Explainer-Western Canada's dry winter heralds worsening drought for 2024


FILE PHOTO: Canola crops stunted by the recent drought near Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada, June 25, 2019. REUTERS/Valerie Zink/File Photo

(Reuters) - Canada's abnormally dry winter is worsening drought conditions across the western provinces, where most of the country's oil, gas, forest products and grain are produced.

Western Canada is slowly emerging from a blast of arctic temperatures over the weekend, but the winter had otherwise been unusually mild.

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