Hundreds of wildfires are burning across the Western states, Alaska and Canada as fire season perks up amid a sprawling heat wave and widespread dry conditions. More than 100 of the blazes are in the United States,

Some business owners say the emergency alert for the Waskesiu area in Saskatchewan was blown out of proportion by media, causing panic and hurting local businesses.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s northernmost congressman is fed up with smoke and haze from Canada. Congressman Tom Tiffany was on social media recently, complaining about another air quality alert for much of northern Wisconsin.

Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce the haze billowing south.

Scattering sunlight, disrupting bees, damaging plant tissue - farmers can’t always offset the effects of smoky days

A volunteer with the American Red Cross of Northern Nevada is deploying to Canada to support wildfire evacuees.

A Canadian wildfire crew leader was scouting around the Summit Lake Fire in British Columbia when he stumbled upon a mother grizz and her cubs.

More than 6,000 people are currently out of their homes in Manitoba, and the communities of Lynn Lake and Snow Lake ordered residents to flee for the second time in just weeks.

People living in the West much more likely than those in the rest of the country to have taken action to reduce wildfire risk