The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/29 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 29, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/29 at 00:00 EDT

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We begin with Breaking Baseball News from Los Angeles. The Toronto Blue Jays have just beaten the L.A. Dodgers in game four of the World Series. Final score, 6-2. The CBC's Thomas Dagla reports. from Los Angeles. Yeah, what a difference a day makes after that six-hour, 39-minute marathon for game three. Here we are, game four, and the Blue Jays make relatively quick work of the Dodgers, tying up the series two games to two, and making sure that all those Canadians who traveled

here to Los Angeles for this game had lots to cheer for. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has now broken the franchise record for most home runs by a Blue Jay. And keep in mind, this is the first postseason where he has been hitting those homers. For the superstar on the other team, Shohei Otani, an effective pitcher tonight with six strikeouts, but an ineffective hitter. Now, the Jay's win tonight guarantees two things. First of all, the series will return to Toronto Friday night and potentially Saturday for a game seven. But whatever happens, this is now a best of three with the first team to win two games wins the World Series. The CBC's Thomas Dagler at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

One of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history is hammering Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa made landfall as a Category 5 storm. It's now downgraded to a category 4, but there are widespread power outages and flooded roads. Chris Reyes reports. Even before Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Jamaica's southwestern coast, the images were terrifying and so were the warnings. Evan Thompson is with the meteorological service of Jamaica. It will cause catastrophic damage, life-threatening damage.

There is very little that can stop our Category 5 hurricane. Hurricane Melissa is the strongest storm to hit the island since record-keeping began. There are reports of widespread power and internet outages, as well as storm surges flooding roads and bridges. Nessa 4 McGendi, with a red cross in the Caribbean, says the humanitarian threat is severe. He says essential services could be cut off for days. if not weeks. Roves will be tested. Flood water will rise. Isolation will become a harsh reality for many.

Hurricane Melissa is expected to weaken slightly as it heads north, where Cuba is bracing for a hit. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York. Alberta Elementary and High Schools will be back in session Wednesday after the provincial government passed back to work legislation, ending a teacher strike. Jason Schilling is president of the Alberta Teachers Association. He says teachers will comply with the order. While the government may have ended the strike, they have not ended the crisis in Alberta's classrooms. Our schools will reopen tomorrow, but the same overcrowded classrooms, the same lack of supports, the same underfunding will still be waiting for teachers and students. Nothing in Bill 2 changes that reality. Shilling says every worker in Alberta should be concerned

about the province's use of the notwithstanding clause to end the strike. The legislation imposes the contract that nearly 90% of teachers rejected. The Conservative Party is hoping all parties come together to back its bill that tackles intimate partner violence. Bill C-225 would create specific offenses under the criminal code for this kind of violence. Conservative MP Frank Caputo drafted the bill. When you assault an intimate partner, it's not just assault. It's assaulting somebody oftentimes who is in an emotional relationship, a physical

relationship, a relationship of financial dependence. That's what distinguishes it from simple assault. And that's why we should be calling it criminal harassment of an intimate partner. The bill would also treat the murder of a current or former intimate partner as first-degree murder. Caputo says the bill is non-partisan and he hopes it can be passed quickly. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.