If the wildfires in Canada this summer have disturbed you, what are options to cope with such distressing events? It’s not easy when there are no simple answers, and when contributions to a better solution mean taking the long view.

It can seem like the bad news never stops. We have more access to news, and faster, from further reaches of the world, than any society before us.

This is a dark week for Canada, as tragic images and videos flood through our phones. Canadians were left stunned and grieving after one of the biggest mass shootings in Canadian history occurred in Tumbler Ridge on February 10, 2026. No words can adequately speak to a tragedy like this that has changed the lives of so many families, the community of Tumbler Ridge, and Canada forever. What does it mean to hold grief for the unthinkable?