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RCMP confirmed a woman died after a horse veered off the track and struck a woman on Enoch Cree Nation. Her family confirmed it was Georgina Lightning who was hit.

After a fierce storm caused havoc in B.C. overnight Saturday, officials warn the hot, dry and windy conditions in the forecast could increase the potential for wildfire activity.

The surveillance video shows the 24-year-old man walking with an umbrella when he was struck by lightning and knocked to the ground.

Quebec recorded above-average wildfire activity in July, with lightning sparking more than 40 per cent of fires, the province's wildfire protection agency says.

The 29-year-old man from Kansas was found and transported to hospital by helicopter crew after being struck on Sunday in a prohibited area on Etna's eastern slope.

A cold front is expected to move through the region over the weekend, but is no longer expected to bring significant winds and dry lightning that was seen last weekend.

As the damage from the devastating wildfire along Okanagan Lake in British Columbia is being assessed, officials are warning of the potential of more fires.

On Tuesday, officials are expecting a high potential for lightning-caused wildfire starts, particularly in the central Interior and the Okanagan.

The wildfire season in British Columbia has been transformed in a flash, with lightning strikes sending the tally of blazes burning in the province past 100.

Officials in British Columbia have their eyes on the skies as dry lightning strikes are listed as the probable cause of several new wildfires across the southern Interior.

The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre states that there are 919 active wildfires in Canada, with 3,891 total year-to-date wildfires. 

'Huge flash of light. Big bang and I felt a really big shock in my leg,' Cooper Preston, who was in the upstairs bedroom of his Courtenay home, told Global News.

Several open fire bans, including campfire prohibitions, are coming into effect over the next two days in parts of British Columbia as crews prepare for the threat of new blazes.

The city of about 8,000 people in the East Kootenay region is located east of the Matthew Creek wildfire, which was sparked on Saturday by lightning.

Waterloo regional police say the fatal collision happened Saturday night in the area of Dutton Drive in the north end of the city.

Toronto Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka believes Darren Raddysh's offensive breakout last season was the result of steady progression.

The green light comes after an environmental impact assessment and is based on a series of 45 conditions that must be met by the company building the station.

B.C. wine producers are bracing for the latest blow to cross-border alcohol sales, with the United States set to ban most Canadian alcohol imports later this month.

The B.C. Wildfire Service said helicopters were engaged to hold the fire through until rappel crews responded on Wednesday morning.

Many Winnipeggers are recovering after a violent storm struck through the city leaving thousands of people with no electricity on Sunday evening.