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The federal cabinet today is expected to discuss whether to revisit the existing national housing strategy and possibly hold a national housing summit with other levels of government and the private sector in a bid to solve the growing housing crisis across the country.
The report delivered a week ago warns that"Canada's housing crisis is worsening dramatically" in large part because of an"extreme" lack of accessible and affordable rentals. There are more than 27,000 people under evacuation order in B.C. and more than 35,000 on evacuation alert as several large wildfires burn in the region, including the 110 square kilometre McDougall Creek wildfire affecting West Kelowna, Kelowna and Lake Country.A spokeswoman for the Northwest Territory's emergency management organization says there have been reports of people returning to Fort Smith, or planning to return there, despite the wildfire risk.
Ollie Williams is the editor and co-founder of Cabin Radio, a news outlet in Yellowknife that has become a cherished source of immediate local information about the fires threatening the city and forcing mass evacuations.
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