The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/03 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/03 at 00:00 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 the attack was deadly the timing and location apparently deliberate a man went on a rampage outside a synagogue in manchester england leaving two people dead and four others wounded a terrifying event that came on the most important day on the jewish calendar brier stewart has the details police sealed off roads outside of the heaton park hebrew congregation synagogue in man Manchester. After the holy day of Yom Kippur was violently shattered in an attack that the police have called terrorism. Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Stephen Watson. Armed officers from

Greater Manchester Police intercepted the offender and he was fatally shot. Police arrested three people on suspicion of preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism. The police also announced that officers would be deployed to synagogues and Jewish schools across the UK. where security is already heightened. Since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and Israel's ensuing war in Gaza, there's been a disturbing rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the UK. More than 1,500 were reported in the first half of this year.

Breyer Stewart, CBC News, London. With a potential Gaza ceasefire on the line, the White House says the U.S. President needs to hear from Hamas soon. Spokesperson Caroline Levitt says Donald Trump gave the Milligan Group a four-day deadline to accept his plan. It's a red line that the president of the United States is going to have to draw, and I'm confident that he will. This is an acceptable plan, and we hope and we expect Hamas should accept this plan so we can move forward with a more peaceful and prosperous Middle East. Hamas is reportedly still reviewing the plan. It calls for the group to disarm and return the

remaining hostages held for nearly two years. In return, Israel would release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and end the fighting in Gaza. Israel has already accepted. Israel has already accepted. the agreement. Alberta is recording its first measles death since an outbreak began in March. Health officials say a baby was born prematurely and died after the mother contracted the virus during pregnancy. There have been more than 1,900 measles cases in the province since the outbreak started. A Simon Fraser University study has found Coho salmon populations in British Columbia are on the decline, with drought, marine heat waves, and harvesting, threatening the fish. John Hernandez reports.

might be a strong ear for sock eye and pink salmon returns, but researchers born Coho are facing serious challenges. An SFU study found Coho populations in rivers along the central and north coast are down by more than a third since 2017 when compared to long-term averages. Kyle Wilson is one of the lead researchers. That was alarming because some of those rivers that are in the central coast, they're changing a lot due to climate change. Wilson says marine heat waves, droughts, and harvesting are behind the decline.

Coho support commercial, recreational, and indigenous fisheries throughout the region. Wilson says historically the fish have rebounded when fisheries were closed. It might mean that we have to harvest and catch fewer coho. Wilson says coho salmon also face increased competition for food from pink salmon, whose numbers are at an all-time high in the North Pacific Ocean. John Hernandez, CBC News, Vancouver. land animals. Some of Canada's most carefully bred horses are being put up for sale. The RCMP has been breeding jet, black henovery, and horses since 1939 for their musical ride, a showcase of intricate

cavalry drills used to promote the police force. But as Sergeant Sarah Peron explains, not every horse they breed makes the cut. A lot of it comes down to their mind. They're not ready. They don't want to be in that environment so close to other horses. We do three hours a day of training to go on to the tour with a musical ride. So that's a lot of work for a horse. 16 horses are being auctioned off. And if you're looking to bring a smaller piece of the breeding program home, you can also buy semen from two of the RCMP's prize stallions. The auction ends October 8th. That is the world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. We update every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.

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