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Forced to evacuate from her home, Northwest Territories mother welcomes newborn in Edmonton
‘It’s hard to be in a different community … when you have a new baby,’ says Tanisha Edison Tanisha Edison and her partner had to welcome the newest addition to their family more than 1,000 kilometres away from home. Edison, a resident of Hay River, N.W.T., had a healthy baby girl on Aug. 23 at Edmonton’s Royal Alexandra Hospital, a little more than a week after they were forced to leave home due to the wildfire. “It’s hard to be in a different community, like 13 hours from your home,Read more
Residents near Gun Lake, B.C., ordered to evacuate immediately due to growing wildfire north of Pemberton
Squamish-Lillooet Regional District says order in place for areas surrounding Gun Lake and Lajoie Lake Regional officials say a wildfire north of Pemberton, B.C., is “critical” and have told residents they must evacuate immediately. The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) says an evacuation order covers all properties around the Downton Lake fire in the Bridge River Valley north of Pemberton, which includes Gun Lake and Lajoie Lake near Gold Bridge, B.C. The blaze has more than doubled in size since Monday when flames raced eastward on the steep northern hillsides above Gun Lake and its more thanRead more