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EDMONTON — Wildfires in northern Alberta forced more people from their homes on Saturday while Edmonton offered masks to residents to help them deal with all the smoke.

The mayor of a British Columbia Interior community says the area's long-term care residents have been moved out as a fast-moving wildfire looms nearby. Barbara Roden, mayor of Ashcroft, B.C.

WABUSH, NL — Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey called it a “good news day” as he announced some Labrador City residents will be allowed to return home after a wildfire forced an evacuation last week.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese authorities say at least 11 people have died and 30 are missing in the partial collapse of a highway bridge in the northwest of the country following heavy storms and flooding.

It's the first time The Inn at Spences Bridge has been empty since April.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — Dozens of residents of a northern Alberta hamlet were out of their homes Friday as a wildfire threatened their community.

BARNET, Vt. (AP) — Exactly one year to the date of last year’s severe flooding in Vermont, Joe’s Brook Farm was flooded again by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. This time it was worse.

TORONTO — Morningstar DBRS says insurance claims caused by the Toronto flood earlier this week could be "significant but manageable" for insurers.

MUDZI, Zimbabwe (AP) — It’s Tuesday morning, and 5-year-old Talent should be in school. Instead, he's foraging for the fruit that his family is counting on for food now that crops have withered in the heat.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit northern Chile near its border with Argentina on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage. The quake struck at at 9:51 p.m.