The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/10 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/10 at 04:00 EDT

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A message from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. from cbc news the world is sour i'm neil kumar israel says its cabinet has approved a u.s broker deal with amaz that will see the release of all israeli hostages alongside a partial israeli military withdrawal from gaza palestinian prisoners will also be released the Israeli prime minister benjamin nittanyahu described the decision as momentous and a development that is a good one the deal came almost exactly two years after the Hamas invasion of Israel had sparked the war. Khalil Al-Haya with Hamas is the exalt-Caza chief. Today, we announce that we have reached an agreement

to end the war and aggression against our people and to begin implementing a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of the occupation forces, the entry of aid, the opening of the Rafah crossing in both directions, and the exchange of prisoners. The Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he had hoped the deal would clear the path for a lasting political solution and an independent Palestinian state.

In Vancouver, there's widespread hope that peace promised will materialize quickly. Tanya Fletcher has reaction. You know what? I am so happy that the killing stopped. Sobi El Zalbaidi owns Tamam, a Palestinian restaurant in East Vancouver. I am happy to see Gazans dancing, not dancing to Trump. They're dancing because the airplanes stop throwing rockets at them. They're dancing because they can find their missed ones. They're dancing because they can find water. to drink. But he fears that joy may be short-lived once the aftermath of war is fully realized. It's a moment where we are expecting like another hell to open to see just what they have done to the people in Gaza. So we are preparing ourselves for so much more pain now.

I guess cautious optimism. May Tal Kowalski grew up in Israel. She now represents J-Space Canada, a group that defines itself as a pro-Israel pro-peace Jewish Zionist charity. I'm feeling just elated. I'm just so happy to think that, like, the hostages are going to come home and this war is going to be over. I couldn't imagine it happening, and now we're here. Tanya Fletcher, CBC News, Vancouver. The union representing striking postal workers has announced that it will move

from a nationwide walkout to rotating strikes, which will begin on Saturday. Canadian Union of Post Workers' National President, Jan Simpson, has issued a statement that says it will start at 6 a.m. local time, saying the move to rotating strikes will get mail and parcels in the hands of Canadians. Canada Post now has 45 days to respond with the plan to implement the government's measures from the announcement back on September 25th. A fifth estate investigation into a massive data breach involving thousands of health care workers in BC has revealed senior officials that the agency had been warned for years about the breach

but failed to act to protect their workers. And now, there are growing calls on the BC government to launch an investigation into the breach. Fifth, the state co-host, Mark Kelly, has more. victim of identity theft. Ashley Stone drives through her Kelowna neighborhood, revealing the scope of a data breach that's left a trail of victims, like her. She's so many of us. Stone's personal information was used to take out credit cards in her name back in 2014. She warned her employer, BC's Interior Health Authority, about a possible data breach, but was met with denials.

Interior Health says there is no evidence of a mass breach, no evidence their personal information is for sale on the dark web. thefts continue to this day. Anne Kavukian, former Ontario Privacy Commissioner, says the BC government needs to launch an investigation. This is why you have to go to the Minister of Health and the Premier. We have to discontinue covering up. We contacted the BC Minister of Health, Josie Osborne,

who refused to comment on the breach, citing an ongoing RCMP investigation. Mark Kelly, CBC News, Colonna. Drake's lawsuit against Universal Music Group has been tossed out by a federal judge who decided that the lyrics of a Kendrick Lamar disc track are opinion, not liable. The music company denied that, and the judge agreed, Drake sued his own record label for promoting the song, Not Like Us.

And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.