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Smoky haze blanketing US, Canada could last for days as wildfires rage, winds won't budge

With weather systems expected to hardly budge, the smoky blanket billowing across the U.S. and Canada from wildfires in Quebec and Nova Scotia should persist into Thursday and possibly the weekend

The Independent UK

‘Is there life on Mars?’ Americans react as cities choke in smoke haze

As some of the US's biggest cities choked in a haze of bushfire smoke, sparking health fears and alarm, social media has also lit up.

The New Daily

New York City 'left looking like Mars' as wildfire smoke causes 'surreal' orange glow

Wildfires in Quebec and Nova Scotia have caused smoke to drift across to densely populated areas on the eastern side of the US with an orange haze descending over New York City and Washington DC

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Statue of Liberty shrouded in smoke from Canada wildfires

High-risk air quality warnings issued for millions across North America as smoke from blazes blanket cities

Evening Standard

As Historic Canadian Wildfire Season Rages As The Haze Of Smoke Moves Into The U.S.

Wildfires have set millions of acres ablaze across Canada so far in 2023 as the air quality affected the metropolitan areas.

Zenger

Bottomless supply? Concerns of limited Canadian hydropower as U.S. seeks to decarbonize grid

An ambitious push to decarbonize Canada’s grid and the nation’s growing demand for green energy is causing concerns in the U.S. that Canadian hydro supplies aren’t as plentiful as they used to be

The Independent UK

Quebec confronts 150 wildfires, effects felt as far away as New York City, New England

Northern Quebec’s largest town was being evacuated while another that had been threatened by wildfires lifted an evacuation order Tuesday, as authorities turned their attention to communities in the northern and northwestern parts of the province where firefighters worked to beat back threats from out-of-control blazes

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Mayor urges vulnerable New Yorkers to wear masks as smoke from Canada's fires chokes city

Air quality across the northeastern U.S. and Canada has plummeted to unhealthy levels.

Axios

Wildfires prompt hazy skies, air quality warnings in Canada, US

Officials warn of high levels of air pollution as hundreds of blazes burn across Canada in record start to fire season.

Al Jazeera

Canada wildfires lead to air-quality alerts in US, here's how to stay safe

Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning

The Independent UK

Canadian province of Quebec looks for international support to fight wildfires

The premier of Canada’s French-speaking province of Quebec says he is looking internationally for support as it struggles to battle more than 160 forest fires and federal officials warned Canada is track for its worst fire season ever

The Independent UK

Four children die after group swept away by tide in Canada's Quebec

Four children died and a man was missing after 11 people fishing on the shore of the St. Lawrence River in Canada's Quebec province were swept away by a tide, police said on Saturday.

Reuters

Canada wildfires spread to new areas, prompting more evacuations

About 10,000 people have been ordered to leave a city in Quebec, amid hundreds of fires burning across the country.

Al Jazeera

Wildfires spread in eastern Canada, forcing evacuations in coastal Quebec

Some 10,000 residents in coastal Quebec were forced to evacuate homes on Friday as wildfires engulf more Canadian provinces, in what is emerging as one of the worst starts to the forest fire season.

Reuters

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Daily Mirror

Police solve murder of teenager Sharron Prior 50 years on thanks to new DNA techniques

DNA found at the scene of Sharron Prior's murder in Quebec, Canada matched samples taken from Franklin Maywood Romine - who had a long criminal history - and he also matched a witness' description of the suspect

Radio France Internationale

France bets on ‘mysterious, iconic, extravagant’ Quebecer to win Eurovision

Canadian-born La Zarra will sing a French "chanson" with an electro-disco vibe at the Eurovision final in Liverpool on Saturday. She's in the bookie's top five and, while not tipped to win, will definitely not go unnoticed.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: did Karl Lagerfeld really leave his fortune to his pet cat?

This documentary investigates the man behind the glasses. Plus: Race Across the World reaches Quebec. Here’s what to watch this evening

Reuters

Canada's top court upholds Quebec's ban on homegrown cannabis

The Canadian Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Quebec's provincial ban on cannabis grown in private homes is constitutional, in a blow to cannabis advocates who said it was at odds with a federal law allowing a small number of plants to be grown for personal use.

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The Guardian - UK

Weather tracker: Severe storms rock Australia and Canada

Tropical cyclone brews off the Kimberley while freezing rain causes chaos in Quebec and Ontario

The Guardian - UK

Stornoway, Quebec review – outlaws settle scores with Gaelic swagger

Calum L Macleòid’s western-style drama pits a gunslinging Elspeth Turner against a notorious fugitive in a peculiarly Scottish corner of Canada

The Independent UK

Hundreds of thousands still in dark from ice storm in Canada

Hundreds of thousands of people remain without power in eastern Canada two days after a storm left parts of Quebec and Ontario coated in ice, causing tree limbs to break and fall on power lines

Reuters

Two dead, over a million without power after ice storm hits Canada

Two people died and more than a million were without power on Thursday after an ice storm hit Canada's two most-populated provinces ahead of a holiday weekend, bringing freezing rain and strong winds that toppled trees and weighed down power lines.

WEKU

Hundreds of thousands lose power as freezing rain hits Ontario and Quebec

Freezing rain and thunderstorms pummeled parts of Ontario and Quebec on Wednesday, knocking out power for about 800,000 people, officials reported.

The Independent UK

800,000 lose power as freezing rain hits Ontario and Quebec

Freezing rain and thunderstorms have pummeled parts of Ontario and Quebec, and officials say about 800,000 people are without power

The National (Scotland)

Stornoway, Quebec: The wild Gaelic Western where ceilidhs meet Colt .45s

AS a dramatic genre, the Western is fascinatingly diverse in its origins and its destinations. For instance, John Sturges’s 1960 classic The…

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