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All wildfire evacuees back home in Saskatchewan: public safety agency

All wildfire evacuees back home in Saskatchewan: public safety agency

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says all evacuees who were forced out of their homes due to wildfires have now returned.

Carney government won’t confirm promised April 2026 launch date for national flood insurance program

The threat of flooding may seem far away during the hot, dry days of summer, but millions of Canadians live in homes that could be threatened by floodwaters in just a few months.
B.C. resort destroyed by 2023 Okanagan wildfire sues over insurance 'gaps'

B.C. resort destroyed by 2023 Okanagan wildfire sues over insurance 'gaps'

VANCOUVER — A lakeside British Columbia resort that was destroyed by a wildfire in 2023 says it can't rebuild due to "gaps" in its insurance coverage that it allegedly wasn't told about.
Costs of Manitoba's extreme wildfire season start to take shape, evacuations ongoing

Costs of Manitoba's extreme wildfire season start to take shape, evacuations ongoing

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has signed a $30-million contract with the Canadian Red Cross for evacuee support and other services related to this year's wildfires.
Wildfire threatening homes in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley

Wildfire threatening homes in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley

WEST DALHOUSIE — The largest wildfire in Nova Scotia continued to burn out of control in the Annapolis Valley on Tuesday, though firefighters kept the blaze from growing overnight.
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is on the verge of erupting again

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is on the verge of erupting again

HONOLULU (AP) — Lava shoots high into the sky. Molten rock erupts from two vents simultaneously . The nighttime sky glows red and orange, reflecting the lava oozing across a summit crater.
Pakistan restores electricity and reopens roads in areas where floods killed over 300

Pakistan restores electricity and reopens roads in areas where floods killed over 300

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest and restored 70% of the region's electricity after flash floods there killed more than 300 people, officials said Tuesday, as a downpour continued to lash several flood-hit r
New Brunswick deficit forecast rises by almost 22 per cent to $668.7 million

New Brunswick deficit forecast rises by almost 22 per cent to $668.7 million

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government is revising its budget deficit upward by almost 22 per cent, adding that "unstable trade conditions" and poor weather are casting a shadow over the province's finances.
Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks but expected to stay offshore

Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks but expected to stay offshore

Hurricane Erin forced tourists to cut their vacations short on North Carolina’s Outer Banks even though the monster storm is expected to stay offshore after lashing part of the Caribbean with rain and wind on Monday.
Vancouver's airport breaks rainfall record set in 1912

Vancouver's airport breaks rainfall record set in 1912

RICHMOND — Several daily rainfall records were shattered in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia on Friday, with the Vancouver breaking a record set over a century ago. Environment Canada says about 43.