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VICTORIA — Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for the inland regions of British Columbia's north coast, saying there is a moderate risk to public health.

Lori Daniels and a team of researchers plan to let a hand-held GPS guide them in a few weeks to more than 100 spots in the charred forest around Jasper, Alta. At each location, they'll plunge a stake into the ground and take notes.

British Columbia's wildfire service says much of the province has experienced "unsettled" weather conditions, with rain in some areas that have been hot spots for fire this season, but a drying pattern is forecast to settle in later in the week.

THOMPSON — Precipitation that's in the forecast early this week could help crews fighting wildfires that have been threatening a northern Manitoba city after smoke that's blanketed much of the Prairies over the weekend kept some firefighting aircraft

ST. JOHN'S — An out-of-control wildfire on Newfoundland's northeast coast forced residents of Musgrave Harbour, N.L., to flee the town as officials declared a state of emergency.

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs toured the destruction left by a wildfire along the Grand Canyon's North Rim, on Saturday, surveying what she described as devastating damage.

PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AP) — Haze from forest and peatland fires in some parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra island was detected in Malaysia on Sunday, officials said.

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Just three people remain missing — down from nearly 100 at last count — since the Texas Hill Country was pounded by massive flooding on July 4, officials said Saturday.

After 45 years in their Jasper home, it took mere minutes for Wes Bradford's quaint mountain abode to burn to a pile of ash. A year later, he and his wife are itching to rebuild.

MOSCOW (AP) — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says there is no longer a danger of tsunami waves on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula after five powerful quakes — the largest with a magnitude of 7.4 — struck in the sea nearby on Sunday.