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Rain helps firefighters’ efforts in Quebec, but not enough to extinguish flames
June 27, 2023 The Canadian PressMONTREAL – This week’s rainfall likely won’t be enough to extinguish the wildfires in northern Quebec, but the wet weather could give firefighters a chance to get ahead of the flames, officials said Tuesday. Quebec’s forest fire prevention agency –…
Quebec wildfires continue to bring intense smoke
June 22, 2023 The Canadian PressMONTREAL – Hot, dry conditions are forecast to continue through the weekend in regions of Quebec threatened by wildfires. Katia Petit, a senior Quebec civil security official, says no community or essential infrastructure is immediately threatened by flames, but says…
Rainfall inadequate to douse northern Quebec wildfires
June 14, 2023 The Canadian PressMONTREAL – Quebec officials say the rainfall over the past 24 hours in the northern part of the province was inadequate to douse the wildfires. The province’s forest fire prevention agency – SOPFEU – says a wildfire near Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Que.,…
Canada is experiencing its ‘worst wildfire season of the 21st century’: Blair
June 13, 2023 The Canadian PressCanada is experiencing its worst wildfire season of the 21st century. Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair announced the grim milestone Monday, saying more than 47,000 square kilometres have burned so far this year, with 431 wildfires currently burning across Canada. …
Here’s what adjuster capacity is like for Canada’s wildfires
June 12, 2023 by Alyssa DiSabatinoFirefighters and other first responders have been stretched thin while battling an unprecedented wildfire season in Canada, and such may be the case for claims adjuster capacity as well. Across the industry, it’s a mixed bag of how quickly adjusters…
Feds looking to create national emergency response agency
June 9, 2023 Sarah Ritchie - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – The federal government is looking at creating some kind of national disaster response agency in the face of an unusually intense and destructive start to the wildfire season across the country. At the moment, federal departments including Emergency…
Will this be the worst wildfire season Canada has ever seen?
June 6, 2023 Mia Rabson - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – This is on track to be the worst fire season Canada has ever seen and the risk of wildfires will remain well above average in most of the country throughout the summer, the federal government warned Monday. At…
What it’s like on the scene of the Nova Scotia wildfires
June 1, 2023 by Jason ContantTwo large wildfires burning in Halifax and Shelburne counties in Nova Scotia remain out of control, even as fire and additional living expenses (ALE) claims start to trickle in for insurers and adjusters. Some adjusters aren’t able to access the…
What makes the Halifax wildfire so unique
May 29, 2023 by Jason ContantNova Scotia is no stranger to wildfire, but the out-of-control blaze burning in suburban Halifax is unique in its aggressiveness, Glenn McGillivray, managing director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction told Canadian Underwriter Monday. As of Monday afternoon, an…
More than half of N.W.T. wildfires so far this season caused by humans: officials
May 24, 2023 The Canadian PressHAY RIVER, N.W.T. – Officials in the Northwest Territories say more than half of the wildfires in the territory this year were started by people. A total of 15 wildfires have burned 161 square kilometres across the territory so far…
Rain could slow down record-breaking Alberta wildfires, officials say
May 23, 2023 Rob Drinkwater - THE CANADIAN PRESSEDMONTON – Light rainfall and cooler temperatures slowed down wildfire activity in Alberta over the long weekend and more rain that’s in the forecast may help firefighters catch a breath during a record-breaking season of fires. “This could be a…
Emissions from wildfires hit record high as climate change drives fire threat
May 19, 2023 The Canadian PressOTTAWA – Emissions from wildfires hit a new record in 2021 as the blazes that raged in Western Canada and Ontario produced more greenhouse gases than the oil and gas sector and heavy industry combined. Canada’s forests are relied on…