Evacuation

Canada

Hundreds under evacuation order in B.C. as wildfires grow

Hundreds of British Columbians remain on evacuation order Monday morning as around 360 wildfires burn throughout the province.  They include all residents…

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Canada

Around 870 properties on evacuation order in B.C.’s Slocan Valley

An evacuation order has been issued for the entire Village of Slocan, home to around 380 people at the south…

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Canada

Historic B.C. town no longer under wildfire evacuation

Picture a spider web composed of water hoses. That’s how Stewart Cawood described Barkerville, B.C., at the end of an…

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Canada

Labrador City evacuation partially lifted

Thousands of residents from Labrador City are shown earlier this month heading east to Happy Valley-Goose Bay as a wildfire…

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Canada

First Nation in B.C. issues new wildfire evacuation orders

The Cook’s Ferry Indian Band, north of Spences Bridge in the B.C. Interior, has issued an updated evacuation order for several…

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Canada

Wildfire evacuation order issued near Spences Bridge, B.C.

The Cook’s Ferry Indian Band has issued an evacuation order north of Spences Bridge due to a pair of out-of-control…

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Canada

Residents of Mayo, Yukon, should prepare for possible wildfire evacuation, gov’t says

Residents of Mayo and Keno City in central Yukon should be prepared for a possible evacuation due to a threatening…

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Canada

Wildfire evacuation of Port-Cartier prison was risky, not well planned, union says

The Union of Canadian Correctional Officers (UCCO) criticized several shortcomings linked to the “historic” evacuation of 223 inmates from Port-Cartier,…

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Politics

Canadian military planning for evacuation of 20,000 from Lebanon, says top commander

The country’s top military commander says contingency evacuation plans have been drawn up to extract roughly 20,000 Canadians from Lebanon…

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Politics

As Israel and Hezbollah inch toward war, Canada braces for a repeat of the 2006 evacuation

Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly had a stark warning Tuesday for Canadian citizens in Lebanon. “If the armed conflict intensifies, it could impact your…

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