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Evacuation alerts have been issued for properties near two wildfires burning out of control in central B.C., including the small community of Endako, as fears of a long wildfire season in the province start to materialize.

The Regional Municipality Of Wood Buffalo issued a wildfire evacuation alert Sunday afternoon for Saprae Creek Estates due to the potential of a nearby wildfire spreading.

It's dry, windy and warming up in Alberta, where the risk of wildfires was put on display Monday when a rural area near Onoway was briefly told to be prepared to evacuate.

A wildfire that broke out Sunday near the northeastern Alberta hamlet of Saprae Creek is now being held, and an evacuation alert that was issued Sunday has been dropped.

Here is everything you need to know about evacuation alerts and orders in Alberta, wildfire status, and fire advisories, restrictions and bans.

Residents of a community in eastern Alberta who were told to flee their homes late Monday afternoon due to a wildfire in the area have been allowed to return home. 

Wildfire season is off to an early start in B.C.'s central Interior and Cariboo regions, with at least one fire listed as out of control and continuing to grow in the Quesnel area.

A wildfire is burning out of control in northeastern Alberta, approximately 4.5 kilometres east of Saprae Creek Estates in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

Residents who were forced to flee their homes earlier this week due to a wildfire in northwestern Alberta are returning home.

The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen hosted an emergency preparedness town hall in Penticton, B.C., on Monday.

It may appear to be a wildfire, but a large plume of smoke spotted in eastern Alberta actually came from a prescribed burn being conducted at the Wainwright Garrison.

The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District announced the alert expansion to include 33 new properties, with the majority being located on the Sea-to-Sky Highway.

Some residents of an area in northwestern Alberta were issued an evacuation order on Tuesday because of the threat posed by a wildfire burning in the region.

"I want to emphasize that decisions around states of emergencies and travel orders are not made lightly," said Bowinn Ma.

Heavy rains have been pounding the country since mid-March and the Meteorology Department has warned of more rainfall. The flooding already killed nearly 100 people.

Aamjiwnaang First Nation, in southwestern Ontario., has declared a state of emergency after a significant spike in the cancer-causing substance benzene

In an emergency responders need to be prepared for anything including handling large animals.

No threat was found at Dalhousie University's Killam Library after a weapons complaint prompted a large police response at the school Tuesday afternoon.

On Tuesday, Halifax Police said officers responded to a report of “a man with a gun” in the area of the Killam Library on Dalhousie University's campus.

Tesla said in December, its largest-ever recall covering 2.03 million U.S. vehicles was to better ensure drivers pay attention when using its advanced driver assistance system.