According to the tree cover report, Canada accounted for more than half of the world's forest loss due to fire last year — including all forests, not just those outside of the tropics. Ninety-two per cent of the forest lost in the country was ...
551 fires scorching nearly 71,000 square miles of land from the West Coast to the Atlantic provinces, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center. It wasn't just remarkable for its destruction, however, but also for the fact that it never really seemed to end....
A total of 254 forest fires were being fought and 75 others monitored in Canada as of Wednesday afternoon. More than half of those fires were in British Columbia province, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center. Alberta province has seen more wildfires and lost more land to f...
What we are watching in Canada ... Hundreds of wildfires are burning across Canada, prompting widespread evacuations and blanketing cities in plumes of smoke. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says it's been an unprecedented year for wildfires and resources are bei...
Canada, after a massive wildfire swept through town and a famous national park nearby. CBS News' Carter Evans reports from Alberta. Meanwhile, the Park Fire has broken records and is close to burning 400,000 acres. CBS News Sacramento's Rachel Wulff has more from Forest Ranch.Jul 30, 2024...
Ten-year rolling average shows proportion of wildfire causes in Canada. (Natural Resources Canada, National Fire Database, Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (Graeme Bruce/CBC)) "Research suggests as we get warme...
Quebec’s forest fire protection agency said its fleet of 14 water bombers is enough to protect the southern parts of the province in most fire seasons. But agency director general Éric Rousseau said last month the fleet can get spread too thin when fires simultaneously threaten commu...
Evacuations for some places in the park were in effect last week, so far there is no report of casualty, but a harrowing video posted online Saturday showing a father and son made a mad trip in the middle of a blazing forest fire while driving down a winding mountain road in the park...
“Having prescribed fires on the landscape allows us to strategically manage fire and be able to utilize that patchiness in the forest to be able to manage fires safely.” During Alberta’s 2022 wildfire season from March 1 to Oct. 31, there were 1,246 wildfires recorded across the province...
asthma, people with heart disease, older adults, children, those who are pregnant and people who work outdoors are at a higher risk of experiencing health effects from wildfire smoke. They recommended people who spend time outdoors wear a mask to reduce exposure to fire particles in the smoke....