Tag Archives: Environment
British Columbia's record-breaking wildfire season, by the numbers
British Columbia's wildfire season is now the most destructive on record, with about 14,000 square kilometres of the province burned, surpassing the previous high of 13,543 square kilometres set in 20...
Jul 18, 2023
Harvest begins for northern fireweed and mushrooms
Chantarelle mushroom buyers are offering $10 per pound for the boreal delicacy, the highest amount paid since at least 2018. Chanterelles are the most sought-after mushroom in northern Saskatchewan, p...
Jul 18, 2023
Drones, ATVs hamper B.C.'s wildfire fighting efforts during record-breaking season
Firefighters battling hundreds of blazes in British Columbia say they've been facing more than the usual obstacles when "irresponsible" members of the public interfere with operations. The BC Wildfire...
Jul 18, 2023
Charged up: report says Canada's looming power problem is massive, not insurmountable
OTTAWA - Canada must build more electricity generation in the next 25 years than it has over the last century in order to support a net-zero emissions economy by 2050, according to a new report from t...
Jul 18, 2023
Scientists head to Nunavut island to help solve Mars methane mystery
AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND, NUNAVUT - A team of researchers has travelled to a remote Arctic island in the hopes of better understanding the possibility of life on Mars. Astrobiologist Haley Sapers, an adjun...
Jul 18, 2023
B.C.'s wildfire season is most destructive on record and hasn't peaked yet: minister
VANCOUVER - British Columbia hasn't yet hit the "peak" of its wildfire season, but it has already broken the record for the total area burned in a year, the province's minister of emergency management...
Jul 18, 2023
She planted more than 4,500 trees in a day and found an audience of millions
To plant more than 4,500 trees in one day, you don't move like a gardener, you move like a machine. In a video viewed millions of times on social media, Leslie Dart walks across a desolate and burnt l...
Jul 18, 2023
Capelin feed Newfoundland's puffins and whales, and some worry they're in trouble
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Marine scientists and conservationists are calling on officials to pause Newfoundland and Labrador's commercial capelin fishery. The tiny shimmering fish are an important staple in ...
Jul 18, 2023
BC Coroner issues safety alert over wildfire smoke after child's death
VICTORIA - British Columbia's coroner has issued a public safety bulletin about wildfire smoke, saying the death of a nine-year-old boy had been "confirmed by his parents" to have been related to a me...
Jul 17, 2023
First troops in B.C. for wildfire fight, as helicopters and Hercules plane readied
The Canadian Armed Forces says the first troops to help in British Columbia's wildfire fight have arrived in the province, with more soldiers, helicopters and a Hercules plane poised for deployment. T...
Jul 17, 2023