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PORT ALBERNI — The rapidly growing wildfire on Vancouver Island near Port Alberni, B.C., has reached 13.9 square kilometres in size, almost triple what was reported when the fire was first reported late Monday.

ST. JOHN'S — Residents near Newfoundland and Labrador's largest city were ordered to flee a wildfire Tuesday, as thousands of other people across the province faced the prospect of leaving or losing their homes to flames.

Residents in some parts of Juneau prepared to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of flooding as rainwater and snowmelt in a huge basin dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier started to flow downstream toward the capital city.

HALIFAX — Firefighters were working through the night to battle a blaze that broke out in woodlands on the western edge of Halifax on Tuesday, but a municipal official said the fire posed no threat to structures.

WINNIPEG — Images from space and artificial intelligence can help detect areas prone to extreme wildfires, researchers suggest, after satellite photos showed dry parts of Manitoba ahead of its devastating wildfire season.

OTTAWA — Tourists visiting the nation's capital were hunting for shade on Tuesday afternoon, leaving sun-drenched benches and chairs empty along Sparks Street as temperatures spiked to 34 degrees.

Sweltering heat is expected to break in the coming days for many Canadians after Monday's scorching temperatures broke dozens of daily heat records across the country.

VANCOUVER — Nine daily temperature records fell in British Columbia communities Monday as a heat warnings are expected to persist in the southern part of the province through to mid-week. Environment Canada says temperatures reached 37.

HALIFAX — An East Coast drought that’s fuelling wildfires is also drying up farmers' fields, and has homeowners scrambling to refill empty wells.

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