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‘Conditions this early in the season are unprecedented,’ says Blair, and MPs say ridings dealing with ‘frightening’ wildfires open their hearts to evacuees

'Nova Scotia has never gone through this type of thing before,' says Liberal MP Lena Metlege Diab who represents Halifax West.

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

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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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'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

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Feds, provinces and territories prepare as projections warn wildfire season could ‘be more explosive’ than 2023’s record fires

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Feds, provinces and territories prepare as projections warn wildfire season could ‘be more explosive’ than 2023’s record fires

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Dry conditions continue across much of the country, and above average temperatures are expected this spring, while modelling for rainfall is less certain.

‘Conditions this early in the season are unprecedented,’ says Blair, and MPs say ridings dealing with ‘frightening’ wildfires open their hearts to evacuees

'Nova Scotia has never gone through this type of thing before,' says Liberal MP Lena Metlege Diab who represents Halifax West.

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