The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/31 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/31 at 01:00 EDT

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I'm Claude Fague. Donald Trump has announced he'll double steel and aluminum import tariffs to 50 percent this coming Wednesday to protect the two sectors in the United States and those he called their wonderful workers. He made the steel announcement at a rally at a U.S. steel plant in Pennsylvania, where he also vowed to stop any countries evading the new rate. If you don't have steel, you don't have a country. You don't have a country.

You can't make a military. What are we going to do? Say, let's go to China to get our steel for the army tanks and for the boats and ships. A strong steel industry is not just a matter of dignity or prosperity and pride. It's above all a matter of national security. The news of aluminum tariffs came later in a social media post. Tonight, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Melanie Jolie responded to the tariffs. In an online post, Jolie says the federal government continues to fight the, quote, unjustified and unlawful tariffs with retaliatory actions and strong domestic support packages.

Jolie adds she has been in constant contact with steel and aluminum producers and workers and looks forward to formal meetings with them in the next few days for what she calls advancing their plan. Flintlawn, Manitoba is nearly a ghost town. Only firefighters and essential workers are staying behind after a mandatory evacuation order as a fast-moving wildfire fueled by shifting winds is bearing down. Caroline Bargout reports. There's nothing you can do. You know, nature will take its course. George Fontaine, the mayor of Flintlawn, Manitoba, says it's time to go. Gusting winds are steering the flames towards the city. The fire has grown to 40,000 hectares.

There is too much smoke for water bombers to get off the ground, so people here are just hoping their community is spared. You know, it's going to be hit or miss. Mother Nature, what can you do? Danny Amont moved from Winnipeg to Flynn Flawn in January, looking for a quieter life. He packed up his cats, along with some family relatives and their dog. The group is slowly making the 8-hour drive south to Bird's Hill. It's difficult because you have to leave so much behind. Every member I have is in that house.

Premier Wab Kinew says the fire conditions this year are unlike any other. This year it's every region at the same time. The premier says because of that, the province needs outside help. Water bombers have been sent from Ontario. Crews and equipment are being deployed from the U.S. Caroline Bargout, CBC News, Winnipeg. They look like medical products endorsed by reputable Canadian organizations, but they're not. Now Diabetes Canada is warning its logo is being used without permission.

Alison Northcott reports. When you open the box, you have this gadget. Joel Snitman thought he was ordering a device to help monitor his blood sugar and make it easier to manage his type 2 diabetes after seeing an ad on Facebook. He trusted it because it appeared to be endorsed by Diabetes Canada. But the product he got wasn't what was advertised. It measured blood oxygen levels, not blood sugar. I wanted Diabetes Canada to know that some crooked outfit was using their logo.

Diabetes Canada says it's heard from more than 300 people complaining of similar ads. This is a slimming and health boost drops. The organization's president and CEO Laura Siren says people have reported ads for purported diabetes health products or blood sugar meters with Diabetes Canada's logo but she says the organization never endorses any medical products. So if you live with diabetes and you are seeing a health product we think oh that looks interesting and it's endorsed by Diabetes Canada you need to know that's false. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. The London Knights of the Ontario Hockey

League have won their way to play in the Memorial Cup Final. The Knights beat the Muckton Wildcats 5-2 tonight, advancing to the Canadian Junior Hockey Championship game Sunday versus Medicine Hat. The Tigers earned a direct buy-in to the final by finishing first in the round-robin portion of the tournament that is being hosted by Rimouski in Quebec. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.