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

Episode Date: October 16, 2025

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

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ontario premier doug ford are meeting today pressure mounts as automakers flee ontario in response to tariff threats from the u.s president but trade isn't the only thing being discussed this morning janice mcgregor fills us in ford wrote to the prime minister last month urging him again to bring in stronger crime legislation, particularly bail reform, that's a priority for championed when he was chair around the Premier's table. Federal and provincial justice and public safety ministers are meeting in Alberta today, and this morning in Toronto, Mark Carney will join a pair of as other ministers to announce new measures to fight crime, including a preview of long-promised bail reform legislation that's expected in the House of Commons before the end of the month.

Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Canadian home sales declined last month for the first time since, the spring. That's according to the latest report from the Canadian Real Estate Association. Lisa Sching explains. September's home sales were down by 1.7% compared with August. That ended a series of gains that started back in April. The reason for that slump, fewer people buying homes in cities like Greater Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, and Montreal, but the Greater Toronto area and Winnipeg seeing sales tick up. And even though the Bank of Canada lowered interest rates in September, the Canadian Real Estate Association's senior economist, Sean Cathcart, says

we might not see the effects of that rate cut until later in the fall. We certainly did see that happen last year, where October was the month where things really sprang to life. Even with this dip, the number of sales was still up compared with the last several years. In fact, up 5.2% compared with the same time last year, and the highest it's been since 2021. Lisa Sheng, CBC News, Toronto. In Gaza, the future of the ceasefire is getting cloudier as Hamas fails to return all deceased hostages to Israel. Two more bodies were repatriated last night, but more than a dozen remains are still unaccounted for.

Meanwhile, Israelis from one community are mourning their loss. Crystal Gumancing has more from Israel. Flags with Tamir Nimrodi's image line the road. People stand silently shoulder to shoulder on the highway between his hometown and the military cemetery where he'll be buried. Until this week, Nimrodi's family didn't know if he died while in captivity in Gaza. The non-combat soldier was kidnapped October 7th from a base near the era's crossing. Hamas says the rest are under the rubble and special equipment is needed to locate them. U.S. President Donald Trump says he could give the word and Israel would resume the war.

He also said Hamas was working to uphold its end of the deal. There are areas where they're digging and they're finding a lot of bodies. Israeli forensics teams confirmed this morning the last female captive in Bahaman was returned along with Mohamed Altrish. Their return possibly the last for a while. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, Nirit. Israel. The leader of Venezuela, Nicholas Maduro, is warning U.S. President Donald Trump not to carry out what he's calling CIA coups. Maduro made that comment amid rising tension between the United States and Venezuela.

On Wednesday, Trump publicly confirmed that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in the region. But when asked by a reporter if he would try to assassinate, President Maduro, Trump refused to say. Oh, I don't want to answer a question like that. That's a ridiculous question for me to be given. Not really a ridiculous question, but wouldn't it be a ridiculous question for me to answer? The U.S. has been blowing up at Venezuelan boats that it claims are trafficking drugs. This is Victor Robles, down to Guerrero, and that is going to do it. The Toronto Blue Jays won game three last night in the American League Championship Series,

beating the Seattle Mariners 13 to 4. Seattle leads the series two games to one. Game four is tonight in Seattle. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.