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A wildfire burning outside the Northern Alberta community of Fort McMurray is holding steady, officials said Friday, expressing optimism that residents evacuated from four of the city’s neighbourhoods will soon be able to return home.The wildfire remains nearly 20,000 hectares in size, but officials said persistent rain will continue to subdue the flames and allow firefighters to make progress on a containment line. The fire remains 5.5 kilometres from the landfill south of the city and 4.5 kilometres from the intersection of two major highways out of the area. On Friday afternoon,...