Why fire risk is already high this summer — despite a snowy winter and cool June for parts of N.L.

Environment ministers from across the provinces and the federal government wrapped up a meeting in Calgary on Wednesday with a message that conservation policies need to be balanced against the need for economic development. The spirit of willingness to accept trade-offs between industry and the environment seemed to differ from Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment meetings under longtime environment minister Steven Guilbeault. Alberta Environment Minister Grant Hunter said at a press conference at the end of the meeting that his focus was on amplifying a “significant...