The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/26 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/26 at 02:00 EDT

Too many students are packed into overcrowded classrooms in Ontario schools, and it's hurting their ability to learn. But instead of helping our kids, the Ford government is playing politics, taking over school boards and silencing local voices. It shouldn't be this way. Tell the Ford government to get serious about tackling overcrowded classrooms because smaller classes would make a big difference for our kids.

Go to Building Better Schools.ca. A message from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Mike Miles. Persing P. say a Canadian fugitive is in custody overseas. Rabi al-Khalil escaped from a BC prison in 2022 while on trial for murder, and he's been on Canada's most wanted list ever since. Mira Baines has more. After three years on the run, police confirmed Robbie Al-Kalil is in custody in Qatar,

picked up by authorities using a different name. The 38-year-old had been tagged by an Interpol red notice. Corporal Sarbjit Sanga speaks for the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. We now have an official confirmation from Qatar official who have been very supportive, working along with us to confirm this, fingerprints and photographs of Mr. Al-Kalil to share with us. About two weeks ago, investigators announced charges against three men who allegedly helped Al-Kalil escape from a pretrial center in Port Coquitlam in July of 2022. Only two were in custody at the time, but since then, they have arrested a third man, John Potvan.

Al Khalil's daring escape from prison involved two men posing as contractors. They drove a white O'Connelline van and helped Al Khalil break out of the pretrial center where he was awaiting a murder trial. Mira Baines, CBC News, Surrey. Canada's postal workers are on strike. It's in response to planned reforms at Canada Post, including a move to end home delivery and shut down some. Post offices. Pickett lines went up Thursday afternoon. Jim Galant is a negotiator with CupW. What I see on those pictures is, 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.

The Canadian Union of Postal workers argues Canada's Post financial situation is not as dire as being represented. Procurement Minister Joel Lightbound said the corporation is losing $10 million a day. 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. Canada Post says it welcomes the changes, but not the walkout. One of Donald Trump's political enemies has been indicted. Former FBI director James Comey faces charges related to his handling of the investigation into connections between

the U.S. President and Russia. Anise Haydari has more from Washington. Comey's a bad person. He's a sick person. Even before an indictment of James Comey came through, Donald Trump's opinion of him is clear. He did terrible things at the FBI. The charges relate to testimony the former FBI director gave to the U.S. Congress back in 2020, one count of obstruction of justice, and another count of making a false statement connected to the allegations Donald Trump's election campaign colluded with Russia. We will not live on our knees. Comey posting on Instagram after the charges became public, saying he knows there are costs

to standing up to Donald Trump. But I have great confidence in the federal judicial system, and I'm innocent. So let's have a trial. These indictments come days after Donald Trump posted a message seemingly telling his attorney general, they can't delay any longer while listing Comey and some of his other political enemies. Any said R. CBC News, Washington. Alberta's population is at 5 million people. For the third year in a row, it's the most popular province for Canadians moving within the country. Experts say that influx means

Alberta needs to create more jobs. Mark Parsons is with ATB. He says lately, that's been more challenging. Since beginning of the year, employment has really leveled off. You know, the economy response to this trade war and all this uncertainty and businesses are cautious in hiring. At the same time, our population growth has been strong and people keep coming. So the combination of those two things has led to a higher unemployment rate, and we're seeing that most pronounced among the youth population. ATB says many of the people moving here are young and there's an increasing demand for education, health care, child care, and rec centers. The bank's own modeling says Elberta will reach a population of $6 million. by 2036. That is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.