Canada’s wildfire crisis is displacing First Nations at alarming rates

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By Miacel Spotted ElkJun 18, 2025, 4:45 am124 ptsTrending
Since mid-May, wildfires across Canada have burned 9.6 million acres, prompting the evacuation of approximately 40,000 people. According to Indigenous Services Canada, a government ministry, more than half of those evacuees are from First Nations communities, and nearly 34 tribes in almost every province are…

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