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Sunday, July 26, 2026 · 126 stories
A raging wildfire in southwest France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday, bringing the total forced out of their homes to 220,000 in one region alone, as flames crept ever closer to the wine region city of Bordeaux.
As the biggest wildfire in the province’s history continues to burn north of Thunder Bay (at 315,000 hectares, it’s more than 50 per cent bigger than the largest forest fire on record), thousands of people have been evacuated from 13 remote communities, some of which have burned to the ground. Toronto is going to get smoke every summer.” More forest has burned this year in Ontario than ever before recorded , and it’s not even August.
Roxette members Per Gessle and Lena Philipsson perform onstage in this photo from Roxette’s website, roxette.se. The band cancelled the North American leg of its 2026 tour, including Toronto’s show.
At the end of his Sunday Angelus prayer, Pope Leo XIV referenced “the serious wildfires” in France and Spain and said: “I express my solidarity and invite everyone to pray for those affected and for the work of the rescue workers.” An estimated 42,000 hectares had burned in Gironde, the region’s prefecture said, much of it forests and. A raging wildfire in southwest France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday, bringing the total forced out of their homes to a staggering 220,000 in one region alone, as flames crept ever closer to the wine region city of Bordeaux.
After striking Iran for 13 days, the US has apparently held off since late Friday without any explanation or announcement, raising questions over President Donald Trump’s next move. Any sustained disruption to Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea export routes, through which it’s sending millions of barrels of oil a day as a workaround, mainly from Yanbu, would likely push up crude prices even more. Trump, who’s increasingly frustrated with Iran for refusing to reopen Hormuz, said late Friday the US is “locked and loaded” for major strikes on Iran.
An update from BC Wildfire Service said the Pear Lake and Fiftynine Creek blazes combined and remained very active on Sunday, moving north and northeast of the Chasm area, about 20 kilometres north of Clinton. It said there hadn’t been significant growth in the northeast section of the Ainslie Creek fire since July 24, but the blaze remained active. Fire information officer Shae Stearns said crews continued to work in Clinton to protect structures and fight what she described as active fire in the community, which was ordered evacuated as the Pear Lake fire surged on Friday.
About 220,000 people have been evacuated in France, while in Spain more than 75,000 people have been evacuated and a further 30,000 ordered to shelter in place, authorities said. Read more Wildfires force more than 300,000 people in France and Spain to flee In France, fires have ravaged the Cap Ferret peninsula on the Atlantic coast, a popular tourist destination, and spread. The fire in southwest France was about 15 kilometres away from Bordeaux on Sunday, as authorities in France and Spain battled wildfires that have forced roughly 300,000 people from their homes across both countries.
A total of 2,500 firefighters, including a Swiss firefighting team, 1,500 military personnel and around 1,200 police have been deployed to battle the blazes in the southwestern department of Gironde, he said. French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Sunday the wildfire situation in southwestern France was "very unfavourable"."Another difficult night on the wildfire front," Nunez said on X.
Issued on: 26/07/2026 - 16:49 2 min Reading time Share By: FRANCE 24 Beachgoers rest on the beach of Moutchic on the shore of Lake Lacanau in southwestern France on July 24, 2026, as clouds of smoke rise into the sky from the Gironde wildfire. © Phil Fong, AFP A French Civil Security Canadair CL-415 aircraft flies past flames burning a forest surrounding Cotignac, southeastern France, on July 23, 2026, during a wildfire. © Mosa'ab Elshamy, AP Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, climbs the Galibier pass ahead of Belgium's Remco Evenepoel, centre, during the.
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After an electric one-hit, 12-strikeout performance from ace Dylan Cease on Saturday, leading the Blue Jays to a 6-0 win over the Boston Red Sox , Toronto will get a chance Sunday to close out the weekend series in Fenway Park on a winning note (coverage starts at 1:00 p.m. Watch the Toronto Blue Jays, Blue Jays Central pre-game, marquee MLB matchups, Jays in 30, original documentaries, the wild card, divisional series, championship series. Gausman will match up against Ranger Suarez (4-3, 3.15 ERA) Sunday in what may be his penultimate start in a Blue Jays uniform as the trade deadline looms.
Brother versus brother closed out a Trent Bridge thriller as Spirit lose first two.