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In the news today: Wildfires continue raging across B.C., N.W.T.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Smoky conditions help B.C. fire fight As Metro Vancouver is being warned about ...

Aug 21, 2023

Premier Caroline Cochrane recounts hunt for homeless during Yellowknife evacuation

YELLOWKNIFE - Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane was a social worker before entering politics, so when the territory ordered everyone in its capital to leave last week due to encroaching ...

Aug 21, 2023

Another company of soldiers deployed to N.W.T to help with wildfire fight

YELLOWKNIFE - 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 threateni...

Aug 21, 2023

Recently shuffled Liberal cabinet is meeting in Charlottetown this week

CHARLOTTETOWN - The Liberal cabinet is in Prince Edward Island's capital this week for a retreat as it gets ready for the next sitting of the Parliament. It's expected the housing crisis will be the c...

Aug 21, 2023

Smoky conditions help B.C. fire fight, causes Metro Vancouver air quality advisory

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. The Metro Vancouve...

Aug 21, 2023

First Nation hosting traditional healing gathering to recover from stabbing rampage

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION - A Saskatchewan First Nation that was the site of a mass stabbing last year is hosting a gathering of traditional healing. James Smith Cree Nation Chief Wally Burns says up to...

Aug 21, 2023

A look at the number of wildfires and evacuations in B.C.

British Columbia remains under a state of emergency after thousands of people were evacuated from their homes because of nearby wildfires, including the blazes on either side of Lake Okanagan in the I...

Aug 20, 2023

'We might not have a home': Fire evacuees in Kelowna parking lot ponder unclear fate

KELOWNA, B.C. - Robert Pullen and his husband, Warren, got a knock on their door on Thursday night from a neighbour, and estimate they had about 10 minutes to get out the door. A fast-moving wildfire ...

Aug 20, 2023

Travel ban in parts of B.C. disrupting tourism as raging wildfires burn

KELOWNA, B.C. - The central Okanagan is facing weeks without tourism during its peak season after British Columbia's premier imposed bans on travel to wildfire zones. David Eby says the decision was m...

Aug 20, 2023

The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia

A state of emergency remains in place today across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere ...

Aug 20, 2023