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Wildfires burning below average so far this year, but fears for summer remain

While this year’s season is well below 2023’s record so far, Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said multiple regions are at risk this summer due to hot, dry, and windy conditions.

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Taking action to create wildfire-safe communities

OpinionBY ALICE PALMER

Canada needs a national emergency response agency

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‘Most vulnerable population on Earth’: politicians urged to consider wildfire impacts on children as towns evacuated

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MPs, experts say costs linked to frequency of wildfires, severity of weather events to increase without more climate action

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‘Not used to them this early and this aggressive,’ says MP Ashton of Manitoba wildfires as communities evacuated

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Taking action to create wildfire-safe communities

OpinionBY ALICE PALMER

Reducing the risk of wildfire will involve multiple forestry stakeholders and the federal government.

Taking action to create wildfire-safe communities

OpinionBY ALICE PALMER

Reducing the risk of wildfire will involve multiple forestry stakeholders and the federal government.

Canada needs a national emergency response agency

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

There are jurisdictional issues over emergency responses, but the federal government should create one national registry so Canada is better prepared for the worst.

Canada needs a national emergency response agency

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

There are jurisdictional issues over emergency responses, but the federal government should create one national registry so Canada is better prepared for the worst.

‘Most vulnerable population on Earth’: politicians urged to consider wildfire impacts on children as towns evacuated

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

UNICEF Canada president and CEO Sevaun Palvetzian says youth will ‘carry the heaviest burden if we don’t get this right.’

‘Most vulnerable population on Earth’: politicians urged to consider wildfire impacts on children as towns evacuated

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

UNICEF Canada president and CEO Sevaun Palvetzian says youth will ‘carry the heaviest burden if we don’t get this right.’

MPs, experts say costs linked to frequency of wildfires, severity of weather events to increase without more climate action

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

According to senior climatologist David Phillips, 184,493 sq km of woodland went up in smoke across Canada in 2023—the equivalent of nearly one and a half times the size of the Maritime provinces.

MPs, experts say costs linked to frequency of wildfires, severity of weather events to increase without more climate action

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

According to senior climatologist David Phillips, 184,493 sq km of woodland went up in smoke across Canada in 2023—the equivalent of nearly one and a half times the size of the Maritime provinces.

‘Not used to them this early and this aggressive,’ says MP Ashton of Manitoba wildfires as communities evacuated

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

'It's going to take all of us to put a plan in place to get serious about climate change, so we can avoid this hell that many Northern and Indigenous peoples are increasingly facing,' says NDP MP Niki Ashton.

‘Not used to them this early and this aggressive,’ says MP Ashton of Manitoba wildfires as communities evacuated

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

'It's going to take all of us to put a plan in place to get serious about climate change, so we can avoid this hell that many Northern and Indigenous peoples are increasingly facing,' says NDP MP Niki Ashton.

Wildfires burning below average so far this year, but fears for summer remain

While this year’s season is well below 2023’s record so far, Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said multiple regions are at risk this summer due to hot, dry, and windy conditions.

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