Tag Archives: Environment
B.C. crews hopeful of forecasted heavy rain dampening massive Donnie Creek wildfire
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Crews fighting British Columbia's largest ever wildfire are hoping a "heavy, prolonged rain" in the forecast can help them turn the corner on the massive blaze. Environment Canad...
Jul 25, 2023
Climate change: Correlation between wildfires, flooding in Nova Scotia
FREDERICTON - The fingerprints of climate change are all over the supercharged weather witnessed this year in Nova Scotia -- and the rest of the country -- from raging wildfires to devastating floodin...
Jul 25, 2023
P.A. reports first-ever case of Dutch Elm Disease
For the first time ever, the City of Prince Albert is reporting a case of Dutch Elm Disease (DED).In a media release on Monday, the City confirmed the cases of the disease in multiple elm trees in the...
Jul 24, 2023
Ottawa reveals conditions for allowing future fossil fuel subsidies
MONTREAL - Ottawa is restricting the conditions under which it will allow subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, but is leaving untouched - for now - the industry's largest source of public financing....
Jul 24, 2023
B.C. resort manager says 'biggest shocker' is how quickly wildfire neared its site
VANCOUVER - The manager of an evacuated resort near the Ross Moore Lake wildfire in British Columbia's Interior said he could not believe how fast the fire grew over the weekend. Jason Upton, manager ...
Jul 24, 2023
Fast-growing fire near Kamloops, B.C., prompts evacuation alerts and orders
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A fast-moving wildfire that has prompted evacuation orders and alerts in and around the Kamloops area expanded rapidly to 18 square kilometres in size on Sunday as it moved closer to ...
Jul 23, 2023
Search continues for four people missing after record rainfall in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - A flooded Nova Scotia field was the focus of an intense weekend search for four people, including two children, lost after rushing waters caused by torrential rains swamped the vehicles they...
Jul 23, 2023
B.C. professor pushing plan to protect marbled murrelet habitat in old growth
It is only a little bird, weighing a few ounces, but the marbled murrelet is known for its remarkable ability to fly far out to sea to catch fish before returning in the darkness of night to inland tr...
Jul 23, 2023
Memorial for fallen B.C. wildfire fighter held in Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Family, friends and fellow firefighters paid tribute to a 19-year-old woman killed while battling wildfires in British Columbia earlier this month, describing her as hard-working, r...
Jul 22, 2023
Growing B.C. wildfire closes Highway 20 following evacuation alert
BELLA COOLA, B.C. - DriveBC says Highway 20 east of Bella Coola is closed in both directions due to a wildfire that has grown to more than 25-square kilometres in size. The BC Wildfire Service says fi...
Jul 22, 2023