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Some power outages but no major problems after blustery windstorm sweeps B.C.
British Columbia's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Friday Jul. 3, 2020. Municipal elections are still more than a month away, but mayors for dozens of communities across B.C. have already won by acclamation after standing unopposed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Crews battle out-of-control wildfire in regional park in B.C.’s Lower Mainland
A photograph shared online by Metro Vancouver Regional District Emergency Services on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, shows firefighters dousing a wildfire in Coquitlam's Minnekhada Regional Park. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Metro Vancouver Regional District Emergency Services **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Crews battle out-of-control wildfire in regional park in B.C.’s Lower Mainland
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As wildfire risk fades, the last remaining campfire ban is lifted in B.C.
The Battleship Mountain wildfire burns in the Prince George Fire Centre in this Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 handout photo. An evacuation order for B.C.s largest wildfire has been rescinded, though the BC Wildfire Service reporting the blaze remains out of control. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, BC Wildfire Service *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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B.C. residents in wildfire-prone areas encouraged to keep valuables at the ready should they have to flee
The Battleship Mountain wildfire burns in the Prince George Fire Centre in this Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 handout photo. An evacuation order for B.C.s largest wildfire has been rescinded, though the BC Wildfire Service reporting the blaze remains out of control. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, BC Wildfire Service *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Evacuation order rescinded for Battleship Mountain wildfire in northeastern B.C.
The Battleship Mountain wildfire burns in the Prince George Fire Centre in this Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 handout photo. An evacuation order for B.C.s largest wildfire has been rescinded, though the BC Wildfire Service reporting the blaze remains out of control. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, BC Wildfire Service *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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B.C.’s five remaining ‘wildfires of note’ see rain, cooler temperatures
A helicopter with a water bucket battling the Flood Falls Trail wildfire picks up water from the Fraser River, in Hope, B.C., Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Cool, showery weather is helping wildfire crews make progress on the five highly visible or potentially damaging wildfires currently burning in British Columbia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. crews work to better map perimeter of wildfire raging in northeast
Helicopters with water buckets battling the Flood Falls Trail wildfire pick up water from the Fraser River, in Hope, B.C., Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Forest fires choke air in Lower Mainland, Alberta
Smoke fills the air as a person holding an umbrella watches from a floating dock while paddlers in Indigenous war canoes compete in a race on False Creek during the Four Fires Festival, in Vancouver, on Sunday, September 11, 2022. Environment Canada issued an air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley advising people to avoid the outdoors due to wildfires burning near Chilliwack, Hope and in the U.S. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Out-of-control wildfire just kilometres away from B.C. community, wildfire service says
A view of a newly-reported wildfire near Hope, B.C. is shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Wildfire in B.C.’s Peace region doubles, no rain expected for relief
A view of a newly-reported wildfire near Hope, B.C. is shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Solving B.C.’s wildfire crisis requires us to make hard choices
Robert W. Gray and Dr. Robin Gregory
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Western Canada: After summer wildfires in B.C., the province’s Alert Ready system still falls short
A B.C. Wildfire Service helicopter uses a PSD machine to drop ping-pong ball sized incendiary devices onto an area of the Keremeos Creek wildfire as part of a planned aerial ignition operation on August 16, 2022
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Two B.C. blazes set to lose ‘wildfire of note’ status, but three remain
The Mount Docking wildfire is seen in this undated handout photo. The BC Wildfire Service says the Mount Docking fire, 27 kilometres east of the Village of Radium Hot Springs, is one of two "wildfires of note" that will have that status rescinded today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Dozens of aircraft deployed as high winds drive out-of-control wildfire in Spain
Clouds of smoke rise during a wildfire near Alcublas, eastern Spain, on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. The European Forest Fire Information System says 275,000 hectares (679,000 acres) have burned in wildfires so far this year in Spain. That's more than four times the country's annual average of 67,000 hectares (165,000 acres) since 2006, when records began. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
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Major wildfire in Spain forces the evacuation of 1,500 in Zaragoza
A fire truck is driven down the road as wildfire rages in Caceres, Spain August 10, 2022, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Twitter/@jalero0 via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
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No imminent threat of Richter Mountain wildfire crossing highway, BC Wildfire Service says
Smoke from fires along Sheep Creek is shown in an Aug.7, 2022 handout photo from the BC Wildfire Service. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Firefighters brace for lightning, high winds across southern B.C. Interior as storms loom