Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Temur Durrani
Publication Date: July 9, 2025 - 16:15
U.S. Congress members urge Canada to deal with wildfire smoke ruining their summer
July 9, 2025
The United States is complaining about another Canadian export: wildfire smoke ruining summer in their neck of the woods.
Six members of the U.S. Congress have penned a public letter to Canada’s ambassador in Washington demanding their Northern neighbour do better at mitigating wildfires, which have led to thousands of evacuations in this country and sent smoke billowing across the border into Midwestern states.
Unpublished Newswire
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