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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith deflects when asked about wildfires and climate change

Alberta has had an unprecedented start to its wildfire season, with fires scorching more than 10,000 square kilometres of forest since March.Xianli Wang, a fire research scientist with the Canadian Forest Service, said climate change is a major factor.

Wang said about half of the wildfires in any given year are caused by lightning strikes, while the other half are human caused. “It is just not a random thing. Climate change is playing a major role to make it happen,” Wang said.

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