In Saskatchewan the number of wildfires burning skyrocketed over the weekend to 53, the greatest number of fires burning at any one time, so far this wildfire season in Saskatchewan. Six are out of control. There have been 345 wildfires so far this year and 293 is the five-year average.

About 480 wildfires are burning across British Columbia and the fast-moving Ross Moore Lake fire, discovered just this past Friday, is closing in on Kamloops.

There is a special air quality statement in effect due to wildfire smoke stretching from the Alberta border north to Cree Lake – Key Lake south to Duck Lake including Prince Albert. Meanwhile, much of the rest of southern part of the province is under a heat warning with temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius combined with overnight lows near 16 degrees Celsius expected for the next two days.

Wildfires were Nova Scotia’s concern earlier this summer and now it is flooding.  At a media briefing on Sunday, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the rain over the weekend destroyed six bridges and damaged another 19.  He said it was three months’ worth of rain in one day.

As well 500 to 600 people remain evacuated from their homes because of flooding. Four people, including two children, are still missing after the two vehicles they were in became submerged in floodwater.  Environment Canada reported 200mm of rain in many areas and some saw up to 250mm, most of which came down over several hours on Friday.