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Data capturing hot spots and burned acres show Canada wildfire season off to wild start
Based on data from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, about 200 fires are actively burning in Canada and have ...
Canada wildfires worsen air quality: Special air quality statement issued across Toronto, Quebec and most of Ontario
Environment Canada has issued a special air quality warnings for Ontario and western Quebec due to wildfire smoke drifting ...
Island Lake First Nations under partial evacuation due to wildfire smoke
Some Manitoba First Nations evacuating vulnerable residents amid worsening air quality say finding accommodations has been ...
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What Travelers Need to Know About the Wildfires in Canada
In an ominous reminder of the summer of 2023, Canada’s worst wildfire season on record, smoke from the wildfires has been ...
Wildfire smoke gives Chicago, Detroit some of world’s worst air quality
Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to plague the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region, with multiple states under air ...
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Governments to give financial aid to wildfire evacuees in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
The federal and provincial governments have announced they will match Red Cross donations to help those affected by wildfires ...
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Canadian wildfire smoke spreads across a third of US
DULUTH, Minnesota — Smoke from wildfires burning in three Canadian provinces is spreading into the U.S. Upper Midwest, ...
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The smoke from Canada’s wildfires may be even more toxic than usual
The country's legacy of mining means that toxic metals could be carried along plumes of smoke, endangering people in its path ...
Canada wildfires spark record-smashing smoke levels in Minnesota air
An air quality index of 300 or higher is considered hazardous, and the record-breaking smoke AQI in Grand Portage reached 800 ...
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Researchers make jaw-dropping discovery after drilling over 2,000 feet into Arctic ice: 'Will offer unprecedented insight'
Scientists from Canada, Denmark, and Australia teamed up with a "goal of drilling and retrieving a [613-meter] deep ice core" ...
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Dry winds, thick smoke fueling wildfire crisis in Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Wildfires in Saskatchewan and Manitoba continue to burn out of control as fierce winds and bone-dry conditions intensify the crisis, forcing evacuations and threatening northern communities. As of ...