Canada is sending the military to tackle fast-spreading wildfires in British Columbia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said, as the western province deals with flames that have led to evacuation orders for more than 35,000 people. British Columbia declared a…
A third firefighter has died in Canada while battling the country's worst wildfire season on record. Authorities say the firefighter died tackling the Donnie Creek fire near Fort St John, in the western province of British Columbia. People are evacuating…
The worst wildfire season in Canada‘s history shows no sign of abating as the number of blazes increased yet again this week. There were 883 active fires across provinces and territories on Thursday with two-thirds burning out of control, according to…
Wildfires raging across Canada have already broken records for total area burned, the number of people forced to evacuate their homes and the cost of fighting the blazes, and the fire season is only halfway through, officials said. “It’s no…
More than 100 million people were under air quality alerts early Friday from Wisconsin to Vermont and down to North Carolina as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to waft south, though conditions are expected to improve slowly into the holiday weekend. Storms on…
Hundreds of international firefighters who are helping overwhelmed Canadians battle unprecedented wildfires face a complex task in the heart of the boreal forest scorched by uncontrolled blazes. The leader of a French team deployed in Quebec, Eric Flores, said he…
Air quality warnings have been issued for millions across North America due to smoke spreading from ongoing wildfires in Canada. The effects of hundreds of wildfires burning in Quebec are being felt more than 450 miles away in New York City and Connecticut where air quality advisories for health have been issued. In…
At least one person is missing after a five-alarm fire raged through a historic building in Old Montreal on Thursday morning. The fire started around 5:45 a.m. in a building at the intersection of Place d'Youville and Saint-Nicolas Street, right…
Officials say the investigation is now ongoing after 12 people were injured in an apparent gas explosion that rocked an east Ottawa suburb on Monday morning, including two children and two people who were pulled out of the rubble. The…
Officials are calling a fire that claimed the lives of three boys in Brampton Thursday a “tragic circumstance,” but say they do not believe it was a case of neglect. “This is a tragic circumstance where mom went to…