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Vancouver continues to fall short of climate goal set for 2030

Vancouver continues to fall short of climate goal set for 2030

Carbon pollution cut by 17% since 2007, but short of 50% goal for 2030
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Wildfire in Sooke Potholes Park grows to 50 hectares

Wildfire in Sooke Potholes Park grows to 50 hectares

Sustained winds overnight saw the fire, still deemed out of control, grow from three hectares on Monday
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Wildfires plague the West amid a scorching heat wave and high winds

Wildfires plague the West amid a scorching heat wave and high winds

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — At least a half-dozen homes lay in ruins Monday after one of many dangerous wildfires in the West suddenly swept into a Southern California neighborhood during a blistering heat wave.
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Residents of Williams Lake, B.C., get front-row view of battle to save their town

Residents of Williams Lake, B.C., get front-row view of battle to save their town

WILLIAMS LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Residents of Williams Lake, B.C.
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No prison for a nursing home owner who sent 800 residents to ride out a hurricane in squalor

No prison for a nursing home owner who sent 800 residents to ride out a hurricane in squalor

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana businessman who sent more than 800 elderly residents from his seven nursing homes to ride out Hurricane Ida in a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse pleaded no contest to 15 criminal counts Monday and was sentenced to three
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'A wonderful feeling': Wildfire evacuation order ends for 7,000 from Labrador City

'A wonderful feeling': Wildfire evacuation order ends for 7,000 from Labrador City

LABRADOR CITY, N.L. — Labrador City residents who were ordered to evacuate last week after the reignition of a once-smouldering fire near the town were allowed to return home Monday.
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Joy in Newfoundland after ‘Lucky 7′ fishers survive harrowing days lost at sea

Joy in Newfoundland after ‘Lucky 7′ fishers survive harrowing days lost at sea

NEW-WES-VALLEY, N.L. — There was a powerful word being repeated in the joyful Newfoundland community of New-Wes-Valley on Sunday: "Miracle.
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Interior residents get ready to flee as B.C. fire tally soars past 300

Interior residents get ready to flee as B.C. fire tally soars past 300

The number of fires in B.C. soared past 300 on Friday afternoon, most caused by recent lightning storms, then fuelled by hot, dry weather and winds.
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More dry lightning expected to strike across B.C.'s Interior Friday

More dry lightning expected to strike across B.C.'s Interior Friday

More lightning is forecast through the Central and Southern Interior late Friday afternoon and into the evening.
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Handful of structures destroyed in Venables Valley by Shetland Creek fire

Handful of structures destroyed in Venables Valley by Shetland Creek fire

The Shetland Creek wildfire scorched much of the area on Wednesday night, and now officials are getting their first good look at the damage.
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