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Set to come into effect in the next few years, the program would mean even people living in high-risk areas or who experience storm surges would be able to access affordable insurance through the plan.

Physicians and medical schools around the world are tailoring their approach to public health as climate-related illnesses rise.

The fire was "exponentially worse" than expected, said Jason Brolund, chief of the West Kelowna fire department.

Thousands of residents in the city of 20,000 continued to leave by air or road Friday.

BC Wildfire Service’s latest alert at 11 a.m. said the fire is being held. It broke out in the island’s Village Lakes area, a popular summer destination with numerous recreational properties and homes. 

The Chiefs of Ontario, a group representing 133 First Nations, says it was "extremely" concerned by the issues raised by the province's auditor general in a damning report last week.

High housing prices have forced many Canadians to accept that they may never be able to afford buying their own home.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada has been considering a "game plan" for how it would respond if the United States takes a far-right, authoritarian shift after next year's presidential elections.

Officials in the Northwest Territories are urging thousands of residents remaining in its capital to leave by noon today before a nearby wildfire could cut off access.

Residents of the Northwest Territories are feeling the effect of the news vacuum on Facebook as they flee communities that are under threat by wildfires.

A fast-burning wildfire threatening West Kelowna, B.C., is challenging fire crews as they brace for what the operations director with BC Wildfire Service has predicted will be the most challenging days of the provincial wildfire season.

The population has declined dramatically over the past 100 years. In the early 20th century, it is thought that there were probably several million breeding pairs. Today, fewer than 11,000 breeding pairs remain.

Pelmorex received an administrative licence renewal Aug. 8 for its system — publicly known as Alert Ready — by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), with no public consultation.

As drought persists across many parts of Canada and the U.S., cities have tried to reduce how much water is used on lawns. While many Canadian cities have tried to reward responsible residents, one American city has banned lawns on new homes.

The US$1.1-billion deal will see Squamish, B.C.-based Carbon Engineering Ltd. become a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, an Occidental company that is investing in a range of new emissions-reduction technologies.