The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/12 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/12 at 03:00 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. Israeli hostages are set to return home after two years of captivity in Gaza. And as Breyer Stewart reports, Hamas is expected to start releasing hostages by Monday morning under the terms of the peace deal. Crowds gathered in Tel Aviv for a rally ahead of the expected hostage release. Now, it is supposed to take place by noon on Monday. That's the deadline that has been set given when the ceasefire came into effect.

48 hostages remain in Gaza, 20 of whom are believed to still be alive. After the hostages will be released, 2,000 Palestinian prisoners will be as well. 250 of them were serving life sentences in Israeli jails. The rest of them were detained in prison after the war in Gaza began. Now, this is the scene in Israel. The scene in Gaza obviously is completely. different. Officials there say 300,000 people have made the track from the south to the north. Since the ceasefire went into effect, they returned to neighborhoods where in many cases they

were completely destroyed. People don't necessarily even have a place to stay, but they were bringing tents and whatever belongings they had. Friar Stewart, CBC News, is television. The latest Canada Post strike is now entering its third week. Even as a postal worker say, the job action will change to rotating strikes. Many indigenous businesses have scrambled to ship products to and from remote and northern communities. As Liam Baker reports, some Ottawa-based businesses had to get creative in connecting with clients.

We also rely on purchasing items from suppliers, but we also need that shipment in order to continue. Stephanie Peltier says she sources much of the materials for her custom beaded jewelry from other indigenous artisans. Often, the artisans are based in rural communities where Canada Post is the sole courier. She estimates 30% of the Canadian clientele for a company, Delia Estelle Designs, are located in rural indigenous communities.

It's almost like I'm working extra hard to convince my clientele that everything will be okay. While Pelchia remains hopeful her business can survive the strike, other indigenous owned businesses in the Ottawa area have left Canada Post completely. Maya Boudre is the 14-year-old founder and CEO of Kokom Scrunchies, a hair accessory business based in Gatineau. We partnered up with Darwin shipping. They have access to all of the shipping carriers. They can ship anywhere across the country.

On Friday, the corporation announced its postal workers would transition to a rotating strike the next day. Liam Baker, CBC News, Ottawa. The union representing striking Alberta teachers says negotiations with the province will resume after the long weekend. 51,000 teachers walked off the job last Monday, demanding better pay and working conditions. The province is offering extra strike assistance to families of children. with complex care needs, as much as $300 per week will go to those who have an agreement with the family support for children with disabilities program. It's a big day for Canadian baseball fans.

For the first time since 2016, the American League Championship Series will be played on this side of the border, and the Toronto Blue Jays are now one step closer to the World Series. Thomas Denglet sets it all up for us. Ready? Let's go Blue Jays! Let's go Blue Jays! After knocking out the Yankees, Blue Jays fans. hope to see their team keep barreling through opponents.

Hopefully we can go all the way. Next up, the Seattle Mariners. The Jays last made it this far in the playoffs in back-to-back seasons a decade ago. The city caught fire, the whole country caught fire. I've never seen anything like it. John Gibbons was the team's manager back then, and he predicts the Jays have what it takes to go even further this time. I think you have a real good shot of winning the World Series.

Legendary slugger Joe Carter led the team to baseball's biggest prize 32 years ago. And in this squad, way back, Blue James win it. And in this squad, he sees talent up and down the roster. It's not just one guy carrying that team. It's just everybody is picking everybody up. With four wins needed to advance, history is once again within reach. Thomas Dagg, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.