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Quebec to improve forest fire adaptation after record-breaking wildfire season
November 15, 2023 The Canadian PressQuebec’s forest fire prevention agency says the area burned by wildfires this year was greater than the previous 20 years combined. SOPFEU director general Eric Rousseau told reporters today that some 4.5 million hectares of land burned during this year’s…
Quebec mayor, 23, resigns mid-mandate due to burnout from managing wildfires
November 9, 2023 The Canadian PressCHAPAIS, Que. – One of Quebec’s youngest mayors announced Wednesday she will be stepping down next week, suffering the effects of burnout from handling last summer’s historic wildfire season in her northern community. Isabelle Lessard was acclaimed in 2021 as…
Ontario adds $20.5 million in funding to fight wildfires, including for training and drones
October 12, 2023 The Canadian PressTIMMINS, Ont. – Ontario’s natural resources and forestry minister says the government will spend an additional $20.5 million over three years to help fight wildfires. Graydon Smith, making an announcement in Timmins, Ont., says this recent fire season has been…
NDP introduces disaster management bill as B.C. legislature opens
October 3, 2023 The Canadian PressVICTORIA – New disaster management legislation has been introduced in British Columbia on the first day of the fall legislative session that will see four official parties in the chamber. Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma said Tuesday the legislation will…
State of emergency lifted 1.5 months after McDougall Creek wildfire
September 29, 2023 The Canadian PressWEST KELOWNA, B.C. – Central Okanagan Emergency Operations has lifted the state of local emergency in West Kelowna, B.C., more than a month after the McDougall Creek wildfire devastated the area. It says it has also rescinded all remaining evacuation…
Fire danger drops as cooler weather eases B.C.’s wildfire season
September 27, 2023 The Canadian PressVANCOUVER – The British Columbia Wildfire Service says the fire danger rating across most of the province has dropped to low or very low as cool, damp fall weather arrives. The wildfire service says there have been no new fires…
400+ wildfires continue to burn across B.C. as new evacuation orders issued
September 18, 2023 The Canadian PressWILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – An evacuation order has been issued by Cariboo Regional District for 28 properties in the Horn Lake Area in central British Columbia. This comes as the BC Wildfire Service says fire behaviour on the nearby Hell…
B.C. wildfires continue to burn through September
September 12, 2023 The Canadian PressVANCOUVER – The latest evacuation order issued due to a wildfire in British Columbia covers a rural area north of Prince George in a region straddling the boundaries of two regional governments. The regional districts of Fraser-Fort George and Bulkley-Nechako…
B.C. sets up climate emergency task force amid wildfire crisis
September 11, 2023 The Canadian PressVANCOUVER – British Columbia Premier David Eby says he’s launching an expert task force into wildfires, drought and heat emergencies that have hammered the province. Eby, who’s in the B.C. Interior touring wildfire zones, says the province is still focused…
Feds predict parts of Canada could see wildfires through winter
September 7, 2023 The Canadian PressOTTAWA – The latest federal government forecast says Canada’s already unprecedented 2023 wildfire season could continue late into the fall or winter. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says there is potential for increased wildland fire activity from eastern…
Adjusters provide update on B.C., N.W.T. wildfires
September 6, 2023 by Jason ContantWildfires in British Columbia and Northwest Territories continue to present a mixed bag of claims for P&C adjusters. Claims adjusters are seeing a variety of both residential and commercial losses. “Major loss, total losses and less severe claims as well,”…
Canada ‘trailing partners’ on securing vital utilities and services: internal memo
September 5, 2023 Jim Bronskill - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – A newly released federal memo concedes Canada is “trailing key international partners” who have updated their approaches to securing vital utilities and services from a growing array of risks. The Public Safety Canada memo says “new and rapidly…