While northeast B.C. has seen some alleviating rain, much of Western Canada is in extreme fire danger, from holdover fires to zombie ones
Good morning, it’s Ann Hui here, filling in for Danielle Groen. All eyes are on Jasper, the picturesque town in the Canadian Rockies currently under threat of wildfire. Some 10,000 people have already been forced to evacuate from the town, with up to 15,000 leaving Jasper National Park. More on the wildfires below.after a member of Canada Soccer’s support team allegedly used a drone to record a practice of the New Zealand’s women’s team.in Western Canada.
So how does this year’s wildfire season compare? We asked Lori Daniels, a forest ecology professor at the University of British Columbia, to put this summer’s fires into context:In the northeast of B.C. and in northern Alberta, we’ve been in drought conditions for multiple years. We’ve also been under this high-pressure heat dome, and again, the heat domes are proving to be a catalyst for fires. We’re seeing that all across western North America right now.
And fire season is just ramping up in the southern part of the province. It’s carrying over fires from 2023 – the holdover fires, and the zombie fires.The fire can literally go underground in the boggy soils, the muskeg and peat soils. It’s organic material, so it can continue to burn even through the snow and the winter. And in the spring, when the forest and soil dries out, the heat of the fire comes back up to the surface. It pops alive.In northeast B.C.
But for the southern parts of the province, in eastern Alberta, and across the prairie provinces, we’re still seeing a lot of areas in extreme fire danger. We’re looking for relief from the rain, and asking people to be vigilant.Canadian athletes have descended on Paris – spending Tuesday exercising outside, jogging, doing gymnastics and holding team meetings. Globe and Mail photographer Siegfried Modola documented the team getting ready for the first “normal” Summer Games since 2016.
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