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We can’t control the wind: A found poem about wildfires
Wildfire season in Western Canada falls into ‘historically normal’ category - for now
A view of the Parker Lake wildfire near Fort Nelson, B.C. is shown on Monday, May 13, 2024 in a BC Wildfire Service handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service **MANDATORY CREDIT**
Threat from Churchill Falls wildfire eases, officials say ‘promising’ forecast ahead
Wildfire photos taken by Churchill Falls evacuee Robert Dawe as he was evacuating the town with his mother and adult children. When works for Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and also owns his own mechanic shop in the town He is watching closely from Happy Valley Goose Bay, where hundreds have been evacuated.
Canada’s 2023 wildfires burned huge chunks of forest, spewing far more heat-trapping gas than planes
The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above a lakefront home, in West Kelowna, B.C., on August 18, 2023. As Canada looks ahead to what experts fear could be another devastating wildfire season, fire chiefs are worried about the dwindling number of volunteer firefighters available to combat the rising threat. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Wildfire continues to burn outside Churchill Falls, threatening to engulf town, power station
Forest fire smoke blankets the sky near Churchill Falls, in central Labrador, on June 19, 2024 in a handout photo. The western Labrador town of Wabush is still without electricity after a wildfire knocked out power to two transmission lines running from the generating station in the town of Churchill Falls. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Robert Dawe **MANDATORY CREDIT**

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We can’t control the wind: A found poem about wildfires
Claire Cameron
alberta
Wildfire season in Western Canada falls into ‘historically normal’ category - for now
A view of the Parker Lake wildfire near Fort Nelson, B.C. is shown on Monday, May 13, 2024 in a BC Wildfire Service handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Threat from Churchill Falls wildfire eases, officials say ‘promising’ forecast ahead
Wildfire photos taken by Churchill Falls evacuee Robert Dawe as he was evacuating the town with his mother and adult children. When works for Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and also owns his own mechanic shop in the town He is watching closely from Happy Valley Goose Bay, where hundreds have been evacuated.
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Canada’s 2023 wildfires burned huge chunks of forest, spewing far more heat-trapping gas than planes
The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above a lakefront home, in West Kelowna, B.C., on August 18, 2023. As Canada looks ahead to what experts fear could be another devastating wildfire season, fire chiefs are worried about the dwindling number of volunteer firefighters available to combat the rising threat. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Wildfire continues to burn outside Churchill Falls, threatening to engulf town, power station
Forest fire smoke blankets the sky near Churchill Falls, in central Labrador, on June 19, 2024 in a handout photo. The western Labrador town of Wabush is still without electricity after a wildfire knocked out power to two transmission lines running from the generating station in the town of Churchill Falls. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Robert Dawe **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Power back on in western Labrador after wildfires knocked out transmission lines
Wildfire photos taken by Churchill Falls evacuee Robert Dawe as he was evacuating the town with his mother and adult children. When works for Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and also owns his own mechanic shop in the town He is watching closely from Happy Valley Goose Bay, where hundreds have been evacuated.
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Lytton, B.C., rebuild continues three years after wildfire destroyed most of town
A CPKC firefighting train sits on the tracks above the village of Lytton, B.C., on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Mayor Denise O'Connor shared an update on the rebuilding progress Tuesday, ahead of the third anniversary of the fire that destroyed 90 per cent of the community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Lytton’s slow and steady rise from the ashes of 2021′s wildfires
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Wildfire that triggered town evacuation in central Labrador grows only slightly
Vehicles leave Churchill Falls, N.L. under a threat of a wildfire in a Wednesday, June 19, 2024 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Robert Dawe **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Port-Cartier, Que. officials say forest fire situation unchanged after evacuations
A reporter takes a photo of trees damaged by fire during a tour near Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Quebec on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
opinion
Are apocalyptic images of wildfires making us numb?
David Huebert
canada
Ontario, Quebec sending water bombers to help battle wildfires in Newfoundland and Labrador
Fire officials are keeping a close eye on rising temperatures as seven wildfires burn in western and central Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on July 6, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Labrador wildfire ‘got worse really fast,’ residents given minutes to flee, evacuee says
Vehicles leave Churchill Falls, N.L. under a threat of a wildfire in a Wednesday, June 19, 2024 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Robert Dawe **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Residents ordered to flee central Labrador town as wildfire rages nearby
Fire officials are keeping a close eye on rising temperatures as seven wildfires burn in western and central Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on July 6, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Weather helping keep wildfire away from N.W.T community of Fort Good Hope
An Air Tractor AT-802 Fire Boss amphibious air tanker drops water on the along the Fort Good Hope fire line, near Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, Canada June 17, 2024. NWT Fire/Handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
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Fort Good Hope residents remain out as wildfire grows in Northwest Territories
A pilot climbs into a Government of Northwest Territories firefighting plane in Norman Wells, N.W.T. on Sunday, June 16, 2024. A wildfire that forced the evacuation of Fort Good Hope in the Northwest Territories continues to grow but has not destroyed any structures. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Josh Ferguson
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Residents flee New Mexican village as wildfires bear down on homes
Smoke from a wildfire rises over Ruidoso, N.M., Monday, June 17, 2024. Residents of the mountain village of about 7,000 residents fled their homes under evacuation orders with little time to rescue belongings. (Jacquie Escajeda via AP)
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California wildfire burns 12,000 acres, forces evacuations
Water is dropped by helicopter as crews fight the Post Fire, Sunday, June 16, 2024, in Lebec, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
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Fire reaches evacuated NWT town but officials say no reports of structure damage
Volunteers unload and set up cots at the Dennis Drolet Memorial Hall ahead of the arrival of evacuees from Fort Good Hope, in Norman Wells, N.W.T. on Saturday, June 15, 2024. Residents of Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., are being told to evacuate due to a wildfire burning less than two-kilometres from the community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Josh Ferguson
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Yukon forecast shows return to ‘normal’ wildfire season after busy 2023
Yukon Government Legislature building is shown in Whitehorse, Yukon on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. Yukon government officials say they're expected a much more conventional wildfire season this year after dealing with hundreds of fires in 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Kelly
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B.C. wildfire risk expected to spike this summer after mild spring mitigates blazes
Fishing boats are docked as a rainbow forms over the village of Zeballos, B.C., on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. A cool and wet May in parts of British Columbia has helped suppress fire activity so far this year, but a forecasted turn in the weather will likely renew wildfire risk this summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
opinion
Instead of rebating carbon-tax revenue, invest some in climate adaptation
Blair Feltmate
canada
Canada forecasts hotter-than-average summer as peak wildfire season nears
FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the Burgess Creek wildfire (C20117), located 45 kilometres south of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, in this handout photograph released April 20, 2024, taken through the window of a plane. BC Wildfire Service/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo
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Wildfire that forced thousands from Fort Nelson, B.C., now listed as under control
The wildfire that forced 4,700 people to leave their homes in Fort Nelson, B.C., is now listed as under control. A view of the Parker Lake wildfire near Fort Nelson, B.C., is shown on Monday, May 13, 2024, in a BC Wildfire Service handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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B.C. looks into post-fire mushroom picking rush after First Nation reports conflicts
Trees burned by the Bush Creek East Wildfire are seen above Little Shuswap Lake in Squilax, B.C., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. British Columbia is not ruling out regulating wild mushroom picking after an Indigenous community said the areas devastated by the Lower East Adams Lake and Bush Creek wildfires last year are now sprouting large numbers of morel mushrooms, attracting a large number of foragers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Wildfires underscore resiliency challenges for Canada’s telecoms
Electric crews work on power lines in the aftermath of a devastating wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Hawaii's electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby and become the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Private firefighting companies lodge complaints about insurers’ hiring U.S. workers
Kris Liivam, president of Arctic Fire Safety Services, is calling foul on some fire prevention contracts being awarded to American companies. He argues it's work that could be done by Canadians. Liivam was photographed in Kamloops, B.C. on Thursday, June 6, 2024. Marissa Tiel/ The Globe and Mail
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Wildfire plan calls for 50 per cent of Canadians to act in response to climate change by 2025
Structures and trees burned by the Bush Creek East Wildfire are seen near Lee Creek, B.C., on Monday, September 11, 2023. Canadian federal, provincial and territorial forestry ministers have signed on to a national strategy they say aims to raise awareness of wildfire risks across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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California firefighters continue battling wind-driven wildfire east of San Francisco
In this image from an AlertCalifornia/UC San Diego monitoring camera, smoke rises from the Corral Fire near the city of Tracy, Calif., Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AlertCalifornia/UC San Diego via AP)
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Evacuees from Fort Nelson, B.C., area return home after wildfire
An extreme fire warning sign is shown along Highway 97 toward Fort Nelson outside the Charlie Lake Fire Hall near Fort St. John, B.C., on Monday, May 13, 2024. Wildfires are forcing more people to evacuate their homes in dry and windy northeastern B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jesse Boily
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Wildfire near Fort Nelson, B.C., is ‘being held,’ as evacuation order ends
Rob Fraser, mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, which includes Fort Nelson, B.C. says evacuation orders that forced thousands from their homes due to wildfires, are set to lift at 8 a.m. Monday morning. Firefighters working the Parker Lake wildfire, designated G90267 by the B.C. Wildfire Service, are seen in a staging area along Highway 97 looking south with a water bladder and fire hose set up among charred grassland in a May 15, 2024, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Evacuation orders in and around Fort Nelson, B.C., lift Monday, mayor says
The mayor of the regional municipality that includes the evacuated community of Fort Nelson, B.C., says local officials are pushing for a Monday or Tuesday deadline to start allowing about 4,700 residents home after nearly two weeks. Firefighters working the Parker Lake wildfire, designated G90267 by the B.C. Wildfire Service, are seen in a staging area along Highway 97 looking south with a water bladder and fire hose set up among charred grassland in a May 15, 2024, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Chile firefighter, forest official linked to wildfires that killed 130
FILE - A resident flees an encroaching forest fire in Vina del Mar, Chile, Feb. 3, 2024. Police arrested a suspect on Friday, May 24, 2024, for allegedly causing the forest fire that left 137 dead and injured some 16,000 people in the Valparaíso region. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
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The country is on fire. Pierre Poilievre doesn’t seem to care
Gary Mason
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Cooler, wetter weather aids B.C. wildfire fight in northeast
An extreme fire warning sign is shown along Highway 97 toward Fort Nelson outside the Charlie Lake Fire Hall near Fort St. John, B.C., on Monday, May 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jesse Boily