#In Nova Scotia, grief buses drive residents back to their burned-down homes

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Mary Young and her husband, Jason (photograph by Meghan Tansey Whitton) Ever since the wildfires tore through the Halifax area, nearby municipalities have been loading displaced residents onto buses and taking them on tours through their ravaged neighbourhoods. Called “grief buses,” these vehicles give residents the opportunity to visit the charred remains of their properties…

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#What it’s really like to fight B.C.’s wildfires

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“What it’s really like to fight B.C.’s wildfires” Scott Rennick has been fighting fires in British Columbia for 30 years—first as an emergency firefighter, now as an incident commander overseeing some of the most complex and dangerous wildfires in the province. In his career, he’s seen how climate change is causing more frequent and more…