The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/30 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/30 at 17:00 EDT

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warning residents to prepare for more evacuations. The wildfires have already forced 17,000 people from their homes. One of the largest communities evacuated is Flynn Flawn, under threat from a fire nearby. Caroline Bargout has the latest. Five thousand people from the town of Flynn Flawn were ordered to evacuate on Wednesday, but the mayor and some councillors stayed behind. Now the community is being told they all have to go

because the fire could be heading their way. George Font community is being told they all have to go because the fire could be heading their way. George Fontaine is the mayor. We still have a few people and we've got to get them out. So we're managing all that sort of thing. But once we drive away, that's it. I'm not sure when we'll be able to come back in here. Dennis Ballard is one of thousands who fled their homes. The 84 year old made the five and a half hour drive to Saskatoon. He says over the years, there were other fires

that came close to Flintlawn, but these forest fires are different. It almost seems apocalyptic, you know? Like the world is burning up, they're bigger, they move faster, they're hotter, and a hell of a lot more scary. A number of First Nations have also been evacuated. The Canadian military is sending in Hercules aircraft to help get them out.

Caroline Bargout, CBC News, Winnipeg. A group of Alberta firefighters trapped by a wildfire are now free. Officials lost contact with the group last night. Wally Snowden has the details. The eight firefighters were trapped as the flames closed in on the community of Chippewan Lake. They were forced to take shelter as they awaited rescue. Efforts to extract them with night vision radar failed as smoke choked the skies.

Hours later, they finally drove to safety. Municipal officials say a 20-man rescue team was deployed to help them navigate the road out littered with downed trees. The damage to the community remains unknown, as it's still not safe to enter. Oh my god, pray for today everyone. Wow. It was a volatile night across the province with baking heat, fierce winds and severe

thunderstorms triggering a wave of new evacuations, including in Shantay, where more than 900 fled as a black plume filled the sky. Air quality warnings have been issued as smoke blankets almost every corner of the province. Wallace Snowden, CBC News, Edmonton. Police in Pickering, Ontario have charged a teenager with first-degree murder. An elderly woman was stabbed and killed outside her home yesterday afternoon. The accused is 14 years old. Joan McCabe, that is, is with Durham Regional Police. She says investigators are still looking to see if there's a connection between the two. They will look at every avenue at this point. There's nothing to say the two of

them are connected. However, due to the distance they were in proximity of each other, every avenue will be looked at, but there's nothing to suggest at this time that they're connected. Police say the suspect was arrested hours after the stabbing without incident. The suspect remains in custody until his bail hearing. Elon Musk is leaving his role as advisor to the U.S. president. His Department of Government Efficiency, or DOJ, upended multiple federal agencies, triggering thousands of layoffs. Donald Trump says that work will continue.

Many of the DOJ people, Elon, are staying behind you, so they're not leaving. And Elon's really not leaving. He's going to be back and forth, I think. I have a feeling. It's his baby and I think he's going to be back and forth, I think. I have a feeling. It's his baby, and I think he's going to be doing a lot of things. Doge claims its efforts have saved the US government $175 billion so far, while short of Musk's stated goal of $2 trillion. Loretta Switt, most well known for her leading role

on the TV series MASH, has died. This is the end of the line for us. From now on, I'm number one. Me, Margaret Houlihan. And believe From now on, I'm number one. Me, Margaret Houlihan. And believe me, soldier, I deserve better than you. Switt won two Emmy Awards for playing the quick-witted head nurse major Margaret Houlihan. The CBS show about a surgical unit during the Korean War aired for 11 years, spanning

from the 1970s to 80s. Switt's representative says she died at her home in New York City, likely from natural causes. Loretta Switt was 87 years old. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julie-Ann Hazelwood.