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ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

In total, 625 federal, state and local firefighters and support personnel from the U.S. are now assigned to wildfires in Canada.

On Monday afternoon, the MPCA said smoke from fires in Alberta and Saskatchewan will move east over Ontario overnight, pushing into Minnesota Tuesday morning.

Danielle Smith and Rachel Notley have suspended campaign events to focus on the wildfire crisis, but political analysts are split on whether it's making an impact on the election.

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

Devastating wildfires in Alberta have burned more than 150 times more area than in the last five years combined at this same point in the year, according to statistics from the Alberta government.

More than 12 million people are under weekend heat advisories as temperatures climb

As a wildfire burns outside the northern Alberta city of Grande Prairie, residents are on edge and preparing to evacuate. Canadian Forces personnel have been deployed to assist.

As a wildfire burns outside the northern Alberta city of Grande Prairie, residents are on edge and preparing to evacuate. Canadian Forces personnel have been deployed to assist.

Western Canada is bracing for an unseasonable heat wave and dry spell that will raise the risk of wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia over the coming days.