The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/31 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/31 at 09:00 EDT

In this acclaimed new production of Anna Karenina, the National Ballet of Canada asks, what is fair in love and society? Renowned choreographer, Christian Spook adapts Tolstoy's epic novel to dance in a spectacular work complete with lush costumes, cinematic projections, and a glorious curated score, featuring the music of Rachmaninoff. On stage June 13th to 21st, tickets on sale now at national.ballet.ca

sponsored by IG private wealth management. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Trisha Kindleman. Thousands of people on the prairies are fleeing rapidly spreading wildfires waiting to see where the wind blows the flames. In Manitoba, the military is on the ground and in Saskatchewan, there are growing concerns over the spread of a large fire in the north. Both provinces are under provincial states of emergency. Alexander Silberman reports. Pray for rain.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kanu urging residents to remain calm in the face of widespread fires. Upwards of 17,000 people in the province now evacuated from their homes. The past few days have been very challenging. That may continue. A wildfire is raging on the edge of Flynn Flawn, and the fear is winds could push the flames inside the city. All 5,000 people who live there have been ordered out. Evacuations are also underway in several remote northern communities, the military helping to get people out by plane. Across the border in Saskatchewan, fires are also threatening homes and forcing evacuations. The province's largest fire

burning 305,000 hectares, a situation wildfire officials warn could get worse. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. LWO And the wildfire situation in northwestern Ontario is also getting worse. Deer Lake First Nation near the Manitoba border has declared a state of emergency. Meanwhile, Webiquay First Nation also declared a state of emergency there. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says rallies are planned across the country today. It comes after the union and Crown Corporation met to discuss the most recent offer from Canada Post. Canada Post presented what it called its final offers to the Union on Wednesday, with con believes the best hope of reaching a new collective agreement is a vote administered by the Canada

Industrial Relations Board. Donald Trump has announced that he will double steel and aluminum import tariffs to 50 percent this coming Wednesday. He says it's to protect the sector in the United States. He made the steel announcement at a rally at a U.S. steel plant in Pennsylvania last night. 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 on aluminum tariffs came later in a social media post. The federal government was quick to respond though, with Minister Melanie Jolie saying that they will continue to fight against the unjustified and unlawful

tariffs with retaliatory actions. To international news now, the number of deaths continues to climb in Nigeria after days of severe flooding. More than 151 people are now confirmed dead. Torrential rains are sweeping away homes and businesses. Bridges and roads have also been completely destroyed, and more than 3,000 people have been displaced. In a report by the UN's Nuclear Watchdog, says Iran is continuing to stockpile uranium

at a high enough grade to enrich nuclear weapons. It accuses Iranian officials of concealing several sites where it's being done. The International Atomic Agency is now urging Iran to change course and comply with its investigation. News of the report comes at a sensitive time as Tehran and Washington hold talks over a possible nuclear deal. And that is Your World This Hour. For news anytime, you can check out our website at cbcnews.ca. You can also listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. For CBC News, I'm Trisha Kindleman.