Canadian Wildfires Force Millions in US Indoors

Friday, July 17, 2026

Heavy, pungent wildfire smoke darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast ...

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Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as "Canadian wildfires" but rather "climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada"
-- Katie Mack (@astrokatie.com) 10:23 AM Â· Jul 17, 2026

Grateful for the partnership of Premier Doug Ford and our Canadian allies as they work to rescue Minnesota campers from ongoing wildfires on the border. www.fox9.com/news/minneso ...

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-- Governor Tim Walz (@governorwalz.mn.gov) 12:24 PM Â· Jul 15, 2026

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Trump will use this as an excuse to annex Canada.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-07-17 05:27 PM | Reply

Are there no rakes?

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-17 05:32 PM | Reply

Yesterday, the sky here in Connecticut was an orange-brown color, with dim sunlight.

The daytime temp was about 5 degrees cooler than expected due to the lack of sunlight.

When I stepped outside, I could smell smoke.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-17 07:34 PM | Reply

Smelled more like a tire fire or a blown transformer outside Baltimore.

Or maybe that's just the normal smell.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-17 07:49 PM | Reply

@#4

Here it was a burning-woodsy smell. Similar to logs in a fireplace.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-17 08:02 PM | Reply

Pedo 47 Decimated a Satellite Program That Would've Vastly Improved Wildfire Smoke Monitoring

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#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-07-17 08:43 PM | Reply

Aren't they all inside, hugging their toilet bowls, praying that their stocks of
tariffed Canadian toilet paper will last until they able receive another pallet
from Amazon?

#7 | Posted by Jaspar at 2026-07-17 10:48 PM | Reply