The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/04 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/04 at 00:00 EDT

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Right on! When debts got you, you've got us. Give Credit Counseling Society a call today. Visit NoMoreDets.org. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland. We're following a mass shooting in Toronto tonight. Six people were shot in the city's north end. One of them is dead. It happened in the

Lawrence Heights neighborhood. Staff Sergeant Behir Sarvandan is with Toronto police. Tragically a man in his 40s pronounced deceased and four other men and one woman, all adults, transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators are looking for multiple suspects and they're appealing to nearby residents and drivers to share any cell phone or security camera video. It is now past midnight in Washington and higher U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum have kicked in. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday confirming the U.S. is raising

steel and aluminum tariffs tonight to 50 percent from 25. Katie Simpson has more. This is a president who doesn't just talk the talk, he walks the walk too. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt confirming the latest round of trade whiplash, saying the increased tariffs will kick in on Wednesday. And steel and aluminum tariffs will be going to 50 percent. The U.S. ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, says tariffs are here to stay, defending Trump's plan to a Canadian audience at a business luncheon in Toronto.

The president believes it is absolutely essential that there are certain core industries that America can rely on domestically. Hoekstra tried to offer some hope that the Canada-U.S. relationship will eventually get to a better place. Canada is just one of dozens of countries trying to reach an agreement with the Americans. The plan is for the announcement of these deals to be made very, very soon, yes. The White House has been promising dozens of deals for nearly two months, and so far the only thing they've announced is the framework for a possible agreement with the UK.

Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. The federal government is proposing new measures to strengthen Canada's border. A new bill introduced Tuesday is designed to further crack down on fentanyl smuggling and illegal migration. Olivia Stefanovic has more. Canadians and Americans have a shared interest when it comes to our border. We want to keep threats out. Public safety minister Gary Anandasangari announcing the federal government's latest

move to counter concerns from US President Donald Trump. With this new legislation, we'll ensure Canada has the right tools to keep our borders secure, combat transnational organized crime and fentanyl, and disrupt illicit financing. The Strong Borders Act proposes new tools for border officers to inspect exports as a way to crack down on stolen vehicles, fentanyl, and the chemical compounds used to make the illegal drug. The bill also aims to give immigration authorities more powers to cancel, suspend or change applications. Anandasangari says he has already briefed U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan on the plan. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa.

A dire warning tonight from the Premier of Saskatchewan. Scott Moe says thousands more people may need to flee their homes in the days ahead as fast-moving wildfires approach communities. Where the 9,000 people have already fled their homes, the CBC's Alexander Silberman is at an evacuation centre in Prince Albert tonight. This evacuation centre is packed with people. I was here a couple of times over the weekend and it was really starting to get busy. It is just full of evacuees as thousands more are fleeing the north and arriving here in Prince Albert. Inside there are people lining up

to register with the Red Cross and get donations of clothing and food coming from communities across the north as those fires worsen. We heard an update not too long ago from the province about the conditions on the ground, and we now know that there are 21 active fires burning in Saskatchewan. Several threatening communities and starting to cause substantial damage. Upwards of 9,000 people have been forced out of their homes so far in Saskatchewan, and the premier warning that number could grow to 15,000 in the coming days without any sort of break in the weather.

Alexander Silberman in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. And that is Your World This Hour. I'm Neil Herland.