The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/01 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/01 at 04:00 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 Neal Kumar. At least 21 people have been killed

after they went to receive aid from an Israeli-backed foundation in the Gaza Strip. That's according to a nearby hospital run by the Red Cross that received the bodies. Officials at the hospital say another 175 people have been wounded. In Russia, at least seven people are dead and 30 injured after a passenger train derailed in the western part of the country. The incident taking place late Saturday after a bridge collapsed because of what local officials described as illegal interference. The bridge in Russia's Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, was damaged as a result of

illegal interference in transport operations. There are now 188 wildfires burning across Canada. 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. Air lifted 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 you know the relief. That's what I feel and I'm happy they're 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 and 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. Prime Minister Mark Carney and provincial and territorial premiers are expected to land in Saskatoon this evening. For a meeting, they'll be there first since the federal election. On the agenda, fast approvals for major nation-building projects. Rafi Puchat-Kanyon has more. What we're going to do is fast-track the approval. Prime Minister Mark Carney during an interview on

CBC's Power and Politics earlier this week. Carney has been speaking about getting big provincial and territorial projects done since before the election campaign. In effect, we're going to have a competition with projects. Some projects are good ideas, but they're not ready. Others are ready, but they're bad ideas. Carney's expected to meet on Monday with premiers from all 13 provinces and territories

and hammer out further details. For months, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been asking for a quicker path to more pipelines, including some that would crisscross Canada. Her government recently passed a bill making it easier to hold a citizen-led referendum as separatist sentiment picks up in Alberta. Carney says he's open to more pipelines but would need to seek consensus

from any jurisdictions they might cross, one challenge going into tomorrow's meeting. Rafi Bujikan, YonCBC News, Ottawa. It's a faith that has been looming over Hudson's Bay employees for some time. Today is their last day on the job. Stores across Canada are closing. Quabina Durow reports.

Some of the girls from the Bay downtown here were bridesmaids at my wedding. Megan Carrier worked at the Bay in downtown Montreal for 23 years. She is among 8,300 employees laid off by the end of the weekend. Carrier says it's been a roller coaster of emotions. The highlight, our customers, the staff, we'll miss each other. It's a big family. Now that the liquidation sales are over,

stores are shutting their doors. Once the company's distribution centers close in mid-June, an additional 900 employees will also be let go. Some days I think that this is sort of, it's ruined it for me, but I love it so much and I love the clients so much. So a lot of the clients do follow us or have said that they will follow us wherever we go. There's that to look forward to.

Some longtime customers are sad to see the demise of the iconic department store. The employees really made the store for me. I've always been well treated. Kubito Duro, CBC News, Montreal. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.