The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/07 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/07 at 05:00 EDT

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I'm Neil Hurland. Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House today. They'll talk about the trade war and the possibility of some tariff relief. Meantime, some small business owners in Newfoundland and Labrador say they're stopping shipments to the U.S. It's because commercial packages, under $800, no longer qualify for. duty-free exemptions. Heather Gillis has more. We lose money with every book that goes out the door. St. John's-based publisher, Jerry Cranford, says he's stopping shipments to the United States. He recently sent three cases with 96 cookbooks and says he got a big bill at the border.

We had been levied with a $1,400 tariff. It's all because the United States ended the de minimis exemption, which allowed commercial shipments under $800 to enter the country duty-free. The other thing, eating into Cranford's bottom line, the Canada Post strike. He says other couriers are more expensive. The heritage shop, a tourist gift shop with nine locations in Newfoundland and Labrador, they're stopping two. Executive Director Jane Severes says the problem is tariffs can vary and they need to be paid up front. It's just not possible for an organization of our size. Cranford says he's going to be keeping a keen eye on Prime Minister Mark Carney's meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump to see if there are any changes that would allow him to send small shipments again.

Heather Gillis, CBC News, St. John's. Two years ago today, the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping 251. The attack sparked a war that's still going on, and the Israeli response has devastated the Gaza Strip. Crystal Gamansing reports on the impact for Palestinians. In Gaza, people talk about the war. different sounds. The street noise, people jostling for food and crowds, but it is the cry of

her children that caught Salma Toil. They are not able to bear the situation. Toil spoke to CBC over Zoom not long after she was forced to leave Gaza City with her family. She's now in Dira Abala, but isn't sure it's much safer. The World Health Organization says 42,000 people in Gaza are now living with life-changing injuries. Save the children last month, that at least one Palestinian child has been killed every hour on average by Israeli forces in Gaza during the course of the war. Israel says it tries to protect civilians by issuing evacuation notices. Humanitarian groups have repeatedly called for an end to the fighting, citing the right to protection, food, and clean water, none of which are readily available in Gaza.

Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, still not Israel. headline marine land has given the federal government to save its beluga whales. The amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario is already closed and Canada's fisheries minister has rejected an application to have the whales sent overseas. As Lisa Xing reports, the minister is also refusing a request from marine land for taxpayer money. I hold marine land accountable. Fisheries minister Joanne Thompson rejecting the park's request for money to care for its remaining 30 belugas. immediately respond with a request for federal funding is inappropriate. The ask comes after the minister rejected its applications to send the whales to a theme park in

China. In a letter to Thompson last week, Marine Land said it was in a critical financial state and if Ottawa doesn't come up with the funds, it will be forced to euthanize the belugas. There is no easy way out. Camille Lapchuk, Executive Director of Advocacy Group Animal Justice, says the onus should fall on the park to care for the animals, but is also urging the Ontario government to intervene, since it's responsible for animal welfare. Provincial and federal officials are working on a plan. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said last week,

he's hoping the belugas can be moved to a place they can thrive. Lisa Sheng, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.