An immediate evacuation order has been issued for the Town of Western Bay stemming from extreme wildfire behaviour in the area, the provincial government announced on Facebook late Monday night. An ...

The provincial department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture gave an update on social media Monday night on the state of the wildfires threating a number of communities on the Avalon Peninsula.

The news came after an earlier evacuation order for the towns of Small Point–Adam’s Cove–Blackhead–Broad Cove and Kingston, which stems from extreme wildfire behaviour in the area. The wildfire is ...