1068640GDACS EMM News Feed Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material As climate change increases the risk of fires, Canada’s approach to wildfire management isn’t working Kira Hoffman July 7 Updatedhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-as-climate-change-increases-the-risk-of-fires-canadas-approach-to/A former wildland firefighter, Kira Hoffman is a fire ecologist and a post-doctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia. Last week, as our wildfire research team worked in record-breaking temperatures near Fraser Lake, B.C., I watched anxiously as lightning strikes flashed red on my weather-tracking app.Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:02:00 +0200theglobeandmail-a1b020d3fe5a14f09a7f72e82e71101d20210708000200Two P.E.I. firefighters sent to help control wildfires in Alberta after record-breaking heatwavehttps://www.saltwire.com/prince-edward-island/news/two-pei-firefighters-sent-to-help-control-wildfires-in-alberta-after-record-breaking-heatwave-100608952/Andrew Ing of P.E.I., on export to northern Alberta a few years ago, builds a handline, removing available fuel to contain a fire. - Contributed. Two P.E.I. firefighters have been sent to Western Canada to help contain one of the hundreds of wildfires after a record-breaking heatwave over the previous week.Wed, 07 Jul 2021 23:49:00 +0200saltwire-a8cfac66284a2c0bde80c3f81a607b7020210707234900'Melted, incinerated' infrastructure found after Lytton, B.C., wildfire 0 7/7/2021 1:53:26 PMhttps://www.tricitynews.com/national-news/melted-incinerated-infrastructure-found-after-lytton-bc-wildfire-3937161LYTTON, B.C. — A statement issued by the wildfire-ravaged Village of Lytton describes how little time residents had to flee and underscores the extreme challenges ahead as the Fraser Canyon community looks to rebuild. Village staff were alerted to the fire that spread "with ferocious speed" last....Wed, 07 Jul 2021 23:45:00 +0200tricitynews-757a8aa38beef94065357444bbc0522f20210707234500'Melted, incinerated' infrastructure found after Lytton, B.C., wildfire LYTTON, B.C. — A statement issued by the wildfire-ravaged Village of Lytton describes how little time residents had to flee and underscores the extreme challenges ahead as the Fraser Canyon community looks to rebuild.https://www.kitchenertoday.com/national-news/melted-incinerated-infrastructure-found-after-lytton-bc-wildfire-3937161LYTTON, B.C. — A statement issued by the wildfire-ravaged Village of Lytton describes how little time residents had to flee and underscores the extreme challenges ahead as the Fraser Canyon community looks to rebuild. Village staff were alerted to the fire that spread "with ferocious speed" last....Wed, 07 Jul 2021 23:24:00 +0200kitchenertoday-757a8aa38beef94065357444bbc0522f20210707232400