Global National: July 20, 2024 | Wildfires rage across western Canada as heat wave lingers

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After a relatively slow start to the wildfire season, things in western Canada are heating up. As temperatures soar across much of the region with a lingering heatwave blanketing almost half the country, dozens of blazes are being sparked and putting thousands at risk. Catherine Urquhart has more on the escalating wildfire emergency.
British Columbia is currently the epicentre of Canada's wildfire fight, with more than 300 wildfires burning on Saturday. More than half are considered out of control, with around 80 starting in just the past day. The Shetland Creek Wildfire in B.C.'s central interior is one of the most dangerous currently burning in the province. Aaron McArthur has the details.
After warnings that the tentative agreement reached yesterday between the LCBO and the union representing its workers might collapse, both sides are now saying they have signed off on a return-to-work protocol. In a Saturday statement, the Crown agency said that all unionized employees would return to work on Monday and stores would be open to shoppers on Tuesday, pending ratification. Sean O’Shea reports.
Plus, internal documents obtained by Global News are shedding new light on the federal government's recent moves to decrease the number of temporary immigrants. Among those measures was the return of a visa requirement for Mexican nationals, following a surge of asylum claims coming from that country. As Touria Izri explains, the documents show how that issue also quickly became a problem for U.S.-Canada relations.
In Rome, ancient history met modern-day heat as tourists sought refuge from scorching temperatures by going underground. Europe has been sweltering under an unprecedented heatwave this week with temperatures soaring to record highs in some regions, and communities across Europe have found creative ways to cope with the heat, amid growing concerns over climate change. Neetu Garcha reports.
And finally, as the Olympic flame is set to be lit in Paris for the Olympic Games in a week's time, many are questioning whether the real-world conflicts of Ukraine and Gaza will overshadow the competitive spirit of the games. Nathaniel Dove takes a closer look at the delicate balance between celebrating human achievement and navigating the complexities of global politics.
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@justincase6588 2 ай бұрын

Global News should be congratulated on their Comments Policy. I cannot understand what CBC is afraid of. No matter what is being covered their viewers cannot comment or exchange ideas. Thank you Global, your journalist integrity is strong and appreciated.

@karenneill9109 2 ай бұрын

I think Global hadn’t been the target of (or has figured out how to stop) political bots. If you look at the comments on CTV, it’s clear that it is filled with bots. The racist, nasty, ugly, weird comments there are out of control! (For a while there every other comment was about Trudeau being a ‘tyrant’ 😂).

@zachweyrauch2988 2 ай бұрын

Ctv isn't popular enough for comments here to be a huge issue. It still gets contentious. I myself am flagged for consoring right now.

@schwags1969 2 ай бұрын

Glorbal news leaves its comments open because they get less hate mail than cbc, or they are getting less money from the federal government. And BTW glorbal is not really news, they cherry pick stories. Look elsewhere for your "news".

@fringeminority5676 2 ай бұрын

Most report misinformation and lies. Most of media can not be trusted but cbc and ctv are the worst

@LMG-yl3wy 2 ай бұрын

CBC has a lot of funding by the Federal government and have a narrative to push. The Truth doesn't mind to be questioned, generally, those who question anything these days, are the problem. Thanks Global for the opportunity to share thoughts.

@Machoman-mp3hm 2 ай бұрын

Its going for more than 20 years and the country is short on water aiplanes , but sent billions to Ukraine.

@derekbooker3677 2 ай бұрын

Shortage of volunteer firefighters,pilots and aging water bombers. Recipe for disaster.

@schwags1969 2 ай бұрын

That is geo-politics. It needs to end.

@Machoman-mp3hm 2 ай бұрын

@@johncowper7982 How about find a Solution for the fires right here , deal with your issues before pinpointing your 👉 to another country.

@schwags1969 2 ай бұрын

@@johncowper7982 Indeed, it is well know.

@garyhaggquist740 2 ай бұрын

Yes, the 1.4 million Canadians of Ukrainian descent, and the 200,000+ Ukrainian refugees currently in Canada fleeing Putin's brutal invasion - are well aware that Conservatives are not on their side.

@matti8894 2 ай бұрын

Arson. They busted a serial arsonist in Coldstream, BC who set 7 fires and charged him with Mischief.

@crystafletcher637 2 ай бұрын

And then the liberal-npd government will blame the arson on climate change.. Heat warnings everyday for the exact same temperatures as the previous 10+ years😂

@Consequence 2 ай бұрын

Arson is behind ~85% of Canadian fires.

@thevision3502 2 ай бұрын

@@crystafletcher637 the temperature has been the same for the past ten years? Meth is a hell of a drug.

@jackiepaper101 2 ай бұрын

Why do the arsonists always strike during heatwaves and droughts?

@gweflj 2 ай бұрын

You again troll 🤣 Maybe get in touch with them. Many have been prosecuted.

@Diademic111 2 ай бұрын

the season of arson is off to a good start I see

@schwags1969 2 ай бұрын

Oh, indeed. Lightning has been going crazy in BC also.

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

Marjorie Taylor Greene thought that the 2018 California wildfires were ignited by a space laser controlled by a corporate cabal, including the Rothschild banking firm, which is objectively ridiculous. What difference does it make if fires are started by Jewish space lasers, careless campers or lightning? Hot dry weather is going to allow fires to burn much longer regardless of the reason for ignition.

@HemiJB91 2 ай бұрын

Do you have proof its not ? @ThadThad-q1n

@schwags1969 2 ай бұрын

@ThadThad-q1n Google it, half the Alberta fires last year were proven to be arson.

@Chewbizzness 2 ай бұрын

It’s almost like this story keeps playing every year lol

@swapshots4427 2 ай бұрын

Not funny living through it. Been there, twice.

@Ang36914 2 ай бұрын

Yes, because wildfires occur every year.

@muchmuschik444 2 ай бұрын

because liberals shouldn't go camping

@Motorsportsgeek 2 ай бұрын

@@swapshots4427 The media is fueling this and just brainwashing activists to go start fires its sad. Not saying none are caused naturally but many are started by people. Just like the 200$ churches that "accidentally" burnt down in the last few years across Canada.

@karenneill9109 2 ай бұрын

Not funny. It’s getting worse and worse.

@jasonday4658 2 ай бұрын

"Annual Saskatchewan Weather Breakdown" - 6 months of freezing weather, 3 months of rain/wind/cloud, 3 months of wildfire smoke. Living in Canada is truly awesome.... If you are considering moving to Saskatchewan, do your research......

@Osprey23-o8l 2 ай бұрын

Yes agree. Stay in Toronto and Vancouver.

@SandiKlein 2 ай бұрын

Sounds like the BC interior, 💯

@truthspeaks623 2 ай бұрын

Quick Dic McDick lives in sask

@AnnieTslp 2 ай бұрын

It’s the same here in Alberta 😕

@jasonday4658 2 ай бұрын

@@AnnieTslp 100%, I used to live there.

@ericwolf2641 2 ай бұрын

I love how the reporter was standing in front of an LCBO store with a large pride flag. Nice job Global of being less than subtle... need to work in your daily quota of LGBTQ+ content.

@Gafferd8186 2 ай бұрын

“If you spot it you got it”😂🎉

@acedelserpente 2 ай бұрын

Maybe don't spray aluminum in the air

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

I hear that those chem-trails spray barium and aluminum. BA and AL. What does that spell? The pagan fake diety of Baal. Deep state conspiracy much? Also, shouldn't they allow some wildfires to just burn wild, so that they can concentrate resources where it more matters? Much of Canada is quite empty of people.

@1MrBanff 2 ай бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one thinking this.

@manisha1404 2 ай бұрын

Don't eat animals

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

@@manisha1404 But why? If we are not supposed to eat animals, then why are they made of meat? Another bumper sticker. I (heart) animals. They are delicious.

@suztjembijawatson3362 2 ай бұрын

Over 50 years ago, people were trying to tell forest services that annual burning was necessary for the forests survival and growth. That by putting out the smaller fires, they were creating a recipe for disaster as old growth is not cleared naturally and will build up over time. Guess what? It has built up over time. It's called forestry mismanagement. Sad but not unpredictable and no, the cause is not the oil and gas industry. 🙄

@schwags1969 2 ай бұрын

I have been saying that since the 80's, I have been camping since then and have noticed a lot of debris left by logging companies. The prescribed burns actually helped, then that program was terminated. Now a lot of logging companies are either lazy or the government is meddling.

@garyhaggquist740 2 ай бұрын

Spare us the Conservative science & evidence denial. CDN wildfire expert Mike Flannigan has stated, "the increase in area burned in Canada is a direct result of human caused climate change. The area burned has doubled in Canada since the 1970s as a result of warming temperatures.” There is an overwhelming scientific consensus on human caused climate change (caused by the burning of coal, oil & gas) - 99.94% vs .06% - a higher scientific consensus than for the theory of gravity. Do you also deny gravity?

@bunzeebear2973 2 ай бұрын

Right!!! That fire that happened in the Kelowna area a couple of years ago(2003).....that lightning strike hit near that island but on shore in an area that was designated "au natural" park. What ever classification that was. It was not to be logged or mined - it was how nature intended. It was like that forever. Not good enough to make a real park out of it as it was too rugged and too many gulleys. Jack pine(short squat trees was there). When lightning strikes it was picked up by Penticton weather tower. Most times fire will start and quickly go out on its own. That is usual. THIS TIME because it was in a gulley and a slight breeze was blowing away from the lake up the gulley, the fire stayed lite and spread up the gulley. . So there had never been a fire there, no forestry work done there Not even campfires got out of hand because it was just bushland. Nobody wanted to camp there. Maybe it took out 600 homes? Hard to remember, Mine was NOT one of them. Even MARS waterbomber was deployed once or twice. I scoped out the fire zone after the fire was out by rain. I kind of knew the area as being a place I don't want to visit again-so boring. . There were no houses, any made out of aluminum siding, they were GONE...the fire was so spotty. Here a house is gone and out in the field next door, say 75 feet, a plywood shed still stands. I went to the forest and there were numerous gopher holes(which I figured were tree roots) The fire was that hot that it burnt the roots underground. No blackened trees standing(like Smoky the Bear commercials). There was nothing. No blackened logs, only white ash. I went into a former subdivision....many houses were gone and many still stood unscathed. No rhyme or reason. The reason is the way the wind blew as it went up the gulley. . I was more amazed by the number of underground fires that were happening. So many gopher tunnel holes. . People built there again . Then the same happened on the West Side of Okanagan Lake in 2023 with 30MPH wind blowing up the valley. Many homes lost there and Lake Okanagan Resort(20 miles away). That has been there for over 30 years. . So it happens when it happens(maybe once in your lifetime)

@pncfriesen 2 ай бұрын

Wonder how many are human caused

@jasonday4658 2 ай бұрын

Way too many.....

@whereswendy8544 2 ай бұрын

@@pncfriesen Notice how they are not saying, anymore...

@Motorsportsgeek 2 ай бұрын

The media just fuels all this, and its just sad. They were just saying Preparing for the fires to start a few days ago.

@Consequence 2 ай бұрын

85% and those are the criminals they caught

@jackiepaper101 2 ай бұрын

Weird how they always seem to happen during droughts and heatwaves.

@nononsenseBennett 2 ай бұрын

How ironic: A town surrounded by fire with a fast flowing water source at the ready to pump onto dwellings yet nothing of the sort is being done. This is truly ridiculous.

@karenneill9109 2 ай бұрын

Easier said than done.

@schwags1969 2 ай бұрын

@@karenneill9109 That is what I was going to say.

@GinaPelletier-x5l 2 ай бұрын

apparently they can not act without permission from the alberta government

@norrislaitinen5011 2 ай бұрын

Take your climate change warning youtube and shove it.

@greghallberg4182 2 ай бұрын

Are you any relation to Esa Tikannen? 😂😂😂

@joshbates9015 2 ай бұрын

Do you need a trigger warning or something?

@vanavatareight5135 2 ай бұрын

Such crappy, cold weather here in Edmonton for months... then suddenly, we get a week and a half of heat and wildfire smoke today and the world is about to end. Humans sure are amazing creatures.

@treborobotacon 2 ай бұрын

@vanavatareight5135 Totally, as a kid I remember half the province being on fire every summer.

@schwags1969 2 ай бұрын

100% correct, fear mongering.

@scottekoontz 2 ай бұрын

Warmer and dryer is more conducive to fire no matter the source. Pretending that all fires are arson is a bit childish. Lightning, power lines, thrown cigarettes, etc. are far more likely to cause a fire if... warm and dry. But golly, we have to hear from the people who thought only arsonists started fires.

@lastChang 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, China 🇨🇳 for - building more and more *coal-fired power plants,* and - burning more and more *fossil fuel.*

@Osprey23-o8l 2 ай бұрын

Don’t forget to thank Indian too.

@whereswendy8544 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@caryfrancis8030 2 ай бұрын

Lets not forget Canada that exported 36 million tons of coal in 2022. China is such a jerk for burning it. Sure in 2005 we only exported 28 million tons, bet they burned that too.

@12345678hgjghjvg 2 ай бұрын

Don’t forget to thank Indian too.

@jackiepaper101 2 ай бұрын

And all the Western corporations that manufacture there and then sell their products to Westerners like YOU.

@harmony331000 2 ай бұрын

I have no a/c and this heat wave is suffocating right now in Alberta and as of today there’s tons of wildfire smoke too so you don’t want to open everything up with toxic air coming inside but you have to get the house cooled off in the evening …it’s freakin’ brutal, hard to keep up with a good mood and relief is still too far away🥵🥵🥵I feel for the animals and seniors and homeless folks right now, this is no small thing on our bodies✌️

@mitch500 2 ай бұрын

The heat is gone by wednesday evening, Smoke will be here all week. I dont have ac either my house is 28-30c inside. i work outside all day, the heat happens here. has so forver but only lasts a couple weeks.

@harmony331000 2 ай бұрын

@@mitch500 ya I was born here and have been saying, “why does 31 degrees Celsius feel so much hotter and uncomfortable like never before? In the shade it’s honestly tolerable a lot more than in the sun..the sun is burning faster and hotter…I used to be out in it all day, for most of my life like you’re saying and the sun right now is definitely not like the sun I remember here!

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

Wildfire smoke is the most normal thing, during dry summers. It is not so much the natural heat, but lack of rain the heat dries things out, and perhaps makes more wind also.

@susan638 2 ай бұрын

Sorry for your suffering and the loss of your dad. I have A/C. Without it, the situation in my suite would be brutal as I live on the upper floor of my condo building. The down side is that my power bill will be sky high at the end of the month and I'm on a low fixed income.

@harmony331000 2 ай бұрын

@@yosefmacgruber1920 I’m not sure if you were meaning to imply wildfire smoke is harmless, if not I apologize for misinterpretation but it seemed like it so I had to say that wildfire smoke is really toxic, much worse for you than cigarette smoke is, the fine particulates in wildfire smoke are very particular & unique, carcinogenic, & incredibly harmful and toxic, we are getting government emergency alerts on our phones several times a day here regarding the smoke because it’s so toxic, anyone compromised like seniors, children, chronically ill people are told not to go outside here and that even healthy people are taking a massive risk…our air quality averages 1-2 out of 10 usually which is no risk or acceptable risk, right now it’s a 7 & severely impacting many people in a very negative way health wise…it’s not normal, and even if it was considered normal for an area or natural in it’s cause , that doesn’t mean or equal that it’s ok, harmless, or good or no risk when breathing it in. 😬✌️

@youtubehatesus2651 2 ай бұрын

Trudeau has hired more arsonists this summer

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@tammywesterhausen1596 2 ай бұрын

EXACTLY🤬

@AmandaHugandKiss411 2 ай бұрын

Canada needs to change its immigration. Those who came in the last 2 years on student visas should be deported. Anyone who immigrated in the last 2 years, from problematic countries should be deported. Training for post secondary or upgrading should be more affordable for our own citizens. Job ads that are offering different priorities or higher wages based on pro-immagrant criteria should be a human rights violation. And made illegal.

@bunzeebear2973 2 ай бұрын

Check with a local college and you will see that immigrants wanting to study in Canada Have to pay double if not triple what a local has to pay. Colleges have figured this out so the student visa income is the major part of their income. UNLESS YOU want to PAY MORE YOURSELF.? I don't so I am fine with them being here. Which country is problematic exactly?

@125alo 2 ай бұрын

Global mafia

@gabriellevillecourt5777 2 ай бұрын

Forest fires in BC are now the norm. The BC forestry does not put out the small fires. They wait until they are large and then they panic. They won't do anything unless the fires are getting near to dwellings. I know because my nephew worked for them several years and that is their policy.

@whereswendy8544 2 ай бұрын

@@gabriellevillecourt5777 Also, they reduced the number of forestry workers by over 60% in the last few years.

@dbargz6642 2 ай бұрын

Or they light a back burn next to your town before forecasted high winds then leave for over a week while your town burns and blame the locals for getting in the way of their fire fighting efforts.

@TheAircool1 2 ай бұрын

Yes thats kinda the crux of firefighting these days Plus, fires are a part of the ecosystem in western North America.

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

Can that be totally criticized? There is not the resources to fight all wildfires, and often small fires do not amount to much. Might burn for a few days and then start to fizzle, depending on what the weather does. Sometimes wildfires burn _AWAY_ from populated areas, thus not having much need of suppression. I think that they fight too many wildfires. What does it matter that a wildfire is becoming really large, if it is out in remote wilderness? I thought it is going to burn sooner or later anyway?

@DonNahachewski 2 ай бұрын

Why are people not being taught how to put fires out properly ? Every one knows how to light a fire ,but most don’t even have a way to carry water to put out a fire !

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

Well maybe they should, but isn't it a reality that a little lingering smoke from a has-been campfire, probably is not going to do anything? Maybe we could have a fire bucket by each campfire ring, but so many people are inconsiderate and would probably steal the buckets.

@happyinfidel1 2 ай бұрын

a fire near roads tells me arson..

@thevision3502 2 ай бұрын

It’s a good thing you are not a detective

@jackiepaper101 2 ай бұрын

These arsonists always seem to strike during heatwaves and droughts.

@gweflj 2 ай бұрын

Yep. They’re not going to further their agenda in the winter are they🙄 How many activist climate alarmists were caught last year? 14 wasn’t it?

@tracer0017 2 ай бұрын

@@jackiepaper101 Like last year,

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@mi12386 2 ай бұрын

loved to hear the good news about saving the fishermen

@politicalfoolishness7491 2 ай бұрын

Summer is here again. Keep in mind the highest Canadian month average temperature was in July 1936 in Sask and averaged 35.8 C. This won't be matched anywhere in Canada this year.

@rrradelle 2 ай бұрын

we got 36 last monday…

@politicalfoolishness7491 2 ай бұрын

@@rrradelle Yes but average the whole month and that is the 1936 stat.

@thevision3502 2 ай бұрын

How’s pushing your false agenda going? Just wondering……..

@gweflj 2 ай бұрын

Enough with those facts, racist!

@DustinGould 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely in edmonton the coldest recorded temperature was like 1870 and up till last year the hottest was like 1936 thats a long time ago

@neerajgosal408 2 ай бұрын

I really think we should slow down everything else and start figuring out how to heat, cool and protect the city from the elements regardless if u believe in man made climate change ur still on an ancient planet that can do what it wants, at most u r a person who has seen 100 years of what this planet can do and even if we have 5k years of recorded history and ways to look further back then that , that still doesn't mean we know the full extent of things and we are getting clear warning signs its probably in our best interest to switch are main focus to some sort of protection.

@jameskeenan9308 2 ай бұрын

LCBO needs to go, there nothing but colossal waste of time. They go on strike to fight privatized liquor sales? But end up with a raise increase? Glorified Walmart employees.

@bunzeebear2973 2 ай бұрын

Nope. I worked at Wally's. They can't go on strike and are paid under minimum wages....and I worked for LCBO so I am against privatization. The Waltons have their Billions.

@jameskeenan9308 2 ай бұрын

No Walmart in Canada pays under min wage, they can't... And that's why LCBO needs to go, over paid waist of money.

@freddykruger1086 2 ай бұрын

Keep weather manipulation going and prescribed burn that just miraculously get out of control..they never been this obvious.

@SamanthaKroeger 2 ай бұрын

THIS IS JUST GEO ENGINEERING. DON'T SELL IT AS CLIMATE CHANGE.

@jave8462 2 ай бұрын

I don’t understand why so many wildfires simultaneously!!! So rare!!! The Global temperature hasn’t increased so much to provoke this horrible situation!!!

@thevision3502 2 ай бұрын

Yes it has………

@davidriedel5282 2 ай бұрын

The temperatures of land and water have increased significantly, and average snowfall/rainfall have decreased...

@jackiepaper101 2 ай бұрын

Why are they all happening during heatwaves and droughts? It doesn't make sense.

@joshbates9015 2 ай бұрын

Hot temperatures + dry air = lightening storms Lighting storms + drought conditions = wildfires Get it now?

@lindavolk9958 2 ай бұрын

I don't suppose they're started on purpose by the same people pushing the climate change agenda? 🤔

@frankhardy4969 2 ай бұрын

Arsonists...There Is Nothing WILD About These Fires!

@patricialongo5870 2 ай бұрын

But the fires would still burn anyway, without arson. It's not like we expect conservatives to ever be ready for action. Let's agree to laugh and snidely delay.

@vincevincent6984 2 ай бұрын

Not my Jasper !!!! 😭 😡

@SamsungS23-eb7fn 2 ай бұрын

Chemtrail increase and forest fire increase. Just a coincidence?

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@coolhandluke2310 2 ай бұрын

FREE FREE CANADA 🇨🇦

@Livefreewhileucan 2 ай бұрын

Watch the wild fires disappear when trudy is out of office

@Nothing-ol1gq 2 ай бұрын

Keep Canada CANADIAN

@crazyralph6386 2 ай бұрын

Arsonists are working overtime

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@dsbarclayeng1 2 ай бұрын

Every summer there are wildfires in BC. Hope this year won't be as bad as 2023.

@zometthecomet 2 ай бұрын

😂 I’m not to worried about air quality when there’s no fricken wind to even cool off with + 36 with no wind stagnant heat is worst 😅

@loganholmberg2295 2 ай бұрын

too much imigration is ruining this country. We do not need to let inn almost a million people a year to work minimum wage at Mcdonalds. Did justin sacrifice out economy so he could fill a bunch of minimum wage jobs to make the job market look good? Id rather have Mcdonalds and time hortons have a hard time finding employees then seeing my grocery bill double in the past 4 years. Dear god I hate to think how the children in my family are ever going to afford homes?

@thevision3502 2 ай бұрын

Unless you are First Nations then you are an immigrant too……….

@zzorhncarlson1090 2 ай бұрын

Amen!

@TheAircool1 2 ай бұрын

Canadians from the 1890s-1910s "wait you dont just let in literally everyone that shows up and you cant just pay a small bribe anymore?"

@jayleeper1512 2 ай бұрын

“You will own nothing and you will be happy” - Blackrock International

@TheAircool1 2 ай бұрын

@@jayleeper1512 *Blackrock investors (aka upper middle class and upper class Americans)

@JTDPM 2 ай бұрын

It's almost as though every year that goes by in which we don't properly manage our forests, the fires get worse.

@swapshots4427 2 ай бұрын

@@JTDPM You ever Flown over BC.!?

@JTDPM 2 ай бұрын

@swapshots4427 more than a couple of times. I've lived in different parts of BC for almost 30 years. You ever have a forest fire burn to within a stones throw of your backdoor because you live in an interface area that's had zero prevention work done, ever?

@swapshots4427 2 ай бұрын

@@JTDPM Be nice to know which .001% of millions of acres to 'sweep' in advance wouldn't it. And yes, I have, twice, quite frightening. Our volunteer department just put out a lightening strike directly above me two days ago.

@JTDPM 2 ай бұрын

@@swapshots4427 Common sense would say start with the interface areas.

@themooseface 2 ай бұрын

pretty hard to feel safe anywhere in the bc interior anymore. can you even get insurance for wild fire anymore?

@qualicumwilson5168 2 ай бұрын

Funny thing about "wildfire insurance", like ":flood" and ":earthquake" insurance. The only people that want those are the ones in high risk areas and, ergo. must pay high risk insurance rates. Just remember insurance companies operate to make profit, not to pay out more money than they bring in. GOVERNMENT insurance is a different animal. P.S. the average "burn cycle (years between forest fires), BEFORE Europeans came, was between 10 and 20 years. Now we put out fires which increases the amount of fuel available increases which makes fires harder to extinguish. Vicious circle, for sure.

@frankhardy4969 2 ай бұрын

You mean Arson!

@jeffwenger5610 2 ай бұрын

Proper forest management would reduce the number and intensity of fires. There are millions of acres of fuel just waiting to be ignited, so don't expect this to end anytime soon. This is getting common and happens every summer.

@raclark2730 2 ай бұрын

Scrolled through half a comment section and you are the only one talking about this. People need to wake up. There is a similar problem here in Australia. Its not good enough and people just take it. Good luck.

@mazdarx7887 2 ай бұрын

Yup, keep giving money to other countries rather than buying a bunch of AT-802F's to protect Canada

@amandaelliott7953 2 ай бұрын

Arsonists….🤔

@davidriedel5282 2 ай бұрын

Most of the fires in B.C. were ignited by lightning.

@amandaelliott7953 2 ай бұрын

@@davidriedel5282 oh I believe that too, Lightning, human error Last year the politicians ran around screaming about climate crisis (re fires), and then we found out that there were arsonists who started fires on both east and west coast. I don’t doubt the severity or reality of it. ….wouldn’t it be nice if they discussed practical solutions and a plan of action…..instead of throwing the political rhetoric around? ….Toronto just flooded in areas. Nothing new. Old failing infrastructure is the problem, combined with a lot of rain. Hamilton Ontario went through something similar about 9 years ago. And yet our fearless leader starts spouting about climate crisis when being questioned about the Toronto flooding… Also, considering the political climate…..I am very open to the possibility of fires 🔥 having some help. Or at the very least, reasonably suspicious 🤨

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@yourhelpismyhelp 2 ай бұрын

i don't know why Canada is not using satellite to issue warning of fire using infrared light through satellite and contact Thailand company that makes fire suppression ball which can instantly put off fire. the ball can be change to bigger and biodegradable shell shape like torpedo. Where there is will , there is way.. old method does not work coz water dissipate before reaching the stump. but fire suppression ball works

@Machoman-mp3hm 2 ай бұрын

The area is enormous is out of control.

@WildberryAB 2 ай бұрын

The Canadian government pushes climate change as though it's real. It doesn't want to put the fires out. It wants to convince Canadians that man-made climate change is scary (with fires) so it can use climate change as an impetus to tax the crap out of everyone and control every move Canadians make.

@AishaKhanworld 2 ай бұрын

They only issue evacuation order and do nothing........damaging the natural beauty

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

@@Machoman-mp3hm Wildfires never have been all that controllable. The great enormity of the wilderness surely means that some wildfires must burn wild. Not enough resources to manage them all. The more remote wildfires should not be a problem to run their natural course.

@generalnawaki 2 ай бұрын

Yemen is providing protection for the Olympics = No protesting against the protest on behalf of hamas/plaestine.

@AnwerHashimSamnani 2 ай бұрын

May Love Peace Prevail In The World....

@gweflj 2 ай бұрын

That kind of piss weak outlook will allow technocratic governments to make your life a misery. Get informed.

@donaldduffy8947 2 ай бұрын

Abolish religions and we will have more peace then ever before.

@tiwowo1234 2 ай бұрын

I FEEL SORRY FOR WILDLIFE

@raclark2730 2 ай бұрын

Wildlife can evade prescribed burns a lot easier than a fire storm. The vegetation also recovers faster. Food for thought.

@haydendegrow945 2 ай бұрын

To those in Ontario striking on the LCBO stores privatizing.... Have a look at Saskatchewan's efforts and tell me who really suffered here when we privatized. Certainly wasn't 'lost provincial profits'

@Triple87 2 ай бұрын

Glad to see the carbon tax is keeping wildfires from happening.

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

Well everybody other than the evil Marxist Trudeau knew that a "carbon tax" would do nothing but make people poorer. Fake-science much?

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@@yosefmacgruber1920The carbon tax rewards those who use less energy. For example, the mass transit user pays less carbon tax and the guy who drives a big truck pays more. Both get the same rebate. That seems both fair and reasonable.

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

@@darlene2709 Why do you parrot their lying propaganda to me? You can not tell that I am smarter than that? Energy is not scarce, and so why the deliberate sabotage to make energy more expensive? That targets and oppresses the poor. And who are they to decide whether we should use mass transit or our own cars? That is *OUT* choice not theirs. And buses do not go where and when you want. Many people have to drive to work, else they can not work there, and that is very bad for the economy if people are limited to "walking distance" for their jobs. It also penalizes large families who need larger vehicles. Yet large families help to increase the human life, and loving parents or people with faith in God, tend to have more children. We do not need A through Z taxes. Here in the USA, taxes as envisioned by our founding fathers, would come primarily from tariffs. No income tax, no property tax, no energy tax.

@57Jimmy 2 ай бұрын

I remember 20-30 yrs ago watching the news and seeing these types of reports on fires down in California and thinking meh, thats normal for them…. Now, those same reports have become the ‘Norm’ for us.😢🔥🔥🔥

@johnqpublic9074 2 ай бұрын

Poor forest management has consequences. Keep putting out fires, keep adding fuel.

@caryfrancis8030 2 ай бұрын

As someone who has fought forrest fires, that is the dumbest comment. Record breaking heat and drought here,

@johnqpublic9074 2 ай бұрын

@caryfrancis8030 Really? One does understand that the boreal forest was designed to burn. Pine cones won't open without fire. It's part of the natural cycle. Monoculture forest management, fire suppression, all adds to the issue. Naturally smaller areas would burn, leaving less fuel, and fire brakes for large scale fires. You part of the all female fire crew that botched the back burn in Banff?

@johnqpublic9074 2 ай бұрын

Really? The Boreal forest was designed to burn. Pine cones won't open without it. Constant fire suppression, monoculture forest practices, pine beetle, all add to the issue. Naturally smaller fires would form natural fire brakes, preventing larger fires. You part of the all female crew that botched the Banff back burn?

@caryfrancis8030 2 ай бұрын

@@johnqpublic9074 We dont fight forest fires in BC unless it threatens people or property. If you actually got off your butt and volunteered to do something about it rather than comment on the internet you would know that

@dsbarclayeng1 2 ай бұрын

Apparently up to now, it hasn't been nearly as bad as 2023. But we'll see.

@PopcornH3 2 ай бұрын

this clown out here standing next to the fire not trying to put it out at all . 4:22

@T410ce 2 ай бұрын

The federal and provincial governments need to do WAY MORE to fight these wildfires. We need at least FOUR times the resources that we have here in Alberta for fighting wildfires. It would be a tremendous help if the federal government would develop some sort of Federal Aid for helping provinces fight fires as well. Up here in Northern Alberta my county saw over 600,000 hectares burn last summer ALONE and this summer seems to be on track to be just as bad. We rely heavily on the FORESTRY sector for employment in our county and pretty soon we will have no trees left to harvest!

@bunzeebear2973 2 ай бұрын

There are trees in Alberta?

@luckycharm8888 2 ай бұрын

US needs to impose Visa requirements to Canada to ensure border security!

@karen406 2 ай бұрын

There is NO excuse for those fires near the lakes to not be put out by now! What are they doing? Nothing but letting them burn? There is something definately wrong about this!

@jakejimstone5029 2 ай бұрын

I presume the IT staff are not unionized, just like other gov't agencies.

@aTactics5 2 ай бұрын

Sending so much love & condolences through these wild fires. That I hope can get under control sooner than later.

@DonLegere9 2 ай бұрын

Sean O'Shea doing the alcohol story.... oh the irony

@twinklestars86 2 ай бұрын

Great Job, Jeff!! 🙂

@tonchanthol5329 2 ай бұрын

Why

@geoffreyyoung5419 2 ай бұрын

So I said some time go we need satellite over each province to pin point hot spots in the forest. We need new fighter jets with could be armed with fire retardants missiles this could help on firefighting just a thought

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

Those "hot spots" often do not amount to much. Many wildfires soon fizzle on their own. And I thought forests burn from time to time, if they are not carefully managed or logged? Many areas are far too remote to justify costly wildfire suppression, better to let more remote areas burn naturally, run their course. Whatever is a "fire retardant missile"? That will do nothing against a fire-front that is miles or dozens of miles across. Like trying to pee on the fire. It is not going to make a difference.

@animationengineer-ye4zf 2 ай бұрын

Who’s hurt?

@dmoe5839 2 ай бұрын

Whoa just hold up.....wildfire season?

@GeorgePapadopolous 2 ай бұрын

Yes. Fire seasons are getting longer, hotter, and drier due to Climate Change.

@SandiKlein 2 ай бұрын

Yes, used to be called summer which we got for just over two weeks now fires.

@James-rp4kp 2 ай бұрын

@@GeorgePapadopolous due to arson* and serious lack of brush clearing prevention. trudeau cut almost all funding to important fire prevention years ago. its almost as if he wants more wild fires just to use them as a reason to tax us more.. hmmmm....

@davidriedel5282 2 ай бұрын

Yes wildfire season: old news; that term has been widely used since at least the 1990s.

@WildberryAB 2 ай бұрын

Yes -- spring, summer and fall are now collectively the season for "wild" fires. Logical people will naturally smell the ever-present rat responsible for such ridiculousness but many people, and we know who they are, will always fall for whatever the teevee tells them.

@danielrawlings8355 2 ай бұрын

0.04% of the atmosphere is CO2.

@andrewryba7864 2 ай бұрын

temperatures are fine. the fires are from 50 plus years of save the trees.

@pokerkamalpoker 2 ай бұрын

I’m sure they can re run this clip next year and it would be realistic

@IbnBahtuta 2 ай бұрын

Just like last year? rofl

@makeguyver8596 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if the code that took down Microsoft was coded by Ai or a human coder. I would bet if Ai you aren't likely to hear about it without some digging. And if Ai didn't make the error, why didn't Ai catch it?

@TheDivefree1 2 ай бұрын

JT has flown across BC in the last few days in his private jet. He must be setting up a new command post in Tofino, lol.

@jamesking1495 2 ай бұрын

Doing the DEW? 🤔🤨😐😑😐

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

Marjorie Taylor Greene thought that the 2018 California wildfires were ignited by a space laser controlled by a corporate cabal, including the Rothschild banking firm, which is objectively ridiculous. What difference does it make whether fires are started by Jewish space lasers, careless campers or lightning? Hot dry weather is going to allow fires to burn longer regardless of the reason for ignition.

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

That or "government weather modification" is a far better theory than "climate change". If we must blame somebody, then I am not going to blame the common people, but rather the usual suspects, the rampant government corruption.

@frankhardy4969 2 ай бұрын

Exactly...300 Fires In 1 Week...100% Arson!

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

@@frankhardy4969 So lightning + dry conditions is not a possible explanation? Since wildfires have been a thing long before DEW, I need some evidence, and not just idle speculation.

@deannatodd6027 2 ай бұрын

Heat wave = summer = normal weather.

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

There’s a difference between climate and weather: Weather fluctuates day in, day out, whereas climate refers to long term trends-and the overall trend is clearly and indisputably a warming one. Climate change is about extreme weather events happening more often than usual. It's not necessary to believe everything that climate change activists say because they tend to exaggerate in the same way that climate change deniers do. That doesn't mean that we should not make an effort to look after the planet in reasonable ways. There is plenty of middle ground between climate apocalypse and climate change. The properties lost to floods and fires have to be rebuilt. Some insurance companies in the United States are not renewing homeowner policies in riskier areas. Since we're going to pay a price, wouldn't it make more sense to spend that money on mitigating climate change instead? Even if you don't directly suffer from the storms, you will notice the increase in food prices.

@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada 2 ай бұрын

they were blowing amateur fireworks in the park right now in Edmonton that's why, it was a huge thing for hours.

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

That is one thing that I just do not understand. Why _amateur_ fireworks? It tortures the dogs. Dogs get scared, think it is some sort of attack. Why do people want to blow their hands off? Leave the fireworks to the professionals, besides it is an excuse to go with friends or family to some community event. Fireworks are too expensive anyway.

@craiggill4816 2 ай бұрын

Clearing the land for million dollar houses

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@BuddyGalts 2 ай бұрын

circle of life. fires clear all the old fuel on the forest floor then new trees sprout up. keep putting out the fires and the fuel builds then lightning strikes and it can not be put out.

@jayleeper1512 2 ай бұрын

Native Canadians routinely burnt off the fuels to promote wildlife habitat and keep fuel loads low. They were outlawed from doing this when Europeans showed up. It went from thousands of years of stability to the catastrophe we have now.

@raclark2730 2 ай бұрын

@@jayleeper1512 This is also a factor in Australia. There is still traditional burning practiced, but it is not nearly at the scale that it used to be and needs to be.

@Cardus501 2 ай бұрын

Hmmm, it must be summer. I am going to go out on a limb and call for snow this winter.

@Mike-fx8kq 2 ай бұрын

good thing the govt has several water bombers to put these fires out FFS!!!!! clown show

@bunzeebear2973 2 ай бұрын

Water bombers= some guy pssing on a large campfire=no effect

@ryderjanuary9352 2 ай бұрын

9:37 "We'll get GTA 6 before out backpay!" smh lmao

@Sarando1 2 ай бұрын

Wait. There’s forest fires in Canada? I’m the summertime!?! You don’t say…..😂🤣

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

Climate change is about extreme weather events happening more often than usual. It's not necessary to believe everything that climate change activists say because they tend to exaggerate in the same way that climate change deniers do. That doesn't mean that we should not make an effort to look after the planet in reasonable ways. There is plenty of middle ground between climate apocalypse and climate change. The properties lost to floods and fires have to be rebuilt. Some insurance companies in the United States are not renewing homeowner policies in riskier areas. Since we're going to pay a price, wouldn't it make more sense to spend that money on mitigating climate change instead? Even if you don't directly suffer from the storms, you will notice the increase in food prices.

@Sarando1 2 ай бұрын

@@darlene2709 But these events are not happening more frequently. You just need to open your eyes that the earth and the sun dictates what happens. Aside from arsonists that start forest fires.

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@@Sarando1 97% of climate scientists disagree with you. Marjorie Taylor Greene thought that the 2018 California wildfires were ignited by a space laser controlled by a corporate cabal, including the Rothschild banking firm, which is objectively ridiculous. What difference does it make if fires are started by Jewish space lasers, careless campers or lightning? Hot dry weather is going to allow fires to burn much longer regardless of the reason for ignition.

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

@@Sarando1 Would another name for "arsonists" be "climate change activists"? What horrible phonies.

@Sarando1 2 ай бұрын

@@darlene2709 climate change is millions of years in the making. Naturally.

@MoeFugger1972 2 ай бұрын

We have 5 seasons now winter, spring, summer, fire and fall. Always caused by lighting strikes and careless smokers in the middle of nowhere. No chance at all this is part of an agenda done with dew weapons or intentionally set.

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@randalous2352 2 ай бұрын

Oh, it’s arson season just like it was heart attack season after Covid

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

"The vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind,” Trump said. “I came up with a vaccine - with three vaccines - all are very, very good … in less than nine months. It was supposed to take five to 12 years.” “And if you take the vaccine, you’re protected," Trump went on. "The results of the vaccine are very good. And if you do get it, it’s a very minor form. People aren’t dying when they take their vaccine. The vaccine worked, but some people aren’t taking it,” he said. “The ones that get very sick and go to the hospital are the ones who don’t take their vaccine.”

@samanthadouglas3487 2 ай бұрын

only mexican asylum seekers and every other country is allowed to apply for asylum?? seems a tad human rights violation to me.

@JimmyMagee-n8u 2 ай бұрын

If only they knew how much God loves them they wouldn't be warned against each other rather they would love each other Jesus Christ is Lord and things are going to get a whole lot worse than what you're seeing here this is just the beginning

@amnicky2008 2 ай бұрын

What's the point the damage is already done, we have never changed and never will, this is just the beginning be ready to face more. NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO STOP MOTHER NATURE

@zachweyrauch2988 2 ай бұрын

That might be the case. When you turn around though and the young have been asking society to spend more effort for decades do you think those youth who grow into adults will be very amenable to helping the people who couldn't give up their second vehicles?

@ParDiss-e4i 2 ай бұрын

It's these PMs floating around in the air. As it seems all construction works happen in the summer.

@justincase6588 2 ай бұрын

The AQ has been hazardous from fort macmurray to BC. The long term effects of that level of ppm 2.4 and the chemicals carried along is beyond beyond belief. It always seems they don't pour more resources and manpower. Only 2 night flying capable helicopters for water dumping in Alberta ?!. They need more resources. Maybe some sharing between the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere to cover opposite fire seasons. This is a public health disaster as well as an environmental crisis.

@joandevries1892 2 ай бұрын

The all-time, best-selling book has been read by too few. Thank God, we know how this mess ends ! Come quickly Lord Jesus!

@bunzeebear2973 2 ай бұрын

Peter Pan? It is just a believable

@dianedee7919 2 ай бұрын

I'm so glad that I don't have any electronic devices that have Microsoft systems.

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

Switch to Linux. I can't stand how MyCrud$oft Windoze forces updates, you tell it another time, and it thinks to wait 20 minutes and then sneaks the update anyway. Goes to show that they think that you do not own your own computer. My Linux computer notifies me when an update is available and actually waits for me to authorize/initiate it, before attempting an update. What a concept!

@nolemons 2 ай бұрын

wow just like Maui. ….LAZERS

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@solidorsharp3091 2 ай бұрын

They need help ! not your judgement !

@bronco1199 2 ай бұрын

Nothing to do with climate change.

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@bronco1199 2 ай бұрын

@@darlene2709 nah

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@@bronco1199 97% of climate scientists say yep.

@bronco1199 2 ай бұрын

@@darlene2709 nope

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@@bronco1199 It actually doesn't matter what you and I believe. Just like science was right about acid rain and the ozone layer, both of which were solved by science, science is right about fossil fuels and climate change. Natural consequences (drought and severe storms) will be the unfortunate result of not taking action to save the planet.

@CanadianLyfe-ut8mv 2 ай бұрын

America is not happy with what we are doing well that sucks this isn't America so mind your own

@TeresaSmyth-z9m 2 ай бұрын

WAR ZONE IN BC WITH FIRES!!! WAR ZONE IN OUR PROVINCE!! WHERES OUR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ?????

@mikeyydouglas446 2 ай бұрын

Stop voting conservative

@panasazov8200 2 ай бұрын

Now we have good and proper time do discuses punishment for nazional socialist Global News , suggestion please dear Canadian brothers then we will vote for your suggestion

@whereswendy8544 2 ай бұрын

It's like this every year. It's dry in the summer in BC.

@swapshots4427 2 ай бұрын

It's never been 106F in the shade of my covered deck before.! Not even close. It is getting more extreme every year. I've been in fire zones twice. Shuswap, BC

@DeborahThird-og1uo 2 ай бұрын

132 in my apartment

@whereswendy8544 2 ай бұрын

I lived in the Okanagan and it reaches over 40°C (106°F) every so often. Not unheard of, certainly.

@swapshots4427 2 ай бұрын

@@whereswendy8544 Been in this house 20 years. Last four days definitely hottest here.

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@sqae8398 2 ай бұрын

I wish we could get some of their heat in the east.

@bunzeebear2973 2 ай бұрын

free trade?

@JJ-bf6dx 2 ай бұрын

When will the taxes kick in??

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

It's not like flipping a switch. It took time to cause the damage. It will take time to reverse the damage. The carbon tax rewards those who use less energy. For example, the mass transit user pays less carbon tax and the guy who drives a big truck pays more. Both get the same rebate. That seems both fair and reasonable.

@JJ-bf6dx 2 ай бұрын

@@darlene2709 Your laughable. Tell me when? Or is that up in the air? When the government stops funding wars which cause massive environmental degradation, I will take it more seriously. Go to bed. Get some rest.

@darlene2709 2 ай бұрын

@@JJ-bf6dx War is bad. So is climate change.

@yosefmacgruber1920 2 ай бұрын

@@darlene2709 "Carbon tax" does nothing to help the environment. Pushed to impoverish the people and to fund rampant government corruption. Solves nothing evil bad policies of sadists or Satanists, certainly not based upon science.

@DeeSmith001 2 ай бұрын

Our carbon taxes go to the UN Green Climate Fund in Seoul South Korea, @@darlene2709 haven't you watched this unfold since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015? Try keep up.