The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/13 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/13 at 04:00 EDT

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So come and enjoy a wide variety of games. And remember, when you play, local charities win. See how we play. Visit charitablegaming.ca. Please play responsibly. Charitable gaming, community good. from cbc news the world is sour i'm neil kumar the karni government is expected to introduce new legislation to protect places of worship and other cultural sites however after two years of surging attacks in vandalism at schools synagogues and mosques there are questions about whether it's enough ashley burke reports mosques vandalized, synagogues targeted, a Jewish school repeatedly sprayed with bullets,

and just this week an arrest for an alleged plot to blow up a mosque, adding to urgent calls for action. Jewish groups say they're waiting too after witnessing a dramatic rise in anti-Semitism over the past two years tied to the conflict in the Middle East. Parents have been harassed, dropping their kids off at daycare, at school, CBC News has now learned the government plans to table new legislation as early as Tuesday. All Canadians must be able to get up, go to work, go to their church, temple, mosque, community center, and then come home and sleep soundly at night. After protests and incidents outside places of worship, a source says the government is expected to propose new criminal offenses, making it illegal to intentionally intimidate or obstruct people from accessing certain buildings.

Ashley Burke, CBC News, Ottawa. Canada Post says it is disappointed with the decision of the union representing its workers to stop delivering flyers. CUPW says this is meant to force the corporation to return to the negotiating table. Canada Post insists it is incurring record losses and the union's latest offers at significant new costs. It wants the unit to come back with what it calls workable. solutions that reflect the current reality. COVID-19 cases are rising in parts of the country, according to the latest data from Health Canada released Friday.

It comes as more people are heading back to school and workplaces after the summer, giving the virus more places to spread. Alison Northcott reports. We might end up with that late summer increase, followed by fall, winter surge. Dr. Lenora Saxinger, an infectious diseases specialist at the University of Alberta. Health Canada data show an overall increase in the percentage of positive COVID tests and in the presence of the virus in wastewater. Experts say these levels remain much lower than what was seen during the pandemic.

We are currently testing wastewater samples. Microbiology professor Lawrence Goodrich says samples screened in his lab at the University of Guelph can help pinpoint which COVID-19 variants are circulating. But Goodrich says Ontario's cuts to its wastewater surveillance have left experts with less data. Ontario has said it ended its provincial program to avoid duplicating surveillance done by the federal government. Goodrich says the monitoring that remains is still valuable and says the COVID vaccine set to be rolled out this fall should be a good match for the latest variant. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. Another Canadian city is sounding an alarm around food

insecurity. Aurely council declared the issue in emergency. After the city which is about 90 minutes north of Toronto saw spike in visits to the local food bank. Jamie Strachan reports. It's something that has gotten out of hand. Chris Peacock says the city of Aurelia is at a tipping point. The executive director of the Sharing Place Food Center says an unprecedented number of people in the city that's home to about 35,000 people don't have enough to eat, including many people who are working full time. The demographic has shifted. It's creeping into the middle class. Peacock says a decade ago, 14% of the city delfts. with food and security. Today, that number is more than doubled.

There's just so much need. City Councilor Janet Lynn Dernford and her colleagues declared the growing problem an emergency, an attempt to show the provincial and federal governments that this is not just a big city issue. Dernford says Aurelia needs more affordable housing, an increase in the minimum wage and more resources for addiction and mental health to start. Aurelia is the latest Ontario city to label this issue in emergency. Earlier this year, Kingston Toronto and Smith Falls did the same. Jamie Strasch and CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.