The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/30 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/30 at 06:00 EDT

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Find an agent today at Desjardins.com slash business coverage. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. We're only in the month of May and already six provinces are dealing with out of control wildfires. More than 17,000 people are under evacuation orders and in Saskatchewan and Manitoba alone, more than 600,000 hectares of land have been consumed. The Prairie provinces are dealing with the worst of it, but on the East Coast, emergency

crews in Labrador are now dealing with two major wildfires that have merged into one and is 170 hectares in size. It's burning just east of Churchill Falls on the north side of the Trans-Labrador Highway. And in northern Ontario, 1,100 people from the remote Deer Lake First Nation are being airlifted more than 1,000 kilometres south to Toronto. Sarah Law reports. The smoke is really bad. You inhale it and it hurts your lungs really bad.

David Mikus says Deer Lakes Airport is surrounded by charcoal. Only propeller planes are allowed in and out of the First Nation, with the community's most vulnerable boarding the first planes out. Most of the region is under burn bans as dry conditions continue to fan the flames. Chris Marshand is a fire information officer with the province. He says the forecast doesn't look promising. This area has not seen more than 10 millimeters of rain in weeks. Deer Lake is the second first nation in the region to be evacuated. Members of Wapsamung Independent Nations have been staying in hotels from Winnipeg to Niagara

Falls since mid-May. Two years ago, Micah says he was in a hotel in Cornwall for a month and a half due to wildfires. As he prepares for his flight to Toronto, he says he's worried about leaving his two huskies behind. Sarah Law, CBC News, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Now to the Middle East, where Hamas says it wants another look at a proposed ceasefire agreement that is reportedly now being backed by Israel.

The U.S. helped draft the deal that analysts agree look encouraging. However, nothing has been finalized. Tom Perry has the latest. Months of bombardment and an Israeli stranglehold on humanitarian assistance have left Palestinians living in dire conditions, though now there is some hope for relief. A potential deal brokered by the U.S. that would see Hamas release some of the 58 Israeli hostages living and dead that it still holds in Gaza in exchange for a 60-day ceasefire and increased shipments

of humanitarian aid. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly told the families of Israeli hostages his government backs the deal. Hamas says it's reviewing the proposed deal. The group's leadership reportedly not satisfied with provisions around aid delivery and talks toward a permanent ceasefire for the people of Gaza and the families of Israeli hostages more waiting and more desperation. Tom Perry, CBC News, Jerusalem. The collapse of a glacier in Switzerland this week has renewed focus on the role global

warming plays in such collapses around the world and the increasing dangers. The village of Blattin was evacuated as a nearby mountainside gave way and buried much of the community. Scientists are saying melting glaciers will raise sea levels for decades, but the loss of inland glaciers impacts those who rely on them for drinking water and agriculture. The Edmonton Oilers are going back to the Stanley Cup

final. The Oilers beating the Dallas Stars last night 6-3 to close out that Western Conference final. It means Edmonton moves on to face Florida in a rematch of last year's seven game series that was won by the Panthers. Here's Edmonton captain Connor McDavid on the difference between this year's team and last. I think this run has felt different than last year. It's felt very normal.

It's felt very, I don't want to say boring, because it's not boring at all. But just a little, you know, it hasn't been as emotional. You know, we haven't had the highs and we haven't had the lows. Just kind of been steady, you know, and I think that's put us in a good position. Game one of the Stanley Cup final begins, is set for next Wednesday in Edmonton. And that is The World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.