Government must help Nova Scotia prepare for more wildfires
Climate and forestry researchers say Nova Scotia must act swiftly to prepare for future wildfires in the province's increasingly vulnerable forests.
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EU sends nearly 350 firefighters to help battle relentless Canadian wildfires
A battalion of nearly 350 firefighters from the European Union will soon be on the ground in Quebec to help their Canadian counterparts tackle a devastating and unprecedented wildfire season.
You might be allergic to the modern world
Allergy rates are on the rise. Blame climate change and people’s urbanized lifestyles.
B.C. launches blueprint to fend off climate’s ‘one-two punch’ on the ocean
B.C. has created a new plan to tackle the twin spectres of ocean acidification and dwindling oxygen levels seen as leading climate threats for coastal communities, marine ecosystems and industry along the West Coast.
Bloc hammers Liberals on climate change as wildfires rage
The Bloc Québécois used its last opposition day to hammer the Liberals on climate change as forest fires rage across the country, forcing people from their homes and darkening the skies with smoke.
David Johnston packs it in as special rapporteur on foreign interference
The former governor general said in a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday that his objective in leading the government's probe into alleged meddling by China was to help build trust in democratic institutions, but his "leadership has had the opposite effect."
What you need to make sense of Environment Canada's Air Quality Health Index ratings
Environment Canada's air quality index is at https://weather.gc.ca/airquality/pages/index_e.html You can take a look at the ratings in communities across your province or territory.
Canadian tourism suffering because of wildfires, smoke
Raging wildfires and smoky skies across much of Canada have put a damper on travel this summer, resulting in cancelled plans and closed businesses.
Poor air quality expected to continue for at least a couple days
Smoke and flames continue to engulf much of Canada, with Alberta imposing new evacuation orders, Manitoba bracing for heavy, lightning-generating thunderstorms and high wildfire risks and poor air quality from coast to coast.
Ottawa girl about to become the youngest university graduate in Canadian history
Anthaea-Grace Patricia Dennis is not your typical 12-year-old.
Hoses, shovel, water bombers: how wildfires are being fought across Canada
The techniques used to put out the wildfires that are burning across Canada vary somewhat depending on geography, but ultimately they depend on people on the ground with hoses and shovels digging out hot spots one by one, experts say.
In northern Quebec, people pray for ‘heavy, heavy rain’
Over the past few days, apocalyptic skies have darkened Tony Wawatie's traditional territory around Barriere Lake. Hundreds of wildfires are scorching Quebec's Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, forcing most of the First Nation's roughly 800 members to evacuate.
Inside a Nova Scotia evacuation zone: ‘I just keep hearing them say, we can’t get enough water from that dry hydrant’
The fire prompted more than 16,000 people to be evacuated from their homes in Hammonds Plains, Upper Tantallon and Pockwock, which are suburban communities about 25 kilometres away from Halifax. It destroyed about 200 buildings, including 151 homes.
‘This is how we live now’
“This is at least the third year where I've had to wear a respirator,” says Sayward, B.C., resident Shannon Briggs, whose children are growing up in the age of apocalyptic wildfires.
Global heating will push billions outside the livable zone
Scientists warn the world is on track for 2.7 C of heating with current action plans and this would mean two billion people experiencing average annual temperatures above 29 C by 2030, a level at which very few communities have lived in the past.