The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/27 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 27, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/27 at 05:00 EDT

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I'm Neil Hurland. The BC General Employees Union has reached a tentative deal with the provincial government, which could end the strike that has impacted everything from liquor distribution to fighting wildfires. It offers a 3% wage increase in each of the four years. Where than 25,000 workers have been on some form of job action, September 2nd. Paul Finch is the union president. We think this is a deal that addresses the priorities our members set for us when bargaining started.

So the committee has unanimously recommended the deal to our membership, but ultimately it's in their hands. A ratification vote will take place over the coming weeks. Construction is underway in the northern village of Deneer Beach, Saskatchewan, where 230 homes were destroyed by this year's wildfires. Helena Mahalik reports on the struggles, of rebuilding a town from the ashes. Everything about my life is different.

Rhonda where Bickey stands in the empty lot that once held her home into Nair Beach. Her house is one of over 200 in the community ravaged by the flames of this year's unprecedented wildfire season. Counselor Clayton Seawop says these fires need to be handled differently to prevent future devastation.

When we were younger, like we managed our fires differently than they do now. I've noticed it now with the let it burn policy that the fires are getting out of the hand. On the other side of the border, Flynn-Flawn Manitoba had extra firefighting crews brought in during the height of the fires.

But residents of Deneer Beach say their local volunteer firefighters were left to tackle the flames alone. The community wants assurance this won't happen again and is asking the Saskatchewan government for more firefighter crews and water bombers for next summer.

Helena Mahalik, CBCC, News, De Nair Beach, Saskatchewan. Argentina's president, Javier Melle, won decisive victories last night in mid-term elections. Abrazzan and appellant the ideas of the Libertat to be grand of Argentina newament. Malay thanked his supporters at a rally in Buenos Aires. The results are a crucial vote of confidence that strengthens his ability to carry out his radical free market experiment with billions of dollars in backing from the Trump

administration. For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome's Coliseum will be able to walk the same underground corridor once used as a secret passage for emperors. It's part of a new restoration that gives insight into those who ruled the Roman Empire. Megan Williams reports. The underground passage of Comodos takes its name from one of Rome's most despised emperors, a ruler obsessed with gladiatorial combat. Federica Rinaldi oversaw the Commodus passage restoration, which she says was built so Roman emperors could enter the arena unseen by the crowds, protecting them from assassination.

The passage also provided an element of drama, allowing an emperor to suddenly appear in his honor box overlooking the games. While most of the Coliseum was stripped of marble and decorative elements in the Renaissance, remnants remain in this secret passage. The restoration included cleaning the frescoes, reinforcing the vaults, and installing new lighting, says architect Angelica Puyall. The natural light used to seep through the holes on the ceiling. For now, visitors can walk along about 30 meters of where emperors once tread. Megan Williams, CBC News, Rome.

The World Series shifts to Los Angeles tonight for game three, with the Blue Jays trying to shake off Saturday nights lost to the L.A. Dodgers. John Schneider is the Jay's manager. At this point, you know, it's going to be all hands on deck. You know, these guys are going to, I think everyone will be able to throw three days in a row. Starting pitching is going to be important for both sides, for sure. And guys that can throw multiple innings are going to be important in these next three days. But I think especially against this team, you want to try to wear down their starters and get into their pen.

The series is tied at one game apiece. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.