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OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada called for foreign help Wednesday to combat wildfires burning out of control and spreading across vast swathes of the western half of the country. The fires that have devastated the oil-producing Alberta province have in recent days spread to neighboring British Columbia and Saskatchewan as well as the Northwest Territories. Some 2,500 firefighters from across Canada backed by 400 military personnel have been deployed across Alberta to try to tame […]
LAC LA BICHE, Canada (AFP) – by Michel Comte Sitting on the tailgate of his truck, strumming his guitar, the only item that he was able to salvage in a hurried evacuation of Fort McMurray as wildfires raged closer to the Canadian oil city, Alan Javierto says: “I just want to go home.” “Hopefully soon,” he adds. “But probably it will take weeks, maybe more.” The wildfires that forced almost 100,000 to flee and […]
