Tornado touches down near Ottawa Thursday evening
Environment Canada says a tornado touched down in the Ottawa area Thursday evening during a severe thunderstorm.
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In the Utah desert, golf is one thirsty business
The struggle for water is straining St. George, Utah, where golf — and grass — are sacred cows.
Canada’s wildfire emissions smash another record
This year, climate change has driven Canada’s most severe wildfire season on record. So far, wildfires in Canada have emitted more than double the previous record annual amount of emissions.
Alberta puts six-month freeze on all new renewable energy projects
Alberta is pausing approvals for all new renewable energy projects — effective immediately — while it reviews how these projects affect land use, the power grid and how they’ll be cleaned up down the line.
Trudeaus separating after 18 years of marriage
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau have announced they are separating after 18 years of marriage.
Researcher finds clear-cutting leads to bigger floods, urges more selective logging
Reducing clear-cut logging and paying more attention to where trees are removed will help reduce the flood risk in British Columbia, a researcher says.
Wind gusts, hot weather mean ‘challenging week’ ahead for BC Wildfire Service
The operations director at the BC Wildfire Service says firefighters are bracing for a "challenging week" as hot and dry conditions are expected to persist.
Out-of-control wildfire prompts urgent evacuations north of B.C. resort town
It was a scene of confusion, sadness and fear in what is usually an idyllic lakeside community as a "drastic wind shift" caught fire forecasters off guard in British Columbia's Shuswap region.
Poilievre claims new media law is censorship. His party ran on a similar policy last election
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Liberal legislation aimed at social media platforms is ushering in censorship, despite his party running on similar policy in the last federal election.
Site C builder fined $1.1 million as dam gets closer to completion
The contractor building the Site C hydroelectric dam in B.C. pleaded guilty to one charge of releasing contaminated water into the Peace River on the same day the megaproject hit a big milestone.
They’re not ready to go yet
As climate impacts grow, an Indigenous Fijian community weighs what it means to leave.
Surf’s up — but not in a good way
Giant waves are becoming more common off California’s coast as the planet warms, according to innovative new research that tracked the surf's increasing height from historical data gathered over the past 90 years.
‘Planting two billion trees is a marathon, it is not a sprint’
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the federal government's plan to plant two billion trees by 2030 is on track, but focusing on adapting to climate change is more important than ever.
B.C. port union to brief workers on new collective deal ahead of crucial vote
Longshore union negotiators will brief workers about a new tentative collective agreement with employers, ahead of a two-day vote on whether to approve the deal that could finally bring an end to British Columbia's long-running port dispute.
Oldest-known species of swimming jellyfish found in Burgess Shale fossils
The Royal Ontario Museum says it has discovered the oldest-known swimming jellyfish in the fossil record from specimens collected at the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies.