The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/31 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/31 at 18:00 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, the world this hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Saskatchewan's premier is warning of more evacuations in the coming days. Scott Moe says a lack of rainfall means a high risk of new wildfires and high winds are making it difficult for fire crews to fight the

ones already burning. Alexandra Silberman has the latest. The next four to seven days are absolutely critical. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says hot windy conditions are helping fires spread. He says fire crews are working to contain 16 active fires, but desperately need help from the weather. Without rain, Moe says more people will likely be forced to evacuate and housing them will be a challenge. It's going to be an all-hands-on-deck using every available resource at the community, provincial and federal level.

More than 8,000 people have now left their homes in Saskatchewan, many of them evacuees from remote First Nations in the far north. 4,000 people have left Pelican Narrows, the largest community under an evacuation order. Hot, dry conditions and gusty winds are making conditions on the ground challenging. Water bombers are helping from Yukon, Quebec, Alaska and Oregon. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Montreal Lake, Saskatchewan. Industry leaders and Canadian politicians are condemning Donald Trump's plan to double steel and aluminum tariffs to 50%. Kenan Loomis is president of the Canadian Institute of

Steel Construction. He warns the hike from the U.S. president creates new uncertainty for companies and their workers. I know, for example, here in Hamilton, DeFasco has been very, very adamant. We have not laid off anybody yet and we will try to do everything we can to avoid job losses. So that was under 25 percent. I don't know how that calculus changes for them under a regime in which they are now faced with 50% tariffs at the border. It's going to be very difficult. Trump announced the plan at a steel plant near Pittsburgh.

Those new tariffs are slated to take effect this coming Wednesday unless Trump changes his mind. In Singapore, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hagseth says the Indo-Pacific region is a priority for the Trump administration, and it wants to build alliances while calling China a clear and present danger. Any attempt by communist China to conquer Taiwan by force would result in devastating consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world. There's no reason to sugarcoat it. The threat China poses is real and it could be imminent. We hope not, but it certainly could be.

Hegseth added that Asian countries wouldn't be stranded in the face of economic and military threats from Beijing, but he also urged countries to start spending more on their own defense, just as NATO members are being urged to ramp up their defense spending. China is calling Hegseth's speech full of provocation. After 355 years in operation and months of liquidation sales, Canada's oldest company is closing on Sunday, and some shoppers are looking for last-minute bargains at Hudson's Bay. David Fraser has more. Any attempt by communist China to conquer Taiwan by force would... It's the end of the bay. Canada's oldest company in its four locations in the capital region by communist China to conquer Taiwan by force.

It's the end of the bay. Canada's oldest company in its four locations in the capital region closing this Sunday. Its final sales and a chapter in Canadian history almost over. It's a shame. It's a shame we're losing the oldest company in the country. It's terrible. At the Rideau Centre location, bittersweet shopping. Maria Ford has been

buying at Hudson's Bay since she came to Canada in 1962. For history and for Canadians in general, we think of traditions. This is the biggest tradition, it's historical. Very little merchandise is left at the Rideau Street location, but everything that is is for sale. Even the mannequins, shelves, clothing racks. Vera Bilek is looking to score some deals while she still can. Carpets, regular $460 or $40. Huge signs advertising double digit discounts. Inside, crowds at the cashiers. The last gasps

of a giant in the market falling. More than 8,000 employees are losing their job. David Fraser, CBC News, Ottawa. And that is The World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. My name is Gina Phillips. Thanks for listening.