British Columbia's public safety minister heaped praise on 100 firefighters from Mexico who arrived in the province on Saturday, July 24, 2021, to work "shoulder to shoulder" with local crews battling hundreds of wildfires.
Ontario's Opposition is calling on the government to declare a state of emergency over wildfires burning in the province's northwestern region, saying the premier "must stop ignoring the wildfire crisis."
Oregon’s explosive summer of wildfire is threatening to escalate further, with thunderstorms and lightning set to spur more of the blazes that have torn through much of a parched, dangerously hot U.S. West this year.
A lengthy rainfall and strong winds could dissipate the raging wildfires and smoky air gripping parts of Western Canada but that's not what's in the forecast for this week, says a senior climatologist with Environment Canada.
Erratic winds and dry lightning added to the dangers for crews in parched Oregon forests battling the nation's largest wildfire, just one of dozens burning across several Western states.
British Columbia's government says accommodations for wildfire evacuees are filling up as the flames and smoke from numerous blazes spread, forcing more people from their homes and contributing to an eerie, acrid haze that's blanketing cities in neighbouring Alberta.