Squamish, B.C., reports progress in fire fight, as northeast hopes for rain

There’s optimism from firefighters and local authorities as crews battle blazes in opposite corners of British Columbia heading into the weekend.
The District of Squamish is reporting minimal overnight growth in the Dryden Creek fire that triggered a local state of emergency this week, while the BC Wildfire Service expects rain to help suppress the Pocket Knife Creek wildfire in the northeast.
That fire is the biggest in the province at more than 1,500 square kilometres, and the wildfire s