May 23, 2018, Thunder Bay, Ont. – Environmental officials have issued an air quality advisory in northwestern Ontario that includes three First Nations, due to forest fires burning in the region. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 22, 2018, Brandon, Man. – Rural firefighters in communities surrounding Brandon, Man., chipped in to help stop a weekend blaze that destroyed three buildings and damaged an apartment building in the city’s downtown. Souris (SOO-riss) Glenwood volunteer fire chief Brian Parham says he was working on a farm 45 kilometres away and could see […]
May 21, 2018, Toronto – Police say several horses are dead after two barns caught ablaze in north-end Toronto early morning on Monday, May 21. Firefighters say they arrived at Sunnybrook Stables at about 3 a.m. and found one barn fully engulfed in flames, and another starting to burn. Neither police nor Toronto Fire Services […]
May 22, 2018, Grand Forks, B.C. – The majority of residents in British Columbia’s Boundary region who were forced from their homes by catastrophic floods are free to return home. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary says evacuation orders have been lifted and downgraded to evacuation alerts for about 1,000 properties, leaving about 566 addresses […]
May 22, 2018, Vernon, B.C. – Two people are unaccounted for following a house fire in the Vernon area Monday morning. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 22, 2018, Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, Man. – A forest fire near Sapotaweyak Cree Nation has forced nearly a third of the community to evacuate. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 18, 2018, Grand Forks, B.C. – The first wave of 300 Canadian military personnel is being sent to British Columbia to help communities overwhelmed by floodwaters as parts of the province are expected to be hit with heavy rain following snowmelt from unseasonably warm weather. The Canadian Armed Forces said staff from Joint Task […]
May 18, 2018 – Federal wildfire researchers say most regions in Canada could be facing a long, hot, fiery summer. Global News reports | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 18, 2018, Grand Forks, B.C. – Environment Canada has issued special weather statements covering the entire southeastern corner of British Columbia, including the flood-damaged Boundary region, as thunderstorms have the potential to add even more water to already raging rivers. Forecasters call for as much as 40 millimetres of rain by Friday and there’s […]
May 18, 2018, Meadow Lake, Sask. – A wildfire has forced people from their homes in a west-central Saskatchewan community. Residents of the Waterhen Lake First Nation have been asked to evacuate due to an out of control fire burning nearby. The province says 54 people are staying in Meadow Lake and 122 evacuees are […]