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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.
Firefighters hoping for rain in Alberta-N.W.T.
Firefighters will be watching the skies over the next couple of days hoping for help from Mother Nature as wildfires along the Alberta-Northwest Territories boundary continue to force evacuations.
High winds and heat wave strike fear that B.C. fires will worsen
While scorching temperatures were expected to reach their climax on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, in a prolonged heat wave in southern British Columbia, the BC Wildfire Service says the greatest wildfire risk won't come until later this week.
Housing minister chides past federal governments for abandoning housing game
Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government should have never got out of the housing business even as high-income professionals are struggling to find affordable housing.
Homeless, impoverished at risk during B.C. heat wave
An outreach team for the Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver has been working in the city's Downtown Eastside to ensure people are aware and are prepared to cope with the latest heat spike across parts of B.C.