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World Series Final, U.S. food supports running out, Misogynist influence in classrooms, and more
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<p>It all comes down to this. Two teams, Nine innings - and a World Series title on the line.</p><p>The Toronto Blue Jays have the hopes of an entire country on their shoulders, as they head into a winner-take-all final against the Los Angeles Dodgers.</p><p><br></p><p>Also: The U.S. federal government shutdown has now passed the one month mark. As of today, a food benefit program - relied on by more than 40 million Americans - is set to end. And a political impasse is showing little sign of a breakthrough.</p><p><br></p><p>And: A recent study finds strong evidence many Canadian boys and young men are encountering online misogyny - and that they're bringing harmful ideology about women into the classroom. Teachers say they need more resources to challenge it.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus: APEC summit wraps up, Virtual ER care, Retracing the steps of a Canadian soldier, and more.</p>
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From St. John's to Iqalui to Victoria, Canadians go to bat for the Blue Jays, hoping to propel Canada's team to their first World Series win in over 30 years. With only one game left, can their support help the Jays knock it out of the park? This is your world tonight. I'm Stephanie Scandaris, also on the podcast. As the US Government shutdown passes the one month mark, millions of low income Americans could go hungry as funding for food aid runs out. And I did apologize to the President. Mark Carney says sorry to Donald Trump for Ontario's anti tariff ad that torpedoed U.S. canada trade talks. It all comes down to this. Two teams, nine innings, hopefully, and a World Series title on the line. The Toronto Blue Jays have the hopes of an entire country on their shoulders as they head into a winner take all final against the Los Angeles Dodgers. As Thomas Dagler reports, both teams are chasing history in their own way in the World Series. A pivotal Game seven only comes around every few years and never before in Canada. So it's no wonder. Outside the Blue Jays downtown stadium fans camped out in folding chairs, bundled up in blankets more than 11 hours before first pitch. Ben McCall got a highly sought after general admission ticket and lined up early. I feel pretty good about it. I think we got some heavy hitters. I think we got a deep, deep team. The throw to second in time as the Dodgers ended game six last night with a stunning double play. Louisiana Also gained momentum, forcing tonight's winner take all final. Still, those Jays fans outside Rogers center remain hopeful they're going to come back. That's been our team all year. So just Gotta have some faith. Yeah, it'll be tough, but we've seen them do it before. Indeed, Toronto claimed more comeback victories than any other team in the major leagues this year. The Jays clinched the division title on the final day of the regular season and also won the last playoff round in a do or die game seven. That's the two best words in sports, you know. Game seven. Jays manager John Schneider is sending 41 year old veteran pitcher Max Scherzer to the mound. A two time World Series champion. Scherzer pitched and won the last time baseball's top tournament went seven games in 2019. Max has been getting ready for game seven when he knew he was pitching game three. So all the confidence in the world in him and everyone. As for the Dodgers, they're leaning on the sport's single biggest star, Shohei Ohtani. The Japanese phenom threw 96 pitches on Tuesday, giving him only three full days rest before his start tonight. It's a big adjustment for Ohtani, who hasn't pitched on fewer than 35 days rest this season. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts this is game seven, so there's a lot of things that people haven't done and you've just got to trust your players and try to win a baseball game. The Dodgers are chasing their third World Series title since 2020. A win tonight would cement the team's reputation as a dynasty. As for the Jays, let's go Blue Jays, let's go. Defeating LA would mean clinching Toronto's first baseball championship in 32 years, a moment sure to go down in Canadian sports history and send fans celebrating in the streets well into the night. Thomas Dagg, CBC News, Toronto. Prime Minister Mark Carney is on his way home after a nine day visit to Asia, saying he made progress in resetting Canada's relationship with China. He also confirmed he apologized to US President Donald Trump for an anti tariff ad run by Ontario's Premier Doug Ford. Trump called, called the ad fake and immediately cut off trade talks with Canada. Philip Lee Shanock has more. I think we have a very good relationship personally. Aboard Air Force One Returning from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, US President Donald Trump said Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney regretted an anti tariff ad but no trade talks were planned. It was very nice. He apologized for what they did with the commercial. At a media conference early Saturday, Carney confirmed that he apologized to the president during an APEC dinner. I did. I did apologize to the President. The president was offended. Carney also confirmed that Ontario Premier Doug Ford allowed him to preview the ad and that he advised against running it. It's not something I would have done. Such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer. Ontario's TV ad that played during the World Series last week used a 1987 national radio dress by former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. The ad infuriated Trump, who ended trade talks with Canada and said he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10%. A recent Angus Reid poll found that 43% of Canadian respondents say the ad was a bad idea, while 31% supported it. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has no regrets. We achieved our goal, you know, as we say, mission accomplished. It was done. They're talking about it in the US and they weren't talking about it before I put the ad on, so. Mark Warner is a former trade advisor to the Ontario government. He says Carney's apology was a good move. Canada and the U.S. will get back to sitting down. The ad was unfortunate. I still don't really understand how or why that happened, you know, but hopefully it won't happen again. At the end of the APEC summit, Carney said while it was a priority to restart negotiations with the US His Asia tour also set up a trade mission to South Korea, a potential free trade agreement with Thailand, and an invitation to visit China in the new year. Jeff Nankeville is president and CEO of the Asia Pacific foundation of Canada. For Canada, the imperative to diversify our trading relationships on quite an urgent basis is there since the arrival of the of the Trump administration. Carney also announced that Canada has offered to host the APEC summit in 2029. Folke Shannock, CBC News, Toronto. In China, a graduate job crisis has given rise to a new type of industry pretending to work. Job seekers can pay a daily fee to attend a fake office where they can live stream or apply for real work. A sign of the times in a country where Youth unemployment nears 20%. Freelance reporter Jan Kam Zine Brumbi has more from Beijing. Fake it till you make it. Videos on Chinese social media show office spaces where unemployed graduates can pretend to work. In one of them, a graduate describes coming to the office just to have fun. But companies offering the service that we spoke to say Chinese authorities instructed them not to speak publicly about youth unemployment. It's a sign Beijing is waking up to the potential political fallout of an undeniable graduate jobs crisis. In August, youth unemployment soared to nearly 19% as over 12 million graduates entered the job market for the first time, the largest ever cohort. At Lama Temple in Beijing, the air is thick with incense. 22 year old Li studied nursing, but she dreams of being a civil servant. Like many other young people in China, she's here to pray for her luck to turn. Before, even someone with a college degree could easily find a job. But now even graduates struggle to find work. Hong graduated in 2022 and admits she had a fake job before finally securing a real one. I came here to pray for a smooth life and a successful career. My ideal job is to work in a sense stable environment. Academic Roy Ng says that universities and students are partly to blame as both are too focused on traditional academia. Instead of developing skills students, they spend most of their energy in academic studies, projects, research. But employers, they want internships, they want real life problem solving skills. They want the students to learn what the industry is all about. The Chinese real estate sector is in a crisis. For the fifth consecutive year. Carmakers and other manufacturers are struggling with oversupply. The graduate jobs downturn is part of a wider economic slowdown in China, which could have a knock on effect on the rest of the world. Yeon Kamsun Brimby for CBC News, Beijing. Still ahead, more than 80 years after a Canadian soldier didn't make it home from battle in Italy, his wartime duffel bag finally will. Hidden in an old farm shed, it has led his family on a journey of discovery. You're along for the ride. Coming up on youn World tonight, British officials say multiple people have been stabbed on a train near Huntingdon, England, about 90 kilometers north of London. Two men have been arrested. There are no details yet about how serious the injuries are. In a post on X, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls the incident deeply concerning. In Tanzania, incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan has officially been declared the winner of Wednesday's election with 97% of the vote. But her win has thrown the country into chaos. Violent protests have broken out across Tanzania in recent days, with protesters setting fire to government buildings and police firing bullets and tear gas. International observers say the election lacked transparency, with main opposition leaders banned from running. A nationwide Internet shutdown and a curfew have been imposed. The US Federal government shutdown has now passed the one month mark. As of today, a food benefit program that more than 40 million Americans rely on is set to end. And as Chris Reyes reports, there is little sign of a breakthrough in the political impasse. The shutdown proceeds because the Democrats just don't know what they're doing. I don't know what's wrong with them? Donald Trump should put on a costume and pretend to act like a president. The finger pointing between Republicans and Democrats has not eased even as the US Government shutdown now enters its second month, affecting more and more Americans by the day. SNAP benefits, the program that low income families rely on for food, expire today, though two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to keep funding it. Still, Taja Iglesias, who used to be a SNAP recipient and now helps those who still are, is worried. This shut down, like there's so many other things that you could have pulled back on, you know, cut off other than people's food source when they have none. Kyle Wade, the president of Atlanta Community Food bank, says the lines at food pantries in Georgia are getting longer and longer. So many families are already dealing with the impact of inflation. And now we add to that the impact of the shutdown where federal employees are not being paid. Food pantries across the US Are preparing for the worst, knowing they can't afford to run dry. Kaki McGreery, who runs a community food shelf in Vermont, is rallying her resources. It's a big effort to purchase enough food and to secure enough donations to meet that demand and make sure that our shelves are fully stocked. Another concern, air travel. The Federal Aviation Administration has already started delaying flights with air traffic controllers refusing to show up, even if some of them are required to work without paying at a Virginia airport. Pete Levera is just one of many air traffic controllers who are urging travelers to call their government officials seeking your support. Reach out to your member of Congress. Ask them to reopen the government, please. This morning my bank account was the same that it was yesterday. So no money in there today, no paycheck. There have been multiple votes to end the shutdown, with both parties blaming the other for failing to pass the bill needed to fund the government. Democrats say they won't vote for a short term solution unless Republicans act to protect health care benefits passed under President Obama. Caught in the middle, Americans who are getting desperate like this Las Vegas woman. We're not mad at anybody. We just want to get our work done and get our paycheck, that's all. We didn't hurt anybody. We don't deserve this. With no end in sight, this shutdown is now closing in on the record set in 2018, 2019, when the government closed for 35 days, the longest in U.S. history. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York. It'll soon be time to dawn your winter jacket, gloves and toque. If you're not already there. But it wasn't that long ago that much of the country was wilting under extreme heat. In Newfoundland and Labrador, it was so hot this summer, the provincial government issued an advisory outlining at risk groups, including seniors. Even so, a CBC News investigation found the province has no regulations to keep care homes cool. As Arianna Kelland reports, there are calls to change that. Uncomfortably hot, really, because there's no air conditioning in the hallways. There's 92 years of life packed into Eileen Elm's room. But when the temperature rises, this space goes from cozy to downright sweltering. So you try not to move too much. You just kind of sit and stay. Try to keep cool. Elms lives in a personal care home in central Newfoundland. The communal lounge has air conditioning, but the bedrooms do not. And there's no rule that says they have to. Not in long term or personal care homes in Newfoundland and Labrador or much of the country. We've for a long, long time had regulations again across the country for heating in winter. Jennifer Penny is with the Ontario based group Seniors for Climate Action Now. Well, as climate change progresses, if we can call it that, it's going to get hotter and hotter and we need to think not just about the heating angle for people's survival and people's comfort, we need to think about cooling as well. Extreme heat isn't just uncomfortable, it can kill. Health Canada warns that heat related mortality in Canada is on the rise and will only get worse. Dr. Samantha Pomeroy says seniors are one of the highest risk groups. When we get to the area of heat stroke, seniors are our most vulnerable population. Heat stroke can cause death in over 50% of cases in seniors. Both Pomeroy and Penney say all levels of government need to recognize the need to adapt. So we who think of ourselves as a cool country where we're not subject to these problems, that's very rapidly changing and we need governments to begin to change with it. To start, Penny believes governments must track heat related deaths. This is already being done in Quebec and BC, but not in Newfoundland and Labrador. So how hot is too hot? Even in healthy adults, experts suggest sustained periods of 26 degrees Celsius can be harmful. Seniors are at increased risk of that because a lot of them are living in congregate living facilities or, you know, aren't able to get out and about as easily. If they have mobility issues or cognitive impairments, that might prevent them from being able to move about and get themselves to safe, cooler and areas. Strides have been made in some jurisdictions. Ontario has legislation mandating all long term care homes have air conditioning in residence rooms. In 2024, B.C. introduced a refuge room requirement. Any new builds must have a single living space that stays under 26 degrees. But all that costs money. Shawn Lane is president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Personal Care Home Association. We would definitely not be able to inst air conditioning units in every bedroom without some assistance from government, lane says. Personal care homeowners do what they can with what they have to keep residents comfortable. Back in central Newfoundland, Eileen Elms is hopeful for next summer. I don't know if that's wishful thinking, but I think they should be made to keep more of the place cool. Arianna kelland, CBC News, St. John's British Columbia's rural hospitals are facing an unsustainable situation. Staffing shortages and increasing patient volumes are leading to doctor burnout and hospital closures, so the province has launched a pilot program in four communities to keep the system running. Jacqueline Jellineau has more it's hard to be everywhere 247 Dr. Johnny Chang is a rural family physician in BC's Kootenai region and he sits on the board of the province's College of Family Physicians. He knows all too well what it is like to balance a community clinic and in hospital patients by day and medical emergencies by night. So maybe you can get an hour or two hours, three hours of sleep maybe, and then you still have to see your patients the next day and so you carry on your day. Across bc, many rural emergency departments are staffed by physicians who also work as family doctors. When they need a break, either the emergency department is forced to close or or their clinic hours take a hit. Emergency department closures have become frequent in smaller towns, forcing people to drive hours for care. Now BC's Interior Health Authority is implementing a change in four hospitals. Karen Cooper speaks for Interior Health. It is an innovative solution to try and keep our rural emergency departments open. As part of the pilot, each night a doctor will be working in person at one of the four hospitals, but they will also carry a phone with them to provide virtual care to low risk patients at the other three hospitals. In the event of life threatening emergencies at one of the sites receiving virtual care, a local doctor will be woken up and called into the hospital. The pilot is meant to reduce the number of nights family doctors need to work on top of a full time schedule. Dr. Chang says doctors want to help their patients, but working through the night and then in the clinic the next day is simply too much in terms of cognitive impairment. A 24 hour shift is almost equal to the legal drinking level limit in Canada. So to imagine that and you're still seeing patients that stay does really make it quite challenging. Merlin Blackwell is the mayor of Clearwater, one of the communities involved in the pilot. He's been an outspoken critic of ER closures that impact his residents. He thinks the change will be good both for people who need care and the doctors who need a reprieve. So what this is an attempt to do is to try to give these doctors the opportunity to sleep and get refreshed and get a break from this and, you know, get a little bit of quality of life back. Blackwell hopes this pilot also improves the recruitment and retention of physicians to his town by offering an improved work life balance. Jacqueline Jeleno, CBC News, Salmon Arm, British Columbia Quick reminder for you, Daylight saving time is coming to an end tonight. Clocks will be rolling back by one hour at 2am local time time on Sunday in most of the country. A recent study finds strong evidence that many Canadian boys and young men are encountering online misogyny and bringing harmful ideology about women into the classroom. Four in five educators say they've witnessed worrying behavior among their male students influenced by what they've seen online. As Deanna Sumanak Johnson reports, teachers say they need more resources to challenge it. There is such an endless feed of messaging that these kids are exposed to. Toronto mother Erin Koshal does not allow her 11 year old daughter and 14 year old son on social media. One of her many reasons the anti woman belief spouted by influencers and bloggers. Best known of them, self described misogynist Andrew Tate, who's been charged with rape and human trafficking in the uk. I've asked my kid, you know, have you heard of Andrew Tate? And he's like yeah, of course he thinks he's crazy. But a lot of the terminology that he uses is being floated around by kids he knows. A new survey by the Angus Reid Group and White Ribbon foundation, an organization that fights violence against women, asks Canadian adults and education professionals about what they're observing when it comes to misogyny online geared towards boys and young men. 80% of educators said they witnessed sexist or misogynistic behaviors in class, such as boys telling girls they can't participate in certain activities or stereotyping housework as women's jobs. Professor Salsabel Almansori from the University of Windsor, who has researched the phenomenon of manosphere and manfluencers among school children, is not surprised by these findings. And it becomes sort of a hidden curriculum that's reinforced among peers. You know, you kind of get more masculinity points for speaking the language of the manosphere that's propagated by manfluencers and acting out sexist behaviors towards your female peers and even female teachers. That kind of language is something Surrey, B.C. teacher Annie Ohana, who is also an educator consultant for the White Ribbon foundation, is hearing in her class. We see boys talking about themselves and then using language that doesn't seem to match their level. Tasha Osman, high school math and science teacher in Quebec, says her students are not necessarily exhibiting these behaviors, but they're relaying what they're seeing online. And the comments people have about the role of women in reproduction and their place in the home and sort of asked with authenticity must be derived from some of the things that they're seeing online. The teachers who filled out the Angus Reid Group survey say they want more resources and support on how to deal with this culture. Mom Erin Koshal, meanwhile, wants the government to intervene. The parent group she joined, Unplugged Canada, wants Canada to post postpone the age at which young people are allowed to get social media accounts, much in the same way that Australia did. Deanna Sumanak Johnson, CBC News, Toronto. You're listening to YOUR WORLD TONIGHT from CBC News. And if you want to make sure you never miss one of our episodes, follow us on Spotify, Apple, wherever you get your podcasts, just find the follow button and lock us in. So I was home alone in a smur just outside Peterborough and the phone rang at 3 or 3:30 in the morning. Nancy Payne will never forget when she got the call that her son had died. Corporal Randy Payne was on the road to Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb. Payne and three other soldiers died in the explosion. Nancy Payne has been named this year's National Silver Cross Mother. On Remembrance Day, she will lay a wreath at Ottawa's National War Memorial representing all the mothers of Canadian soldiers who've died in combat. She tells CBC News chief correspondent Adrian Arceneaux how her son would react to the distinction. He'd be so honored. Yeah, like mom. Yeah, he would be very, very happy. Very honored. That full interview will be available just before Remembrance Day. Meanwhile, the family of a Canadian soldier who died in Italy 81 years ago is retracing his steps thanks to the discovery of his abandoned duffel bag. Megan Williams reports. This is this starting point of the operation. Michele Facchini traces the lines on a map spread across the hood of his car. The West Nova Scotia Regiment started from here, showing Canadian Stacy Jordan the precise battle routes where her great, great uncle Hector Colin MacDonald fought in December 1940, 23 year old Jordan has traveled here to Russi, near Ravenna to honor Hector. After Facchini discovered his wartime duffel bag this summer in an old farm shed under the dirt, he says he recognized a name, a regiment and a list of battles etched into the canvas. Sicily, ortona, Cassino. Then, December 1944, the liberation of Ravenna. Fought in wintry mud covered fields where the young coal miner from Cape Breton was killed by a mine on a bridge just weeks shy of his 29th birthday. He was one of more than 500 Canadians who died in the area that month, says Mariangela Rondinelli. She's part of a network of Italian researchers who have spent years documenting Canadian soldiers and reconnecting their families with the communities that sheltered and cared for them. So many patients were moved into this building. They were the schools of Russi. And so that's to say that there were many wounded soldiers taken here. For Jordan, being given the duffel bag to take home is both wonderful and heavy, she says. Everything about this experience so far, even just this day and seeing the area and taking in all of the history and the facts and just meeting everyone has been, you know, it's a lot, but it's also just honestly, like I don't have words. It's a one of a kind discovery, says Michele Facchini Delugetto. But for me, he says, it's not about finding war objects. It's about the stories behind them, the men who suffered, who carried on and who sacrificed so much to free us from fascism. Gazing at the railway bridge still standing where her great, great uncle died, Jordan feels the past rise up around her. It's just kind of surreal being here. And if this land and these trees could talk, it would. I guess it's better that they didn't because of what happened here. Megan Williams, CBC News, Russi, Italy. Got em from spring till fall Got a dog and a drink and umpire's call why do you whines? Let's play ball. Anyone who's been to a Blue Jays game knows that tune. And everyone's singing it extra loud tonight. Ok, Blue Jays is the seventh inning stretch song, an instant classic since it was written in 1982, ringing out not only in the dome, but also in bars and classrooms ever since. Okay, okay, Blue J. Songwriters Jack Lenz and Tony Kosinec are behind it. The duo wrote commercials Sports songs, not so much. Neither Tony nor I had ever been to a baseball game. Sports was not our thing. We were definitely music nerds. That's Lenz speaking with CBC News, part of a story about the song's history you can see online. Lenz remembers the directive he got from the Jays then executive Paul Beeston. I remember so clearly him saying, you know, we're only five years old. We can't promise too much, so just say they're okay. After that, it was just some observations about the game of baseball. You got a diamond, you got nine men. Lead singer Keith Hampshire was into it for another very specific reason. Well, when I first heard the track, I thought, this sort of sounds like a Randy Newman song, and I love Randy Newman. 43 years later, the song continues to be a hit and evolve. Here's R Kel's lead singer, Max Kerman, with a new version special for this World Series. Not to be outdone, Jack Lenz has some updated lyrics, too. We'll beat the Dodgers so bad it'll make LA Blue let's play ball. So whether they're singing the classic lyrics or a new line, fans will be belting it out for tonight's World Series Game seven. So we'll leave you with a little more on youn World Tonight. I'm Stephanie Skenderas. Good night. And the game starts. Warm summer breezes. The sun's going down and it's all dark. The ballpark. That's okay. It's a night game. Okay. Okay. Blue Jays. Blue Jays. Let's. Let's play play ball. Okay. Okay. Blue J. Blue J. For more CBC podcasts, go to CBC CA Podcasts.