The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 02:00 EDT

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Find an agent today at Desjardins.com business coverage. 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 order includes 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. Many evacuees in Saskatchewan say they're frustrated and confused, struggling to access shelter and support. Alexander Silberman is in Prince Albert hearing from those looking for help. Henry Mackenzie 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 seems to know where we're going and 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. To Ukraine.

Firefighters worked to extinguish a fire that ignited in a residential building following another Russian assault, this one in Kharkiv. The Russian army unleashed bombing attacks on the city early Saturday morning. Local authorities confirmed the latest attack led to at least three deaths, wounding more than a dozen others. The attack is being called the most powerful in the Northeastern city since the start of the Russian invasion. 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 Hardeep Singh Nijher. 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 sick Canadian community as well as Canadian values. Balpreet Singh, a lawyer with the World Sick Organization, says Canada should not welcome Modi, especially since he says sick Canadians continue to face threats and acts of violence.

Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa. The Florida Panthers have tied the Stanley Cup final at a game of peace. The Panthers got a goal from Halifax native Brad Marshand just over eight minutes into the second overtime in Edmonton Friday night for a 5-4 win. Here's head coach Chris Knoblok. I guess the execution wasn't what we needed. We got to execute a lot better. You know in the first and the third I thought that part of our game was pretty sharp but we got to make sure we do it for the full 60. The two teams now head south to Florida for the next two games beginning with game three on Monday night.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.