Rain calms wildfire near Port Alberni, B.C., with more wet weather expected
August 15, 2025
Firefighters on Vancouver Island say overnight rain has helped calm an out-of-control wildfire near Port Alberni, B.C.
The BC Wildfire Service says about seven millimetres of rain overnight has lowered the behaviour of the Mount Underwood blaze “to mainly a smouldering ground fire.”
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There is chaos in the skies — or more precisely, on the ground — as the labour dispute between Air Canada and its 10,000 flight attendants, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), drags on.
On Saturday, the federal government ordered the striking attendants back to work and declared there would be binding arbitration between the two parties by the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB). But the union said no, a decision that could end in jail time for its leaders. Here’s what to know.
Can the union just ignore the CIRB ruling?
So far, it seems they can.
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