Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Ashley Joannou
Publication Date: August 3, 2025 - 10:02
B.C. wildfires remain active, evacuation order for nearly 400 properties on Vancouver Island
August 3, 2025
Nearly 400 properties on Vancouver Island, as well as a provincial park, have been ordered evacuated due to a wildfire burning out of control.
The Regional District of Nanaimo expanded its evacuation order related to the fire burning on the north banks of Cameron Lake, about 60 kilometres from the City of Nanaimo.
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On Wednesday in Prince Edward Island, as part of an east coast trip, Poilievre said he successfully pushed the federal Liberals to scrap the consumer carbon tax.
Now, he will take aim at clean fuel regulations in Parliament’s September return.
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