The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/25 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/25 at 16:00 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. Minister of Government Transformation, Joel Lightbound, says Canada Post is losing $10 million a day right now. But he says that a series of reforms will go some way towards saving the Crown Corporation.

Lightbound says Canada Post will be allowed to end home delivery and convert millions of addresses to community mailboxes. And a moratorium on closing rural post offices will be lifted. Lifting this moratorium will allow Canada Post to right-size its network to adapt to today's demographics. But I want to be clear, Canada Post has an obligation to serve all Canadians in every community in Canada, and that will not change. Canada Post will also be allowed to move more mail-by-ground rather than air, adding days to delivery times. Lightbound is urging the Canadian Union of postal workers to be flexible as contract negotiations drag on. I hope that in light of today's announcement, both management and the Union can return. turn to the table with a renewed relationship and work toward a viable future.

Lightbound says these reforms will save about half a billion dollars a year. Because enough is enough. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government is going to ban speed cameras across the province. Ford calls them a cash grab. Instead, he says the province will give cities money for other traffic calming measures, like speed bumps, roundabouts, and better signs. A Quebec woman who was accused of throwing scalding water on a young boy has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault.

The boy suffered second-degree burns following an incident in Longueux nearly a year ago. Sarah Leavitt has more. Speaking softly, Stephanie Borell simply said yes when the judge asked her if she pleaded guilty. It happened last October. The 10-year-old boy, who we can identify due to a publication ban, went to ring Borel's door to then run away as part of a game the children play. Before he did, though, Borrell opened the door and threw water on his face. She says she was not aware it was a boy or that he was black.

And the statement of facts note, there's no evidence her act was racially motivated. Borrell says she was often the victim of the ring and run prank and it stressed her and her cats. The boy suffered second degree burns to his face and shoulders. Farah August is a family friend and says they're all relieved. The little boy won't have to come and testify. We won't have to relive the moment. We won't have to face that woman. Borel will know her sentence in the new year.

Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Longuey, Quebec. An escape fugitive wanted by police in BC for three years has been arrested and catter. Police say Rabi al-Kalil was arrested under a fake name with the assistance of the Qatari Ministry of the Interior. The convicted murderer escaped custody while on trial for another murder in Vancouver three years ago. BC police and the RCMP are now working with Interpol to return Al Khalil to Canada.

Earlier this year, police also charged three men with helping him escape. The president of the Palestinian Authority is pledging to work on a peace plan led by countries including the U.S. Mahmoud Abbas addressed the U.N. one day before his Israeli counterpart is set to speak. Sasha Petrissik reports. Blocked from coming in person by the U.S. Palestinian Authority, President Mahmur Abbas appeared through a video link, and he had the ear of many who've just recognized a Palestinian state. October 7th, he said, does not represent the Palestinian people, but he also condemned Israel's

attacks in Gaza as a war crime. Abbas said he'd work with the U.S., Saudi Arabia, and France on a peace plan for the strip, the kind of proposals both the U.S. and Arab countries are drafting. He suggested a post-war Gaza with a government organized by his administration in the short term and no role for Hamas. He also said Palestinians refused to be held hostage by the whims of the Israeli government. Sasha Petrissik, CBC News, Jerusalem. And that is The World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.