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USA Today | Human activity caused the majority of Canadian wildfires sending smoke down the east coast

June 8, 2023

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Wildfire smoke blankets a B.C. landscape. TRU research is examining the experiences of Indigenous people displaced by wildfires.

Wildfires have already consumed more than double the amount of land burned in the entire Canadian fire season last year, and it’s only June. Wildfire expert Dr. Mike Flannigan provides insight. Read more

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