The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/16 at 05:00 EDT

Other People's Problems was the first podcast to take you inside real-life therapy sessions. I'm Dr. Hilary McBride, and again, we're doing something new. The ketamine really broke down a lot of my barriers. This work has this sort of immediate transformational effect. Therapy Using Psychedelics is the new frontier in mental health. Come along for the trip. Other People's Problems Season 5, available now. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Claude Fague. As wildfires continue to spread across the Ontario-Manitoba border, one First Nation has been completely evacuated

threatened by Canora 20 just a month and a half into the fire season. Ontario has already seen more wildfires this season than all of last year. The CBC's Sarah Law reports. I hope it rains because I just want to go home. Audrey Mandaman says she left her community in a cloud of smoke. A 27,000 hectare fire is quickly approaching Wapsamum, a northwestern Ontario First Nation of about a thousand people. Road closures mean Wapsamum is no longer accessible. As of today, Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources has issued a complete fire ban for much of the region.

Gord Howard is Fire Chief of the City of Canora. There's a lot of people working very hard to make sure that residents across the northwest are safe. At least 68 wildfires have been reported in Ontario this season, a jump from the 45 fires altogether last year. Trudy Kidd is a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. Seeing areas getting up to 35 millimeters again. She says rainfall could bring some reprieve in the coming days. Sarah Law, CBC News, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Two of North America's largest grocery chains are warning shoppers that tariffs are starting

to impact supply and prices. Loblaw executives say their stores are running out of inventory brought in before the trade war and they say that means prices could soon spike as those products are replaced with ones that are being hit with tariffs. Yesterday Walmart delivered a similar message to U.S. consumers. Its executives say they plan to raise prices on goods because of higher costs from tariffs and a decline in first-quarter profits.

In Los Angeles, the sheriff's department says it has opened an investigation into 85-year-old Motown legend Smokey Robinson in connection to allegations of sexual abuse, the probe prompted by a civil lawsuit from former employees seeking at least 50 million dollars in damages. Steve Futterman reports. The announcement by the LA County Sheriff comes a week after a civil suit was filed by four women, all former housekeepers, accusing Smokey Robinson of a series of sexual crimes dating back as far as 2014. The Sheriff's Department in a brief statement says its investigation is in the early stages. Robinson's attorney vigorously denies the allegations, calling them manufactured, suggesting the women are simply out to get money.

The former housekeepers claim they were repeatedly assaulted. Their attorney John Harris describes some of the accusations made against Robinson last week. Sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment. Robinson's wife is also named in the lawsuit. She is accused of doing nothing to stop the alleged attacks. The four women say they did not come forward earlier because of their immigration status.

Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. Train engineers in New Jersey have walked off the job, leaving thousands of commuters stranded. The strike by New Jersey Transit train engineers is impacting an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City. The walkout at the nation's third largest commuter line comes after the latest round of negotiations on Thursday didn't produce an agreement. It's the state's first transit strike in more than 40 years.

To the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Winnipeg Jets were in a must win situation at home to the Dallas Stars last night. As seen on CBC and Roger Sportsnet, Mark Shieffley's goal early in the second period was all the Jets needed. Connor Hellebuck made 22 saves for the shutout en route to a 4-0 win over the Stars, extending the series to a six-game Saturday in Dallas. The Carolina Hurricanes got a goal and an assist from Winnipeg native Seth Jarvis to beat Washington 3-1, wrapping up their Eastern Conference

final series in five games. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.