- Ontario is spending C$650 million to buy 11 aircraft (five helicopters, six water bombers) — its largest-ever purchase — to fight fast‑spreading wildfires.
- Heavy smoke from hundreds of Canadian fires drifted into the U.S. Midwest and Northeast, and Premier Doug Ford rebuked U.S. politicians who criticized Canada’s response, urging them to send help instead.
- About 650,000 acres are burning in mainly remote northwest Ontario, with 191 active fires, thousands evacuated and at least one community destroyed, making firefighting and evacuations difficult.
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