Unless you’re roasting marshmallows, it’s hard to think of fire in the woods as a good thing. We all watched wildfire ...

As wildfires become more frequent and intense across Canada, fire officials are seeing stark differences between northwestern ...

(Submitted by Simon Côté) The changes came at the right time. In 2023, the city cut back spruce, pine and other coniferous trees ahead of a forest fire season that ravaged the province.

According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre’s final report of the year, 769 active fires were still burning throughout Canada with 345 categorized as “out of control,” 186 as ...

Erik Piikkila, a forest technician and watershed ecologist in Ladysmith, said that while B.C.'s forecast decline in tree planting next year is likely due to a number of factors — from a lack of ...

While facing the Chuckegg Creek fire in May, 2019, just outside the evacuated High Level, Alta., he suddenly saw a single tree consumed by flames and started to run.

Erik Piikkila, a forest technician and watershed ecologist in Ladysmith, said that while B.C.’s forecast decline in tree planting next year is likely due to a ­number of factors — including ...

Without fire, dead trees and branches can build up on the forest floor, providing more fuel for larger, hotter blazes. "We set up a situation that is explosive," Boyce said.

Trees downed by the derecho have been dead and drying on the forest floor for more than a year, a source of fuel for any flame. Ottawa lost more than 2,500 trees in the derecho in city parks and ...

The Jasper wildfire flames felled trees, incinerated shrubs and left the mountains looking sparse — a barren, charred ...

Erik Piikkila, a forest technician and watershed ecologist in Ladysmith, said that while B.C.'s forecast decline in tree planting next year is likely due to a number of factors — from a lack of ...