Edwin G. May 4

The 2026 Canadian wildfire season has already started causing damage

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/summer-of-village-of-sandy-beach-wildfire-alert-2026-9.7186029
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La saison 2026 des feux de forêt canadiens a déjà commencé à créer des dégâts

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2251136/feu-foret-alberta-sandy-beach

#SandyBeach #ABfires #FeuxAB #CANfires #FeuxCAN #Wildfires #FeuxDeForêt

Wildfire destroys homes in Summer Village of Sandy Beach, prompting local state of emergency | CBC News

According to a social media update from Sturgeon County posted Saturday, the fire has "consumed three homes and badly damaged another." Firefighting crews from multiple surrounding jurisdictions have been deployed to the scene.

CBC
Edwin G. Apr 10

What could happen in the 2026 wildfire season in Canada 🇨🇦?

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/04/10/whats-in-store-for-canadas-2026-wildfire-season/
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Que pourrait se produire durant la saison 2026 des feux de forêt au Canada 🇨🇦?

https://lp.ca/qOr2ca

#Canada #Wildfires #FeuxDeForêt #CANfires #FeuxCAN

What's in store for Canada's 2026 wildfire season?

Wildfire season may get off to a relatively quiet start in Canada but lingering drought and a warm summer could tip the scales towards another severe year, experts say. Wildfire expert Mike Flannigan says this year will be his “litmus test” for whether Canada’s wildfire seasons, already in uncharted territory and fuelled by human-caused climate […]

CityNews Montreal
Edwin G. Aug 6, 2025

Wildfire smoke knows no borders… as we have discovered in 2023 (for those that did not realize).

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/wildfire-air-quality-montreal-quebec-1.7600965
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La fumée des feux de forêt ne connaît aucune frontière… comme nous l’avons découvert en 2023 (pour ceux qui ne le réalisaient pas).

// Article en anglais //

#Wildfires #FeuxDeForêt #CANfires #FeuxCAN

Calm wildfire season in Quebec can't keep the smoke away | CBC News

There have been few fires in Quebec's forests this year, but large fires in the Prairies are still raging — and the province is feeling the effects.

CBC
Edwin G. Aug 3, 2025

I have to shout out CBC’s French service for describing Canada’s 🇨🇦 air quality as being execrable today.

// Article in French //
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La qualité de l’air au Canada 🇨🇦 est à nouveau exécrable dimanche.

Moi: Chapeau pour le choix de mots: exécrable! Maintenant, appelez un chat un chat et parlons-en de la cause racine de cette qualité de l’air.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2183323/qualite-air-toronto-feux-foret-fumee?partageApp=mastodon&accesVia=lien

#Canada #CANfires #FeuxCAN #Wildfires #FeuxDeForêt

La qualité de l’air est à nouveau exécrable dimanche

Plusieurs grandes villes canadiennes ont une qualité de l'air pouvant poser un risque pour la santé, mais celles-ci devraient s'améliorer d'ici lundi.

Radio-Canada
Show threadEdwin G. Aug 2, 2025

The Air Quality Alert just came in.
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L’alerte de qualité de l’air vient de rentrer.

https://alertable.ca/#/incidents/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.124.3402015977.2025

#Montréal #YULwx #MétéoYUL #CANfires #FeuxCAN

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Edwin G. Aug 2, 2025

Wildfire smoke is here (again) 😶‍🌫️😭🤬
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La fumée des feux de forêt est arrivée (encore) 😶‍🌫️😭🤬

#Montréal #YULwx #MétéoYUL #CANfires #FeuxCAN

Edwin G. Aug 2, 2025

Poor air quality warnings in northern Ontario  and western Québec  .

Why? Wildfire smoke.

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/ontario/special-air-quality-statement-for-northern-ontario-from-prairies-wildfire-smoke/article_f335e23a-b6ff-5df6-a578-41ee7b96e9dd.html
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Avertissement de mauvaise qualité de l’air pour le Nord de l’Ontario  et l’Ouest du Québec  .

Pourquoi? Fumée de feux de forêt.

// Article en anglais //

#Ontario #Québec #NorthBay #ThunderBay #SaultSteMarie #CANfires #FeuxCAN

Special air-quality statement for northern Ontario from Prairies wildfire smoke

Wildfire smoke from the Prairies has prompted a special air-quality statement over much of northern Ontario Saturday.

thecanadianpressnews.ca
Edwin G. Jul 19, 2025

According to the Canadian government 🇨🇦 , even more wildfires are likely in August

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/07/18/federal-officials-say-wildfire-forecast-shows-high-risk-of-more-fires-in-august/
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Selon le gouvernement canadien 🇨🇦, encore davantage de feux de forêt sont probables en août

// Article en anglais //

#Canada #CANfires #FeuxCAN #Wildfires #FeuxDeForêt

Federal officials say wildfire forecast shows high risk of more fires in August

More than 5.5 million hectares of land have burned so far this year, more than double the 10-year average for mid-July.

CityNews Toronto
Edwin G. Jun 5, 2025

Canadian governments have ordered water bombers, but we won’t get them for a while because they are backlogged.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/demand-water-bomber-planes-wildfires-manufacturing-1.7552600
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Les gouvernements canadiens ont commandé des avions-citernes, mais nous ne les aurons pas pendant un certain temps parce qu'il y a un surplus de commandes.

// Article en anglais //

#Canada #CANfires #FeuxCAN

Demand for water bombers has 'skyrocketed' as Canada grapples with more intense wildfires | CBC News

As Canada is again dealing with massive wildfires, the increasing severity of the natural disasters is having the knock-on effect of spiking the demand for water bomber planes — and it will be years before Canada gets its hands on a new one.

CBC
Edwin G. Jun 5, 2025

May I ask for rain tomorrow and Friday, for a whole country, pretty please! 🥺

Thank you!
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Est-ce que je peux demander de la pluie pour demain et vendredi, pour l’entièreté d’un pays, s’il vous plaiiit! 🥺

Merci!

#Canada #CANfires #FeuxCAN