Wildfire

Canada

B.C. Wildfire Service says several new fires ignited by lightning

At least five new wildfires were ignited by lightning in British Columbia since Friday, and combined with roughly a dozen other new blazes,…

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Canada

Labrador City told to head to Happy Valley-Goose Bay as wildfire draws nearer to town

Thousands of Labrador City residents are heading east to Happy Valley-Goose Bay as a wildfire threatens the town. (Darryl Dinn/…

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Canada

Red tape slowing wildfire recovery in B.C.’s Gun Lake: residents

Charles Evans’s cabin at Gun Lake was once an old mining office, according to what the Penticton man was told.  It…

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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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Nova Scotia

Couple grateful as rebuild begins on home destroyed by wildfire last year

When Phil Fizzard and his partner Sue Reid returned to the ruins of their home in Hammonds Plains, N.S., after…

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Health

Health-care evacuations are the ‘new normal.’ Here are lessons from Alberta’s last wildfire season

White Coat Black Art26:30Health-care lessons from an unprecedented fire season The meals hadn’t even been served at the 2023 Physicians Appreciation…

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Canada

Churchill Falls residents ordered to evacuate as wildfire grows out of control

Forestry officials in Newfoundland and Labrador have ordered the evacuation of the Labrador community of Churchill Falls as a wildfire…

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