Wildfire fighters, evacuees call on feds to restore equipment and training funding

A plane from Newfoundland and Labrador flies over the Lake George wildfire near Aylesford, N.S. in this Friday, Oct. 3, 2025 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Province of Nova Scotia (Mandatory Credit)

OTTAWA - A group of wildfire evacuees, volunteer firefighters and Indigenous wildfire guardians is in Ottawa this week calling on the federal government to do more to prevent seasonal wildfires.

This year's wildfire season, the second-worst on record, saw nearly 9 million hectares consumed — larger than the area of New Brunswick and P.E.I. combined and more than double the 10-year average.

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