The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/08 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/08 at 10:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Gina Louise Phillips. An update on Ottawa's response to the wildfire situation. Prime Minister Mark Carney in a post on X just moments ago says Ottawa has accepted a request for federal assistance for Ontario as it battles spreading fire in the Northwest. He says, quote, We've deployed Canadian Armed Forces aircraft and personnel to support emergency airlift evacuations around Sandy Lake First Nation. Officials say the fire is spreading close to the community and all residents have been ordered to leave. The First Nation is near the border with Manitoba. Hundreds of wildfires continue to burn across parts of B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan and causing the most damage in Manitoba, where flames have destroyed about 800,000 hectares

of land. The province is still in a state of emergency as it deals with 28 total fires, 24 of them considered full response fires, 13 classified as under control. Caroline Bargout has the latest on the efforts to get those 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 manageable 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 firebreak 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.

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. In Los Angeles, U.S. President Donald Trump has now deployed 2,000 National Guard troops into the city. Demonstrators are angry about raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE agents, who have arrested more than 100 undocumented migrants. Some protesters have thrown items at law enforcement, including a Molotov cocktail while cars have

been set on fire. The US and Israeli-backed aid group Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it is once again 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. Israel's defense minister says he has instructed the military to stop a flotilla carrying aid from reaching Gaza. It belongs to the international non-profit organization Freedom Flotilla Coalition. Climate activist Greta Thunberg is one of the people on board. What is happening in Gaza right now is unprecedented. A similar attempt last month by the group failed when their vessel was attacked by drones.

Defense Minister Israel Katz says Israel will not allow anyone to break its naval blockade. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.