Some forty Quebec wildfire firefighters will be deployed to Nova Scotia starting Saturday to battle the wildfires raging across the province.

The Société de Protection des Forêts Contre le Feu (SOPFEU) announced in a press release Friday morning that the firefighters, along with two SOPFEU representatives and a technical specialist, will be traveling to Nova Scotia for a 14-day mission.

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The province’s Emergency Management Minister, Kim Masland, announced Thursday that Nova Scotia’s largest wildfire destroyed 20 homes in the Annapolis Valley over the weekend. Dry winds fanned the flames of the Long Lake fire, which continu

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