The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/30 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/30 at 08:00 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, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. We're still 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 dealing with two major wildfires that have now merged into one and is 170 hectares in size. It's burning just outside of Churchill Falls. Meanwhile, in Northern Ontario, 1,100 people from the remote Deer Lake First Nation are

in the process of being airlifted more than a thousand kilometers 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. A 13-year-old is in police custody in Ontario after an elderly woman was killed in a knife attack yesterday east of Toronto. Durham Regional Police are saying the incident occurred in Pickering when a woman was stabbed outside her home by a stranger in an attack that police are describing as sadistic. The suspect was arrested several hours later after an emergency alert was issued to residents

asking them to shelter in place. Now to Gaza, where Hamas is reviewing a proposed ceasefire agreement that is reportedly being backed by Israel. The US helped draft the deal that focuses primarily on the release of hostages in exchange for humanitarian relief. 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 US 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. A Canadian team has made it to this year's Stanley Cup final. The Canadian team has made it to this year's Stanley Cup final. And the Oilers are headed for a rematch with the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup final.

In Dallas last night, that's the Edmonton Oilers with a 6-3 win over the Stars in game five of the Western Conference final. The Oilers take that best of seven series four games to one. And as you heard there, they advanced to play for the Stanley Cup against the Florida Panthers. This is a repeat of last year's final, if you remember. That series went to seven games, with Florida coming out on top there and winning their first cup. Game one this year is set for Wednesday in Edmonton. And that is The World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. The World This Hour is updated every hour, seven days a week.

For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.