The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 08:00 EDT

The ocean is vast, beautiful, and lawless. I'm Ian Urbina back with an all new season of The Outlaw Ocean. The stories we bring you this season are literally life or death. We look into the shocking prevalence of forced labor, mine boggling overfishing, migrants hunted and captured. The Outlaw Ocean takes you where others won't. Available on CBC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. We begin with the

spreading wildfire situation in the Western provinces. ABC Fire has crossed the border into Alberta, prompting an evacuation order in Grand Prairie. And residents of Snow Lake, Manitoba have until noon today to leave. So far, more than 18,000 people have been forced from their homes in that province. Air quality alerts are in effect across much of Canada. Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal are recording some of the worst air quality ratings in the world. Alberta is dealing with 778 cases of measles, the most in almost 40 years. Dr. Mark Joffrey 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 an 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 and some adults might be at risk of developing measles and that they should access vaccine, that vaccine is safe. Jaffee says it will take a number of months before cases start to settle down. After decades of politicians talking about taking down internal trade barriers, there's finally been some action. The federal government aims to reach a benchmark it has set by Canada Day. But is it enough? Well, that's the question

that Catherine Cullen, host of the House, is asking. 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. Polyev argues the federal government should give provinces more incentive by paying bonuses for barriers they remove. Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. To Ukraine now.

Firefighters worked to extinguish a fire that ignited in a residential building following another Russian assault early this morning in Kharkiv. Local authorities confirmed the latest attacks led to at least three deaths, wounding at least 21 others. Today's strike is being called the most powerful in the northeastern city since the start of the Russian invasion. Game two of the Stanley Cup finals in Edmonton last night ended in disappointment for the Oilers, Florida scoring on a breakaway in double overtime and evening up the series. CBC's Trevor Pardee talks about not just the excitement surrounding the games, but also the significance given the recent tensions between Canada and the U.S.

The games have been amazing. Both games went into overtime, each team winning once. They've been fast paced with plenty of goals and Connor McDavid is once again showing why he is the best player in the NHL. His assist last night on Leon Dreisaitl's goal in the first period will be talked about for a long time. It's been 32 years since a Canadian team last won the Stanley Cup, Montreal in 1993. But there's the added significance of trade tensions between the United States and Canada and also the 51st state rhetoric. We saw it during the Four Nations faceoff in February when Canada defeated the United

States in overtime in the championship game. I would think Canadians would rather see a Stanley Cup ceremony with the Edmonton Oilers on Parliament Hill rather than one with the Florida Panthers at the White House. And that is CBC's Trevor Party. Elbows up. That's the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.