The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 14:00 EDT

World Ocean Day is upon us, but can we really talk about two-thirds of the Earth's surface in just one day? Absolutely not. I'm Ian Urbina, back with an all-new season of The Outlaw Ocean. My podcast delves into the impossibly vast and shockingly lawless world of the open seas. Find and follow an all-new season of the Outlaw Ocean wherever you get your podcasts. From the CBC News of the World This Hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. We begin with spreading wildfires in Western Canada. One BC blaze has crossed crossed into Alberta prompting an evacuation order in Grand Prairie and in Manitoba 28 wildfires are burning many out of control. Residents of Snow Lake had until noon today to leave. 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 home. It's been horrible. This is the surrounding the town of Snow Lake. Officials here declared a local state of emergency on Friday, forcing 1,100 people from their homes. 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 Flynn Flawn. 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. You 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. Some advice about keeping cool as Canada approaches summer and BC gets some early summer heat this weekend. Dr. Emily Newhouse is with Fraser Health. She says fans should not be used as a main source of cooling. In significant heat they don't actually meaningfully lower your body temperature so people can overheat and they might be feeling that fan and it might feel nice but meanwhile their body's still getting hotter and hotter. Fans can be great and they can actually be really useful in moving cool air in from outside. Newhouse says it's more efficient to stay cool in air-conditioned space like malls and libraries. Environment Canada has issued

a special weather statement for the Metro Vancouver region. Daytime highs are expected to be up to the low 30s. In Rome, protesters marched in a rally calling for an end to the bombing in Gaza. The demonstration was organized by Italian opposition parties. They are also calling for the Italian government to levy sanctions against Israel and officially recognize a Palestinian state. A renewed emphasis on oil exploration in Newfoundland and Labrador has led to big discoveries in recent months,

and that could spur on years of production. Terry Roberts has more. There's exciting things going on right now at both Hebron and Hibernia. ExxonMobil executive, Kerry Morlin, delivered some big news at the annual energy conference this week. Drilling teams on both platforms have scored some big wins. A discovery of 25 million barrels on Hibernia. Double that for Hebron. 50 million barrels. New drilling techniques are allowing probes to go deeper and farther away from the

platforms and Morlin is confident of more discoveries. And I can tell you we New drilling techniques are allowing probes to go deeper and farther away from the platforms and Moreland is confident of more discoveries. And I can tell you we are far from finished. Hibernia has been in operation for nearly three decades. It's produced well north of one billion barrels. It's a cash machine for the oil companies and the province's treasury. By unlocking these new reservoirs, Hibernia is expected to continue production until nearly 2050. I'll tell you the Hibernia reservoirs they still hold significant potential.

Terry Roberts, CBC News, St. John's. A Calgary energy expert says there's no business case for shipping oil through Hudson Bay. Manitoba premier W Wab Kanu, floated the idea yesterday. Heather Exner-Peer with the McDonough Laurier Institute says the shipping season is too short in Hudson Bay and the threat of oil spills too high. Heather Exner-Peer, McDonough Laurier Institute, Manitoba, Pennsylvania, from every angle, from an environmental angle, from a business angle, from a market angle, it makes so much more sense, again, to build that egress, to build that other pipeline across to BC, to Pacific Tidewater.

Exner Pirot says it makes far more sense to build a pipeline through the Rocky Mountains. And that is Your World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts, updated every hour, seven days a week. And for news anytime, just go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazel Wood.