The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/21 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/21 at 06:00 EDT

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suburb of phoenix which is home to kirk's organization turning point u.sa katie simpson tells us more Police say it could be upwards of 100,000 people who are in Phoenix for this event. There is obviously a heightened sense of security with the high-level dignitaries that will be at this event. The president, the vice president, other senior administration officials within the Trump administration. There are road closures. Police are visible and also not visible. U.S. Secret Service said they've made an arrest already. They saw someone looking suspicious near the stadium. When they approached the man, he said he was law enforcement.

he said he was armed, but after an investigation, they determined he wasn't actually law enforcement, so they're still trying to figure out what was going on in that situation. But again, the police presence, the heightened security, federal, state, and local officials all working together ahead of the big event. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Phoenix, Arizona. In New Hampshire. We heard what sounded like several balloons being popped. We all began running in different directions.

One man describes the scene after a gunman opened fire, during a wedding at a country club. It happened in the southern city of Nashua. At least one person has been killed. Several others were wounded. Peter Hinckley is the Senior Assistant Attorney General. At this point in time, there's no further threat to the public. So that's what we stated in the press release,

and we feel confident repeating right now. Again, there was an erroneous statement. There were two shooters. There's only one shooter, and we have a person of interest who has been detained, and there is no threat to the general public. Investigators say the shooting took place as the bride and groom took to the dance floor. Police say the motive remains unclear. The federal government has officially launched domestic public consultations on next steps for the Kuzma Trade Pack.

Canada, U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canadian workers are helping navigate the next steps. You'll see over the coming weeks activities and opportunities for Canadians and for those that are affected by the recent turdusts. in the trading relationship to offer us views on how we should approach the review conversations. LeBlanc says his priority is addressing sectoral tariffs on steel, aluminum, automotive, and lumber industries. But he says he's not ruling out a bigger deal with the U.S. if Washington offers a deal that would be in Canada's best interest. In Ontario, Merritt Stiles will continue to lead the provincial NDP party after receiving 68% of the vote at Saturday's annual leadership convention in Niagara Falls. This comes just one week after Bonnie Cromby stepped down as leader of the

Ontario Liberals. Well, it's a sign of the change from summer to fall heading out to pick up a pumpkin ahead of Halloween. But this season, some Canadians should be ready to find a local crop not quite as healthy or as orange as they may expect. Sarah Levitt explains. It's just a really immature pumpkin. At Black Fox Farm and Distillery in Saskatoon, Barb's definition, Cote, moves vines aside to show her pumpkin crop in the field. The ones that are orange are smaller than normal. The uncooperative weather means the highlight event of the year for the farm is cancelled. It's pumpkin festival.

We had a lot of cool, wet, rainy weather, and pumpkins like hot and dry. But for some farmers in other places in Canada, it was actually too hot and hot. too dry. According to the Canadian drought monitor, around 70% of the country's farmland has been abnormally dry this summer. We're thinking we could be down as much as 40%. Greg McKenzie is the owner of McKenzie Produce in Stratford, Prince Edward Island. Probably 33 years since I've been on this operation and there's only been one or two years that by record show struggle such as this. Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Montreal. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Pig.