 00:02:58 Steve Futterman has more on Trump's planned troop deployment. Donald Trump is focused on Chicago. Go to Afghanistan. You're safer there than you are in Chicago. In the wake of sending troops to Los Angeles in Washington, D.C., he is now threatening to send them next to the windy city. Yesterday, on a social media post, Trump's most ominous sounding word so far, the post contained a picture of Trump with military,
Starting point is 00:03:24 helicopters and the Chicago skyline on fire in the background. The picture was titled Shapocalypse Now, a takeoff on the dark and violent Vietnam film, Apocalypse Now. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, a longtime Trump critic, believes Trump is intentionally hoping to incite violence in Chicago. Begin with ice, cause mayhem on the ground, and by doing that, say that there's a need for military troops on the ground. Steve Futterman, for CBC News, Los Angeles. The Federal Court of Appeal has given a flock of ostriches a reprieve. Universal ostrich farms in British Columbia was ordered to call its 400 strong flock in December
Starting point is 00:04:06 during an avian flu outbreak. It's been fighting back in the courts ever since, and Saturday it was granted an interim stay. The farm argues the birds are now healthy and wants to take its case to the Supreme Court. To the U.S., two winners will split the Powerball Lottery's third largest ever prize. We've got another life-changing jackpot for you in an estimated amount of $1.787 billion. That works out to almost $2.5 billion Canadian dollars. That prize is paid out as an annuity. Many winners opt for the cash option, which in this case is $826 million U.S.
Starting point is 00:04:44 The winning tickets were sold in Texas and Missouri. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.

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