The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/02 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/02 at 20:00 EDT

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The First Minister's meeting has wrapped in Saskatoon and Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government has a list of nation-building projects to look at, including a pipeline from Alberta to Tidewater. Olivia Stefanovic tells us about that and about the mood coming out of the meeting. This is a unified group. This is a group that wants to work together and will work together to build our country. Prime Minister Mark Carney, sitting next to the premiers at a joint news conference in Saskatoon, projecting a change in the relationship among First Ministers, including Alberta Premier Daniel Smith.

Let's call it the grand bargain. Smith says she's encouraged after Carney signaled support for a bitumen pipeline from Alberta to Tidewaters in B.C., a project that could move forward, she says, in exchange for decarbonized oil. This has been the best meeting we've had in 10 years. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the challenge now will be to turn the positive rhetoric into action. No projects were officially greenlit, but First Ministers did establish the criteria to move forward and will refine their wish lists over the summer. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa.

Wildfires have now displaced nearly 30,000 people across the prairie provinces. In both Manitoba and Saskatchewan, spaces for evacuees are quickly running out. Julia Wong reports. First time out of my town and we really left the reserve. Niagara Falls is a far away from Cross Lake, Manitoba, where wildfires have forced many to leave, including Stevie Muscago. With so many evacuees needing a room to stay, the demand is spilling over into neighboring provinces like Ontario.

Muscago says he has no idea how long he'll be in Niagara Falls. I'm very scared for my community, for everyone. I'm still struggling over there and I'm a pig right now. Just lucky to be here, to have a spot, to have a bed, just making what I got, what we're given. Can't do much. What can you do? Manitoba Premier Wapkanu says more than 17,000 people have been moved out of northern Manitoba because of wildfires. And he says Ontario has opened up several thousand rooms for evacuees. Meantime, in Saskatchewan, officials have ordered more mandatory evacuations

for several northern communities. Julia Wong, CBC News, Edmonton. The defence has finished its case in the trial of five former World Junior hockey players in London, Ontario. That means no more evidence will be heard and closing arguments can begin. Karen Pauls has the latest. There was some question this morning about whether co-accused Dylan Dubé and Cal Foote would testify in their defense. But after a short break, both lawyers said they would not be calling them to the witness

box. Last week, court heard an audio recording of Dubé's police interview in 2018. It also saw videos of Michael McLeod and Alex Formonton's police interviews. Carter Hart is the only one to testify in this trial. Court has not heard from Foote at all. The men are accused of sexually assaulting a complainant known as EM in a London, Ontario hotel room seven years ago. The men have all pleaded not guilty.

The Crown and Defence will take the rest of the week to prepare their closing statements, which will begin next Monday. The trial is expected to wrap up by next Friday and then Justice Maria Karatshia will take some time to come to her verdict. Karen Pauls, CBC News, London, Ontario. At Peace Talks in Turkey, delegations for Ukraine and Russia agreed to exchange all POWs who are seriously wounded or ill, as well as soldiers aged 25 and under. Russia says it will also return the remains of 6,000 soldiers killed in combat.

Ukraine's defence minister Rustam Umarov says negotiations still fall short of securing an unconditional ceasefire. We firmly believe that all key issues can only be solved at the level of leaders. We propose to Russian side to hold a meeting by the end of this month from 20th to 30th of June. This is crucial for making progress in negotiations process. The Russian delegation has outlined Moscow's demands for a ceasefire. They include Ukraine's withdrawal from all territories seized by Russia, lifting

of all sanctions and limits on the Ukrainian military. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris.