The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/07 at 23:00 EST

Episode Date: November 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/07 at 23:00 EST...

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Starting point is 00:00:20 and a digital business library full of on-demand resources. Benefit together with Chambers Plan. Learn more at hellochambers.ca. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles a year-long legal and political battle over the fate of an ostrich flock has come to an end in british columbia one day after the supreme court dismissed an appeal to save the birds they've been culled over concerns about avian flu infection tanya fletcher has more on the reaction as darkness fell floodlights lit up the pen where the ostriches were corralled dozens of rounds of shot could be heard for hours after. Health officials announced the call was finished.
Starting point is 00:01:05 In a statement, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency saying it had consulted with experts and concluded the most appropriate and humane option was using professional marksmen to get the job done. From personal divisions to political ones, Attorney General Sean Fraser. This is a decision that is following the science and evidence. And Green Party leader Elizabeth May.
Starting point is 00:01:25 Public concern and the faith in our institutions would have been better met if CFIA had agreed to retesting the animals. But University of Saskatchewan virologist Angela Rasmussen says the scientific value in doing so would be very limited. You might learn a little bit about what's happening with these particular ostriches. Tanya Fletcher, CBC News, Vancouver. Travelers are dealing with hundreds of canceled flights in the U.S. There are fears thousands more could be grounded in the days ahead.
Starting point is 00:01:56 Air traffic controllers are working without pay as the Federal Aviation Administration grapples with the ongoing government shutdown. Katie Nicholson reports. Red cancellations flash on the arrivals and departures boards at the Fort Lauderdale Airport where Gloria Brown is trying to fly home to Boise, Idaho. It's still on schedule on the boards. But many flights, roughly 4%, hundreds across 40 major airports, are not. It's all a part of an attempt to alleviate pressure on stressed air traffic,
Starting point is 00:02:28 controllers who haven't been paid since the federal government shutdown began October 1st. I think it's terrible, and I think our Congress is a bunch of losers. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the flight reduction could go as high as 20% if the shutdown doesn't end soon. I don't want to see the disruption. I don't want to see the delays. But Duffy believes it's necessary. Since the shutdown, sick calls and understaffing at air traffic control centers have caused ground stops and delays. across the country. Kitty Nicholson, CBC News, Washington. In Louisville, Kentucky, the death toll into this week's crash of a UPS cargo plane has climbed the 14. The MD 11 got 30 meters into the air before plunging off the runway in flames,
Starting point is 00:03:13 slamming into two businesses. Todd Inman of the National Transportation Safety Board tells some of what's been learned from the cockpit voice recorder. About 37 seconds after the crew called for takeoff thrust, a repeating bell was hurt. on the CVR, which persisted until the end of the recording 25 seconds later. During this time, the crew engaged in efforts to attempt to control the aircraft before the crash. Enman says a fire broke out and one of the plane's three engines came off the left wing as it rolled down the runway. The plane had recently undergone six weeks of heavy maintenance. Concerns are growing about the growing number of doctors leaving Quebec. A number have said
Starting point is 00:03:56 they're resigning or taking early retirement. It's in response to controversial new legislation affecting doctors' pay. Santae, Quebec says since the adoption of that bill, it's seen 30 resignations by doctors and department heads across that province. Martin Sovey speaks for Ottawa's Montfort Hospital. They've received more than 50 applications from Quebec doctors since the start of October. The majority is not from the Uruguay. Some of it is, but most of them, either from the Montreal region, Quebec City, Sagney, elsewhere in the province. So the majority of the 50-something applications we've got are from outside of O'Doway. Thursday, the College of Physicians Insurgents of Ontario said it's received 240 applications
Starting point is 00:04:39 from Quebec doctors since October 23rd. That is the world this hour. For news anytime, visit our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.

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