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

Episode Date: June 8, 2025

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

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Manitoba, where flames have destroyed about 800,000 hectares of land. However, a low pressure system is passing through the prairies, expected to bring some much needed relief for firefighters. Caroline Bargout has the latest on the efforts to get these wildfires under control. It's really dry. Gary Lejean has never seen the forest this dry. He says normally there's a lot more moisture in the ground in the spring. Lejean is a heavy equipment operator on the front lines of the Manitoba wildfire fight.

What happens is you go on the outside of the fire and you try and take the fuel away from the fire. His job is to use a dozer or front end loader to knock down trees and try to create a fire break to stop flames from spreading. He says most of the time it does the trick. The only time the fire goes over that is if there's big heavy winds. Manitoba remains under a province-wide state of emergency. There are 28 wildfires burning here.

Those fires have forced more than 18,000 people from their homes. Peter Thibodeau is one of them. The province says adults registered with the Red Cross will receive $238 a week, but Thibodeau is one of them. Give us some answers. The province says adults registered with the Red Cross will receive $238 a week, but Thibodeau has gotten nothing. A spokesperson for the Red Cross says some evacuees may need to verify their identity in person. Caroline Bargout, CBC News in the Paw, Manitoba. A fire in northwestern Ontario has prompted an evacuation order. Sandy Lake First Nation is near the border with Manitoba. Officials say the fire is spreading close to the community and all

residents are ordered to leave. The US and Israeli backed aid group Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it once again is distributing aid. But only one of its locations in central Gaza is operational and there are growing fears for the safety of Palestinians gathering for supplies. The CBC's Crystal Guimancing reports from Jerusalem. Huge crowds of people snake around a dirt road in central Gaza leading to a food distribution point. Beyond the fences, men appearing to be in protective gear observing from a lookout. As people stream by hauling white boxes, gunfire can be heard in the distance, and the crowd starts to run. Injured people were seen being carried from the area.

CBC reached out to Israel Defense Forces given the images and sounds captured by CBC's freelance videographer near the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site. The IDF says warning shots were fired into the area to keep people from going beyond the approved GHF location. Since it began operating its handful of aid sites, it's been overwhelmed by swarms of hungry people

and dozens have been shot or killed near the aid centers. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, Jerusalem. Climate scientists and activists are part of a growing resistance movement in the United States. As President Trump moves to roll back measures aimed at fighting climate change, they are at the forefront of fighting back. Laura Lynch, the host of What on Earth? has

this report. Laura Lynch, The What on Earth? Climate scientist Brandon Jones likens it to the civil rights movement. Jones is the president of the American Geophysical Union. The group is mobilized to ensure research into the effects of climate change will be made public. Thus, despite President Trump's firing of hundreds of scientists responsible for the work in the name of government efficiency. It's about ethics and morality now and humanity. Jones says those same people will keep working, some without pay,

to have their studies published in the organization's journal. Trump's actions are also reinvigorating climate activists like Aru Shaini-Aje. We are actually fighting deliberate, destructive action against progress. Shiny Ajay says people are ready to risk possible arrest or other sanctions in the name of peaceful protest. For her and the scientists alike, it comes down to a question of life and death on a warming planet. Laura Lynch, CBC News, Vancouver. And that's the World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.