THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck Meta blocked Canadian news on its social media sites earlier this month in response to federal legislation — Bill C-18 — which requires some tech giants to pay for news content shared or repurposed on their platforms. Meta is Facebook's parent company and formerly bore the same name as the social media platform. Meanwhile, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories have declared states of emergency as raging forest fires encroach on cities including West Kelowna, B.C., and the territorial capital of Yellowknife. As tens of thousands of people flee under evacuation orders, they won't find content from Canadian news outlets on Facebook or Instagram to help them stay abreast of the latest information from officials. Facebook pages belonging to outlets including the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Cabin Radio, a news site and station in Yellowknife, are empty.