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Canada is wrestling with its worst-ever start to wildfire season, but recruiting firefighters is becoming increasingly difficult due to tight labor markets and the tough nature of the job, provincial officials say. Limited resources could threaten Canada s ability to douse fires, which are expected to get bigger. AFP Limited resources could threaten Canada s ability to douse fires, which are expected to get bigger and fiercer in future as a result of fossil fuel-driven climate change, risking more damage to communities and disrupting the country s oil and gas, mining and lumber industries. A Reuters survey of all 13 provinces and territories showed Canada employs around 5,500 wildland firefighters, not including the remote Yukon territory, which did not respond to requests for information. That s roughly 2,500 firefighters short of what is needed, said Mike Flannigan, a professor at Thompson River s University in British Columbia and wildfire specialist. It s hard work, it s hot work, it s smoky work, and there are real issues with health impacts longer-term, Flannigan said. It s getting harder to recruit and retain people. This year Ontario extended its application period, boosted marketing efforts and started covering training costs to secure more recruits. Applic ations were down in British Columbia and Nova Scotia, and Alberta had to do several rounds of recruitment to fill its ranks, officials said. Canada s provinces and territories share crews and equipm Yhfm Xi Jinping s 1st remarks on Covid in China: Must feasibly protect people s lives
North Korea decla red on Tuesday it had successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile 鈥?a watershed moment in its push to develop a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the mainland United States. In this undated file photo distributed by the North Korean government on May 22, 2017, a solid-fuel Pukguksong-2 missile lifts off during its launch test at an undisclosed location in North Korea. AP File Photo US experts said the device could reach Alaska, and the launch, which came as Americans prepared to mark Independence Day, triggered a Twitter outburst from President Donald Trump who urged China to act to end this nonsense once and for all . The Norths possession of a working ICBM 鈥?something that Trump has vowed wont happen 鈥?would force a fundamental recalculation of the strategic threat posed by the isolated, impoverished state. The landmark test of a Hwasong-14 missile was overseen by leader Kim Jong-Un, an emotional female announcer said on state Korean Central Television. The broadcaster showed his handwritten order to carry out the launch, and pictures of him grinning in celebration, clenching his fist. The rocket was a very powerful ICBM that can strike any place in the world , the announcer said, and a major breakthrough in the history of our republic . In a statement the Norths Academy of Defence Science, which developed the missile, said it reached an altitude of 2,802 kilometres and flew 933 kilometres, calling it the final ga
Canada is wrestling with its worst-ever start to wildfire season, but recruiting firefighters is becoming increasingly difficult due to tight labor markets and the tough nature of the job, provincial officials say. Limited resources could threaten Canada s ability to douse fires, which are expected to get bigger. AFP Limited resources could threaten Canada s ability to douse fires, which are expected to get bigger and fiercer in future as a result of fossil fuel-driven climate change, risking more damage to communities and disrupting the country s oil and gas, mining and lumber industries. A Reuters survey of all 13 provinces and territories showed Canada employs around 5,500 wildland firefighters, not including the remote Yukon territory, which did not respond to requests for information. That s roughly 2,500 firefighters short of what is needed, said Mike Flannigan, a professor at Thompson River s University in British Columbia and wildfire specialist. It s hard work, it s hot work, it s smoky work, and there are real issues with health impacts longer-term, Flannigan said. It s getting harder to recruit and retain people. This year Ontario extended its application period, boosted marketing efforts and started covering training costs to secure more recruits. Applic ations were down in British Columbia and Nova Scotia, and Alberta had to do several rounds of recruitment to fill its ranks, officials said. Canada s provinces and territories share crews and equipm Yhfm Xi Jinping s 1st remarks on Covid in China: Must feasibly protect people s lives
North Korea decla red on Tuesday it had successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile 鈥?a watershed moment in its push to develop a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the mainland United States. In this undated file photo distributed by the North Korean government on May 22, 2017, a solid-fuel Pukguksong-2 missile lifts off during its launch test at an undisclosed location in North Korea. AP File Photo US experts said the device could reach Alaska, and the launch, which came as Americans prepared to mark Independence Day, triggered a Twitter outburst from President Donald Trump who urged China to act to end this nonsense once and for all . The Norths possession of a working ICBM 鈥?something that Trump has vowed wont happen 鈥?would force a fundamental recalculation of the strategic threat posed by the isolated, impoverished state. The landmark test of a Hwasong-14 missile was overseen by leader Kim Jong-Un, an emotional female announcer said on state Korean Central Television. The broadcaster showed his handwritten order to carry out the launch, and pictures of him grinning in celebration, clenching his fist. The rocket was a very powerful ICBM that can strike any place in the world , the announcer said, and a major breakthrough in the history of our republic . In a statement the Norths Academy of Defence Science, which developed the missile, said it reached an altitude of 2,802 kilometres and flew 933 kilometres, calling it the final ga