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Four new fires were discovered in the Northwest Region by the late May 19. At the time of this update, there are two active fires

East Kootenay FireSmart Program events upcoming

Early start to the wildfire season in the Bulkley Valley

Small spot fire near Shawnigan Lake was quickly contained, according to BC Wildfire

FireSmart Ember Stomp in Jaffray May 4

The IDF fired two senior officers and reprimanded a top commander as it admitted a catalog of failures in a a drone strike on an aid convoy in Gaza, including that it killed aid workers who had survived an initial attack.

A series of explosions rang out in Kharkiv overnight as a result of the latest Russian attack, Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported on Telegram on Jan. 23.

Judith Weinstein Haggai's death during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel was confirmed a week after it was reported that her husband, Gadi Haggai, had died the same day.

A 70-year-old Israeli-American woman thought to be held hostage by Hamas actually was killed during the Oct. 7 attack, according to the kibbutz from where she was taken.

The Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz announced the death of 70-year-old Judy Weinstein after she went missing during Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on October 7.