Big Idea: To fight wildfires, bring back preventative burns
For centuries, Indigenous fire keepers kept forests clear of fuel. It’s time to fight fire with fire once again.
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Under B.C.’s dome of smoke and ash
After the months-long COVID lockdown, B.C.ers have been forced back indoors as yellow, sooty air swallows entire streetscapes
This summer, Canada’s land of ice was on fire
Hundreds of wildfires, some visible from space, swept across the Arctic Circle this summer—and as they burned, these northern firefighters faced down the changing climate
Inside the Slave Lake inferno
How a raging wildfire devastated the community in a matter of minutes
