The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/25 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/25 at 18:00 EDT

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The Canadian Union of Postal Workers announced this strike in response to cost-saving changes at Canada Post announced today by the federal government, including a move to end home delivery in some places. Jim Galant is a negotiator with Cup W. Here's his reaction to images of postal worker picket lines springing up right now in Atlantic Canada. What I see on those pictures is,

members of the union reacting to a minister of procurement that has made a drastic mistake and we expect Canadians will get behind us. Canadian Union of Postal Workers argues Canada post-financial situation is not as dire as being represented. Galantz says that once a collective agreement is signed, customers will return and revenues will increase. Earlier, Minister of Government Transformation, Joel Lightbound,

said the corporation is losing $10 million a day at present. He also said 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. Lightbound says the reforms will save half a billion dollars a year. And for its part, Canada Post says it welcomes these changes.

The RCMP is calling it one of the largest dark. web drug busts in Canadian history. Seven people in the Toronto area were arrested in connection with a criminal network that allegedly shipped drug-filled packages across the country. Nama We have cocaine, we got LSD. Cyber security expert Ratesh Kotak is scrolling through the dark web, a hidden, encrypted part of the internet. With drugs like cocaine, he can add to his cart.

Today, there's one less vendor selling those there. The RCMP announcing they took their. Roadrunner, calling it one of Canada's largest drug networks on the dark web. It really is like whackamol. You're taking one down, two are popping up. The RCMP says the network was responsible for shipping around 400 packages weekly across Canada. Police seizing 75 kilograms of narcotics and 10,000 tablets during the bust. The takedown involved multiple agencies, some as far as Germany, ending with seven people in their 30s and 40s from all over the GTA under arrest. The RCMP says these takedowns can provide information that helps further investigations into other online criminal vendors.

Nama Weingarten, CBC News, Toronto. The president of the Palestinian Authority pledged today to work on a peace plan led by countries, including the U.S. Mahmoud Abbas addressed the U.N. one day before Benjamin Netanyahu is set to speak. Sasha Petrasek 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 after days of setbacks, Canada's first commercial rocket launch is delayed again.

Nordspace scheduled several launch attempts this week, but after a number of issues, rocket stayed on the ground. The company now says it will announce a new date in a few weeks. The suborbital mission will have the rocket blast into the air for about a minute before landing in the Atlantic. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.