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

Episode Date: June 7, 2025

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

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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, B.C. provincial border. The new evacuation order includes everyone north of Township Road 700 to 740 and east of the British Columbia-Alber Alberta border to Range Road 130. The new order is in addition to the existing evacuation order. Those in the affected area are being asked to evacuate immediately. Residents are also being told to bring documents,

medications and medical devices and be prepared to be away from home for seven days. And an update to the growing measles issue in that province, Alberta is dealing with 778 cases. That's the most in almost 40 years. Dr. Mark Joffe is an infectious disease physician who recently served as Alberta's chief medical officer of health. He says the province did take measures to prepare for a measles outbreak, but more could have been done. I think the part where we did not do as well as we could have was in mass communication to the population, advising them that immunization rates were inadequate to prevent an outbreak, that children and some adults might be at risk of developing measles, and that they

should access vaccine, that vaccine is safe. Jaffee says there's an urgent need to reach all parts of the population with that message and it will take a number of months before cases start to settle down. You can hear that conversation with Dr. Brian Goldman on White Coat Black Art at 1.30 p.m. In Ukraine now. In Ukraine now. 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 using both

drone and missile strikes. Reports say at least 40 explosions were heard. Local authorities confirmed the latest attacks led to at least three deaths, wounding at least 21 others. This followed an attack on Kiev yesterday that left five people dead. Today's strike is being called the most powerful in the northeastern city since the start of the Russian invasion. After decades of politicians talking about taking down internal trade barriers in this country, there's finally been some action. The federal government aims to reach a benchmark it has set by Canada Day. But is it enough? Host of the House, Catherine Cullen, has more. Internal

Trade Minister Christia Freeland says tearing down trade barriers between provinces can be nation-building, potentially adding tens of billions, perhaps more, to Canada's economy. On Friday, the government tabled a bill that would end the federal aspect of internal trade barriers. With just two weeks left before the House of Commons rises, she insists there's hope the bill could become law. The reality though is the federal part is the smallest part. Most interprovincial trade barriers don't involve the federal government. They need

to be sorted out between provinces. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev says he's glad to see progress on tearing down those internal trade barriers and this bill is better than nothing. It's a small step but it is breadcrumbs when we needed a bold move. Pauliev argues the federal government should give provinces more incentive by paying bonuses for barriers they remove. Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. And you can hear the full interview with Christa Freeland on The House after the 9 o'clock edition of World Report.

That is 9.30 in Newfoundland. To Florida. 3, 2, 1, ignition and lift off. Go Falcon. Go Sirius. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral early this morning, the rocket carrying a satellite for a major satellite radio network into space. This was the eighth flight for the Elon Musk-owned rocket company and follows a rough ride the last couple of days for Musk in his very public feud with US President Donald Trump. That clash with Trump has put a reported $22 billion worth of SpaceX government contracts at stake.