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'Things have dried out': Fire risk climbing as warm temperatures grip Vancouver Island
CTV British Columbia News· 4 hours agoAs tinder dry conditions set in across Vancouver Island a brush fire broke out Wednesday afternoon...
Sheffield councillor recalls threat to 'burn down her house'
BBC News· 22 hours agoA councillor has spoken of being sent a text message saying her house "should be burned down" while...
Two new fires burning in North Okanagan
Aldergrove Star· 8 hours agoA pair of wildfires have been discovered near Mabel Lake east of Enderby Thursday morning, July 18. Both fires are spot-sized at .009 hectares and were discovered after 11 a.m. One is located ...
Executives Depart Cassava, Maker of Disputed Alzheimer’s Drug
New York Times· 5 hours agoThe chief executive and a lead scientist stepped down weeks after a federal grand jury filed fraud...
Venables Valley, B.C., resident describes 'armageddon' wildfire amid evacuation orders | CBC News
CBC.ca· 10 hours agoFire "armageddon" is how one resident describes fire damage in the Venables Valley, near Spences...
Wildfire prompts MEG Energy to evacuate northern Alberta oilsands site
Toronto Star· 10 hours agoMEG Energy Corp. has had to evacuate non-essential personnel from its Christina Lake oilsands site due to wildfires burning in northern Alberta. The oilsands company said late Wednesday evening ...
Corrective to July 16 story on Labrador wildfires
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 8 hours agoIn a July 16 story about the wildfires in Labrador, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that a fire burning close to Labrador City was 14 square kilometres in size. In fact, it was about 140 square kilometres.
Bissell recalls more than 3 million hand-held steam cleaners after dozens of people burned | CBC...
CBC.ca· 7 hours agoAround 3.3 million steam cleaners are being recalled across North America because of a burn hazard that has resulted in consumers reporting more than 150 injuries. According ...
Mailbag: Air show and hot air in Huntington Beach
Los Angeles Times· 4 hours agoHuntington Beach City Council members Tony Strickland, Gracie Van der Mark, Pat Burns and Casey McKeon insisted they would majority-run the city like a...
Kentucky motel ordered to pay $2 million after guest dies from 150-degree shower
AOL· 11 hours agoThe family of a 76-year-old Kentucky man was rewarded over $2 million for his death from second- and third-degree burns suffered in a scalding hot motel shower where water temperatures reached ...
