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Wildfires Disrupt Back-to-School Season as Canadian Families and Schools Struggle to Restore Normalcy

Wildfires Disrupt Back-to-School Season as Canadian Families and Schools Struggle to Restore Normalcy

St. John’s, Newfoundland (Richa Walia)– For Scott Chandler of Conception Bay North, September usually means a hectic but welcome routine of school and extracurriculars for his son Rhys. This year, however, the family is still reeling from the loss of their home and Rhys’s school, Cabot Academy, in the devastating wildfires that swept through the region in early August.Forced to evacuate multiple times in just weeks from Victoria to Carbonear and then Harbour Grace Chandler says the emotional toll on his third-grader has been immense. “All your clothes, your games, your video games are gone,” he recalls telling his son.…
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