New Canadian firefighters train for brutal fire season

Saint-Gabriel (AFP) May 16, 2024

Being a forest firefighter in Canada means knowing how to handle a water mist lance but also pumps and axes: in Quebec as in the other provinces, hundreds of new recruits are training to beat down blazes ahead of another possibly harsh wildfire season. Amid fears the coming months will be apocalyptic for the second largest country in the world by geography, the recruits could very quickly fi