Canada battles widespread wildfires as evacuations mount
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Ontario evacuated about 1,800 people as wildfires raged, including the destruction of Whitewater Lake First Nation; Premier Doug Ford pledged to spend whatever it takes to protect residents and visited Thunder Bay. In British Columbia, Kimberley was under an evacuation alert for about 9,000 people, while Carney said more than 5,000 firefighters and nearly 300 waterbombers, helicopters, and evacuation aircraft were mobilized to contain the blazes.
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