The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 00:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague. We begin in Alberta where evacuation orders have been expanded for the county of Grand Prairie due to a wildfire. In an online post, Alberta Emergency Alert says the fire is over the Alberta-BC Provincial border. The new evacuation orders include everyone north of Township Road 700 to 740 and east of the British Columbia-Alberta border to Range Road 130. Those in the affected area are being asked to evacuate immediately and report to the reception center at the Heith Community Library. Residents are also being told to bring documents, medications and medical devices and to be prepared to be away from home for seven days.

Several wildfires in Manitoba have merged into one huge fire. It's forcing residents to flee the town of Snow Lake. Here's Premier Wab Kanu. The fire near Flintlawn and Sheridan combined, actually three of them effectively combined. And now we have this huge north of 300,000 hectare fires, which is just a massive area. So hats off and our tremendous gratitude to the firefighters. Tens of thousands of people are still out of their homes in northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Now many evacuees in Saskatchewan say they're frustrated and

confused struggling to access shelter and support. Alexander Silverman is in Prince Albert hearing from those looking for help. Are you already registered with the Red Cross? Yes, we are. Henry McKenzie is on the phone with the Red Cross Call Center, trying to get hotel rooms for exhausted elders in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. We're just getting a run around, nobody's seen us. We're going in circles. The Red Cross can't tell him where to go.

In Saskatchewan, more than 15,000 people have fled their homes in a little over a week. The Red Cross, responsible for registering many of them. We won't turn people away. Kim McLean is with the organization. The first few days of these things are always, you know, hectic, crazy, really up and down and all over the place. The Red Cross is working with Saskatchewan First Nations to offer food, shelter and hygiene kits.

Alexander Silverman, CBC News, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. With economic growth sputtering here and worldwide, the upcoming G7 Summit in Alberta is a chance to strengthen relations. Mark Carney says that's why he's invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi despite Modi's government being accused of involvement in the murder of a Canadian on Canadian soil. Marina von Stackelberg reports. Mark Carney says it makes sense to invite Narendra Modi. India the fifth largest economy in the world, effectively the most populous country in the world. This will be Modi's first visit since the RCMP accused his government of

orchestrating widespread violence on Canadian soil. That includes the targeted shooting of Hardeeb Singh Nijer. The prominent Sikh activist and Canadian citizen was assassinated in BC two years ago. Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly accused India of being behind it, something it denies. So this is a complete betrayal of the Sikh Canadian community as well as Canadian values. Balpreet Singh, a lawyer with the World Sikh Organization, says Canada should not welcome Modi, especially since he says Sikh Canadians continue to face threats and

acts of violence. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa. The man the Trump administration mistakenly deported to El Salvador three months ago has been returned to the U.S. to face criminal charges. A grand jury in the Middle District of Tennessee returned a sealed indictment charging Abrego Garcia with alien smuggling and conspiracy to commit alien smuggling. Attorney General Pam Bondi announcing the indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The White House insists he's a member of the violent MS-13 gang and

also accuses him of smuggling guns and drugs. Garcia has been held in a El Salvador prison since March. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Faye.