An overnight report from Alberta Sustainable Resource Development says the blaze has now covered more than 4,200 square kilometres.
Up to 15 millimetres of rain is expected Thursday in the parched area, with temperatures no higher than 5 C, well below the normal high of 17 C for this time of year.
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's justice minister says she's disturbed by police statistics that show only 22 per cent of sexual assault cases in Halifax have led to charges over the last five years.
Police and the Allegheny County medical examiner did not immediately release the victim's name, but say he was a 42-year-old from Ontario.
OTTAWA — The federal immigration minister says the fact some newly arrived Syrian refugees are using food banks can be partially explained by a "cultural element."
VANCOUVER — Health officials in Whistler, B.C., have been holding immunization clinics almost daily since an outbreak of mumps was pinpointed in the resort community last week.