The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/06 at 23:00 EST

Episode Date: November 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/06 at 23:00 EST

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have been heard at an ostrich farm we do not have any work yet on the circumstances or if anyone's been injured there have been shouts of murderers and stop the shooting comes after hours after the canadian food inspection agency began rounding up the flightless birds following the supreme court decision not to hear an appeal by the farm's owners. Last December, an avian flu outbreak prompted the CFIA to order a call of the entire flock. Yasmin Rania has details. Walk away because your maker is watching you right now. Farm supporter Jeff Godre yells through a microphone standing on the side of a highway overlooking the ostrich pens. Cruise and hazmat suits could be seen trying to round up the birds as many tearful supporters look on. Since the Supreme Court decided not to hear the farm's case, there is now

no legal impediment to the CFIA killing roughly 300 ostriches. The agency ordered the cull in December after an avian flu outbreak. Virologist Angela Rasmussen says she believes the Supreme Court made the right decision from a scientific perspective. She says even though it's been months since the outbreak, the birds could still be infectious and that testing them is difficult. Ostraches are seven to nine feet tall, extremely strong, and they can actually disembowel a person. The CFIA says it has followed all court decisions until this point and expects the farm owners to do the same. Yasmil Ganea, CBC News, Edgewood, B.C.

For the second time this week, an MP is leaving the Conservatives. But this time, instead of joining the Liberal government, as it faces a crucial budget vote, the member is leaving Parliament. Tom Perry explains. Matt Jeneru, the Conservative MP for Edmonton Riverbend, has sent out a letter announcing he's stepping down, though we're now hearing that may not happen. for a couple months anyways. The significance of this, of course, is that Generu's name was mentioned

as a conservative MP who might be interested in crossing the floor to join the liberals. We saw a Nova Scotia conservative MP, Chris Don Tramont, do that this week. Don Tramont said that for the last few months he wasn't feeling aligned with conservative leader Pierre Pollyev, and he said he thought there were other conservative MPs who felt the same way. And now we did hear that the conservatives were trying to quell any dissent in their ranks, make sure no one else jumped ship. And we have now heard from Conservative leader Pierre Pollyev. He posted, thank you, Matt Jenneru, for your decade of service to the people of Edmonton River Bend

on behalf of our conservative team. I wish you and your family all the best following your decision to step down as a member of Parliament next spring. So, Polyev putting a time frame on this resignation, we didn't have that before, but saying that Jenneru won't be leaving, it looks like, for a few months. The CBC's Tom Perry in Ottawa. Jenneru clarified late Thursday night that he has not set a date of departure,

but adds it will probably be in the spring. Alberta teachers are taking the provincial government to court for using the notwithstanding clause to order them back to work. 51,000 teachers were on strike for three weeks until a bill forced them back into the classroom. Alberta's Teachers' Association wants an injunction to block enforcement until the courts have ruled on the law's constitutionality. The union says getting an injunction would put the union back in a strike position

but isn't confirming if members would return to the picket line. The Toronto Blue Jays run to the World Series captured the imagination of Canadians. The team lost in Game 7 to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Just under 11 million Canadians watched Game 7 of the World Series, and almost 25 million watched some part of the Blue Jays postseason run. Thursday, the architects of that Jay's team held a postseason news conference. Team President Mark Shapiro says he couldn't believe the support they got from across the country. When you think about giving your life to working in sports,

you do so for the moments that you think you might be able to lift a community. But you never imagine what it could mean to lift a community coast to coast, to give people a reason to feel better about everything going on in the world right now. The Jays begin their 2026 season at home hosting the Oakland Athletics March 26th. That is The World This Hour for CBC News. I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.