Canadian firefighters wage epic battle to save communities after mass evacuations
LA TimesA helicopter equipped to respond to wildfires flies over homes amid evacuation order in Kelowna, British Columbia, on Friday. West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund told a news conference that the fire “was exponentially worse than we expected.” “We fought 100 years of fires all in one night,” he said Friday, ahead of another night of battling the flames. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who met Friday with some of the Yellowknife evacuees in Edmonton, shared on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, on Saturday that, “We’ve got your back.” Trudeau praised firefighters, police, military personnel, the Red Cross and others who responded to this natural disaster and others this summer. Canada’s Heritage Minister, meanwhile, urged Meta to lift its ban on users sharing local news on its Facebook and Instagram social media platforms to facilitate the flow of information to residents in fire-imperiled areas. Pascale St. Onge described Meta’s policy, instituted in response to a new law requiring Meta to pay news providers, as “reckless.” Meta said it enabled its “safety check” program for users to let others know they were safe, while encouraging people to access information from official government agencies, emergency services and non-governmental organizations.
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