The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/07 at 23:00 EDT

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I'm Claude Fague. The number of wildfire evacuation orders is climbing and the flames in Western Canada are sending smoke into the atmosphere prompting air quality warnings to the east and in parts of the United States. Sam Sampson has more. What if we come home to nothing? I'm gonna have to start all over for my kids. Snow Lake is the latest community under evacuation order in Manitoba under threat from one of the 28 wildfires in that province. Everyone had to be out by noon on Saturday. Wildfires have forced 18,000 people in Manitoba out of their

homes and it's not much better heading west. 33 communities in Saskatchewan have been forced to evacuate due to 24 wildfires. Next door a fire that started in BC recently crossed into Alberta, forcing people from their homes in both provinces. Coast to coast, we're under an air quality warning or statement. Rebecca Sorey, Canada Research Chair in Global Change, Atmosphere and Health, says wildfire smoke traveling across Canada is a risk to everyone. But it's sensitive people like seniors and children who should take extra precautions,

not just in provinces that are burning, but across Canada. Sam Samson, CBC News, Edmonton. In British Columbia, windy weather in the Northeast is making firefighting conditions more challenging. There are 69 wildfires burning in the province right now. Emily Peacock is a BC Fire Information Officer. Some things that our crews are seeing, they're seeing things like danger trees. So trees that are weakened by drought or previous wildfires.

There's areas that are experiencing blow downs. This is where large numbers of trees are knocked over by wind. As well, a lot of the fires in our Northeast have very large fire perimeters. One of those fires has crossed from BC into Alberta. An evacuation order was already in effect, but now that order is expanding as the out of control fire threatens small communities near the city of Grant Prairie. The 2024-25 flu season has so far been one of the worst in recent memory. And over the past few months, influenza has killed more Nova Scotians than COVID-19.

That hasn't happened since the pandemic began. Infectious diseases doctor Lisa Barrett says the fact that there are fewer COVID deaths isn't necessarily though a positive development. Some people have said, oh, thank goodness, we're back to normal. And I'm like, well, now we've got two viruses, not just one, that are still in the really important category for hospitalization, bad lungs and death. Flu season isn't over and for people who want to avoid catching or spreading the virus, the advice from doctors is the same as it was during the pandemic.

Wash your hands, stay home when you're sick, wear a mask when appropriate, and get vaccinated. An epicenter of immigration in the U.S. is being rocked by protests. It comes as federal agents carry out immigration raids across Los Angeles. U.S. President Donald Trump has called in 2,000 National Guard troops for what he calls quote lawlessness that has been allowed to fester there. Chris Reyes has the latest. In Los Angeles, where immigration raids have rattled communities, another rally in support of those detained. These advocates are chanting, asked to speak with an attorney.

Garcia is expected to get that chance finally. Ben Osorio is his immigration attorney. We are just going to be able to speak with him for the first time this weekend. So we've not had an opportunity yet to discuss the facts, to discuss his history with him and whether there's any veracity to these allegations. Deportation still looms over Garcia's head. The government says he will be sent back to El Salvador, whether he's found guilty or not. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York.

The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, is coming to Canada later this month. He'll be in PEI inspecting the troops of the Prince Edward Island regiment on June 25th. Edward is Colonel-in-Chief. He will also be in Toronto on the 28th, then Ottawa for Canada Day. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.