For at least 10 years, the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Renewables has assessed communities for fire risk upon request. Nine of the 10 completed assessments released by the province show high or extreme risks.
With the increase in wildfires and other extreme weather events this year, more Canadians have been receiving emergency alerts on their phones, or through other media, directing them to take precautions or even evacuate their homes.
A Beaver Bank apartment building will go ahead after the province's Utility and Review Board overturned a decision by Halifax councillors who had concerns with heavy traffic and overcrowded schools in an area that's seeing major development.