Lessons learned from Canada’s gnarliest wildfires

Jesse Winter became a photojournalist so he could be out covering stories. He got more than he bargained for, including documenting the aftermath of a young firefighter’s death. His new book, Wildfire: Dispatches from a Country Ablaze details how climate change, along with decades of poor forest practices, has set the table for devastating fires. We hear about the challenges for Canada’s wildland firefighters, and how communities can learn to adapt to this new reality. CORRECTION (July 13, 2026): This text has been updated to correct Winter's biography.