Canada puts the military on standby as British Columbia wildfires kill 1 and displace thousands
Published on: Monday 10 August 2026
Canada put its military on standby Monday to help battle deadly wildfires in British Columbia as a local mayor warned that one of the blazes had wreaked huge destruction on his community. A woman has died and some 20,000 people have fled their homes so far. For days, scores of wildfires have burned across the province, nearly half of them out of co...