The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/04 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/04 at 19:00 EDT

1942, Europe. Soldiers find a boy surviving alone in the woods. They make him a member of Hitler's army. But what no one would know for decades, he was Jewish. Could a story so unbelievable be true? I'm Dan Goldberg. I'm from CBC's personally, Toy Soldier. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julie-Ann Hazelwood. The conservatives are demanding an emergency debate on Donald Trump's tariff hike on steel and aluminum. The government has yet to retaliate. The prime Minister says that's because Ottawa is seeing

movement in negotiations with Washington. Marina von Stackelberg reports. We will take some time, not much, some time because we are in intensive discussions right now with the Americans. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's negotiations with the US on its trading relationship are progressing. That is why Ottawa is waiting to respond to the latest tariffs from President Donald Trump. Carney points to Canada's current counter tariffs on $90 billion of U.S. imports. We've acted strong. Those are in place. The federal government says money it collects from those measures will support Canadian

workers and businesses. Terry Sheehan heads up a group of MPs from different political parties from communities hurt the most. The steel industry will be here tomorrow. We're going to be meeting, talking about what their needs are. Conservative leader Pierre Polyev is calling for the Liberals to take a strong stance against these latest tariffs. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa.

Former Canadian astronaut and federal cabinet minister Mark Garnot has died. His wife Pam Garnot released a statement saying her husband died peacefully surrounded by family following a short illness. Garnot became the first Canadian to travel to space in 1984. He spoke to CBC radio's The House last year and talked about listening to classical music while in space. The first time I flew we used Walkman. You don't hear about those anymore but I would listen to that and look out the window and it's just a sublime experience to do that. I mean listening to good music is already fantastic,

but while you're gazing at your planet as you're orbiting high above it and going around is just, I think, the closest thing to being in heaven. He also served as the president of the Canadian Space Agency. In the 2000s, Garnot entered politics with the Liberal Party, serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Transport. Mark Garneau was 76. There's lots of fire activity out there in the province. There are 24 active fires in Saskatchewan and the forecast for the areas affected is hot and dry. More than 30,000 people across the province and neighboring Manitoba have been displaced by wildfires. Steve Roberts is with the Saskatchewan

Public Safety Agency. If you have been asked to evacuate, kindly do so at the earliest opportunity and once evacuated unless asked to return, please make all efforts to stay out. The traffic and the expectation of managing the fires and evacuations is problematic. Swaths of smoke from wildfires in Western Canada have reached as far as Newfoundland and Labrador in the east and Texas in the south. Ten people are under arrest after a series of shootings in Toronto left more than a dozen people injured. The shootings go back to March.

More than 200 charges have been laid, including 24 counts of attempted murder. Ali Shiasa has the details. Police call it Project Nighthawk. It was launched after a mass shooting in Scarborough at the opening night of a pub in early March. Three gunmen shoot their way in, firing indiscriminately, injuring 12 people. Remarkably, no one died. They fled the scene and fast forward three months and the police announced these arrests. But Paul McIntyre of the Guns and Gangs Unit people. Remarkably no one died. They fled the scene and fast-forward three months and the police announced these arrests but Paul McIntyre of the guns and gangs unit says they're investigating links to other shootings in the spring related to

a tow truck turf war. We haven't linked it to any tow truck violence at this point so yeah they're all tow truck related it is part of the tow truck turf wars that we're going on and we're hoping now that those that we arrested will really make a difference in the number of shootings that we're seeing. The Toronto police don't believe the gunmen are in a gang but instead we're operating as hired guns. Who hired them is a big part of this ongoing investigation. One suspect remains at large. Ali Shiasan, CBC News, Toronto. remains at large. Ali Shiasan, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julie-Anne Hazelwood.