The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/25 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/25 at 17:00 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. Canada Post says it welcomes the changes to its operations announced by Ottawa. The federal government is trying to stop the Crown Corporation from hemorrhaging millions of dollars a day,

but it also says the Postal Service must still serve all households everywhere in Canada. David Thurton has details. At present, the corporation is losing $10 million every day. Canada Post is effectively insolvent and it is facing an existential crisis. Joe Lightbound is the minister overseeing Canada Post. Today he announced changes to the national mail carrier to stabilize its finances. Non-urgent mail can now move by ground instead of air. Ottawa will also allow the corporation to end door-to-door delivery service for 4 million households

and roll out more community mailboxes. Canada Post can also close post offices in places that were once considered rural but are now urban or suburban. Taken together, these measures will help stabilize Canada Post's financial situation by generating close to half a billion dollars per year. He also urged management and the Postal Union to work toward a sustainable future. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. The RCMP says it has shut down a large drug trafficking operation that used the dark web. The dark web is an encrypted part of the internet not accessible by regular search engines.

It is frequently used by criminals. Information from German authorities led to an RCMP investigation here in Canada that resulted in six arrests and the seizure of 75 kilograms of illegal drugs, including meth and heroin. Drivers in Ontario will no longer have to watch out for speed cameras. Premier Doug Ford says his government will ban the devices and encourage municipalities to use other traffic calming measures. Colin Butler has more.

At a time when life is getting more expensive, Premier Doug Ford says Ontario will outlaw speed cameras, calling them ineffective and the fines they generate nothing more than a cash grab. When you're issuing 65,000 tickets in three months, that's not slowing people down. A parade of mayors stood shoulder to shoulder with Ford today. Von Mayor Stephen Del Ducca says the tickets create a fine line between paying fines and putting food on the table. This was an individual father who was struggling to pay for the groceries and was nearly indebted. tears. He just didn't understand how he was going to make ends meet. But what happens when the cameras go dark? We need only look to Alberta. They made a similar move and police there reported a spike in crashes and a rise in deaths. In Ontario, the province says it's giving

drivers a break from tickets, a financial win that could come at a deadly cost. Colin Butler, CBC News, London, Ontario. The president of the Palestinian Authority is urging more nations to recognize Palestinian statehood. Mahmoud Abbas says solidarity with the Palestinian cause should not be confused with anti-Semitism. He spoke to the UN General Assembly via video link after he was denied a visa by the U.S. Abbas thanked Canada and a number of other nations for recognizing a Palestinian state in recent days, and he insisted the October 7th attacks do not represent Palestinians. His address comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in New York, ahead of his UN speech

tomorrow. And the U.S. president has just signed an executive order which paves the way for TikTok to be transferred to U.S. ownership. This is going to be American operated all the way. It would allow a deal that would see assets of the Chinese-owned platform sold to American investors. Congress banned the popular video-sharing app in 2024 over data privacy concerns, though that law's enforcement has been delayed. A deal hasn't yet been finalized, but Donald Trump says he has the Chinese president's support. There are important. I spoke with President Xi. I made a good talk. I told him what we were doing, and he said, go ahead with it. Trump and Xi are expected to meet face-to-face at a summit in South Korea

next month. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.