The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/09 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/09 at 16:00 EDT

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It would see the return of some 48 Israeli hostages and the release of Palestinian prisoners. Aaron Collins has the latest. On the streets of Gaza, jubilation, relief from Palestinians at the potential end of this conflict. Is it over, asks this man. No more bombing, no more drones, no displacement, no hunger. The initial terms of the ceasefire were agreed to Thursday. Under it, Hamas will return the remaining hostages by next week. Shosh Bedrogyan is an Israeli government spokesperson. All of our hostages, the living and deceased, will be released 72 hours.

later, which will bring us to Monday. Israel is preparing to receive our hostages in all conditions they may be in. If the truce holds Israeli forces will partially withdraw from Gaza, holding on to roughly half of the enclave, a full ceasefire will take effect Friday. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Calgary.

Donald Trump says he hopes his peace plan in Gaza leads to a lasting peace in the region. All Americans should be proud of the role that our country has played in bringing this terrible conflict to an end. The President says he plans to travel to the Middle East on Sunday to attend an official ceasefire signing ceremony in Egypt, and he says he will later be speaking to Israel's Knesset. Quebec's governing party has tabled a bill to create a constitution for the province.

Premier Francois Legault told members of the Quebec National Assembly the document will enshrine the existence of the Quebec nation. He says the Constitution will protect Quebec's values, including secularism. But Quebec liberal leader Pablo Rodriguez says it's a lost opportunity to create a non-partisan document. I think it's an historic mistake to do this. We have one shot that doing it well. We're in favor of a Quebec constitution. Let's do it together.

The bill comes as Lago's CAQ Party is lagging in the polls ahead of an election in a year's time. St. John's Newfoundland is asking people to use less water. because of a low supply. Deputy city manager Linan Windsor says water levels are similar to the last time the city had a water ban in July 2009. And we're hoping for rain and, you know, I've, you know, I've lived in Newfoundland a long time. I've never seen a fall where we didn't get any rain. So, well, it's hope for the rain and then the pond should start to rebound and we should be good. The city's asking people to take shorter showers, turn off the tap while brushing teeth, run dishwashers, only when they're full and fix any leaks around their homes.

St. John's is one of several Newfoundland communities that have experienced water shortages due to the dry summer. And as the euphoria from last night's Blue J's series win fades, fans are turning their attention to the next series. The first big question, whether they'll be able to get or even afford tickets. Jamie Strasson reports. This is why you play the game. This is incredible. I'm so happy for our city, our fans. In the Champagne Soak locker room, George Springer and his teammates celebrate a series.

victory over the mighty New York Yankees. Now for the Blue Jays and their fans, the focus now shifts to the American League Championship Series. Tickets for that went on sale this morning. Some were lucky. I managed to grab three tickets for me and my parents. I got on Ticketmaster at like 930 and then I think I got tickets around like 10, 15. But others weren't so lucky and are now making plans to watch the game from their couch. I saw like the standard tickets for 500 and then I was selecting it and all of a sudden is just gone. So it was pretty upsetting. The resale market is already exploding with tickets priced at a few hundred dollars, now going for thousands. Game one is scheduled for Sunday in Toronto against either the Seattle Mariners or the Detroit Tigers.

Jamie Strash and CBC News, Toronto. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McIllery. Thank you.