Canada's 2024 wildfire season is shaping up to be the second-largest in twenty years, according to a Wednesday announcement by Natural Resources Canada and reported by theCanadian Press. The worst wildfire season was in2023, whenmore than 6,000 fires, destroyed 15 million hectar...
CANADAABORIGINAL CanadiansSMOKEWILDFIRE preventionWILDFIRESEVIDENCE gapsINDIGENOUS peoplesIn Canada, Indigenous populations are disproportionately threatened by wildfire smoke and the associated adverse health impacts. This paper presents the results of a narrative review of 51 academic and relate...
Over 27 million acres of land have burned across Canada since the start of the 2023, marking the country's worst wildfire season on record.
Fire thunderstorms, called pyroCbs, are the most obvious manifestation of extreme wildfires. A recent study found that there has been no recent global trend in the frequency of pyroCbs. Global pyroCb activity has always been dominated by fires in and around Boreal forests. However, areas such ...
Transforming barriers into enablers of action on climate change: Insights from three municipal case studies in British Columbia, Canada Despite a wealth of financial, technical, and human capacity in Canadian cities, it remains a challenging task to transform this capacity into effective cl... S Bu...
CANADA'S WILDFIRES: VisitThe Weather Network's wildfire hubto keep up with the latest on the active start to wildfire season across Canada Awildfire that forced more than 6,600 people from their homes in Fort McMurraycontinues to grow, threatening a northeast...
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Pierre Martel, director of fire management at Parks Canada, said lightning, winds and drought made the fire grow rapidly on Monday and that flames were above the treetops when it entered the town Wednesday. “It’s just a monster at that point. There are no tools ...
Canada’s wildfire season historically runs from April through September, National Resources of Canada said, but most activity typically takes place in July and August. This year has been particularly intense since May and could remain so until the end of the season. ...
SEE ALSO: Does breathing in wildfire smoke mean lung issues for life? WATCH: Firefighters recruits focus on mental health ahead of wildfire seasonFatalities discussed Eight people died working on wildfires last season, according to a pre-print of a paper ...