Carrol Johnston passes a spot where her home stood before a May wildfire destroyed it in the East Prairie Metis Settlement in Alberta, Canada. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Raymond Supernault, chairman of the East Prairie Metis Settlement, where he said more than 85% of the 129-square-mile settlement burned in the first wildfire there in more than 60 …
EAST PRAIRIE METIS SETTLEMENT, Alberta — Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire that forced her to flee her northern Alberta community two months ago. “Why would I want to leave such beautiful memories?” The worst wildfire season in Canadian history is displacing Indigenous communities from …
