Canadian fires polluting NYC air continue blazing out of control

The Canadian wildfires choking New York City with smoke continue raging with no end in sight. At noon Wednesday, nearly 150 fires were tearing through Quebec, “most of them out of control,” according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Firefighters from the U.S., Mexico, France, Spain and Portugal are expected to join smoke eaters in the burning province, which hopes to put 1,200 people on the ground to battle the blazes — nearly double the firefighters currently in the fight. However, Canadian Premier François Legault isn’t expecting divine intervention to...