wildfires

The Alberta government promised financial aid on Monday, May 8, 2023, to people forced from their homes by wildfires that continue to threaten many areas of the province.

Increasingly severe heat waves will imperil the country's development goals and slow economic growth, new research shows.

Cooler temperatures and a bit of rain were delivering some relief for firefighters as they continued to battle wildfires threatening communities in central northern Alberta, but provincial officials warned the reprieve was only in some areas and lightning was sparking some new blazes.

A new analysis is the most comprehensive look yet at the link between the neurological condition and exposure to PM2.5 — fine particles that are 2.5 microns wide or less released by wildfires, traffic, power plants, and other sources.

Scientists are tracking neurotoxic methylmercury production in North America’s largest peatland.

The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather.

Ben Wilson’s book Urban Jungle is a nuanced history of urban ecology and its vital role in the climate-change era.

A series of ancient landslides have been "reawakened" in British Columbia's Cariboo region, costing hundreds of millions in federal disaster assistance funds and prompting warnings thatlogging is connected to the problem.

Premier David Eby says he's introducing more supports to better prepare British Columbia communities for natural disasters related to climate change before they happen.

Harvests that form a vital element of the diets of 4.5 billion people are being devastated by global heating. Now research has found a key to create a heat-resistant variety.

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has upheld more than $343,000 in cost-recovery fines that were handed to a forestry company for starting a wildfire in 2016. 

Canada’s much-anticipated roadmap to weather the impacts of climate change is out, and it includes $1.6 billion in new spending to fortify infrastructure, protect human health and predict future risks.

António Guterres is at COP27 in Egypt for what is likely to be another blistering attack on complacency and foot-dragging by world leaders.

The NDP leadership hopeful who was ousted from her chance to compete for British Columbia's top political job says she's ready to take up an invitation to work with the man who will become the next premier.

An analysis suggests Canada is using questionable methods to dramatically underestimate greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry industry, which it says equal those from Alberta's oilsands in some years.