The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/01 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/01 at 23:00 EDT

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I'm Neal Herland. The FBI says six people are injured after what it calls a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado. The victims were taking part in a weekly event to support the Israeli hostages in Gaza. Mark McCulloch is with the FBI. This attack happened at a regularly scheduled weekly peaceful event. Witnesses are reporting that the subject used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd. The suspect was heard to yell, Free Palestine, during the attack. The subject has been identified as Mohammed Sabri Salman, and he's 45 years old.

The six victims are between 67 and 88 years old. One of them is seriously injured. In Manitoba, a large evacuation is underway for people stuck in a remote northern First Nation. But even once people are brought to safety, there are not many places to house them. Josh Crabber reports. The Canadian Armed Forces are assisting with evacuations using helicopters and now fixed-wing aircraft to evacuate Puket Awagin.

The community's airport had been closed due to smoke but has since reopened, allowing more people to be rescued. Once evacuees are brought to safety, the challenges continue with shelters and hotels bursting at the seams in Manitoba. First Nations leaders are calling on the province to take action. Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson says hotel space should be freed up for evacuees. And it's really sad to see, you know, our children having to sleep on floors. People are sitting, waiting in hallways, waiting outside.

You know, our people are tired. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the government has started sending evacuees out of province to seek shelter in neighbouring Ontario. Josh Crabb, CBC News, The Paw Manitoba. Prime Minister Mark Carney met Sunday with oil executives in Calgary. He says he wants Canada to be an energy superpower. He'll also be addressing this at the First Minister's summit in Saskatoon on Monday. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he wants to hear Carney's ideas.

What I would say our focus is, is yes, let's prioritize some projects, let's get them across the line, but let's also not lose sight of the fact that we need to build a regulatory process that works for everyone and works for Canadians so that we can attain those aspirations that Prime Minister Carney has put forward with respect to being the strongest economy in the G7 and a global energy superpower. The meeting is happening amid the wildfires ravaging western provinces. Sunday was the last day of sales for the Hudson's Bay Company. The retailer that began its life as a fur trader in the 17th century is closing all of its department stores and laying off more than 8,000 people.

Michelle Song has reaction. You're just here to browse and see one of Canada's treasures before it closes down. With the final day of its liquidation sale, customers are looking to buy the last bit of inventory. But for many Canadians, this department store also carried many memories. My husband bought his wedding suit there years and years ago.

But the end of Hudson's Bay was not a surprise. The retailer was in financial turmoil for a long time. In March, it filed for creditor protection. The Ontario Superior Court ultimately gave the company permission to liquidate. According to court documents, the company is nearly a billion dollars in debt. The biggest lesson is you have to change with the times. Bruce Winder is a retail analyst. He says the Bay failed to reinvent itself and keep up with the newer generation of customers.

Michelle Song, CBC News, Toronto. It was the final night of the Canadian Screen Awards to honor the best in Canadian film and television and a popular city TV show won the top TV prize. And the Canadian Screen Award goes to Law and Order Toronto, Criminal in Sex! Law and Order Toronto is now in its second season in the film category, The Apprentice won Best Motion Picture. it tells the story of Donald Trump's early years before he became US president and that is your world this hour for CBC News I'm Neil Herland