Canada's Unprecedented Wildfire Season: Updates and Responses.

Canada is facing its most severe early wildfire season on record, with 211 wildfires burning and 82 classified as out of control, the country’s minister of public safety said. Tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate across six provinces, including many from Indigenous communities. The fires have burned 2.7 million hectares of land, equivalent to more than 5 million football fields. Air quality warnings have been issued across the area, with several regions nearby in the northeastern United States also warning of poor air quality. The issue has remained politically fraught in Canada, with Alberta's newly elected Premier calling on supporters to stand against proposed federal policies aiming to cut carbon emissions.