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More soldiers head to N.W.T to help fight wildfires
Defence Minister Bill Blair says another company of soldiers is being deployed to Hay River in the Northwest Territories, which has been evacuated for more than a week due to a threatening wildfire nearby.
Smoky conditions help B.C. fire fight, lower air quality in Metro Vancouver
As Metro Vancouver is being warned about the risk of particulates in the air from wildfire smoke, those battling blazes in the central Okanagan say the smoke is helping their cause.
First Nation chiefs call for Ontario housing minister to resign over Greenbelt scandal
The Chiefs of Ontario, a group representing 133 First Nations, says it was "extremely" concerned by the issues raised by the province's auditor general in a damning report last week.
Remaining residents in Yellowknife urged to leave as sprinklers, fire guards set up
Officials in the Northwest Territories are urging thousands of residents remaining in its capital to leave by noon today before a nearby wildfire could cut off access.
Fire closes in on West Kelowna, evacuation orders, alerts issued in Kelowna
A fast-burning wildfire threatening West Kelowna, B.C., is challenging fire crews as they brace for what the operations director with BC Wildfire Service has predicted will be the most challenging days of the provincial wildfire season.
Campers evacuated after being trapped by wildfire in southern B.C. backcountry
About 80 campers have been evacuated from Cathedral Provincial Park in southern British Columbia after being trapped overnight by a nearby wildfire.
Extreme fire behaviour is likely as B.C.'s heat wave and dry winds persist
The British Columbia Wildfire Service says hot and dry weather is contributing to "extreme fire behaviour" in the southern Interior as a ridge of high pressure settled over the province this week, sending temperatures soaring and further drying fuel in the forests.
City of Yellowknife evacuated as wildfire draws nearer
Residents of the capital of the Northwest Territories and two neighbouring First Nation communities have been ordered to evacuate the area by Friday, August 18, 2023, because of an encroaching wildfire.
NDP piles on another complaint to integrity commissioner over Greenbelt scandal
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is asking the province's integrity commissioner to consider within his Greenbelt investigation the premier and government staffers' reported use of personal phones and emails.
High heat a stressor for animals
As high temperature records fall across southern British Columbia, a wildlife rescue group is warning of the heat risks for animals.