The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/01 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/01 at 00:00 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 is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. There are now 188 wildfires burning

across the country. At this time, more than half of those are classified as out of control. Officials in Manitoba and Saskatchewan have now declared a state of emergency. Sam Sampson has more. Airlifted out of their homes by the military, these Manitobans take a moment to rest, then carry on to the next leg of evacuation. Off to other communities as far south as Winnipeg. They're now safe as fire continues to close in on their homes. I could see the stress, the worry, the relief. That's what I feel. And I'm happy they're here, you know, when they land.

Especially when I see the kids and the babies. I want to cry but I hold back. I'm just very proud of everybody for being brave. About 17,000 people have been forced from their homes in northern Manitoba. Many are still trying to escape but thick smoke and impassable roads means armed forces flights are the only way out. The province continued to declare evacuation orders on Saturday. Communities near the Saskatchewan border like Cranberry Portage and Sturgeon Landing have

been ordered to leave. Sam Sampson, CBC News, Edmonton. Industry leaders and Canadian politicians are condemning U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to double steel and aluminum tariffs to 50 percent. Cannon Loomis is president of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction. He warns the hike 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%. 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. Peter Haxman 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 Hegsett 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. Heggs has 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's calling Heggs his 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 Frazier has more. 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 Billich 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 your world this hour remember you can listen to us wherever you get your podcast updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.