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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The residents of 60 properties remain evacuated from their homes on Saturday, as crews battle an …
Read More »Crews battling wildfire near Whitecourt bracing for gusting winds after ‘subdued’ conditions Tuesday
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Crews fighting to contain a fire threatening homes mere kilometres from the community of Whitecourt are …
Read More »Smoky, fast-moving wildfire triggers evacuation orders in Southern California
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A smoky and fast-growing wildfire in windy Southern California on Friday has prompted multiple evacuation orders …
Read More »Canada’s wildfire paradox: fewer fires, greater destruction highlighted in new analysis
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Canada’s wildfire seasons are growing longer, larger and more destructive, according to a six-decade analysis of …
Read More »After the flames: Lac La Ronge Indian Band begins replacement of homes destroyed by wildfire
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Miles Ratt, 74, was living with his wife, his granddaughter and three great-grandchildren when the Pisew wildfire forced the evacuation of Sucker River, their home community in …
Read More »Fire that grew to become part of Nova Scotia’s largest wildfire started on this man’s property
Mervyn Perry recalls turning off the TV and going to bed one night in May 2023 with no idea that a tire was being lit on fire on his land in Barrington, N.S., and that the flame would grow to be part of the largest wildfire in the province’s history. …
Read More »Evacuation orders, alerts remain in place as wildfire near Peachland, B.C., triples in size
A wildfire near Peachland, B.C., that has forced the evacuation of hundreds of properties in the Okanagan municipality has tripled in reported size. The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) reported Friday morning that the fire around the Munro Lake Forest Service Road just west of Okanagan Lake is now burning over 2.2 …
Read More »‘Overwhelming’ summer ends for thousands of Manitoba wildfire evacuees returning home
More than 2,000 residents of two First Nations and a town in northern Manitoba who were forced out by wildfires this summer are returning to their homes, after spending months in hotels during the worst wildfire season the province has seen in decades. ”Everybody is just happy to go back,” …
Read More »Wildfire near Lynn Lake started at mining site after burn piles weren’t properly extinguished: search warrant
Provincial investigators looking into the cause of this spring’s wildfire near Lynn Lake, Man., allege it started at the nearby Alamos Gold Inc. mining site and that the company was negligent because it didn’t use water to extinguish its burn piles, according to search warrant documents obtained by CBC News. …
Read More »Manitoba premier calls U.S. politicians ‘attention-seekers’ throwing a ‘timber tantrum’ over wildfire smoke
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew accused a group of Republicans of throwing a “timber tantrum” and playing “political games” after they called out Canada over wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states. “These are attention-seekers who can’t come up with a good idea on health care or …
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