Global National: May 28, 2026 | Federal government provides 2026 wildfire outlook

It has been a slow start to wildfire season in Canada, with 65 currently burning, but that number will rise. Ottawa is leasing 10 more aircraft this season, including tankers and heavy lift helicopters. Eric Sorenson has more on how Canada is preparing for wildfires. After she went missing for nearly two weeks from her home in North York, a Toronto teen has been located in a home in Etobicoke. The massive effort to find Esther, who is 14 and on the autism spectrum, involved thousands of community volunteers and police conducting the highest level of search operation. Caryn Lieberman has more on the circumstances surrounding how she was discovered. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was in New York City on Thursday to meet with investors and U.S. business leaders at the Economic Club of New York. As David Akin reports, Carney told an American audience that the United States economy is better off with a strong Canadian economy. Plus, if you’re going to confront mortality, Mount Everest is a good place to do it. Dr. Shaunna Burke is a researcher who specializes in exercise and cancer who ended up being diagnosed with a type of cancer she was told was incurable. Mike Armstrong has more on Burke’s latest climb up Everest to raise money for cancer support. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/11869858/canada-2026-wildfire-outlook/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on TikTok HERE: https://www.tiktok.com/@globalnews.ca?lang=en #GlobalNews #GlobalNational #Wildfires