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Are Canada’s water bombers ready for forest fires?

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Jasper rebuild impasse: federal, provincial governments continue to disagree

01:49 | January 31, 2025
Jasper residents protest slow pace of wildfire recovery amid government bickering

02:40 | January 24, 2025
Over 600 families wait for interim housing in Jasper

01:39 | January 19, 2025
Emotional return to Jasper for residents that fled wildfire

01:40 | August 16, 2024
Jasper residents returning home after wildfire destroyed a third of the townsite

01:54 | August 16, 2024
Jasper officials ask visitors to wait for services to be restored

01:46 | August 12, 2024
Jasper residents, business owners set to return to wildfire-ravaged town

02:26 | August 12, 2024
Jasper wildfire: Evacuees reflect after bus tours of ravaged community

01:36 | August 7, 2024
Jasper wildfire: Tourism in Rocky Mountains struggling at worst possible time

01:51 | August 2, 2024
Jasper wildfire: How did mountain pine beetles play a role?

02:07 | July 30, 2024
Canada wildfires: Thousands under evacuation orders across western provinces

02:07 | July 30, 2024
Jasper National Park cancels camping reservations into September due to wildfire

01:28 | July 30, 2024
Jasper wildfire: Milder weather gives crews chance to make progress in fighting fires

01:55 | July 29, 2024
Jasper wildfire: Mayor commends emergency officials, rejects suggestions they failed to save town

01:03 | July 29, 2024
Jasper wildfire: Guilbeault confirms plans for staged re-entry, gives no timeline

03:30 | July 29, 2024
The road to rebuilding after a wildfire

02:03 | July 28, 2024
Jasper wildfire: Officials estimate 30 per cent of structures destroyed by fire

02:04 | July 28, 2024
Jasper damage map released after park’s largest wildfire in century

05:04 | July 27, 2024
Jasper too dangerous for reentry as wildfire blazes nearby

01:53 | July 27, 2024
Jasper wildfire was largest recorded in national park of last 100 years: Parks Canada

04:35 | July 27, 2024
Jasper wildfire: Residents can’t return home yet as town is ‘not safe,’ officials say

02:03 | July 27, 2024
Raw video of wildfire damage in Jasper, Alta.

07:23 | July 26, 2024
Mayor of Jasper loses home in devastating mountain park wildfire: ‘I see memories of life taken’

02:42 | July 26, 2024
Alberta wildfires: Jasper blaze sees 358 structures destroyed, Parks Canada says

03:34 | July 26, 2024
Humans humbled by wildfire: Mayor says Jasper was as prepared as it could be

02:32 | July 26, 2024
‘Nature prevailed’: Jasper mayor on unstoppable wildfire that destroyed 1/3 of town

09:30 | July 26, 2024
Jasper wildfire: firefighters thanked for heroic efforts to save town

03:24 | July 26, 2024
Critical infrastructure saved in Jasper as 1/3rd of town destroyed by wildfire: Smith

03:15 | July 26, 2024
Appreciating the world-renowned beauty of Jasper amid devastating wildfire

02:16 | July 25, 2024
Jasper wildfire: Firefighters face dangerous escalation

02:14 | July 25, 2024
Jasper wildfire: 30-50% of structures damaged

04:13 | July 25, 2024

Are Canada’s water bombers ready for forest fires?

May 15, 2024

Wildfires have forced thousands of Canadians to flee their homes already this year. As the season progresses, firefighters will use every method they can to fight back the flames. Nathaniel Dove looks at one key method - and the concerns about if they can hold up to another brutal campaign.

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