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Canada’s WestJet Cancels Trips Amid Strike By Flight Attendants

Labor talks resumed on Sunday between the airline and union representing 4,400 flight attendants, who want improved wages and compensation for unpaid work.

© Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press

WestJet flight attendants walking a picket line at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Sunday.
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Canadian Wildfire Evacuees Outraged Over Lacking Support and Communication

Residents of northwestern Ontario say their warnings about fires they spotted were dismissed and official information as the flames spread often didn’t come at all.

© Cole Burston for The New York Times

Swaths of burned forest from the Dryden 35 Wildfire, part of a series of wildfires that forced many to flee their homes in Northwestern Ontario this month.
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Evacuees of Ontario’s Wildfires Wait and Worry

Flames crept, and then sprinted, toward unsuspecting residents who fled remote parts of northwestern Ontario. Now they want to know why officials weren’t prepared.

© Cole Burston for The New York Times

Lyndon Paavola showing footage on his phone from his evacuation alongside community members from Namaygoosisagagun First Nation due to fast spreading wildfire that destroyed his community.
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Wildfires Continue To Burn in Ontario, Canada, Sending Smoke to U.S. Cities

Nearly 200 fires continued to devastate swaths of the province as smoke continued to drift across parts of Canada and the United States.

© Cole Burston for The New York Times

Premier Doug Ford of Ontario after a news conference in Thunder Bay on Saturday. Roughly 1.7 million acres have burned in Ontario, data from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center shows.
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Canada’s Wildfires Are Burning Through the Night

As overnight temperatures climb across Canada, fires that once spread more slowly after dark are burning around the clock, straining fire crews.

© Ian Willms for The New York Times

The observation deck of the CN Tower on Wednesday evening as wildfire smoke enveloped downtown Toronto.
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Wildfires Rage in Ontario as Smoke Affects Toronto’s Air Quality

Air quality in Canada’s largest city was at times the worst in the world on Wednesday, as wildfires across Ontario sent smoke drifting into New York City and beyond.

© Laura Proctor/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press

The CN Tower in Toronto on Wednesday as smoke from wildfires enveloped the city.
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