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Canada has already surpassed a year’s worth of charred land from wildfires

Wildfires across Canada are devouring land at a pace unseen in any year other than the historic 2023 season. With more than 7.8 million acres (3.15 million hectares) burned, according to Canadian ...
Detroit Free Press

Canada looks to centuries-old indigenous use of fire to combat out-of-control wildfires

This report was supported by the Pulitzer Center. As Canada deals with the same wildfire problems plaguing the western U.S. — fires of increasing intensity burning larger areas as the climate and ...
The New York Times

Echoes of the Fort McMurray Disaster as Fire Sweeps Into Jasper, Alberta

About a third of the buildings in the mountain resort town have burned, raising questions about preparedness and the role of climate change. By Ian Austen While I had covered many wildfires by 2016, I ...
CBS News

Extreme fire weather fueled by climate change played significant role in Canada's wildfires, new report says

Extreme fire weather conditions fueled by climate change contributed to the increased severity of eastern Canada's wildfire season this spring, a new report from the World Weather Attribution revealed ...
CNN

California’s Park Fire is now bigger than Phoenix while in Canada a blaze is scorching one of the largest national parks

California’s largest wildfire of the year has burned an area larger than the size of the city of Phoenix, destroyed dozens of buildings and forced thousands of residents to flee their homes as ...