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JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The death toll from a strong earthquake in Afghanistan’s east rose to 900, with 3,000 people injured, an official said Tuesday as rescue teams scoured the area for survivors. The 6.

EDMONTON — Some students from a remote, northern Alberta community will mark the first day of classes in a school that's not their own on Tuesday after a menacing wildfire destroyed half of all structures in their hamlet this summer.

VANCOUVER — The BC Wildfire Service says there were more than 1,000 more lightning strikes across the province on Sunday, most of which happened in the Cariboo region. That comes after nearly 4,400 lightning strikes were recorded across B.C.

CALGARY — Fewer tourists are coming to Jasper, Alta., than usual this year, but it's not for a lack of people eager to visit the picturesque Rocky Mountain town.

Nova Scotia officials say parts of the province's largest wildfire in Annapolis Valley have increased in intensity because of the wind.

JHANG, Pakistan (AP) — Emergency workers in Pakistan's Punjab province used drones to find people stranded on rooftops by massive floods as the government expanded its rescue operation with more than 900,000 evacuated, officials said Monday.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 in eastern Afghanistan , according to figures provided Monday by the Taliba

A wildfire that forced residents of a small Northwest Territories community to evacuate continues to threaten the town.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border late Sunday, causing some injuries. Information on the scale of damage was not immediately available. The quake at 11:47 p.m.

VANCOUVER — The number of wildfires in British Columbia continues to swell as thousands of lightning strikes hit the province due to persisting hot and dry weather.