The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/18 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/18 at 05:00 EDT

The spirit of innovation is deeply ingrained in Canada, and Google is helping Canadians innovate in ways both big and small, from mapping accessible spaces so the disabled community can explore with confidence, to unlocking billions in domestic tourism revenue. Thousands of Canadian companies are innovating with Google AI. Innovation is Canada's story. Let's tell it together. Find out more at g.co slash Canadian Innovation. from cbc news the world is sour i'm neil kumar israel's military is now confirmed that the remains of the latest hostage handed over by hamas and returned to israel are those of eli yahoo margolite the israel defense forces saying margolite was a 75-year-old man who was killed on october seventh twenty twenty three and that his body was taken into gaza marglet's death was announced by israel in december twenty twenty three a month after his daughter who was killed

also taken hostage, was released during a temporary truce. U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war dealt multiple blows this week. The biggest being Stalantis, shifting thousands of jobs from Ontario to Illinois. Premiers are now questioning whether industries in their province are getting the same attention as others. The host of the House, Catherine Cullen, has more. You're not going to blame a Premier for standing up for the major industries of their province. Ontario's representative in Washington insists he's not worried about Team Canada. David Patterson says this year the premiers have been as united as ever.

But lately, tensions over tariffs have been showing. This week, U.S. tariffs went up on softwood lumber, leaving Canada facing a 45% hit. BC's David Eby said this week, he worries when workers in the auto or steel sector lose their jobs. And what we're asking for today is that that same respect is shared for the forest sector in this country. Patterson says all provinces want to see an end to sectoral tariffs. We need a deal for Canada. Patterson warns Trump may soon once again threaten to rip up his free trade deal with Canada. He says Canadians shouldn't, as he puts it, freak out because Canada has too many things the United States needs.

Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. There are growing concerns that recent attacks carried out by the United States could lead to outright conflict with Venezuela. This week, President Donald Trump confirmed he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations there, adding that ground attacks might soon follow. Venezuela is calling the Trump administration's actions a violation of international law. Mandy Sham reports. President Trump believes that Nicholas Maduro is an illegitimate president. Spokesperson Caroline Levitt says the White House is taking unprecedented steps to stop the flow of drugs being trafficked out of Venezuela. Since September, the U.S. has carried out deadly strikes on boats.

It accuses of smuggling drugs. Nearly 30 people have been killed since the targeted strikes began. Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations denounces what he calls extrajudicial executions against civilians. Samuel Moncada is urging the U.N. Security Council to deem the U.S. attacks illegal. Our message is, there is time to stop this madness. We don't want war. The White House has already. declared war on what it calls

narco-terrorism. Some political analysts warn this escalation could be setting the groundwork for an eventual American attempt at toppling Nicolas Maduro's regime in Venezuela. Mandy Sham. CBC News, Toronto. Prince Edward Island is asking the federal government for help

with compensation for the oyster industry which has been hit hard by disease. Dermo and MSX are deadly to oysters but harmless to humans. Provincial officials told MLAs the province had a $3 million dollar fund at a committee on Thursday, Kim Gill is the acting director for PI Aquaculture. We are now having a lot of discussions with federal partners and other government groups.

It was earmarked, and it was what we knew at the time was probably going to be a good amount. But going forward, I think it needs to be more than that $3 million. Officials say they would like to see programs for the agriculture industry also be made available to aquaculture. The Toronto Blue Jays are now down three games at two in the ALCS. following a loss to the Seattle Mariners in game five. The final score was 6-2, and manager John Schneider spoke after the game. I trust every single guy on this roster.

Today, it didn't work out, but we've won two games in a row a whole lot this year. Game 6 will take place in Toronto on Sunday. And that is your role this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.