A cyclist wears a mask due to poor air quality conditions as smoke from wildfires in Ontario and Quebec hangs over Ottawa on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP) 9 of 12 | A woman walks her dog along the Ottawa River in Ottawa as smoke from wildfires ...
Research suggests that the fire season will worsen in the coming decades as the climate changes. A2022 study, for instance, found that the Hudson Plains region — which includes parts of Quebec and Ontario — will likely see the number and size of wildfires increase faster than most o...
But Canada has had over 2,000 wildfires already this year. More than 400 are currently tearing through many parts of British Columbia and Alberta in the country's west, as well as Nova Scotia, Quebec and parts of Ontario in the east. Around one-third of these...
"It's early in the day. It's going to get hotter. It's going to get windier and we're expecting some extreme wildfire behaviour. So firefighters are on the ready today for what could be a very challenging day." (...
According to the center, there have been more than 4,100 fires this year, resulting in about 10 million hectares (about 38,610 square miles) of land being burned. In this image released by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, the Sudbury 17 wildfire burns east of Missis...
Blazes continue to burn out of control across the entire country, with the total amount of blackened earth equalling to roughly the combined size of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and Lake Michigan. The majority of blazes are now in British Columbia, with more than 370 of the c...
The Lolo National Forest reports the Lolo Hotshots have been working with local firefighters from Alberta, as well as crews from British Columbia and Ontario on the Long Lake Fire in northern Alberta. The crew is building and securing containment line around the fire in hopes to lift evacuation...
with firefighters from neighbouring Alberta and Ontario provinces arriving to help battle 350 blazes.Tanker raisedSALVAGE teams have raised the first section of the Norwegian tanker Tricolour from the bottom of the English Channel, where it sank eight months ago with thousands of luxury cars on board...
A total of 79 firefighters from Ontario and Quebec will arrive in Alberta today to help battle the numerous fires that have ignited over the past week. An additional 200 firefighters will arrive in the coming days. The entire province is under a fire ban. A p...
Firefighters from Yukon, British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec have arrived in Alberta to help. The government said Tuesday that crews were also expected from New Brunswick, Oregon and Alaska. "That's going to be a much-needed boost for our firefighters who have been at this,...