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Poor air quality expected to persist beyond long weekend in northwestern Ontario
Most of the province remains under air quality statements due to wildfire smoke from northern Ontario and the Prairies.
Canada's 2025 wildfire burn area exceeds size of the Greater Toronto Area
The amount of area burned by wildfires nationally this year is equivalent to a size bigger than the Greater Toronto Area (GTA ...
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Canada wildfire smoke forecast: How bad will it get in 2025?
Some good news The circumstances that led to the smoky chaos of 2023 were unique. Canada didn't just break its wildfire records that year, it obliterated them. Nearly 58,000 square miles of the ...
Prairie wildfire smoke is causing poor air quality in Hamilton, southern Ontario: Environment Canada
Smoke from wildfires in the Prairies is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility in the Hamilton-Niagara area and much ...
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Wildfires in Canada are becoming the norm, thanks to climate change - NPR
More than 200 wildfires are raging across Canada, sending a thick blanket of choking smoke through the U.S. Midwest. Experts says climate change means U.S. residents better get used to it.
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Canada has already surpassed a year’s worth of charred land from ...
Wildfires across Canada are devouring land at a pace unseen in any year other than the historic 2023 season. With more than 7.8 million acres burned, according to Canadian Interagency Forest ...
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Smoke from Canada’s wildfires may be even more toxic than usual
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. More than 200 wildfires are blazing across central and western Canada, half of which are out of control ...
Canada had some of the world’s worst air quality on Sunday
Step outside and you'll probably smell it—smoke has been a major issue across much of Eastern Canada this weekend. Montreal ...