The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/11 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/11 at 05:00 EDT

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under dangerous weather conditions as hot dry and windy weather continues to feel the flames they're out-of-control wildfires in newfoundland and labrador where thousands of homes have been destroyed heather gillis has the latest even in the town where thousands of fire evacuees are seeking refuge signs of the mass of kingston wildfire are just over the hill Officials say it's grown to more than 5,000 hectares Sunday, destroying at least nine homes in one community. Everybody knows now that yesterday was a difficult day. Premier John Hogan says more homes have been lost. Unfortunately, we can't, based on the suppression efforts and the smoke, evaluate exactly what structures are lost at this time.

Evacuies are seeking sanctuary at this school in Carbonyer, about 100 kilometers from St. John's. Among them, Gerard and Eileen Howell. Well, I got a feeling by this time tomorrow, my house could be gone. Well, it's not good down there. And where I'm too is a lot of trees, heavy wooded area, and that's the way the fire is going to hit it. Howell says he was in disbelief when he was ordered out of his hometown on Saturday, and the province declared a regional state of emergency for some 14,000 people living on the Badaverd Peninsula.

Heather Gillis, CBC News, St. John's. In New Brunswick, the city of Moncton has issued a boil water order for residents and businesses along the Elmwood Drive area north of the Trans-Canada Highway. According to the city, it's the result of high water use to fight the nearby wildfire in Irish town. The city says water use for eating, drinking, or brushing teeth should be boiled for at least one minutes. Also, heat warnings are in place for Quebec and Ontario. Ottawa and Montreal saw a temperature of 34 degrees on Sunday, while Toronto reached 32 degrees. The hot weather is expected to be in effect until midweek.

In British Columbia, a man's hiking trip quickly turned into a test of survival. Andrew Barber was lost in the woods for nine days before finally being found dehydrated and without food. Georgie Smite has the details. A refuge and a plea in the northern BC wilderness set on the edge of a small lake, but it was this almost invisible SOS written in the mud that led to the improbable rescue

of a man missing for nine days in the remote Caribou region helped signs visible from the air. written by 39-year-old Andrew Barber. He was last seen with his pickup truck near Castle Rock at the end of last month between the cities of Williams Lake and Quinell. Maps by search and rescue teams showed just how many times crews flew in over the terrain looking for anything until they saw a flit of light. Barber, who had no food and was drinking from the pond, was taken to hospital and is recovering.

Georgie Smyth, CBC News. Vancouver. Work is underway to clean up a shipwreck in Newfoundland. A 200-meter container ship has been on the shore near Lark Harbor for six months now after losing power and drifting onto the beach. It's one of the largest cleanups in Canada in decades, and it's having an impact on the town, but not just in a bad way. Peter Cowan reports. This is an easy day for us. We have hamburgers and the other women at the Anglican Church in Lark Harbor are busy making lunch. Every day they feed dozens of hungry workers who are cleaning up shipwreck. It was just supposed to be a few weeks, but now it's been six months.

They couldn't move the ship, and so they had to work with it there. Providing lunch has provided money for the church, enough to buy a new furnace and put in heat pumps, but it's not the only impact on the town. The ship is also attracting tourists. They hike 45 minutes in on a trail to Cedar Cove to see the boat for themselves. They also stop in local restaurants or rent local homes. The mayor of Lark Harbor has been happy to see all this economic activity, but Wade Park will also be happy when the ship is finally gone. Until the oil is removed, there's a chance the ship could rip apart and contaminate one of the prime fishing areas. Our fishery is the main industry, is to back one of our town,

and we'd want that being jeopardized. Peter Cowan, CBC News, near Lark Harbor, Newfoundland. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.