Canada Wildfire Season

• Canada highlights severe wildfire season to promote carbon pricing at UN

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the big draw at a UN event Wednesday aimed at encouraging countries to put a price on pollution.

  Canada

  Sep 21
  
• Wildfires in B.C., N.W.T. causing ‘apocalyptic devastation,’ Trudeau says

  A state of emergency has been declared in B.C., and an encroaching wildfire has forced all residents of the Northwest Territories' capital to evacuate.

  Canada

  Aug 21
  
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• Wildfire smoke spotlights need for better indoor air quality, experts say

  Experts say current air quality recommendations for public spaces are not sufficient to prevent small particulate matter, including pollutants in smoke, from circulating indoors.

  Canada

  Jul 21
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• Canadian students help fight record wildfires during summer break

  The BC Wildfire Service says it employs about 1,600 seasonal personnel each year, and about a third are post-secondary students working during their summer vacation.

  Canada

  Jul 20
• Record-setting wildfires have impacted one in four Canadians: poll

  Environment and Climate Change Canada predicts the conditions that led to the spring wildfire catastrophe are not going to let up in July and August.

  Canada

  Jun 21
• ‘Fast-pacing’ extinction? How Canada’s worst fire season in decades is hurting wildlife

  Animals in general are adapted to wildfires as they migrate to safety, but the severity of this year’s fire season could create problems for some species, experts warn.

  Environment

  Jun 15
• Firefighters from Spain, Portugal arriving in Canada to join wildfire effort

  Quebec's public safety minister said the fire effort has also been bolstered by the arrival this week of two contingents of firefighters from the United States.

  Canada

  Jun 14
• Canada battling its ‘worst wildfire season of the 21st century’: minister

  Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair announced the grim milestone Monday, saying more than 47,000 square kilometres have burned so far this year.

  Canada

  Jun 13
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• Air quality improving in southern Ontario and Quebec, but smoky skies linger in Alberta

  In Alberta, the worst air quality is near Fort Chipewyan, which remains on an evacuation order as a nearby fire burns out of control.

  Environment

  Jun 9
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• Canadians change camping plans as fire bans expand in the country

  Fire bans began rolling in after hot, dry weather took over much of Canada early in the season - starting in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, expanding to the Maritimes.

  Environment

  Jun 2