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• Shelburne County wildfire remains out of control, further evacuation recommended

  A wildfire in Nova Scotia’s Shelburne County is still out of control and prompting recommended evacuations.

  

• N.B. forest fire still out-of-control, but 'manageable'

  The forest fire in New Brunswick’s Charlotte County has become “manageable” on its third day burning, allowing air tankers and support planes to be shared with Nova Scotia.

  

• Satellite imagery shows Nova Scotia wildfire smoke drifting to the U.S.

  Imagery from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites show wildfire smoke is drifting over from Nova Scotia to Northeast parts of the United States, as shown on Twitter.

• Roofers hailed as heroes for alerting neighbours to Tantallon-area fire

  A Halifax roofing crew is being hailed as heroes for their actions Sunday, after springing into action and alerting neighbours when they spotted smoke and then a fast-moving wildfire in Upper Tantallon, N.S.

• Halifax requests federal assistance as out-of-control wildfire burns

  The Halifax mayor is asking for help from the federal government as a wildfire burns in the city’s northwest.

• N.S. raises fines for burning to $25,000 as wildfires burn out of control

  Nova Scotia has raised fines for burning to $25,000 after eight illegally-lit fires were reported overnight as multiple wildfires continue to burn out of control in the province.

• Starting over: N.S. families looking to rebuild after losing homes in fire

  More Halifax-area homeowners are finding out they have lost their homes due to the ongoing wildfires. Even though it is early days, residents are already vowing to rebuild.

• Committee will oversee changes recommended by inquiry into N.S. shooting

  Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says retired appeals court justice Linda Lee Oland will head a committee to oversee the changes recommended by the public inquiry into the April 2020 mass shootings in Nova Scotia.

• Wildfire in Bedford, N.S., 80 per cent contained: DNRR

  Fire officials said Wednesday afternoon that a wildfire burning in the Hammonds Plains-area near Bedford, N.S., is about four hectares and is 80 per cent contained.

• 'We've lost it all': Halifax-area woman in limbo after losing her home to wildfire

  Molly Deveau is finding comfort where she can after learning her home was destroyed in an ongoing wildfire northwest of Halifax.

• Man shot at by U.S. officer near N.B. border didn't have bomb: police

  A Rhode Island man was due in a Maine courtroom Wednesday after a security scare closed the border crossing between Woodstock, N.B., and Houlton, Maine, earlier this week.

• New Brunswick government invests $2.5 million in Bee Me Kidz

  Bee Me Kidz supports around 1600 children in the Saint John and St. Stephen, N.B., areas.