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Global News
3 days ago
- Climate
- Global News
Canada's 2025 wildfire season now second-worst on record, fuelled by Prairies blazes
Canada's 2025 wildfire season is now the second-worst on record. The latest figures posted by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre suggest the fires have torn through 72,000 square kilometres, an area roughly the size of New Brunswick. That surpasses the next worst season in 1989 and is about half the area burned during the record-setting 2023 season, according to a federal database of wildfire seasons dating back to 1972. 9:12 Why Canada's forests are more vulnerable to wildfires than ever Climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, has made Canada's fire season longer and more intense, scientists say. The last three fire seasons are all in the 10 worst on record. Story continues below advertisement 'We really need to do a lot more to manage our forest, to reduce the impact of climate change and better prepare the communities that are at risk,' said Anabela Bonada, managing director of climate science at the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo. This season has displaced thousands of people and stifled communities across Canada with wildfire smoke. View image in full screen A wildfire burns near Pine Grove Resort, about two hours north Prince Albert, Sask. in late May, forcing campers and area residents to scramble to safety from the smoke and flames. Courtesy: Joanne Dorward Manitoba and Saskatchewan account for more than half the area burned so far, but British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario are all also well above their 25-year averages. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Meanwhile, the military and coast guard were called in to help fight fires in Newfoundland and Labrador this week. This season has put a strain on Canada's firefighting resources. The country has been at its highest preparedness level since late May, relying on international help to tackle the fires. Story continues below advertisement There were 446 international firefighters in Canada as of Friday, said Alexandria Jones, a spokesperson for the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, which co-ordinates Canada's firefighting response. View image in full screen Smoke rises from a wildfire near Peachland, B.C. on July 30, 2025. Courtesy: Lynn Banfield This season has officials exploring partnerships with countries whose fire season doesn't so closely overlap with Canada's, unlike the United States, Jones said. More firefighters are coming from Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico this year than in years past. In all, about 1,400 international firefighters have helped fight Canadian fires so far this year. 'It is very exhausting work, and it does have impacts on mental health and so we're very cognizant that our crews start to get tired,' Jones said in an interview Friday. 'That's another justification why we bring in more international resources.' Story continues below advertisement 2:04 State of emergency renewed in Manitoba as wildfires continue to rage Bonada, the University of Waterloo expert, said this season has underlined the importance of better preparing for intensifying wildfires. Along with reducing greenhouse gas emissions, she pointed to a slew of possible changes to help communities prepare for the future. At the local level, she suggested communities should be integrating fire breaks into their design, planning safe evacuation routes and completing annual emergency planning exercises, among other things.
CTV News
7 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Expert warns severe wildfires could become the new normal without climate action
Watch Intact Centre on Climate Adaption manager Anabela Bonada on what's driving severe wildfires and their impact on indigenous communities.
CBC
30-05-2025
- Climate
- CBC
What questions do you have as wildfires burn across Canada?
You've got smart questions, we've got solid answers. Click here to listen to the CBC's Just Asking every Saturday at 4 p.m. when you need to make sense of the world around you. Let your friend Saroja Coelho be your guide. With guest experts, Just Asking turns the week's news and latest trends into tips that help you make better decisions in your life. Whether it's tech, money, career or health — we'll hear you out, and help you out. The show takes live calls on CBC Radio every Saturday afternoon, and drops the podcast that same evening. Here's what's happening this Saturday: What questions do you have as wildfires burn across Canada? Both Manitoba and Saskatchewan are in a state of emergency as communities across Canada are witnessing the effects of wildfires - from Newfoundland and Labrador, to northern Ontario to B.C. Early signs point to another active wildfire season in 2025 after Canada just experienced two of its worst wildfire seasons on record. Lori Daniels is the Koerner Chair in Wildfire Coexistence in the Faculty of Forestry at UBC. Anabela Bonada is the Managing Director of Climate Science at the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation. What questions do you have about psychedelic therapy? There's a growing body of research pointing to the therapeutic applications for psychedelics, including MDMA and psilocybin, along with ketamine which was approved for therapeutic use in 2020. The promise of a new frontier in treatment for depression, anxiety and PTSD is an appealing one for researchers and patients desperately looking for solutions in a mental health crisis. But with all the excitement around psychedelics in therapy, where does the research stand, and what risks should patients be aware of? Leah Mayo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary and the Parker Research Chair in Psychedelics. Ron Shore is the Interim Assistant Scientific Director of the Canadian Institute of Military and Veteran Health Research and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, at Queen's University in Kingston. They'll take your questions!
