Since then, about 2,000 federal firefighters have been sent to Canada in rotations. As of July 17, there were 401 federal firefighters in Canada, many of them in Quebec, the agency said.

British Columbia, along Canada's west coast, had the second-highest number of active blazes followed by Alberta and Ontario. More: An air quality alert has been issued for Wisconsin through Thursday.

Aurelia Jones was a prominent member of the Black community in mid-19th century London, Ontario, Canada, and the spouse of Abel Bedford Jones, a Black entrepreneur and religious and political leader.

Ontario residents captured photos of the red sunset Monday night and the red sunrise Tuesday morning, as wildfire smoke from the north is now drifting across southern Ontario. “The smoke is there on ...