Feds, provinces and territories prepare as projections warn wildfire season could ‘be more explosive’ than 2023’s record fires

Dry conditions continue across much of the country, and above average temperatures are expected this spring, while modelling for rainfall is less certain.

Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says 'we can expect that the wildfire season will start sooner and end later and potentially be more explosive.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

April 15, 2024

The federal government is in talks with other countries about how to better share firefighting resources as dry conditions and forecasts for above-average temperatures threaten another severe wildfire season.

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