The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/14 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/14 at 23:00 EDT

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Tony, Wacom will be the next premier of Newfoundland in Labrador. Tonight voters in the province elected a progressive conservative majority government with 21 seats. And if you didn't vote PC, that's okay too, because we're also going to work hard for you. because it doesn't matter to me if you are blue or red or orange. At the end of the day, all of us are Newfoundlanders and Labradorians first. Liberal leader John Hogan was trying to win his first election and retain power for the liberals who have formed government for nearly a decade in Newfoundland and Labrador.

People of Newfoundland and Labrador have spoken, and we will always respect their choice. And in the coming days, I'll meet with the lieutenant governor and Mr. Wakeham to ensure a smooth government transition. Now, we all know that this is not the outcome we'd hope for. NDP leader Jim Dyn won his riding but failed to grow his party seat count. Our job now is to continue the fight we started in this election, to build on the successes of this election,

to continue building a better world for all people who call this place home. With the results of this election, seven Canadian provinces will have conservative governments. Canadian lumber is taking another hit from U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, and it's not just softwood. New tariffs announced last month are now in effect. Yasmin Rania reports. As workers sand down kitchen cabinets at Nichols' cabinets in Richmond, BC,

Director of Sales and Marketing Keith Grubaugh is anxious. The main driver of the stress is the uncertainty. About 70% of the company's products are shipped to the U.S. Again, we're trying to refocus our efforts, looking at different markets, but that takes years to develop. There's now a 25% tariff on kitchen cabinets and vanities imported into the U.S. that could rise to 50% in January if a deal is not reached, and an additional 10% global tariff on softwood lumber and timber imports.

Canadian producers were already facing duties of just over 35%, meaning Canadian softwood will now see total import taxes exceeding 45%. Yasmil Renea, CBC News, Vancouver. Well, after laying off thousands of workers in Ontario earlier this year, the automaker Stalantis says it's expanding its U.S. operations. Stalantis said tariffs led to unstable market conditions in Canada. The automaker has pledged to hire back some of the workers in Windsor, but not until the new year.

The company is investing $13 billion in the U.S. and adding 5,000 new jobs. Tonight, the Prime Minister's office says it's working with the company, to protect Canadian workers and create new opportunities for them in Ontario. The Palestinian militant group Hamas says the remains of an additional four Israeli hostages have been transferred back to Israel. The return of bodies is becoming an early stumbling block for the peace agreement, and the delivery of aid to Gaza hangs in the balance.

Margaret Evans reports from Jerusalem. The Egyptian border town of Areech is thick with aid trucks, waiting to head into Gaza via the Rafah crossing and is required by the recent ceasefire. But Israel is now threatening to keep it closed and to reduce aid, accusing Hamas of violating the terms of the truce by failing to return the bodies of all 28 Israeli hostages

along with the living released on Monday. Hamas blames the vast devastation in Gaza, bodies lost under the rubble. Israel doesn't believe it, although there was an addendum to the agreement providing for a task force to help locate the missing bodies. By nightfall, Hamas had turned the remains of four more hostages over to the Red Cross, and they are now on Israeli soil. But it's not clear whether it will be enough to satisfy Israel. Margaret Evans, CBC News, Jerusalem. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.

Thank you.