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As high temperature records fall across southern British Columbia, a wildlife rescue group is warning of the heat risks for animals.

Firefighters will be watching the skies over the next couple of days hoping for help from Mother Nature as wildfires along the Alberta-Northwest Territories boundary continue to force evacuations.

While scorching temperatures were expected to reach their climax on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, in a prolonged heat wave in southern British Columbia, the BC Wildfire Service says the greatest wildfire risk won't come until later this week.

Survivors of deadly wildfires on Maui contended with intermittent power and unreliable cell service as they sought help rebuilding their lives. Experts, meanwhile, labored to find the dead and identify them.

The blazes that consumed most of the historic town of Lahaina are already the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century

For the second time this year, K’atl’odeeche First Nation in the Northwest Territories was part of the evacuation alert following an out-of-control wildfire fuelled by strong winds and dry conditions over the weekend.

Residents of a second town near the Alberta-Northwest Territories boundary were ordered to evacuate to safety on Sunday, August 13, 2023, evening due to encroaching wildfires, with a new fire meaning the only route out for one of the communities was by air.

As Hawaii residents mourned those killed in ferocious wildfires, officials warned that the full human and environmental toll was not yet known and the recovery only just beginning.

A heat wave that is expected to last most of next week has prompted British Columbia's government to warn people to prepare for sweltering conditions, but a repeat of the deadly 2021 heat dome isn't being forecast.

Maui residents who made desperate escapes from oncoming flames, some on foot, asked why Hawaii’s famous emergency warning system didn’t alert them as fires raced toward their homes.

Firefighters on British Columbia's northern wildfire frontline wore black bandanas on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, while others carrying helmets and axes marched in Penticton during a memorial procession to honour colleague Zak Muise.

Thousands of Hawaii residents raced to escape homes on Maui as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of a centuries-old town and killing at least 36 people in one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in recent years.

We know climate change is making extreme weather events like wildfires and hurricanes more severe, but what may be less obvious is how changes in the climate — caused largely by the burning of fossil fuels — connect to weather patterns.

Climate change is driving up insurance rates and raising questions about whether private coverage will even be available for some Canadians in the future.

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.