The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 03:00 EDT

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Find an agent today at Desjardins.com slash business coverage. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague. There are 28 wildfires burning in Manitoba right now. Many of them are out of control. Strong winds and warm temperatures are helping the fire spread. So far more than 18,000 people have been forced from their homes. And on Friday, the town of Snow Lake was added to the evacuation list. Caroline Bargout reports. Firefighters spray water on trees and wooded areas surrounding the town of Snow Lake.

Officials here declared a local state of emergency on Friday, forcing 1,100 people from their homes. The fear is the winds will shift over the weekend and push wildfires, which are about 30 kilometres away, into this town. It's been horrible. This is the fourth time Linda Smith and Tom Allen have had to evacuate. Ten days ago, the fires forced them to leave their home in Flynnflawn. They went to Baker's Narrows, then were told to evacuate.

They slept in a tent for a few nights at Wacusco Falls and had to leave again. A park ranger they met said he would clean out his camper and they could stay in his backyard in Snow Lake. Now they have to move once again. I don't even know what to do. No income, nothing. I don't know how to feel about it. Nelson and Cheryl Linklater packed a bag for each of their three kids and boarded a bus

to Winnipeg. What if we come home to nothing? There is rain in the forecast, but officials don't know if it'll be enough to slow the fires down. Caroline Bargoud, CBC News, Snow Lake, Manitoba. Meanwhile, evacuation orders due to wildfires have been expanded in Grand Prairie, Alberta. The fire now over the Alberta-BC provincial border has forced the evacuation of residents

north of Township Road 700 to 740 and east of the British Columbia-Alberta border to Range Road 130. Residents are also being told to bring documents, medications and medical devices and to be prepared to be away from home for seven days. One Canadian economy, not just the name of the new bill tabled Friday in the House of Commons, but also a cornerstone election pitch by the Prime Minister. Mark Carney wants to fast-track big building projects and break down trade barriers between provinces. Kate McKenna reports.

It's a day that has literally been decades in the making. Prime Minister Mark Carney hasn't shied away from setting sky-high expectations. This government introduced one of its first marquee pieces of legislation. First pitched during the election as a way to fight back against the economic carnage of Donald Trump's tariffs, Bill C- 5 seeks to remove some federal barriers to inter-provincial trade and make it easier to get nation-building projects off the ground. It's become too difficult to build in this country.

The bill would streamline and speed up the approval process for some projects, including mines, ports and pipelines, identified by the government as being in the national interest. So far, premiers like Quebec's François Legault and Manitoba's Wab Kanu like what they see. When we see we will accelerate the start of projects, I like that very much. Let's put Manitobans to work and let's use that work to build up this country that we love so much. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. To Los Angeles. Where about 50 police officers in riot gear fire

tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters in the downtown part of the city Friday evening. The confrontation followed a day of federal immigration raids in which dozens of people across the city were reported to be taken into custody by ICE. Police had lined the streets after authorities had ordered crowds of protesters to disperse around nightfall. It was not clear whether any arrests of protesters were made. To Edmonton and the Stanley Cup final. And, Scott's ball! Brad Marshand has won it for the Panthers! As seen on hockey night in Canada, Halifax native Brad Marshand scored the game-winning goal at 8.05 of the second overtime

as the Panthers beat the Oilers 5-4 to tie the Cup final at a game of peace. The series now shifts to South Florida for the next two games, beginning with game three in sunrise Monday night. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.