Thousands Flee Canadian Wildfire, Leaving A Ghost Town
(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) NEW: Get breaking news delivered straight to your desktop or mobile phone. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The capital of Canada's Northwest Territories was virtually deserted after nearly all the residents of the city of just over 20,000 fled as a huge wildfire burned nearby. To the south, in British Columbia, thousands more people were told to leave their homes while firefighters battled a growing fire that set homes ablaze. Officials in Northwest Territories...