The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/07 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/07 at 02:00 EDT

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Hundreds of people evacuated from Wattie in the Northwest Territories headed home Saturday. As Yasmin Renea reports, officials say a nearby wildfire is no longer threatening the community. It feels awesome. Feels awesome to be home. Alex Michael Nizza Jr. is relieved to be back in Wattie. He and hundreds of other residents were forced to evacuate to Yellowknife more than a week ago because of a raging wildfire. No, it wasn't good. I didn't like it.

It wasn't home. They returned by bus, hugging and shaking hands with firefighters and volunteers who stayed behind. Wattie Fire Chief Brian Doakam says Cruz successfully conducted a backburn earlier this week, getting rid of fuel ahead of the fire. We've been

monitoring the river, making sure the fire doesn't jump there. We still have a lot of hot spots along the river. Officials say no structures were lost. The community is gearing up for a feast and drum dance to celebrate being back home. Yasmir Ranea, CBC News, Wattie, Northwest Territories. Elsewhere in the NWT,

hundreds of people forced to flee their homes in Fort Providence on August 31st still don't know when they'll be able to return. That, while fire is burning less than a kilometer from the Hamlet, and the community of Jean-Marie River is currently on evacuation alert. Northern Manitoba First Nation is an urgent need of a generator, so residents forced out by fires months ago can return home. Chief Gordy Bear of the Mattias Cumlum First Nation wants the provincial and federal governments to give $8 million that will buy the new generator so power can be restored to the community. Wildfires destroyed the electrical infrastructure.

Saskatchewan health officials have declared the building housing self-titled Queen of Canada, Romana DiDulo, and her cult unfit for human habitation because it's not connected to the local sewer system. Didulo claims to be the supreme ruler of Canada and that laws don't. apply to her or her followers. She's now spending the weekend in jail awaiting a bail hearing Monday. Christine Sarteski is a professor at Chatham University that researches and monitors cults. What we see by and large from the group is an amazing ability to rationalize everything that happens to come up with essentially an alternative excuse or reason that allows them to continue to believe in things that go very much against reality.

Everyone living in the building has been ordered to leave, but the order only covers the former school building and not trailers on the property. Didoulos facing multiple charges and says she'll represent herself at Monday's hearing. In Seoul, South Korea's foreign minister says the government is making, quote, an all-out effort to support hundreds of South Korean workers arrested in Georgia. They were working at the site of a Hyundai battery plant that's under construction. Almost 500 workers, mostly South Korean nationals, were detained.

The Department of Homeland Security said this was the largest single-site enforcement operation in its history. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to attend Sunday's U.S. Open men's final between Yonix Siner and Carlos Algaraz. But organizers are reportedly ordering broadcasters not to air any negative crowd reaction to Trump's appearance. This is what organizers are trying to avoid. That booing happened in July when Trump appeared at the Club World Cup final. US Open broadcaster ESPN isn't officially responding, but the New York Times spoke to a person briefed on the network's plans who says they plan to acknowledge Trump's presence and cover play as usual. Trump was a regular attendee of the U.S. Open until about 10 years ago, he was booed thin as well. Also in the U.S., two winners will spot the Powerball Lottery's third ever largest prize.

We've got another life-changing jackpot for you in an estimated amount of $1.787 billion. That works out to almost $2.5 billion Canadian dollars. That prize is paid out as an annuity. Many winners opt for the cash option, though, which in this case is $826 million U.S. The winners don't get to keep it all, though. A good chunk of change will be diverted to the IRS. The winning tickets were sold in Texas and Missouri. That is the world this hour.

For news any time, visit our website, cvcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Hi.