Montreal, Canada, Aug 8, 2026 (AFP) - Canada tries to adapt to a future of wildfires

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Faced with another summer when wildfires have scorched millions of hectares of land and blankets of smoke have disrupted daily life nationwide, Canada is trying to limit the annual devastation. Yet, despite procuring new water bombers and deploying forest management strategies to protect populated areas, experts caution that intense wildfires will remain a fixture of Canadian life. "We're going to have to live with this," said Normand Lacour, who......

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