29550GDACS 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 A look at Canada’s wildfires in numbers and graphics over the decades Environmenthttps://globalnews.ca/news/8045796/canada-wildfires-yearly-trends/Hundreds of wildfires across Canada have forced evacuations and torched homes in the wake of record-breaking temperatures in the western part of the country this year. While it is normal for Canada, which has nine per cent of the world’s forests, to experience wildfires during the summer months,....2021-07-22T23:59+0200cknw-23d4b628915b261f64d8229a7cecaf2020210722235900First smoke, then fire? BWCA braces for the worst July 20, 2021 4:07 p.m. By Dan Kraker Residents in northern Minnesota woke up to thick smoke Tuesday morning that spread from wildfires burning across the border in Canada, and some people around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area are bracing for a severe fire season that will likely last all summer.https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/07/20/first-smoke-then-fire-bwca-braces-for-worstJust how dry is it in northeastern Minnesota? Ellen Bogardus-Szymaniak, a district ranger for the Superior National Forest, said typically the raspberries would be booming right now. Not this year. "The raspberries look like they've been dehydrated on the vine,” Bogardus-Szymaniak said. “They're tiny.2021-07-22T23:36+0200minnesota-publicradio-3ff5040b06cbdfb59dd426062b5d9f1120210722233600Air quality a concern as over 110 forest fires burn in northwestern Ontariohttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/forest-fires-nwo-1.6109370?cmp=rssMore than 110 forest fires were burning in northwestern Ontario as of Tuesday morning, with smoke drift leading Environment Canada to issue air quality statements for parts of the region. Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) said 18 of the new fires were discovered by early Monday evening.2021-07-22T21:28+0200CBC-ec0554aef4baafeaf4470c4d49a063ec20210722212800Smoky conditions over Winnipeg lead to influx in false alarms, medical calls: WFPS 40 minshttps://globalnews.ca/news/8051880/smoke-winnipeg-air-quality-medical-calls/Days of poor air quality and hazy skies in Winnipeg have led to an increase in false alarms triggered by smoke in the air as well as a spike in medical calls related to respiratory issues, officials say. Jay Shaw, assistant chief with the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said as the air-quality index....2021-07-22T21:21+0200cknw-6e1bff3df5e25414e5d3b9298e67ba5220210722212100