The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/10 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/10 at 05:00 EDT

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NATO also deployed aircraft. Brendan Curry is a retired U.S. colonel and former chief of staff of the U.S. Marines in Europe. We don't want to anger the Russians, but at the same time, Russia has to be told that they are causing problems in a way that we're not going to let them get away with. And when I say we, NATO. This is the first time Poland has taken down suspected Russian drones in its territory. A Russian diplomat in Poland says no evidence that the drones are of Russian origin has been presented. Liberal MPs are in Edmonton today for the start of a caucus retreat that sets the stage for next week's return of Parliament.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is preparing to go head-to-head with Conservative leader Pierre Pollyev in the House of Commons for the first time. Olivia Stefanovic reports. Prime Minister Mark Carney arriving in Edmonton to questions about his plan for the fall sitting of Parliament and a meeting he has scheduled later today with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

The one-on-one half. happening on the eve of Carney's first major projects announcement, an attempt to shore up the Canadian economy as it slows during the trade war with the U.S. This is not business as usual. Why? Because our biggest, you know, our neighbor, our biggest training partner, ally is turning its back on Canada. Finance Minister Francois Philippe Champagne is tasked with tabling and selling Carney's first budget in October. Last week, Carney announced the delay of the electric vehicle salesman mandate for at least a year. Today, Alberta's premier will ask him to go even further to protect

her province's oil and gas sector. Olivia Estefanovich, CBC News, Edmonton. Some current and former U.S. military members testified in Washington yesterday at a congressional hearing on UFOs. This isn't the first time Capitol Hill has looked at the issue, but yesterday politicians were shown a video of a flying object that repelled a U.S. missile. Jeffrey Nucatelli is a U.S. Air Force veteran. We stand at a pivotal moment in history. The question is no longer whether these events are real, but whether we have the courage to face them.

Protect the witnesses. Many stay silent out of fear for their careers, reputations, and the safety of their families. Protect them, and you will emboldened others to join this cause. Politicians are now considering a new bill to protect U.S. government whistle. blowers who reveal classified information about UFOs. In northern Saskatchewan, a rapidly spreading pest is destroying the wild rice harvest.

Riceworms are threatening to ruin a crop gathered by indigenous people for generations. As Alexander Silberman reports, harvesters and scientists are teaming up in the search for a solution. On a remote northern lake in Saskatchewan's boreal forest, Tommy Smith is drawing. driving a propeller-powered boat to harvest wild rice, a traditional food for Cree communities for generations. But as the rice gets bagged, a pest known as the rice worm is eating the crop. It is a huge lot.

Smith and his wife gathered just 20 bags last harvest. The average before the riceworms, 400. It's pretty devastating. Wild rice is a major economic driver in the region, But at the local rice weighing station, there is growing concern as these insects eat away harvesters' income. Researchers are now testing a type of trap, using pheromones to attract the insects away from the rice. Harvesters say the search for a solution to save their livelihood can't come soon enough. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, near Pinehouse, Saskatchewan.

And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.