A new government model to estimate peatland emissions and their impact on climate change could provide a new perspective on ...

Smoke from wildfires blankets the skies over Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada, visible even from space. The vast plumes ...

Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce ...

Canada's wildfires have burned more than 13.6 million acres (5.5 million hectares) this year, an area roughly the size of ...

A group of Republican lawmakers has complained that smoke from Canadian wildfires is ruining summer for Americans, just days ...

Canada’s fire season is only just beginning, and officials there warned this week it would continue to be severe through the summer. If it follows the pattern of a normal year, ...

Wildfires in Canada have burned a staggering 25 million acres so far this year, an area roughly the size of Kentucky. With more than a month of peak fire season left to go, 2023 has already ...

A Canadian wildfire crew leader was scouting around the Summit Lake Fire in British Columbia when he stumbled upon a mother ...

By the time the Silver State Hotshot crew arrived from Nevada a few weeks ago, Canada’s wildfires had already scorched millions of acres and shattered all-time burning records.

Wildfires are common in Canada's western provinces, but this year the eastern provinces of Nova Scotia, Quebec and parts of Ontario have also reeled from out-of-control wildfires.

From 1982 to 1993, Canada’s median wildfire size was 112 hectares. From 2013 to 2022, it was 509 hectares. This year so far, it’s about 1,900 hectares.

While Canada's wildfire season got off to a fast start this year, some weather pattern changes in recent weeks have slowed the rate of new blazes.. For example, 60 new wildfires were reported in ...