Health·7h ago
Small B.C. community surrounded by wildfires facing more ER closures
Pinkney said the emergency room is an essential service and they shouldn’t be allowed to close, but she realizes that people need time off and want to take vacations in the summer. “They’re going from our smoky skies through another fire halfway to Williams Lake through more smoke,” Pinkney said. “If that road gets closed, that fire right now is under control, but had it been closed, then they’d have to go two hours south.
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National·10h ago
Ottawa sells 10 retired military planes to convert for aerial firefighting
Ottawa announced in May it would lease 10 aircraft — four air tankers, one spotter plane and five heavy lift helicopters — for 150 days starting in June, but senators. In June, the Senate committee on agriculture and forestry released a report calling on the government to fund a new national fleet of modern firefighting aircraft, among 15 recommendations to improve wildfire response. Stephen Fuhr, secretary of state for defence procurement, said it will take Coulson Aviation in Port Alberni about 20,000 hours of labour to convert each CC-130H Hercules plane for aerial firefighting purposes.
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Region·5h ago
Ontario town declares state of emergency as heavy rain floods roads
The Township of Southwold has declared a state of emergency after heavy rainfall caused flooding and forced multiple road closures in southwestern Ontario. Several roads remain closed, including sections of Burwell Road, McDiarmid Line, Oneida Road, Mill Road, Scotch Line, Hunter Line and Union Road. The township, located south of London, declared the emergency Friday morning, saying public safety is its top priority as crews respond to flooding across the municipality.
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