The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/10 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/10 at 15:00 EDT

Hugh is a rock climber, a white supremacist, a Jewish neo-Nazi, a spam king, a crypto-billionaire, and then someone killed him. It is truly a mystery. It is truly a case of who done it. Dirtbag Climber, the story of the murder and the many lives of Jesse James. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. Tens of thousands of teachers in Alberta say they are going to hit the picket line next month if a negotiated settlement isn't reached. The strike notice is coming as public educators warn about chronic underfunding and overcrowding in schools.

Stephanie Cramm reports. Students are being shortchanged and our teachers are being pushed to the brink. Alberta Teachers Association President Jason Schilling says a lack of action from the government means things will get worse. The union, which represents 51,000 teachers, says if a negotiated settlement isn't reached, teachers will hit the picket line on October 6th. Classroom sizes and teacher wages remain a sticking point. While the province is open to hiring more teachers, Premier Daniel Smith says there is no wiggle room on wages. But if they just come back and say, give us more money, that's not going to address the foundational issues we're hearing from teachers.

The province says it offered a 12% wage increase over four years, but the union says salaries are being outpaced, by the growing cost of living and that adding more teachers to the classroom isn't enough to address the issues they face. Stephanie Cram, CBC News, Edmonton. The suspect in the Vancouver Lapu-Lapu-Day Festival attack is mentally fit to stand trial. That ruling announced by a judge at a hearing today. Adam Kaiji Lowe was initially charged with 11 counts of second-degree murder

after an SUV plowed through a crowded street in April. He's now facing 31 new attempted murder charges, to injuries sustained by festival goers that day. Prime Minister Mark Carney is chairing a liberal caucus meeting in Edmonton. Carney promises he and his caucus will be laser-focused on the economy when Parliament resumes next week. What's happening in the global economy is not a transition. It's a rupture.

The effect is profound. It's displacing workers. It's disrupting supply chains. It's causing immense uncertainty that's curbing investment. We have to look out for it. ourselves, and we have to take care of each other. To that end, Carney said his government will focus on seven priorities, including building a new relationship with the U.S., building new and strong trade relationships with other

countries, and tackling the affordability crisis. He also warned that tough decisions will have to be made in the upcoming fall budget. Poland says it shot down several Russian drones that entered its airspace overnight. Prime Minister Donald Tusk says this is the closest Poland has been to open conflict since the Second World War. The airspace violation came as Russia launched drone attacks on Ukraine near the Polish border. Russia's defense ministry says it didn't plan to strike targets in Poland. NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta calls the incursion reckless.

To Putin, I mean my message is clear. Stop the war in Ukraine. stop violating allied airspace and know that we stand ready, that we are vigilant, and that we will defend every inch of NATO territory. NATO allies, including Canada, are conducting a full assessment of this incident. National Defense Minister David McGinty says Canada isn't surprised by this drone incursion, considering Putin's unwillingness to discuss a ceasefire. These are worrisome, but to a large extent also predictable.

So what we're doing now, of course, is cooperating. Our commitment to NATO, our commitment to Ukraine, and our commitment to our Polish partners, remains steadfast and strong. Ottawa is once again calling on Russia to put an end to what it calls an unjustified and illegal war. And finally, a NASA rover has found the strongest evidence yet of ancient life on Mars. sample found on the bottom of what was once a lake shows possible signs of ancient microbial life. Though the lead author of a study on the rock is urging some caution about these results, he says the sample could indicate that microbes were present, but also could have been caused by chemical processes. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.