38 m. ago Police seek tips to help identify man suspected of trying to abduct a teen girl in north Edmonton

Police are asking for the public’s to help identify a man who may be connected to an apparent attempted child abduction on Friday in northwest Edmonton. A 15-year-old girl reported an intoxicated man approached her on Friday at roughly 9 a.m. while she was walking in the area of 145 Avenue and 125 Street, said […]

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4 h. ago Wildfires raging in northwestern Ontario trigger evacuation alerts

Fast-moving wildfires in northwestern Ontario are triggering evacuation alerts as the region endures another day of sweltering heat. Officials say an out-of-control fire burning near the border with Manitoba has more than doubled in size since Tuesday to around 23,000 hectares. Provincial police say they are assisting with the evacuation of a First Nation located […]

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6 h. ago ‘Property can be replaced, lives can’t’: Officials urge safety amid Manitoba wildfires

With two dozen wildfires burning throughout Manitoba, municipal officials in one heavily impacted community say the situation continues to change rapidly — sometimes by the hour.

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8 h. ago Evacuations as dry, hot weather stokes Manitoba’s early wildfire season

Some activities were also closed in Whiteshell Provincial Park due to an out-of-control 80-square-kilometre fire just across the border in Ontario

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23 h. ago Evacuations ordered as dry, hot weather adds to Manitoba’s early wildfire season

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government issued an evacuation order for one provincial park and shut down activities in others Tuesday, as dry, hot weather spurred more wildfires. Cottagers, campers, lodge owners and others were asked in the morning to leave Nopiming Provincial Park in the eastern part of the province. Public and private developed areas […]

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27 h. ago ‘A very big hit’: Evacuations continue in Manitoba communities as wildfires spread

Climate change, one expert says, continues to make the wildfire situation worse in Manitoba — a trend that is expected to continue.

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29 h. ago Wildfire evacuation order lifted for residents north of Edmonton

Dozens of homeowners forced from their homes last week because of a wildfire burning north of Edmonton can now return home as an evacuation order has been lifted.

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46 h. ago Emergency crews drafting plans to welcome home residents forced out by wildfire

Residents of Sturgeon County, north of Edmonton, who were forced from their homes because of a wildfire, may soon be allowed to return home.

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51 h. ago Manitoba wildfire officials say threat remains for province’s northwest

Hundreds of people were forced from their homes the RM of Kelsey by an out-of-control wildfire. According to the province, that blaze reached over 20,000 hectares in size.

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5 d. ago RCMP arrest Alberta man accused of tampering with sprinkler used for wildfire defence

Alberta RCMP say charges are pending after they arrested a man accused of tampering with sprinklers used to protect homes near an out-of-control wildfire north of Edmonton.

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5 d. ago Evacuation broadens in Sturgeon County fire, province steps in

With a widening evacuation order and firefighters working around the clock to battle the province’s single “fire of note” in Sturgeon County, Alberta Wildfire moved in to manage the out-of-control blaze. Evacuations widened in rural Sturgeon County northeast of Edmonton on Friday after a sprinkling of rain failed to quell a stubborn week-old blaze that […]

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5 d. ago Crews battling wildfire north of Edmonton not out of the woods yet, say officials

Improved weather conditions have provided some relief to firefighters who are still battling an out-of-control blaze north of Edmonton that forced the evacuation of 56 homes.

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5 d. ago ‘Standing in a big sauna’: Manitobans describe wildfire conditions as evacuations continue

As wildfires continue to burn in various locations throughout Manitoba, some residents say they've had first-hand experience escaping the flames. 

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5 d. ago Wildfire in Sturgeon County grows as evacuation order expanded

It’s still too early for the summer lightning that zaps fires into existence in July and August, which means the majority of fires started in May are man-made.

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6 d. ago Smoking near oxygen tank led to massive apartment fire in northeast Edmonton

Over 250 people were left without a home after a fire began when someone was smoking near home oxygen in an apartment suite. The building in Edmonton's Clareview area was gutted.

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6 d. ago No explosives found at north Edmonton property, residents cleared to return home

More than 100 people spent the night out of their homes. On Wednesday, police said the testing of materials was finished and no explosive or volatile chemicals were found.

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6 d. ago Evacuations follow loss as wildfire burns in Sturgeon County

The Town of Redwater, the Redwater Health Centre, Diamond Spring Lodge and local schools proactively took measures to evacuate patients, residents and students from their buildings.

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7 d. ago Seamless Boyle evacuation as nearby wildfire being fought in Athabasca County

A 1,000-hectare wildfire south of Boyle prompted the village and surrounding community to flee, and now fire crews are trying to douse the flames in the heavily wooded marshland.

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7 d. ago Residents of areas northeast of Edmonton ordered to evacuate due to wildfires

REDWATER — Residents in rural areas northeast of Edmonton have been ordered to leave their homes because of separate wildfires. Thorhild County has issued a state of local emergency and an evacuation order for an area south of the hamlet of Radway, while Athabasca County has issued an evacuation order for an area south of […]

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7 d. ago Wildfire prompts evacuation order in Athabasca County; Boyle put on alert

Part of Athabasca County was ordered to evacuate Tuesday due to a wildfire south of the village of Boyle, where residents were also being told to be prepared to flee.

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