The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/14 at 21:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/14 at 21:00 EDT

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listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com slash Canada Hour. That's BetterHELP.com slash C-A-N-A-D-A-H-O-U-R Canada Hour. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. Tanks, armored trucks and thousands of soldiers paraded through Washington tonight, marking the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary. But the event coincides with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday, and it's attracting both spectators and protesters.

Sasha Petrasek has more. Well, if the aim was to showcase US military hardware and its firepower, it did that. We're told there were 7,000 troops and millions of tons of armour, state-of-the-art tanks and ominous sounding helicopters under Washington's dark clouds today, all to the soundtrack of marching bands. And for the thousands of Americans who showed up, for Trump I think it was the loud and proud recognition of the US military that they say is long overdue. No institution in history has entered more names into the roster of American heroes. Now we're used to seeing spectacles like this in places like Moscow or Beijing.

And the last time I covered a military parade was in North Korea. And all of them follow a careful script designed to project power. Sasha Petrusak, CBC News, Washington. In Minnesota, a state representative and her husband are dead. Another state senator and his wife are in stable condition. All of them shot in their respective homes. The suspect is still at large and police say he had a long list of targets. Chris Reyes has more.

This is a dark day for Minnesota and for democracy. Somber and shocked, Minnesota's top officials briefed the media following brazen shootings in Minneapolis suburbs that killed state senator Melissa Hortman and her husband. They also shot and injured state senator John Hoffman and his wife. Police say the attack happened in the early hours of Saturday when they were called to the home of one of the lawmakers. It was there they encountered an individual impersonating a police officer. There was an exchange of fire and then the suspect got away. Police are now looking for 57-year-old Vance

Luther Bolter, the CEO of a security services company according to his social media profile. The suspect left behind a vehicle and police say they've recovered a manifesto that included a list of other political figures. Governor Walz called the attacks an assassination. This was an act of targeted political violence. We don't settle our differences with violence or at gunpoint. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York. In the sky over Jerusalem tonight. That's the sound of Israel's Iron Dome air defense system fending off incoming missiles from Iran.

From the second night in a row, Iran has attacked Israel in response to fresh Israeli airstrikes. Israel struck Iranian nuclear and military facilities with a barrage of missiles Friday, killing several top officials and leading scientists. Former Federal Minister Pablo Rodriguez has been chosen as the new leader of the Quebec Liberal Party. Quebec liberals faced two resounding election defeats in the 2018 and 2022 provincial elections. Rodriguez says a new era is starting for the Quebec Liberal Party and the province. Most Albertans will soon be required to pay out of pocket

for COVID-19 vaccinations. The province has decided it will only cover the cost for people at a higher risk of serious outcomes. Emily Williams reports. Albertans will have to foot the bill for COVID vaccinations starting this fall. The province cites changes in the federal procurement process that now leave provinces responsible for purchasing vaccines and says in previous years many doses went unused and the new system will reduce waste. Vaccines will be made available in a phased approach, and those in supportive living or in home care will get their vaccination paid for, as well as those with underlying medical conditions, in congregate living, or on social programs. Everyone else will pay the full costs of the vaccine.

Community pharmacies will no longer be administering the shots, and a pre-ordering system will be available starting in August to book appointments. The cost per dose is yet to be determined. A spokesperson from the Public Health Agency of Canada says it's up to the provinces to determine which vaccines are publicly funded. Emily Williams, CBC News, Edmonton. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.