World Report - October 16: Thursday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: October 16, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are meeting this morning to discuss trade and tackling crime.Health ministers from across the country are in Calgary, taking stock of Canada's healthcare system.Canadian Real Estate Association report shows drop in homes sales in September.Young families across Canada flee urban life for cheaper housing in smaller communities.Officials in Israel confirm two bodies returned by Hamas last night are those of dead hostages.Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to a temporary ceasefire following a week of clashes.Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro warns US president Donald Trump from carrying out a CIA coup in his country.The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 13-4 in game 3 of the ALCS.

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Angie Seth. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are meeting today. Pressure is mounting on the two levels of government as automakers flee Ontario in response to tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. The CBC's Janice McGregor is watching it all from our Parliamentary Bureau. So, Janice, what next steps are expected to come out of this meeting?

Angie, the Ontario and federal governments have worked together for decades to keep at least some level of automotive manufacturing in Canada, taking equity stakes as part of a bailout package when companies were struggling, more recently offering billions to help companies retool for hybrid vehicles and make new investments in electric battery production in Windsor. Premier Doug Ford then wasn't impressed that after all that financial, support, the head of Stalantis told him he would postpone for a year the decision on what to do with the now idle Brampton plant. I'm not going to give him a penny because it was tied in to

making sure Windsor and keep Brampton going. The Premier's office confirms that only a small fraction, about 55 million of the billions offered to Stilantis, had actually paid out from the province. But the federal government was unable to tell CBC News yesterday how much federal money has flowed to a company that's now moving its next model south. Industry Minister Melaneseo Lee wrote Stalantis yesterday threatening legal action if it doesn't fulfill its obligations in Canada, but the Premier wants Canada to focus its hardball tactics not so much on the company but on the Trump administration that brought in the tariffs that pressured Stalantus

to shift investments in the first place. So as we follow that angle of the narrative, we also understand that Carnian Ford won't just be discussing trade this morning. That's right. Ford wrote to the Prime Minister last month, urging him again to bring in stronger crime legislation, particularly bail reform. That's a priority Ford championed when he was chair around the Premier's table. Federal and provincial justice and public safety ministers are meeting in Alberta today. And this morning in Toronto, Mark Carney will join a pair of his other ministers to announce new measures to fight crime, including a preview of long-promised bail reform legislation that's expected in the House of Commons before the end of the month. Janice McGregor for us in Ottawa. Janice, thank you for this. You're welcome. Health ministers from across the country, meantime, are meeting in Calgary, taking stock of Canada's health care system. They're looking at what's working, what's not, and what else needs some critical care.

Senior health reporter Christine Bjouac has that story. In my view, we are moving from a narrative of crisis to a narrative of hope in primary care. Danielle Martin is a family doctor in Toronto. Ontario is promising to connect everyone with a family doc within four years. As Canada's health ministers meet face-to-face in Calgary, Dr. Martin says it's an opportunity to learn from one another and do big things. A real Pharmacare program, one that covers essential medicines for all Canadians, could be a solution not only to the need for nation-building programs,

but also to the affordability crisis for the millions of Canadians who can't afford to take their medicine right now. Alberta's health minister didn't provide an agenda for the meeting, but health care workforce issues are top of mind. and nurses are pushing for safer workplaces and the ability to work across provinces without needing a new license each time. Dr. Margo Burnell, president of the Canadian Medical Association, is in Calgary. What it would do, it would allow physicians who live in border communities to practice across borders. The health care system is strained to its... Rita McCracken is a family doctor in BC. She says provinces paying into for-profit clinics

is also impacting workforce shortages. Increasing access to private options is not going to solve the problem. In fact, it is going to make the problem worse. She hopes health ministers will discuss evidence-based ideas for improving the system, ideas that push toward lasting improvements for patients and providers. Christine Burek, CBC News, Toronto. Well, there's some good news for homeowners and potential buyers. The Canadian Real Estate Association is sounding a more optimistic note on the housing market.

They've just updated their forecast for 2025, and it seems home sales won't dip as much as first expected, predicting a decline of just over 1%. Their latest report shows market activity is rebounding. In September, for example, home sales were up 5.2% from a year ago, and looking ahead, Cree expects the average home price to remain strong with only a small decrease of about 1.5%. Meantime, young families are fleeing urban life in bigger cities across Canada, and one of the main reasons is, well, they can afford housing and smaller communities outside of the city. Sarah Leavitt has more on the situation in Montreal. So as we come in, we're going to have the nice mud room. Walking into his brand new home under construction, Eliot Dumas says he's ready for the big move.

He used to live in Montreal, but now alongside his girlfriend, they're building their dream home in St. Sever about an hour out of the city. As a real estate agent, he says there's a reoccurring theme for why people are leaving the city for country life. Affordability. In many cases, you can have a house for the price of a two-bedroom condo in Montreal. More and more families are leaving Montreal. According to the Statistics Institute of Quebec, more than 120,000 Montrealers are projected to move to other regions in the province by 2030. Frederic Fleury-Peyer is with the Institute. When you want to have two or three kids, usually the possibilities in Montreal are less common than a suburb.

The shifting demographics do come with growing pains, though. Certain towns have halted development permits because current water and sewage infrastructures can't handle that many residents. Dumas says, though, they're catching up, and he encourages others to try out the country. It's just easier life, I would say, in general. A different kind of living that puts less strain on the water. Wallet. Sarah Levitt, CBC News, St. Sovert. Officials in Israel have confirmed the latest bodies returned by Hamas or those of Israeli hostages. The remains were handed over late last night.

Forensic exams have determined one is a 27-year-old woman who's attending the Nova Music Festival. The other is a 39-year-old Israeli soldier. Both were likely killed in the October 7th attack. Hamas, meantime, says it needs special equipment to find and retrieve the remaining 19 deceased hostages buried under the rubble in Gaza. Venezuela's president is telling U.S. President Donald Trump to refrain from carrying out a CIA coup in his country. Nicholas Maduro says threats of a regime change are a stark reminder of what he calls failed U.S. orchestrated coup attempts in Latin America and the Middle East. Maduro's comments come after Trump publicly confirmed he authorized the CIA

CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela. He says they're needed to combat migration of Venezuelans to the United States and drug trafficking. Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to a temporary ceasefire. It comes after a week of deadly clashes along their border and retaliatory strikes on the Afghan capital. As our South Asia correspondent, Salima Shivji reports the two sides now have 48 hours to stop a broader conflict from igniting. The streets of Kabul, as explosions rocked the Afghan capital. Neighboring Pakistan carried out retaliatory strikes after clashes near their shared border, left at least a dozen people dead and hundreds more injured, both soldiers and civilians.

A shell landed right here, this man on the Pakistani side of the border, says there was panic. At this hospital in Spin-Bolduk on the Afghanistan side, several men lie in stretchers recovering. 99% of the victims are civilians, including women and children, Dr. Akhtar Jan Barak says. It comes after intense fighting at the volatile border broke out on Sunday. The heaviest clashes between the two countries in years. Late Wednesday, the two sides declared they had reached a ceasefire, a temporary one that will last 48 hours. But there are concerns the violence and incendiary rhetoric that accompanied it could still spiral. Ties between Afghanistan and Pakistan have deteriorated rapidly since the Taliban took power in 2021,

with Islamabad accusing Kabul of harboring militant groups like the Pakistani Taliban, the TTP, which has been behind a rising number of deadly attacks. Please sit together and find a solution, pleads this Pakistani truck driver at the border crossing. He's not sure the ceasefire will hold, leaving those living along the contested border on end. Salima Shivjee, CBC News, Mumbai. And finally, just as Hope was starting to fade, a big win for the Blue Jays last night, taking down the Seattle Mariners 13 to 4 in Game 3 of the American League Championship. Jay's fan, Donovan Montgomery, made the trip from Vancouver to watch the match in Seattle. I mean, baseball is a funny thing.

Like, you could lose two in a row, and then all of a sudden the bats get hot again, and they can win four in a row. Like, who knows? We'll find out. Well, the bats of the Jays certainly did indeed wake up. Toronto's offense exploded for five runs in the third inning, sparked by two-run Homer by shortstop, Andreas Jimenez. But Seattle still leads the series two games to one. Canada's team will play game four against the Mariners tonight.

And that's the latest national and international news from World Report. I'm Angie Seth. This is CBC News. For more CBC podcasts, go to CBC. slash podcasts.