The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/08 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/08 at 11:00 EDT

We learned about Leo Schofield's fight for innocence in season one of Bone Valley. Now, he and author Gilbert King are back with season two. This time, they dig deeper into the history of the man who confessed to killing Leo's wife. Do I want to talk to him? Do I really forgive him? This is the man that murdered my wife, and I've been through hell on earth because of it. I'm Kathleen Goltar, and this week on Crime Story, how Leo Schofield chose to forgive the man who destroyed his life. Find Crime Story wherever you get your podcasts.

From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. A new commitment from the federal government. The Prime Minister says Ottawa has accepted a request for federal assistance from Ontario, as it battles rapidly spreading wildfires near the border with Manitoba. Carney says Ottawa has deployed military aircraft and personnel to support emergency airlift evacuations around Sandy Lake First Nation. Both Manitoba and Saskatchewan, meanwhile, are still under a state of emergency.

Growing wildfire means a swell of demand for water bomber planes. But as Darren Major reports, it may be years before Canada gets a new one. The problem is right now, it's taken four years to produce more water bombers. Ontario Premier Doug Ford was speaking last week ahead of the First Minister's meeting in Saskatchewan, one of the provinces currently gripped by massive wildfires. And he wasn't the only one anxious to get a new order of water bombers. Manitoba Premier Wab Kanu said his province is also waiting for three planes. We're not going to get delivery of them for five years.

The Canadian-made CL415, one of the most commonly used amphibious scoopers, hasn't been manufactured in a decade. The Havilland Canada bought the rights to the model in 2016 from Bombardier and started production on a newer model just this year. But provinces are contending with international buyers who beat them to the punch. A number of European countries had orders in place years before the plant came online. John Gratic, an aviation management lecturer at McGill University, says that means Canada might not get one until 2030.

The demand for these airplanes has skyrocketed. Darren Major, CBC News, Ottawa. U.S. President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area. This following clashes between immigration and customs enforcement agents and protesters. Steve Futterman fills us in. A second straight day of confrontations between protesters and federal agents attempting to carry out Donald Trump's deportation orders. There were flashbangs, tear gas and pepper spray. This protester putting the total blame on the president.

What we're facing right now is Trump's armed Gestapo. We're just seeing a glimpse of the future that Trump wants to implement. The protests are taking place in a number of areas in downtown Los Angeles and yesterday near a home depot, a location agents have often focused on because of the number of day laborers who often gather outside the store looking for work. Last night Trump's so-called border czar Tom Homan raised the stakes, announcing the National Guard is being brought in. This is about enforcing the law and again we're not going to apologize for doing it,

we're stepping up. Initially 2,000 Guard members will be sent here, but California Governor Gavin Newsom opposes the move. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. Young Canadians are struggling to find work as they head into the summer. The federal government is rushing in with $25 million to tackle that problem. Benjamin Lopez-Steven takes a closer look. It sucks just trying over and over and over again to get a job. Mel Purchase is driving around Ontario, dropping off her resume to as many temp agencies as

she can. The 19-year-old is eager to find work, but so far, no luck. Last month, over 14% of young Canadians, those between 15 and 24 years old, were unemployed. Now, the federal government is adding $25 million to its summer jobs program. Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the money will create up to 6,000 more jobs for young Canadians,

on top of 70,000 other positions already in the summer jobs program. Ilona Doherty is the co-creator of the Youth and Innovation Project at the University of Waterloo. She says AI is affecting entry-level gigs, plus there's temporary foreign workers too. It's up to the adults. This is not young people's fault. Benjamin Lopez, Steven, CBC News, Ottawa.

Swimmer Summer McIntosh has set a new world record in the pool. She has not let up at all. She's actually picking it up as she comes to the wall. Keep your eye on the clock. 355.38. World record! The 18-year-old Toronto native broke the record in the women's 400-metre freestyle at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Victoria last night. The time was more than a second faster than the previous record held by an Australian swimmer women's 400-meter freestyle at the Canadian swimming trials in Victoria last night. The time was more than a second faster than the previous record held by an Australian swimmer set in 2023.

And that's the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.