Canada’s worst wildfire seasons fuel push for national emergency agency

More than 900 fires are burning as experts warn Canada lacks a body to coordinate a growing climate threat As more than 900 wildfires burn across Canada, prompting evacuation orders and pushing Ontario into its worst wildfire season on record, officials are renewing calls for the country to develop a national wildfire strategy through the creation of a federal agency. Canada is the only G7 country that does not have a national emergency agency that is mandated to respond to wildfires. Contin...

By Olivia Bowden in Toronto