The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/28 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/28 at 18:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. More than 17,000 people in several of Manitoba's First Nations are being ordered to evacuate. Officials warn rapidly growing wildfires risk cutting off key access points. The emergency orders come as thousands of people in Flintlawn are also being ordered to pack up and leave. An out of control wildfire is rapidly approaching the northern Manitoba city. Premier Wapkanu says existing evacuation orders means hotels are already at full capacity. He's urging residents and businesses to open their doors. We want to underline the severity of the situation. We are not going to be calling for nothing and so we're turning

to you, the people of Manitoba, because this is what makes us who we are as Manitobans. The willingness to step in, step up and help up when situations call for it. Thousands of people across Alberta and Saskatchewan are also out of their homes because of the threat of wildfires. The losses are piling up at Canada Post, the blame being shared among last year's job dispute and a continued decline in business. Evan Dyer has the details. Canada Post has reported an operating loss of 1..3 billion for last year, its largest ever shortfall and the seventh consecutive year that has

ended in the red for the Crown Corporation. The losses include a negative impact of over $200 million from the postal strike which ran from mid-November to mid-December last year and affected the Christmas season. Marvin Ryder teaches business at McMaster University. He says losses like this can't continue. A clock is ticking and you've got to make significant changes within 12 months or this company could be in very deep financial circumstances. The report says Canada Post suffered severe declines in both letter and parcel volumes.

It comes just as the Canadian Union of Postal Workers issues a new strike notice to Canada Post. Evan Dyer, CBC News, Ottawa. The ringleader of an international smuggling plot linked to the death of migrants near the U.S.-Canada border has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. In January 2022, a family of four from India froze to death while trying to enter the U.S. along a remote stretch of Manitoba. Indian national Harshkumar Patel was convicted of bringing unauthorized people into the US for profit.

The driver of the smuggling plot, Florida resident Steve Shan, received a six and a half year sentence. Lisa Kirkpatrick is acting US attorney for the District of Minnesota. These defendants knew it was cold. In fact, they knew it was life-threateningly cold. But they didn't care. These defendants knew it was cold. In fact, they knew it was life-threateningly cold. But they didn't care. What they cared about was money. And their callous indifference to the value of human life cost a family of four their lives. Kirkpatrick says the sentencing sends a message that human life does not have a price tag. Mark Carney has made his debut as Prime Minister in

question period this afternoon, and the opposition wasted no time taking him to task over the lack of a budget. David Thurton has more on Carney's first grilling. Conservatives and Liberals back added. Opposition leader Andrew Scheer starting things off. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. I would like to welcome the Prime Minister to his first official question period. This is where democracy lives and this is where we provide rigorous scrutiny.

Scheer asking the Prime Minister where's his budget. If he's the man with the plan and the guy you hire in a crisis, why won't he table a budget before he goes on summer vacation? Prime Minister Mark Carney. Mr. Speaker, I understand the member of the opposition is very busy, didn't have a chance to study closely the 100-day plan of the former member from Ottawa, Carlton, which did not include a budget. Carney drawing attention to Conservative leader Pyrrha Poliev's absence, the Conservative leader lost his seat in the last election. David Thornton, CBC News, Ottawa.

Russia is proposing to hold the next round of peace talks with Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the talks would be held again in Istanbul next Monday. Lavrov says Russia has drawn up a document that sets out its position on all aspects of the peace settlement. The first round of talks took place earlier this month. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.