Banff National Park has spiked from 10 hectares to 346 hectares since an alert was first issued on Friday.“Alberta forestry crews were conducting back burning to secure a proper fire perimeter, hence the large increase in size of this fire to 346 hectares,” a statement from Bighorn County reads. “Resources will be allocated to the fire again tomorrow.”The fire originated near the base of Blackrock Mountain but is growing in size as it moves north and up the mountain slope, according to Alberta Wildfire.As we head into the September long weekend, please keep fire safety top of mind.

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Orange deputies look into child death investigation after responding to near-drowning

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is looking into a child death investigation after responding to a near-drowning on Wednesday. The Sheriff’s Office said around 4:45 p.m.

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Police: 1 dead, 3 wounded in shooting near basketball court in Spring Garden

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police say one person has died and three others were wounded in a shooting near a basketball court at Roberto Clemente Park in Spring Garden.It happened on the 1800 block of Wallace Street around 8:10 p.m. Wednesday.Police say a 19-year-old man was shot once in the torso.

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Puppy rescued from charred remains of home in California as wildfires burn through West Coast

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BC Centre for Disease Control to post all school-related COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 detected in the school system, with details, following public outcry and comparisons to policies in other provinces.Previously, school districts in B.C.

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Puerto Rican community thrives economically among Central Florida’s melting pot of Hispanics, Latinos

ORLANDO, Fla. – Central Florida is home to a melting pot of Hispanic and Latino communities and along Semoran Boulevard there are many restaurants and businesses that have become a staple of Orlando but specifically those owned by Puerto Ricans.“The Puerto Rican population in Central Florida is huge and continues to grow,” Dr.

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California wildfires can happen in the Delaware Valley, experts say

SHAMONG, N.J. - Everyone can see the horrific images coming from the West Coast of the deadly wildfires, reducing homes and everything in their path.Even here, on the East Coast, there’s been a haze in the sky from all the smoke.The images present a question – how at risk is the Delaware Valley for wildfires?“We put the deck gun on service and we saved our own rear ends,” said John Smith.When John Smith and Paul Miller get together to tell firefighting war stories, those listening should pack a lunch. They’ve been fighting forest fires 50 plus years.“And the sister company yelled out, ‘We don’t have no water!’ I ran back in the woods and here the fire had come and burned the hose right in half.

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Gunman shot federal officer inspecting car near courthouse

PHOENIX – A gunman in a car opened fire on a federal security officer who was inspecting another vehicle outside the U.S. courthouse in Phoenix, according to court documents released Wednesday.

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‘Nothing left in the bucket’: West Coast wildfire resources run thin

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Justin Silvera came off the fire lines in Northern California after a grueling 36 straight days battling wildfires and evacuating residents ahead of the flames. Before that, he and his crew had worked for 20 days, followed by a three-day break.Silvera, a 43-year-old battalion chief with Cal Fire, California’s state firefighting agency, said he’s lost track of the blazes he’s fought this year.

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Oregon drivers stopped at gunpoint by groups protecting wildfire ravaged properties from looters

A sign reads "Looters Get Shot" outside a residence in Molalla, Oregon on September 13, 2020 which has been evacuated due to the Riverside Fire. - Of the at least 33 people killed by the blazes since the beginning of summer, 25 died this week alone.

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Man wounded in drive-by shooting outside home near Winter Garden

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – A 20-year-old man was wounded early Wednesday in a drive-by shooting in Orange County, deputies said.The shooting was reported at 1:10 a.m. in the 600 block of Bethune Avenue near Winter Garden.The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to a home and found the man suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

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Hurricane Sally makes landfall near Gulf Shores, Ala. at Category 2 strength

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.Moving at an agonizingly slow 3 mph, Sally finally came ashore at 4:45 a.m.

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How the U.S. wildfires are impacting air quality from B.C. to Ontario

U.S. wildfires burning in Washington, Oregon and California has made its way to western Canada and is having visible impacts on air quality in several provinces.Grey skies and thick smoke have clouded parts of Manitoba and Ontario while most of British Columbia and Alberta continue to experience poor air quality brought on by the incoming pollution.Anthony Farnell, chief meteorologist with Global News, said the fires “grew rapidly” over Labour Day weekend as record high temperatures collided with strong winds.The smoke from the U.S.

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'Nothing left in the bucket': Wildfire resources run thin

Justin Silvera came off the fire lines in Northern California after a grueling 36 straight days battling wildfires and evacuating residents ahead of the flames. Before that, he and his crew had worked for 20 days, followed by a three-day break.Silvera, a 43-year-old battalion chief with Cal Fire, California’s state firefighting agency, said he’s lost track of the blazes he’s fought this year.

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Canada reports 792 new coronavirus infections as global cases near 30 million

COVID-19 had occurred. Security officer on Parliament Hill tests positive for coronavirus Ontario reported 251 new cases of the virus on Tuesday, and health officials in the province said more people had died.Since the pandemic began, 40,091 have recovered after contracting COVID-19, and the province has administered 3,369,802 tests for the virus. In Quebec, 292 new infections were detected, bringing the province’s total to 65,554.Health officials also reported five new deaths.So far, 57,428 have recovered after falling ill, and 1,932,847 tests have been conducted in Quebec.In New Brunswick, no new cases of COVID-19 were detected, and health authorities said the province’s death toll remained at two.

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‘He can do what he wants’: Higgs, New Brunswick Tories are in control after snap election

novel coronavirus, New Brunswickers are sending a Progressive Conservative majority government to Fredericton.Securing 27 seats, compared to the opposition parties’ 22 seats, the Blaine Higgs government will be able to pass bills without support from other parties.The Liberals won 17 of those opposition seats, while the Greens retained three seats and the People’s Alliance lost a seat leaving them with two.

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Leading doctor urges caution as Orange County begins to get coronavirus pandemic under control

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Weekly coronavirus case totals locally have been declining for about two months but due to a data dump, that likely won’t be the case this week for Orange County.Dr. Raul Pino from the Florida Department of Health in Orange County said the two-week positivity rate currently sits at 5.04%.“This is probably the lowest that we can press this down and with the World Health Organization definition, they consider someone will have this under control if you are below 5% positivity for the last 14 days.

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Air quality concerns continue as U.S. wildfire smoke blankets much of B.C.

Air Quality Planner Geoff Doerksen provides an update on the air quality over Metro Vancouver, as winds continue to push in smoke from wildfires burning in Washington State.

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Harris, home in California, gets a look at wildfire damage

AUBERRY, Calif. – Touring wildfire damage Tuesday in her home state, California Sen. Kamala Harris said “ideology should not kick in" when responding to wildfires and the climate crisis, a veiled criticism of President Donald Trump, though she did not say his name.

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Harris: US wildfire response should be ideology-free

Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris was joined by California Gov. Gavin Newsom as she surveyed wildfire damage in Fresno on Tuesday, September 15,2020.

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London, Ont., testing sites reach capacity, Western University site expands

COVID-19.The outbreak was declared over the weekend after a handful of students from Western University tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Coronavirus: 3 new cases reported in London-Middlesex: health unit On Tuesday, the city’s main testing sites at Oakridge Arena and the Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre had reached capacity by 3 p.m.

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South Park Pandemic Special to Air on Comedy Central

South Park, an irreverent animated satire basically built to lambast America's failure to respond to COVID-19, will air a hour-long pandemic special Sept. 30 at 8/7c on Comedy Central.

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Somos Central Florida: Celebrating our local Hispanic community

ORLANDO, Fla. – Central Florida is home to millions of people who identify as Hispanic but their landmarks are not Walt Disney World or the Lake Eola bandshell.Central Florida’s Hispanic community starts their Mondays at the Sedano’s Supermarket on South Orange Blossom Trail, asking for a cafecito before heading to work.

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Smoke from West Coast wildfires reaches New York area

An annotated satellite image showing smoke from fires on the West Coast moving across the United States, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020.

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Police activity near tracks delays SunRail near Maitland, Winter Park

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Two SunRail trains will be delayed by at least 30 minutes Tuesday afternoon due to police activity near the tracks.SunRail tweeted about the delay at 2:12 p.m., saying it would be 20 minutes then tweeted again at 2:28 p.m. that the delay would be 35 minutes.Trains P323 southbound and P320 northbound are the only two affected.

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Get spooky at these socially distant Central Florida Halloween events

ORLANDO, Fla. – As the region gets ready to celebrate yet another major holiday in the grips of the coronavirus pandemic, Halloween will undoubtedly look different this year.The scary season won’t be canceled altogether, but some adjustments will be made to the type of events that will be offered to ensure that children, their parents and everyone else can stay safe.To meet that demand, several local drive-thru and drive-up style events are being offered in Central Florida.Check out the list below to get details on each one.

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Smoke from West Coast wildfires creates haze during Monday night's sunset on East Coast

PHILADELPHIA - As wildfires continue to ravage the West Coast, the East Coast is now starting to see some of the effects of the devastation.There are nearly 90 large fires burning in 10 states, scorching an area roughly the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. Officials say at least 36 people have been killed in the fires.Monday, the Delaware Valley began seeing the effects of the fires in the form of hazy skies.Experts say smoke from the fires is creating a haze that many noticed as the sun set Monday.The National Weather Service in Mount Holly took to twitter to address the phenomenon Monday.Advertisement"We're getting some questions and comments about the sunset this evening.

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Government aiming to adopt EU 'traffic light' travel list system

The Government is to work towards the adoption of a proposed new EU 'traffic light' system that aims to open up international travel across Europe.

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Easing wildfires not as simple as climate change vs. forest work

SALEM, Ore. - Deadly West Coast wildfires are dividing President Donald Trump and the states’ Democratic leaders over how to prevent blazes from becoming more frequent and destructive, but scientists and others on the front lines say it’s not as simple as blaming either climate change or the way land is managed.The governors of California, Oregon and Washington have all said global warming is priming forests for wildfires as they become hotter and drier.

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Census 2021 postponed until 2022 due to Covid-19

The Government has today decided to postpone the 2021 Census to 2022 on the advice of the Central Statistics Office due to Covid-19.

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Central Bucks, Lower Merion school districts announce plans for return to in-person learning

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - Two area school districts in Bucks and Montgomery County have announced their plans to return to in-person learning.The Central Bucks School District has updated their plans for a return to in-person learning, saying they will return by the end of September.The return includes elementary, middle, and high school students.The district says after school programs will return October 12th.In Montgomery County, the Lower Merion School District is also moving forward with their plans for in-class instruction.The district says some special education students who require in-person instruction already returned to school on Monday.AdvertisementDr.

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Payment breaks source of temporary relief at time of extraordinary financial stress - Central Bank

The Central Bank has published an analysis of payment breaks taken by mortgage holders and firms which shows the overwhelming majority of borrowers had no problem servicing their loans prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Abandoned campfire caused wildfire near Canmore: investigators

Wildfire officials are working with RCMP to track down someone who started a campfire and didn’t extinguish it properly, causing a massive wildfire burning north of Canmore, Alta.

West Coast wildfire smoke complicates COVID-19 situation

As if the pandemic was not enough to contend with, parts of Western Canada are now coping with dangerous levels of smoke moving in from historic wildfires in the U.S. As Heather Yourex-West reports, it could further complicate an already worsening COVID-19 situation across several provinces.

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Drone video of huge train derailment near Hope B.C.

Drone video shows just how extensive the train derailment is near Hope B.C. Monday. CN Rail said at least 60 cars went off the tracks at Hunter Creek.

How B.C. schools should handle wildfire smoke concerns during the pandemic

Speaking to reporters at a COVID-19 briefing, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry explains how schools should deal with smoke from the wildfires in the U.S. and ventilation in classrooms.

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USPS temporarily closes some post offices in California, Washington, Oregon amid raging wildfires

California, Oregon and Washington as wildfires continue to burn along the West Coast.RELATED: President Trump visits California urging for 'good, strong forest management'In addition to the ongoing pandemic and issues with delayed mail-in ballots ahead of the presidential elections, the USPS must endure another obstacle as wildfires make it nearly impossible for mail carriers to perform their jobs.RELATED: Election officials, experts and USPS urging voters not to wait until state deadlines to mail in ballotsThe flames up and down the West Coast have destroyed neighborhoods, leaving charred rubble and burned-out cars, forcing tens of thousands to flee and casting a shroud of smoke that has given Seattle, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon,

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CN confirms train carrying potash derails near Hope

Video shows a massive train derailment near Hope, BC. CN says up to 20 cars carrying potash derailed at Hunter Creek road and Laidlaw. The company says there are no injuries – fires – or dangerous goods involved. More to come.

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Wildfires intensify economic pain in the West

The fires consuming the forests of California and Oregon and darkening the skies over San Francisco and Portland are also damaging a regional economy already singed by the coronavirus outbreak.Wildfires are destroying property, running up huge losses for property insurers and putting a strain on economic activity along the West Coast that could linger for a year or more.The credit rating agency A.M. Best estimates that insured losses from the blazes in California could top the unprecedented $13 billion recorded in 2017 when the state was hit by three of the five costliest fires in U.S.

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Hamilton’s expanded patio program could continue through winter

Hamilton council approves temporary restaurant patios adjacent to residential homes Thorne says those businesses are now being surveyed to assess the impact of the program, designed to give them a helping hand during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether they’d keep their expanded patios in place during the colder months ahead.Thorne says the preliminary feedback is that there is “a lot of interest in at least giving it a try through the winter.”He adds that through the summer, the feedback indicates that “these patios we’re extremely important to the viability of those businesses.” Hamilton restaurateur approaching Stage 3 reopening with mixed emotions Thorne acknowledges that winter patios aren’t going to be for everybody, but he

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Newest mayoral candidate on Lighthouse, Remai Modern, central library

The sixth candidate to announce his run for mayor, Mark Zielke, joins us to discuss his plan to move the Lighthouse and concerns on funding “mega-projects” like Remai Modern and the central library

Wildfire smoke settles over B.C.

Metro Vancouver was obscured by thick U.S. wildfire smoke again Sunday and no one seems to be able to escape the choking haze that’s spread across B.C. and into Alberta. Grace Ke has more on when the bad air might start to clear.

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Inflation may be higher than official measure - Makhlouf

The Governor of the Central Bank has said price inflation experienced by households may be higher than what is officially measured.

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California wildfires raise fight over climate change ahead of Trump's visit

A singed ice machine sits over a burned store during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires, in unincorporated Butte County, California on September 09, 2020. - Dangerous dry winds whipped up California's record-breaking wildfires a MCCLELLAN PARK, Calif. - With crews battling wildfires that have killed at least 35 people, destroyed neighborhoods and enveloped the West Coast in smoke, another fight has emerged: leaders in the Democratic-led states and President Donald Trump have clashed over the role of climate change ahead of his visit Monday to California.California, Oregon and Washington state have seen historic wildfires that have burned faster and farther than ever before.

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‘It’s affecting everybody’: B.C. residents urged to stay indoors, air quality remains among world’s worst

Okanagan socked in by U.S. wildfire smoke, conditions could improve by Tuesday Metro Vancouver extended an air quality advisory due to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) for the Lower Mainland Sunday morning that has been in place since Tuesday.Flying into Vancouver yesterday through smoke from fires south of the border.

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'Out of control' Lords complain they can't get paid during the pandemic

daily allowance, exposing a "farcical" system at the House of Lords. A series of complaints seen by the Record show deep unhappiness at being paid a reduced rate of £162 for speaking in debates.

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Out-of-control wildfire near Canmore expands to 346 hectares

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