What is causing wildfires to be especially deadly this year? And why is the sky shrouded in a sickly yellow haze? Here is the Star’s coverage of this year’s wildfire season so far, with stories and explainers helping answer readers’ questions.
Wildfires are wreaking havoc in Canada right now. Among those affected are not only communities situated close to forest fires, but even towns and cities located hundreds of miles away.
Northerly winds are pushing smoke plumes from Quebec’s wildfires southward, causing poor air quality, the Star’s Marissa Birnie reportedThe moon’s reddish colour is also related to the wildfire smoke, which can also affect the colour of the sun.
Less than a week before those blazes in Nova Scotia erupted, the province deemed its wildland fire situation to be at a “” — good enough, at least, to allow it to send 20 of its firefighters to help in other provinces. In an explainer about such fires in the Canadian Prairies, a region that is long accustomed to wildfires,
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