The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/07 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: November 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/07 at 04:00 EST

This ascent isn't for everyone. You need grit to climb this high this often. You've got to be an underdog that always over-delivers. You've got to be 6,500 hospital staff, 1,000 doctors, all doing so much with so little. You've got to be Scarborough. Defined by our uphill battle and always striving towards new heights. And you can help us keep climbing.

Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. borough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Mike Miles. Shoots have been fired at a BC ostrich farm facing a coal order. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it would be proceeding with the execution of roughly 300 ostriches after the Supreme Court of Canada decided it will not hear the farm's appeal to overturn the order. Yes, mean, Renea has the details.

CBC News heard multiple rounds of sheds. shots fired at universal ostrich farms shortly after nightfall Thursday. The shots came from inside an enclosure made of straw bales where the Canadian Food Inspection Agency heard its scores of ostriches earlier in the day. Puppets. Puppets. CFIA puppets. Around the same time, supporters of the farm were heckling RCMP officers who are securing the area. Many of you are they sending in? That's a lot of soldiers here. There has been a huge police presence at the farm since the Supreme Court of Canada decided to not hear the farm's appeal, ending a

month's long legal battle. Katie Pasitney's mother co-owns the farm. She's going to lose everything she's ever loved for 35 years. The ostriches were ordered called in December following an avian flu outbreak that killed about 70 birds. In the past year, their case has garnered an international spotlight. Yasmin Ganea, CBC News, Vernon, BC. MP is leaving the party, but this one won't be joining the liberal government. Matt Jenneroo of Edmonton says he's resigning to spend more time with his family. He hasn't set an exact date for his departure, but he says we'll likely leave in the spring. Earlier this week, Chris Tremont of Nova Scotia defected to the governing liberals, weeks ahead of a confidence vote on its fall budget.

We're keeping a close eye on Canada's labor market today, with Statistics Canada set to release the latest jobs number this morning. Peter Armstrong reports. You don't need to look far to see for yourself that the Canadian economy is slowing. On the main street of just about every town or neighborhood, you can feel it as confidence in spending have dropped off in the face of the trade war. Canada has been on the precipice of a recession for months. Terrorists and uncertainty have been weighing on the economy all year. It's incredibly volatile. Claire Fenn, senior economist at RBC, says there have been wild swings in the jobs market.

83,000 jobs were added in June, 105,000 were then lost in July and August, before another surge in September added 60,000 jobs. Fan says economists are trying to zoom out past all the distortions in the economy right now. To cut through all the noise, the focus should be on the unemployment rate, and we're looking for the unemployment rate to stay steady at 7.1%. But if the past few months is any guide, prepare to be surprised when today's numbers come out. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Toronto. Former Prince Andrew is being asked to sit down for an interview with U.S. Democrats regarding Jeffrey Epstein's sex ring. Andrew is tied to Epstein by one of his former employees, the late Virginia Jewfrey, who accused Andrew of having sex with her while she was underage.

But the former prince has maintained his innocence. 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 seven 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 currently Sacramento-based athletics on March 26th. That is The World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. We update every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Mike.

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