The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/01 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/01 at 12:00 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 are leaving

their communities as wildfires threaten their homes. Evacuations are underway in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The weather isn't helping firefighting efforts. Hot dry conditions are fueling the flames. CBC's Mark Carcassol has more on the ongoing evacuation efforts in Manitoba, where one First Nation has been trying to get its residents to safety. We've got an update from Mathias Colombe, First Nation, otherwise known as Pukatawag, and we had been telling you over the last couple days about the difficulties they were having. Had no choice but to use helicopters that were taking six people out at a time, and there were over 2,000 people that needed

out. The Canadian Armed Forces has stepped in as of yesterday, and now they are saying that they've got 1,300 people out of Pukatawag and Cree Nation, and they're moving at such a rapid pace with these larger aircraft coming in, being used by the armed forces that they expect by end of day, they will have their entire population out. Now of course Pukatawagan not the only place in Manitoba where there are evacuations taking place. Cranberry Portage was given evacuation notice yesterday.

The rural municipality is warning several neighboring communities as well to be prepared to evacuate within two hours if they get that notice. Right now they're on voluntary evacuation notice but there's potential for a mandatory evacuation to come. Mark Carcassole, CBC News, Toronto. Across the prairies there are nearly 100 active wildfires and about 20,000 people have been evacuated while thousands more are under evacuation alert. In the Middle East, at least 31 people are dead after Israeli tanks reportedly opened fire near an aid centre in Gaza. That's an ambulance rushing some of the 150 wounded to hospital.

Red Cross officials say the crowd was gathered to receive food in the southern city of Rafa. Back here it's a fate that's been looming over Hudson Bay employees for some time. Today is their last day on the job as stores across Canada are closing. Kobina Oduro has more. 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, 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 this store for me. I've always been well treated. Kubito Duro, CBC News, Montreal. And a new study is highlighting the significant impact of exercise on cancer survival. Health reporter Christine Birak explains.

I think this is a real game changer for patients. Kerry Kearnyay teaches in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Alberta. He led a landmark trial examining whether exercise can help colon cancer patients live longer. Kearnyay says he found the magnitude of the results surprising. Exercise can result in substantial improvements in cancer recurrence risk, second cancers and improved survival. Seven years later, 90% of patients in the exercise group were still living compared to 83% of patients

who received the educational materials, a 7% difference. It's quite an impressive study. Dr. Sammy Chatty is a colorectal surgeon at the University Health Network in Toronto. He says 7% is as good as some cancer drugs. I think a structured exercise program, we should be recommending it as strongly as we recommend chemotherapy to our stage 3 patients. Christine Birak, CBC News, Toronto. And that is Your World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven

days a week. News anytime at cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Trisha Kindleman.