It's been seven months since the wildfire they called "The Beast" came roaring out of the woods and threatened to consume Fort McMurray.It was Canada's biggest story of the year, and the costliest disaster in Canadian history.And who can forget what a hellish beast it was?Read more »
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Montreal Simon: The Fort McMurray Fire and Mandela’s Children
I must admit when I first saw that 300 South African firefighters had arrived to help battle the Fort McMurray wildfire I was a bit shocked.I wondered didn't we have enough firefighters in this country to finish the job ourselves?But then I saw …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Fort Mac Beast and Our Fiery Future
I've tried to be as positive and as sensitive as possible about the fire that almost consumed Fort McMurray.I've tried to point out all the ways that catastrophe has brought us together as Canadians.And I completely understand why Justin Trud…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Heroic and Very Canadian Struggle to Save Fort McMurray
When I saw the pictures of what the fire they called The Beast had done to Fort McMurray, at first I was shocked by the devastation.Stunned at the sight of so many houses and hopes and memories reduced to ashes by its raging fury.But then I was amazed …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rescuing the Abandoned Pets of Fort McMurray
When I saw all those people trying to escape the fire they're now calling The Beast, I tried to imagine how they must have been feeling.Not only having to flee their homes, and worry whether they'd still be there when they returned.But also in …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How the Fort McMurray Disaster is Bringing Canadians Together
It may be small consolation to the thousands of people who have lost their homes, or their businesses, or have been forced to flee the Fort McMurray inferno.But I have been incredibly moved by the way Canadians all over this fractious country have com…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Firefighters and the Inferno of Climate Change
The roaring inferno in and around Fort McMurray is now so big only Mother Nature can stop it."Let me be clear, air tankers are not going to stop this fire," Morrison said. "This is an extreme fire event. It's going to continue to pus…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Fort Mac Fire: Time to Give Cheap Politics a Rest
It's like a scene out of hell, a raging inferno if ever there was one.And I feel so sorry for the residents of Fort Mac who have lost their homes or their businesses. But what I find really moving is the way many Canadians all over the country hav…
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