The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/25 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/25 at 04:00 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 this hour i'm neil kumar we begin with the game one of the world series

between the toronto blue jays and the los angeles dodgers a high drive to deep right center field it is gone addison barger does indeed blow it open with a pinch hit grand slam The Toronto Blue Jays have captured the first game of the World Series, following an 11-4 victory over the L.A. Dodgers. Jamie Strasson is more from Rogers Center. Playing the first World Series game in Canada in more than 30 years, the Blue Jays marked the occasion with an offensive explosion,

highlighted by a nine-run sixth inning, on their way to an 11-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The knock-out blow, a grand slam by Addison Barger. The Blue Jays' nine-run inning was the first time any team has scored, that many runs in a single World Series inning since 1968. Alejandro Kirk and Dalton Varsho also added home runs. Part of Toronto's 14 hits. Rookie sensation Troy I Savage started the game for the Jays,

just his seventh start in the big leagues. The 22-year-old wasn't as sharp as he has been this postseason, lasting only four innings. Long-time Blue Jay manager, Cito Gaston, who led Toronto to its two-world series titles in 1992 and 93, throughout the first pitch. Game two goes Saturday night in Toronto. Jamie Strash and CBC News, Toronto. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he'll soon pause an anti-tariff ad that triggered a shocking reaction from the U.S. President. Donald Trump said he has now terminated trade talks with Canada. But the ad will still air as millions tune in to the World Series this weekend.

Ashley Burke has more from Ottawa. High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation. This is the ad millions of Americans watching the World Series. we'll see for the last time this weekend. Ontario's premier is pressing pause after angering Donald Trump. Market shrink and collapse. Businesses and industry shut down.

This anti-tariff ad uses the voice of a famous former Republican president against the current one. America's jobs and growth are at stake. It drove Trump into this stunning late-night post declaring all trade negotiations with Canada are hereby terminated. bringing talks to a crashing halt.

The prime minister spoke to Doug Ford, who posted afterward that Ontario will pause its U.S. advertising campaign effective Monday so that trade talks can resume. But so far, no sign from Trump's team that talks are back on. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Ottawa. Colonna RCMPs say one person has been arrested and remains in custody after a fire broke out in Knox Mountain Park on Friday. Crews with the Colon of Fire Department are on the scene. Police are helping hikers out of the area, and they're also closing off roads and telling people to stay away. Calgary's official voter turnout in the 2025 general election was 39.04% of eligible voters.

That translates into nearly 350,000 people casting at least one ballot in the city's mayoral, counselor, and school board trusty races. The CBC's Acton-Clarkin has more. The turnout is lower than Calgary's last municipal election. in 2021. More than 46% of voters turned out back then. Some people say long voting lines deterred them from voting this year, including 80-year-old Terry Goldbeck. I went to vote. I saw the line and I decided not to vote as a protest. A protest against new municipal election rules brought in by the government of Alberta, including that local election workers have to maintain a list of voters. Elections Calgary says the new rules slowed things down. M.RU.

Political Science Professor Laurie Williams says stories about people leaving polling stations is concerning. Those folks that were in line, waiting to vote, wanting to vote, maybe leaving and hoping the line would be shorter if they came back later, and never made it to vote. That's a huge problem. The province says it's up to local elections authorities to come up with an effective plan. Acton-Clarkin, CBC News, Calgary. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.