Voluntary Evacuation and Sandra Hickey

John Ridsdel: By mid-afternoon people from three neighbourhoods were told to leave immediately, according to Metro News. Sandra Hickey lives in a neighbourhood that was still under voluntary evacuation, but she was anxious nonetheless."When I got in the shower earlier today the sky was blue. Crews had seemed to be making progress controlling the blaze, burning since the weekend, but the situation worsened quickly. When I got out, the sky was black," Hickey said.___ Muslim militants in the Philippines released a video showing the beheading of Canadian hostage John Ridsdel, an American group that monitors jihadi websites reported. In a series of tweets, Rita Katz of the SITE Intelligence Group cited the video as saying Ridsdel was beheaded on April 25 "due to non-compliance" of the Canadian government. Ridsdel, 68, of Calgary, was one of four tourists — including fellow Canadian Robert Hall, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad and Filipina Marites Flor — who were kidnapped last Sept. 21 by Abu Sayyaf militants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.