Tag Archives: Environment
Crews continue battling N.W.T. wildfires, blaze remains 15 km from Yellowknife
YELLOWKNIFE - Crews continued Tuesday to battle wildfires that have forced seven out of every 10 Northwest Territories residents from their homes - or about 30,000 people. Environment and Climate Chan...
Aug 22, 2023
At least 50 buildings lost to wildfire in West Kelowna, B.C., fire chief confirms
West Kelowna's fire chief says at least 50 structures have been lost in the city to the 110-square-kilometre McDougall Creek fire burning on both sides of Lake Okanagan in B.C.Jason Brolund says the d...
Aug 21, 2023
The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia
A state of emergency remains in place across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere in the...
Aug 21, 2023
Wildfire fight switches from defence to offence near capital of Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE - Firefighters battling a wildfire near the capital of the Northwest Territories shifted from defence to offence, as the legislative assembly is set to be recalled to consider a law delayi...
Aug 21, 2023
B.C. wildfires: no new evacuations overnight as grim battle goes on
British Columbia's desperate battle against hundreds of wildfires was continuing on multiple fronts Sunday, but no new evacuation orders were added overnight to the thousands already in place across t...
Aug 20, 2023
Travel ban in parts of B.C. disrupting tourism as raging wildfires burn
The central Okanagan is facing weeks without tourism during its peak season after British Columbia's premier imposed bans on travel to wildfire zones. Walt Judas, CEO of the Tourism Industry Associati...
Aug 20, 2023
The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia
A state of emergency remains in place today across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere ...
Aug 20, 2023
Planting roots: Quebec cemetery turns former golf course into forest for the deceased
SAINTE-SOPHIE, Que. - At a new ecological cemetery north of Montreal, there are no gravestones or plaques. Instead, people locate burial sites with the help of a cellphone app. Cemetery Fort de la Sec...
Aug 20, 2023
Firefighters take stock of N.W.T. fires as cooler, wet weather expected to end
YELLOWKNIFE - Firefighters trying to keep wildfires at bay from the city of Yellowknife took stock of the flames Sunday after cool, damp weather over the weekend gave them a break from the fire burnin...
Aug 20, 2023
Heritage Minister says Meta news block endangers lives as Canadians flee wildfires
Canada's Heritage Minister redoubled her calls for Meta to end its ban on Canadian news content on Facebook and Instagram on Saturday as thousands of Canadians continued their rush to escape wildfires...
Aug 19, 2023