Tag Archives: Environment
B.C. vineyards devastated by winter freeze, slashing wine output up to 56%: growers
KELOWNA, B.C. - Wine growers in British Columbia say a bitter cold snap last winter has devastated vineyards, causing irreparable damage to almost half of the province's planted acreage that may force...
Jun 22, 2023
Canada, United States expand agreement to help each other fight wildfires
OTTAWA - Canada and the United States agreed to replace an "ad hoc" approach to helping each other battle forest fires with a formal agreement Thursday that spells out a plan to more efficiently share...
Jun 22, 2023
Quebec wildfires: Northern city and Cree community ordered to evacuate
MONTREAL - A northern Quebec city and a Cree community have ordered to residents to leave their homes as the areas face the threat of forest fires. The Cree community of Mistissini says residents need...
Jun 22, 2023
Titan submersible torn apart by catastrophic implosion, killing all five aboard
A catastrophic implosion ripped apart the Titan submersible, killing all five people aboard as it was descending to the bottom of the North Atlantic during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic, a...
Jun 22, 2023
Three years too long a wait for Line 5 reroute, Indigenous band in Wisconsin says
WASHINGTON - Three years is more than enough time for Line 5 to suffer a catastrophic rupture and far too long to make an Indigenous band in Wisconsin wait for the controversial cross-border pipeline ...
Jun 21, 2023
Cost of search for missing submersible 'irrelevant,' fisheries minister says
HALIFAX - As the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard continued about 700 kilometres south of Newfoundland, two federal cabinet ministers came forward Wednesday to say the Canadian...
Jun 21, 2023
Some 40 previously contained wildfires could become out of control: minister
MONTREAL - Several Quebec communities were told to prepare to evacuate their homes on Wednesday, as the province's forests minister warned that firefighters were on the verge of losing control of doze...
Jun 21, 2023
North Saskatchewan River expected to see rising levels & fast currents in coming days
Communities along the North Saskatchewan River are being warned about potentially dangerous conditions.According to the Water Security Agency (WSA), areas around Edmonton, Alta received quite a bit of...
Jun 21, 2023
One in four Canadians say they have been affected by wildfires this year: poll
OTTAWA - More than one in four Canadians told a polling firm this week that they have been affected by the record-setting wildfires that have rocked much of Canada over the spring, and more than three...
Jun 21, 2023
Tackling B.C.'s largest ever wildfire means letting some of it burn, province says
Mark Healey, an incident commander with the BC Wildfire Service, says he took a 2 1/2 hour flight over the southern flank of the enormous Donnie Creek fire in northeastern British Columbia. "I never s...
Jun 21, 2023