The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/14 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/14 at 04:00 EDT

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Today is Election Day in Newfoundland in Labrador. Liberal leader John Hogan, progressive conservative leader Tony Wakeham, and NDP leader Jim Dinn are vying for the province's top job. Brett Ruskin reports from the capital, St. John's. Voters this time around will be thinking about politics, not the pandemic. The last provincial election here saw a spike in COVID. cases right before polls were set to open, and provincial officials shut down in-person voting. It was the only election in recent Canadian history that saw nearly every vote sent in by mail.

Today, a more familiar scene. Orderly lineups expected at churches, schools, and community centers, and the decision between candidates from the Liberal Party, which has been in power here for a decade, or those from the NDP or progressive conservatives. Each party has views on how best to handle health care, the provincial deficit, or the multi-billion dollar deal with Quebec for hydroelectric power. But this campaign is not without its quirks, like the former leader of the provincial NDP running as an independent in two separate ridings. Unlike other provinces, there is no rule against that here.

We'll find out who wins each riding, or possibly two ridings, after polls closed tonight. Brett Ruskin, CBC News, St. John's. U.S. President Donald Trump says the leader of Turkey could play a pivotal role in ending the war between Russia and Ukraine. Erdogan can. He's respected by Russia. Ukraine, I can't tell you about, but he is respected by Putin. And he's a friend of mine, you know, you can see. I get along with the tough ones. I don't get along with the weak ones. Trump made the comment aboard Air Force One as he flew back to the U.S. from the Middle East after brokering a ceasefire deal between Israel and the Palestinian militant group, Hamas. A parent in Ottawa is warning others about the possible concerning effects of a respiratory illness. RSV can spread quickly among infants and young children. And as Kimberly

Molina reports, it can be potentially devastating. Jessica Cohn has a perfectly healthy 10-year-old boy. But when he was less than a month old, he developed respiratory sensical virus. The thing with RSV is that it tends to peak around day three to day five. Cohn says he got progressively worse and was almost intubated. They did some more tests and they determined he'd also developed pneumonia. He spent two weeks in hospital. RSV can cause up to 16 times more hospitalizations among infants and young children compared to the flu. Dr. Dharin Al-Charr is a physician at the Ottawa Hospital and she sits on an RSV task force.

There could be long-term effects as well and we know that it's associated. with asthma and wheezing. Dr. El Char says there are now antibodies and vaccines, but she says some provinces only offer the antibodies and vaccines to high-risk mothers and infants. Kimberly Molina, CBC News, Ottawa. The Toronto Blue Jays lost their second game last night against the Seattle Mariners in the American League Championship Series. Seattle beat Toronto 10 to 3. Greg Ross reports. If you're a Blue Jays fan who paid good money to come to game two, of this American League Championship series.

Well, this was a long and difficult night. And the frustration started pretty much right at the beginning of this game. The top of the first inning, it was clear that this was not going to be another great performance by 22-year-old pitching sensation, Trey Yassavage. Your Savage would last only four innings in this game, giving up five earned runs with four strikeouts. On the other side of the ball, things weren't much better for the Blue Jays. Their offense struggled once again.

They did manage to put three runs up on the board through. two innings, but that was it. They were not able to muster any more offense in this game. Meanwhile, the Mariners, they scored early and often, going on to beat the Blue Jays by a final of 10 to 3. They take a commanding

2-0 lead in this best of 7 series, and this series now shifts to Seattle where they will play game 3 at T-Mobile Park on Wednesday night. Greg Ross, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland.

Thank you.