Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair recently visited Edmonton to receive an update on Canadian Armed Forces soldiers providing firefighting assistance to Alberta. Trudeau and Blair shared photos of their May 15 visit on social media before Trudeau’s departure to Japan for the Group of Seven leaders’ summit with a stop in Seoul, Korea, en route. The federal politicians visited the Canadian Armed Forces base in Edmonton for a briefing on the continued threats from active wildfires burning out of control during a provincial heat wave. They also stopped at the Edmonton Expo Centre and spoke with Albertans displaced from their homes by the fires. The provincial wildfire dashboard indicates that Slave Lake, High Level, Rocky Mountain House, and Edson continue to see the most hectares burned. As of 8:00 p.m. local time, there were 87 wildfires burning and 27 of those were classified as out of control. The government has said that Alberta Education will exempt students evacuated due to the fires from writing diploma exams, and the province has processed more than 9,400 applications for emergency, one-time financial assistance and has sent more than $14.8 million in e-transfers to evacuees. The federal government is negotiating with the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico for help from additional fire crews. The prime minister invited Canadians to donate for immediate and ongoing fire relief efforts to Red Cross’s Alberta Fires Appeal and the federal and provincial government are providing matching donations.