The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/30 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/30 at 21:00 EDT

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We begin on Parliament Hill. I call on every Canadian to renew their commitment to reconciliation. Governor General Mary Simon spoke at a ceremony marking the National Day for Truth in Reconciliation. The day is dedicated to remembering the lasting impacts of the residential school system in Canada. Simon says classrooms are starting to embrace inclusive history, and more indigenous children are learning their cultural practices and languages with pride. I see a present and a future where young indigenous people are embracing Canada without compromising their identity,

where they can fully be themselves, pursue the professions they aspire to, and give back to their communities. But the Governor General says much more work remains. The Premier of Alberta is condemning the decision by teachers in the province to reject the latest tentative agreement. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. Danielle Smith says the government's latest contract offer was the highest wage increase proposed in more than a decade.

Teachers are now on track to strike starting next Monday. Smith says if that happens, parents of children under 12 will get $150 per week per child. The Alberta Teachers Association says the union does not currently have plans for more bargaining. Well, the clock is ticking for the Palestinian militant group Hamas to respond to an American proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. It was unveiled yesterday in Washington by the American President. Margaret Evans reports. U.S. President Donald Trump in a media scrum outside the White House. How long have you planned to give Hamas to respond? Well, we're going to do about three or four days. We'll see how it is.

All of the Arab countries are signed up. Israel's all signed up. We're just waiting for Hamas. It's a 20-point plan aimed at ending Israel's assault in Gaza immediately and the release of all the remaining Israeli hostages within 72 hours. Noga Tarnapolski is an Israeli journalist. Four days earlier at the UN, Netanyahu made it very clear that Israel was going to remain She credits Trump and coordinated international pressure for the shift. But worries the deal won't stick.

It mentions the possibility of a credible pathway to Palestinian statehood. Overnight, the Israeli Prime Minister posted a video saying he'll never agree to it. Margaret Evans, CBC News, London. Summer may be over, but firefighters in Nova Scotia are still battling an out-of-control wildfire. Dozens of families have fled the Lake George. area and officials say a fire this big this late in the season isn't normal. Brett Ruskin has more. Chris Levy loads up his truck at his home in Lake George, Nova Scotia, just outside the evacuation zone. It's just trying to grab things that I'm dear to. What little that I can take,

and it's not going to be a lot. So far, 275 homes have been evacuated, but Levy hasn't been told to get out yet. However, with the fire close and conditions worse, he's not taking any chances. Throughout the day, water bombers rumbled overhead, scooping up from nearby lakes to try to control the fire. Crews are on the ground, too, trying to dig through dirt and chop down trees

to create fire breaks that could slow the flames. It's a situation we've seen a lot of in Nova Scotia this year with a busy wildfire season, including a large fire that burned near Long Lake, roughly 40 kilometers from this new one. Brett Ruskin, CBC News, Halifax. Nigel Wright, the former chief of staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, is dead. He helped the Conservatives win a majority in 2011.

He was also involved in the 2013 Senate expense controversy when he gave $90,000 to then-Senator Mike Duffy to repay some expense claims. The cause of death hasn't been revealed. Nigel Wright dead at 62. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.