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This week on the podcast: Canada is engulfed in the worst wildfire season of the century, with hundreds of active blazes torching millions of hectares of land. We answer all your burning questions

Rain is often accompanied by lightning, which can create fires on forest floor that pick up once dry, warm weather returns, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says

Ontario judge rules that the non-Indigenous owners of First Nation gas stations cannot sell $3.6M yacht allegedly purchased with stolen funds

Canadian Blood Services has signed agreement with a European pharmaceutical company to collect plasma donations

Family event happens this Saturday at Blind River Town Park

The contractors hired have previously done work for the city

Negotiations are at an impasse, with the Indigenous police services calling the process discriminatory and accusing government of  ‘unconscionable bargaining tactics’ 

Amin Massoudi, the premier’s principal secretary until last August, denies any wrongdoing by his lobbying business

As wildfires from coast to coast scorch large swaths of forest, sometimes changing it irreversibly, experts have zeroed in on an often overlooked casualty: wildlife

Here's a look at the current local weather and gas prices