Tag Archives: Environment
Wildland firefighters battle mental health, labour challenges atop deadly blazes
Two-week work cycles. Shifts that can last up to 18 hours. Sleeping in tents or gymnasiums far from home. Dangerous and unpredictable work environments. Those are the working conditions for many wildl...
Aug 27, 2023
Salvation Army leader supports Kelowna-area fire fight with free meals
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Jennifer Hansen was evacuated from her home in the West Kelowna, B.C., area last week, but that hasn't stopped the Westside Salvation Army captain from feeding firefighters and ot...
Aug 26, 2023
More evacuation orders rescinded in B.C. fires as warm, dry weather returns
Evacuation orders in the Central Okanagan region of British Columbia continue to be rescinded as more residents are allowed to return home. The Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre says it has...
Aug 26, 2023
Canadian ministers vow to accelerate action at global environment conference in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Politicians and environmental leaders from more than 180 countries have been in Vancouver, B.C., this week, with many pledging to accelerate action on climate change and biodiversity loss ...
Aug 25, 2023
First Nations 'shutting down' B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month
Two First Nations say they're "shutting down" public access to B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month to allow for harvest celebrations. The Lil'wat and N'Quatqua First Nations say they're ass...
Aug 25, 2023
Canada to join U.S. trade fight with Mexico over genetically modified corn products
WASHINGTON - Canada is siding with the United States in a burgeoning trade dispute over Mexico's restrictions on products made with genetically modified corn. Trade Minister Mary Ng and Agriculture Mi...
Aug 25, 2023
Fear, falsehoods and conspiracy theories ignite amid Canada's wildfires
Canada's current wildfire season is devastating evidence of the effects of climate change, scientists say, but for some conspiracy theorists, the thousands of square kilometres of burnt ground isn't e...
Aug 25, 2023
N.W.T. wildfires disrupt phone, internet services as evacuee anxiety mounts
YELLOWKNIFE - Wildfires continued to disrupt communication services Thursday in the Northwest Territories while crews braced for a tough two days fighting the blaze threatening the capital city of Yel...
Aug 24, 2023
The wildland-urban interface: why wildfire fatalities seem so prevalent in the U.S.
WASHINGTON - The oceanfront home on Maui's western shore sits unscathed, family car in the driveway, its pristine red roof and well-tended yard an oasis of hope on a bleak landscape of ash and destruc...
Aug 24, 2023
Renewables pause in Alberta affecting 118 projects worth $33 billion, think tank says
EDMONTON - After two decades in the oilpatch, Shawn Hubbard was tired of layoffs and uncertainty about the future. "I was pretty much done with that after 20 years," he said. "Getting the rug pulled o...
Aug 24, 2023