Canada wildfires

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No internet, no phone: Canada wildfires expose fragility of rural infrastructure
Remote communities suffer total loss of communications after fires damage critical fibre optic cables

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

15, May, 2024 @11:30 AM

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Canada city devastated by 2016 wildfire faces evacuations as new blaze nears
Residents of suburbs in Fort McMurray ordered to leave as officials monitor a fire nearby that has grown to cover 9,600 hectares

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

14, May, 2024 @9:52 PM

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British Columbia ‘extremely concerned’ as wildfire threatens to destroy town
Out-of-control Parker Lake fire, which has already forced thousands to evacuate, bears down on Fort Nelson

Leyland Cecco in Toronto and the Associated Press in Fort Nelson

13, May, 2024 @10:53 PM

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How did Canada end up with worse air quality than the US?
Year of devastating wildfires meant Canadians were breathing worse air than southern neighbours for first time ever

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

19, Mar, 2024 @5:08 PM

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Nova Scotia man charged with starting province’s largest-ever wildfire
Dalton Clark Stewart, 22, accused of lighting Canada’s Barrington Lake fire, which burned for one month in 2023

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

18, Jan, 2024 @5:17 PM

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Canadian man who claimed wildfires were a federal conspiracy admits arson
The country saw record-breaking blazes during the summer and Brian Paré pleaded guilty to lighting more than a dozen fires

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

16, Jan, 2024 @5:47 PM

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After a record year of wildfires, will Canada ever be the same again?
Unprecedented blazes tore through boreal forest unleashing vast carbon emissions in what may be a permanent change of state

Oliver Milman and graphics by Andrew Witherspoon

09, Nov, 2023 @11:00 AM

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New York City faces lower air quality from Canada wildfires
Forecasters warn that smoke from fires will bring a visible haze as city reports elevated levels on the Air Quality Index

Gloria Oladipo

02, Oct, 2023 @4:18 PM

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Wildfires turn Canada’s vast forests from carbon sink into super-emitter
This year’s out-of-control blazes released 2bn tonnes of CO2 – probably triple the country’s annual carbon footprint

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

22, Sep, 2023 @12:15 PM

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‘Sleeping giant’ drought threatens more disasters after record Canada wildfires
Unprecedented drought in British Columbia could usher in a fresh set of natural disasters, including devastating floods

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

07, Sep, 2023 @4:55 PM

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Climate crisis made spate of Canada wildfires twice as likely, scientists find
Burning of fossil fuels made fires at least twice as likely, and the fire-prone weather at least 20% more intense, study shows

Oliver Milman

22, Aug, 2023 @7:00 PM

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Canada wildfires: Trudeau deploys military to tackle blazes across British Columbia
More than 35,000 residents under evacuation orders across province, while flames are being held at bay 15km from Yellowknife in Northwest Territories

Guardian staff and agencies

21, Aug, 2023 @12:14 AM

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