The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 12:00 EDT

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That's the exact amount of knowledge you need for this show. Stay vaguely informed while in good company. With me! Listen to Because News, available wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Jeanelle Louise Phillips. Firefighters in Western Canada are facing a challenging weekend. Strong winds and warm temperatures could make their jobs even more difficult. 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.

Meanwhile, northeastern BC flames have crossed into Alberta, prompting an evacuation order in Grand Prairie. CBC's Linda Ward has the details. There were about 53 properties on evacuation order but around 9 p.m. local time they widened that order south along the BC border. The Quescatanaw River fire in British Columbia now reaching over the Alberta BC border. We've reached out to find out how many more properties are affected here. The county's

fire chief says they're using heavy equipment, sprinklers, night vision helicopters to minimize the impact but they are urging residents in the evacuation zone to get out now and others on evacuation alert are being told they may have just 30 minutes to leave if they're told to do so. The wind is the culprit here. Guts of up to 75 kilometers per hour whipping up the flames. Fire was expected to spread significantly into the southeast overnight. CBC's Linda Ward. Prime Minister Mark Carney is putting joint international responses to wildfires on the agenda for this month's G7 meeting. He has just released his priorities

for the Leaders Summit. Other topics on the list include peace and security, including energy security, countering foreign interference and transnational crime, and strengthening economies. Carney will be hosting the world leaders in Kananaskis, Alberta, June 15th to 17th. 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's set by Canada Day. 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 inter-provincial 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. Poliev argues the federal government should give provinces more incentive by paying bonuses for barriers they remove. Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. Scott's the Oilers!

Brad Larsen has won it for the Panthers! 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 these games, but also the significance given the recent tensions between Canada and the U.S. A Canadian team hasn't won the Stanley Cup since 1993. That's 32 years ago. The Montreal Canadiens.

There's also the political overtones, lots of talk about trade tension between Canada and the United States, and also the rhetoric about the 51st state. And what we saw in February during the four nations face off, Canada defeats the United States in overtime in the championship game, Connor McDavid scores the

winning goal and I'm thinking many Canadians much rather see the Stanley Cup ceremony on Parliament Hill with the Edmonton Oilers as champions rather than at the White House with the Florida Panthers as champions. That was CBC's Trevor Party. Game three goes down Monday night in Florida. Elbows up. And that's the World This Hour. You can listen to us anytime on voice-activated devices like Google Home. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.