Owen Sound Sun Times

More Grey-Bruce municipalities implement burn bans

3 min read

Despite rains that fell in some areas of Grey-Bruce earlier this week, more area municipalities have implemented fire restrictions due to hot and dry conditions. The Town of the Blue Mountains on Thursday implemented a total fire ban that will remain in effect until further notice. The ban includes all fires, fireworks, and open-air burning, […]

Great Lakes Now

How climate change is supercharging wildfires

4 min read

How climate change is supercharging wildfires

By Amal Ahmed

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