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BC fire fighters have made some progress in the last day day or two on getting control of some of the 200+ wildfires in the province…but they are looking at the weekend forecast with trepidation.
Conditions are expected to worsen with stronger winds fanning the flames which have forced over 16,000 people to evacuate their homes.
Ottawa is putting on hold efforts to free large whales trapped in fishing gear after the death Joe Howlett Monday.
DFO says it is reviewing how it responds to whale entanglements and until that review is complete, it is halting such efforts.
Meanwhile, a group of wildlife veterinarians say several North Atlantic right whale carcasses found floating in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in recent weeks showed signs of blunt trauma…hit by ships.