Hydro Quebec workers, vulnerable Cree community members evacuated due to wildfires
Residents of northwestern Quebec have been evacuated because of high-intensity forest fires raging near Cree…
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Communities spring into action to help N.W.T. wildfire evacuees
Communities receiving Northwest Territories residents fleeing wildfires are springing into action to help, whether it’s…
Wildfire evacuations ordered for thousands of people in West Kelowna, B.C.
Central Okanagan Emergency Operations ordered the evacuation of close to a thousand homes, representing about 2,500 people, with thousands of other properties placed on alert and residents warned to be ready to leave at a moment’s notice.
‘They are being disappeared’: Tax union backs Winnipeg landfill search
The remains of three women are believed to be in two Winnipeg-area landfills: Marcedes Myran, Morgan Harris and an as-yet-unidentified victim known as Buffalo Woman.
West Kelowna, B.C., declares state of emergency over encroaching wildfire
A local state of emergency has been declared for the City of West Kelowna and part of the Westbank First Nation as a wildfire threatens.
Convoys, airport lineups: Yellowknife residents leave city as fire creeps closer
The blazes have burned an area almost four times the size of Prince Edward Island. No deaths have been reported.
B.C. First Nation band councillor found dead, man arrested
Coquitlam RCMP arrested a man on Aug. 14 in connection to the missing person investigation, and the next day the same man was arrested in relation to the death.
Evacuation ordered for 20,000 residents of N.W.T. capital as wildfire approaches
The evacuation order issued Wednesday night applies to the city of Yellowknife and neighbouring First Nations communities of Ndilo and Dettah.
Saskatchewan vice chief David Pratt running for Assembly of First Nations leadership
David Pratt is the first person to announce his intention to run to be the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.