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British Columbia's wildfire fight is set to move toward the province's more populated southern areas amid hot and windy weather, while cooler temperatures and rain are expected to bring some relief in scorched northern regions.

Anne Kelly, Commissioner of Correctional Service Canada, presented findings from a review she launched following public outcry over the decision.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter that he was "heartbroken to hear that another Canadian fighting wildfires has lost their life." 

Todd Loewen, Alberta's forestry minister,offered condolences to the pilot's family, friends and colleagues on Thursday.

The public online mapping system and database, employs satellite imagery, remote sensing technology, and government data to detect and alert users to logging and road-building in the most at-risk old- growth forests in the province, said project lead Angeline Robertson, a senior investigative researcher with Stand.earth.

Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire that forced her to flee her northern Alberta community two months ago.

It was, in British Columbia Solicitor General Mike Farnworth's own estimation, an "extraordinary" use of his powers.

When Reese Lange was in kindergarten, she dreamed of joining the police. But it was in high school that she realized her true calling.

The fallout from the labour dispute at British Columbia ports continues to unfold, as the union representing about 7,400 workers abruptly rescinded a strike notice hours after issuing it.

A proposed clean energy facility slated for construction near Georgian Bay will help facilitate Ontario’s energy transition and earn money for Saugeen Ojibway Nation, if a relationship between the nation and the project proponent proceeds.

Klith-waa-taa, Dr. Barney Williams, has been awarded the 2023 Lieutenant Governor’s BC Reconciliation Award for his work and lifelong commitment to using traditional practices in healing the trauma experienced by residential school survivors.

A Dutch study identifies several examples of corvids’ "amazing" ability to adapt to the urban environment.

Dr. Bruce Lanphear, a health-sciences professor at Simon Fraser University, stepped down as co-chair of Health Canada's scientific advisory committee on pest control products late last month.

Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says 75 military members are heading to Burns Lake, in central B.C., to join 75 others who were sent to nearby Vanderhoof yesterday as part of federal assistance in the province's wildfire fight.