The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/01 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/01 at 20:00 EDT

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story tonight in Boulder, Colorado. Local police say several people are being treated for burns after a man allegedly doused them with flames. Katie Simpson has the details. Katie Simpson, KTVU News. Officials say it was a beautiful Sunday afternoon when the 911 calls started coming in, reports that a suspect with a weapon was lighting people on fire. There are multiple victims with injuries ranging from minor to very serious. This happened in a specific area that on weekends, members of the Jewish community and allies gathered to rally

and call for hostages in Gaza to be freed. The FBI and the governor of Colorado, they've described this as a targeted terror attack. However, Boulder police chief Steve Redfearn says that's not his conclusion just yet. It's way too early to speculate motive. You know I know there's a lot out there in social media but I ask people just to give us a little bit of patience. Local officials are not naming the suspect at this time but he was taken

into custody an adult male, taken into custody without incident after witnesses pointed him out to police. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. An update in the Postal Dispute. Canada Post is rejecting the Postal Union's request for binding arbitration. It says that process would drag out uncertainty for both customers and workers, noting the union has rejected binding arbitration in the past. Canada Post says it's waiting on its request to the Industrial Relations Board to set up a vote on its final offer. The two sides have been in contract negotiations now for 18 months.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has made his first public comments about the Western wildfires at a meeting with oil and gas executives in Calgary. These forest fires have been very, very challenging. Remote communities are isolated, need for large scale evacuations. The good news is those are proceeding well at this stage, but of course it's not over until it's over and we're at the start." Wildfires continue to ravage the western provinces. In Saskatchewan, an evacuation order has been issued for the Hamlet of Timber Bay. That's 230 kilometers north of Saskatoon. And large evacuation efforts continue in northern First Nations communities in Manitoba. The provincial and territorial premiers have started arriving in Saskatoon for their first meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney since the April election.

Expectations are high as several are pushing for Ottawa to fast-track major nation-building projects including a new pipeline. Ottawa to fast-track major nation-building projects, including a new pipeline. Raffy Boudjianian has more. I'm proud to be here today with my friend, the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe shaking hands with his Ontario counterpart Doug Ford. I just want to thank Premier Moe. Signing an agreement to work together to allow easier flows of goods and labour between their two provinces. He's a champ, that's all I know. He's the best.

But this is the easy part. Getting all premiers in Canada and Prime Minister Mark Carney to agree on new pipeline projects will be the real challenge. The clear ask from Alberta's Danielle Smith to Carney ahead of this meeting. A show of support from Moe. We need to open up the opportunity. Ford also saying the federal government should repeal its environmental assessment act. Get rid of Bill C-69. During his election campaign, Carney said he'd keep that legislation, but more recently he's trying to talk about working around it. Rafi Boudjikanian, CBC News, Saskatoon.

A first of its kind vote is happening in Mexico. 2,600 judges and magistrates at all levels, including the Supreme Court, are being elected. The government pushed for the reform, arguing it's needed to root out corruption. Though there have already been multiple scandals surrounding some of the candidates, including a convicted drug smuggler, as well as a former lawyer for the drug lord, El Chapo. Results are expected in a couple of weeks. Some of this country's brightest stars in TV, film, and digital media have been in the spotlight this weekend, and tonight is the Canadian Screen Awards' final night. More than a dozen awards are set to be handed out.

The event kicks off this hour. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thanks for listening.