[Flash Forest in The Globe and Mail] Drones, AI join battle against wildfires with big assist from investment in networks

Canada’s wildfire crisis hits close to home for Cameron and Bryce Jones.

In 2003, the brothers moved with their family to British Columbia’s Okanagan region, renowned for its fruit orchards and vineyards. Months later, a massive wildfire destroyed more than 250 square kilometres of land and burned around 240 homes to the ground.