Category: quebec wildfires

Canadian Rangers to Help Evacuate Quebec Cree Communities Threatened by Wildfires

Ottawa is deploying Canadian Rangers to help evacuate northern Quebec communities threatened by wildfires. Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said today the government will also help fly people to safety. Quebec’s forest fire agency says there are 134 wildfires burning in the province, including 93 in the zone that includes several Cree communities. Canadian Rangers…


French President Sending 100 Firefighters to Fight Quebec Wildfires

As thousands of Quebec residents evacuated due to the more than 150 wildfires over the weekend, French President Emmanuel Macron said his country will send 100 firefighters to help. “Canadian friends, reinforcements are coming,” he said in a June 4 tweet in French. “Canada is facing terrible fires. France is united. A hundred of our…