A group of Republican lawmakers has complained that smoke from Canadian wildfires is ruining summer for Americans, just days after voting for a major bill that will cause more of the planet-heating pollution that is worsening wildfires.

Hundreds of wildfires are burning across the Western states, Alaska and Canada as fire season perks up amid a sprawling heat wave and widespread dry conditions. More than 100 of the blazes are in the United States,

World Cup being hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States is less than a year away and FIFA’s protocols for matches affected by wildfire smoke remain unclear.

There is no specific threshold for how close a fire has to be to cause a mandatory evacuation. If it spreads near the McLean River or Cree River, an evacuation alert would be triggered for the community of Waskesiu, Walker noted.

Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce the haze billowing south.

There are also many major fires burning in Canada since May. So far this year 13.8 million acres have burned across the country. Volunteers from Utah have been deployed to Canada to help support evacuees.

Plenty of rainfall events have tipped the precipitation scales in parts of Canada, but there are several locales that have missed out on them and are sitting on the dry side of things at the moment

World Cup approaches, FIFA's guidelines for handling matches affected by wildfire smoke remain unclear. With Canada hosting several games, concerns about air quality are rising. Experts emphasize the need for flexible,

Scattering sunlight, disrupting bees, damaging plant tissue - farmers can’t always offset the effects of smoky days

The wildfires that are flaring up across Canada again are one of the reasons public safety should be added to CBC/Radio-Canada's mandate, a new report from a research centre at McGill University argues.