The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/02 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/02 at 13:00 EDT

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Scanderis. We begin in Saskatoon where the first ministers meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premiers is now underway. On the agenda, major nation-building projects with Alberta pushing for a new pipeline. Rafi Boujikanean has more. Let's get the commitment that we are going to build a new pipeline. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith before the First Minister's meeting fresh off a one-on-one with Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday evening, now preparing to convince her counterparts across the country. And then I'll have to work with the Prime Minister.

Smith's got some commitments from almost every province, but there are outliers. I've been invited here by Mr. Carney, not by Daniel or whoever. After years of saying a pipeline through Quebec is a political non-starter, the province's premier François de Gaulle still says he would need to see what that project looks like. We need to see what's the economic impact, what is the impact on the environment. Alberta is now placing the emphasis on a project that would end off Manitoba's shores on Hudson Bay, bypassing Quebec. But it would start on the West Coast. That would still need B.C. to play ball. Rafi Boudjikani on CBC News, Saskatoon.

It's really at the mercy of Mother Nature right now. The mayor of Flynn-Flawn, Manitoba hopes rain in the forecast will provide a crucial boost to firefighting efforts. George Fontaine says so far no buildings have been lost to the wildfire burning at the town's doorstep but he calls the situation a time bomb. Wildfires have forced 17,000 people out of their homes in Manitoba alone. Premier Wap Kanu says Canada needs to scale up its firefighting capability and fast. We ordered new water bombers we're not gonna get delivery of them years, right? And so we're in this challenge of having to respond during an emergency situation by pulling pieces that we have at our disposal.

We're now turning to international sources of assistance. Thousands of people in Alberta and Saskatchewan have also been ordered to leave due to wildfires. In northern Ontario, two First Nations have declared states of emergency and are planning evacuations. In London, Ontario, the defence has closed its case in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's World Junior Hockey team. Defence lawyers opted not to call two remaining players who had yet to testify. The trial has adjourned until Monday, that's when closing submissions will begin. The trial is expected to wrap up later next week.

After a second round of peace talks, Russia and Ukraine are no closer to reaching a ceasefire. But the hour-long discussion in Istanbul did garner some results. Both sides have agreed to conduct a new prisoner exchange. Dominic Velaitis reports. The atmosphere at the talks in Turkey was subdued. Ukraine's audacious drone attack on dozens of Russia's nuclear bomber aircraft on Sunday overshadowed proceedings. But both sides did agree to another prisoner swap, which according to Ukraine's defence minister, Rustam Umarov,

will focus on categories of prisoners rather than numbers. We agreed to exchange all for all, seriously wounded and seriously sick prisoners of war. Second category is young soldiers who are from 18 to 25 years old, all for all. Both sides also agreed to return the bodies of some 12,000 soldiers. Ukraine has proposed more talks later this month and although Russia is still refusing Ukraine's demand for a full unconditional ceasefire, it handed over a memo to the Ukrainian delegation outlining Moscow's terms for a pause in the fighting which

Kyiv says it's now studying. Dominic Vlaitis for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. The suspect in yesterday's attack in Boulder, Colorado has been charged with a hate crime. That's according to an affidavit filed today. Mohammed Sabri Solomon is accused of using a flamethrower and Molotov cocktails during the attack. It happened at a Jewish community event in support of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. At least eight people were injured. Solomon is expected

to appear in court later this afternoon. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderres.