British Columbia’s minister of emergency management says the province has already broken the record for the total area burned in a year. Bowinn Ma says officials are now eyeing the prospect of drought-driven conditions rolling into 2024, setting the stage for a similarly disastrous fire season unless there is “significant precipitation” in winter. Recent data had previously prompted the federal government and B-C Premier David Eby to say that Canada and B-C were on track to record their worst wildfire seasons in 100 years. Meantime, Ma says 75 Canadian Armed Forces members arrived in Vanderhoof on Tuesday to help battle wildfires and another 75 are expected to be deployed to Burns Lake on Wednesday.
