"As we head into the spring and summer months, we are reminded of last year's devastating wildfires and the impact they had on people and communities around the province," said Bruce Ralston, Minister of Forests, in a statement. "The impacts of climate change are arriving faster than predic...
SEE ALSO:After an epic year of wildfires, Canada's air isn't as clean as it used to be The change is attributed to the enormous loss of tree cover last year in Canada. Canada'swildfire season was the worst on record, with ...
Climate change made weather that fuelled Canada's wildfire season seven times more likely, say scientists Canada has long suffered wildfires but this season was the worst on record, with fires in Quebec made much more likely due to climate change from burning fossil fu...
As the country warms, the chance of prolonged droughts and stronger heatwaves will increase. This will create even better conditions for wildfires to ignite and spread , potentially leading to longer and more intense wildfire seasons in the future. Lightning also occu...
From the Great Lakes to parts of the South and Mid-Atlantic, the smoke from Canadian wildfires have been swallowing skylines in major cities and leading to some of the worst air quality in the world. 1 year ago Dangerous air quality returns from Canadian wildfires ...
Summer 2023 in Canada will not be forgotten any time soon. It will be remembered for many notable and extreme weather events, but none more so than itsrecord-breaking wildfires. It didn't take long forthe wildfire season to be ...
as there are multiple regional fires breaking out seemingly all over Canada and even the United States. However, the current air quality issues are coming from out-of-control wildfires in Quebec and Ottawa, Canada. There are also wildfires breaking out in at least six U.S. states, including...
“By all measures, this is perhaps the worst year we have experienced with wildfires,” Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said. He said it is a blessing there has been no loss of life, but property damage has been significant, and major infrast...
This year saw the worst wildfire season ever recorded in Canada, which exposed cracks in the country’s firefighting capacity, from firefighter retention to recruitment. Thousands of wildfires tore across enough land to cover Nova Scotia three times, or the city of Toronto 280 times, c...
The warnings about the upcoming season come as researchers take stock of last year'shistoric wildfires, and analyze what can be done differently. Although the number of fires wasn't unusual compared to other years...