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UBC tackle, Penn State tight end, Illinois lineman among Canadians selected in NFL Draft [Video]

It didn’t happen when Canadian Theo Johnson thought it would, but he landed where he wanted to.

The New York Giants selected the Penn State tight end as the seventh pick of the fourth round, No. 107 overall, of the NFL draft on Saturday. Johnson had been projected as a possible second-day selection.

“(That) wasn’t in the cards for me but I think I got picked exactly when I was supposed to and exactly where I was supposed to,” Johnson told reporters in New York after his selection. “Since the beginning of this process, the Giants were very clear with their interest in me.

“Went to school and worked with Christian Daboll (Giants head coach Brian Daboll’s son) when he was at Penn State. So pretty early on, they showed a lot of interest and it was clear that this was definitely a potential landing spot for me.”

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Canadas wildfire season re-erupts forcing thousands from homes, prompting air quality alerts in northern US [Video]

Wildfires in western Canada forced thousands of people from their homes as local officials said the combination of the weather and dry conditions led to an extreme threat from blazes. An evacuation alert was issued for Fort McMurray in Alberta as crews responded to what they described as an "out-of-control wildfire" southwest of town that had burned more than 13,500 acres as of Sunday.