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• Canadian men upset at having to sit out FIFA international window in September

  18-08-2023 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian men’s soccer team, firing another broadside in its bitter labour battle with Canada Soccer, says it is “extremely disappointed” that it will be idle during next month’s FIFA international window.
  In a statement released via social media, the men accused Canada Soccer of “squandering a development opportunity only two short months before our 2023 CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal matches.”
  The men say they have made a “highly reasonable pr
  
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• Emergency services chief on Maui resigns - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
  Emergency services chief on Maui resigns  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Kelowna hospital on Code Orange alert due to evacuations - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 23:20 via news.google.com
  
  Kelowna hospital on Code Orange alert due to evacuations  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fire east of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park grows rapidly

  18-08-2023 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The fire east of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park that was first discovered on Sunday and was only two hectares big but grew exponentially in just three days.According to the BC Wildfire Service website, fire V12722 was first listed as two hectares big on Sunday, August 13.
  As of Wednesday (Aug. 16) the fire had grown to 176 hectares in size and is deemed out of control.Its exact location is one kilometre west of Maselpanik Creek.
  BCWS believes it was caused naturally or by lig
  
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• ‘World’s biggest bouncy castle’ opens in Surrey - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 22:50 via news.google.com
  
  ‘World’s biggest bouncy castle’ opens in Surrey  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UVic rugby star wins first cap for Canada, then goes in first round of MLR draft

  18-08-2023 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Gabe Casey, who won his first cap for Canada against Tonga on Monday, completed an eventful week when he was taken in the first round of the Major League Rugby collegiate draft.
  The University of Victoria fly half/fullback went 13th overall to the MLR champion New England Free Jacks in Thursday night’s three-round draft.
  Casey was also selected in the 2022 draft, going in the third round (31st overall) to the Toronto Arrows but did not sign with the team.
  The six-foot-three, 205-pounder ma
  
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• Redblacks host Alouettes looking for better results against East rivals

  18-08-2023 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks are looking to turn things around in the second half of the CFL season, and that starts with a solid outing against the Montreal Alouettes Saturday night.
  The Redblacks (3-6) are coming off their third straight loss, a 44-31 defeat to Toronto, and know they need to be better against division rivals to stay in the running for a playoff spot.
  “We control our own destiny, that’s what we talk about,” Redblacks head coach Bob Dyce said. “We
  
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• ‘Ghost town’: thousands continue to flee Yellowknife as wildfires loom - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  ‘Ghost town’: thousands continue to flee Yellowknife as wildfires loom  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE: Wildfire east of Popkum quickly doused - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 21:49 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Wildfire east of Popkum quickly doused  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE: Wildfire east of Popkum quickly doused - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 21:49 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Wildfire east of Popkum quickly doused - Chilliwack ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• BC Ferries breakdown adds stress to busy summer at the terminals - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 21:45 via news.google.com
  
  BC Ferries breakdown adds stress to busy summer at the terminals  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Ottawa ‘shouldn’t walk around with a stick’ to enforce health deals: Holland

  18-08-2023 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Newly appointed Health Minister Mark Holland says accountability for new federal health funding will largely come from Canadians themselves. 
  Holland told a conference hosted by the Canadian Medical Association in Ottawa that a $198-billion deal struck between the federal and provincial governments in February is intended to restore Canadians’ optimism about Canadian health care. 
  All provinces except Quebec have accepted the agreement in principle and are hammerin
  
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• Jays activate Kiermaier, Richards from injured list before series-opener at Reds

  18-08-2023 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CINCINNATI — The cavalry is coming for the Toronto Blue Jays as they try to stave off a challenge for their hold on the third and final American League wild-card spot.
  The Blue Jays announced that outfielder Kevin Kiermaier and reliever Trevor Richards are coming off the injury list and being made available for tonight’s game at Cincinnati.
  Kiermaier, a Platinum Glove centre-fielder, lacerated his right elbow on Aug. 6 making a leaping grab against the garage door at Fenway Park earl
  
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• Toronto FC looks to build off three-week break as CF Montreal comes to town

  18-08-2023 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC returns to action Sunday after a three-week layoff that followed a disastrous July. And interim coach Terry Dunfield says his team understands what’s expected when CF Montreal comes to BMO Field.
  “We as a club know we owe the fans a performance,” said Dunfield. “And I don’t think there could be a better game than Montreal at home.”
  Firing Bob Bradley as coach and sporting director on June 26 did not arrest TFC’s nosedive. Toronto (3-11-10) los
  
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• What to stream this weekend: ‘No Hard Feelings,’ Madden NFL 24 - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 20:50 via news.google.com
  
  What to stream this weekend: ‘No Hard Feelings,’ Madden NFL 24  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Home prices post second-biggest monthly jump since 2006 - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Home prices post second-biggest monthly jump since 2006  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• A look at wildfires and evacuations in N.W.T. and B.C.

  18-08-2023 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — Some 20,000 people from Yellowknife and thousands more from other communities in the Northwest Territories have been ordered to leave due to nearby wildfires. Meanwhile, a significant number of homes have gone up in flames as a wildfire burns in West Kelowna in British Columbia’s interior. Here’s a look at the fires by the numbers.Yellowknife
  Size of the wildfire that is about 15 kilometres from Yellowknife: 1,669 square kilometres.
  Population of Yellowknife: 20,0
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps place back-up goalie on season-ending injury list

  18-08-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps say goalkeeper Thomas Hasal has been placed on Major League Soccer’s season-ending injury list.
  Whitecaps sporting director Axel Schuster says the move is related to patellar tendinitis.
  Schuster says Hasal has been managing the condition through the season but the move will help the goalkeeper focus on his recovery.
  Hasal, 24, came up through the Saskatchewan branch of the Whitecaps academy and signed a professional contract with the team in 2019.
  
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• Team BC athletes win silver at Baseball Canada Cup - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  Team BC athletes win silver at Baseball Canada Cup  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Shortage of diabetes and weight loss drug Ozempic pending in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  Shortage of diabetes and weight loss drug Ozempic pending in ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. hydro companies, feds accused of ignoring kokanee salmon in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. hydro companies, feds accused of ignoring kokanee salmon in ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 2 rescued after float plane crashed, sank into Harrison Lake - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 19:24 via news.google.com
  
  2 rescued after float plane crashed, sank into Harrison Lake  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 1 fine of $100 issued by City of Chilliwack amid 137 watering ... - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 19:16 via news.google.com
  
  1 fine of $100 issued by City of Chilliwack amid 137 watering ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fire northwest of Boston Bar crosses Hwy. 1, Nahatlatch lookout tower reportedly destroyed

  18-08-2023 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON BAR — BC Wildfire Service says the Kookipi Creek wildfire northwest of Boston Bar has jumped Highway 1, resulting in the closure of the highway between Hope and Lytton.In a social media post on X (formerly known as Twitter) late Thursday night, BCWS says it continues to respond to the Kookipi Creek wildfire (V11337) originally located approximately 16 kilometers northwest of Boston Bar and seven kilometers east of Nahatlatch Lake.
  BCWS reports that elevated winds, following a period
  
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• Record high ocean temperatures recorded at two sites off ... - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
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• 111 animals, including reptile, seized from B.C. property; SPCA ... - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 18:56 via news.google.com
  
  111 animals, including reptile, seized from B.C. property; SPCA ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Shortage of diabetes and weight loss drug Ozempic expected in Canada: manufacturer

  18-08-2023 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A shortage of diabetes drug Ozempic that is used off-label for weight loss is expected in Canada, the manufacturer says. 
  Novo Nordisk says it is experiencing a temporary supply disruption with the Ozempic 1 mg injection pen. 
  It says the shortage is due to a combination of global supply constraints and increased demand for the drug.
  Health Canada says intermittent shortages are expected from late August to early October.
  Both Health Canada and Novo Nordisk say the 0.25 mg and 0.5 mg d
  
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• The latest news on the wildfires in British Columbia

  18-08-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA, B.C. — A state of emergency has been declared in Kelowna, a city with a population of about 150,000, as threatening wildfires prompt officials to issue evacuation orders in parts of British Columbia’s Okanagan.Here are the latest developments on the B.C. wildfires (all times are PT):
  9:01 a.m.
  BC Wildfire Service says the fast-burning McDougall Creek blaze grew six times its size overnight.
  The fire has now scorched 68 square kilometres of land, up from 11 square kilometres
  
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• Hydro-Québec workers, vulnerable Cree community members evacuated due to wildfires

  18-08-2023 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Residents of northwestern Quebec have been evacuated because of high-intensity forest fires raging near Cree communities and Hydro-Québec infrastructure.
  The Cree Board of Health says seven planes were deployed to the community of Wemindji on Wednesday and Thursday to evacuate more than 200 medically vulnerable people.
  Wemindji, on the east coast of James Bay, declared a state of local emergency on Wednesday and has said that more preventive evacuations are possible.
  A Hy
  
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• Cyclist hit by vehicle in Mission while crossing street with dog - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 18:18 via news.google.com
  
  Cyclist hit by vehicle in Mission while crossing street with dog  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Top-secret briefing on foreign interference left out key documents: Green leader

  18-08-2023 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says a top-secret briefing on foreign interference did not allow her to access key intelligence documents.
  Former special rapporteur David Johnston had released an initial report on alleged meddling in Canadian elections in May, along with a confidential annex of evidence that he said opposition party leaders who obtained relevant clearance could review.
  May and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh have both received top-secret security clearance, and May was
  
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• US, Japan and South Korea are bolstering mutual security commitments over objections of Beijing

  18-08-2023 17:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden opened a Camp David summit on Friday with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as the allies pledged to consult with each other in the event of a security crisis or threat in the Pacific.
  “Welcome,” Biden said as he greeted them and pulled them together for a photo.
  The agreement is one of several joint efforts that they were expected to announce at the meeting as the three countries look to st
  
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• Canada joins U.S., Britain in sanctioning Russian justice officials, political court

  18-08-2023 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is again joining the U.S. and Britain in sanctioning officials accused of corruption, this time involving Russia’s justice system.
  The new sanctions include the Basmanny District Court, a notorious Moscow tribunal known for sentencing political opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  The Basmanny court has sentenced Russian opposition politicians Vladimir Kara-Murza and Alexei Navalny in the past. 
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says the sanc
  
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• Canadian rugby sevens teams look to secure Olympic qualification on home soil

  18-08-2023 15:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s rugby sevens squads will have home-field advantage this weekend when they look to secure Olympic qualification at the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens in Langford, B.C.
  The Canadian women also have an edge in that the U.S. won’t stand in their way at Starlight Stadium, given the Americans have already booked their ticket to Paris with a top-four finish in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series this season. The U.S. women placed third overall while the Canadians were ninth.
  The
  
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• Trapped sturgeon freed by DFO, conservation officers near Agassiz - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 15:30 via news.google.com
  
  Trapped sturgeon freed by DFO, conservation officers near Agassiz  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Thunderstorm watch cancelled for the Okanagan Shuswap - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 15:00 via news.google.com
  
  Thunderstorm watch cancelled for the Okanagan Shuswap  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Free Chilliwack airshow takes flight this weekend

  18-08-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — One of Canada’s only remaining free airshows will take flight from Chilliwack Airport this weekend.Originally planned as an open house to promote the benefits of the Chilliwack Airport, Chilliwack Flight Fest has grown into a family-friendly airshow experience now entering its 29th season.This year’s event gets underway this Sunday, August 20 starting at 11 a.m. when gates open. Aerial displays begin at 1 p.m. Gates close at 4 p.m.“Heading into our 29th airsh
  
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• A neonatal nurse in a British hospital has been found guilty of killing 7 babies

  18-08-2023 14:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty Friday of killing seven babies and trying to kill six others
  Lucy Letby, 33, was charged with murder in the deaths of five baby boys and two girls, and the attempted murder of five boys and five girls, when she worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwest England between 2015 and 2016.
  She was accused of deliberately harming the newborn infants in various ways, including by injecting air into their bloodstream
  
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• Village of Lytton on evacuation alert, TNRD expands evacuation order due to Kookipi Creek wildfire

  18-08-2023 14:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON, B.C. — The Village of Lytton is on evacuation alert.
  In a news release late Thursday (Aug. 17) evening, the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) issued an evacuation alert for 216 properties within the Village of Lytton due to the Kookipi Creek wildfire. The impacted properties are outlined in orange in the attached map.
  Image credit: TNRD
  Additionally, shortly before midnight, the TNRD expanded its evacuation order near Kanaka Bar. Due to the Kookipi Creek wildfire, 42 propert
  
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• Maple Ridge golfer takes home first place from Chilliwack tournament - Maple Ridge News

  18-08-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
  Maple Ridge golfer takes home first place from Chilliwack tournament  Maple Ridge News
  
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• Iran’s foreign minister visits Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince as tensions between rivals ease

  18-08-2023 13:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister met Friday with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as part of his visit to the kingdom, a sign of how the two countries are trying to ease tensions after years of turmoil.Saudi state television aired images of Prince Mohammed sitting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah.
  The state-run Saudi Press Agency offered few substantive details of their conversation
  
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• UPDATE: Power restored to thousands in Chilliwack, Abbotsford - Hope Standard

  18-08-2023 13:35 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Power restored to thousands in Chilliwack, Abbotsford  Hope Standard
  
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• UPDATE: Power restored to thousands in Chilliwack, Abbotsford ... - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2023 13:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian medal hopefuls at World Athletics Championships

  18-08-2023 13:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada will have a number of medal hopefuls at the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
  Here’s a look at them:
  Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake, 4x100m relay
  This group has been among the best in the world for years but finally got its taste of gold at the 2022 worlds, capped by a memorable anchor leg from De Grasse. The quartet continued their momentum with a world-leading time (now tied with Japan) in April at Florida Relays. 
  Having
  
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• Whitecaps aim for win ahead of season-defining road trip

  18-08-2023 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps return to action against the San Jose Earthquakes for the final home game on Sunday before a seven-game road trip that could define their season and their playoff chances.
  The Whitecaps have struggled throughout the season to pick up points on the road but need them in order to clinch a playoff spot, an outcome that head coach Vanni Sartini has promised throughout the season.
  “I look forward to the challenge of these seven games away. We’ve l
  
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• Playoff time: De Grasse aims to raise level on big stage again at world championships

  18-08-2023 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Andre De Grasse is ready for the “playoffs.”
  The star sprinter is set to compete in the 200 metres and help Canada defend its title in the men’s 4×100 relay at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, which run from Saturday to Aug. 27.
  The Markham, Ont., native has had a tough year trying to bounce back after a 2022 season marred by injury.
  And with much of the conversation of the best sprinters in the world revolving around Americans such as 100 world cha
  
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• The latest news on the wildfires in the Northwest Territories

  18-08-2023 12:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — Thousands of people have fled the Northwest Territories’ capital and some neighbouring communities under the threat of encroaching wildfires. 
  Here are the latest developments (all times are MT): 
  4:35 a.m. 
  Officials in the Northwest Territories are forecasting a critical, challenging day in the effort to battle wildfires threatening Yellowknife.  
  They say northwest winds today and Saturday combined with minimal rain could mean the fire reaches the
  
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• In the news today: Wildfires prompt evacuation orders for thousands in N.W.T., B.C.

  18-08-2023 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today …
  Thousands left in Yellowknife urged to get out
  Officials in the Northwest Territories are urging thousands of residents remaining in its capital to leave by noon today before a nearby wildfire could cut off access.
  The evacuation of Yellowknife was ordered late Wednesday and sprinklers, water cannons and fire guards are being set up to protect the city of 20,000 people.
  
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• Remaining residents in Yellowknife urged to get out as sprinklers, fire guards set up

  18-08-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — Officials in the Northwest Territories are urging thousands of residents remaining in its capital to leave by noon today before a nearby wildfire could cut off access.
  The evacuation of Yellowknife was ordered late Wednesday and sprinklers, water cannons and fire guards are being set up to protect the city of 20,000 people.
  Convoys of vehicles have steadily been leaving for hotels and evacuation centres in Alberta.
  On Thursday, in additional to commercial planes, about 1,500
  
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• Fire threatens homes near West Kelowna, evacuation orders, alerts issued in Kelowna

  18-08-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST KELOWNA, B.C. — A fast-burning wildfire threatening West Kelowna, B.C., is challenging fire crews as they brace for what the operations director with BC Wildfire Service has predicted will be the most challenging days of the provincial wildfire season.
  Thousands of people have been placed on evacuation alert in the Okanagan city, while close to a thousand properties have been placed on evacuation order because of the McDougall Creek wildfire.The Central Okanagan Emergency Operation Ce
  
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