Thousands of fires have scorched more than 42,000 square miles (110,000 square kilometers) across the country so far. The worst wildfire season in Canadian history is displacing Indigenous communities from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, blanketing them in thick smoke, destroying homes and forests and threatening important cultural activities like hunting, fishing and gathering native plants. “Why would I want to leave such beautiful memories?” ![]() “I just can’t leave,” said Johnston, 72, who shared a home with her son and daughter-in-law. But peony bushes passed down from her late mother survived and the blackened May Day tree planted in memory of her longtime partner is sending up new shoots - hopeful signs as she prepares to start over in the East Prairie Métis Settlement, about 240 miles (385 kilometers) northwest of Edmonton. ![]() Her family escaped unharmed, though her beloved cat, Missy, didn’t make it out before a “fireball” dropped on the house in early May. ![]() EAST PRAIRIE METIS SETTLEMENT, Alberta (AP) - Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire that forced her to flee her northern Alberta community two months ago.
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